4111, Report:
#28602
Posted Date:
Aug 31 2002
Consolidated Media Services aka Magazine Sweepstakes, Ltd. bait-n-switch high-pressure telemarketing fraud Atlanta Georgia
Yesterday late morning I got a call from Nikki in Atlanta, who was calling long distance. She informed me that I had won a free men's watch with a diamond in the faceplate (nice!) and three free magazine subscriptions (also nice!). It sounded too good to be true--And I should have...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Telemarketers
4112, Report:
#28149
Posted Date:
Aug 27 2002
Book Net LTD high pressure salesmen posing as college students sell phoney magazine subscriptions Irvine California
Charismatic young men go door to door selling magazine subscriptions, using high pressure sales techniques. They present themselves as students working their way through college by selling magazine subscriptions.
They ask that you write 2 separate checks, each made out to cash, ...
Entity
Book Net LTD
Categories: Corrupt Companies
4113, Report:
#27841
Posted Date:
Aug 24 2002
Consolidated Media Services ripoff, deceptive, witholding pertinent info until it is too late. the business that doesn't give a dam Atlanta Georgia
CMS called me one day to offer this great deal on magazine subscriptions, for only the cost of shipping. At first it sounded good until I added up what it would cost over the 3 to 4 year span they stick you with as compared to just getting subscriptions from the publishers.
I ...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Media
4114, Report:
#27737
Posted Date:
Aug 24 2002
Boservices, Xbill.co.uk ripoff fraudulant billing United Kingdom
I found non-approved charges on my credit card and when Iwent to cancel the subscriptions the sites could not be found.
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langley, British Columbia
Entity
boservices, xbill.co.uk
Categories: Personal Services
4115, Report:
#27462
Posted Date:
Aug 20 2002
Consolidated Media Services ripoff scam liars Atlanta Georgia
Basic telephone call that said that we have this deal of a lifetime for magazine subscriptions. Said that if you enroll you get some free gift and that they would send documentation to describe what they were selling and that you would have ten to fourteen days to decline the offer....
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Media
4116, Report:
#26991
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2002
Capital First ripoff Miami Florida
I was contacted by Capital 1st on July 18, 2002. However, they did not identify themselves as Capital 1st. They identified themselves as being Capital One. I had just recently paid-off and closed a credit card account with Capital One.
They said they had another credit card fo...
Entity
Capital First
Categories: Credit Services
4117, Report:
#26964
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2002
NSS Magazines ripoff magazine free trials, BUYERS BEWARE! NOTHING IS FREE NOWADAYS! scams credit card Internet
Beware of Internet offers for free magazine subcriptions! I fell for this and never gave a debit card/credit card info and my account was charged for 2 yearly subscriptions. I am living on less than 500 a month and this caused me overdraft charges at my bank!
This is free NSS?
...
Entity
NSS Magazines
Categories: Telemarketers
4118, Report:
#26912
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2002
Girls Gone WildGirls Gone Wild / GGW / M.R.A Video consumer ripoff, fraudulent billing, shipping videos not ordered rip-offs 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 bought a several of Girls Gone Wild videos a few months ago and then recently I started getting videos in the mail that I did not want. The videos were charged to the credit card I originally ordered on. They sent these videos to me without my permission and not explaining ...
Entity
Girls Gone Wild / GGW / M.R.A Video
Categories: Video Stores
4119, Report:
#26827
Posted Date:
Aug 13 2002
Consolidated Media Services ripoff and also gave or sold my information to other companies consumer fraud ripoff Atlanta Georgia
In November, 2001, I signed up with CMS to begin a magazine subscription service. In about two months, I began getting my magazines, plus about 6-7 other magazines which I did not want. i called to try to cancel them, but they said that the magazines were complimentary and therefo...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Media
4120, Report:
#26467
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2002
Consolidated Media Services or MOS is a ripoff; they offers subscriptions & make deceiving promises. Atlanta, Georgia
Consolidated Media Services offered me a magazine subscription and free prizes to which I agreed to pay. During the conversation with a sales representative, I was told I was allowed a ten day grace period, and if I wanted to cancel the subscription I would receive information in t...
Entity
Consolidated Media Services
Categories: Corrupt Companies