Me too, but it looks like they are sold out now. Hope my friends I emailed about the price got some!
]]>You couldnt have at least put these in one new thread? or preferably put them in the original thread you started.
Also I could go on Epinions and find similar stories for just about any merchant.
Please direct yourself to this excellent comment which I noticed was the only comment you did not respond too....@PorkchopSandwiches!_GitEmSteveDave
You may now continue trolling---and getting banned.
]]>@PorkchopSandwiches!_GitEmSteveDave: This is a fantastic post. Good job, poster.
]]>YAYYY!! For deals!!!
]]>Nearly 160 people responded with sympathy and descriptions of similar problems with this retailer.
]]>You're gonna need some seriously powerful rechargeables though. Like 2600ma or more. Energizer sells rechargeables in this range for affordable prices.
]]>It would still go through no problem even if you entered them after the expiration date. (Most likely a technique to encourage stores to sell a steady supply rather than actually pose a risk to consumers).
]]>SteveDave has a point about not being able to please everyone all of the time. Even if Buy.com had the most deplorable customer service in the world, don't you think you could do more to create awareness of the situation rather than posting in comment threads in response to the daily posted deals? Like I said, start your own website or write an article/expose on buy.com customer service. That's assuming there's something to write about.
This whole discussion is out of place and needs to end.
So no more from me, I've made my point.
AAAs are teetering on the edge of that category. Remotes and calculators tend to take them, but the small devices that used to insist on them are now starting to switch to integrated lithium ion batteries. For that price, I guess it could be the last pack you buy to support your aging gadgets.
Still, let's see some deals on rechargeable and a good charger. They're only convenient (and thus used) when you have a bunch and a big charger that works well to keep them ready. And rechargables tend to carry more life on a full charge than batteries from the supermarket, which is a plus for things like flash digital photography.
]]>Just give them a call and ask one of the helpful reps, "What gives?"
Good luck and HAVE FUN!
]]>"I don't think the public shaming technique is working."
How are you gauging success?
]]>I don't know that your comments regarding buy.com thus far has had any effect other than irritating your fellow posters. Since this is a forum, as you mentioned, you should consider the feelings of you peers. I think everyone would be fine with a couple of mentions to your buy.com incident and be respectful and read/comment appropriately. However, we expect a similar amount of respect in return.
Your issue in your words is with the Consumerist posting deals offered by buy.com. You're issue is with the Consumerist and not it's users. I don't think the public shaming technique is working.
]]>You appear to be someone who will never be pleased. You base your comment(s) on absolutes, i.e. Buy.com wronged me, so they have bad customer service, and nothing they can do from now on will change that, so no one should patronize them, and I never will. If you go by this standard, since no company has 100% satisfaction, then no company deserves any business. Heck, you shouldn't even be commenting here, b/c Consumerist has done a dis-service to you by posting Buy.com deals.
]]>No. I don't think one or two mentions is adequate. That seems arbitrary to me.
My goal here isn't to complain about Buy.Com as much as it is to get Consumerist to stop featuring Buy.Com "deals." Frankly, I don't think posting "deals" is consistent with the mission of the site. Moreover, I think that promoting the ethic of the deal exacerbates many of the problems that this sites seeks to remedy.
Whereas some may have had good experiences, the point of this forum isn't necessarily to highlight good performance, but to inform others about bad performance. So, if Buy.Com has bad customer service, but you received your deal without a hitch, that still means Buy.Com has bad customer service.
By now, hundreds of people have read through the comments on this post. I have no reason to believe that the same people reading these comments read the comments attached to the last "Morning Deals." Inasmuch as this is true, I stand to accomplish more each time I post my opinion and explain my experiences with this bad vendor. That is why I continue to post.
Thanks for your inquiry. Continued thanks to those who help me dominate the conversation threads following the "Morning Deals" with discussions of Buy.Com's non-existent "customer service."
]]>That said, isn't one or two mentions of you poor buy.com experience enough though? If you've made it you personal mission in life to warn everyone how awful they are you should probably start you're own website. There's no reason to keep mentioning it on Consumerist. Unless you've got an outstanding issue with them you should just get over it. If you do have an outstanding issue, then maybe you should take appropriate action(EECB?) instead of complaining in every morning deals that has something from buy.com.
]]>I don't see how they've been bashed.
I would see it as bashing if noting their history wasn't warranted, but inasmuch as they've never done anything to remedy or challenge my complaints, they themselves appear to agree with me.
I used chargeback twice with my Discover Card. Once when they sent me the wrong thing. Again, when they made an unauthorized charge. Evidently, they never responded to Discover's inquiries. Silence is assent.
]]>And as the first respondent said:
We get it, you dont like buy.com, now find something else to comment on rather than bashing buy.com everday on the deal post.
I'm not sure what Buy.com did to get under the skin of so many people here, but y'all are welcome to not get deals from them, I'll take them for myself.
]]>Actually I have had a problem with them as well. About 2 months ago on ebay I got a pair of gaming headphones from them. After paying my money was refunded with no explination, when I contacted Paypal to ask what happened stating "bidding and buying something on your site is expressed as a contract, and I doubt the same would fly if this situation had been reversed with me saying I would not pay and didnt want it anymore" only to have them appologise and tell me to contact buy.com (the seller). Buy didnt tell me anything, I got an automated response followed by a "we no longer have it in stock" email even when they claimed to have 3000+ in stock when I bought mine. I dont know if this is the norm with Buy, but I dont think I will be buying from them any time soon.
]]>@IrvCrapper: What Christmas was that, Irv? 2006? BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT. We all know you don't like buy.com.
]]>Buy.Com is a terrible that screwed me with poor Christmas delivery, no customer service, and unauthorized charges to my credit card.
Enjoy your XBox membership.
]]>Thats a steal on the xbox live membership.
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