CompUSA - An exercise in futility

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 18:23:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: "RICHARD \(Rick\) A. BROWN" <rickbrown1@prodigy.net>
Subject: CompUSA - An exercise in futility
To: CyberPagan@OutoftheDark.com
 

I purchased a Compaq PC Pkg. on 9/29/02 - 4 days later after it crashed, I tried to get an exchange and the store manager refused. He wanted to check it out first. My options were to buy a service contract or pay him 15% for restocking...Later I learned, their policy is just the opposite, but I am sure their store manager gets a bonus on service contracts. Since that time I have had 3 hard drives, 2 replaced plus the original. I actually received more help from Compaq direct than CompUSA. Now it has been in the shop for over a month and after it was returned, I have spent more time running to their location here in Memphis for them to dilly dally around. They have assured me that I will be taking care of and they were sorry for the past.  To Late - I have already filed a complaint again them directing it at their headquarters in Dallas, Texas, plus written Hal Compton the CEO to get a refund....At first all I wanted was an exchange, now I am going to keep going until I get satisfied. What a joke which is not funny and I will continue my fight until I get what I want as a customer.........Being of German decent, I will continue my battle or maybe have a heart attack trying, but I will be heard as long as I keep fighting for a simple purchase that has become a nightmare...I wish I would have known about your site before I even walked into a CompUSA, however in the Chicago area, where I previously lived, they were very customer oriented....Kind of a reverse for a Southern City like Memphis, Tennessee.
 

Richard (Rick) A. Brown