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"poor poor poor customer service. never received my item due to local mail not delivering to mailbox (shipment was marked returned before it reached my town). buyaib stated a 6-MONTH!! wait period before they declaire the package lost. Never heard from them and now when I try to contact them, they do not answer the phone during office hours and I hear people pickup and hang up the line. I'm ready to report them to a "better business"-type agency!"
"WORST PRODUCTS AND SERVICE IN THE COMPUTER BUSINESS. I purchased $1600 on memory which was stated to have a "lifetime warranty". Two pieces went bad within the first 18 months. They exchanged these two for me, but when one of the replacement DIMMs went bad 6 months later, they refused to do anything, stating that the memory was out of warranty and that their warranty policy had been changed to 1-year. Great customer service for a big purchase. I can only imagine how bad they are with smaller purchases.
"I ordered an Athlon XP 2500+ before I knew that this place existed and all these people had been ripped off. I received my package after 3 days. The CPU was covered with a piece of cardboard and a rubber band, with no anti-static device. The box was filled with foam peanuts, perfect static attractors. I'm very lucky in the sense that there were no bent pins and the CPU booted. The CPU works, so they're not getting my restocking fee! HA!
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS VENDOR!!! THEY ARE A RIP-OFF AND A FRAUD! I WILL BE REPORTING THEM TO THE BBB HERE IN CALIFORNIA! I ADVISE EVERYONE HERE TO DO THE SAME!
DO NOT PURCHASE THINGS FROM THIS FRAUDULENT COMPANY!!!"
This review was modified by imemerson on September 07 2004 03:15:55 PM
"I recently purchased a CPU upgrade of an Athlon 2600+/266 Thoroughbred "B" in order to play Doom 3. The chip came attached to a piece of cardboard and wrapped with a rubber band. I'm lucky the thing would even boot. Once i got it running it was obvious that the chip was defective... it overheating and became completely unstable once it hit temps as low as 50 degrees celsius. I missed the short 7 day return windows trying to fix this problem and am selling it on ebay to try and cut my losses. The one other time I bought from buyaib they sent me a Radeon 8500 that was also defective. I wish I'd read this page earlier. Don't buy from these people."
"HOLY COW!!! Please understand I was a first time customer (and last) when I ordered from buyaib.com. I did not know about resellerratings.com and only reviewed the ratings on pricewatch.com (are those positive reviews from real people?). Anyway ordered the AMD Barton 2500. Received the same in two days via US postal service! However, once I removed the item from the small padded envelope, first thing I noticed was no anti-static bag. Cpu was in a hard plastic tray with a cut out cardboard lid held in place by rubber band. What I found inside was what I had ordered but with several chipped areas on the core and approx. 10 bent pins!!!. Discovered the bent pins after cpu wouldn't go into socket. Carefully straightened pins and held my breath. Amazingly the cpu works 100% and runs cool. Guess they won't be getting my 15% restocking fee! I recommend shopping else where unless you want damaged goods. Has any one paid a visit to the physical store? Would be interested in what you found."
"This company is a fraud. Unfortunately i did order this from Pricewatch.com without reading here the Store Reseller reviews.
This is what happened. I ordered my 2x512mb A-Data Viesta PC4000 for 236 USD. UPS brought it today 8/6/2004. I was still half asleep as the UPS guy gave me the package so i went back to the bedroom. I opened the package while my wife was right beside me. What did i got ? 236 Dollar worth of AIR. No Invoice, no peanuts and sure no memory. Well now i have to see how it turns out but i m not very satisfied as well. I will force my money back through the bank if they dont do refund me my money in a short amount of time.
I just can WARN everybody who is going to buy from this company, by now i think the pricewatch feedbacks are fake somebody needs to do something about them they are already to long in business.
No conctact from them til today. All i can say is that i informed UPS to run an investigation, the BBB, the FBi Fraud department and also the Federal Trade Commission.
If you experienced fraud through that company please inform the BBB, FBi, FTC and the Shipper who has been used.
Credit Card Company as well to get your full amount of money back. "
This review was modified by hw_locutus on August 16 2004 01:27:16 PM
"**WARNING** I think this may be a fraudulent operation, considering my experience and all the negative reviews on Pricewatch.com. I did not receive what I ordered, and most of my order was defective upon arrival. I ordered three memory chips. The merchant failed to keep my account up to date on the web site, so I could never tell if it shipped. I finally had to contact them to ask where it was and they said it just shipped (well over a week after it was ordered). Was this delay because I didn't pay the expedite fee? What I ultimately got was three memory chips of half the size I paid for. Two of them were even bad and all appeared not to be new. I had failed to read the reviews before ordering (lesson learned). When I did read them, many customers spoke about having similar experiences. Given that most of the positive reviews were almost copies of one another, I must assume many are fake. I wrote the merchant asking for a resolution. Two days later, they wrote back saying they would just give me a refund. I would have settled for the correct order, but that wasn't offered. Strange, I thought. After a week of waiting for the promised postage-paid return package that was supposed to take a couple of days to arrive, I sent back the order at my own expense (with proof-of-signature service for the credit card dispute I was expecting to file). Another week after the return was signed for, I had still heard nothing nor received a refund. After checking the web site, I saw my order status was changed to cancelled. I finally initiated an investigation with my credit card company. A few days later, the refund appeared on my account. I won't hold my breath waiting for reimbursement of the return shipping. This entire ordeal took over a month from order to refund. It appears from the other reviews and my own, that this company does this sort of thing routinely. Perhaps they think that by stalling most people will give up the pursuit of a resolution or refund. Perhaps they get away with this enough to make money without actually having the merchandise to sell. You have been warned."
"bought memory from buyaib, sent me the wronge memory, called them up some girl anserd the phone;ask here what shood i do, said that i can send back the memory for the correck one. did that, waited about two weeks, they called me at work and said that i ordered the wronge item, and that i shood pay for a better one. i asked how much,they sais about $35.00 moer. did that; they sent me the same item as befor, called back then some guy answered the phone from stlpcsales.com ask about my memory, said that ther girl that answer's the phone was out to lunch, how many companies do these people have. well called back three hours later, girl said we sent you a better item then befor, told here that she was lying and that if they don't give me all my money back i will go to the (BBB) and tell them all about there company. anyways it's been two months now! and not a dime is in my account yet. don't buy from them, and there other company stlpcsales.com both are a froud!!!!! with a ooooooooooo!!!!!!! for service . "
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![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"poor poor poor customer service. never received my item due to local mail not delivering to mailbox (shipment was marked returned before it reached my town). buyaib stated a 6-MONTH!! wait period before they declaire the package lost. Never heard from them and now when I try to contact them, they do not answer the phone during office hours and I hear people pickup and hang up the line. I\u0027m ready to report them to a \u0022better business\u0022-type agency!","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/167071#comment167071","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"asoileau83","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"WORST PRODUCTS AND SERVICE IN THE COMPUTER BUSINESS. I purchased $1600 on memory which was stated to have a \u0022lifetime warranty\u0022. Two pieces went bad within the first 18 months. They exchanged these two for me, but when one of the replacement DIMMs went bad 6 months later, they refused to do anything, stating that the memory was out of warranty and that their warranty policy had been changed to 1-year. Great customer service for a big purchase. I can only imagine how bad they are with smaller purchases.<br><br>BUYER BEWARE.","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/163435#comment163435","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"bkp_duke","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"I ordered an Athlon XP 2500+ before I knew that this place existed and all these people had been ripped off. I received my package after 3 days. The CPU was covered with a piece of cardboard and a rubber band, with no anti-static device. The box was filled with foam peanuts, perfect static attractors. I\u0027m very lucky in the sense that there were no bent pins and the CPU booted. The CPU works, so they\u0027re not getting my restocking fee! HA! <br><br>DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS VENDOR!!! THEY ARE A RIP-OFF AND A FRAUD! I WILL BE REPORTING THEM TO THE BBB HERE IN CALIFORNIA! I ADVISE EVERYONE HERE TO DO THE SAME!<br><br>DO NOT PURCHASE THINGS FROM THIS FRAUDULENT COMPANY!!!","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/159727#comment159727","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"imemerson","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"I recently purchased a CPU upgrade of an Athlon 2600+\/266 Thoroughbred \u0022B\u0022 in order to play Doom 3. The chip came attached to a piece of cardboard and wrapped with a rubber band. I\u0027m lucky the thing would even boot. Once i got it running it was obvious that the chip was defective... it overheating and became completely unstable once it hit temps as low as 50 degrees celsius. I missed the short 7 day return windows trying to fix this problem and am selling it on ebay to try and cut my losses. The one other time I bought from buyaib they sent me a Radeon 8500 that was also defective. I wish I\u0027d read this page earlier. Don\u0027t buy from these people.","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/157865#comment157865","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"eml0300","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"HOLY COW!!!<br>Please understand I was a first time customer (and last) when I ordered from buyaib.com. I did not know about resellerratings.com and only reviewed the ratings on pricewatch.com (are those positive reviews from real people?). Anyway ordered the AMD Barton 2500. Received the same in two days via US postal service! However, once I removed the item from the small padded envelope, first thing I noticed was no anti-static bag. Cpu was in a hard plastic tray with a cut out cardboard lid held in place by rubber band. What I found inside was what I had ordered but with several chipped areas on the core and approx. 10 bent pins!!!. Discovered the bent pins after cpu wouldn\u0027t go into socket. Carefully straightened pins and held my breath. Amazingly the cpu works 100% and runs cool. Guess they won\u0027t be getting my 15% restocking fee! I recommend shopping else where unless you want damaged goods. Has any one paid a visit to the physical store? Would be interested in what you found.","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/154781#comment154781","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"ausman1","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"This company is a fraud. Unfortunately i did order this from Pricewatch.com without reading here the Store Reseller reviews. <br><br>This is what happened. I ordered my 2x512mb A-Data Viesta PC4000 for 236 USD. UPS brought it today 8\/6\/2004. I was still half asleep as the UPS guy gave me the package so i went back to the bedroom. I opened the package while my wife was right beside me. <br>What did i got ? 236 Dollar worth of AIR. No Invoice, no peanuts and sure no memory. Well now i have to see how it turns out but i m not very satisfied as well. I will force my money back through the bank if they dont do refund me my money in a short amount of time.<br><br>I just can WARN everybody who is going to buy from this company, by now i think the pricewatch feedbacks are fake somebody needs to do something about them they are already to long in business. <br><br>No conctact from them til today. All i can say is that i informed UPS to run an investigation, the BBB, the FBi Fraud department and also the Federal Trade Commission. <br><br>If you experienced fraud through that company please inform the BBB, FBi, FTC and the Shipper who has been used. <br><br>Credit Card Company as well to get your full amount of money back. ","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/154659#comment154659","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"hw_locutus","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"I would not purchase from this vendor again.<br><br>I purchased \u0022micron or major brand\u0022 PC3200 memory from these people and it will not reliably operate at greater than 266MHz. <br><br>Nobody answers emails or the phone. Better to spend your money on a reliable online vendor who will support you. I have had good luck with Newegg.<br>","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/154614#comment154614","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"slamkal","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"**WARNING** I think this may be a fraudulent operation, considering my experience and all the negative reviews on Pricewatch.com. I did not receive what I ordered, and most of my order was defective upon arrival. I ordered three memory chips. The merchant failed to keep my account up to date on the web site, so I could never tell if it shipped. I finally had to contact them to ask where it was and they said it just shipped (well over a week after it was ordered). Was this delay because I didn\u0027t pay the expedite fee? What I ultimately got was three memory chips of half the size I paid for. Two of them were even bad and all appeared not to be new. I had failed to read the reviews before ordering (lesson learned). When I did read them, many customers spoke about having similar experiences. Given that most of the positive reviews were almost copies of one another, I must assume many are fake. I wrote the merchant asking for a resolution. Two days later, they wrote back saying they would just give me a refund. I would have settled for the correct order, but that wasn\u0027t offered. Strange, I thought. After a week of waiting for the promised postage-paid return package that was supposed to take a couple of days to arrive, I sent back the order at my own expense (with proof-of-signature service for the credit card dispute I was expecting to file). Another week after the return was signed for, I had still heard nothing nor received a refund. After checking the web site, I saw my order status was changed to cancelled. I finally initiated an investigation with my credit card company. A few days later, the refund appeared on my account. I won\u0027t hold my breath waiting for reimbursement of the return shipping. This entire ordeal took over a month from order to refund. It appears from the other reviews and my own, that this company does this sort of thing routinely. Perhaps they think that by stalling most people will give up the pursuit of a resolution or refund. Perhaps they get away with this enough to make money without actually having the merchandise to sell. You have been warned.","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/153603#comment153603","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"awheat3000","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
![Share](javascript:share_rating({"review_body":"bought memory from buyaib, sent me the wronge memory, called them up some girl anserd the phone;ask here what shood i do, said that i can send back the memory for the correck one.<br>did that, waited about two weeks, they called me at work and said that i ordered the wronge item, and that i shood pay for a better one.<br>i asked how much,they sais about $35.00 moer.<br>did that; they sent me the same item as befor, called back then some guy answered the phone from stlpcsales.com ask about my memory, said that ther girl that answer\u0027s the phone was out to lunch, how many companies do these people have.<br>well called back three hours later, girl said we sent you a better item then befor, told here that she was lying and that if they don\u0027t give me all my money back i will go to the (BBB) and tell them all about there company.<br>anyways it\u0027s been two months now! and not a dime is in my account yet.<br>don\u0027t buy from them, and there other company stlpcsales.com both are a froud!!!!! with a ooooooooooo!!!!!!! for service .<br>","link":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC\/comment\/152518#comment152518","store_thumb":"http:\/\/www.resellerratings.com\/store\/thumbnail\/Buyaib_aka_ALPHA_INTERNATIONAL_BUSINESS_INC.jpg","store_name":"Buyaib.com (aka ALPHA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INC.","username":"may","rating":"1"}, "single");){kind=link}
"purchased an XP2500 Barton
CPU was covered by antistatic bag!!!
Works great, shipped fast for ground."