I thought this was interesting enough to pass on to others..........Hope you don't mind.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kristine</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:kristine@kristinekeller.com" target="_blank">
kristine@kristinekeller.com</a>><br>Date: Feb 13, 2006 2:35 PM <br>Subject: [tri-go] GPS Explorer - A Cautionary Tale<br>To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:tri-go@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi everyone.<span> </span>I just wanted to let you all know of a situation that has occurred with GPSexplorer.com
. <span> </span>My husband purchased a <span>Garmin</span> 76CS for me for Christmas from the alleged GPSexplorer.com back in November. <span> </span>Little did he know that I had already purchased one at a local retailer during the same
<span>week.</span> <span> </span>Naturally, one had to be returned. <span> </span>By the time he received the one from the online retailer, we had already used the one I purchased, and so we decided to return the one from the website.
<span> </span>Complicated story, I know.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OK, to make a long story short(<span>er</span>), the heart of the matter is this: <span> </span>He returned the GPS unit to the .com company by Thanksgiving, and despite many phone calls, has failed to get his refund.
<span> </span>It's the same old story that I'm sure you all know. <span> </span>"I'll forward this information to accounting." <span> </span><span>or</span> <span> </span><span> </span>"I'll be sure to get your request into the right hands."
<span> </span><span> </span><span>All the</span> BS, no action. <span> </span>Today was the last straw. <span> </span>They are still giving him the runaround even though he has now threatened that "his wife will tell every
<span>geocacher</span> she knows." <span> </span></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So this is a warning to all of you to be wary, please, of GPSexplorer.com. <span> </span>Their prices are excellent, but in our experience they are not a safe company with which to do business.
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And just for the record, the <span>Garmin</span> 76CS is pretty and full of bells and whistles, and super-fun to play with, but not any more accurate or effective than the old Magellan we used.
<span> </span>But again, way prettier, and I know the tide tables everywhere on the continent.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kristine</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
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