ORIGINAL: Howler
Sounds more like a case of "impatience" than fraud to me. Nothing new that a company charges your credit card at the time of order, and often times things that are out of a companys control prevent them from deliverying thier product as fast as the customer wants, and as fast as the company would like.
Always two sides to a story, BUT here it sounds like you need to talk to your dad more often, as apparently he has been contacted by Minaska at least a couple of times.
Just a guess, but did Minaska "promise" your unit by a certain date? And if so, when they couldn't meet that "promise", did they contact your dad and apparently you didn't get the message that there was hold up? Just a possibility!
First of all:
I was given a specific time frame in which I was told my product would ship to me. Specifically 8-10 days or "a couple of weeks".
It's prefectly reasonable that, after nearly 60 days after my order and payment, and zero communication that I would wonder if they were even still in buisness.
Which leads me to my next point: I placed the order, my credit card was charged.....
I'm the one you talk to.
There was no communication on their end. I called, he called, I emailed regarding the status of the order.
No one answered the phone when I called and my emails were not answered.
This is not acceptable to me.
I understand delays happen, however, when you've been holding my money for 60 days with no notification to me, I don't know what a reasonable person would expect.