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Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash
From: Kevin Johnson <kjohnson () secureideas net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:55:00 -0500
On Jan 24, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Larry Seltzer wrote:
Aren't they going out of business anway?I believe so, and while I don't excuse not taking cash (I really suspect it's illegal) I can imagine why they would want it this way. When you take cash you have to worry about securing it and dealing with the bank, and it's just a lot easier to funnel everything through credit cards, although it does cost money. Personally, I'm happy to see them go. I got ripped off by CompUSA many years ago and swore I'd never do business with them again. This story should give you a sense of how they operate: I bought a KVM switch (a Belkin) and it was DOA when I got it home. I brought it back and the store manager told me to my face that he couldn't take the return because it would cost his store too much money. I gave him my PC Magazine business card and left. Another CompUSA took the return (the people there were appalled). I wrote a letter to corporate on it and never heard back.
While I will agree with any hatred of CompUSA, it is not illegal for them to not take cash. While money is legal tender, there are no federal statutes that say a private entity must accept it. The information is from http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml Kevin _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Dude VanWinkle (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Toralv_Dirro (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Dude VanWinkle (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Discini, Sonny (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Toralv_Dirro (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Dude VanWinkle (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Alex Eckelberry (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Larry Seltzer (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Kevin Johnson (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Larry Seltzer (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Kevin Johnson (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Larry Seltzer (Jan 24)
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- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Gregory Hicks (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Juha-Matti Laurio (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Alex Eckelberry (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Dude VanWinkle (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Alex Eckelberry (Jan 24)
- Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash Juha-Matti Laurio (Jan 24)