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New York prosecutes several bait 'n switch Brooklyn firms

by NM_Bill Jun 29, 2009 9:01AM PDT

Pay attention to today's (June 29) C/NET Digital Dispatch. Article in Crave Corner by David Katzmaier about $755,000 in fines to some chronic bait 'n switch firms from Brooklyn.

Take a look @ http://hdguru.com/on-line-hdtv-stores-get-nailed-for-consumer-fraud/448/

Note a couple of familiar names among the aliases.

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Reported again today in C/NET Home Theatre Weekly

by NM_Bill Jul 1, 2009 11:46AM PDT

The seven convicted bait & switch merchants, all operating out of Brooklyn, operated over 40 websites.

That should be a reminder to never deal with a total stranger. There are several sources of customer feedback to identify the legit from the scum. There area lot of fine online merchants. There are certainly several good ones from New York City.

And a reinforcement to automatically be skeptical of prices lower than all the rest. You don't have to deal with anyone you can not verify. Why anyone does venture to deal for absolute lowest price? Don't volunteer for troubles when you don't have to. Learn to recognize the bad merchants. There are perfectly good ones out there, too

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