2661, Report:
#41781
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2003
International Society of Poets Poetry.com ripoff rage Owings Mills Maryland
What is this world coming to? Children and young adults have to fear expressing their emotions and being used.
When my grandmother told me that she had submitted my poem to a poetry contest, I never thought anything of it. I didn't think that I could ever be good enough to be...
Entity
International Society of Poets AKA Poetry.com
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2662, Report:
#41275
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2003
International Society of Poets AKA Poetry.com rip-off dishonest hopecrushing liars ought to burn in hell Owings Mills Maryland
Me being a naiive teenager fell for their Bull $#!%. I should have known better. I recieved 2 letters concerning poems I wrote. They would be published and I could own a book for $60. Well good thing I procrastinated on sending it in. Did a little research and found out they were fa...
Entity
International Society of Poets AKA Poetry.com
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2663, Report:
#41115
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2003
Poetry.com ripoff Owings Mills Maryland
I feel ripped-off by poetry.com. After being seperated from my wife and three small children, in a depressed mood i did something i hadn'y done for 25 years: i wrote a poem. I submitted my poem to poetry.com to win money. I needed to win.
But i didn't win. So i Submitted two mor...
Entity
Poetry.com
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2664, Report:
#40800
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2003
International Society of Poets ripoff shame on them!!! Owings Mills Maryland
My sister just contacted me from Colorado about the contest my niece won and the convention at Disney World. We had planned a family vacation around it--sent news to all the relatives etc. but when she sent me the info about cost (I expected them to pay some portion of the expenses...
Entity
International Society of Poets
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2665, Report:
#40561
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2003
international society of poets ripoff dirty SOB's screwed others too slime-ball ripped off and scammed deceptive company owings mills Maryland
My 11yr old daughter recieved a letter stating she had won an award. But before I showed her the letter I wanted to check it out a little further, so I looked it up on the net & guess what I found? You got it! A SCAM!
I'm so glad I investigated this co. before getting her hopes up...
Entity
international society of poets
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2666, Report:
#40505
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2003
International Society of Poets deceptive company Owings Mills Maryland
I too was nearly ripped off. I supposedely was published,recorded and Nominated for Poet of the Year 2003.
I was asked to send a lot of money to receive rewards. Being on a fixed income I decided to check them out. I found the Ripoff Report and thanked God I had never sent this ...
Entity
International Society of Poets
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2667, Report:
#39646
Posted Date:
Dec 31 2002
J.D.Marvel Products Inc. ripoff ripped off and scammed Champlain New York
On 10/29/2002 I ordered 2 pr. of slippers and they cashed my check on 11/07/2002 as of 12/31/2002 I have not recived anything from them. They have the money,but no goods recived this is truely a ripoff.
I will never order anything again from this company,they should be put out of...
Entity
J.D.Marvel Products Inc.
Categories: Mail Order Services
2668, Report:
#39506
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2002
World Wide Web Marketing, Inc. d/b/a Great Products and More, Inc. d/b/a Versawatches.com wrist watch sale ripoff - consumer fraud ripoff Owings Mills Maryland
I ordered a Tag Heuer men's wristwatch from versawatches.com (aka World Wide Web Marketing, Inc. and Great Products and More, Inc.) on December 2, 2002. On December 5, 2002, versawatches.com cashed my check in the amount of $947.00. The company issued a receipt for my order, but n...
Entity
World Wide Web Marketing, Inc. d/b/a Great Products and More, Inc. d/b/a Versawatches.com
Categories: Jewelry Stores
2669, Report:
#38725
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2002
Southwest Audio aka ORKA distributers rip-off update after fox 7 news story Austin Texas
After Fox 7 in Austin ran a report on ORKA, they gave the address of the business. The following is an excerpt of the feature from the Fox 7 news website:
Speaker Sales
It's referred to by many as the white van speaker scam. Young guys approach others in bank parking lots and t...
Entity
Southwest Audio aka ORKA distributers
Categories: Stereos
2670, Report:
#36618
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2002
Brookshire Backhoe & Septic System Service ripoff China Spring Texas
If you plan to use Blaine Brookshire for your dirt work, or to have him install your Septic System. Make sure you get it down in writing what all you expect him to do in order to complete the project. He didn't finish backfilling the ditches nor removing the rock they dug up which i...
Entity
Brookshire Backhoe & Septic System Service
Categories: Plumbing