Is Joe Rigdon a Rip-Off Artist? Message #1 Posted by Erik Hedegaard on 12 June 2000, 8:40 p.m.
Well, I 've just got to ask that question, because three months ago, after posting here about some problems with my HP-41C, he emailed me, said he could probably fix it. I sent him two calculators; a day after they got to him, he emailed saying one he'd fixed immediately, the other wasn't worth fixing, and he was going to have a quick look at the card reader. This was three months ago. Since then, I have not been able to get him to return my calculars.
I have sent him countless emails, all of them have gone unanswered.
I have spoken to him on the phone four or fives times, and begged him -- begged him! -- to return my calculators. He never apologizes. He only says he will return them immediately. Then he doesn't. Further, he expresses great befuddlement about the emails, says he's never gotten them, then goes, Huh, well, huh. Well, I've checked and doubled checked his email address, so I know I'm getting that right. And I also know that, despite his assurances, he's never sent me my calcs.
I know he's been around here for a long time, and probably lots of you have done good repeat business with him. But I won't use him again, never again. In the beginning, I sent him business from other people, too, and now I deeply regret it. It just really upsets me. I don't like being lied to. And I miss my calculators.
Does anyone know what Rigdon's problem is?
Damn, I'm upset!
Erik Hedegaard
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