1351, Report:
#90036
Posted Date:
May 04 2004
CETSS, CETS, FIRSTHAND, PINNACLE Consumer Electronics Technology Services (CETSS) ripoff used bogus check number for withdrawal to get around first stopped payment. New York Provo Utah
CETS, as noted in other Ripoff Report entries, says they will provide all of the items listed in earlier reports. Despite confirming that the $284.90 is payment in full for actual products, the amount represents @ $18 for S/H costs and $265 for their administrative expense. The sca...
Entity
Consumer Electronics Technology Services CETSS
Categories: Telemarketers
1352, Report:
#76735
Posted Date:
Jan 10 2004
Active Periodicals ripoff new wrinkle to telemarketing fraud BEWARE!! They will hound you but you have to be persistent in saying NO NO NO! Deerfield Beach Florida
Shame on them!! And shame on me for hoping these people would be willing to make amends for past dishonest behavior!!
I was lured into a too-expensive magazine subsciption scam. I am being billed $39.90 monthly for 3 magazines. I am supposed to be billed for 24 months and the s...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
1353, Report:
#73024
Posted Date:
Dec 12 2003
Household Beneficial Paid over 20K in points on first mortgage, and another 15K when we refinanced!!!! Las Vegas Nevada
I have a loan right now with Household beneficial, and we are just coming up on the end of our pre payment penalty, (redeuced from three years to two, when the settlement information came in) Another bank recently called me to talk about refinancing my mortgage, so they called Hou...
Entity
Household Beneficial
Categories: Mortgage Companies
1354, Report:
#74675
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2003
Haynes Furniture And Carpet Installers ripoff Trespassed into house, did not stretch carpet, left 2 room doors off, tramped dirt on new carpet, left large unused carpet roll, metal strips not placed doorway Virginia Beach Virginia
I paid approximately $900 for carpet and installation into a house being sold and under contract. The installers did not contact the Realtor before arriving at the house and entered while the carpenter was there. The carpet was installed without management or realtor supervision. ...
Entity
Haynes Furniture And Carpet Installers
Categories: Carpet & Tile Installers
1355, Report:
#71879
Posted Date:
Nov 14 2003
Federal Chamber Of Commerce FCC ripoff San Diego California
The scam is the same as Equinox and Pre-Paid Legal. The 2 people that run this scam is Sheri Sharman and Buck give me your money Reed. These two scam artist worked their way thru Equinox International and Pre-Paid legal and were kicked out and/or left just before they got a clue tha...
Entity
Federal Chamber Of Commerce - ( FCC )
Categories: Multi Level Marketing
1356, Report:
#70392
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2003
The Zaken Company ripoff I will grill and take this business apart before I invest a penny Chatsworth California*UPDATE: Rip-off Report Investigation many complaints posted by a competitor, new policies in place, easy refund policy, excellent business opportunity - Consumers can feel confident and secure when doing business with Zaken Corp
I am in this so-called business that claims to provide extraordinary results for your efforts. I was trying to fax over the paperwork for my agreement, when I went to do it, the fax number wasn't real. I try several other different fax numbers, again did not go through. So, I decide...
Entity
The Zaken Company
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1357, Report:
#69139
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2003
Providian National Bank, FSB (& Capital One) At It Again played 'Bait & Switch' w/phony Low Int Rate promise-Raised rate immed after concocting new excuse though not in default (more...) Arlington/Dallas Texas
Box A:
Providian National Bank, FSB (& Capital One) at it again
Box B:
played 'Bait & Switch' w/phony Low Int Rate promise-Raised rate immed after concocting new excuse though not in default (more...)
Box C:
Arlington/Dallas,
Box D:
Tex-ass (in their case, anyway)
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Entity
Providian National Bank
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
1358, Report:
#65262
Posted Date:
Aug 04 2003
TREK ALLIANCE FTC finally closing the loopholes around the necks of these crooks! Illegal Pyramid Scheme collapses under FTC investigation! Reno Nevada
FTC Press Release. For more information, see the FTC website.
For Release: August 4, 2003
Court Halts Trek Alliance Pyramid Scheme
A federal district court judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting the alleged illegal activities of Trek Alliance, freezing its asse...
Entity
TREK ALLIANCE
Categories: Home Based Business
1359, Report:
#49917
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2003
TREK ALLIANCE owners Selling Trek products NOW after FTC shut them down for FRAUD fraudulent ripoff business Internet
Trek Alliance, the MLM brought to you by Equinox refugees, was shut down by the FTC in December for operating a fraudulent pyramid scheme. The assets of the company were frozen. So how come one of the owners, Kale Flagg, sent out an e-mail to Trek Alliance's mailing list telling t...
Entity
TREK ALLIANCE
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
1360, Report:
#50431
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2003
FreeGiftsAmerica.com ripoff deceptive company Seaford New York
I received my exciting 250 dollar gift certicate from NDI, a company that mails postcards to winners, invites you to a 40 min seminar w/ the impression that you've won a DVD player or a 500 dollar/250 dollar shopping spree, and then tries to get you to join their get-your-furniture-...
Entity
FreeGiftsAmerica.com
Categories: Consumer Services