Cory
San Antonio,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, December 12, 2006
Years ago I worked at a mall with a radio shack in it. The local texaco or exxon refinery place use to buy their computers from that every three or four years. I guess if the order was under a certain amount they could order on the local market. The refinery place orders $50,000.00 worth of computers. The manager of the radio shack had the local texas insturment factory make up the computers for him, he delivers them and pockets the $50k. Pays TI about $20K and skims the difference as severence pay. This sounds like an "iffy" deal at best.
Steve
Cary,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, December 12, 2006
"As such I had some extras and decided to sell them. During the course of events, the manufacture stopped building the models that I was selling and I had to find a new vendor." If you were selling extras that you had on hand, why would it matter if the manufacturer stopped making them? AND if you had them on hand, why would you have to ship them "half-way around the world"?
Jessica
Ithaca,#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, December 11, 2006
Hmm, well this comes full circle. I was on that pit of a ship, and I had a friend that tried to purchase a computer from you. The Chief did get court marshaled, and the best part is that most of the sailors wanted their computers, and didn't mind the wait. So to the ignorant person that placed the rebuttal, yes the United States Government Does do unethical things. People do not watch to much JAG, it happens every day of the week, and I would advise you to use waste fraud and abuse line. The old CO was a meglomaniac. And that is the truth.
Amber
Bremerton,#5Consumer Suggestion
Wed, January 19, 2005
First off, the legal officer of that boat had every right to act on behalf of those sailors who wanted their computers. Thats who they go to, who knows the law to help them. He is a commisioned officer whom IS A LAWYER when he is on shore duty. Therefore, he was acting as a lawyer on their behalf. Due to privacy laws up the ying yang, he could not give out any info on the sailors that you wanted info on. Sorry, thats how the military works. Secondly, they dont go and court martial you for helping the computer guy, unless this chief did something REALLY bad, like what is going on with the abuse scandal with the Iraqi prisoners. He probably got sent to Captains Mast, or "the green table". Stop watching JAG on TV, that doesnt happen in the real world. Stop trying to get sympathy from people. The Legal officer had every right to place the demands he had on you. Hate to bust your balloon, but the military IS ABOVE THE LAW on a lot of things. This being one of them. Oh, and by the way, I think those guys who defend this country who just wanted THEIR money back when YOU failed to deliver deserve to write the Rip off Report ON YOU!!!!