Just as an FYI to you guys, I have 2001FPs for $730. These are sealed
new items. Thanks!
Gilad
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"John B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<3AgWb.7353$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> There is a reason why a company wants you to use Paypal instead of a credit
> card. I guess you found out the hard way. If this was a credit card to
> make the purchase directly, you could have told the cedit card company to
> issue a chargeback for the item that will not be shipped.
>
> Beware of Paypal
>
>
> "polypheus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thru research, I found out that pcsandmore was offering the Dell
> > 2001FP monitor for $719 (total cost). This was somewhat less than
> > Dell's best offer for the item so I jumped on it and placed the order
> > on 2004-01-26. My credit card was charged that same day via PayPal,
> > which the seller insisted I use for buying this item (but not other
> > items being sold, curiously).
> >
> > After waiting 10 days and not receiving the item or hearing from them,
> > I contacted pcsandmore.com.
> >
> > They said that I because they had over 200 to ship that it would take
> > a while and if I couldn't wait, I should file a complaint to PayPal to
> > get a refund. I told them I'd be willing to wait if I could receive
> > the item within a reasonable amount of time and asked if they could
> > tell me how long. They answered simply, "No I can not".
> >
> > Obviously this answer left me wholly unsatisfied. I then told them
> > that if they could promise to ship the item before 2004-02-23 (when
> > the PayPal credit card charge needed to be paid), I'd grudgingly wait
> > but otherwise I'd be forced to seek a refund as I didn't want to
> > actually pay for the item when who knows how long, if ever, I'd see
> > the item.
> >
> > Rather than make any attempt to deliver the item by then (which is a
> > ridiculous 1 month wait for an item to ship AFTER BEING CHARGED in any
> > case), they basically insisted I file with PayPal to get my money
> > back. With this kind of response, I had no choice and I have just done
> > so.
> >
> > Interestingly, they still have this item in stock now priced at $919
> > (which is above Dell's own discounted price of $750 which Dell offers
> > now and then).
> >
> > I expect to get all of my money back either via PayPal or my own
> > credit card company. However, this has resulted in much wasted effort
> > and time!
> >
> > It is now clear to me that pcsandmore.com was committing the fraud of
> > "bait advertising". They were advertising an item for a price that
> > they never fully intended or want to sell.
> >
> > Beware of this company and any others that offer good deals but with
> > little track record, and stick to known companies such as newegg,
> > zipzoomfly, compuplus, etc!
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