From: bwolfe@trentu.ca (BEN WOLFE)
Subject: Re: "Hardware that Fits" mail order
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In article <735578811.26264.0@unix1.andrew.cmu.edu>, Christopher Bruce Kidwell <ck31+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
>I ordered an external floppy drive from them 2 years ago.  When I placed
>the order, they said it was in stock and would ship the next day.  A week
>passed and no drive.  I called them up and they said they were out of stock
>and my drive should ship in 2 weeks or so.  Since I needed the drive right
>away (both my internal hard drive and floppy were dead) I cancelled my
>order and haven't dealt with them since.
> 
>Chris Kidwell
>ck31@andrew.cmu.edu


I too had a very unpleasant experience with "Hardware That's Shi*". It
featured repeated lies about when things had shipped, a salesperson who
was totally ignorant about what he was selling, a charge for duties I
had specifically been assured were not payable and then a monitor (their
house brand 2-page monochrome) that was the most unadulterated piece of
junk it has ever been my misfortune to experience in the world of
electronics.

I shipped it back and they refunded my money, but it still cost me
something over $200 for long distance charges, non-refundable taxes
and duties and lost time.

Don't deal with them.