Re: CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:53:27 -0500
> From: "Larry Seltzer" <Larry () larryseltzer com>
> To: "Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>, "Juha-Matti Laurio" 
<juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>, <funsec () linuxbox org>
> Subject: Re: [funsec] CompUSA Refuses To Accept Cash
>
> > > 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

Why would accepting cash be illegal?

> 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.
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com
>
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