21 Things for Students

In your last quest you went to the AT&T website to price out a phone. Most of you have heard of AT&T before. There are many companies that operate on the internet. Some you may have heard of before, and some you might not have. How do you know which ones you can trust, and which ones you can’t? Your quest is to research these three companies to determine if they can be trusted with your money. Each of these stores represents a purchase you might need to make some day while on a case.

Academic Superstore – discount software for students (or agents)

Ipodjuice.com – replacement batteries for electronics (equipment repair)

TigerDirect – electronics reseller (purchasing new equipment)

Steps:

Part 1 Make a spreadsheet

1. Go to http://www.resellerratings.com/ and look at the ratings of the 3 retailers listed above.

2. Next, create a spreadsheet (excel, google docs., etc).  Label the first six columns as follows:   Retailer name, Retailer Web Address, Retailer Rating, Good Things, Bad Things, and My Rating (see example below).

Part 2  Check out the sites & record your findings

1. Transcribe data from Reseller Ratings to the first three columns.

2. Read some ratings for each of your companies and summarize the good things you read about them, and then some bad things about the company people have posted. 

3.  In the last column, rank the companies 1 for the best, 2 for the middle and 3 for the least good based on your reading the summaries that others have posted online.

**Make sure that when you are reading a negative review it makes sense and the company in question is most likely at fault. Some issues people complain about have nothing to do with the company. (strange but true)

 

Completing this Quest

When you are done with your document, share or save in your secret file space and share with your instructor. 

 Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Congratulations on completing this Mission