meritline shipping scam?

[madvideos]

Is this a scam? I ordered from them Wed Morning this week. I got this e-mail from them Sat morn.. wow.. they are quite fast eh.

snip...

Thank you for shopping with Meritline.com.

Regarding the order M-541082 you placed with us, the shipping fee will be $95.29 via UPS and total amount $287.29 U.S. Dollars. We are not responsible for those restrictions, duties, taxes and broker fee collected from your country. Please email back to confirm the shipping fee within a week, otherwise my coworker will have to cancel this order for you.

As soon as the information is confirmed we will definitely process your order immediately. Once again thank you for shopping with us and have a pleasant day!

Best Regards,
Meritline.com

Cancelled!! Guess they just joined my blacklist.

good day.

[chas0039]

They goofed! Apparently they think Georgia is a little farther south than it actually is.

[Tommyknocker]

They goofed! Apparently they think Georgia is a little farther south than it actually is.

Actually, it's just south of Russia and north of Turkey, on the east coast of the Black Seas. It's capital is Tblisi. I have dealt with Meritline before, and it's management speaks English as a second language and may not have realized you are from the state, and not the country.

[p_l]

it's management speaks English as a second language

[lordsmurf]

Maybe they thought your meant Georgia the island? Who knows. No reason to "black list" them. Just see what goofy thing happened. If anything, this is something to laugh about.

[Capmaster]

That's too funny

And I thought New Mexico was the only state to be confused with another country

[lenti_75]

[madvideos]

I ordered wed like I said.. it clearly states USA on my address, I figured free shipping since I ordered a certain $$$ I ordered from them before no problem. Now four days after my order they e-mail me and tell me oh.. btw.. you owe us for shipping.. umm.. that is not going to encourage me to do biz with them again. This caused me a small problem. Needless to say I went to comp usa today and bought some to get me by.

[madvideos]

It is now Monday morning. 8:30 pacific standard time. I called at 8:32, Pushed number 2 for order tracking...I got.. General Voice box.
8:39, pushed 1 for sales... general voice box.
Now I just wait for the first rep...... with my order number M-541082 ... waited for 4 minutes....
called back at 8:50.. busy...
called again at .. 8:55 .. pushed 1 fore sales.. then 1 again.. same as before... I waited for a while...6 minutes later.. hung up
called again.. busy
again busy
again busy
again busy
(note to self.. starting to wonder if this is a 3 man operation)
called again at 8:57 .. busy..
(hmm wonders about all the poor fools that are being screwed?)
called again at 9o am.. busy.. will post back when I actually talk to a real person.
I am very ticked at this right now so I need to close this post for now.

[madvideos]

Called my bank.. and made damn sure Meritline would NOT be allowed to bill me any additional charges NOR the order I cancelled per their e-mail letting me know of the extra $95.29 shipping fee.

and yes.. they are now on my blacklist!

I refuse to deal with a company that does business in this fashion .. I want to to talk to real people when I am sepnding MY money!!

Buyer Beware!

[tommyoz]

Way to go madvideos, don't waste your time with them. There are plenty of other vendors to choose from. As a matter of fact, look out for some meritline alias.

[madvideos]

Well here it is at night... all day.. busy and voice box, left message, no one has called back.

So my conclusion is.. they pretty much suck. lol
Ordering from supermediastore next. I have had a lot of great dealings with them.
It is a shame to.. I really needed the silver inkjet printable prodiscs s03 4x. My pioneer writes at 8 x speed but my plextor does not. oh well.