6521, Report:
#5479
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2001
Offshore Engines / Charles A. Dynes jr. Oceanside CA THIS MAN IS A CROOK!
Paid Offshore Engines in Oceanside Ca $1900.00 for a chevy 2.6L V6 remanufactured long block and installation with a 24000 mile/24 month warranty picked the car up 2 weeks later drove 9miles from his shop and the engine blew up! called offshore engines they picked the car up from th...
Entity
Charles A Dynes jr
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6522, 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
6523, 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
6524, Report:
#1033500
Posted Date:
Mar 27 2001
LEWIS MOTORS & American Honda Corp in VERMONT RUSTING ACURA Defective brand new Auto
In February of 2000, I bought an Acura Integra with 17 miles. When I had the car for approx. 3 months I noticed rust on the passenger front door. Steve Sabitini, an Acura Representative, came to Lewis Motors to assess the problem. He said that this was normal wear and tear on my ...
Entity
LEWIS MOTORS The American Honda Corp. (Acura)
Categories: Auto manufactures
6525, Report:
#4712
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2001
Montemayor Motors ..Beware!!! Ripped-Off by these Unlicensed Backyard Mechanics
I spoke to this mechanic from Montemayor Motors about rebuilding the transmission for my car. He said he could do the job. And gave me a 3 month warranty. When they picked up the transmission a part was left behind.
They told me I needed to replace the tork converter, which a...
Entity
Montemayor Motors
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6526, Report:
#1033523
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2001
GM SmartLease -- A Deal with the Devil
We have now been fighting with General Motors customer service for months. They are the most arrogant, self-important group of people one will ever encounter that deals with the public. When you ask to speak to a supervisor they refuse. They are the final word for General Motors,...
Entity
General Motors of Canada
Categories: Auto manufactures
6527, Report:
#4372
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2001
automotive dealer crossroads motors selling cars with bad engines
purchased a used car from crossroads motors.within 1 week it went through 3 gallons of antifreeze. thought it had bad head gasket put in shop to check. was told had a cracked engine block. notified dealer of problem he told me bring it back i will put you into another car.he wanted ...
Entity
Crossroads Motors
Categories: Auto Dealers
6528, 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
6529, Report:
#3966
Posted Date:
Dec 04 2000
Dave Smith Motors ..less than honest ..trouble delivering **UPDATE: Consumer Advocate Advise
We ordered a PT Cruiser on 4-28-00. Order accepted by Chrysler on 5-1-00. We were told that we would have our Cruiser in 5-6 months. We are still in BX status. Our sales person has not returned calls or kept one single promise he made to call us back or check on anything we ask.
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Entity
Dave Smith Motors
Categories: Auto Dealers
6530, Report:
#3873
Posted Date:
Nov 17 2000
Circuit Citys sales staff lies & ESP warranty program rip off Richmond Virginia
I sent the following letter to Circuit City's extended service program (ESP) dept. It is fairly self explanatory. What is not expanded on is my original talk with the store service manager. She refused to talk to me about the sales staffs mis-representation of ESP policy, which, by ...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores