Re: Online Scam for PC Routerr

[Bob Crothers <bob.crothers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also, each time you dispute a charge, the merchant gets charged $20-25.
 Regardless of if the merchant is correct/innocent.

Bottom line?  The bank NEVER Gets screwed.  And the consumer doesn't get
screwed.  So that only leaves, you guessed it, the merchant!

Bob Crothers
www.BJsBariatrics.Com
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“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Credit card companies keep track of their merchants.  Merchants with
> lots of complaints lose their ability to accept credit cards.   So,
> complaining does make a difference.
>
> Jerry Adams wrote:
> > Hmmm.  They also have your credit card number, Shannon.  While the bank
> is required to honor your order to not pay *this* bill, what about the next
> one?  Is there any way to put a permanent block on them?  I'm no lawyer
> (dropped out to make an honest living as a programmer), but would they be
> liable for credit card (wire) fraud?  Would reporting them to the FTC do any
> good?
> > One option that I've heard people take is to have the bank issue a new
> credit card without forwarding the charges from the old one.  I've never
> taken this route, but I know it would be a pain because of the automatic
> payments that get made against my card (ISP, web site, etc.).
> > At the least, I would keep an eye on my credit card charges.  Probably
> daily for a month or so.  These guys just don't sound like trustworthy
> types.
> > Sorry about sounding paranoid, but even paranoids have enemies.
> >
> > Jerry C. Adams
> > IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > --
> > B&W Wholesale
> > office: 615-995-7024
> > email:  jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Shannon ODonnell
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:02 AM
> > To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Online Scam for PC Routerr
> >
> > I ended up getting an Aluratek wireless router designed for aircards,
> from
> > Amazon.  It works great.
> >
> > The Rat bastards at Cell-Phone-Mall-dot-net have never answered the
> phone,
> > nor returned emails nor sent me the product.
> >
> > They were nice enough to steal my money though so they are not completely
> > lazy and incompetent. They do know how to process a credit card.
> >
> > However, the joke's on them as the credit card company is now going after
> > them for the money and doing whatever it is they do.
> >
> > In any event, I am no longer out the money.
> >
> > Hopefully a swarm of locusts will find every one of those crooks at
> > cellphonemall down there in Miami and take up permanent residence in
> their
> > nostrils.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of sjl
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:01 PM
> > To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Online Scam for PC Routerr
> >
> > Shannon -
> >
> > CradlePoint makes the cream of the crop routers for use with broadband
> cards
> > and cellular telephones.
> >
> > I have two different models, the CTR-500 and the MBR-1000.  They work
> great,
> > allowing up to 16 computers to share the bandwidth.
> >
> > I also have 12-volt adapters for both of them, thus I have a rolling
> > wireless access point when traveling up and down I-35 - if you were
> driving
> > next to me and had the router password, you could use my wireless
> connection
> > while driving on the freeway...
> >
> > See:
> > www.cradlepoint.com
> >
> > (In stock at Fry's Electronics...)
> >
> > - sjl
> >
> >
> > Shannon wrote:
> >   So let me preface this by stating the obvious: I'm an idiot who did not
> do
> >   the proper research before placing an order online.
> >
> >   I needed a router for my U.S. Cellular Air Card for home use and found
> > what
> >   I thought would be a good product for me at www.cellphonemall.net
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