Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!bionet!agate!usenet From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Ehman: Misleading Advertising Message-ID: <1989Aug16.183544.1786@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 16 Aug 89 18:35:44 GMT References: <1989Aug10.220853.11042@agate.berkeley.edu> <697@jc3b21.UUCP> Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 24 In article <697@jc3b21.UUCP> david@jc3b21.UUCP (David Quarles) writes: #>From article <1989Aug10.220853.11042@agate.berkeley.edu>, by steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield): #>> As a followup to my previous post, Ehman tacked on #>> $20 to the cost of their drives because their advertised #>> price, they say, is a cash price. Funny it doesn't say #>> anything about that in the ad. We're still going to try #>> to get it taken off. #> #> #>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= #> #>I just purchased their removable with my VISA and there was NO surcharge, #>just shipping. #> #>=-=-= Email: david@jc3b21.UUCP -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EOT I gather than in Ehman's terms, that is still a cash transaction. They apparently tack on a fee to cover their cost of invoicing. However, I'm no longer complaining because they are apparently sending us a faster drive than what they would otherwise send. Just goes to show that it usually pays to complain about such things. Steve Goldfield