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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
'Compatible'... Really? It's a 'hit or miss' chance!, January 14, 2008
Ordered this 'charging kit' for my Tungsten E2 through BargainCell, as I have purchased from them in the past, and up until this, didn't have a problem with them.
Found that this 'charging kit' WILL NOT charge a Tungsten E2! Back and forth e-mails to BargainCell, two long distance telephone calls, about an hour on the telephone, with them telling me that this 'charging kit' is compatible with both Tungsten and Treo models.
Well is 'not'... The cable will initiate a 'sync' when the button is pressed, but it will not charge the E2. Tested it myself, compared it to an original Palm cable and noticed that the cable from BargainCell has about half the number of pins in the connector base to connect to the Palm. No doubt missing the ones that provide the 'charging'!
Kind-of makes the USB car adapter and the wall adapter like totally 'useless', unless someone wants to try and sync their palm to their car, or home!
Looking around the Internet I see many similar products, all claiming to be compatible with both the Tungsten and the Treo.
After this experience, with BargainCell still claiming that these cables are compatible with both models, now I have to question 'all' other such listings, making the same claim!
Paying nearly as much for shipping as the item itself, BargainCell expected me to send this back for a refund! No doubt not refunding 'my' shipping expenses back to them, and deducting the shipping expenses I already paid to have this sent to me! Needless to say, a loosing proposition either way to me.
Either go through all that trouble and expense for what would be a 'couple dollar' refund, or keep the USB auto and wall charger and toss the cable in the garbage.
With numerous other listing all making the same claim as to 'compatibility', I think I'll save my time and aggravation and just spend the $20.00 and get an original from Palm!
Had similar experiences with other 'so-called' compatible imported products, dumped on the market cheaply. No more for me! I'll spend the extra and get original OEM products, and probably in the long run, actually save money, not having to deal with time lost on e-mails and telephone calls, after incompatibly issues are discovered, and companies not bothering to do proper research! And what really gets me, is with something so 'simple'!
BargainCell is most likely just a reseller of imported goods, taking the word of the importer as 'gospel', and not listening to a customer when they are called telling them that 'Hey... this doesn't work'!
Don't know what 'value' others put on their time, but this experience probably wound up costing me more than double the cost of an OEM product!
Was this really a 'Bargain'?
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A/C and car plugs don't work with TX, February 5, 2008
With my (new) Palm TX and a Windows XP notebook, the charge/sync cable works, both syncing and charging (slow charge, I believe). Neither the A/C wall plug nor the car plug work at all. Since total cost with shipping was $10.50, I decided to keep it for just the cable.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Beware, February 6, 2009
I ordered this set mostly for the cable since I was having synchronizing problems with my TX. What they sent me was not what is pictured. The cable hast no button and the wall charger is different too. I tried the cable and it did not work. Unfortunately returning things to amazon vendors is very hard. You lose the original shippment fee and have to pay for return postage and often a restocking fee. It's more efficient to save your energy and throw this stuff in the trash!
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