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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!mv!siia!drd
- From: drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick)
- Subject: Re: MacCenter vs MacConnection
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.002146.15827@siia.mv.com>
- Organization: Software Innovations, Inc.
- References: <BzA621.29s.2@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec15.054532.26952@u.washington.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 00:21:46 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- In <1992Dec15.054532.26952@u.washington.edu> hhll@stein.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas) writes:
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- >rwb@alexander.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert Berger) writes:
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- >>A few weeks ago I ordered a NEC 4FG and a Radius 24XP from MacCenter in
- >>Texas. I place the order only after they assured me they had both
- >>items in stock, and would ship right away.
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- >>After three weeks I called to cancel the order. They never explained
- >>why they had lied about having the items in stock, but instead tried
- >>to keep my order by claiming that both items were in short supply
- >>all over the country.
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- >Not only that, but MacCenter will not accept a credit card order unless
- >you provide your social security number, which is directly contrary to the
- >policies of both the MasterCard consortium and Citibank (my card issuer).
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- Not to mention illegal. The social security number is not to be
- used for any purpose other than Social Security Administration and
- Internal Revenue Service matters.
-
- David Dick
- Software Innovations
- [the Software Moving Company; converting software to UNIX for over a decade]
-