2851, Report:
#20214
Posted Date:
May 12 2002
Emachines is a consumer rebate rip-off fraud. Irvine, California
I had purchased 3 different computers on 3 different dates. The computers I bought all were emachine computers. The selling point of these computers were the rebates that they offered.
You would get $75.00 back from emachine. I received the first of three rebates back and wonder...
Entity
emachines
Categories: Computer Fraud
2852, Report:
#19786
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2002
Nu-Kote Ripoff inkjet cartridge ripoff claims to be equivalent to HPs and does not function - not a drop of ink comes out! ripoff fraud business Internet
Bought the Nu-Kote equivalent of HP 51629a inkjet cartridge.
Saved about $5 off the regular price.
After installoing it in the printer - and trying a test page - no ink comes out.
Tried several times - same result, the paper remains clean with not a mark on it.
Not wor...
Entity
Nu-Kote
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
2853, Report:
#19658
Posted Date:
Apr 26 2002
hewlett packard ripoff BOISE Idaho
i sent my rebate form in on feb. 7 for 50 dollars and never heard anything again. i am 82 years old. please help me with this rebate problem.
john 7048 grand blvd.hobart in 46342
hobart, Indiana
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Entity
hewlett packard
Categories: Corrupt Companies
2854, Report:
#15475
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2002
Circuit City ..Scanner RipOff Greece New York
I had bought a scanner for my wife for xmas. It worked for about 4 months and just broke. I had paid for the extended warenty so I thought everything would be fine. I returned the scanner with everything that came with it. They said they didnt need everything, just the scanner to se...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
2855, Report:
#19061
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2002
First Capital Consumers Dodged the Ripoff Bullet? Buffalo, NY and Toronto, Ontario
I received a call from First Capital Consumers this evening, promising a 0% interest MasterCard and Visa, free cell phone and HP computer. All I had to do was give them my banking information, and they would charge me a one time fee of $219. The young lady on the phone stated that I...
Entity
First Capital Consumers
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
2856, Report:
#18542
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2002
first capital consumers group - eufrazia, representative ripoff consumer ripped off and scammed toronto Ontario
This company promised me a gold visa or master card with a $2000.00 line of credit, a free hewlitt packard computer computer, a free sattelite system and a free cell phone. A $219.00 draft was taken out of my checking account and i haven't heard from the company since.
the telephon...
Entity
first capital consumers group - eufrazia, representative
Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
2857, Report:
#18415
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2002
CIRCUIT CITY ripoff ODESSA, TEXAS Texas
I recently purchased a HP computer from Circuit City in Odessa, Texas. I purchased it there because it gave me somewhere to take it in case I needed it repaired. I also purchased the extended warranty.
I had to take it in for repairs and was told they would not take it. I told...
Entity
CIRCUIT CITY
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
2858, Report:
#17878
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2002
Hewlett-Packard - HP Hewlett Packard - HP Is A Monopoly That Manufacture's Low Quality Systems w/Poor Support - Computer Service Technician's Personal Experience Palo Alto California
I have been repairing and service computer systems PC and Macintosh since I was 12 years old. I have encountered almost every single problem there is with all brands of computers. I have been flashing ROM BIOS', Zero Filling, Low Level Formatted Hard Disk Drives, swapping Logic Boar...
Entity
Hewlett-Packard - HP
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
2859, Report:
#17876
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2002
Compaq Computer Corporation Compaq Computer - Ridiculously Priced Parts Monopoly, Premature Failure, Ugly Looking Junk - Expert Computer Service Technician's Experience Houston Texas
I have been repairing and service computer systems PC and Macintosh since I was 12 years old. I have encountered almost every single problem there is with all brands of computers. I have been flashing ROM BIOS', Zero Filling, Low Level Formatted Hard Disk Drives, swapping Logic Boar...
Entity
Compaq Computer Corporation
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
2860, Report:
#6233
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2002
Beware of Recreational Factory Warehouse, a total rip-off company
In May 2001 we purchased a pool from Recreational Factory Warehouse in Macon, Georgia. We paid an additional $800 to have it installed. Not even a month later there was more grass growing in the pool than around it, we were told that it was not their problem. Then a month or so l...
Entity
Recreational Factory Warehouse
Categories: Corrupt Companies