WKISS@UOFMCC.BITNET.UUCP (01/26/87)
There has been some discussion here about APDA but not
as much as I would have thought so I'm going to throw in my
two-bits worth.
I applied to APDA in August of '86 and by the time I got
my membership card it was December. I should have realised at
this time that this was not the Speedy Gonzalez of organisations.
Anyway, when I received my card I decided to order some of their
offerings (about $100.00 US. worth) on Dec. 2. December went by,
January came, and I was still waiting. I know that US Mail and
Canada Post are not the fastest of deliverers but this was a bit
too slow, so I phoned up APDA. They told me that they had some
problems with Canada Customs (huh...?) and that deliveries to
Canada would soon be started. That was on Jan. 4. Now it is
Jan. 24, it is impossible to get through to APDA on their
(206) 251-9798 line and when I phone their main office all they
can tell me is to keep trying. By this time, I've phoned somewhere
in the neighborhood of 70-80 times, I know their numbers by heart,
backwards and forwards, and still no product. If they do this
to everybody just think of the killing that they can make with the
interest on our money. My current position is that if I don't have
my goods by the end of January then I will lodge formal complaints with
Canada Post, US Mail, VISA, and Apple Computer (for all the good
that that will do me...sigh!).
Thus, I can only repeat, BUYER BEWARE!!!!
- William Kiss
<wkiss@uofmcc.bitnet>
PS. ...and we thought that APDA was going to improve the situation...