Don't buy from buy.com !!!!

About five years ago, I ordered a view sonic 17" monitor from buy.com just before Christmas. I placed the order online and mailed them a money order. In the few days it took to receive my money order, they some how ended up out of stock even though I had placed the order when they were in stock. Then they told me the could not just let me chose a different monitor, that they had to send back my check and have me place a new order and send a new money order. I could not believe how piss poor their service was. After about ten phone calls and finally getting someone who actually cared, I was able to get the issue resolved and get a princeton graphics 17" monitor instead for only a few dollars difference. (I'll tell you about the fiasco with the PG monitor later)

I thought I had the issue resolved but it took another ten or so phone calls to actually receive the monitor. Finally after about a month, I received the PG monitor and I swore I'd never buy from buy.com again. I watched with delight, as they filed bankruptcy and were bought out. I thought it served those selfish bastards right after treating customers so poorly.

Here it is five years later and I thought I'd give them another try. I ordered a Belkin KVM switch online, on 11 May, since their price was so low. It was only a $30 order and I was not in a hurry so I figured what the heck since they're under new management. What a mistake. Here it is two weeks later and the order has not even left the warehouse. What kind of crap is that? And on top of that, they don't even offer phone support any longer. At least the number is not posted on their website anymore. So I did a whois and found their phone support number, 949-389-2000. I'm just waiting until 10am to call since they don't open till 8am PST.

The moral of the story, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, BUY FROM BUY.COM!!!! THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND LEAVE YOU HANGING INDEFINITELY WITH NO RECOURSE!!!!!!

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buy.com telephone support = 949-389-2000
buy.com telephone number = 949-389-2000

DO NOT BUY FROM BUY.COM!

Reading is good for you

I'll admit I'm not much into reading. I don't like reading the paper, magazines, books, anything. It's not that I can't read or have difficulty, I just don't enjoy it. To me, it seems like a chore. But if I were into reading, there is a fairly new site on called Reading is Good for You. It has a lot of different books online, mostly old literature but there is a smattering of newer texts. It's not the easiest read but you can print the pages since the website has a very minimalistic interface. If you have some time and you like to read (which I don't) then you may want to check out the online books.