From: ynh@coldmail.com 
  
 On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:39:29 -0500, Your Name Here  
 wrote: 
  
 >On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:37:17 -0500, Your Name Here  
 >wrote: 
 > 
 >>I purchased a Horizon 5.0T Treadmill from a local fitness equipment 
 >>dealer. I searched for a dealer of equipment made in North America, 
 >>but even Horizon has recently switched to "made in China" - (Gad, 
 >>those prison labourers work cheap!) because, as a congestive heart 
 >>failure patient, I needed the "heart rate monitor" function for my 
 >>rehab program. 
 >>Imagine my dismay to find I have been SCAMMED - the "heart rate 
 >>display" via the handgrips is simply a random number generator! 
 >>70, 190, 60, 40, 180, 56,........those are the kind of readings I get 
 >>from using the handgrips on this treadmill! 
 >>If they're accurate, I must be the biological wonder of all time! 
 >>If you need a treadmill, go buy one from Walmart or Crappy Tire - at 
 >>least, if it doesn't work right, you can get a refund, and it will 
 >>cost you less than than half of what I paid for a machine with a pulse 
 >>rate monitor THAT DOESN'T WORK! 
 >>Avoid the "fitness equipment" ripoff artists. 
 >>Remember the gyms with their "memberships" that went bankrupt after 
 >>collecting lots of memberships? This industry is rife with scam 
 >>artists. 
 >>I called the selling dealer, and got a litany of exuses - I shouldn't 
 >>expect "hospital accuracy" - it's only an average indicator - gimme a 
 >>break - a heart rate indicator is supposed to indicate "heart rate"! 
 >>Avoid these scam artists! 
 >> 
 >Well the dealer showed up, replaced a chip - still no reliable pulse 
 >rate indication. Suspects faulty circuit board, and is going to order 
 >warranty replacement. Maybe this thing will eventually work like it 
 >should. 
 > 
 Fixed - FINALLY! Sheesh. 
  
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