Laptops with Linux - $150

[Pete]

On Friday 27 July 2007 12:56:16 pm Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Friday 27 July 2007, Mark Kelly wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm a bit late to the discussion as I don't read the list every day, but
> > anyone interested in this offer might find the slashdot discussion about
> > it valuable:
> >
> > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/25/1519256
> >
> > Cheers.
>
> I think the best thing I have read was to be found on 2checkout's page
>
> http://www.2checkout.com/community/
>
> 2checkout is the company taking the payments for the laptops and they
> explain how they try to protect the customer in these transactions.
>
> I'm not standing up for anyone here, and I have no interest in the laptops
> but 2checkout's  job in life is to be a go-between on deals like this and
> it appears that although they have questions too,  they are sure they can
> protect the customer.   If 2CO gets a bad rap from some vendor, it would
> hurt them bigtime.

 "Furthermore, until the initial run of orders has been fulfilled and received 
by the customers, any deposited funds for products en route will be held 
within the vendors account pending receipt from the buyer."

Like I said yesterday..they will ship initial orders, get the money, then ship 
5000 empty boxes and walk away !!