5381, Report:
#2864
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2000
ciruit city service repair rip off
Circuit city came out looked at my 61 sony tv. Said it needed a red tube. paid 79.00 to come out and give the estimate than 350.00 for the new tube and labor. Only worked for 20 days and they had to come back out. Mean time I am only able to talk to csr, from a total different state...
Entity
Categories: Television Parts & Services
5382, Report:
#2774
Posted Date:
Jul 28 2000
Circuit City Tallahassee, FL
I simply want to relate an iccident similar to the report of the man who purchased a refrigerator from Circuit City.
My wife and I wanted to purchase 36 TV and Circuit City had an out of the box RCA for $599.00; and, were led to believe that it was freah out the box two weeks ago...
Entity
Categories: TVs & VCRs
5383, Report:
#2756
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2000
Circuit City 655 Sunland Park EL Paso TX. 79912
On 12-19-99 I purchased a 31 Proscan TV from Circuit City. The purchase was an open box item. On 7-23-00 I discovered that the TV was a 1995 year model. I was not told how old the TV was when I purchased it and I was charged $549 for that five year old TV. Circuit City employees...
Entity
Categories: Television Parts & Services
5384, Report:
#2754
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2000
AB SLIDE (SYLMARK), NOVIS BUYERS REWARDS
Abslide or Ab-ripoff. I ordered the abslide through its advertisement on television on 6/12/00, and paid 59.95...(was first told it was 39.95 plus 9.95 for shipping....maybe they have a problem with their addition. Today is 7/24 and no abslide. Phone numbers to company are always...
Entity
Categories: TV Advertisements
5385, Report:
#2742
Posted Date:
Jul 25 2000
Quantex - bad motherboard & in home warranty
I purchased the Quantex Intel PIII 500 (PC3655). I am not happy with my purchase. The NEW computer is in my opinion is not worth the trouble. I ordered the computer from a television infomercial.
My first big mistake. When I received the computer, I could not get the new printer...
Entity
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
5386, Report:
#676
Posted Date:
Jul 19 2000
Action / Economy Movers Scam
Based on the recommendation of a co-worker, who had used
Action/Economy Movers of Charlotte to move her, we hired the same company to move us to a new house located only seven-tenths of a mile from our old house. After giving the moving company the necessary information, we recei...
Entity
Categories: Moving & Storage
5387, Report:
#1951
Posted Date:
Jul 13 2000
Westbrooke Homes / Miami Management, Inc. ..Preconstruction Promises, Postconstruction Nightmares & rip-off
I live in a new community by Westbrooke Homes. When buying my home I was promised as part of the ammenities, a gated entrance with remote acces to residents and a survelliance camera at the gate to allow residents to monitor through our television on a closed circuit channel, the v...
Entity
Categories: Homeowner Associations
5388, Report:
#1610
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2000
CA CAL PRIDE OSTRICH FARM SCAM con artist Ted Loeschner & Steve DePressi ....bilked over 15 million from senior citizens and other investors
CA CAL PRIDE OSTRICH FARM SCAM
IN THE BEGINNING was a video advertising an investment opportunity in an ostrich farm, Cal Pride, CP. It was about January 1997, CP was seeking investors. The video appeared on a commercial television station, and was being broadcast in Missouri an...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
5389, Report:
#2482
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2000
International Outrage Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. abusing children of the world!!! Attention All KOTUKU crew-members, International Residents especially!
The case I am about to state is concerns consumer abuse of children the world over--and by a big corporation.
I received the attached email concerning a problem that has occurred between the Fox Film Corporation and, basically, the children of the world who are on the Internet...
Entity
Categories: News Media
5390, Report:
#2288
Posted Date:
May 19 2000
Z-Max didn't improve my car
I purchased Z-Max from a television show on Jan. of 2000. Z-Max claimed to improve your cars gas milage and make your car run better. It did no such thing, so I wasted around $50. The only good thing that came out of it was I have free towing. It comes with the package and that ...
Entity
Categories: Car Parts & Accessories