On 14/11/01 7:39 PM, "beaumontj_at_mindspring.com" <beaumontj_at_mindspring.com>
wrote:
> Not exactly a Newton question but I hope you can give me some advice. Aft=
er
> seeing an ad in Macworld about those $99 refurbed eMates I sent an email =
to
> PowerOn in early October asking about them. I sales rep named. Jamie O'Co=
nnor
> responded saying PowerOn had sold out, but I would be notified when they
> became available. I was never notified. When I sent an email several days=
ago
> asking if PowerOn had received any more eMates (after seeing a post here
> saying someone had gotten one), Jamie O'Connor wrote back saying PowerOn =
had,
> but that the price was now $149. I wrote back saying that I expected to p=
ay
> the price we originally discussed and Jamie O'Connor responding by saying=
I
> should check eBay.
>=20
> I looked up the admin account for the domain on whois and I have an email
> address that might be the owner of the company and I=92ve drafted a pissy
> letter. I was thinking I would email the (possible) owner, cc O=92Connor an=
d see
> what happens. While it=92s not exactly =93bait-and-switch,=94 this O=92Connor per=
son
> has been unprofessional since our first exchange and ended by being a jer=
k. Is
> this the best thing to do? Thanks all.
I took delivery yesterday of an eMate from Power On priced at $99 plus $65
for shipping to the UK. It took 8 days to get here and was a perfectly good
clean machine -- used but well looked after. I have no complaints with Jami=
e
at PowerOn who delivered precisely what he said he would.
If that batch of machines is sold out and the next batch is more expensive,
that's life -- it's a seller's market because the manufacturer stopped
making the funkiest portable in the history of computing long before demand
was satisfied. If you don't think it's worth $149 don't buy it. I doubt
whether prissy letters will change anything.
Best
J
John Whitehead=20
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