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Old 02-18-2001, 08:04 PM
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ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I PURCHASED A COMPUTER FROM A WELL KNOWN COMPUTER COMPANY. THE ONLY THING WRONG THAT I DID WAS CALL SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY WHO HAD A COMPUTER AT THAT TIME, HAD ONE BEFORE I DID, I ASKED THIS PERSON WHERE THEY GOT THEIRS AND THEY TOLD ME. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY ASKED ME IS THEY COULD GET A COMPUTER IN MY NAME, AND I SAID THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT, WHICH I DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO LET THAT PERSON GET A COMPUTER IN MY NAME. THIS PERSON DID NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GET THIS COMPUTER, WHEN I RECEIVED MY COMPUTER IN NOV. OF 1999, THIS PERSON CALLED ME ABOUT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, TELLING ME THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN THE SAME COMPUTER, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THEIRS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. I DID NOT THINK AT THAT TIME THAT THIS PERSON GOT THE COMPUTER ON MY CREDIT, BUT WHEN I DID RECEIVE MY CREDIT CARD IN THE MAIL I DID CALL TO SEE HOW MUCH WAS LEFT ON YM CARD, AND WHEN I HEARD WHAT WAS SAID, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I DID NOT PURCHASE NOTHING BUT THE COMPUTER. WHEN I CALLED THIS COMPANY, THEY TOLD ME WHAT ALL WAS ON MY ACCOUNT, AND IT WAS NOT ONLY MY COMPUTER, BUT THIS OTHER COMPUTER THAT THIS PERSON HAD PURCHASED, I WAS FURIOUS, SO AT THAT TIME, BEFORE I EVEN RECEIVED MY FIRST BILL I TRYED TO GET THIS SITUATION HANDLED, I WROTE LETTERS, I EVEN WROTE LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT, AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND NO ONE WOULD RESPOND. AND THEN TO MAKE IT WORSER, THIS PERSON PURCHASED A $300.00 PRINTER ON MY ACCOUNT, AND TO MAKE THE MATTER WORSER, THIS COMPANY DID NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GET NEITHER THE COMPUTER NOR THE PRINTER, BUT THIS PERSON CLAIMED THAT I SAID THAT IT WAS OK THAT THEY DID PURCHASE IT, WHEN I DID NOT SAY THAT. AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH PAYING THIS BILL THAT IT NEARLY 5 MONTHS BEHIND, BECAUSE I LOST MY JOB. THE CREDITORS CALL, THE HARRASS ME, I EVEN HAD TO CONSOLIDATE MY BILLS BECAUSE OF THIS, AND THIS COMPANY STILL KEEPS CLAIMING THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PAYMENT. SO I SAY NEVER TRUST ANYONE, EVEN IF THEY ARE RELATED TO YOU.
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Old 02-18-2001, 08:35 PM
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Originally posted by HEAVEN 77
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I PURCHASED A COMPUTER FROM A WELL KNOWN COMPUTER COMPANY. THE ONLY THING WRONG THAT I DID WAS CALL SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY WHO HAD A COMPUTER AT THAT TIME, HAD ONE BEFORE I DID, I ASKED THIS PERSON WHERE THEY GOT THEIRS AND THEY TOLD ME. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY ASKED ME IS THEY COULD GET A COMPUTER IN MY NAME, AND I SAID THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT, WHICH I DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO LET THAT PERSON GET A COMPUTER IN MY NAME. THIS PERSON DID NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GET THIS COMPUTER, WHEN I RECEIVED MY COMPUTER IN NOV. OF 1999, THIS PERSON CALLED ME ABOUT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, TELLING ME THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN THE SAME COMPUTER, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THEIRS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. I DID NOT THINK AT THAT TIME THAT THIS PERSON GOT THE COMPUTER ON MY CREDIT, BUT WHEN I DID RECEIVE MY CREDIT CARD IN THE MAIL I DID CALL TO SEE HOW MUCH WAS LEFT ON YM CARD, AND WHEN I HEARD WHAT WAS SAID, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I DID NOT PURCHASE NOTHING BUT THE COMPUTER. WHEN I CALLED THIS COMPANY, THEY TOLD ME WHAT ALL WAS ON MY ACCOUNT, AND IT WAS NOT ONLY MY COMPUTER, BUT THIS OTHER COMPUTER THAT THIS PERSON HAD PURCHASED, I WAS FURIOUS, SO AT THAT TIME, BEFORE I EVEN RECEIVED MY FIRST BILL I TRYED TO GET THIS SITUATION HANDLED, I WROTE LETTERS, I EVEN WROTE LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT, AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY AND NO ONE WOULD RESPOND. AND THEN TO MAKE IT WORSER, THIS PERSON PURCHASED A $300.00 PRINTER ON MY ACCOUNT, AND TO MAKE THE MATTER WORSER, THIS COMPANY DID NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GET NEITHER THE COMPUTER NOR THE PRINTER, BUT THIS PERSON CLAIMED THAT I SAID THAT IT WAS OK THAT THEY DID PURCHASE IT, WHEN I DID NOT SAY THAT. AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH PAYING THIS BILL THAT IT NEARLY 5 MONTHS BEHIND, BECAUSE I LOST MY JOB. THE CREDITORS CALL, THE HARRASS ME, I EVEN HAD TO CONSOLIDATE MY BILLS BECAUSE OF THIS, AND THIS COMPANY STILL KEEPS CLAIMING THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PAYMENT. SO I SAY NEVER TRUST ANYONE, EVEN IF THEY ARE RELATED TO YOU.

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