Cherrypal cancels shipment on Africa
Cherrypal canceled my order and refunded my money (shipping included). All indications were that I would receive the laptop soon (I’ve been hoping for the last week). Looks like it was some kind of scam. Don’t deal with these people. Here is the chain of events.
- 15-Dec-2009 Ordered the Cherrypal Africa $99 laptop
- 16-Dec-2009 Cherrypal hacked
- 21-Dec-2009 Advised by Paypal that the order had shipped
- 04-Jan-2010 Advised by Paypal that Cherrypal had refunded my money (shipping and all)
It’s not like I asked for an auto insurance quote. I payed my money, and expected product in return. There’s something extremely fishy going on. I think that the “website hack” was just a ruse to give them an out.
Other fishiness:
- Payment processor was SugarRomance.com – an online dating service
- No mention of the processor in the laptop (some say MIPS, some say ARM)
- Direct response email from the owner about the site hack
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[...] The delays in shipping have led to some bad word-of-mouth spreading about the company. Some people are upset (and suspicious) to be receiving a refund rather than the computer they ordered. [...]
What is absolutely amazing is that, despite google, there seems to be a collective amnesia about these Chinese laptops, sold under a lot of different names (Bestlink Alpha 400, Skytone, Trendtac, Elonex One T, Silverstar, Razorbook and so on).
According to an interview Cherrypal is prepared to sell laptops with XBurst processors to cut costs.
This is in direct contradiction to their stated minimal specs.
See my blog for details.
My order is since January 09, 2010. Until now February 16, 2010 I have nothing: laptop or money back.
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