501, Report:
#21694
Posted Date:
May 29 2002
Direct TV Poor service leading to cancellation by customer ripoff Memphis TN
We recently installed Direct TV and have not been happy with it at all. From day one, we had problems. We had two receivers installed. One seemed to work, but the other did not. After spending several hours on the phone, it was determined that this receiver was defective.
So I h...
Entity
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
502, Report:
#4364
Posted Date:
May 17 2002
Rip-off the consumer ..It seems to be a theme for electronics stores
I have worked at a couple of different chain type audio and electronic retail stores. In one store, which is now defunct, I was asked to rig a low-end VCR so that the more expensive models would appear much better. I simply told the manager that I had done it and let the products ...
Entity
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
503, Report:
#18087
Posted Date:
Apr 02 2002
Formac Elektronik GmbH Formac 15 Day (!) Period To Get Refund Soaked Up By Tech Support; $400 Doorstop Now. Company has 11 BBB complaints in ONE year! Berkeley California
Summary:
This product never functioned to any degree since I received it. Numerous contacts with the company's Technical Support failed to even remotely solve the problem of complete inoperability. Time spent trying to resolve the issue with Technical Support exceeded the 15 d...
Entity
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
504, Report:
#17815
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2002
ubid Inc. ripoff con artist fake ripoff deceptive company Memphis Tennessee
I bidded on Dec. 17th. 2001 and won a Toshiba MV20FK3 20FST Pure TV/VCR Combo. The said Television was delivered by UPS as against the FEDEX I paid for,late December and found broken. This was immediately reported to UPS and ubid. (within 24Hrs).
Ever since then I have been writt...
Entity
Categories: TVs & VCRs
505, Report:
#7487
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2002
The GOOD GUYS Stink!
I recently purchased a VCR from The Good Guys in Stevenson Ranch, CA. It was an out of the box purchase meaning it was a display model and considerably less.
I got the VCR home and proceeded to turn it on... with my husband and three young boys watching, ages 4 - 8, I was abhor...
Entity
Categories: TVs & VCRs
506, Report:
#15963
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2002
Sickened by the False Advertisement given by the Internet Treasure Chest
To begin this little episode we watched the T.V for several nights anxiously waiting for the commercial for this BIG MONEY MAKING adventure. But to my surprise my spouse and I were at first anxious to get started. Nothing was needed to get started but a computer. So we are off to m...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
507, Report:
#14601
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
Camel Moving Pacoima, CA - Overcharged Me and Damaged my stuff
(See bottom for my recommendations when using CAMEL)
I moved from the SF Bay Area to Pennsylvania in July of 2001. I was quoted one price $1750; however, I wasn't sure how many items I would have on the actual day of the move. My rep at Camel, Larry, told me that was no problem...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
508, Report:
#14336
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2002
Regal Moving Van Company New York Rip-off Movers
I contacted Regal Moving Van through the yellow pages under the name GV Moving systems. The number for the local moves was 201-567-3900. My contact was L------ C--------.
We made an agreement over the phone as to the day of the move, at a cost of $120.00 per hour for 4 men. I wa...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
509, Report:
#13210
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2002
The Video Computer Store Pipersville, Pennsylvania I want my money back VCR stole!!!!
Last year in February of 2001, I sent The Video Computer Store located in Pennyslvania a check for $1,896 on a computer purchase that I never received.
Luckily, I contacted the Better Business Bureau to report to them that this so-called computer business cashed my check and di...
Entity
Categories: Computer Stores
510, Report:
#1345
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2002
STARVING STUDENTS MOVING - A MOVING NIGHTMARE
Not only was some of my furniture destroyed beyond repair, but my television and VCR were stolen out of their storage facility. When they arrived at my new home with the damaged furniture, I immediately called their storage facility and explained that there were damages and missing...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies