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SLCentral

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I got a unnamed product from an unnamed company (lets just say its worth about $700) a month ago for a thirty day review sample. I was told to return the item using the enclosed Fedex shipping label after thirty days. Turns out I realized after 30 days that no shipping label is included. I sent an e-mail to my contact at the company, but two days later and I still have not gotten a response. If she doesn't respond, do I get to keep it? Am I still legally responsible to send it back to whatever address I can find on the companies website?
 
Are you legally responsible? Of course. The agreement was they would send you the item for 30 days for you to review. No way can you claim title to the item just because they didn't give you a shipping label.
 
Ship it back. I did the review thing for several years when I was working with VIAHardware/Sudhian. If you don't send it back, don't expect them to send you anything EVER again. It's a courtesy really. Some companies let you keep samples, some do not. That's that.

Two days isn't sufficient time to wait for a PR person to respond. They could easily be off somewhere at a conference or show or something. Also, some PR people often move around companies a lot. I knew a guy that when I met him he was working for Tyan, and then like 3 years later he was at Corsair after having worked for Shuttle, Asus, and another company I forget.
 
Originally posted by: OdiN
Ship it back. I did the review thing for several years when I was working with VIAHardware/Sudhian. If you don't send it back, don't expect them to send you anything EVER again. It's a courtesy really. Some companies let you keep samples, some do not. That's that.

Two days isn't sufficient time to wait for a PR person to respond. They could easily be off somewhere at a conference or show or something. Also, some PR people often move around companies a lot. I knew a guy that when I met him he was working for Tyan, and then like 3 years later he was at Corsair after having worked for Shuttle, Asus, and another company I forget.

It's actually been a week now, with still no answer. Havn't gotten any luck leaving messages either.

Originally posted by: hjo3
Wow. You have no sense of ethics.

The point is that I have no way TO ship it back. I don't know where I'm supposed to ship it to (as the PR firm is a company outside of the manufacturer's company) and she won't respond to my e-mails or voicemail messages. I'm at a deadend here.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: hjo3
Wow. You have no sense of ethics.
The point is that I have no way TO ship it back. I don't know where I'm supposed to ship it to (as the PR firm is a company outside of the manufacturer's company) and she won't respond to my e-mails or voicemail messages. I'm at a deadend here.
Then call the manufacturer and explain that their PR company is dropping the ball and you don't want to appear indecent. Or call a higher-up at the PR firm. It really sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to keep this thing.
 
Originally posted by: hjo3
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: hjo3
Wow. You have no sense of ethics.
The point is that I have no way TO ship it back. I don't know where I'm supposed to ship it to (as the PR firm is a company outside of the manufacturer's company) and she won't respond to my e-mails or voicemail messages. I'm at a deadend here.
Then call the manufacturer and explain that their PR company is dropping the ball and you don't want to appear indecent. Or call a higher-up at the PR firm. It really sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to keep this thing.

I'll try that on Monday, thanks.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: hjo3
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: hjo3
Wow. You have no sense of ethics.
The point is that I have no way TO ship it back. I don't know where I'm supposed to ship it to (as the PR firm is a company outside of the manufacturer's company) and she won't respond to my e-mails or voicemail messages. I'm at a deadend here.
Then call the manufacturer and explain that their PR company is dropping the ball and you don't want to appear indecent. Or call a higher-up at the PR firm. It really sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to keep this thing.

I'll try that on Monday, thanks.
No prob, sorry for the rudeness. Seeing someone be reasonable on ATOT kinda blindsighted me. 😛
 
Originally posted by: hjo3
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: hjo3
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: hjo3
Wow. You have no sense of ethics.
The point is that I have no way TO ship it back. I don't know where I'm supposed to ship it to (as the PR firm is a company outside of the manufacturer's company) and she won't respond to my e-mails or voicemail messages. I'm at a deadend here.
Then call the manufacturer and explain that their PR company is dropping the ball and you don't want to appear indecent. Or call a higher-up at the PR firm. It really sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to keep this thing.

I'll try that on Monday, thanks.
No prob, sorry for the rudeness. Seeing someone be reasonable on ATOT kinda blindsighted me. 😛

😛. No problem, I didcome off a little sketchy.
 
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