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posted Feb-04-2007
My software order (for Dragon Naturally Speaking) seemed to be doing fine until online tracking showed the USPS had determined that it was undeliverable and was being returned to the shipper. I'd had several items from Buy.com sent to the same address (my office) before without problems. When I looked more closely at the address, I found the the company name had been omitted, leaving just my name in a multi-floor office building.
I found that the Buy.com website now silently deleted that line if I selected an address other than the default. (Although weirdly, if I selected the same address a second time, it wasn't omitted!)
My attempts to rectify this were agonizing. Emails contacts were auto-answered with no sign that a person had read mine. After waiting on hold for close to an hour, I spent another 30 minutes with a CSR who said he'd ask his supervisor to recommend sending me a replacement copy of DNS. Needless to say, it never came. I finally bought DNS locally since I really needed it.
In the end I contested the charge with AMEX, and within a day or two Buy.com issued a refund. What a waste of time!!