3291, Report:
#7436
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2001
Cobra Anchor Corporation, Defective Home Products ripoff
Purchased a Cobra Anchor (wall hook for hanging a painting) from Lowes Home Improvement. Anchor was defective and caused $6215.11 in damage to my home and its contents. Contacted Cobra Anchors who were very nice and said they KNEW they had a defective product and would be happy ro...
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Categories: Hardware & Tools
3292, Report:
#7003
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2001
Lavender Pride Painting destroys kitchen cabinets with sloppy paint job
I hired Lavender Pride Painting, a partnership in Riverside CA of two lesbian women, to spray paint my kitchen cabinets. I wanted a very smooth coverage that would look nice. I wanted a professional job. The estimator partner bid $1485 and said they do great work. My other bids ...
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Categories: Paint & Wallpaper
3293, Report:
#6919
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2001
College Pro Painters took my money and ran
I want to tell the whole country not to use these hacks. College maybe. Pro NO. These guys came to my house and washed it and started priming 1 hour later. They started painting from the bottom up and got paint on my bushes, my roof and my windows. They broke one of my windows ...
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Categories: Paint & Wallpaper
3294, Report:
#6651
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2001
CONTINENTAL TRANSMISSION =RIP OFF ,LINCOLN PARK, MICHIGAN
I OWN AN '88 GT MUSTANG.A FEW WEEKS AGO THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON IT.SO I CALLED AROUND AND FOUND A 'COBRA' TRANSMISION FOR $700.IT WAS AT A TRANS REBUILD SHOP. THE GUY HAD JUST REBUILT IT. IT WAS READY FOR INSTALLATION.
SO I BOUGHT IT,AND ON THE TRANSMISSION THE OWNER OF THE...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
3295, Report:
#6557
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2001
Anthony Gentile/Hans Kienast Con Artist and illicit Drug User
Anthony Gentile, last know to perpetrate interior/exterior painting scams. He will talk you into investing and working with him on painting jobs and he will proceed to rip you and the customer off. Hans Kienast ( a German) also operates with the same MO.
Both are painters the ...
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Categories: Paint & Wallpaper
3296, Report:
#6102
Posted Date:
Aug 09 2001
Spring Painting and Wallpapering, Richard Pelton ..DONT USE THIS PAINTER!
I hired Richard Pelton to paint my interior and paid him a down payment of 1300.00. He not only left my house a mess, didnt even finish 1 room and took off with my money. He says he cant afford to give me my money back, because he bought an ice cream store!!!!!!!! With my money!!...
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Categories: Paint & Wallpaper
3297, Report:
#5642
Posted Date:
Aug 05 2001
Ripped off by Steve and Lynn Clagg Landlords
For three years me and my husband rented a house form Steve and Lynn Clagg in Huntington,WV. At first we signed a one year lease. The last two years we paid on a month to month basis. Our rent was 450.00 a month plus 450.00 deposit, of course they expected the money up front befo...
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Categories: Landlords
3298, Report:
#4045
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2000
Color Concepts Painting and Contracting- Christopher DePaolis-Fraud-Owes me money
My son's father, Christopher DePaolis, is the owner of Color Concepts Painting and Contracting, 24 Hickory Drive, Stony Point, NY 10980, (845)947-1535. I don't know if you can help me in anyway, but he owes me lots of child support. He claims on his taxes that he only makes $400 a...
Entity
Categories: Home Improvements
3299, Report:
#3890
Posted Date:
Nov 20 2000
Donald Heald Book Ripoff
I owned an oil painting which was my only possesion of value. this painting was given to a mr. donald heald, details below, to sell on my behalf. it was understood he would take a small % as commission. mr. heald is a wealthy antiquarian bookdealer and i am a seriously ill person wi...
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Categories: Con Artists
3300, Report:
#3131
Posted Date:
Oct 30 2000
MIRACLE AUTO PAINTING, San jose, Calif. rip-off liars
I took a car to MIRACLE AUTO PAINTING to have a car painted I was fixing up for my daughters 16th birthday. The luggage rack was not reinstalled when they got done painting the car. I did not notice the rack was not on the car for about a week. In that time it had rained a couple of...
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Categories: Body Work & Repair