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Originally Posted by michaels39  Ratings sites such as this give consumers a voice,it would be wrong to waste that and remain silent. |
But, as I said two paragraphs later, that can be a waste of time better spent. I've never been in a situation to "jump on a bandwagon." If their rating is great, and I may be the sole neg, I may be a fool to quickly post a neg, when those in the know with the merchant can tell me how to get it handled with them. If their rating is poor, well, they'll be avoided anyway.
In all of my yrs of purchasing, I have only had a few bad experiences anyway.
Ironically enough, everyone I have ever had a problem with have had high (9.0+) ratings here on RR. (well, at least the only two that I have ever had to contact my CC company about for advise... Hypermicro and Monarch) Everyone else has just been shipping issues, which can happen to any merchant.
You can read my Monarch/Hyper story here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....1115217&page=3
All in all, Monarch still remains (in my entire life) the only retailer that I have ever been advised by my CC company to file a chargeback over.
But my beef here that made me break my silence (my first post to these forums, if you note) is Shawn's insinuation that a few neg reviews on a long-time positively reviewed merchant can cause their rating to tank is utter nonsense...
Actually, looking back at my e-mails from earlier this yr, I change the story I mentioned earlier at hardforum about Monarch. I now wonder if all of my e-mails were from a single person, just trying to continue the confusion surrounding my order. And them getting my name wrong? I now wonder if call me "Billerbeck" may have been some odd way for them to take a cheap shot at me?
The way Shawn's acting really, really makes me wonder... At the time they seemed just completely disorganized... But maybe it is organized manipulation!?!?!?
