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Problem with Paltime order

David Parfitt - 12-27-2008 at 01:53 AM

Does anyone here have any experience with ordering from Paltime? I placed an order for the Samer Totah CD "Ghofran" back in November, and just received the following email:

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On 26 Nov. 2008, you sent a payment to dhabash@ncm.birzeit.edu for $20.00 USD.

The funds have been returned to your account.

This payment was returned for the following reason(s):

dhabash@ncm.birzeit.edu did not sign up for a PayPal account or did not complete the registration process.
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There is no contact phone no. on their website, so I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone help me out?

Many thanks

David

Marina - 12-27-2008 at 05:31 AM

Did you get the money back, or it was fake mail?

David Parfitt - 12-27-2008 at 06:31 AM

Hi Marina

They never actually took the money. It looks as though Dalia Habash did not accept the PayPal payment as she was supposed to. I have emailed her to see what is going on, but I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced simliar problems with Paltime, or knew of an easier way to get hold of this CD?

Best wishes

David

John Erlich - 12-27-2008 at 10:42 PM

Hi David,

I feel your pain! I contacted Samer directly and got a complimentary copy of the CD. From this I burned copies and sent them with cover letters to Maqam.com and Rashid Sales, the two main on-line Arabic music distributors in the USA. No interest whatsoever! "Ghofran" is a WONDERFUL CD, and I wish I could help Samer find a better distributor in the West.

HELP!!!!!!!!

Peace,
John