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posted Feb-25-2007

The order was for a microprocessor. Around 15 Jan. '07, I called them as I hadn't received the part. They told me I had to call back next week. I did. Got a phone voicemail box that was full. I then located another number, which was obviously a cell phone. I spoke with a young sounding guy. He said that the part was "lost in the mail." I said O.K., I want the part, send me another one. He said the part was "out of stock." He insisted on giving me a refund. I said O.K. He gave me a transaction number.

Well, according to Mastercard that refund never took place. About two weeks after my phone conversation with the guy, I received in the mail a computer memory heat sink (two pieces of painted aluminum). That's not a microprocessor. I waited a week to let Mastercard's letter of credit to my account arrive. I mailed the memory heat-sink back to 4magicus.com with a letter explaining that I was aware of their fraudulant practices, and to refer any future communications to their bank.

About two weeks later they sent me the Yahoo.com store front email invoice. They were messing with me. I called Mastercard and cancelled my account. I knew, by then, after reading complaints at pricewatch.com, and other sites, that these people were scam artists and that my card number was out in the open.

One additional note here. I emailed Yahoo.com again and again about this store front they are hosting. Each time my complaints were brushed off rather rudely and I was told to contact my credit card company. I have seen complaints about this company going back as far as 2005, at Yahoo.

What does this mean? It means that the credit card companies, yahoo.com, and pricewatch.com have been getting complaints about these assholes for over two years--yet, they are still allowed to operate. What does that tell a rational person about the credit card system and these two enabling companies?

Further, during a phone call to Yahoo's corporate headquarters, in CA, I was told point blank that Yahoo doesn't give the full credit card information to the store front companies, only the last four numbers of your card. Yet, when I got the memory heat-sink in the mail a yahoo.com invoice was enclosed which contained my full card number, expiration date, my name, address, and phone number. This means that 4magicus had the information, that Yahoo lied to me, and that my card information was at risk while floating around in the USPS.

The system protects the criminal, while grudgingly responding to the victim. Corporations lie like dogs. Scammers easily avoid recrimination and easily manipulate the system. The credit card companies and the issueing banks push away reports of fraud as long as they can get away with it, as does Yahoo, Inc.

BUYER BEWARE, IT'S REALLY THE JUNGLE ON THE INTERNET, NO MATTER WHAT THE CORPORATIONS TELL YOU.

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