Yes and I want to say as a business owner that chargebacks are  
IMPOSSIBLE to win.

I have had a dozen customers -- large ticket orders ($1000 or more)  
claim they never rec'd and despite having all the evidence I have not  
won the fight.  Now I'm out $1000 in payments to my photographer who  
is pissed because his royalties have been cut down, $200 in print  
costs and $300 in profits that went into R&D.

I've been hit by the sleaziest of the sleaze, I know, but just  
something to consider. For every bad reseller apple there are 5-10 bad  
customers.
--
Ryan

On Oct 9, 2009, at 11:22 PM, Brian Wall wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Thomas Lunde wrote:
>
>> I used to sometimes order things from whoever had the best price.   
>> What I
>> found was that many of these obscure places would promise to ship  
>> by a
>> certain date, then they wouldn't come through, then they'd say that  
>> they
>> don't have any in stock, then they'd admit that they never will  
>> have the
>> item in stock.  On at least one occasion they shipped the wrong  
>> product
>> and I had to return it.  None of them took my money, but they  
>> wasted a lot
>> of my time.  I prefer newegg.com.
>
> I did this once.  Bought a pair of motherboards from an online outfit
> I found on pricewatch.  After a month of no motherboards, no response.
> Three months later, the charge showed up on my CC.  Took me five
> minutes to find the official complaint from the BBB, and arguing the
> charge with VISA was no hassle.  Provide decent evidence and they
> reverse the charges without too much effort.
>
> Lesson learned, if I haven't heard of them, I don't buy from them.
>
> Brian
>
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