6111, Report:
#2104
Posted Date:
Apr 19 2000
Better Business Bureau BBB on Long Island No help just giving us BS about Bell Atlantic rip-off
I contacted the BBB on Long Island (New York) about unsubstantial charges and insufficient refunds from phone bills with Bell Atlantic. They forwarded the complaint to the BBB in White Plains (Westchester County, NY), stating that Bell Atlantic was their responsibility, since the Be...
Entity
Categories: Better Business Bureau
6112, Report:
#1823
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Atlantic Subscriptions
On August 24, 1999 I met a nice young man at my local mall who told me that he was seeling magazine subscriptions at a discounted rate for one of his graduate courses (he was earning his MBA.) He told me, that it was a contest between his classmates and the winner one a trip. So I...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
6113, Report:
#1627
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2000
WORKING ASSETTS MY ASS
I recently bought a computer, my first, through Gateway and they gave me one free year of America on-line. When choosing the required access numbers I chose two numbers I can dial with the usual seven digits. They decided to dial a number that was not in my local calling area (the o...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
6114, Report:
#1465
Posted Date:
Mar 03 2000
Starpower Telecomunicaation CO. Holding the phone line hostage to make money out of customers
Hello: Thanks for giving a voiceless consumer like me a power
to speak up against a company who ly about thier customer services and they do anything to make money out of people without giving them what they advertise. About a year ago I swich my residential phone line from Bell ...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
6115, Report:
#1221
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2000
Subscription rip-off
I received a telemarketing call saying i had won a diamond watch as being a special card holder. They continued by saying that since I was a special customer that I could receive three free magazine subscriptions and all I had to do was pick one to pay for. It didn't sound like a ba...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
6116, Report:
#1135
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2000
Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jules Polonetsky Short Circuits Electronics Giant for Illegal Return Policy DCA Commissioner Takes Enforcement Action Against CIRCUIT CITY ELECTRONICS
Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jules Polonetsky Short Circuits
Electronics Giant for Illegal Return Policy
DCA Commissioner Takes Enforcement Action Against Circuit City Electronics,
Demands Refunds For Consumers Socked With 15% 'Restocking Fee'
Circuit City Electronics -- th...
Entity
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
6117, Report:
#426
Posted Date:
Dec 19 1999
BUYER BEWARE ! MAIL ORDER CO. = www.Of-the-Month.com
I ordered a soup subscription last year (Christmas gift) for an elderly recluse . The soup has yet to arrive and all efforts to rectify (38 attempts in 11 months) have proven fuitless.
My complaint: Misleading advertising/misrepresentation: The company web site continues to adve...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores