Wow, some people don't read so well. Here is my post from 12/15:
Ok, I have a report on an HP Omnibook 500 that I ordered from gpscomputers.com
On August 23, I placed an order with them for the really thin, really cool HP Omnibook, after debating whether or not to do so for about a week. The lowest price I could find anywhere else was $1000, and they were offering for $500. The setup -- hp omnibook 500, 600 mhz, 10gb, 128mb, nic, expansion base. Sounded too good to be true, but I figured I'm paying with paypal, so there is some protection (although I've heard horror stories about this being quite the contrary).
At first, I thought that it was handled pretty well. I sent an order to the owner of the place, "Terry Holmes", asking him some questions about it and verifying that the price was real. Then I placed the order on their website, and payment was easy by paypal directly linked on their order form. The strange thing was that I received no order confirmation for a few days, so I gave them a call. They said that they issue order numbers 7 to 10 days after receiving the order, so I decided to wait a little while longer.
After two weeks, I began to get impatient, and I called them again, asking what was going on. The service rep "Shirley" told me that they were extremely behind on these orders, and I'd be getting my order at the end fo the month (September).
Well, repeat this process for about three months (note that while I call them approximately 2x per week, they did not even once reply by email or phone) up until last week (December 5). I finally got annoyed enough, and worried about losing my money enough to write them an email asking for my money back, and threatening to report this to the BBB, local prosecutor, and state attorney's office. Then I got an email saying it would be shipped next week. Ok, yeah right, I think, another delay tactic. Note that all through these three months, the only reason I don't go through on this action is because I really would like this laptop, want to give them a chance, and because I can actually talk to someone in their office, and they appear to have a real address.
To my surprise, the next week it actually arrived! And not just the laptop I ordered, but the newest, coolest, most function packed hp omnibook 500 that you can get right now. It's got wireless lan, 30gb(!), 256 ram, and it's the 750mhz model. I mean it took 3 months, but it was damn worth the wait.
I'll tell you a little bit about the box and labels, because that's as informative as anything. The laptop came in what appears to be the standard HP packing, absolutely new off the shelf, unopened. The label on the inner box was from Taiwan, HP factory. However, this was in an outer box with packing peanuts, and the strange thing is, the outer box didn't come from gpscomputers -- it came from PcMall in Memphis, TN (while gps computers is in ohio).
I don't know if I would order from them again, or suggest anyone else ordering from them. While I got what I wanted (and more) from them in the end, this might easily have ended up the other way. And I only let $500 of my money go into limbo this way for 3 months, I would certainly hesitate at any larger sum of money.
Who knows if this is legit?
Ok, I have a report on an HP Omnibook 500 that I ordered from gpscomputers.com
On August 23, I placed an order with them for the really thin, really cool HP Omnibook, after debating whether or not to do so for about a week. The lowest price I could find anywhere else was $1000, and they were offering for $500. The setup -- hp omnibook 500, 600 mhz, 10gb, 128mb, nic, expansion base. Sounded too good to be true, but I figured I'm paying with paypal, so there is some protection (although I've heard horror stories about this being quite the contrary).
At first, I thought that it was handled pretty well. I sent an order to the owner of the place, "Terry Holmes", asking him some questions about it and verifying that the price was real. Then I placed the order on their website, and payment was easy by paypal directly linked on their order form. The strange thing was that I received no order confirmation for a few days, so I gave them a call. They said that they issue order numbers 7 to 10 days after receiving the order, so I decided to wait a little while longer.
After two weeks, I began to get impatient, and I called them again, asking what was going on. The service rep "Shirley" told me that they were extremely behind on these orders, and I'd be getting my order at the end fo the month (September).
Well, repeat this process for about three months (note that while I call them approximately 2x per week, they did not even once reply by email or phone) up until last week (December 5). I finally got annoyed enough, and worried about losing my money enough to write them an email asking for my money back, and threatening to report this to the BBB, local prosecutor, and state attorney's office. Then I got an email saying it would be shipped next week. Ok, yeah right, I think, another delay tactic. Note that all through these three months, the only reason I don't go through on this action is because I really would like this laptop, want to give them a chance, and because I can actually talk to someone in their office, and they appear to have a real address.
To my surprise, the next week it actually arrived! And not just the laptop I ordered, but the newest, coolest, most function packed hp omnibook 500 that you can get right now. It's got wireless lan, 30gb(!), 256 ram, and it's the 750mhz model. I mean it took 3 months, but it was damn worth the wait.
I'll tell you a little bit about the box and labels, because that's as informative as anything. The laptop came in what appears to be the standard HP packing, absolutely new off the shelf, unopened. The label on the inner box was from Taiwan, HP factory. However, this was in an outer box with packing peanuts, and the strange thing is, the outer box didn't come from gpscomputers -- it came from PcMall in Memphis, TN (while gps computers is in ohio).
I don't know if I would order from them again, or suggest anyone else ordering from them. While I got what I wanted (and more) from them in the end, this might easily have ended up the other way. And I only let $500 of my money go into limbo this way for 3 months, I would certainly hesitate at any larger sum of money.
Who knows if this is legit?
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