[ale] SLIMPC 1.7 GHz Celeron system non upgradeable -

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Van L. Loggins wrote:

They called and emailed me, to inform me that they were out of stock
> on these and couldn't tell when they had more coming in. In the email
> message they were trying to get me to go for another system with the
> same specs as this one except that it had all of the stuff the other
> unit didn't have plus the memory and cpu were upgradable. When I told
> them I had no interest in the other unit as it cost 100 more dollars
> than the unit I had ordered they canceled my order on me. I wasn't
> even given the option to have the order put on hold and then have
> them ship me this unit when they get more of them in stock.
> 
> 
> Sounds kinda like the ole Bait and switch gambit to me.

Yeah, scam city.  Should be able to nail them on false advertisement. 
Even better, get the word out, and no one will deal with them.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft