BUYER BEWARE: EMSComputing.com Namechange: TechSavings.com

[seribellum]

Might be a picture of Joe Garzia on his personal site. Look at Year 1 link, about 12 pictures down. Man, am I bored at work today.

 

[Gaard]

Originally posted by: Bobartig
Definitely good to know. EMS is DEFINITELY a scam, and anyone still thinking otherwise is ignoring all the evidence, or got lucky with a purchase or two.

Having to call the CC company on all these stupid tech companies that can't run an honest biz is a complete pain. It shouldn't be the exception to find an online vendor that's actually legit. It was really fun watching Anandtech kill their ResellerRating. I guess this way we get to do it twice!

What gets me is that some people know that this company scammed hundreds yet continue to give them business. A bunch of crooks give them a sweet deal on a monitor/case/whatever, so they decide to shrug their shoulders about any past dishonesty by the company and support their business. To condone dishonesty is worse than being dishonest.

 

[pitupepito2000]

Hi,

I finally got my refund from EMS Computing the 8/10 after waiting for more than 1 1/2 monthts:|:|:|:|:|:|. If there's somebody that stills hasn't got their money call their CEO. I got to talk to him, and he seemed very effecient and solved my problem. I am not saying that you should do business with them. But if you want to call him here is the info:|

Eric Stockton the CEO of EMS Computing
(352) 374-8400 ext 2353

I hope this helps!

It worked for me.

 

[aldamon]

Thanks for the heads up. My sig has been updated.

 

[MrCodeDude]

EMSComputer = scam.. Just because they change company names doesn't mean they change their business practices.
-- mrcodedude

 

[KF]

Hi junior member AgentHEX (5 posts),

Great to see a brand new guy take an interest in this EMS Computing thing that happened ages ago and was discussed to death at that time. What was it 300+ posts. You can find in the achives I'm sure.

Originally posted by: AgentHEX
<B>KF:</B>

Perhaps you are not aware of the subtle difference here between SVC and EMS. EMS *scammed* people by charging them for merchandise that they weren't even going to deliver. They didn't credit a lot of people when they cancelled orders. That is considered fraud.

SVC sent you a wrong part, and they were busy last few days because yahoo didn't calculate shipping correctly for a cheap PS that a lot of people bought. Still, I reached Shervin fine and Wong answer my later emails within a day. This is NOT considered fraud.

See the difference?

HEX

I don't mean to beat on this one ... Then again maybe I do.

Let's say EMS committed fraud as you say, for the sake of argument. Then that is off topic. Whether the difference between EMS is day & night or subtle, the subject is not HOT DEALs. The subject is your dealings with a particular company. This type OT is what the thread police supposedly only allow in Brags and Moans. At least they did in one case, SVC. Maybe someday there will be another case. Who knows? Anything can happen.

>Still, I reached Shervin fine and Wong answer my later emails within a day

It is now 9/12. I did not get a reply from good ol' Shervin for email sent on the following days:

Monday, September 02, 2002 2:32 PM or
Thursday, September 05, 2002
Saturday, September 07, 2002
Wednesday, September 11, 2002

nor the one I sent early this morning.

Since you did get a reply, I now know they read all my emails. Thanks.
--->Now everyone knows SVC decided to screw me<---
It was not a mistake, or a backlog, or the fact that I didn't phone. It was a decision on the part of SVC.

Since you are close to "Shervin", please put in a good word for me, and
do me the favor of passing this along in an email:


Concerning order # 17425,
All items I received were correct except one. I ordered a:

Green 18" Dual Device ATA133/100 IDE Rounded Cable at $4.49, #RC18HD2-GRN

That is what is on the printout of my order, but you sent an 18" single floppy cable.

Please send the correct item. It is not essential that it be green, but I do
need an IDE Cable.

PM me if you need more info, AgentHEX.

Let me know when you get the reply tomorrow. TIA.

 

[gmbrker]

Hey everyone, I can't vouch for EMS Computing since I never bought from them but I did go to the University of Florida. They hire employees at 15,000-25,000 a year so if they are scamming people then they are not very bright for having such a huge overhead. As for shipping, I think they have almost no inventory. They primarily use Techdata and Ingram Micro to drop ship and maybe another company. As for the multiple websites, they have different prices for the same products on different webistes (some sort of way to determine buyer preferences or something, in other words to see who is willing to pay more for certain products) and they are expanding into other areas of business such as web development, application development, and consulting. I think most people are upset and they have every right to be. EMS probably has an automated system set up to charge cards automatically (remember the BUY.com monitor fiasco) and got overwhelmed.

 

[onelove]

Tal, thanks for the tip-off, I'll make sure to add my 2cents on TechSavings' reseller ratings when/if they are added. I'm surprised I'm still so irritated at them, but I really do hope the Florida AG does an investigation. Anybody got a cousin who works at the IRS? hehe/

 

[aldamon]

Thanks for clearing that up gmbrker. I have a warm, fuzzy feeling my heart for EMS now.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: gmbrker
Hey everyone, I can't vouch for EMS Computing since I never bought from them but I did go to the University of Florida. They hire employees at 15,000-25,000 a year so if they are scamming people then they are not very bright for having such a huge overhead. As for shipping, I think they have almost no inventory. They primarily use Techdata and Ingram Micro to drop ship and maybe another company. As for the multiple websites, they have different prices for the same products on different webistes (some sort of way to determine buyer preferences or something, in other words to see who is willing to pay more for certain products) and they are expanding into other areas of business such as web development, application development, and consulting. I think most people are upset and they have every right to be. EMS probably has an automated system set up to charge cards automatically (remember the BUY.com monitor fiasco) and got overwhelmed.

<-- Another Gator here....

We tried to stop by EMS Computing down on 43rd street once and we only saw a little office... No warehouse or anything, so i wouldnt be surprized if they are a small company and drop ship like you stated.

 

[MixDJ]

EMS computing under a different name is STILL EMS computing. So yes, they would STILL get negative comments from me at ResellerRatings.com.

They screwed me like they did countless others and the only way for them to be on my good side would be to fulfill my standing order that THEY cancelled AFTER they charged my card!!!

So screw EMS under ANY name.