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Conference vmszoo::rc

Title:Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS
Created:Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1706
Total number of notes:27193

1216.0. "Citi-Bank to the rescue..." by FSHQA1::BJORGENSEN () Wed May 30 1990 23:33

I just saw a commercial on TV that showed a patient father building a
nice biplane with his young son - needless to say, the young chap lost
the plane on the maiden flight - but they purchased the kit with Citi-Bank,
and  were able to  have Citi-Bank replaced the `lost' purchase...

Too good to be true?!?!?!

Guess what I'm buying my next plane with??????

Anyone else see this - or heaven forbid try this?
 
    
/Brian
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1216.1AE started it...BTOVT::WHITE_RThu May 31 1990 16:325
    American Express started the purchase guarantee program.  I bought an
    RC car kit that was missing alot of parts from a mail-order place that
    refused to supply the missing pieces or exchange the kit since it was
    almost built.  Called up AE and within 3 days had a complete kit
    at my doorsteps.   
1216.2Too bad BJ's doesn't take American ExpressRCAV8R::HUGHESDave Hughes LMO2/N11 296-5209Thu May 31 1990 16:374
    BJ's Wholesale Club in Westboro, MA has a new supply of those $99
    Cox "easy to fly" R/C .049 styrofoam crash kits. Too bad they don't
    take American Express - I'd put a sign up there advising folks to
    use AE if they're buying those toys!
1216.3Don't Buy Without IT!BSS::WALKERRalph Walker CSCs dtn=592-5701Wed Apr 10 1991 10:2111
    I know of two cases where buying with credit cards have paid off for
    RCers.  One of the guys tha fly helicopters here in Colorado Springs
    purchased a .60 sized TSK, a very expensive kit, during the first hover
    self induced radio noise cause a crash.  He filed with the credit card
    company and was aked to supply pictures and the receipt for the
    replacement parts. He was reinmbursed $900.00 for the chopper parts.
    
    The second case was a guy who purchased a Shuttle ZX heli and crashed
    it from about 100ft.  He also filed a claim and was asked to provide a
    notorized document from a wittness and the sales receipt.  Within two
    weeks he recieved a check covering the full purchase price.