Hi floppybootstomp
floppybootstomp said:
Mesh Victim:
On this forum, honestly, you're preaching to the converted.
Nobody here, in their right mind, would ever purchase a computer from Mesh.
Yes, you are right. I, like several other Mesh Victims, have posted inappropriately and in a way which might be counterproductive. We Mesh Victims do this because we are so disgusted with the way Mesh do business and so exasperated that they continue to get away with it, creating more and more Mesh Victims. This is why even a Magistrate like nottsfedup and a Consultant Surgeon like FRCS posted about Mesh on this forum and another forum respectively.
Unfortunately I do not have the time or computing knowledge to be a bona fide member of this community and my arrival here was because my colleagues in the Trading Standards Department where I work urged me to post about my nightmare experience of Mesh on the Internet. So on 8th, July 2005 I visited my first ever computing forums, posted about Mesh and have continued to do my duty for 18 months. On reflection, it may now be better to take a break, because new visitors may get the impression that this forum is anti Mesh. Of course, it is not anti Mesh or anti Acer or anti any retailer, it is simply pro Truth and the reason why there are so many critical posts of some retailers is that they are so disreputable.
As is often the case, my experience since making the mistake of ordering from Mesh nearly two years ago, has illustrated the Bad and Good sides of human nature. The Bad has been the obnoxious people in Mesh Customer Service, the utter contempt with which Mesh treat their customers, the two guys who run Mesh this way and those computing forums who are cosy with disreputable retails and suppress the truth about them. The Good has been computing forums like PC Review which refuse to prostitute themselves to disreputable retailers, people like Ian Cunningham and the forum moderators who devote themselves to maintaining this influence free, pro Truth forum and all those Mesh Victims from a most honorable Magistrate right down to a most humble Young Cruncher who have posted about their nightmare experiences of Mesh to warn others.
It is also timely for me to give it a rest for a few months, because one has to be fair to Mesh. Remarkably, there seems to have been no new Mesh Victims posting here since November, perhaps Mesh have turned over a new leaf or perhaps Brent Trading Standards have obliged them to do so. In addition, I believe for the first time, Mesh are now selling through another retailer, Comet, and if they are intending to cease direct selling that would probably make their appalling Customer Service redundant from the point of view of the individual end purchaser. I would genuinely like to return in a few months time and find that the problem of appalling Mesh Customer Service was a thing of the past and I would happily post accordingly. It would mean we could all give ourselves a small pat on the back for playing a part in achieving something worthwhile. However, sadly, from my experience of Mesh, reading hundreds of posts made by other Mesh Victims and from studying their Directors’ Reports of recent years giving details of turnover, profits and how much the Directors pay themselves, I regret to say that I just cannot believe this leopard will ever change its spots.
Finally, before I depart and give you all a break from these lengthy ramblings of a sad old git, I would just like to say how much I value all the acquaintances I have made over these past 18 months and this includes even those with whom I have exchanged sharp words like the Esteemed Moderator Adywebb and that Young Cruncher feckit.
See you all again in a few months and please remember …….
Together we can make a difference !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Wishes,
MeshVictim