5881, 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
Categories: Landscape Companies
5882, 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
Categories: E-trade
5883, 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
Categories: Computer Mail Order
5884, 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
Categories: Computer Fraud
5885, 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
Categories: Computer Fraud
5886, 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
Categories: Corrupt Companies
5887, 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
Categories: On-Line Business
5888, 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
Categories: On-Line Business
5889, Report:
#10232
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2001
Ebay Auction Services Ebay Seller Assistant Pro, having problems with the program and did not tell anyone. ..unscrupulous sellers that list on Ebay
I have had the experience of listing with Seller Assistant Pro which is the program that Ebay markets for $19.95 a month and unfortunately, they were having problems with the program and did not tell anyone.
Ultimately, when I did a bulk listing, when all was said and done, I e...
Entity
Categories: Internet
5890, Report:
#10101
Posted Date:
Dec 28 2001
commandocomputing ebay fraud
bid on memory at ebay got response payat secure server, brinksster.com, did so, got a thank you, after 10 days I asked where my goods were, got an excusedeath in the family so I waited 3 more days.
after 3 days I got nothing, no reply to emails.
I started asking questions of...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business