And your issue is what? Print that bad boy, go to the store, pick up the items on the list and return them for cash or in store credit. Seriously, I thought colug members were supposed to be smart! Sheesh.<div><br></div>
<div>For those of you who are humor impaired, that was a joke. As an aside, when I first started reading your reply, I read circumstance as circumcision. I've got to have my eyes checked... and get more sleep. Yikes!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Joshua Kramer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joskra42.list@gmail.com" target="_blank">joskra42.list@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I had a circumstance one day where I went to MC and had them e-mail me a receipt. Later in the day, I received an e-mail receipt for somebody else's order...<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_extra">
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM, FiL Farris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philipfarris@gmail.com" target="_blank">philipfarris@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir="ltr">A quick FYI on the new egg & tiger direct match. This is ONLY at the Columbus store. </p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 11, 2012 4:28 PM, "Angelo McComis" <<a href="mailto:angelo@mccomis.com" target="_blank">angelo@mccomis.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
So - the list is showing some love for MicroCenter. I have to admit -<br>
the last "pre-built" PC I bought was from there. I got a deal that I<br>
felt was fair, so no complaints.<br>
<br>
To keep my note Linux oriented, it makes me laugh when I go in there<br>
and they are "selling" boxed Linux. Anyone buying Linux probably has<br>
no business buying Linux.<br>
<br>
My earlier note about potentially not being returnable stems back from<br>
the days when the stuff was more delicate and most places would flat<br>
out not accept returns on it. I will accept that places do take<br>
returns on this stuff now, although sometimes some places ding you<br>
with a restocking fee. And kudos to Micro Center for matching price<br>
with NewEgg. I always hate it when places say "well, we don't match<br>
internet prices." I tell them they should take down their internet<br>
store if they're not going to be competitive. They never appreciate<br>
that. :)<br>
<br>
But, my real complaint about Micro Center, and I think this list will<br>
understand, is this:<br>
<br>
It seems that they somehow link payment card information to other<br>
personal data, used for confirming at the point of sale, and within<br>
their own systems. Confirming which name/address record goes with a<br>
given credit card at point of sale further injects data/shopping habit<br>
into their business intelligence systems. So what, everyone does that,<br>
so why is that bad? Because they aren't careful with their data, in my<br>
opinion.<br>
<br>
So what do you mean they aren't careful with their data? Glad you<br>
asked. You see, I have a specific email address I use for specific<br>
merchants (we all do this, right?). A couple years ago, my Micro<br>
Center email started getting hit with odd spam. At first it was the<br>
penny stock stuff. Then it went to the XXX spam. I deactivated that<br>
email. I further wrote it up and explained it in a nice letter to the<br>
State of Ohio Attorney General as a Consumer Complaint. Unfortunately,<br>
they just blindly forwarded it to Micro Center, and they "assured us<br>
our data was safe" without further investigation. I call BS, because I<br>
know that address wasn't simply guessed. And it wasn't extracted from<br>
me via a worm/trojan. (If it had, other addresses would have been<br>
affected.) None of my other merchant-specific emails have ever had<br>
this happen, so what makes them special? If the data is all linked,<br>
and the email address is out there in the wild, it's a foreign key<br>
link to other personal data, and only a table link or two away from<br>
credit card data. It has either been exploited already, or is an<br>
accident waiting to happen.<br>
<br>
Because of this, I'm very careful at their stores, and always decline<br>
their information matching at POS, or pay cash.<br>
<br>
Anyhoo....<br>
<br>
Thanks for the heads up on NewEgg price match, Aaron.<br>
<br>
-Angelo<br>
<br>
<br>
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Aaron Howard <<a href="mailto:archanoid@gmail.com" target="_blank">archanoid@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> They will also price match newegg and a few other web stores.<br>
><br>
> On Dec 11, 2012 3:41 PM, "Jeff Frontz" <<a href="mailto:jeff.frontz@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeff.frontz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> While I don't have any experience with returning big-ticket electronics, I've returned (what I felt were) defective consumables-- screen protectors for an iPad that, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get to be completely lint- and bubble free and that ended up in a frustration-induced wad. They were pricey enough that I wanted to take them back. I expected to have to go into histrionics to show just how bad they were and how much product I've bought from them over the years (ever since they were in the single-floor store on Lane Avenue) and why I deserved to have my money back and if they didn't, I'd have the credit card company refuse payment and...<br>
>><br>
>> The guy at the returns desk basically looked inside the package to make sure there was something inside resembling the product (or to make sure they were truly beyond re-sale?), looked at the receipt, and processed the credit.<br>
>><br>
>> And now they're getting all sorts of good marketing.<br>
>><br>
>> I think they came out ahead.<br>
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