the BIGGEST ripoff of all time....

[TazNet]

There was a similar deal around here with one of those Rent-to-own outfits I heard about. The software and everything was registered to them and they sold 486 pc's for $35 a week for a year. I don't know if they are still selling them, but they should be shut down too.

[jhutto]

Agree with the $400 rebate rip-off.. Pay $700 over 3 years to get $400 today, and some crappy ISP.

A Clone shop in Dallas called ADAM isn't any better. They had a $99 computer reciently. Cel-366 32/3.2GB 24xDVD (AFTER $400 rebate) This was like a week ago too.

Or Fry's Ink cartrages. about 1/2 are refilled.

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Jon Hutto

[iateyourcat]

That's quite a ripoff. I have one to share too. I bought a Diamond MX400.

That's it. If you haven't bought one, you probabaly don't understand how bad that is.

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[manyhats]

ATT. I pay for my wife's sister to have an ISP since their e-mail and chat are much cheaper than the 5 hours a week of long distance they used to consume. Three months ago her area code changed and she got a message to select a new number from a list. The only choices she saw were for Alabama so that's what she selected. Her next month's long distance bill was $300. Every net connection had become a long distance call. Her ISP was ATT Worldnet and her long distance carrier was ATT. Thinking she might get a break, she spent hours winding her way though voice mail with no luck.

We know what she did was stupid. We work with the crazy select your choice from the scroll bar all the time, but she doesn't. One must wonder how often this has happened and if it was by design or an accident.

BTW, she eventually refused to pay the bill, notified South Central Bell of her problem and change of LD carriers. It was fine by SCB. They apparently have no love for mother.