Rant on shipping

[ultrarunner]

No recourse when service paid for not received???

Sounds Un-American

 

[BravoXray]

As for VOIP. Can't think of how many telemarketers call me and I can't understand them forlack of call quality and tell them to call me back when they get a real phone line . . . click.

Had a friend that bought a VOIP system for his business. Only had a DSL connection to the net. I think he ripped it out and put his old ATT Merlin system back in within a month.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Had a friend that bought a VOIP system for his business. Only had a DSL connection to the net. I think he ripped it out and put his old ATT Merlin system back in within a month.

I called on Cisco outside of Raleigh a few times, different industries so no future but......this was either the late 80s or 90s, i don't remember but, they had installed some kinda voip system that was literally unuseable. I would try to call engineers from their lobby phone and it was worse than you can imagine. This was before cell phones were everywhere, I could never understand how they did business.

Nortel is a name from the past. Did Nortel morph into that huge Chinese co in the cellular network equipment business?

 

[Diggin It]

2000-2002: Nortel's market capitalization fell from C$398 billion in September 2000 to less than C$5 billion in August 2002, as Nortel's stock price plunges from C$124 to C$0.47.
Timeline of Nortel - Wikipedia

That had to cause mass shipments of Excedrin and Tums.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Used to do contract business (NEC) phone repair on contract for a company I used to work for. Used to talk to the receptionist for long periods on the 800 line. It's FREE right? What's the harm? Boss sent me one heck of a bill for those calls! Sure made me consious of 800 line cost. I try and use a local number to call a business or my flat rate cell phone plan, rather than call their 800# if I don't have to.

 

[JethroB]

Used to do contract business (NEC) phone repair on contract for a company I used to work for. Used to talk to the receptionist for long periods on the 800 line. It's FREE right? What's the harm? Boss sent me one heck of a bill for those calls! Sure made me consious of 800 line cost. I try and use a local number to call a business or my flat rate cell phone plan, rather than call their 800# if I don't have to.

As of a few years ago 800 cost/minute had gotten pretty cheap. I think we were paying 2 or 3 cents per minute, the same as our outgoing call cost. Earlier quite expensive. One of our sales reps had given our 800 number out to her young kids and they were local. She got a royal butt chewing.

 

[ultrarunner]

Update... Card arrived at10:22 am this morning... 10 minutes later working phones!!!

Seller credited the full $117 Overnight Saturday delivery charge.

I bought 2 cards to have spare... maybe should stock up?

Appreciate the TBN support

 

[JethroB]

Update... Card arrived at10:22 am this morning... 10 minutes later working phones!!!

Seller credited the full $117 Overnight Saturday delivery charge.

I bought 2 cards to have spare... maybe should stock up?

Appreciate the TBN support

Great. I remember those days. Suddenly you are surrounded by a hundred children asking "when will the phones be fixed." Right up there when the network or email went down. Or the coffee machine died.