Being retired, I have a lot of time to research suppliers and products on the net. I will give away my secret of TWO great suppliers at the end of this message for those who don't like to read. In months of searching for wifi radios and other devices I have concluded that 99% of suppliers/vendors on the net would not survive in the brick and mortar world, because their service/attitude/products STINK, imo. The average consumer has to be very careful when giving out credit card numbers and ordering from these online vendors who often: a) charge ridiculous high restocking and other fees to guarantee they make a profit regardless of whether or not they lie about their products, market junk products, offer no support, are rude and unprofessional,etc. etc. b) are outright fraud operators c) think because their profit margin is low they can pretend they are the source of their wifi equipment, when, in fact, the only thing they have done is make a deal with some chinese outfit that sells the same stuff much cheaper directly. One jerk operator that recently comes to mind is an outfit operating on ebay with a web page that, like many, tries to make it look like they are a big company when it is just some jerk and a few friends who put up a web page operating out of a shitwater Mexican border town of Nogales, AZ. With the initals D.A. you can figure out who it is, not going to give them any free advertising here. The idiot who runs this outfit, took my credit card number and then did nothing, did not send the product. They had a negative record with the AZ Better Business Bureau until they paid them off by joining and suddenly overnight their record went to A+. Shows what a bogus outfit the Southern AZ BBB is, which also refuses to take complaints unless they can publish your personal information to a url link. This happened after they agreed to the order by phone and the terms. Also be careful of ebay positive reviews, they often do not reflect the true nature of a company. When you phone them they laugh at you in the background and lie about what they are going to do. Very unprofessional outfit, avoid them. Now if you want TWO REALLY GOOD SERVICE WIFI suppliers with superior web pages, superior service and competitive prices, here are the only two I can recommend after a couple years of researching all these mostly shit outfits. I have no profit motive here, nor am I in any business related to marketing wifi equipment, just reporting my personal experiences. NETGATE.COM- great service from Bill who answers his email and supplies very good products. Excellent webpage that gives all the information you need, good prices. Only disadvantage is they are in Hawaii, so deliver might take a little more time, but not bad at all. Bought a pcmcia card from them that is very powerful and still going strong 3 years later. Serviced product even after it was purchased. Guarantees his products. ROKLAND.COM- great service from Jason a small operator with a very good web page who ALSO answers his email and give fast delivery of great products. In Florida. Wide selection of products at good prices. Bought a usb wifi radio, strongest I have seen yet at a good price. Service is good even after he has your money. NICE web page easy to navigate, no BS. Supplies test reports on his products. Guarantees his products. Newegg.com- Big company, with fairly good service, also reasonable customer support, but so big they are sometimes difficult to communicate with. Guarantees some, but not all of it's products.
