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:
#3224
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2012
Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC hidden cost rip-off *REBUTTAL
If Your thinking of getting involved with the company think again. SMC states on there infomercial that you can start your business for as less as $25.00. Not true, what they dont tell you is that they charge you $299.95 for a membership with them and all the hidden cost's that it w...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Mail Order Services
4, Report:
#126233
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2012
SMC SPECIALTY Merchandise Corp SMC Fraud Alert Update SMCorp Is So Deceptive It Has Placed Itself On Its Own Fraud Alert Prescribed Merchant List RIPOFF Chatsworth California
I have never seen anything like this before in my life
Have You?
They have placed themselves on their own Fraud Alert list.
I said email 10 of your friends, I take that back Email 100 people before they are a victim of this scam.I just copied this page off of their corporate...
Entity
SMC SPECIALTY Merchandise
Categories: TV Advertisements
5, Report:
#618948
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2010
EMerchantClub , EMC, Specialty Merchandise Corp, SMC make money fast ohh wait it just for smc not u Internet
i sign up for smc two times once i didnt pay it off cancle my card they couldent charch.
few years later i sent out for it pay for 25 a month and call to cancle they call me after i stop payment they ask why i told then program s--k do'nt want they offer me to pay off h...
Entity
EMerchantClub , EMC, Specialty Merchandise Corp, SMC
Categories: Internet Fraud
8, Report:
#462184
Posted Date:
Jun 17 2009
SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE CORP.SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE CORP. - SMC This Company took 1,500 from me and only gave me false promises of a web site that only works sometime. Simi Valley California
First of all SMC is one of the worst Internet ripoffs I have ever dealt with, they are very unprofessional and have no intention in you making a dime. this experience has cost me a lot of money and has been a nightmare. nothing they have given me on my site works only for a little w...
Entity
SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE CORP.- SMC
Categories: Work at Home Business
9, Report:
#457060
Posted Date:
Jun 12 2009
Specialty Merchandise Corp SMC website is MIA! Simi Valley California
Ok, like many people out there, we signed up with SMC. But we never planned to use their lame marketing plan, we just wanted to use them as a wholesaler and drop shipper. And like many people, we also decided that is was far more time effective to pay the money for the website throu...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corp
Categories: TV Advertisements
10, Report:
#410148
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation Lost Over $18,000.00 Doing Business With SMC/Emerchant Club Simi Valley California
My impression of SMC. I realize that what I am writing may be considered a novel, however, do yourself a big favor and read EVERY WORD. I have lost over $18,000.00 during my SMC experience (In a years time, I have not made one penny on this enterprise, nor have I made one sale). ...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
11, Report:
#410630
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2009
SMC Corporation And Emerchant Club - Deceptive Advertising and Bait and Switch Chatsworth California
Please follow this link to view the Federal Trade Commissions Guidelines on Truth in Advertising FAQ:
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http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/adv/bus35.shtm
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Please send an email to [email protected] if you have questions, comments or information that you feel is rele...
Entity
SMC Corporation And Emerchant Club
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
12, Report:
#406788
Posted Date:
Dec 31 2008
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corp Tried to rip me off and then get my money...but charge it back and won!!! Simi Valley California
I've signed up with SMC starting with their special introductory rate of $114.45 a year membership which includes a Big Value Website. When I got my membership and called my business coach Joan Miller, I was told about a full e-commerce website which cost me $2795 and includes cata...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corp
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
13, Report:
#404374
Posted Date:
Dec 23 2008
SMC Promotions - E-Commerce - E-Merchant Club Warning!! An alarming increase in complaints! Simi Valley California
WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!
Business Recovery Services has seen an alarming rise in the rate of clients who are requesting Do-It-Yourself Business Recovery Kits involving SMC Promotions, E-Commerce, and E-Merchant Club. Over the last three months, over seventy (70) clients have requested...
Entity
SMC Promotions - E-Commerce - E-Merchant Club
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
14, Report:
#372926
Posted Date:
Sep 15 2008
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation I has been fooll Simi Valley California
I star this buissnes in a comercial from TV. and has spend more than $3,000.0 dollars. The couching staff has call me to do diferents upgrade. I have not make a penny in the buissnes.
At this point I made an upgrade of a web page and at this moment when I tray to access it ,the w...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Airline Companies
15, Report:
#364776
Posted Date:
Aug 20 2008
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation false claims, liars, extortion of fees, no refund for cancellation, rip-off, fraud Simi Valley California
I called SMC after viewing a late-night infomercial featuring Tom Bosley. Even though I am fully aware that if it looks too good to be true, it probably is, I was still intrigued by the opportunity and called for more information. The high pressure sales technique that they used o...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
16, Report:
#362197
Posted Date:
Aug 13 2008
SMC - Speciality Merchandise Corporation Misleading - Do not live upto what they promise - VERY BIG SCAM they make money not you Simi Valley California
I was called on July 22, 2008 by a sales representative from SMC. Of course, she was very chipper, upbeat and positive. Wow, she talked a good game. She explained to me all the wonderfull benifits of becoming a seller of SMC products. All I had to do was join for $49.95. For this...
Entity
SMC - Speciality Merchandise Corporation
Categories: TV Advertisements
17, Report:
#357089
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2008
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation Violated their membership rules, charged a reactivation fee, and refuse to fix their mistake! Simi Valley California
For the most part, I pretty much knew what I was getting into when I decided to become a member of SMC. I chose the monthly payment option for my initial membership fee and became a member in August 2005. I chose not to participate in anything that they offered outside of what was...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Home Based Business
18, Report:
#340117
Posted Date:
Jun 14 2008
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Swindled Abused and humiliated Simi Valley California
SMC really took me for a lot. I went into the business believing it was on the up and up as it was sponsored by a highly recognized Actor. Without hestiation I purchased their web-Site Gift Card Redemtion Center. Which includes $10, $25 and $50.00 gift cards to customers to get them...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Work at Home Business
19, Report:
#270803
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2008
Specialty Merchandise Corp SMC Steals Money from Consumers Simi Valley California
A company called SMC was trying to Steal Money from Customers for Products they do not want
and never receive.
i disputed the charges and won and canceled the Credit card and Now they have placed my name in a collections
agency for $439.45.I NEVER got a thing from them! I fo...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corp
Categories: Home Based Business
20, Report:
#307576
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2008
Specialty Merchandise Corp., SMC Requested info only,never bought a thing, receiving threats from CPS Security to collect Simi Valley California
I requested information from SMC, and received a box of catalogs along with some business opportunity outlines two years ago. After reading their information and browsing their merchandise catalogs, I decided that this home based business opportunity was less than something that I ...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corp., SMC
Categories: Home Based Business
21, Report:
#307536
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2008
S.M.C. deceipt, dishonest, unhelpful, unresponsive Simi Valley California
This is a copy of the last e-mail I sent S.M.C.
Member Date : 12/04/07
This is my second attempt at reaching you with this information! This is a long letter, but is as short as I could make it. I am very upset with S.M.C.s way of dealing with its affiliates!!!
I, as many, ha...
Entity
S.M.C.
Categories: Home Based Business
22, Report:
#307456
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2008
Specialty Merchandise Corporation No contract before sale misleading info incremental price increases via you also need this Simi Valley California
I've been with S.M.C. for only 2 months and have been deceived(via phone conversation )as to what I was getting.
I can't talk to some one who has decision making powers.
This is a copy of one of the attempts I have made in contacting S.M.C., to no avail or response:
Member ...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: TV Advertisements
23, Report:
#295489
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2007
Specialty Merchandise Corp - SMC Collection Agency - CPS Security - Check Plus Systems Improper Activites by SMC and its Collection Agency San Antonio Texas
I also cancelled the SMC membership within the 30 day period. I did not receive the refund promptly so I filed a dispute via my credit card company. The credit card company resolved the dispute and I received the refund. About 4 months after receiving the refund I received a collect...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corp - SMC - Collection Agency - CPS Security - Check Plus Systems
Categories: Clubs & Organizations
24, Report:
#295366
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2007
CPS Security; Check Plus Systems CPS Debt Collection Agency for Specialty Merchandise Corp (SMC) San Antonio Texas
Check Plus Systems, also known as CPS Security, is a debt collection agency used by Specialty Merchandise Corp (SMC).
BEWARE OF BOTH CPS AND SMC COMPANIES!!! After cancelling a 30 day trial period with SMC and not promptly receiving my refund I filed a dispute through my cred...
Entity
CPS Security; Check Plus Systems; CPS
Categories: Collection Agency's
25, Report:
#283095
Posted Date:
Nov 13 2007
SMC (Specialty Merchandise Corporation) You don't get what they say. It went wrong pretty fast. Simi Valley California
I had been thinking of working from home for a long time. I saw the SMC commercial on TV several times before I logged on to their website and requested information by mail. I received it a few days later. The plans were expensive, $414.95 for Gold, $479.40 for Silver, so I put ever...
Entity
SMC (Specialty Merchandise Corporation)
Categories: Corrupt Companies