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Blu Planet Comics in Long Island, New York goes off the deep end.

Started by Domo Arigato,

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kav

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definitely. one time some lady at work brought in a christmas catalog that she was helping her friend sell from. several people wrote checks for various items. months later we never got them - when i called the lady-not the co worker- she snapped 'well sue me then!'

instead i contacted the DA's office and she received a charge of check fraud from them in the mail. we quickly received refunds and boy that felt good.

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Conan_Aficionado

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A simple "we are working to remedy the situation," should have sufficed by the dealer whether they working for a resolution or not. At least to save face.

 

And as soon as the reddit started to go viral, issue a refund and post in response to reddit, "we have already issued the customer a refund." /drama.

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Hey guys thanks for the kind words. This whole experience has been unreal. I'm still at a loss for words that a store owner, let alone anyone could respond in this way...it blew me away.

 

I'm just hoping my credit card company sorts this out -

 

 

PS hope you dont get AIDS like Blu is wishing.

 

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JS

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Hey guys thanks for the kind words. This whole experience has been unreal. I'm still at a loss for words that a store owner, let alone anyone could respond in this way...it blew me away.

 

I'm just hoping my credit card company sorts this out -

 

 

PS hope you dont get AIDS like Blu is wishing.

 

 

To be fair he actually wished that on someone else...on me...well....he was a bit more explicit. Still shaking my head over this one...no idea what's wrong with that guy but I say with sincerity that I hope he gets some help...

 

Sad thing is I still have no refund. This all could have been avoided had he just responded to my messages (which I gave him plenty of time to do) and/or just given me a refund via paypal. It would have taken him 10 seconds.

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kav

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can you just see some news reporter sticking a camera in his face and asking 'did you say you wished one of your customers would contract AIDS?'

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JS

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can you just see some news reporter sticking a camera in his face and asking 'did you say you wished one of your customers would contract AIDS?'

 

Man..at first I wanted him shut down and broiled over the fire. Now I just want to move on.. I really don't want this blown up but its taken on a life of its own, mostly due to this guys choice of reaction.

 

All bad words are forgivable to me -- everyone loses their cool. but to dox me (post my private info publicly) and to refuse to issue me a refund without even a drop of reason behind it really grinds my gears.

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Sorry if this is dragging things out, JS - but I just informed 5 major NYC news outlets about this shop, the owner, and his penchant for ripping customers off and then wishing them to contract a deadly disease.

 

I truly hope that "some news reporter sticking a camera in his face and asking 'did you say you wished one of your customers would contract AIDS?'" actually happens.

 

 

 

-slym

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Sorry if this is dragging things out, JS - but I just informed 5 major NYC news outlets about this shop, the owner, and his penchant for ripping customers off and then wishing them to contract a deadly disease.

 

I truly hope that "some news reporter sticking a camera in his face and asking 'did you say you wished one of your customers would contract AIDS?'" actually happens.

 

 

 

-slym

 

Hey I am on the roller-coaster already, lol. I hope it gets picked up...this guy deserves all the bad press he can get. He has no right being a business owner with morals and ethics like this. Being able to serve a community as a shop-owner with access to distribution from comic/gaming companies is a privilege, not a right.

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kav

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make some calls-see who does feature stories and leave em a voicemail hitting the highlights-$1000 ripoff-comics-AIDS-gloating about not paying-going viral....

maybe get a gay activist group interested the news cameras would definitely perk up on that.....

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Dr. Balls

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oh your credit card co should handle it nicely if you have all the evidence as you have indicated including his admission that he did not send and gloating about it-thats a slam dunk.

 

This doesn't always work as planned. If a store/outlet can prove that "no refunds" are their policy (I'm simplifying here), CC companies may find in their favor. I got ripped off on a $280 deal through a vendor, and even upon providing an email to my bank where the vendor said they would refund (and never did) - the bank still ruled in their favor (US Bank) and I lost my $280.

 

For anyone who think the CC company will unilaterally rule in your favor - I would not be so confident in that.

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Dr. Balls

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Has anyone passed this news on to bleeding cool yet?

 

sent them a link to the reddit thread and a summary last night.

 

thought they'd find it tantalizing and sensational enough to post.

 

:applause:

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