1341, Report:
#34865
Posted Date:
Nov 12 2002
Audiofile ripoff fraud scam Austin Texas
I was approached while driving down Guadalupe in Austin near the University of Texas campus. I was stopped by a whitr Envoy with two occupants. They asked me did I want some speakers. I was in the market for some home speakers anyway. So I thought that this would be a great opportun...
Entity
Categories: Stereos
1342, Report:
#32219
Posted Date:
Oct 10 2002
Globalinx Phonelinx ripoff Mclean Virginia
Today I contacted my credit card office regarding an August 12th unauthorized charge by Global-Phonelinx. The staff member gave me a telephone number to which a Service Master recording gave the correct telephone number for Global. I called, was on hold for over 20 minutes, and cou...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1343, Report:
#30377
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2002
NACS Services fraudulent misrepresentation of information ripoff business St. Petersburg Florida ..Thank You Rip-off Report
Thanks to the rip-off report I was able to track down this company. My bank did not have a phone number or address. I talked to George. He did not take my complaints seriously, and acted obnoxious. I told him I was told I would be getting a Visa, not a preferred merchant card. ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1344, Report:
#28691
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2002
Auto Clinic of Kona ripoff auto repair dishonest tried to stick us with more than necessary Kailua-Kona Hawaii
Took our car for alternator trouble, and Auto Clinic said a new alternator was needed. Was told to pay for deposit of part, as it had to be ordered (which would take a few days), so we did. Took the car for a second opinion at another shop, and turned out to be just the bushings, ...
Entity
Categories: Auto Repair Service
1345, Report:
#27722
Posted Date:
Aug 23 2002
Orka Distributors & Audiofile speakers are deceptive ripoff; poor quality speakers & fake brochures. Austin, Texas
I was approached at my bank through a man named Aurelito who claimed to have a surplus of speakers from the company he worked for. He said that the invoice he had didn't match the number of speakers his boss gave him to install at a house.
After much hustle and deception, he use...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1346, Report:
#27321
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2002
McAfee, CoAms Rebate Ripoff Austin Texas
On 4-19-02 I purchased McAfee VirusScan 6.0 at Frye's Electronics in Austin, TX. The product came with a $30 rebate offer. I immediately mailed the original UPC code, the rebate coupon, and a copy of the original dated receipt as requested. I mailed them in between the dates note...
Entity
Categories: Software
1347, Report:
#26429
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2002
autobodypartsonline.com AKA autopartsland.com ripoff Over charged for auto parts never shipped Los Angeles California
Placed an order with this place on 4/25/2002. My credit card was charged for the part. In June I wrote to their customer service and received what appeared to be a machine generated standard reply. Tried again about a week later - no response. Called their number and was put on ...
Entity
Categories: Auto Parts
1348, Report:
#25776
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2002
Audiofile, pacific audio Raping the innocent of their money and pride Beaverton Oregon
There was a dark blue, ford SUV, with two guys in it, and four speakers in the back. One of them was named matt. They said hey, do you want some speakers.
I thought they were free. They looked substantial, but I only had money for one, luckily. I paid 120 for it. They were both ...
Entity
Categories: Stereos
1349, Report:
#25308
Posted Date:
Jul 25 2002
Audiofile speakers are a ripoff; they are always broken or fake. Portland, Oregon
Here's the deal--same thing as Aaron wrote about before me, could be the same guys. A few eople in a vehicle will yell at you as you are driving by at an intersection.
Will say wanna buy some speakers? or something along those lines, then, I, like an idiot, pulled over, actual...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
1350, Report:
#23923
Posted Date:
Jul 03 2002
Seawest Financial Take over auto loans ripoff San Diego California
I bought my car froma used car dealership. They went out of business and turned my loan over to Seawest. I had made my Dec payment to the Used Car Dealership who in turn sent it to Seawest.
The payment was misplaced and although I have proof the it was made, Seawest showed my ac...
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Categories: Auto Dealers