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- Multi-use utensils: The three-tool grilling sets you see at big-box stores have all you'll need for basic grill work, with long-handled versions of a spatula, tongs, and a carving-type poker. A long-handle brush would be your next purchase, and then a grilling basket and skewers when you start branching out. Make sure your tools feel heavy and firm in your hands, as clumsy handling creates the kind of BBQ stories you don't want repeated.
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- Clean that grill: If there's black crust on the grill bars, you need to get it off to ensure no-stick cooking and easy food flipping. The video above shows you how to do a deeper clean, and if you've neglected your grill for years, it may need a bit of repair, which you can do yourself.
- Make your own sauce: Most of the pre-bottled sauces you see on grocery shelves are over-sweetened, and none match the taste of homemade. Making your own isn't that difficult, either. Use one of BBQ Recipe Secret's three sauce bases as a starting point, and build your own flavor ideas into them. It'll give you something to talk about while you're waiting for the ribs to finish. You can even give bottled sauce a boost with a few household ingredients, if you don't want to start from scratch.
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- Use a cheat sheet: Experience is the best indicator for knowing the precise moment to yank your food off the rack, but Real Simple offers a super-helpful cheat sheet you can print and bring to this culinary test. Here's a sample that covers the basics of red meat and sausages:
While you're at it, don't forget about the palm test for determining the doneness of a steak.
- BBQ chicken: As my fellow editor Adam can attest, eHow's technique for grilling whole or partial chicken results in some juicy bird. The basics: Oil the grill, cook the chicken uncovered slightly off the heat center, and, for Pete's sake, don't put your sauce on until the last few minutes.
- Perfect burgers: Our commenters don't necessarily agree on cooking great burgers, but they do have some common wisdom to share. Use meat that's as close to room temperature as possible for even cooking. Don't press them on the grill, unless you like your meat dry. And the best "secret" to great burgers is buying good meat, preferably ground by a butcher while you watch.
- Seriously salt your steak: Got filet mignon dreams for the weekend, but only a Quarter-Pounder budget? Buy a cheap cut of "choice" meat, then salt, salt, salt the heck out of that thing—for only one hour before grilling, and then pat it dry. By doing so, your salt is breaking in your meat and loosening some of its protein strands, making it hold flavor better and cut like the steakhouse commercials of your dreams.
- Let it rest: You'll be eager to slice open your tender steak or succulent chicken, but you'll lose a lot of juicy flavor if you do so. As the food techies at Cook's Illustrated point out, cutting into your food right off the grill releases a significant amount of juice, which would be re-absorbed for better succulence if you let it sit a few minutes.
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All that planning, cleaning, and purchasing, and Mother Nature calls an audible on your perfect grill day? You're not finished yet. As the New York Times' food guru and cookbook author Mark Bittman points out, your oven broiler can sub in for your grill with a little prep-work, with results almost as satisfying. Brown your meat in the pan, roast or braise it slowly, then use the broiler to give it that grill-like finish. Check out his oven-based pork ribs or brisket recipes if you need convincing.
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When you've put all this effort into creating a great fire-cooked feast, you'll want more than just compliments to remember it by. Break out your camera (or pass it off to a trusted friend) and try the following tips to take some great grilling shots:
- Tell a story: A BBQ-friendly shooter named Nika notes that a lot of grilled food might look good to the human eye, but smoky crusts and perfect charring can look like unappealing dark nothingness without good framing. Try to capture moments of "drama," such as when the meat's being pulled, or focus on the tools used to make the meal to get shots you'll remember.
- Get in close: At the same time, Flickr user Another Pint Please..., also known as Mike and who shot the steak picture you saw at the top of this post, recommends being brave and getting up-close and personal with your heat source—while being safe with your lens, of course. You'll have time to take wider-angle shots when the cooking's done, but those sudden flare-ups and perfect glistening angles only happen once.
Happy Memorial Day, and enjoy the barbecue!
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Land Trust Restrictions Get Five Year Extension CHAR-KOOSTA PUBLISHED BY CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, FLATHEAD AGENCY, MONT. Vol. 3 —No. 1 December, 1958 No other picture could be more appropriate of "Big Medicine" than this one. m the olden days when the Buffalo and the Indian both roamed the wide open spaces, if a white buffalo was seen by As of today the temperature is about 45 degrees above and we on the Flathead are witnessing an extended Indian summer. When a native of our old Reservation sees these good days after the beginning of a New Year, one cannot help but think we live in a great country. Our lower valleys are without snow but our high mountain peaks shoot up in the horizon dressed in white, like angels dancing high in space. Not only do we have our mountain peaks to look forward to for our scenic value, but the tourist and other interested people also appreciate our scenic values. About six miles to the west of the Mission range at the lower end of the Mission valley, lies the National Bison Range which was created in 1903. This symbolizes the conservation of our North American Buffalo. Many years ago our native buffalo did much to preserve the culture of |)ur North American Indian way of life. Today we are facing a program of preservation of wild life that may be serious because of the lack of land in our great U- S., where our population is on the upgrade. However the politicians may have played their cards right in the the Indian it signified a superstition. If one collected a dollar for every picture taken of "Big Medicine" in a year by tourists and local people a substantial amount of money could be collected. olden days in order that 18,551 acres of tribal land was acquired for the National Bison Range, at a price based on a 1904 appraisal. Nevertheless, the Bison Range has made history, especially with the colorful White Buffalo, as a sight for curous people. As this White Buffalo is the only known white buffalo in America, he is known as "Big Medicine" to many people. As confirmed by a few of these buffalo herders: there but four men left—Alex Pablo, Fred Decker, John McDonald and Jim Grinder who were the rough riders who played a great part in rounding up the buffalo that ran at large on this reservation before the opening of the reservation to allotments and homesteads. Old age has crept up on these old cowboys. Joe Allard, about 82 years young, lives in Ronan. Fred Decker has lost his baby teeth and lives in St. Ignatius. Rough treatment has caught up with Alex Pablo and John McDonald. Alex, while crossing a street in Pablo, was ac-cidently struck by a car. John McDonald was a victim of a reckless driver ?bout four years ago and received a badly broken leg while crossing a street Trust restrictions on allotted Indian lands, scheduled to expire in calendar year 1959, have been extended for an additional five years, Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton announced today. The order reverses a custom, started in 1951, of limiting such extensions to a maximum of only one year. In 1951, the then Acting Secretary was considering terminating trust status on individual Indian lands on a year-by-year basis. Each trust case would be subject to review every year. Secretary Seaton said the new order reemphasizes the Department's recently reiterated policy of taking all precautions against ending Federal supervision over Indians before they are competent to end their status as Federal wards. Last September 18 Secretary Seaton announced his position: "No Indian Tribe or group should end its relationship with the Federal Government unless such tribe or group has clearly demonstrated, first, that it understands the plan under which such a program would go forward and, second, that the tribe or group affected concurs in and supports the plan proposed." He said it was "unthinkable to me, as your Secretary of Interior, that consideration would be given to forcing upon an Indian Tribe a so-called termination plan which did not have the understanding and acceptance of a clear majority of the members affected. The General Allotment Act-of February 8, 1887, authorized allotments of land for individuals both on the reservations and on the public domain. Homesteads for Indians off-reservations were also authorized by an Act of February 28, 1891. The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act extented trust restrictions over lands of Indians who accepted the Act's provisions. Tribes and groups which were not so covered—so called "unorganized" Indians—have had their trust protection extended for varying periods, until the 1951 decision established the one-year rule. The Bureau of Indian Affairs recently recommended the longer extensions. The Bureau said it did not add up the thousands of acres covered by the new order, but that the acreage was considerable. B.H.A. in Ronan. John, at present, is in the St. Ignatius hospital, partly the results of the accident. Jim Grinder, up in his 80's stands as straight as an arrow and resides in Missoula, Montana. There are about 375 buffalo cows in the National Bison Range. It is remarkable when one thinks about it, that a full-blood Pend O'reille Indian by the name of Sam Walking Coyote in 1873 brought four buffalo calves to St. Ignatius from the Sun River area, on the east side of the Rocky mountains. It is from these four buffalo calves that the local herd was started. The herd from that foundation stock was later acquired by Charles Allard and Michel Pablo, subsequently by the Canadian authorities and later by the Conrad estate of Kalispell. Bison Range Recalls Reservation History
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Title | 1958-12-01 #2 Char-Koosta News |
Creator | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. |
Subject | Salish Indians --Newspapers.; Kutenai Indians --Newspapers.; Pablo (Montana) --Newspapers.; Kootenai Indians |
Description | Bison Range Recalls Reservation History; Land Trust Restrictions get five year extension; Forestry grazin notes; Land in irrigation district must be properly classified; Letters to the Editor; Editorially speaking (W. W. McDonald). |
Publisher | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation |
Date Original | 1958-12 |
Date Digital | 2007-08-23 |
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Rights Management | Copyright (c) Salish and Kootenai Federated Tribes, all rights reserved. |
Contributing Institution | Salish Kootenai College |
Contributor | D'Arcy McNickle Library |
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Language | en |
Relation | Volume 3; Number 1 |
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Accusations and counter-accusations hurl regarding hacking
The U.S. claims China
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I. White House: China Hacking Must Stop
Following statements by the White House that there would be consequences for Chinese hacking,
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Asia Society
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He says that the President is trying, noting that he "engaged with China at an unprecedented pace, including twelve face-to-face meetings with [departing Chinese Prime Minister] Hu Jintao."
He concludes, "We have worked hard to build a constructive bilateral relationship that allows us to engage forthrightly on priority issues. The United States and China, the world's two largest economies, both dependent on the Internet, must lead the way in addressing this problem."
President Obama and Security Adviser Thomas Donilo [Image Source: White House/Flickr]
China gives a counter case-study in which if found 140,000 attacks a month to be directed against a pair of its government sites, with roughly two-thirds of those attacks being traced to the U.S.
U.S. research firm Mandiat labels the U.S. and China as the world's top two sources of attack traffic on the internet. China accounts for about a third of global attack traffic, while the U.S. is in second place, account for about a tenth of attack traffic.
II. China Sympathetic, But Military Officials Blast U.S.
At times China has responded to accusations with an aggressive counterattack, but this time it took a sympathetic tone. In a speech over the weekend Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi remarked, "[Cyberspace is] a community of common destiny. What cyberspace needs is not war, but rules and cooperation. We oppose turning cyberspace into another battlefield, or using the Internet as a new tool to interfere in other countries' internal affairs."
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that her government was working to "protect peace, safety, openness and cooperation in cyberspace", including looking to protect the U.S.
She adds, "China is willing, on the basis of the principles of mutual respect and mutual trust, to have constructive dialogue and cooperation on this issue with the international community including the United States to maintain the security, openness and peace of the Internet."
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in terms of facts.
Maj. Gen. Liu Lianhua
, "This talk from the U.S. has no foundation whatsoever. And what evidence is there? There isn't any!"
China claims the U.S. is the real cyberaggressor. [Image Source: Asia Society]
Wang Hongguang, deputy commander of the PLA's Nanjing Military District, claims his nation's military lacks cyber offensive capabilities, but when asked whether they would develop them to counter foreign threats, he replied, "Personally, I think we will. If the enemy has it we'll want to have it too. We must have the means at least to defend ourselves."
He calls the U.S. "a thief calling others a thief."
III. The North Korea Factor
Ultimately both sides claim to want to talk, but at the same time both seem determined to attack the other. But there is additional pressure to resolve the differences on cybersecurity amid the crisis in North Korea. With North Korea
moving to possibly go to war
, the U.S. has cause to try to work out its difference with China, a long time ally of the North.
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China is reportedly concerned that North Korea could turn on it. [Image Source: CNN]
indicate China is concerned that North Korea could turn on it, using the threat of its
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RE: Stealing? lolwhut?
There is no incentive to develop medicine if the drugs cannot be patented & sold at a premium to recoup the huge cost of investment. Don't give me crap about how grants could cover R&D. Money has to come from somewhere.
This concept applies to ALL developments. Eliminating intellectual property rights is a de-facto state of eliminating just compensation for the inventions/development a person or persons create. Once you do that, the only "progress" you'll see is only from people who desire to work pro-bono. Many, many other will simply NOT work to develop new things because there is no financial benefit in doing so (and indeed, potentially great financial cost). I myself am certainly not motivated to design a new form of internal combustion engine that triples gas-mileage using conventional fuels...if there is no way I can be compensated for the time/work invested in it.
As far as locks...no security measure is a 100% certainty. The idea is DETERRANCE and making your stuff less opportune than someone else's.
RE: Stealing? lolwhut?
Funny you speak of medicine cause companies are making huge profits in this field and this thanks to... patents, where did I say drugs would be given for free? also if you develop a new medicine you will be first to market and potentially be a couple years if not more without any competition since you don't have to give away your formula either and anyone else that wants to copy it will have to figure it out (and it's not that easy) and even if they get it they still have to run trials and of course get an approval from the state to sell it, so even with out any kind of patent you would still be without any competition for at least 2 years. Coca-Cola never patented its formula yet I've never tasted any cola like theirs...
I myself would develop for sure that engine, I would then flood the market with my engines and be without any competitor for at least 2 years, in mere 2 years I would have shaken the market and racked a huge profit out of it, after 2 years some competitor may show up but by then I'm already selling a better version of my engine, so yeah they may copy but they WILL ALWAYS be one step behind.
I don't think you have any idea how hard it's to reverse engineer complex formulas or devices, the easy to copy stuff is usually the stuff even a 10 years would come up with and this represents maybe 90% of the patents.
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I often hear from AA's that one of the hardest things for them to do, is to incorporate prayer as consistent part of their daily living!
I understand! It's not always easy to remember to pray -- when things are going well!
However, I've found that prayer was one of the things that I did a lot of -- when things were going badly -- before things got so good.
The short answer? It takes discipline. It takes effort.
If it's a problem for you -- you might want to do as I did, and post a little note on the bathroom mirror, or somewhere else that you'll see it as a reminder. (Be careful about prayer while you're driving, though!).
If prayer is a difficulty that you are having a hard time to master, how is meditation going for you?
Step 11, is about improving our conscious contact with God, as we've come to understand Him/Her... through "prayer and meditation"... asking only for the knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry it out.
Here is a simple meditation that I do, that works well for me.
I simply close my eyes and begin thinking about God.
As I'm doing this... I start focusing my attention on my breathing.
Taking notice of each breath as I breath in and breath out.
Then, I begin to think of God being inside the breath that I take. And, as I take the breath -- I think of breathing in God.
I find that if I do this for as little as one minute... I begin to feel a very relaxed and peaceful feeling that I'm able to carry with me throughout the day.
It also helps me to do this throughout the day. I can do it in a crowded room -- without closing my eyes... I just tune everything out by thinking about God, again, and start paying attention to my breathing... and repeating the process I described above.
It works wonders for me! And, I hope that by sharing it with you, it will be of interest or help for you, also.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
A Friendly Barbecue Chicken Reminder
Some believe the solution is only brushing on the sauce during the last few minutes, but that doesn't allow enough time for the flavors to penetrate and pick up the desired smokiness. There has to be a better way!! There is, keep reading.
The video below shows my preferred method for having your barbecue chicken and being able to eat it too. If there's a time of the year to tighten up your chicken barbecuing game, it's right now. To read the full post, and get the ingredients, click here. Enjoy!
7 comments:
- Jeremy Hale said...
Does the skin get crispy when you do this or does it keep that chewy/rubbery texture that some cooked chicken has?
- July 21, 2013 at 10:12 PM
- Chef John said...
Not crispy, but not rubbery either.
- July 22, 2013 at 1:24 AM
- Angel Vicky said...
Well, i think the barbecue is going to be crispy as long as you put on the sauce, i suggest some great oyster sauce.
- July 22, 2013 at 8:49 PM
- rancholyn said...
I made this last night...not changing the recipe at all. It was delicious! My husband said it was the best barbecue chicken he's ever eaten.. (even better than Tony Romas). Thanks for another winner....
- July 23, 2013 at 9:41 AM
- rancholyn said...
I made this last night...not changing a thing...It came out delicious and perfect. My husband said it was the best barbecue chicken he's ever tasted...even better than Tony Romas. Thanks again for another winner,,,
- July 23, 2013 at 9:44 AM
- Eric B. said...
Now we need your technique to bbq boneless skinless chicken breast! Thanks
- July 28, 2013 at 1:35 PM
- Katrina Keogh said...
You sound sad in this video, though the chicken looks amazing. I hope everything is ok :) your cheery videos always make my day!
- August 1, 2013 at 11:11 AM


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SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA -- I purchased A LG 65 inch 4K from Conn's on 11/23/14. It was a Christmas gift for the family. It was delivered the following day. The delivery guys just sat it down and walked out the door. I called them back and asked them to open the box because the television could be cracked or something. He showed me that it wasn't cracked. The TV sat in the box taped up. Until 4/10/15 because it was going to be mounted. Well that didn't happen because once it was mounted it didn't work.
I called Conn's the same day. Rude as ever sales reps. And managers continued to inform me of what I signed. I informed them that my sales guy came to my house at 9:30 pm to sign a paper outside in the dark and told me I was signing a paper that he forgot to get me to sign in the store for the delivery. I believed him and signed.
When I contacted the BBB I get a response from company stating that I was aware of policy and signed to that effect. Then they sent a copy of signature. My signature was 4 inches above where I was to sign because it was done in the dark. She stated she wasn't replacing the TV nor would she refund my money. Stated I could call repair dept.
No way am I going to take this laying down. They sell me a defective product and want to put the blame on me for not knowing it's defective. What are we suppose to take the television apart and look for a broken dash panel? I think not! Then they inform me to come in with the television and do a voluntary repo. I refuse to pay one more cent to this company. I'm in the process of contacting The La. Attorney General's office and filing a lawsuit. This company is a ripoff. They use lies and deception. The products must be refurbished. Also the time on the delivery receipt is 2:41 pm. I was working and clocked out at 2:53 didn't make it home until 3:15.
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- My experience with CONN'S has been by far the worst experience yet!! PART 1: I went into the store Friday with a friend who was purchasing some merchandise. After listening to the sales pitch I thought to myself this isn't a bad place. Maybe I should see if I get approved. Of course I was approved for the $2000 amount (which I'm not finding is a norm). I picked out a couch and a camera. For whatever reason the transition couldn't be completed that night and I was asked to return the next day.
PART 2: Saturday morning I'm getting calls from Conn's to come by the store and finish my purchase. I arrived Saturday afternoon and was sitting around the store for several hours not doing anything. I left went and sat down at a deli, ate and came back and STILL had to wait some more. When I finally told the sales man ** I was leaving and I wanted to just say forget the whole thing, he hurried and followed me to the car with his manager, ** who would assist me from there. All the sudden everything went really fast.
He told me to sign some papers not really explaining them and told me to sign two of each and I received neither. He gave me the camera and set up a delivery date for Monday and because I work it would be before 11 am but he didn't know an exact time. Mind you I haven't paid for anything yet.
PART 3: I leave the store with my friend who originally went in to make a purchase. She had to pay a deposit and it was really weird that I didn't have to. We were in the car and Conn's hadn't collected any money from me nor did they have a way to. I considered not worrying about it but then thought that was really the dishonest thing to do. So about an hour after leaving the store I called back and made them aware of the store manager's mistake and paid over the phone. I was told that I would receive my receipt and some important documents Monday during my delivery.
PART 4: Monday comes around and I'm sleeping in waiting for my delivery. I've taken off of work so I'm losing money but I don't mind you have to do these things some times. At about 8 am I receive a call and it's the warehouse. The guy on the phone lets me know he'll be there to deliver my couch anytime between 1 pm and 4 pm. Uh hello sir, just like you I have job that I need to go to and I live alone. I was told in the store before 11am. I would've taken off work but I had an important meeting right at 1pm.
I was then informed that I would get another call on Tuesday and that the time would be unknown again. I was told by the CSR that they would make sure it would be before 11 am this time. PART 5: Tuesday comes along and so does 8 am. No phone call from Conn's. So I finally decide to call about 9 am and talk to the warehouse. I'm now informed over the phone that my delivery will come between 3 and 6pm. I'm sitting at home waiting because you said 11 am. Okay oh well. I go into work (late mind you) and tell my company president I'll have to leave early at 3 pm. Thankfully it wasn't a big deal.
I asked to get a 30 minute call prior to getting my furniture so I could leave work and meet them. 3 pm comes and no call so I keep working and working. At 4 pm I decide to leave work and go home and wait for my delivery. I'm sitting at home at a 5 pm. I decide to call Conn's right when I decide to call them and cancel the whole order literally as the man on the phone was pulling up my account the delivery man calls and states that he's lost outside.
PART 6: The delivery man was beyond rude on the phone and this would later continue in person. It was at this time about 5 pm so traffic was kind of bad and it had just finished raining really bad. I gave him perfect directions to my building but because he had to make a sharp u-turn and then an immediate right in a large truck he wasn't able to get to me which I completely understand. On the phone he has an attitude with me like it's my fault though. He ended up parking his truck 2 building over from mine which meant they would have a little bit of a distant walk.
I tried to get him to come into the back parking lot but he had an attitude at this time and was rude and irritated. They decided to dolly the furniture from the truck pass two buildings and up to the 3rd floor where I live. LOL bad idea but hey whatever. So, they finally get the furniture to my apartment and he asks me to sign a paper confirming I received the delivery. I did. I asked for my receipt and paperwork and of course he had no clue what I was talking about ugh!
PART 7: I'm not worried about the paperwork at this time I'm just finally happy to have my new couch. Now I can move around and worry about other things in life lol. As I'm touching my couch on the back end of it it's a huge metal piece sticking out the end! It's small enough not to see if you're not looking for it but big enough to see now that you know it's there. Being that I didn't know it was there I cut my thumb really really bad. Majority of my thumb was sliced across this metal piece which caused bad bleeding and is restricting my typing right now (I'm sure you can tell) lol.
PART 8: The next morning (today) I called Conn's to get my paperwork and tell them about the metal piece. Here is where the fun begins. I called the (877) 358-1252 number and get an immediate answer after like 1 one ring which was really weird to me for such a huge company. The girl who answered the phone was beyond rude and ghetto (ugh I hate using that word because it can be a good thing but it was bad in her case... very very very bad lol). I was informed for the first time ever that paper I signed with the delivery man was stating the we inspected the couch and that it was perfect therefore I wouldn't get an exchange.
Then when I said I wanted to return the couch I once again hear for the first time that there is a no return policy which was NEVER mention to me. She called the store manager who told her he told me all this when he took my payment and gave me a receipt and some booklet brochure type thing. Hello?!? How can I get that if I didn't pay in the store. Remember I paid over the phone being stupid honest Billy?!? Anyway she argued with me, refused to allow me to speak and then hung up on me.
PART 9: I called back. (Wow this story is getting long, let me speed it up). I called back talked to a nice guy named ** in collections. He said, "Oh no worries. We'll help you out. It hasn't even been 24 hours yet. Let me get you to the right department for a return." He transferred me to another lady who was equally as rude as the first. I'm at this point hot and want to return the cramp because I now hate this company with a passion. Her attitude was off the chain and I couldn't deal anymore so I asked to speak to a supervisor. She told me she was the supervisor.
After going back and forth for a while she finally transfers me. The next lady, **, I spoke to was very calm, polite and helpful (so I thought). She informed me I couldn't return the cramp but I could do a volunteer repo. At this point that's exactly what I want to do. I don't care what it does to my credit I just don't want to deal with Conn's anymore. She tells me to go to the store and they will help me with the volunteer repo and they will come pick up the furniture. I'm finally happy and can breathe. Mind you ALL these phone calls are while I'm at work.
PART 10: Less than 5 minutes after happily ending my last phone call, I get a call from ** the store manager to find out what's going on. I tell him the whole very long story and he tells me I was informed wrong. I was told not to come back to the store ever again if I planned on returning the stuff. If I wanted to return it I needed to speak the customer help line that I just hung up with and that I would have to find a way to return the material myself. I didn't want to stay on the phone with him long because he too was very rude so I hung up the phone and called back the helpline.
I now get a chance to talk to **. I'm learning names very well lol. She tells me this whole long story about the last lady was wrong and that they won't pick up the furniture but I can still do the volunteer repo. She transfers me. I'm on hold for 20 minutes and nothing. So I call on my other line. Now I'm on hold for the repo department on two phone lines. The second line I had been on hold for about 5 minutes when a lady answers I tell her what I'm waiting for and she puts me back on hold. About two minutes later ** answers the phone surprised that it's me. I know this because she says
LUFKIN, TEXAS -- In March of 2011 my husband and I bought a bedroom set with mattress and box springs. We had to have it delivered/setup, the delivery guys would not come into our home and did not set up our bedroom set. We noticed when we were setting the bed frame up that the head board and foot board had some problems. The head board had a crack all the way down the back of it (like someone stepped onto it) and the foot board had spots were someone had touched it with glue on their hands then tried to stain over it letting the stain run all the way down the foot board.
I called Conn's and spoke with my salesman about it. He said "hold" and got the manager on the phone then the manager told me "we will order you a new head and foot board it will be here in 3 days." 4 days later I called to check on the bed and found out it was never ordered. The salesman then ordered it and hand delivered it plus set the whole thing up for nothing for all the problems I had with the bed and the manager.
In February 2012 I called to set up service for my mattress I had purchased in March 2011 due to the mattress starting to sag and push out the sides it was set up for. March 2012 the service tech came out took his pictures and measurements and sent in his report. I called 2 weeks after the service tech was out and check the status of the report I found out that it was closed due to "nobody was home to do a service call for." I gave them the name of the person who came out the time they arrived and the time he left. They then informed me he no longer works for them and they will set me up for another service call in 6 months since I missed the last service call.
In October 2012 the service tech came out and took pictures and measurements again. (This time it the sagging was much worse than before.) The guy said he would file the report and I could call in 3 days if I have not heard anything. 3 days came and I was about to call them and a voice mail came in telling me to go pick out a new mattress. They were replacing it.
In early November of 2011 my husband and I purchased a living room set from Conn's. Had to pick it up because it was going to be after Thanksgiving before they could set up delivery. We picked it up and set it up at home. On the loveseat the whole chair started falling toward the left and it was becoming noticeable when you looked at it. In March of 2012 I called and set up service the first of 4 (8 if you count the 4 for pictures and then 4 for the service) service people came out did his pictures and said we need to order parts. They will be shipped here and a tech will come out and replace the parts.
The parts arrived and set in my living room for a week before I called service to ask when they were coming out. I was told there had been no request for a tech to come out and they would schedule one. He came out replaced the parts and that was that about a 2 weeks later. I had to call service again for the same problem (this time you would just fall to the arm of the chair.)
The service guy came out took pictures and ordered the same parts and told me the same thing about "when the parts arrive the service tech will be out here to fix/replace the parts." I waited 3 days and called to make sure a service guy would be coming. (He was.) He came out and fixed it again and told me the same thing "if there is anymore problem just call service".
In July of 2012 I called for service to come back out for the same problem. They again did the same service and I ended up call for them again. In September 2012 when the tech came out to do the pictures and all that he does. I let him do it. Waited a few days. Called to check on the service. Was told the man was going to be there Monday between 8 am-11am to fix the problem. I said that was fine. The guy arrived with the part fixed and was about to leave when UPS dropped off the part.
He told us to keep the extra part if we wanted to which we did. I called in again but told them this was going to be replaced because they have already been out to fix the same issue 4 times. They told me I could not get it replaced because I did not buy the warranty. I then told them that I have not even had this a year and it was sold to me broken. They said all they can do is keep sending out service techs to fix the issue and I could only have it serviced 6 times before I was charged the service fee.
I told them that there would be no reason to set up service because I was going to the press about this and would be bring the furniture back to their front door. I hung up with that person. Got on the computer and sent emails to the local paper about what was going on I also called BBB and Cat napper (the maker of the living room set).
I was called in September 2012 by Conn's head office saying that a new loveseat was ordered and I could pick it up whenever I wished. I went to pick it up and the store manager told me that I would have to load it myself that her employees would not touch that couch. I said "that was fine with me." I went to go find it and she told me I was not allowed to go in the back room. That she would have it brought to the front door for me then I must load it myself. 2 really nice young men brought it to the front and loaded it for me and told "Here. She could not do that to a customer." (They were both fired 2 weeks later).
In April 2013 we had to buy a microwave due to ours catching on fire, so I went to Conn's and picked it out. I had to do an in house credit for personal reasons, got everything done and even showed them my homeowners insurance. I was going to have an 11.00 a month payment for 12 months. I went in on May 19, 2013 and made a payment of 11.00. Before I made the payment my balance due was 105.33 so, when I made the payment my payoff should have dropped to 94.33 which I thought it had.
I went in on May 21, 2013 to go ahead and pay it off. The new pay off was 106.48 after the 11.00 was taken off for a payment. The cashier called customer service. They told her the computer was right and the customer was wrong. I asked to speak with them. She then told me that because I was paying it off sooner than the 12 months that there is interest. That is where the balance of 106.48 comes in.
When asked why my sale slip says 105.33 due in full, she said it was an error and Conn's is not responsible for errors like that. I told her my payment book tells me that I owe Conn's 94.33 and that is what I will pay. If there is any problem then Conn's can take me to court. She then told me that I was being rude and not giving here a chance to fix the mistake/misunderstanding.
I asked her if she could please tell me why there was and additional 5.00 charge on this account and she said "it was for insurance." I told her she was wrong because the salesman took my papers and made copies of them showing my home owners insurance. So I asked her "So I was being charged for insurance which I already had, plus I'm being charged more for paying it off early." She said, "No, you are going to pay the 106.48 owed on the account or it will be turned over to collections." I said, "I will not give you a dime. You can turn me over to collections and I will contest this and see you and Conn's in court." I then hung up.
Two hours later, my cell phone rang and Conn's was calling me to tell me there was a misunderstanding and my balance due is 95.00. My husband went and paid it off, even after telling him not to.
MCALLEN, TEXAS -- A couple of years ago, we got a front loader Whirlpool Washer and Dryer from Conn's in McAllen, Texas. They were promoting a "No Interest" payment plan. So, like naive idiots, we jumped in with both feet, since our washer was on the fritz. They had the monthly payment price figured so the interest would kick in, so we asked the salesman to figure the payments so we would have everything paid off in full by the final payment, with no interest.
He did (supposedly) and we made our payments of $118 on the due date, or during their 10 day grace period, though they released the hounds on you, calling you with extremely harassing calls if you were in the "grace period". We were never, ever late.
Well, we were getting down to the last payment, and I noticed that if I made my last payment of $118, I would be $3 short of having the total amount paid off, and the $500 of interest would kick in. I realized that despite our request to have the entire amount paid off before the interest kicked in, they were making it a few bucks short. So if we didn't catch it, they would still make their money from us off the interest. Feeling good that we didn't get caught in their little deceptive trap, I knew I had to pay $121 on my last payment. (August 2009) And I'd have it paid off, and would be saved from having to pay $500 in interest.
I went in a Conn's store on Monday, August 3rd to make my final payment, and was told that because I didn't make the final payment the day before on Sunday August 2nd, that I was going to have to pay ALL the interest. I told the checker that I didn't even know they were even open on Sundays to take payments, which she said they were. I asked her what about the 10 day "grace period" to make the payment, and she said that it doesn't apply on the last payment. She said that all the interest was accrued at midnight on August 2nd, and even though I was paying just a few hours after that, I would have to pay ALL the interest, and not just some of it for being a few hours "late."
So, we got the people on the phone at Conn's "Customer Service" and they gave me the same old lines they probably tell all the other "suckers" like me that had been screwed over by Conn's on this deceptive "no interest" program. So, I asked for a manager. And she explained to me that she could put in a request for "forgiveness on the cash option," and that it would be reviewed by senior management. And that I would be notified within a week.
Never heard from anybody after a week, so I called them up. And was told that the request was on file, but it had not been reviewed yet.
She said that there were so many of these requests, that they were taking a long time to get through all of them. I guess a lot of other people were getting screwed over too. She finished the conversation by saying that I should call by the end of the month. So, I called at the end of the month, and was told the same thing (hadn't been reviewed due to huge backlog of similar requests, and to call again next week). Well, today, on September 4th, we started getting harassing calls from their collection people wanting us to pay up. So, I called to talk to the customer service, and was told the same thing, it hadn't been reviewed and to call back later.
I told her if I did that, the payment would be late, if it wasn't "forgiven." She said that's all she could do, so I talked to her manager. This person, who was talking so ghetto, I could barely understand her, started out saying the same thing. She said I could fax in the receipt with an explanation, and that would be reviewed by Senior Management, which had never been mentioned by any of the previous people I had dealt with at Conn's.
Then after going around and around with her for about 10 minutes, she finally came out and said, "No one is going to even look at this, because you were supposed to make the payment on that Sunday, and even if you didn't know we were open, and made your payment a few hours later on Monday, all the interest is now due. There's no way out of it, and there's no use in waiting any more, because you will be denied." Then, when I tried to explain the situation. She wouldn't even let me explain, she would just butt in during the middle of my sentence, saying we had nothing else to talk about!
When I told her I would appreciate it if I could finish my sentence, she started getting really rude! She said there was nothing more for us to talk about and I had to pay the extra five hundred bucks, and there was no way out of it. That she was the highest level of management I could talk to, since senior management did not take phone calls. I asked her, so why she told me to fax the receipt to them then, and she just kept telling me how I just needed to make the payments, and then she hung up on me.
So, beware of Conn's "no interest" program, because if you make every payment in full, and on time, they'll figure the payments deceptively so you'll have to pay the interest anyway. And, they'll set it up for you to make your final payment on a Sunday, (which isn't a typical day I pay bills since I'm in church and spending the day with my family), so you'll hopefully pay a day late.
Then, they'll tell you to keep jumping through hoops and giving you hope after the fact, and wasting your time by telling you they're going to review the situation, which they were never planning to do from the start. None of the things that they said was true, and all they are out for is a one-time customer, and not return customers.
Our next purchase after getting this washer/dryer paid off is for a 52 to 55 inch LCD flat screen TV, and Conn's would have been one of the companies we would have shopped. But after their deceptive practices, we will NEVER, EVER step foot in a Conn's store again!!!! Somebody else will be getting our business. And with a family of four young children, we will be buying a lot more appliances, computers and furniture that Conn's could have been considered for. But not now. Plus, we own a photography business, which uses camera and computer equipment which Conn's sells.
Sorry Conn's, after this little rip off scheme you pulled on us, you burned the one and only bridge between us! You, Conn's, are the losers in the long haul. And it's kind of a bad time to be alienating and ripping off your customers that have made on time payments over two years, when the economy is this bad. As a business owner, we know it's much easier to keep an existing client, than to go beat the bushes to find another faithful client. We'll make sure to tell all our friends and family (which are a bunch), and will post this all over the web and on Facebook, on which we have hundreds of friends.
The good thing is we have come out a little wiser (though this lesson cost us $500) to these types of schemes and will hopefully be able to not fall for this sort of thing in the future. We just hope this helps someone else out, and can keep someone else from getting ripped off by Conn's (which is such an appropriate name!!!)!!!!
Dear Conn's customer,
We would like to apologize for the problem you have had with our company and would like to resolve your complaint for you. Please contact us at:
1-877-358-1252 or via the web at http://support.conns.com
Thank you
Conn's customer support
PLANO, TEXAS -- Conn's does live up to their name. I've purchased a Stove and Dishwasher in Dec 2012. I was given a 6 month interest free sales plan. I was excited at the time of purchase with the no interest for 6 months. I've paid each of my instalments prior to the due date and towards the 5th month, I tried to get a full pay off amount that would complete my contract and be paid in full. This was evidently a difficult experience for Customer Service and I had to call several times to confirm what was reported to be the correct amount. I paid in full and thought this transaction was completed.
In April 2014 I received a brochure that showed that my credit has been increased and on this document I noticed that their records show that I still owed $1,072.47 which was totally incorrect since it was paid in full nearly a year prior. I started on a calling campaign trying to get this issue resolved and was given several different amounts that they showed it was due even though it was paid off. I was then instructed that I must wait 24 hours so that the Finance department could review and they would advise what the problem was. Customer Service could not explain what the charges covered and could not give any explanation.
I called after the 24 hours and then was told that I must wait another 72 business hours before this process was entered and then reviewed. Each time I called back within the 72 business hours and was given another runaround and was told that all of these charges were due in full and need to pay starting August 2014, although they still could not explain what the charges were related to. I requested proof of the amount due in a statement so I could understand why Conn's demanded payment on something that was paid in full of March 2013.
This has been a horrible experience and at last count I made over 18 calls trying to get resolved or get some kind of resolution from Conn's store or Management. This company is extremely difficult to resolve disputes and only want to collect money that is not due to them. I finally received a letter stating that my account was paid in full and that I never actually owed the $1,072.47. My advise to everyone is to stay away from Conn's, very far away!!!
DALLAS, TEXAS -- Conn's refuse accept responsibility for their sales practices. The 12 months same as cash is not even listed in the contracts. People beware this is only a verbal agreement in which they will find any reason not to honor. Conn's have engaged in, and will continue to engage in the unlawful practices set forth below.
Conn's have caused and will cause immediate, irreparable injury, loss and damage to myself, and will also cause adverse effects to legitimate business enterprises which lawfully conduct trade and commerce. Despite the lengthy and high pressure sales presentation, I was not presented with a copy of the actual terms and conditions of the 12 months same as cash at the time of the sale in the store.
The actual terms and conditions of the 12 months same as cash are not made available to the consumer and not disclosed by Conn's prior to the sale. Unknown to the customer at the time of sale, 12 months same as cash contains exclusions, limitations of liability, cancellation penalties, and an arbitration clause—all of which are designed to favor Conn's.
In addition, at the time of sale the consumer is misled to believe that the 12 months same as cash is for 12 months and will cover the product for the one year period; the actual terms of the agreement, are quite different and state that the agreement "expires" upon any payment that is over 10 days late. That Conn's refused to honor the terms of agreement and continues to advertise it under false pretense.
Conn's in the course and conduct of trade and commerce, have directly and indirectly engaged in false, misleading and deceptive acts and practices declared to be unlawful by the DTPA §17.46(a). Without limiting the foregoing, Conn's also have violated DTPA §17.46(b), by engaging in the following conduct: false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices in the course of trade or commerce.
Therefore causing confusion or misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification by, another. By representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or quantities which they do not have or that a person has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection which he does not. By representing that goods or services are of a particular standard, quality, or grade, or that goods are of a particular style or model, if they are another. By advertising goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised.
By representing that an agreement confers or involves rights, remedies, or obligations which it does not have or involve, or which are prohibited by law. By failing to disclose information concerning goods or services which was known at the time of the transaction if such failure to disclose such information was intended to induce the consumer into a transaction into which the consumer would not have entered had the information been disclosed.
Because Conn's have engaged in the unlawful acts and practices described above, Conn's have violated and will continue to violate the law as alleged. Stay away from them, you will be trapped like me and my family and get nothing but excuses on how they refuse to fix the issue at hand. I am referring this to the Attorney General Office. This predatory to all Texas citizens
FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- I would like to first thank you for reading this email. I feel it very necessary to tell you about my recent experience with your store manager at the Cherry Lane Fort Worth Texas Store. After many purchases made at this store and receiving wonderful customer service each time, my husband and I decided to purchase an HD TV. On January 7th 2008 we went to the store and ** was our salesman. He was a nice young man and we looked at several TVs but ** pointed out that he had a TV on clearance that should be just fine for us.
This was an AKIA 32" Flat screen HD TV. I told him that I felt unsure because I had not heard of this brand before but he assured me that it was a really good brand and your store had been carrying it for quite some time and never had any problems. So we purchased this TV for $499.99.
Well sometime in July 08' while watching TV it just turned off. After looking around and trying to plug it into a different outlet, I determined that it was the TV. I asked my husband to take it to Conn's and find out what we should do (we had purchased a service warranty). When my husband got to the store he approached a salesman and explained the problem. The man directed him to a phone, dialled customer service and handed my husband the phone and walked away.
After waiting on hold for about 10 minutes my husband got frustrated, hung up and left. So then a few days later I went to the store myself and requested to speak to the store manager. This was Mr ** and at the time he was busy so I patiently waited for him.
When he approached me I pleasantly told him of my dilemma and requested he tell me what I need to do to fix the situation. Well this is where it gets good. Mr **, in a VERY condescending way said: "Mrs. **, just as we probably explained to your husband, this TV is no longer carried in this store so there is nothing we can do to fix it. Now what we CAN do is sell you a more expensive TV as long as you are willing to pay the difference in cost."
This confused me a little since I purchased a warranty so I said: "Can we not send the TV to get repaired?" and his response was this "Mrs. **, we could send it to our service department but MOST likely the problem will turn out to be customer abuse so it would be in your best interest to let me see what we have in stock and you can upgrade as I said before."
All of these things were said to me in a very condescending way with him standing over me as if I was some really stupid little girl. So I stood up and told him that "there is no way it could be customer abuse because the TV has not been moved." And then he says (I cannot believe this one), he says: "Ma'am have you ever heard of a power surge!"....
At this point I am so stunned by his tone with me and his inability to just simply say "Mrs. **, here at Conn's we try to make sure that every one of our customers have a wonderful experience with their purchases and I am very sorry that this has happened to you. I will be happy to refer you to our service department or you could upgrade your TV today its up to you." These are very easy and non confrontational words but Mr. ** is VERY incapable of such. I ended up leaving very upset (to the point of tears) and calling the AKIA warranty department.
This of course brought me nothing because AKIA no longer exists (which may explain why the TV was on clearance and ** was so eager to sell it to us and with a boss like **, who has no integrity, I would not be surprised that his employees are the same way.) Anyway the warranty company had some man come and pick up my TV and they kept it for 6 weeks before giving it back to me the same way he took it.
AKIA is not shipping out power supplies and so any AKIA unit can not be repaired. So here I am back to square one... Well the point of this email is really to let you know how horribly I have been treated by ** at this store so I will get to it.
My next trip to the store was Friday September 5th. I had been speaking to ** in Beaumont. She said that she would call Mr ** and tell him to get me a new TV. When I arrived at the store he said he had not talked to her and then he starts calling service. (This is of course after he made sure to condescend me some more by explaining that he couldn't possibly remember me since he deals with so many customers everyday.) Well this email is already too long and I am just going to say that he humiliated me in front of other customers and my husband and refused to satisfy me as a customer of Conn's.
He had a Toshiba 32" Flat Screen HD TV for 569.99, which is only $70.00 more than what I paid but he refused to write off $70.00 and exchange my TV. As he and several other employees at your company explained to me, Conn's does not and will not ever write off $70.00 in order to keep a customer's business. The funny thing is that all the times I was on hold with your customer service department, I get to hear a recording that says that Conn's has been doing everything in its power to make sure every customer is satisfied since 18 something. What a joke!
The interest that I have paid on this TV that does not work is $109.75 so why is it that I cannot have the Toshiba for $70.00 more. That does not include the interest that I paid from purchasing a dishwasher, dryer, stove, 2 laptops, 3 I-Pods, a flat screen monitor, microwave, pots and pan set, freezer, sweeper and a futon.
I think that my service to Conn's is well worth $70.00 and I am so very disappointed by the way that I have been treated that at this point it is all principle. I will never ever purchase anything from Conn's again and I will definitely let everyone I talk to know how I was treated. Strangers and friends alike will hear my story since I plan to contact the local television station here who loves to catch businesses practicing unethically.
I am very sorry that you had to be bothered by this as I really did make GREAT attempts to reach ** who is the District manager in this area. However after being told by several of his managers at others stores that he would not help me anyway, I finally gave up. (I did leave many messages for him with no response.) I would strongly advise that you remove ** from contact with customers as I cannot see how there would be any way he can manage this store that is in a very bad location without running it into the ground. I appreciate your time.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS -- I have been witness to two horrific accounts of rude customer service, overcharged billing, unwillingness to cooperate with existing warranties, and just overall poor business ethics. My first encounter occurred when I was working at a Lamar State College Port Arthur's theatre department's office. We had ordered two huge flat screen plasma TV's and mounts for our stage, and they were to be delivered the next day. They promised they would charge us 899 each for the TVs and 200 each for the mounts. It didn't arrive the next day, it arrived four days after the order. We needed the TVs for a show that was opening soon, and that four days stressed us.
When we unpacked the TVs, one was broken. It would not turn on. So we called and they said they would be out the next day to bring a new one and replace it. They arrived a week later. We got it up just in time. (Note: each time we called, we never got speedy, friendly service; we were always put through the wringer.) Then our financial office called us a month later. CONN'S charged us $999 each for the TVs, not $899.
We called everyday for three days straight to get them to fix it. We didn't understand, we wanted to pay them, but no one would help us. We got the wringer, no one knew who could fix the problem. We left messages with everyone. The last day, we were transferred around for an hour and a half. No one was in to help us, everyone had left, or was still at lunch, or on vacation. (It was 2:30 on a Wednesday). We finally got through to someone who said it wasn't her job to help us, but she would because she felt sorry for us. We made it clear that our department would never buy from them again.
My parents had purchased a washing machine about a year and a half ago, and a warranty. So when it stopped spinning, we called them to come fix it. A few days later they came to fix it. They said it couldn't be fixed, and we could get it replaced. The next week (and lots of dirty laundry and trips to the laundromat later), they called and told us to come in tomorrow to find a replacement. They were treated to a money hungry, commission seeking, totally disrespectful sales person, who refused/ignored my parents' request to see a copy of the original warranty and receipt.
The girl told them at one time that the machine was less than a year old, and another that it was a year and a half. She protested when my mother implied that they would haul off the old machine, saying, "why would Conn's want a broken machine." Without giving them a copy of the original receipt, she stated that my parents paid $300 to for the old machine. My parents paid over $500. She tried to blow it off by saying that it was like a car, "it depreciated in value over time, so that's why it was less."
Then later she said that was what they paid, it didn't depreciate. Without an original receipt or warranty, how were they to know if that was true? This situation just happened today, and we have still not completely resolved it. We will be reporting them to the Better Business Bureau, and it has become my job to post this all over the internet. They are an awful company, who don't care about quality or service. The way I see it, it's my duty to complain to everyone. Moral: NEVER BUY FROM CONN'S. EVER.
ARIZONA -- 1) Read the small print! 2) I did not need the insurance so I took a copy of my renter's insurance in and had it removed from the policy. 3) The item I purchased was interest free for 12 months and they gave me a payment book. 4) I sat down and figured out that I had to make double payments each month to get the item paid off in time to avoid their high interest (on a computer that was already overpriced..but I REALLY needed it).
5) I made my first payment two weeks early and always made double payments online. When I got a bonus or some extra money, I'd get online and pay and extra 50 dollars or so.-- When paying online you can see what the payoff is to avoid having to pay interest. 6) I made paying them off a priority and determined I'd not charge anything else till they were paid. I didn't deal with in store people, customer service or anyone.
One day I realized that I was four months ahead on the payoff. I then figured out what I owed to pay them off and picked an amount to pay them every two weeks. I never had any problems with them and I love the computer. I didn't get any of their extra perks because I have a good computer guy if my computer breaks, take good care of it and also it's still covered by the original manufacturer warranty. -- Now if you only make the monthly payment and think you are going to get by "interest free" you are fooling yourself. Conn's will send you a letter telling you what you have to pay and the date it has to be paid to avoid interest.
Since their items are always higher than retail, avoid paying the extra money by paying attention, reading the small print, make paying the bill a priority. If you do this, you won't be one of the people on here writing about being "conned" by Conn's.
Personally, I would not buy anything large that has to be delivered based on what I've read. I took my computer home with me and it was fine. But had it not been. I would have taken pictures of it, then gone right back to the store with it the next day explaining the problem and showing the pictures to the salesperson and asked for a replacement and waiver of their "restocking" fee. Hope this helps somebody.
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA -- Purchased $700 Progressive Madison bed from CONN'S for Christmas present to my daughter. Met delivery truck on scheduled time to find that all the pieces were not on the truck. Made several attempts to speak with the General Manager, ** but he wouldn't come to the phone nor did he call me back. Spoke with the **, the Salesman, in attempt to get the missing pieces.
Made several attempts to have Delivery bring the missing supports and slates. They claimed that they had been trying to reach me and my response was that I could prove that to not be true with the cell phone records, that they had made NO ATTEMPT to contact me. The end result with the delivery department was that they said that they didn't like my attitude and didn't know what to tell me. I explained that they were on speaker phone and had that I had a witness listening to the conversation and they hung up on me.
I filed a complaint with Conn's in November via phone as well as online, a copy of which is attached. Had to pick up the missing pieces at the store with no offer to reduce the delivery fee. There were only (3) slates and "Sealy" (Mattress Manufacturer) says that less than 5 slates voids the warranty. Now that Christmas has come and gone, I have inspected the headboard to find that the Manufacturer cracked one of the connections and you can see where they wood putty the holes where the screws went all the way through. Conn's says that they won't swap it out the headboard that they will send a repair person out.
I asked that they just switch out the headboard since it hasn't been assembled, nor do I have all the pieces and it is clearly a Manufacturer Defect. THEY SAID "NO." I have made attempt to contact the manufacturer and have not received call back; Company is PROGRESSIVE FURNITURE out of Ohio. After letting these people come out and tell me they want to repair it or it's fine the way it is will be to FILE SUIT IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT against Conn's for selling defective merchandise.


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A person from Ecuador or of Ecuadorian decent. Ecuadorians are some of the sexist people alive and are very proud of their latin culture.
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an ecuadorian can range from being very smart and beautiful to being dumb and non-attractive, although all South American people carry this trait (ex. Venezuela,Colombia,Peru, etc.) Finding an Ecuadorian that comes from the beautiful parts of Ecuador, meaning they're pretty, cute, tall, and just right, can really put shame to the rest of the attractive people around you. You can consider Ecuador to be the Dominican Republic of South America, since it's known for its fun/interesting culture, its variety of dark-skinned people, beautiful beaches, warm tropical environment, and beautiful women that roam the streets of Guayaquil, Playas, Montañita, Piñas del Oro etc. The women have their own unique look from being tan, white, and of course brown(or darker.) They hold some of the best latin curves you will see in South America. Ecuadorians have different accents depending on their origin of the country. If from Guayaquil, most of the time they would have a fast-speaking accent, similar to a Dominican accent. If from the inner cities such as Quito, Cuenca, Baños de Ambato, they would have a mid-toned accent that comes with proper grammar which makes them sound and look intelligent and well-mannered. Very prideful people but despise others that think they're better than them. Unlike the people from it's sister country , Colombia, Ecuadorians do not need to be spoiled and ego-centric(thinking the world revolves around you) to actually be the best.
1.That man right there is a very handsome, well-mannered hispanic, one can easily tell he's Ecuadorian.
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Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy reacts doing a game last season. Van Gundy thought the Lakers' decision to fire Mike Brown was "absurd." / David Richard, US Presswire
Stan Van Gundy knows what it's like to be fired.
The former Orlando Magic coach lost his job in March and was replaced by Pat Riley at the beginning of the season that the Miami Heat won the 2006 NBA title.
He also knows what it's like to coach Dwight Howard, who joined the Lakers this summer after his trade me don't trade me antics with the Magic.
The new NBC Sports analyst's reaction was hardly surprising and very Van Gundyish.
He called it "the most ridiculous firing in the history of the NBA," via The Orlando Sentinel.
Sounds about right. He's not bitter or anything.
Van Gundy also used the word choice of "absurd."
"Why did (the Lakers) bring him back? They changed the entire staff, changed his offense, got two new players (Howard and Nash), have had guys hurt since Day 1 and gave him five games to get it going," he told The Sentinel
Of the potential coaching candidates, Van Gundy would be the last guy to replace Brown and coach the Lakers, right?
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"I'm sure I'm at the top of their list," he said (we hope jokingly).
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