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- From: dross@cambizola.cs.wisc.edu (Dan Ross)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR DEAL??? Is this valid???
- Message-ID: <dross.726715988@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 01:33:08 GMT
- References: <C0nuuq.F0I@panix.com>
- Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News)
- Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences
- Lines: 37
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- In <C0nuuq.F0I@panix.com> quix@panix.com (George Papadopoulos) writes:
- > I found the following text capture on a local bulletin board. Can
- >anyone tell me if this is valid or not? Can anyone in the Houston area
- >check up on this company 'USR Digital Marketing'. Selling a $700 modem
- >for $180 is too good to be true. I guess this note is from some Fidonet
- >echo or something. Here's the text....
-
- >U.S. ROBOTICS DIGITAL MARKETING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SALE ON
- >U.S. ROBOTICS 14.4K DUAL STANDARD (HST/V.32) WITH V.32 BIS/V.42
- >BIS AND 14.4K BUILT-IN FAX MACHINE. THIS MODEM, AS A DUAL
- >STANDARD, IS BOTH HAYES COMPATIBLE AND AN HST SIMULTANEOUSLY.
- >THE LOWEST PRICE EVER ON THE NEW MODEM IS $180.00 PLUS $7.00
- >SHIPPING AND HANDLING FOR EACH MODEM. ALLOW 3 TO 4 WEEKS FOR
- >SHIPPING AND HANDLING. BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ARE SAME
- >PRICE. PLEASE SEND PREFERABLY CHECK, CASH, OR MONEY ORDER (TOTAL
- >OF $187.00 PER MODEM) WITH THE FOLLOWING FORM FILLED OUT (PRINT
- >THIS FORM OUT AND EITHER PRINT NEATLY OR TYPE YOUR INFORMATION
- >PLEASE):
-
- I'm suspicious of offers that
- - are in ALL CAPS (kind of like a ransom note)
- - refer to fax capability as a "built-in fax machine"
- - even *suggest* sending CASH to pay for something; and then don't
- even offer COD service
- - require 3 to 4 weeks to ship, when a check should clear in less
- than a week
- - lists no phone number
- - has an address which is both a street address and a "PU Box" [sic]
- - after all this, have a price that is too good to be true (at
- least for the external modem)!
-
- US ROBOTICS DIGITAL MARKETING CORPORATION is *not* the same as
- US ROBOTICS CORPORATION, I would say.
-
- Until someone checks on these folks...caveat empt{rix|or}!
-
- Dan
-