info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (12/05/84)
From: wasser_1%viking.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (John A. Wasser)
Modula Corp. Strikes Again!
In early August there was a product announcement for Macintosh Modula-2 from
Modula Corporation in Byte magazine. The announcement said that shipments
would begin in the last week of August. I sent them a check for $90 (the price
mentioned in their announcement and subsequent ads) about mid-August (they
cashed my check on August 28th) and waited. And waited.... and waited.
Toward the end of September I called to ask where my compiler was. They said
that they still had a few bugs and weren't shipping yet. I called them
again in November to ask where my compiler was. They said "any day now"
and "almost definitely by the end of the year".
Yesterday I got a letter from Modula Corporation. Do you think it
was an apology for cashing my check and not shipping for four months? Do
you think it was a refund for lost interest over those four months? NO! It
was a BILL for $10 of "postage and handling"! The terms are NET 10 DAYS!
The postage and handling charge was NEVER MENTIONED in the announcement or
subsequent ads.
They must have a cash-flow problem so they figured they'd get another
ten dollars out of the people whose money they have been using free for four
months.
John A. Wasser
New England Computer Society
SIGMac Founder
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