1, Report:
#23723
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2014
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation ripoff false promises, tricked and lied to us Van Nuys California
When a person first signs up with SMC, the company tries to get you Pumped Up. To enroll they will charge you a fee somewhere in the ballpark of 325.00 - 350.00 dollars. They will let you pay the fee off by month.
When you get everything you need to make your first sell, the...
Entity
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: TV Advertisements
2, Report:
#384213
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2012
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation As Seen On TV - Tom Bosley Spokesperson - Advertising to start your own business with a company that's decades old Van Neys, California
I clicked online the submit button for SMC to send me information about the company. It's been around a long while, and Tom Bosley has been the spokesperson for years. I think the average person would take it in good faith of having followed Tom Bosley's having been spokeperson for ...
Entity
SMC ,Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: On-Line Business
3, Report:
#54890
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2012
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - Mark Schwartz CEO Investigation regarding SMC consumer fraud ripoff CHATSWOTH California
After careful research and investigation I would recommend that you treat SMC like a modelling agency.
You would never give a modelling agency money just because they promised you that you would be a super star model would you?
The common Model scam arguments for cash upfron...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation - SMC - Mark Schwartz
Categories: TV Advertisements
4, Report:
#789408
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2011
E-Commerce Exchange, Thomas Bormann Do not have a business with E-Commerce Exchange and particularly with Thomas Bormann, He will empty your bank account overnight Smithtown, New York
This is about an online store (at www.prestigetradeonline.com) that my husband wanted to have to generate some extra income at home. Unfortunately, the website builder and host which happened to be E-Commerce Exchange, not only didnt provide all the brand name merchandises as ...
Entity
E-Commerce Exchange, Thomas Bormann
Categories: Web Hosting
5, Report:
#712150
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2011
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Senior citizen scammed out of over $10,000. Van Nuys, California
Specialty Merchandise Corporation and E-MerchantClub cost me over $10,000 over a period of 5 years or so. I had 2 of SMC's websites for about 5 years, but they never made me any money. They cost me $30.00 a month, after paying SMC around $1,200-1,500 each to set them up. When I fina...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club
Categories: Work at Home Business
6, Report:
#685672
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2011
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation This company is a scam and and they are liars Simi Valley, California
I went to SMC website one day and signed up for selling merchandise from my home. They contacted me and got me into becoming a member. They wanted my credit card information and I gave them a credit card number. They wanted to charge $499 to my credit card but I told then that my cr...
Entity
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Work at Home
7, Report:
#656205
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2010
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Initial $2.95 for start-up kit turned into loosing over $100.00, but NEVER received start-up kit. CHATSWOTH, California
Charged a $2.95 fee for a start-up kit with SMC, on-line. Assumed, my bad, that I would receive the information and then consider if I was interested in being a part of this business.
I NEVER RECEIVED THE START-UP KIT! When I finally noticed what was going on, it was th...
Entity
SMC
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
8, Report:
#602124
Posted Date:
May 11 2010
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation - SMC Gift Card Site: Lies, Run Around Simi Valley California
I signed up with SMC earlier this year with the impression that I would have an internet site with the gift cards as an added bonus. What I got was a run arouond. The first few people I talked to signed me up as a member. A few days later I...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: On-Line Stores
9, Report:
#579212
Posted Date:
Mar 08 2010
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation This company does not want you to cancel. Simi Valley, California
I told SMC that I would let others know that I was able to cancel my membership from their company. It was not easy, though. My credit card company went to battle for me. I also had to get a letter from the US Postmaster stating that I never received the package that...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Questionable Activities
10, Report:
#531460
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2010
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC is charging me $200 something for the cancellation of my membership which I never used. I called them a lot of times but they just hang up and put me back on waiting. Simi Valley California, Internet
They are charging me huge amount which is $464.40 and when I called them a lot of times for question and cancelation of my membership, they just hang up and never let me finish. I ask them if is it possible to cancel my membership but they told me that I have to give them a $200 som...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Work at Home
11, Report:
#557271
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2010
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club Company charges my credit card without authourisation. This company is scamming people once you register with your credit card Internet *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
I used to my credit card to check the company's site. It was promised that refund is guaranteed if you are not satisfied. Before I even had the opportunuty to check the stuff sent to me, they went ahead again to charge my credit card $39.95, without authourization. when I called the...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club
Categories: Home Based Business
12, Report:
#556848
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2010
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation I never received the packet that would explain the company, but I am still being charged. Simi Valley, California
I am being charged by SMC for services I did not get and do not want. I never got the packet from this company which was suppose to explain how I could cancel my membership from them before 30 days. I called them, more than 3 or 4 times, as the 30 days got closer to tell them that I...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Infomercial Rip-offs
13, Report:
#550835
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2010
SMC SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE CORPORATION Supposedly have six months to cancel w/full refund!!! They Lie, say that they 'checked their records'! Simi Valley, California
In October I was contacted by SMC after showing an interest. I was told that I had 6 months to change my mind, and receive a full refund of the fees that I had paid. So I agreed, no harm no foul, right?! Wrong! According to them that is NOT what I was told, e...
Entity
SMC SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE CORPORATION
Categories: Home Based Business
14, Report:
#527820
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2009
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club SMC Corp Salesman that sold me the website, misled me in what i was getting, cost me thousands of dollars Simi Valley, California
I was interested in making at least 1,000 a month. i heard of SMC, one saleman talked to me for awhile and at the end of that conversation i told him NO i think it would be risky. Then he said HOLD ON and he connected me to someone else and he talked to me for over an hour and someh...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club
Categories: Work at Home Business
15, Report:
#526581
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC AT ALL ADDRESSESS DECEPTION, GREED, THIEVERY, BAIT & SWITCH, VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 Internet
No Prop 65 warning on product purchased at www.smcorp.com website. Discovered Prop 65 Warning Notice in the packaging of the product. Also, the product is not working. Smc gave me a credit and not a refund and this is without crediting the CA tax paid for this defe...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Attorney Generals, Home Based Business
16, Report:
#505492
Posted Date:
Nov 20 2009
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC Defrauded and Mislead - SMC's Deceptive Business Practices Amount to Thievery Internet
SMC was going to be my first internet business and I was pretty excited about starting it. Perhaps they heard the eagerness in my voice when I signed up, and paid for my entire membership upfront. ($399.00). Once I got my membership kit (took about 7 days) I read i...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Work at Home Business
17, Report:
#474502
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2009
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Senior citizen scammed out of $4,000. Simi Valley California
I am a senior citizen and believe that SMC (Specialty Merchandise Corp.) has swindled, bilked, and conned me out of $4,000. On January 6, 2009, I enrolled with SMC in an online business. On March 3, 2009, a man identifying himself as Andrew Jackson phoned me at my home, without ap...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Internet Fraud
18, Report:
#474236
Posted Date:
Jul 28 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC is a bait and switch company, don't waste your money and time. Fontana California
SMC is a BAIT and switch company. They offer a free website (which is useless) and tries to sell a ($500+) website package.
Please don't waste your time and money.
I got lucky and only spent $25.00 on the membership kit. I could careless if I get it back.
If anyone is in tr...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Infomercial Rip-offs
19, Report:
#450195
Posted Date:
Jul 27 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation ,Big Rip Off, Stay Away From, Simi Valley California dishonest, Simi Valley California
Hi I am reporting Smc company to you because they are a total rip off. They promissed me all this help that I never got. Their Job coaches are really Trained Sales people that try to talk you into spending more money sometimes in the upwards of $5,000 to help you get your business S...
Entity
SMC
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
20, Report:
#465255
Posted Date:
Jul 15 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corp - The Biggest Scam Artist and No Money Back Ever Internet
BEWARE ALL!!!!!!! I called the company thinking as a single mom this would be a great way to earn some extra money and from the very 1st contact they have scwered me. I paid them the inital 39.99 plus S&H. I got the welcome packet and all info on how this would be the best start u...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: On-Line Stores
21, Report:
#462796
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation Ripped Me Off; Took My Money; Very Rude; No Refund Flower Glen St. California
Okay, so first off, I just wanna let you know that I tried out SMC Last Year. I didn't plan on spending as much as I did though. I had to pay $39.99 each month to be a member. And, if I wanted a website, they were going to charge me 2800 dollars! I was pretty shocked when they t...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Work at Home Business
22, Report:
#461247
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC a bunch of con artist Looking for other people who got the scam of LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. Simi Valley California
I joined SMC 3 years ago. On the first year I did not have any problems; I was able to do my business. During the second year I called to make my annual renewal and SMC offered me a LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. I was so excited that I was only going to pay the full life-membership and t...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Business Consulting
23, Report:
#459688
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation, Reduced 30-day refunded amount because of inappropriate disclosure of merchandise sales, which were presented as being FREE Fontana California
I purchased an SMC membership thinking it would be a great way to get some extra income. Although, once I started looking over their merchandise, I did not feel like the quality of there products was up to par, i.e. they were not products I would want to sell to my family.
So,...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Small Business Services
24, Report:
#443796
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2009
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corp. Did Not Offer Help With Start Up Simi Valley California
I got into SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation to make extra money with hope to get a full time permanent business going. It didn't work for me. SMC doesn't tell you anything about having to advertise to be successfull.
SMC didn't disclose any of the specific business tools tha...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corp.
Categories: Work at Home
25, Report:
#334269
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2009
SMC- Specialty Merchandise Corporation Do your research first before you make a BIG mistake! Nationwide
My husband and I wanted to make extra cash on the side because we have a baby on the way. I saw the infomercial so U decided to give them a call to get the free information, big mistake! Before I could request the information, the customer service on the line starting telling me abo...
Entity
SMC- Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Infomercial Rip-offs