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Do you guys think I have any legal ground here?

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So I got screwed over by this 3rd party phone fixer company, and I was wondering if I might have any grounds in which to sue?...


Here's the letter I sent them basically summing up what occurred.

Hello,
My name is Desmond Dale and I just got off the phone with one your representatives that informed me that not only are the parts backordered for my Samsung Galaxy S2, but I'd have to pay an additional $150 to have it fixed because I was apparently sold the wrong box. Now I have been waiting to receive my phone back since it was shipped off on Saturday, and in this day and age a week without your main source of communication can be both a major setback financially and socially. To make matters worse, I also recall being informed that it would take up to two weeks to receive a refund check, which is a rather inconvenient form of payment in of itself. Now if it had been solely my mistake, I'd be less infuriated, but on the box I purchased Samsung devices are clearly listed right on the front.

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...Seems like a bit of false advertising to me, especially when someone pays extra money thinking that they're ensuring that they'll get their phone back with a 72-hour turnaround.

Sincerely,
Desmond Dale
 
nope. you could waste your time in small claims court, but that's basically just burning time and money. take the refund check and don't use them again.
 
...Seems like a bit of false advertising to me, especially when someone pays extra money thinking that they're ensuring that they'll get their phone back with a 72-hour turnaround

I would put money that these transactions haven't lapsed a full business week and OP is being impatient.
 
I would put money that these transactions haven't lapsed a full business week and OP is being impatient.

Not a full week...Sent the phone on Friday, they received the phone on Saturday, and they just sent me an email today stating that they'd have to send it back or I'd have to pay more money.

Edit: Shit that's so lame, I didn't even see that box, I hate both Radioshack and Werx. I think I'm just going to buy a Huawei P1 and be done with it all. Sorry for wasting time.
 
Not a full week...Sent the phone on Friday, they received the phone on Saturday, and they just sent me an email today stating that they'd have to send it back or I'd have to pay more money.

I don't know why you're even considering suing at this point. Companies fuck up all the time, but seriously give them time to work this out and just continue to stay on top of them.

Lol do you have a case.
 
Not a full week...Sent the phone on Friday, they received the phone on Saturday, and they just sent me an email today stating that they'd have to send it back or I'd have to pay more money.

Edit: Shit that's so lame, I didn't even see that box, I hate both Radioshack and Werx. I think I'm just going to buy a Huawei P1 and be done with it all. Sorry for wasting time.

get a refund and just repair it yourself. all it takes is watching a few youtube videos, a clean environment, patience and like $100 for a replacement screen on ebay/amazon.

which GS2 model do you have?
 
They lady on the phone said that Radioshack sells a Samsung specific box that costs $249. The one I paid for was only $100.
There's your problem. Don't ever get a warranty from RadioShack. They are expensive, they send your stuff out(instead of replacing), and most of the time whatever is wrong with it won't be covered. I got some iPod headphones from them with a warranty and when they gave me that bs I threw them in the garbage and never got a warranty from them again. I'm an adult I'm not gonna waste time waiting for a repair and then come back there to pick it up. I actually worked for RadioShack years ago and I always told the customers to get the carriers insurance. I remember phones taking 2 weeks to return on average. Sometimes they came back broken, most times they came back unrepaired because it had water damage. Sometimes people went up to a month without their phone.
 
IANAL. You might--might--have a case if they don't give you a full refund, but if they're giving you a full refund and your device back in its original condition, you've been made whole. Crappy business practices are crappy, but they're not illegal.

Samsung has shitty support. I tried to contact them to get a quote to replace a water-damaged phone, and they treated me like nobody had ever asked them that question before. It's like the concept of "out-of-warranty repair" was completely foreign to them.

Next time buy a phone whose manufacturer actually gives a shit about you. Talk shit about the iPhone all you want, but if you buy an iPhone, spend $99 on AppleCare Plus, and break your screen, $50 + a temporary credit card hold gets a replacement to you in 1-2 business days. If you can't do the CC hold, mail-in repair is 3-5 business days.
 
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