UPDATE !!
here is a letter that I wrote to credit card company before we started talking.I sent this the same time I wrote to micron: Tuesday, February 01, 2000
To whom it may concern:
This is to inform you that I did not purchase a Micron computer. I have been in contact with Micron about this error and I would like it corrected as soon as possible.
I have the Federal Trade Commission involved in this matter and I am following their instructions to the letter.
Just so you understand this computer was sent to me without my ordering it, with no confirmation order number and without my permission. The Federal Trade Commission has an article about this, which I will include for your viewing.
Please reverse the charges.
PS: I never asked for a Micron credit card .All I did was ask if I could be approved for credit.
Please e-mail me a response to this at
[email protected]
Bennett pepper
In reference to X31422
Cust # : 2042825
Item# MIL126*990467
Delivery date 30-NOV-1999
January 31, 2000
Bennett pepper
Re: FTC Ref No. 848858
Dear Bennett pepper:
Thank you for your recent letter concerning your receipt of unordered merchandise.
You may be interested in knowing that if you received unordered merchandise, you can treat the merchandise as a gift. You are not obligated to either return or pay for the merchandise. Federal laws prohibit mailing unordered merchandise to consumers and then demanding payment. There are only two exceptions: (1) free samples so marked, and (2) merchandise mailed by a charitable organization asking for contributions. In either case, you may keep such shipments as free gifts.
If you receive unordered merchandise and wish to keep it for free, it is a good idea to write the sender a letter stating your intention to keep the shipment as a free gift. If you think the unordered merchandise you received was apparently the result of an honest shipping error and do not wish to keep and pay for it, write the sender and offer to return the merchandise provided the seller pays for postage and handling. Give the seller a specific and reasonable amount of time (i.e., 30 days) in which to pick up the merchandise or arrange to have it returned at no expense to you. Inform the seller that after the specified time period has passed, you reserve the right to keep the merchandise or to dispose of it as you wish. Keep a copy of your letter and use certified mail/return receipt so that you can prove you sent the letter and it was received. By giving the sender an opportunity to recover the merchandise, no claim can be made that you accepted an offer of sale by merely keeping the shipment.
We appreciate your interest in writing to us. I have enclosed a brochure that offers additional information about dealing with unordered merchandise problems. I hope you will find this information helpful.
Sincerely,
Consumer Response Center
When I called HRS( cc company name)
I went over the whole story with a costomer service rep named Latisha Scott. She agreed with me that (If you ask sears for a credit card that does not give them the right to send you a new couch)
They have already paid Micron.
They are still reviewing my case and are undecided as to who they are going to go after to get their money back. (me or micron)
She wrote up a report read it back to me.
I asked her to FAX me a copy of it.
As of yet I havn't recieved it.
End of update.
Dinner at the beach sounds like heaven.
I had hotdogs with my 8 year old.
Thanks for everything
Ben
Ps I made her write in the report verbatum what you said RE fradulent