211, Report:
#1034825
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2002
Prodigy Communications Coporation ripoff BS billing for ISP services not used the business that doesn't give a dam Austin Texas
Agreed so try out prodigy service for one month for a dollar through PacBell SBC... We had the phone line disconnected and never used Prodigy again. Reconnected with a new numer and Prodigy sent me another CD to insert for trial for 1 dollar. I NEVER inserted the CD called them o...
Entity
Prodigy Communications Coporation
Categories: Internet Services
212, Report:
#23123
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2002
PB Direct Girls Gone Wild consumer rip-off fraud Sylmar CaliforniaFOX 6 investigative reporter John Mattes first broke the story how Girls Gone Wild was marketing videos for only $9.99 consumers found the company tacking on huge fees. Thousands of consumers called it a rip-off on ripoffreport. After our story aired an attorney sued calling it deceptive advertising. Video part 1 Video part 2
I order a few trial videos for a one time purchase. They were horrible and we threw them away. Then more started arriving and we did not order any of them. Not able to talk to a human when we called their number. We were put on hold for a long period of time (it's not a 800#) and...
Entity
PB Direct/Girls Gone Wild
Categories: Corrupt Companies
213, Report:
#19105
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2002
MCI WorldCon You don't have to be a customer to get ripped off by MCI Fraud. Iowa City Iowa
In 1996, my wife and I installed a modem line so she could work from home. March of 2001 we had a DSL line installed and the modem line became redundant. We were considering using the line later as a dedicated work-only line. So we kept the line live, but disconnected it from ou...
Entity
MCI WorldCon
Categories: Telephone Companies
214, Report:
#17228
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2002
Pacific Bell DSL, SBC/Pacific Bell, PacBell DSL, Pacbell/SBC DSL ripoff, lack of service, daily disconnects Escondido, San Diego CA
Pacific Bell (or SBC?) DSL causes constant disconnects, causes computer freeze ups. They are impossible to contact, web address (pacbell.snap.com) redirects to NBCi home.
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Escondido, California
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Entity
Pacific Bell DSL, SBC/Pacific Bell, PacBell DSL, Pacbell/SBC DSL
Categories: Internet Services
215, Report:
#14210
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2002
NewSub Services NY Magazines Unlawful Use Of Credit Card
Recieved a promotional subscription from Bank of America. I have both a credit card and checking account with BofA. My charge card will be charged $196.00 for unauthorized purchase of magazines.
What is troublesome with this, is that, I recieved this promotion from my personal b...
Entity
NewSub Services
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
216, Report:
#15365
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2002
AOL DSL: a joke
Hi...
December 2001.
i decided to switch to AOL's DSL. better pricing was my main reason.
AOL's requirement according to their website information?
FULL PRICE MONTHLY service or Annual payment price.
i selected Annual payment price.
changed my billing. and was char...
Entity
America Online (a,k.a. AOL)
Categories: Corrupt Companies
217, Report:
#5392
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
PacificBell's (SBC's) Internet DSL -- Phone Follies+Corporate Theft
Back in December 1999, PacBell ran full page ad promising FREE
DSL INSTALLATION & MODEM FOR ONLY $29.95/Month! No dial-up
line-drops...no need for a 2nd dedicated-line...'always on' service...24/7 tech help...and mega-modem-speed! What a deal,...
if only it worked! First I had t...
Entity
PacificBell (their Parent Company is SBC)
Categories: Internet Services
218, Report:
#2559
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2000
AT&T Scam
I have a fradulet $169.00 3-way call to Jordan that was billed to my home from a payphone. The final person I talked to at AT&T stated that they would have needed a verbal approval from my home number, and as I live alone, that was never given. He told me that only with a subpoena...
Entity
AT&T
Categories: Utility Companies