1/5

posted May-24-2004
"Worst experience in many years, low teaser price for Cannon Powershot S410. Order placed and followed with notice to call then. High pressure sales to purchase additional overpriced accessories that eliminated any initial savings and made the purchase far more expensive than other vendors. Having read reviews after ordering but before calling I saw that if I did not take the extras the original order would likely be on back order for six weeks or never ship. As vacation is looming I went ahead and accepted the overpriced extras rather than be bothered with the delay. Even then my order was stuck in their shipping department for a week. Sent a scathing email threatening to cancel is they did not get off their butts. Finally got a notice it shipped after my email threat. Now I have another week to to 12 days to wait so it could stretch to almost three weeks. Worst experience I have ever had and will never purchase so much as a toothpick from them again. My own fault, after many years of online purchases with almost a perfect record I seldom even bother checking user reviews, now I have learned my lesson and not make that mistake again. Avoid this merchant like the plague, the low prices are merely bait to get you on the hook. "

This review was modified by
dmagner on June 03 2004 07:51:17 PM
“Thank you for your honest feedback.
Other World Computing sincerely apologizes for failing to meet your expectations concerning the damaged product that you received and the time that you spent.
OWC has built a reputation on the service levels that we provide for our customers and we are truly sorry that your experience has not met your expectations.
It is always frustrating when unexpected issues arise, but we’re here to help and happy to do so.
At this point, we would be happy to set up an in store credit for you. One of our Customer Service Representatives will send you an e-mail with specifics so that this does not become more of an inconvenience for you.
We hope that we have been successful in addressing both your concerns and needs and also hope that we will have an opportunity to regain your trust in the future.
Sincerely,
Robert Boris
Call Center Manager
”