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Re: Zany Brainy/FAO Schwartz - Good News/Bad News
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:26:26 GMT
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TooMuchDew wrote:
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> The Good News: A couple of weeks ago I put my name on the list at my local Zany
> Brainy to be notified when they started selling off their fixtures... yesterday
> morning I go the call, went in and scored 4 of the 20" display minifigures for a
> very reasonable price plus some nice cardboard signage!
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> If your store hasn't started selling their fixtures yet get on the list and
> maybe you too will get a lucky call from the liquidator :)
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> The Bad News: I ordered the 4511-High Speed Train from fao.com along with
> Jabba's Palace and Surveillance Truck... Today I get my order with the train
> listed as "Unavailable-Cancelled" on the invoice yet got charged full shipping
> for the 3 items. I called fao.com 1-800-232-7326 to find out that due to the
> bankruptcy court order they cannot refund/charge back any mistakes and my only
> recourse is to write to: FAO Inc/Co Bankruptcy Svc LLC, attn: Julia Bealler, 757
> 3rd Ave, Floor 3, New York, NY 10017.
> I'm only out $4.00 so it's not really worth the effort but I'm sure plenty of
> other people got stiffed for more than I did.
I would still dispute the charge with your credit card company. I would
also look at the order screen, did it indicate you would not be able to
get any refunds at all? What if their system accidentally charged you
$10,000? Would you be royally screwed? Probably. I have heard in the
past that people who sent computers in for waranty work to a company
that then went bankrupt lost their computers.
Frank
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