Re: Poor Merchandise

[Vans Evers <vans@cyberspy.com>]

You should open your own home page and become a consumer advocate. Put
your experiences on line and get in the lookup/search sequences.  That
would be a better forum than here.

Good Luck

/s/ Frank



Teddy Lancaster wrote:
> 
> It has happened to me, too, and several of my
> neighbors.  BUT, DON'T GIVE UP!!!! You will only
> be condoning their practices and letting them get
> away with it.  I wrote to the CEO (forget who and
> where as it was YEARS ago).  Say, I got IMMEDIATE
> attention.  I still paid off my account and cut up
> the card..never to shop there again.  After enough
> people do this, maybe they will finally "see the
> light" and change their practice.
> 
> Goods sold in the country (Wal-Mart a prime
> offender) are often poorly made. Yet, those that
> sell them EXPECT us to accept them!!!  Has anyone
> noticed that Wal-Mart has changed it's return
> policies from a few years ago? I think they were
> getting too many returns.
> 
> WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
>  Because WE have allowed it to be being disgusted,
> giving up and throwing the shoddy merchandise
> away.  DON'T DO IT!!!!    Return it, replace it,
> or get your money back.
> 
> We are being FLOODED with foreign-made
> goods....WHY?  Because US Banks made big loans to
> these countries who are not able to pay them
> back..so, to MAKE MONEY to pay back the banks,
> these countries are FLOODING the US with goods.
> These CONTAINER LOADS arrive here full and MOST
> leave here empty.  Talk about poor balance of
> trade!!
> 
> Bottom line, OUR US Government has set us up for
> this.
> 
> Remember, you usually get what you pay
> for....Caveat Emptor.
> 
> Teddy Lancaster
> 
> Lynette Helgeson wrote:
> 
> >  I had a similar problem with Sears. We bought a
> > microwave from them
> > with a year warrenty. Shortly after we purchased
> > the microwave it started
> > to spark when in use. It just did it every once
> > in a while, but it left burnt
> > marks. When I took it in they looked at it and
> > said nothing was wrong
> > with it. Said that one of my kids probably left
> > metal in it when it was running
> > and not to do that. I tried to tell them that it
> > had done it to me and there
> > was NO METAL in it at the time. They told me
> > again that there was nothing
> > wrong with the microwave and they totally
> > dismissed me. I took it back
> > a second time and was told again that there was
> > nothing wrong with the microwave and
> > it had to be something we were doing wrong. I
> > have had microwave for years and I
> > was not doing anything wrong!
> >
> > Well, it finally sparked, blew and quit. It was
> > a little more then a year old and I figured it
> > would do not good to take it to them because
> > they were so sure it was not their fault.
> > So we bought another one, but not from Sears!
> > And guess what, this one does not spark!
> >
> > Lynette Helgeson
> >
> > Patrick Allen wrote:
> >
> >>  Attention:
> >>
> >> I had the displeasure of buying a New Sears
> >> "Die-Hard Gold Battery" for my Ford P/U  On
> >> 20Aug97.
> >>
> >> In September of this year on the 18Sep98. The
> >> truck would not start at 0315 in the morning
> >> when I was attempting to leave for work. I had
> >> to jump start the Truck.  When I got off work
> >> I had to jump start it again.
> >>
> >> I took my P/U to "Sears Automotive Center",
> >> They check the battery and said that it was
> >> almost dead, they recharged the battery.  They
> >> did not even offer to replace the battery at
> >> all.
> >> This battery has a 94 Month Warranty and a 24
> >> month Free replacement.!
> >>
> >> I have been getting Jacked around by "SEARS"
> >> for several months now.  And I feel that it's
> >> time to let others Know what kind of warranty
> >> forever that "SEARS" has.
> >> In the past I have had great warranty
> >> replacements or repairs from Sears,
> >>
> >> It is plane and simple "Sears Chula Vista,
> >> Ca."
> >> Where the battery was purchased does not want
> >> to HONOR the Warranty!!!
> >>
> >

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