on 4/10/02 12:17 AM, Grant C. Brunson at grant_at_burneffect.com wrote:
> I too had a little trouble with Phillydiscounters / Variety shop. I won =
a
> 2100 on eBay from them. They charged me $15.00 for shipping, spent $5.00=
on
> the postage and didn=B9t bother to insure the package. I found this out
> during a brief scare when my post office was unable to locate my package.
> Needless to say, a couple of days after the post office lost the package,
> the e-mails I sent requesting the information they had about the shipping=
so
> I could file my claim, were ignored. $15.00 for shipping and no insuranc=
e?
> Give me a break...
I also bought from Variety Shop. They shipped FedEx with tracking, and it
got there fine. It seemed to be well-packed, as my parents had to do nothin=
g
to ship it to me. It came with a 32meg card which seems to work fine, and
the body is in good condition. My gripes: The screen, is horribly scratched
in the lower-left-hand corner and a door clip is missing. It looks like
somebody used a sharp ballpoint pen to try writing. I can ignore it most of
the time, but sometimes it's a bother. I'm hoping that a screen protector
will help in this. :-) It also has no dongle, which was my other gripe, but
I should have read that more carefully. I realized it didn't come with a
dongle after the auction was over. :-( The screen, however is my big gripe.
I thought I had read that there were no scratches. Oh well. I'm 5,000 US
miles from them, and I'm not going to quibble at this point.
Overall, I'm happy. I can't believe how much better a 2100 is than a 130!
It's a completely different experience. :-)
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-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
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"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murder=
s
itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." --Joh=
n
Adams
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