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Know anything about these guys?
I am thinking about a switch from Dell Hell and want a really fast and
dependable understated-looking gaming/video editing PC. Does anyone here have any information on a company called Tasteecomputers.com? I think I saw some posts in this newsgroup a while ago about them, but I can't find their website, and I did a search and couldn't find anything. Is it another name? Thanks Octavio |
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you probably mean tastycomputers.com who are not a member of the better
business bureau (bbb.org). reseller ratings has had 20 reviews posted on them in the last six months which really is just 5 reviews in 4 separate areas. of the 5 review dates in the last 6 months, 3 were posted on the same day... aren't statistics wonderful? dell has over 605 reviews in the same period and their rating is essentially the same as that of gateway that has only 72 reviews in that same period. tastycomputer does not sell monitors and only offer a 7 day money back warranty (and without the bbb.org to act as mediator you best purchase on a credit card so you have some recourse). after 7 days and up to 30 days they charge a 15% restocking fee... their domain name was created on 2/14/2003. you see no mention of their history on their site (it appears that they are brand new). they do not offer a toll free number for tech support. "Octavio" wrote in message news:qF0tb.146398$9E1.746785@attbi_s52... I am thinking about a switch from Dell Hell and want a really fast and dependable understated-looking gaming/video editing PC. Does anyone here have any information on a company called Tasteecomputers.com? I think I saw some posts in this newsgroup a while ago about them, but I can't find their website, and I did a search and couldn't find anything. Is it another name? Thanks Octavio |
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I agree about the credit card part. But the BBB does not act as a mediator
in any case. And I would not consider BBB membership to be a positive mark on a vendor. The inclusion of the word BETTER is just a word, part of a fictitious name, conveying no meaning or promise. The BBB is not a consumer advocate. They represent businesses, not consumers. "Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... tastycomputer does not sell monitors and only offer a 7 day money back warranty (and without the bbb.org to act as mediator you best purchase on a credit card so you have some recourse). |
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customer service isn't to good at Dell. Made a call for a simple problem and
it took 45 minutes and various hand offs to different techs to get it solved which they never solved. Then while I was waiting I fixed the problem myself. Simple networking deal, laptop to desktop. It appears that when you run xp pro on the desktop and xp home on the laptop you still must insert the xp pro into the xp home to get file and print sharing to work properly. "Octavio" wrote in message news:qF0tb.146398$9E1.746785@attbi_s52... I am thinking about a switch from Dell Hell and want a really fast and dependable understated-looking gaming/video editing PC. Does anyone here have any information on a company called Tasteecomputers.com? I think I saw some posts in this newsgroup a while ago about them, but I can't find their website, and I did a search and couldn't find anything. Is it another name? Thanks Octavio |
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:56:23 -0500, "lhorwinkle"
wrote: I agree about the credit card part. But the BBB does not act as a mediator in any case. And I would not consider BBB membership to be a positive mark on a vendor. The inclusion of the word BETTER is just a word, part of a fictitious name, conveying no meaning or promise. The BBB is not a consumer advocate. They represent businesses, not consumers. Every complaint I've filed with the BBB has resulted in a fast and satisfactory resolution of my problem. Dave |
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"Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... : you probably mean tastycomputers.com who are not a member of the better : business bureau (bbb.org). reseller ratings has had 20 reviews posted on : them in the last six months which really is just 5 reviews in 4 separate : areas. of the 5 review dates in the last 6 months, 3 were posted on the : same day... aren't statistics wonderful? dell has over 605 reviews in the : same period and their rating is essentially the same as that of gateway that : has only 72 reviews in that same period. tastycomputer does not sell : monitors and only offer a 7 day money back warranty (and without the bbb.org : to act as mediator you best purchase on a credit card so you have some : recourse). after 7 days and up to 30 days they charge a 15% restocking : fee... their domain name was created on 2/14/2003. you see no mention of : their history on their site (it appears that they are brand new). they do : not offer a toll free number for tech support. : : "Octavio" wrote in message : news:qF0tb.146398$9E1.746785@attbi_s52... : I am thinking about a switch from Dell Hell and want a really fast and : dependable understated-looking gaming/video editing PC. Does anyone here : have any information on a company called Tasteecomputers.com? I think I : saw : some posts in this newsgroup a while ago about them, but I can't find : their : website, and I did a search and couldn't find anything. Is it another : name? : : Thanks : Octavio : : Thanks for the information, Christopher. I found their site and had a look-see. Looks pretty much like what I've been wanting to buy, as I have a new 20' LCD monitor that I want to keep anyway. I saw their returns policy at http://tastycomputers.com/legal.htm and it says a full refund for 30 days and no mention of a restocking fee. They might have changed it recently. Anyway, thanks for the corrected name. I'll probably e-mail them over the weekend to get some more information. I did notice that one of their resellerratings reviews was from a guy named Glenn who I remember as being a Gateway guru back in the day when I had a Gateway, and he sounded happy with them. Maybe I'll e-mail him over the weekend too. Thanks Octavio |
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: "Christopher Muto" wrote in message : ... : : SNIPreseller ratings has had 20 reviews posted on : : them in the last six months which really is just 5 reviews in 4 separate : : areas. of the 5 review dates in the last 6 months, 3 were posted on the : : same day... aren't statistics wonderful? dell has over 605 reviews in : the : : same period and their rating is essentially the same as that of gatewaySNIP : : : Thanks for the information, Christopher. I found their site and had a : look-see. Looks pretty much like what I've been wanting to buy, as I have a : new 20' LCD monitor that I want to keep anyway. I saw their returns policy : at http://tastycomputers.com/legal.htm and it says a full refund for 30 days : and no mention of a restocking fee. They might have changed it recently. : Anyway, thanks for the corrected name. I'll probably e-mail them over the : weekend to get some more information. I did notice that one of their : resellerratings reviews was from a guy named Glenn who I remember as being a : Gateway guru back in the day when I had a Gateway, and he sounded happy with : them. Maybe I'll e-mail him over the weekend too. : : Thanks : Octavio : : PS - If we're going to go by what resellerratings has to say, Dell has a lot of reviews, but the average score is 2.47 on a scale of 1 to 10, and Gateway's score is even worse at 1.00. Tastycomputers sounds promising if they have a perfect 10.00 score, even if they are newer. I trust smaller businesses more these days than the huge bloated ones. Hell, Michael Dell was the new guy once upon a time, when he was hungry enough to care about selling the top notch computers that we can only build ourselves or have someone like Tastycomputers do now. |
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i don't have an axe to grind with this new small outfit, but that return
policy has certainly changed over night and the 5 positive feedbacks on reseller ratings make this entire thread extremely suspicious to me. for the most part, people rarely give positive feedback about anything. reseller ratings is where, by and large, people go to complain... so it is no surprise to find that most companies have very low ratings there.... then their is this 5 review rating (3 on the same day) for this tasty outfit... and they are all perfect 10 scores... suspicious. i look up the site for you, and read their site out of curiosity, and i read their return policy as any reasonable consumer would, and then i posted my notes here... a day later the return policy page has been updated? very, very curious... let your common sense guide you. good luck. ps. i suggest you print out that return policy page if you order, who knows what it might say tomorrow "Octavio" wrote in message news:zlhtb.155390$ao4.495640@attbi_s51... "Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... : you probably mean tastycomputers.com who are not a member of the better : business bureau (bbb.org). reseller ratings has had 20 reviews posted on : them in the last six months which really is just 5 reviews in 4 separate : areas. of the 5 review dates in the last 6 months, 3 were posted on the : same day... aren't statistics wonderful? dell has over 605 reviews in the : same period and their rating is essentially the same as that of gateway that : has only 72 reviews in that same period. tastycomputer does not sell : monitors and only offer a 7 day money back warranty (and without the bbb.org : to act as mediator you best purchase on a credit card so you have some : recourse). after 7 days and up to 30 days they charge a 15% restocking : fee... their domain name was created on 2/14/2003. you see no mention of : their history on their site (it appears that they are brand new). they do : not offer a toll free number for tech support. : : "Octavio" wrote in message : news:qF0tb.146398$9E1.746785@attbi_s52... : I am thinking about a switch from Dell Hell and want a really fast and : dependable understated-looking gaming/video editing PC. Does anyone here : have any information on a company called Tasteecomputers.com? I think I : saw : some posts in this newsgroup a while ago about them, but I can't find : their : website, and I did a search and couldn't find anything. Is it another : name? : : Thanks : Octavio : : Thanks for the information, Christopher. I found their site and had a look-see. Looks pretty much like what I've been wanting to buy, as I have a new 20' LCD monitor that I want to keep anyway. I saw their returns policy at http://tastycomputers.com/legal.htm and it says a full refund for 30 days and no mention of a restocking fee. They might have changed it recently. Anyway, thanks for the corrected name. I'll probably e-mail them over the weekend to get some more information. I did notice that one of their resellerratings reviews was from a guy named Glenn who I remember as being a Gateway guru back in the day when I had a Gateway, and he sounded happy with them. Maybe I'll e-mail him over the weekend too. Thanks Octavio |
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"Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... : i don't have an axe to grind with this new small outfit, but that return : policy has certainly changed over night and the 5 positive feedbacks on : reseller ratings make this entire thread extremely suspicious to me. for the : most part, people rarely give positive feedback about anything. reseller : ratings is where, by and large, people go to complain... so it is no : surprise to find that most companies have very low ratings there.... then : their is this 5 review rating (3 on the same day) for this tasty outfit... : and they are all perfect 10 scores... suspicious. i look up the site for : you, and read their site out of curiosity, and i read their return policy as : any reasonable consumer would, and then i posted my notes here... a day : later the return policy page has been updated? very, very curious... let : your common sense guide you. good luck. : : ps. i suggest you print out that return policy page if you order, who knows : what it might say tomorrow : I've just left them a voicemail message about 5 minutes ago asking about their returns policy. Since they're not open on the weekends, I'll update you after talking with them. Regarding the reseller ratings reviews, I'm a little confused about your comment about 3 reviews on the same day. From what I see, none were on the same day, but on 8/2, 9/7, 9/22, 9/27 and 10/7. I did look around resellerratings a little while, and there are some respected companies with very high scores, proving that that site isn't mainly used for complaints. Anyway, I did notice another outfit called KC Computers when I was looking at resellerratings. They sound interesting too. Does anyone else have any experience with either tastycomputers.com or kccomputers.com? Thanks Octavio |
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I disagree. There's lots of positive feedback there. Lots.
"Christopher Muto" wrote in message ... for the most part, people rarely give positive feedback about anything. reseller ratings is where, by and large, people go to complain. |
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