Filed Complaint with Better Business Bureau and I suggest everyone to do the same at http://www.bbb.org
On May 6th, 2004, I purchased a digital camcorder from US1Camera taking into account that the website says that it will ship in 1 to 2 business days. After 2 business days have gone by, the website still says that my order was pending. Because of the urgency of this purchase, I went ahead and made the purchase of this camcorder at a local electronics store. Knowing that my purchase was still pending fulfillment, I went ahead and called in to cancel my order. Upon asking for a cancellation, I was told by the customer representative that they just received the items that day from their manufacturers and my order should ship soon. I asked why I was not told that they did not have the item in stock when the website said that it will ship in 24-48 hours. The customer representative did not answer and just told me that I will get my order soon. I then told the customer representative to cancel my order since I already made the purchase elsewhere. Then to my suprise, they said that they would charge me a 10% cancelation fee. This was in no way stated in their 'Policies and Services'. Upon further reading of their 'Policies and Services' I came across this statement that states: "In the event of delays, every effort will be made to contact you by phone or e-mail. If the delay is due to backorder, you will receive notice and be given the choice to remain on backorder, substitute to another item, or cancel your order." US1Camera in no way notified me that they did not have the item in stock and no way stated that there was a cancelation fee on their policy page. Then I requested to speak with a supervisor or a manager. The manager was extremely rude screaming and yelling when I was trying to explain my situtation. I asked to simply cancel my order and he would tell me how stupid I was ordering on such a short deadline. Now he deliberately shipped my item to make it seem like I cancelled after the item was shipped, making me pay the restocking fee.