6481, Report:
#5209
Posted Date:
May 21 2001
MyFamily.com & Ancestry.com--BEWARE billing practices & customer service
BEWARE: DO NOT JUST TELL A PERSON WHO CALLS YOU THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO RENEW---YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED. THEY WILL BE GLAD TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WHEN YOU CALL TO SAY YOU WANT IT CANCELLED, BUT THEY WILL NOT REFUND ANY MONEY THEY TOOK FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR THIS A...
Entity
MyFamily.com, Inc. aka ancestry.com
Categories: Internet Services
6482, Report:
#5084
Posted Date:
May 03 2001
ABC Stereo.com's mail order stereo scam
I ordered a A/V receiver from these scam artists who advertise in electronic equipment magazines like Sound&Vision. They charged my credit card within a few days of the order. I was very naive, and believed them when they said it was on backorder. 6 weeks of various excuses later,...
Entity
Alpha Sound and Vision dba ABC Stereo.com
Categories: Stereos
6483, Report:
#4897
Posted Date:
Apr 11 2001
Spotlight Studios, Inc., hasn't delivered photographs
My wife had my daughter's senior pictures done at the Spotlight Studios, Inc., in Highland, In; in October, 2000. She selected the poses from the proofs and paid the bill in full November 7, 2000. They have cashed both of our checks from the first and second visit to them (the fir...
Entity
Spotlight Studios, Inc.
Categories: Photography
6484, Report:
#4876
Posted Date:
Apr 09 2001
Toshiba's Televisions Need some help...but not a s much as their customer service!
The story is so long it's painful!
The long and short of it is:
Back in January 2000, I purchased a Toshiba 32-inch Cinema Series TV. Everything was great, until about Jul/August when the picture on my TV was not working correctly. I first assumed it was my cable as my TV was...
Entity
Toshiba America Consumer Products
Categories: TVs & VCRs
6485, Report:
#4507
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2001
VCstore - Video Computer Store scam
There are many complaints filed here concerning VCstore. VCstore is a computer reseller that advertises heavily on cable systems around the country during the weekends. Their infomercials are slick, and filled with lies. VCstore has a pattern of delay, they charge people immediate...
Entity
VCstore
Categories: Computer Stores
6486, Report:
#4144
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2001
Pager Company Spam
One of my email accounts doesn't give me all the headers, but the company listed in the text has come up already in a previous Rip-Off Report (also under Wireless Concepts). The number got me a real person, who didn't know anything about being advertised by spam. If we all boycott d...
Entity
Wireless Concepts or Paging America
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
6487, Report:
#3245
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2000
YAM Racing, Selangor, Malaysia ..they refuse to pay
They asked me to work as a Media Exec, a racing team called YAM Racing, for the Merdeka Millenium 12-Hour Endurance Race. At first I was asked to write a press release, that they will be participating in the race.
I asked for a fee of USD$80 but the Director, Faizal Hakimi Jaafa...
Entity
Promotorsport Management Sdn. Bhd.
Categories: News Media
6488, Report:
#2676
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2000
Nightmare Wedding Pictures and Video.
My wife and I have Paid $1,560.00 to Robert and Patrica Palmero of His and Hers Studios for wedding photos(including four album's ) and a wedding video.
Our wedding was on September 11, 1999( over 10 months ago), but to date we have received our very bad wedding pictures and a lou...
Entity
Robert and Patricia Palmero His & Hers Studio
Categories: Photography
6489, Report:
#2066
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2000
Hierloom Studios Bad Photography
Hi my name is Ella Howell I am the mother of a disabled daughter and I say that only to emphasize that I do live on a limited income. It is rare that I can splurge for anything that is not a necessity! Last year around August or July of 1999 I had a friend call and ask me if I woul...
Entity
Hierloom Studios
Categories: Photography
6490, Report:
#1745
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Glamour Shots Rip-Off
My daughter arranged to celebrate her 14th birthday party with a few of her friends at Glamour Shots, a photography studio, in the Crabtree Valley Mall, Raleigh, NC. Glamour Shots provided hair styling, make-up, and costume changes for this occaision and the girls selected photos fr...
Entity
Glamour Shots
Categories: Photography