5151, Report:
#23257
Posted Date:
Jun 23 2002
Advantage Capital / Hartford Auto Club / Premium Mega Saver will rip you off and continue to take money out of your checking account without your authorization. CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNTS NOW!!! Miami Florida
I too was phoned by these losers in the beginning of April. The rep (speaking in broken English) told me that I could get a credit card and only have to pay their shipping and handling fee of $19.95 and a $54.90 fee the first month and $99.00 in 12 months. I gave him my checking acc...
Entity
Advantage Capital / Hartford Auto Club / Premium Mega Saver
Categories: Corrupt Companies
5152, Report:
#23080
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2002
Talk America Long Distance Talk.com rip off and litigation ripoff business from hell Jackson Mississippi
I understand that many have been ripped off by Talk.com / Talk America. I will share my ripoff with you and let you know that myself and several others are filing suit.
On or about August, 2000, my grandmother, contracted with Talk.com for telephone service based on exposure t...
Entity
Talk America Long Distance
Categories: Telephone Companies
5153, Report:
#22457
Posted Date:
Jun 11 2002
Royal Camera aka CCI Camera City is a consumer rip-off fraud company that hires obnoxious personnel & engages in deceptive trade practices such as the bait & switch. Brooklyn, NY & Internet
I ordered a Nikon 885 camera from Royal camera. As I did not receive a confirmation email, I called them. A sales person talked me into buying filters, a memory card and a video battery. When I received the camera, I noted that the camera included a charger. I was charged $149 f...
Entity
Royal Camera aka CCI Camera City
Categories: Cameras & Video
5154, Report:
#21342
Posted Date:
May 22 2002
MRA Video, www.mravideo.com, Girls Gone Wild Beware of Fraud 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
They are sending me more videos, I only ordered one, they are charging my credit card without permission.
Eric
Bryan, Texas
Entity
MRA Video, www.mravideo.com, Girls Gone Wild
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
5155, Report:
#20462
Posted Date:
May 14 2002
Advantage Capital, Capital First Misrepresentation is sales, failure to cancel consumer fraud ripoff Miami, Florida *UPDATED info ..FTC has filed a federal complaint
Advantage Capital said that they can get me a great credit card and be able to rebuild my credit. They told me that I had credit limit of several thousand dollars. When I got the card and information, I decided that it was not what was told to me since it was a pay as you go credit ...
Entity
Advantage Capital / Capital First
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
5156, Report:
#20675
Posted Date:
May 12 2002
Audiofile Home Entertainment ripoff eugene Oregon
I was walking along the street and a couple of guys in a bronze Dodge Durango flagged me down and asked if I wanted to buy some speakers. Like an idiot, I walked over to check it out.
They showed me speakers in the back of the truck and the reciepts/magazine/invoice for them, sa...
Entity
Audiofile
Categories: Stereos
5157, Report:
#19987
Posted Date:
May 08 2002
Sprint PCS deceptive advertizing, and horrible customer service, the business that doesn't give a dam London, Kentucky
It's too bad Sprint does not care about making its customers happy. I recently purchased a service contract with Sprint PCS only to find out that I can not use my Sprint PCS phone in my Los Angeles home because the signal is too weak. Even in the back yard of my home the service cu...
Entity
Sprint PCS
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
5158, Report:
#19921
Posted Date:
Apr 30 2002
Minutebrite ripoff Pacoima, California
I first saw the infomercial MINUTE BRITE on TV with great reviews fron Eric Esrada, Bella Shaw(CNN news anchor),and cindy williams(Laverne&Shirly).
$19.95 + a free high power toothbrush sounded good,4/1/02 I called.
MINUTEBRITE came in mail with a bill of.....$59.85
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Entity
Minutebrite
Categories: TV Advertisements
5159, Report:
#19832
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2002
Capital Choice Consumer Credit ripoff, fraudulent, fake approval application Miami Florida
I applied for the 5,000 credit line and paid $43.00 for the express processing and have not gotten a reply after 3 weeks.
I called the 1-800 information line to get the phone number since the number is not listed on the application.
The Answering service continues to say t...
Entity
Capital Choice Consumer Credit
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
5160, Report:
#19137
Posted Date:
Apr 19 2002
Netzero a ka Juno aka United Online Inc ripoff, made false promises, ISP cancelled service & won't refund money. Westlake Village California
Received letter from Netzero on 11/30/01 stating their Platnum internet access had to be cancelled in my area. Letter stated I would automatically receive a refund of any fees paid by check within 30 days.
On 1/22/02 called billing dept about refund. Was told check would be sent...
Entity
Netzero a kaUnited Online, Inc.
Categories: Internet Services