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- From: jmclaugh@hobbit.gandalf.ca (Jim Mclaughlin)
- Subject: My buddies at USR
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.223503.18134@gandalf.ca>
- Sender: jmclaugh@gandalf.ca (Jim Mclaughlin)
- Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd., Nepean, Ontario
- Distribution: na
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 22:35:03 GMT
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- I just got off the phone with US Robotics about getting my dual
- standard upgraded.
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- To start with, I was on hold for 43 minutes.
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- Once I got to talk to someone, I was told that the upgrade would be
- $299 (no mention about shipping), and that I would have to send my
- modem to them to "check out". Then, they would send me the new modem.
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- He then told me that the turn around time was not going to be better
- than 3 WEEKS. So, if I send the modem to them by UPS ground, they should
- have it in 7 to 10 working days (my experiences with UPS make that a
- optimisitic estimate assuming NO trouble with customs). If they do
- indeed turn it around in 3 weeks, and it takes say 10 days to come back
- (they said they would send it UPS ground only), then I should have my
- new modem in no less than 7 WEEKS!!! What do I do for a modem in the
- mean time????
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- I asked him if they could send me the new modem and charge my credit card
- for the price of a new modem, then when they receive my modem credit my
- card with the difference. He said that they wouldn't do that, and that
- if they were to change the rules for one person they would have to change
- them for every on, and also that they had so many people upgrading that
- they really didn't care if I upgraded or not.
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- It looks like I'll be selling my USR and looking for something else....
- Does anyone have any suggestions for companies that have rational people
- in their customer service departments?
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- I never let a company get a second chance to piss me off.
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- .... maybe the guy who was running the SYSOP program was transfered to
- the upgrade program......
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