[pct-l] try before buy - UL backpacks

[ralbach at austin.rr.com]

So to further stoke the flames of discussion...

I work for a vendor of specialized computer security equipment and we
provide eval equipment all the time prior to purchase. However I do
recognize that we deal with established entities and the costs are
typically in 6 figures meaning we don't mess around.

I was just imagining an evaluation pool of inventory that folks could use.
I know the accounting practices behind this so to some degrees it is moving
the burden off inventory to cost of sales. With that said though who knows
if I'm an honest buyer or not? I can understand why they might not do it.

Was just hoping to find somebody who would.

BTW - thanks to all who offered their positive and negative feedback on
vendors in this vein.

-Robert

Original Message:
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From: Bob Bankhead wandering_bob at comcast.net
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:14:42 -0700
To: gwtmp01 at mac.com, ralbach at austin.rr.com, pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] try before buy - UL backpacks


I see your point, but his question was "Does anybody know a vendor that
would do a try before buy? Would happily lay out a credit card number they
can charge me if it doesn't get returned in 2 weeks."

No vendor I know of will hold off charging his carge for merchandise they
shipped. Perhaps that's what I should have said.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Wright 
  To: Bob Bankhead 
  Cc: Albach ; pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] try before buy - UL backpacks



  On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Bob Bankhead wrote:

  > I don't know of any vendor who would hold off charging your card  
  > before shipping; that's not how business is done.

  This doesn't sound right to me.  Credit card companies generally  
  forbid merchants from charging a card before an item is shipped.  I  
  just googled for one of those agreements and found this, for example:
  > You will not charge a customer before merchandise is shipped.  In  
  > the case of an intangible product (i.e. Registration) charge the  
  > customer when confirmation is sent to the customer.


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