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I & many of my colleague come across fact that Book deal trading operating in sharjah at bohaira cournish & dubai trap 98 % young people having least education & commit them that they will provide better future and within one year they will be promoted to manger's rank.

Hereby, there criteria is to sell one year old version books in uae door to door on cheap prices.

Firstly, a person works on his/her visit visa till expiry. Being employee they commit you for salary, you also sign the agreement but when job commence they behave in a such a way that, that signed agreement is just a formality. we will pay you commission only & to surprise a employee has to work up to 12 hrs a days even sometimes Fridays are not off.

This is worst example of greediness the executives of companies are following & treat like animals with employees without caring Labor laws. No medical, No salary, No Allowances, No other benefits. Hence playing with emotions giving them mental torture. Only & Only they provide is motivation in morning meetings just like brain washing showing them bright future.

Employee ties to work with the company because of their families & most of them leave company earlier as they get better opportunity or they realize the cruel aim of executives

Ministry Of labor should take strong action against Book Deal Trading & must review its licencing. Employees are bound not to complaint because if they go against with the company they will lose their jobs & a little money they earn with hard.

Update by Asif Anwar
Mar 29, 2010 2:56 pm EDT

MR HEMDEEP ( SHJ BR)

I READ UR COMMENT, IF YOU HAVE COURGE CAN YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ?

1. WHO LAUNCHED COMPLAINT AGAINST UR OFFICE IN COURT
2. WHO SUBMITTED REGSIGN. LETTER TO YOU
3.WHO OFFERED ME TO WITHDRAW COMPLAINT & WE WILL MAKE ASST.MGR
4. WHO WAS BEHIND ME DAY N NIGHT TO CANCEL COMPAINT

NOW PUBLICLY U SAY I WAS DISMISSED ! STILL I HAVE ALL PROVE TO PUT YOU BEHIND, & AGAIN YOU WILL BEHIND ME TO WITHDRAW

ANSWER ME...

WHERE IS OUR CONTRACT COPY . WHERE IS OUR SALARIES ?

IF I AM WRONG THEN ABOVE COMMENTS OF Britto, truthtobetold, Nahsir & Shahab Arabi ARE ALSO LIERS ? I DONT KNOW THEM BUT THEY VISITED UR OFFICE, THEY WROTE WHT THEY OBSERVED.

& MOREOVER I WILL UPLOAD SCAN COPPIES OF PROVE AGAINST UR OFFICEI
HOPE U UNDERSTAND ALL.. BETTER TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS LIER

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Tana betinas
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Jun 22, 2012 10:18 pm EDT

Dear frnds...me also worked with them for 6 months and my training manager was one mr rajesh(mumbai).That ### cheated and took all my money and went ...the company owner ms veronica didnt offer me a visa or offer letter even though i sold 12 books per day.
All merchandisers were cheated and bid frauds such as Rajesh, Naresh, Rechana, Veronica stills rules...Dubai govt shud take a forward step to stop these frauds

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miskin
AE
Jul 19, 2012 4:20 pm EDT

Hi guys i totally agree with you this company is a fraud company and doesn't desrve to exist in the whole world.I am an african and they treat africans like bull ### specially Naresh.He calls us kala kala it means black.veronica and Naresh are racist .

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kleng kleng
KW
Sep 11, 2012 3:03 am EDT

this Naresh fat guy offered me 380 kuwaiti dinnar. and told me to start imidiately. i ask for offer letter or acceptance letter to transfer my visa. he told me i should start working first before they will provide me those docoments. book deals here in Kuwait is located in Sharq near Bhebani Building. its hard for idiots to fool people here in kuwait because of there labour law. My advice just stay away to this company. Mr. Naresh is liar, ### sucking gay idiot.

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katy.cz
AE
Oct 21, 2012 12:47 am EDT

The idiot guy who's answering the phone o [protected] is a real ###

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miskin
AE
Oct 22, 2012 6:52 am EDT

hi to all

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miskin
AE
Oct 22, 2012 7:07 am EDT

breaking news guys this company now changed its name now they are calling people by the name of impulse direct12. beware they are the same fraud people.All my African brother and sister pls don't be cheated by this name.I feel like telling the whole world their unique story of cheating people but unfortunately i can'.I came to know from one of you that Naresh is in Kuwait.I think he will be caught in U.A.E. that's y he absconded to Kuwait..If any one joins Kuwait office do me a favor give a tight slab to that Naresh indian guy.He deserves many but i will be happy if he gets one at least.He ate my money and it will not digest him.He must be giving some bribe to his manager in Dubai i forgot the name of that Chinese lady that's y he was playing safe in that stupid company. neways all the best guys don't go to that company for interview...

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miskin
AE
Oct 22, 2012 7:19 am EDT

GUYS BEWARE THIS COMPANY HAS CHANGED ITS NAME TO MISGUIDE INNOCENT PEOPLE YESTERDAY MY ROOM MATE Called a number which looks the same company.They have changed their name to Impulsedirect12 in the newspaper.Don't be cheated by the name.It is the same fraud company with different name.I came to know that lair Naresh is absconding to KUwait the U.A.E. police must be looking for him because he was a criminal.He ate my hard earned money.God will punish him for that, If anyone finds him in Kuwait hand him over to police.That racist, thief, lair and wicked man should be behind the bar.All my African brother and sister pls don't go for interview to that Chinese lady who takes bribe from his people to misguide innocent people. All the best guys

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xfile
AE
Nov 04, 2012 12:56 am EDT

gud day i am scheduled for interview today and now i'm in doubt of going, , is ths all true?shud i go?

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xfile
AE
Nov 04, 2012 1:01 am EDT

i was called for an interview today..shud i go?

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miskin
AE
Jan 23, 2013 3:59 pm EST

GUYS BEWARE THIS COMPANY IS TRUELY A FRAUD COMPANY.THATS WHY ITS CHANGING LOCATION TO HIDE ALL THEIR FRAUD.HONESTLY THIS COMPANY WAS BADLY POPULAR FOR ITS LOCATION (BEHIND HYUNDAI SHOWROOM) 205 .SO ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS NEVER GET TRAPPED BY THESE FRAUDULENT CHINESE LADY (veronica)(shemale).NOW THEY HAVE BRAND NEW LOCATION TO HIDE THERE OLD IDENTITY.208 PONDEROSA BUILDING BEHIND EMIRATES BUILDING DEIRA.THERE ARE AROUND 50000 COMPANIES IN DUBAI GIVING BASIC SALARY, MEDICAL, TRANSPORTATION IN THIS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY OF THE WORLD(DUBAI).THIS COMPANY BOOK DEALS HAS NEVER OPENED ANY SALARY TRANSFER ACCOUNT FOR ANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEE NOR THEY CAN DREAM OF GIVING MEDICAL AND ACCOMODATION TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT EVEN IF UR NEEDY OR POOR LOOK FOR A FIX SALARY JOB SO THAT U CAN SURVIVE N SEND MONEY HOME.

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rahul nair
US
Mar 04, 2013 5:55 am EST

Thanks for the info...was helpful

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shaheen shameem
AE
Apr 26, 2013 10:57 pm EDT

Dear Candidates,

Please visit our office between 9.30am to 12.00pm on 27/04/2013(Saturday) with your CV, Visa copy & Passport copy.

Post applied: Sales - Entry level Management

The address is given below:

Book Dls Trading l.l.c (Impulse incorporated)
# 206, 2nd floor,
Al Faisal Building - 1,
Above CBI Bank, Suzuki showroom,
Next to Al Moski trading building,
King Faisal road,
Sharjah.
(If coming from Dubai/Deira bus to Sharjah, get down to Spinneys stop or Moski stop)

Contact : [protected]

www.impulsegroup.in

i got the above mail yesterday... and after reading all your comments i am totally confused... in one hour i have to reach there for interview... what should i do...?

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shaheen shameem
AE
Apr 26, 2013 11:02 pm EDT

Thnx asif... finally i've decided not to go and take risks... better i will search for other companies...

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KHAN143
US
Aug 04, 2013 9:52 pm EDT
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Hi Guys please help with resent updates of this company tomorrow i have an interview with this company. is the management is change has changed or still is same.? Please help me i don't want waste my time and money..

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KHAN143
US
Aug 04, 2013 9:59 pm EDT
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Hi Guys please help me with resent updates of this company. I have a interview tomorrow with this company i have to go or not ?
Please help me i don't want to waste my money and time .

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elite hunter
AE
Feb 24, 2014 8:49 am EST

Hello friends,
I am an MBA Graduate from Singaopre with 3 years of marketing experience,
came to Dubai to start me carrier.

I was just called upon for interview from the impulse ... (book deals)..
Reading the above comments, I guess I will not go for it...

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jocie
US
Mar 17, 2014 11:10 pm EDT

This is ridiculous company if all your news about them are right . my family member just start with this company as they said visa they will provide after 10 days and in this case if they will not do their promise then they need to stop this kind of business cheating people.

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phillipb
AE
Apr 14, 2014 2:52 pm EDT

jocie, was your family member able to get the promised visa? is he now working with book deals? thanks

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moinuddin123
AE
May 20, 2014 1:41 pm EDT

Can any one tell me tomorrow I have interview shall I go r not urgent reply bro's.

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rakesh141
BH
May 29, 2014 4:36 pm EDT

hi guys

the book deals have opened in bahrain too...and their advt are filled all over the popular media in bahrain...they are such a ### liars and make uu too sell books in family or visit visa and do not pay salary . beware bahrain expats ...and dont fall in their trap.

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Rizvan Syed
AE
Jun 01, 2014 6:03 am EDT

Thank you all, Today morning I receive an email from book trading company for an interview. Already I hoping an opportunity from other companies. So I quite the interview of book trading co. I was thinking that I should give him a call but after reading this blog I surprise what type of people they are.

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Rizvan Syed
AE
Jun 01, 2014 6:04 am EDT

Thank you guys, these blog is so helpful. I will no longer waste my time for my interview tomorrow. God Bless us all

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Ajaz740
US
Jun 08, 2014 12:18 am EDT

I was suppose to go for the interview today but Thank to Allah that I came across this blog which has saved a lot of time money and energy. The only thing that makes me believe on these blogs is that the guy I spoke to over the phone asked me if I'm on visit visa and when is it expiring and whether I can extend it. I mean what do they have to do with my visit visa and weather I can extend it or not, this means that they probably want to exploit and use my visit visa for their job and later may be they want me or they don't, and even if they want me its point less working b'coz there's no salary, only commission.

Initially when the conversation started on the phone this guy seemed to be very busy and was sounding as if he did not even want to talk to me, but the moment I told him I'm on visit and can extend my visa, this guy became so sweet and started showing great willingness to help me as if I was the most desired candidate. But he did not send me any confirmation email or SMS regarding the address, he simply asked me to write it down, as mentioned by others in their blogs. So basically all these things regarding no email confirmation or SMS and asking about visa extension makes me believe that BOOKS DEAL TRADING LLC is not trust worthy.

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husthekool
AE
Jun 17, 2014 5:04 am EDT
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I received a call this morning for an Interview in their branch here in Dubai. she said are you interested for outdoor sales. So i agree.
and i ask her for the location because i am a new here in dubai. she said i ll mail you the address.NOW IAM SEARCHING A MAP OF THIS BOOK DEALS TRADIG LLC. SO I AM HERE AND READ THE BLOGS. I AM TOTALLY CONFUSE. WHAT I DO ?
so after 5 minutes i check my e-mail. and the address is " BOOK DEALS TRADING LLC, 2ND FLOOR, ROOM 208 CARAVAN RESTUARANT BUILDING, NEAR DNATA, EMIRATES AIRLINES GROUP.DIERRA.
NEAREST METRO STATION CITY CENTRE 15 MINUTES WALK TO DANATA AND 5 MINTURES WALK TO CARAVAN RESTUARANT.
THE REQUIRMENT DOCUMENTS.
1. RESUME
2.PASSPORT COPY
3.VISA COPY

GUYS I AM CONFUSE PLEASE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT COMPANY
I AM WAITING.?

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tolaa
AE
Jul 23, 2014 1:19 am EDT

Thank you guys, while I am going for the interview I just read this page and went back to my home. I was going to be in trouble

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lenor
PH
Aug 16, 2014 8:14 am EDT
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already done for an interview. about an hour ago here in abu dhabi branch.she told me about the company's overview.then after i got home i'd tried to search more backgrounds about this company until such time that i dropped by in this complaintsboard. and i read and read all the comments here.thanks for the information

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BIH CLARIBEL
AE
Jan 26, 2015 11:46 pm EST

hi people, I have read the comments about this book company. The last comment that was available for me to read was on 16th august, 2014 and I just received a mail for an interview tomorrow 28th January, 2015. The time gap between the last comment I saw and the schedule for my interview is very big and much could have happened in the company. Please I need to know if it is still a fraud company or if they have changed positively, maybe because the government intervened on behalf of people like me. Please help.

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Ashik Kunnath
AE
Apr 15, 2015 12:31 am EDT

Hi friend, Thank you so much for providing the details that they are fake. God bless you.

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Aary
AE
Jun 01, 2015 1:33 am EDT
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oh god I was just to contact them... anyway thanks alot... :)

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Unknown visiter
AE
Oct 21, 2015 12:38 pm EDT
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Mr Asif Anwar u r 100% right i readed ur complaitrn before going for second interview and i determined to gather proof if u r right and i found ur complain 100% right and they forced a guy to start working on visit visa status when he asked.about work visa and i gathered proof now i need a place were i can complain, anyone can suggest me how to compalin about any company in UAE

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Joseph Omojuwa
US
Feb 27, 2016 12:05 am EST

please does anyone know the current status of this company as I get a job interview message from them?
as at yestaray 22/02/2016?

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MuktharPVK
US
Mar 07, 2016 2:37 am EST

All Praise is to Allah

I saw their ads flying all over the internet and newspaper just like some fake companies

offering entry-level management positions for more than 75 candidates in an MNC

Straight away I knew at this is a trouble as I have come across this kind of frauds in the internet

so I decided not to apply.

But today when my brother saw the advertisement in a newspaper he told me to apply.

So I called them first before applying and they asked me to forward cv when I asked for more details.

3 minutes, Just 3 minutes after I sent the email they called me back and told me that you are selected for the interview.

fastest hr system I would say. And I got suspicious when they asked the status of my visa and expiry of my visit visa.

And told me to get there at 3 pm today itself.

Straight away I searched their details on internet and found this.

all Praise is to allah.

I decided not to go.

Friends never go for this company.

They want to exploit you as i can see from above comments.

No MNC is going to select you within 3 minutes.

Don't believe this kind of companies.

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sojo joseph
AE
Jul 18, 2017 2:40 am EDT

Guys.. thanks for the valuable report against the company,
once i faced an interview at the same company and the didn't allow me to get the job coz my visit visa was on the end stage. They need us to work on visit visa. by god i just scooted from the biggest trap.
And today in the morning the connected me for the interview at 4;00. i decided to be in the home with a coffee. Then i lose only 5 AED only.
Thanks make your voice louder cause nobody gonna lose their career with this [censor]...

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ragy
AE
May 23, 2018 4:05 pm EDT

Impulse HR
to me
8 days agoDetails
Call letter for Interview

Date:16-05-18

To,

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Dear Candidate,

This letter is written for your application of job for the post of Sales and Marketing in our company. We thank you for the same. We would like to meet you personally for a discussion on

17-05-18 (Thurday) at 10:30 am at the following address:

Book Deals Trading LLC,

Gold Building M-9,

Opposite Canadian Specialist hospital,

Land mark: Ground floor merry foot spa and Alshamsi grocery,

Abu Hail, Dubai U.A.E.

OFFICE TELEHONE NO:- [protected].

Please come on time.We hope this time and venue is suitable to you and if you are busy at this time then we request you to get in touch with and provide us the suitable date and time for the same.

( If you’ll come by Metro, get down at Abu Hail Metro station exit 2. Back side of Abjar Grand Hotel and City Bay business centre is the Canadian specialist hospital )

Regards,

R

For the further information please visit our company’s website www.impulsegroup.in

**Please note it is not a consultancy company. We are not charging any money from candidates. Don’t pay any money to anyone on our behalf**

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Impulse HR
to me
16 hours agoDetails
Dear Candidate,

First we apologies for the late mail.We would like to inform you that, you are short listed for the second round of interview. Your scheduled time for the second round of interview is today morning 7.45 am to 3.00 pm. If you have any inconvenience to come today, please inform us.

Regards,

R

I got these emails from the same company. I came for the first interview. I was surprised because when I entered the office, there was a receptionist. She asked me if I was scheduled for the 10:30am interview. I said yes. She asked me to sit down and wait. She asked me to enter the room and to my surprise, she's the one who interviewed me. She told me that she is looking for enthusiasm of a person in selling. Luckily, I passed the first interview. She told me that the second interview will be a whole day interview and training. She will just email me and inform me on when I can undergo the interview and training.

On my second interview, I was expecting an interview inside the office. We were 3 and the other guy was asking about the feedbacks and reviews about the company. He was telling the same thing what everybody's telling here. To cut the story short, there was no interview that happend on the second interview. Instead, I was asked to join 2 guys and go out of the office. We went to a hotel building in Dubai with offices. They were pulling a big stroller bags. When we were at the building, we went to the highest floor and looked for the stairs. They pulled out another small bag with books. Inside the big stroller bag, there were lots of books. They left the two big stroller bags at the top floor of the stairs. Then we went to office after office offerring books with a National Geographic logo as the cover page. If you buy that for 210aed, you will get free 15 books for the kids. First office we came in and we were able to sell to the manager. Then we go to other offices. The guy who was working with the company for 3 months already was really very pushy. He will insist on talking to managers of the company. If thecompany receptionists told him that the managers are busy, he will ask for other employees. In short, if I put my self on those people whom he was talking to, I find him very annoying.

Lastly, when we were on our way to our destination, I was asking him about how we go about the visa and salary. He told me that he will tell it to me later. I asked him again and looks to me like he does nit want to talk about it because he always tells me later he will talk about it.

So what I did was I pretend to go to the toilet. I went out of the hotel because I dont want to get involved with his fraud and fake pretending that he is from National Geographic. Hope this helps you a lot guys.

2nd interview 23 May 2018

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Silvia Campos
AR
Aug 14, 2018 2:40 pm EDT
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My ordered appears as dispatched but never arrived since June. I don't know what to do. Could you find out where it is or send another book if it has gone missing?
Thank you
Silvia Campos

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annemarie kittler bazelaire
GB
Aug 15, 2018 2:36 am EDT
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why do you give a phone number which does not exist

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Rita000
AU
Aug 15, 2018 11:44 am EDT

I purchased four books from The Book Depository and it's been two weeks now and I haven't received a confirmation email with my order number so I can't check the status of my delivery and money has been taken out of my account. I should have checked the reviews before purchasing anything from the Book Depository. I'm extremely disappointed

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Snobrd
US
Aug 15, 2018 2:49 pm EDT
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Order number BDU-475-[protected]

Ordered 7/3/18

Did not receive my order

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annemarie kittler bazelaire
GB
Aug 20, 2018 4:20 am EDT
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This book ordered on 17th of July never arrived.
Moreover I tried to contact you by phone but the number you provide does not exist. Could you please send me a refund as soon as possible.
yours
anne-marie Kitler Bazelaire

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Vijia Sivanasan
MY
Aug 20, 2018 6:42 am EDT
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I would like to write the complaint regarding books that I've ordered which amounted to over rm1000. And none of the books have arrived after 3 weeks, with no tracking number, and poor reply from the customer service

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