1971, Report:
#42793
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2003
Columbia House expensive & over-priced rip-off Internet
Columbia House promotes their program by enticing you with some ridiculous offer of something like, Get 4 DVD's for 1 penny. Then, you have to committ to buying a certain amount of DVD's over the course of a certain period of time.
The problem is that you end up having to buy the...
Entity
Columbia House
Categories: On-Line Stores
1972, Report:
#26284
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2002
Amazon.com Offers free shipping and then fails to ship for free Somewhere in Washington
I had been a faithful Amazon.com customer for many years and had purchased quite a few books, electronic goods and CDs from them. I went to the web site once again to purchase a particular book and the web page said something like Order only $X.XX more for free super saver shipping...
Entity
Amazon.com
Categories: Book Stores
1973, Report:
#38418
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2002
Amazon.com ripoff fraud scam Seattle Washington
Mistreated and ripped off - they usecustomer credit cards for interest-free loans .....
Amazon.com is using customer credit cards to float themselves short-term interest-free loans. They do this by debiting your account and waiting weeks to ship your products (most companies do ...
Entity
Amazon.com
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
1974, Report:
#37910
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2002
Nextcard Visa No customer service, no internet address and no answer to mail fraudulent ripoff business Omaha Nebraska
I have been like one of the many before me that has been ripped off by Nextcard. I obtained a card off of Amazon.com where they had been advertising right before Christmas. Of course my APR was great and I could make easy payments online. ALWAYS made at least triple the minuimum pay...
Entity
Nextcard Visa
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
1975, Report:
#36703
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2002
Young America false rebate ripoff rejection Young America Minnesota
This company handled my rebate for a cell phone I purchased online at Amazon.com. The rebate was supposed to reimburse me for $500. I sent in the rebate form and got a letter back saying that my cell phone account wasn't active so they wouldn't be able to process my request. After c...
Entity
young america
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
1976, Report:
#33211
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2002
MWI Connections ripoff credit card fraud Internet
An unauthorized charge of $96.00 appeared on my bank statement dated 10/22/2002. This was immediately after I had placed an order with Amazon.com.
I called the 800 number listed on my bank statement and got an automated phone system. There was no way provided to speak to an indi...
Entity
MWI Connections
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1977, Report:
#33183
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2002
MWI Connections ripoff scam amazon.com Omaha Nebraska
I was on Amazon.com searching for a college text book when i saw that someone was selling the book for $9.99 .. so i said ok ill get that one. so i ordered and put my debit card info into amazon.com.
Next i go and look at my online bank account it says my account is at $0. MWI C...
Entity
MWI Connections
Categories: On-Line Business
1978, Report:
#31377
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2002
MWI Communications corruption, victimized many consumers Internet Internet
This company made a withdrawl from my checking account that was unauthorized.
I have no idea who they are or how they got my account information. I made my first purchase on the internet 2 weeks ago on Amazon.com and a week later I saw a withdrawl from my account.
I reported it ...
Entity
MWI Communications
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1979, Report:
#29965
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2002
A1Books.com ripoff fraudulent business, consumer rip-off Fairfield New Jersey
On purchased a book from A1Books.com (partnered with Amazon.com) on the 27th of Aug 2002. I was informed that they would ship it on the 30th Aug. By the 1st, it had not shipped and so I asked to cancel the order on that day and followed on the 3rd with similar request only to be inf...
Entity
A1Books.com
Categories: On-Line Business
1980, Report:
#28530
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2002
Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc defective VCR dvd warrantee not honored bad customer service false promises Wayne New Jersey
I bought a Toshiba DVD/VCR Combo SD-V28OU on June 10, 2002 - the power supply completely died on July 29th, 2002. Amazon.com won't let me return it because it was past the 30 days for returns. From the Toshiba site I was directed to the only authorized dealer around here. I dropped ...
Entity
Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc
Categories: TVs & VCRs