[shrink]

Does anyone know anything about the following company?:

Tampa Exchange USA,Inc.
http://www.exchange-usa.com

They're selling powerbooks ($1495), iMacs ($630), and iPods ($148) pretty cheap. They claim to buy merchandise from bankrupt companies or from surplus stock and "pass the savings on to YOU!" They apparently cater to resellers or retailers who tend to buy in larger quantities.

They don't accept credit cards or pay.pal - cash, money order, or cashier's check only - nor do they accept returns. However, they do claim to accept in-person pick up of merchandise (cash only) and to ship in-stock items within 24 hours of receiving cleared funds.

Would their Apple products be under warranty as this company is not an authorized reseller? Anyone have an firsthand experience or opinions on whether this company is trustworthy or another possible JC Morris-type fiasco?

[shatten22]

Sounds fishy. Also sounds like they are covering their butts by accepting cash and cash-like payments only. Which means they may be counting on people complaining, and if you do have a complaint, there is pretty much no way you could get your money back...

I'd stay away from this, and anything that seems too good to be true...

-g

[Scotttheking]

I wouldn't touch that with a 50 foot pole.

[malson]

Here's another recent discussion about these guys from Ars. Linky...

General opinion is that this is a scam. Tread lightly...

[Chadrino]

Someone I know showed me this site a couple days ago so I checked it out. First of all, they don't have a phone number listed anywhere on the site. Okay, no big deal, just do a whois on the domain and there's your phone number. Wrong. Here is the registrant info for exchange-usa.com, the contacts are all the same as the registrant:

Registrant:
RJ LLC (EXCHANGE-USA-COM-DOM)
PO BOX 1269
Orem, UT 84059
USA
801-785-
richard91302@lycos.com

So they have a PO box, no phone number, and a forgetful email address. And they aren't anywhere near their "warehouse" in Florida. This, coupled with rediculously low prices, makes for a very suspicious business. I would stay as far away from them as you can.

[SupahCoolX]

Oh, it can't be THAT bad. Those are some pretty great deals. It's nice of them to pass the savings on to us instead of just keeping all that cool Mac hardware on their hands!

Note: go to www.dictionary.com and check for "sarcasm

[Steve]

I actually e-mailed them a couple weeks ago.

All orders are non-refundable. You receive a one-year warranty from
Apple in case you have any problems with items.


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- Richard Manning, -
- Customer Service Assistant -
- Tampa Exchange USA, Inc -
- http://www.exchange-usa.com -
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My Original email
http://exchange-usa.com/~exchange/cg...cgi/00035.html

How can you offer this for $2,095.00 ??

Apple Store :

Dual GHz G4 Tower : $2,999
22" Cinema Display: $2,499

Apple Total: $5,498
Your total: $2,095

How is this possible?

Do you have any guarantee's on correct products being sent? Returns?

Stay far, far away.... VERY FAR AWAY.