5651, Report:
#13871
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2002
U Bid Misrepresentation of Products! No Warranty!
I purchased 6 sets of speakers from UBID over the course of two months from UBID. When I bid on the speakers, the information stated they were 100W ceiling speakers, when I received them they were 60W. They were also listed as Sonance brand, but were actually Hometech, a lower qual...
Entity
UBID
Categories: On-Line Stores
5652, Report:
#13731
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2002
Ubid - A Consumer Nightmare Rip-off
I placed a bid and won on an item I found out was not what I wanted...an $839 television set with $205 in shipping. I placed an email to them literally 5 minutes after the bid and stated that I made an error and could they please cancel the order. After several emails of them say no...
Entity
UBID.com
Categories: On-Line Stores
5653, Report:
#13280
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2002
Ron's Tree Service, Rougemont. North Carolina Gets an :F in Customer Service and Resorts to Verbal Abuse When Asked to Correct Illegal Dumping Practices
I hired Ron Slaughter of Ron's Tree Service of Rougemont, NC, to remove about 35 trees on my property. I had used him before on a small job 3 years ago and was pleased with his expertise. I didn't question his bid and was promised that all debris would be either 1) chipped into mulc...
Entity
Ron's Tree Service
Categories: Landscape Companies
5654, Report:
#12280
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2002
UBID - Their negligence caused me to lose over $1000.00 dollars
I won a bid on Ubid for a laptop computer. I soon learned that the seeler was in Romania.
I wrote 3 e-mails to Ubid asking to verify the persons to make sure she was a legitimate seller. They never responded. 5 days later after several e-mail exchanges with the seller I wired he...
Entity
UBID
Categories: E-trade
5655, Report:
#12148
Posted Date:
Jan 22 2002
MicroStar Auctions is a Scam!!!
I was scammed, via Ebay, by Alex Lapinskiy (of the Cleveland, OH area). I bid on three barebones systems (Ebay Auction# 1305239648, PENTIUM III/CELERON PPGA 370 BAREBONE SYSTEMS) and won the bid on 6 DEC 01. I submitted my payment, via Paypal (Auction Payment Sent ID. #6V714747CE6...
Entity
MicrostarAuctions.Com
Categories: Computer Mail Order
5656, Report:
#11775
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2002
Consumer Exchange with UBID a ripoff the crrok is Gheorghe Stefan Cristain blv.Constantin Bricoveanu Nr.81 Bucuresti,Romania.
On Dec 21,2001 i begain to look for me a new laptop computer. I tried EBay but didn't like the format. So I went to UBID and found a laptop that would suite my needs. So I bid on it and won it. There were 7 other people who also won this Laptop. The guy had 8 total to auction off. R...
Entity
Consumer Exchange -UBID ..Gheorghe Stefan Cristain
Categories: Computer Fraud
5657, Report:
#10981
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2002
Rip off - Romania Computer Auction Fraud on U-bid *Consumer Suggestion information
Well I really hate to admit that I have been ripped off and by reading other reports it looks like this person has ripped off many poor people.
I won an auction on U-bid for a Dell Inpsiron 8100. The individual stated that he/she would perfer money transfer through western-u...
Entity
U Bid Romonia Computer
Categories: Computer Fraud
5658, Report:
#11088
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2002
UBID Involved in Fraudulent Practices. Internet Fraud Hotline Asked to Investigate.
UBID AND FRAUDULENT USE OF YOUR CREDIT CARDS!!! Auction operates a scam on shipping charges that is one of the worst I've ever seen. UBID uses a shipping charge scam that raises the bid prices several hundred percent.
Example: Last year I bid on some simple little hollow plas...
Entity
UBID Auctions
Categories: Corrupt Companies
5659, Report:
#10466
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2002
uBid charged credit card $394.65; no merchandise, no refund.RIPOFF
On 10/31/01, I won a bid on an AM-Comps Athlon 1.3GHz 384MB RAM 20GB HD DVD-ROM computer, order # B6222221 at 11:45:00 PM for the amount of $349.00 + $45.65 which came to a total of $394.65 charged to my credit card. Unfortunately, it has been over two months and I still have not re...
Entity
uBid.com
Categories: On-Line Business
5660, Report:
#3161
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2002
Priceline Purchases
Beware when filing bids through Priceline for anything. I recently bid on car rentals through priceline.
Following my bid I used their automated telephone service to find the status of my bid. I was told via this service my bid had been rejected. i also went on-line to ...
Entity
Priceline.com
Categories: On-Line Business