341, Report:
#13999
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2002
Radioshack - Compaq Rip-off *UPDATE ..finally got our money back!
We bought a new Compaq CPU on November 30, 2001, from Radioshack. On December 21, 2001, it quit working. We called Radioshack - the told us to call Compaq. We called Compaq and they gave us an authorization number to get it repaired. Since it wasn't even a month old - we decided...
Entity
Compaq Computer - RadioShack
Categories: Computer Stores
342, Report:
#22771
Posted Date:
Jun 15 2002
General Electirc, GE, GE Serive Plus, GE Zurich, GE Extended Warranties Extended warranty ripoff - impossible to get service mistreated and ripped off . Internet
I had stumbled across the area of the GE Web Site where you can purchase extended warranties. I thought it was a great idea to order all of my extended warranties through a single company and especially one as big as GE. I have approx 8 separate extended warranties through them. ...
Entity
General Electirc, GE, GE Serive Plus, GE Zurich, GE Extended Warranties
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
343, Report:
#15556
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2002
We Were Fooled ...Circuit City's CSP ripoff, warranty consumer ripoff
On October 6, 2000 my boyfriend and I walked into Circuit City looking for a basic laptop for writing documents and surfing the web. The sales representative seemed extremely knowledgeable of each brand and capabilities of the hardware system. We were looking to purchase a simple...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
344, Report:
#21714
Posted Date:
May 29 2002
MicroExchange Total RipOff Never Buy from Them! ripped off and scammed Dallas Texas
Online their site showed a new in the box Compaq computer with 1.2 gh processor, nice one. Supposedly had Win XP Professional.
Received it, it had Win Me and was a refurb which has numerous problems and a serial number that's been changed. Contacted them to no avail, they could ...
Entity
MicroExchange
Categories: Computer Dealers
345, Report:
#21700
Posted Date:
May 29 2002
GE Zurich Warranty Management Inc. Extended warranty not worth a cent Louisville Kentucky
Approximately three years ago I purchased a Compaq Presario 1920 notebook computer from Circuit City for $2600 and then purchased the $400 extended warranty from GE-Zurich through Circuit City.
Over the last few months the hinges on the screen have become weaker and weaker till n...
Entity
GE Zurich Warranty Management Inc.
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
346, Report:
#4069
Posted Date:
May 22 2002
Circuit City Stores Selling Returned Merchandise As New! in New York too ..we were scamed!
Read your Rip-off Report Circuit City Stores Selling Returned Merchandise As New!(Report #299) and the many other reports you have on Circuit City.
Earlier this year my husband bought me a Compaq computer for my birthday and since then we have had nothing but problems with it. ...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
347, Report:
#20390
Posted Date:
May 07 2002
Hurley State Bank and Gateway RIPOFF HIGH INTERST RATES AND COMPUTERS THAT DONT WORK ripoff business from hell Des Moines, Iowa
I WENT INTO A GATEWAY STORE HERE IN BEAUMONT TEXAS
PURCHASED AND COMPUTER AND HAD IT SHIPPED TO ME THE
PAPERS I SIGNED SAID NOTHING ABOUT 28 PERCENT INTERST OR
THAT FACT THAT IT WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE 1300 I
AGREED TO PAY AND SIGN FOR!!!! BEFORE I HAD MADE MY FI...
Entity
Hurley State Bank and Gateway
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
348, Report:
#8038
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2002
Circuit City, GE Zurich, CSP liars and practicers of fraudulent business
I had many problems with my Extended Warranty from Circuit City. When they refused service on my Broken DC Power Socket on a Compaq 1200 Laptop I didn't understand why. They claimed I broke it purposefully and that it would not be covered. I do not understand how that could be de...
Entity
Circuit City, GE-Zurich Warranty
Categories: Computer Fraud
349, Report:
#18459
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2002
Comp-USA rebate ripoff rebate scam rude consumer fraud ripoff Houston Texas
We bought a Compaq in May last year. It's been nothing but trouble from day 1, but that's a different story. We brought the monitor in (it was broken)to store #501 in late March on a Saturday.
I was told that the warranty had expired in January. It was only after calling Com...
Entity
Comp-USA
Categories: Computer Dealers
350, Report:
#18572
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2002
CompUSA Rude, Promises not fullfilled, No Customer Service, No knowledge of product, Rebate Scam Houston Texas
On Saturday, March 30th my husband and I went the CompUSA store in Houston on Westheimer, near the Galleria. The purpose of our visit was to get repairs on a Compaq monitor that we had bought last May.
We were told by a customer service rep that our warranty had expired. This w...
Entity
CompUSA
Categories: Computer Dealers