4251, Report:
#1031518
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
Beware PAC Bell DSL hidden charges
I recently agreed to a one-year contract for DSL service with PacificBell/SBC. I ordered from them over the phone, where I was given the details of the offer, one-year contract with free equipment by agreeing to perform the installation myself. I was informed of the $150 penalty f...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4252, Report:
#14585
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
HMS Blue 866-467-2583 charged my account for service I didn't order.
Was just reviewing my checking account online and noticed a debit of $61.02 for 866-467-2583 Long Dis for the previous day. Not sure of what this was, I called the number and of course reached an automated answering system. I selected 1 for billing and after a few questions, was t...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4253, Report:
#1031517
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
Beware PAC Bell DSL hidden charges
I recently agreed to a one-year contract for DSL service with PacificBell/SBC. I ordered from them over the phone, where I was given the details of the offer, one-year contract with free equipment by agreeing to perform the installation myself. I was informed of the $150 penalty f...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4254, Report:
#1031515
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
Beware PAC Bell DSL hidden charges
I recently agreed to a one-year contract for DSL service with PacificBell/SBC. I ordered from them over the phone, where I was given the details of the offer, one-year contract with free equipment by agreeing to perform the installation myself. I was informed of the $150 penalty f...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4255, Report:
#14383
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2002
AB Energizer - Rip Off
Company
AB Energizer/Fullfillment
Address:
5315 Lindbergh Lane
Bell CA 90201
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
1-800-457-0825
This company does not answer the phone. They also provide a false e-mail address for customer service.
I was charged $143.00 for what should have been $59.0...
Entity
Categories: Home HealthCare
4256, Report:
#8475
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
SBC & Ameritech Rip off Billing & and customer support story you won't believe!
I had been a customer of Ameritech for over 30 years.
Due to a personal situation, I requested my home service be shut off. When I requested the service be turned back on, customer service took my order and suggested I should change the type of service I had been using.
Previo...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4257, Report:
#14258
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
Comm South and Their Dishonest Staff ripping us off
Comm South is without a doubt the worst parasitic infection to invade the FCC in decades. On Friday of this week, I paid $80.00 and called in the receipt. I gave this number to them 14 times and my phone service is still not on.
So, I got a tape recorder and taped the numerous l...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
4258, Report:
#5392
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
PacificBell's (SBC's) Internet DSL -- Phone Follies+Corporate Theft
Back in December 1999, PacBell ran full page ad promising FREE
DSL INSTALLATION & MODEM FOR ONLY $29.95/Month! No dial-up
line-drops...no need for a 2nd dedicated-line...'always on' service...24/7 tech help...and mega-modem-speed! What a deal,...
if only it worked! First I had t...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
4259, Report:
#14041
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2002
Diet ZX scam for free Diet ZX
I called in for the free diet ZX offer in the middle of November. They charged me for shipping and handling about 6.95 per bottle. Being the sucker that I am I agreed. 2 months later and no package was ever delivered to my house, but I was clearly charged 58.00 for a product that I ...
Entity
Categories: Drug Manufacturers
4260, Report:
#13787
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2002
AMR Long Distance - American Fone - Direct One Credit Card Charge - Ripoff
In trying to track down an unrecognized $61.02 charge to my American Express card, I went through many phone numbers and company names:
Listed on my credit card - AMR*LONG_DISTANCE_SV 800-429-1707
Calling result - answering machine with no return call
Company name from AmEx w...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies