Advanced Vedio Systems ripoff - got the cash, sent no merchandise and cut off all communications including its website Owego New York
On 9/14/2004, I wired $5,654.00 to TSB Bank Inc. as told by advancedvediosystems.com (avs-store.com) for SONY TV KDE50XBR950.
On 9/24/04, I was answered thru e-mail by Mr. Howard Knapp that supplier temporarily ran out of stock and an ETA of 19 days to ship my order.
On 10/19/04, Mr. Knapp replied that supplier says they have more coming in off the next freighter from Japan in ~7-10 days.
On 11/7/04, their web site, advancedvediosystems.com or avs-store.com dissapeared from the Internet. And all the E-mails to them all failure, even the e-mail to store's owner, Mr. Ralph B. Olson (rolson@advancedvediosystems.com) was rejected. The telephones were all changed, not the same as before.
yws
North Carolina
U.S.A.