Comments on: Scan photos and business cards on the run

Buy.com has the Plustek OptiCard 820 mobile scanner for $16.99 after a mail-in rebate. Shipping is free.

[milrtime]

"Ships from and sold by iunitek"

You may want to note the not so good ratings on this particular merchant.

[rickbroida]

Actually, that wasn't the case yesterday... and it seems the deal is no longer available. (I suspect Buy.com sold out and is now making the scanner available from a third-party vendor.) That's the rub with some of these deals... they go fast!

[GadgetConsumer]

BEWARE of BUY.COM promos. They are currently taking $50 off on a $51 purchase when signing up for a RevolutionCard account. They don't mention that all sales are final when using a coupon. They gave me a return authorization for an unopened product. Buy.com confirmed that they received the product back, and promised a refund to my credit card within 7 business days. 3 weeks later, they said "no refunds" and won't even send the unopened product back to me.

If they aren't going to follow their own refund policy, they need to give the merchandise back to the buyer. BUY.com is obviously getting some kind of financial benefit from RevolutionCard. At the very least, they should send back the item to me, and not just keep it, re-sell it, and double their profit. As of this writing, there are over 600 consumer complaints logged with the Better Business Bureau regarding Buy.com?s handling of refunds. Buyers beware!