6521, Report:
#4410
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2001
The Villages of Forest Ridge & Town and Country Management apartment scam
In June of 1999 we rented an apartment after moving from out of state. Upon signing the lease, we informed the manager that we were searching for a house, would it be a problem to break the lease should we find our house. We were told, no problem, just give 60 days written notice s...
Entity
The Villages of Forest Ridge & Town and Country Management
Categories: Landlords
6522, Report:
#4266
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2001
PEP BOYS, screwed by Manny, Moe, and Jack * UPDATE..Consumer Advise
After having a new battery installed (by a different company), the car wasn't getting fuel. One PepBoys (Cutler Ridge) installed a new fuel pump and filter - $283.00, including $68 for Diagnostics, after being told that the problem was the fuel filter.
A week and a half later, th...
Entity
PepBoys
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6523, Report:
#3994
Posted Date:
Dec 07 2000
Scammed on E-Bay
I won an E-bay auction from a man named Barry W. Black of Golden Eagle Enterprises in California. The Auction was for a network hub sold as is and the winning bid was $6.50. The Auction stated that buyer was to pay actual shipping. I then received an e-mail asking for $16.50 whic...
Entity
Barry W. Black, Golden Eagle Enterprises
Categories: Computer Mail Order
6524, Report:
#1769
Posted Date:
Nov 26 2000
Liberty Pontiac GMC dealership rip-off
Basicly I purchased a new 99 Yukon in 1998. A few months later, I started having a problem with the differential slipping. They greased it and said it was fixed. Well to make a long story short. I had to take it back around four times within a years time.
The customer service re...
Entity
Liberty Pontiac GMC
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
6525, Report:
#3418
Posted Date:
Nov 14 2000
Auto repair fraud at Ed Morse Chevrolet in Lauderhill Florida
I am an independent automotive technical expert in Florida. Recently I was dispatched to check a rear differential failure on a 1998 GMC pickup. The customers complaint was left axle seal leaking onto brakes. The shop produced an estimate in excess of $2500. The technician had remov...
Entity
Ed Morse Chevrolet
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
6526, Report:
#3485
Posted Date:
Nov 13 2000
Racial Targeting through Finacial Aid abuse of verification TAMS/UNT and Duke University
A Dominican American Student, George Luis Allen, was blocked from registration this semester using verification from Spring of 1999 which was withheld until the money was lost at Duke University. Verification has been used for four years at Texas Academy of Math and Science/Universi...
Entity
Texas Academy of Math and Science/University of North Texas
Categories: Colleges and Universities
6527, Report:
#3811
Posted Date:
Nov 09 2000
Eagle Eyes Sunglasses California TV advertisment scam
Purchased three pair of Sunglasses. Sunglasses arrived and two pair are defective. Repeated attempts to get through on their toll free number are unsuccessful. I have literally been on hold for 4 hours with no response from a real person. Tried their website and Customer Service ema...
Entity
Eagle Eyes
Categories: TV Advertisements
6528, Report:
#3007
Posted Date:
Sep 05 2000
Gm Dealership George Ballas Auto Body Sham
My car was recently repaired from an accident at George Ballas GMC in Toledo Ohio. When I recieved the car back the dealership did not want me looking at the car when I picked it up and hurried me out the door.
Upon arriving home I examined the car and found that the paint did...
Entity
GEORGE BALLAS, GMC
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
6529, Report:
#3095
Posted Date:
Sep 03 2000
foreign auto body, oak rige new jersey lazy machanics
they promised to complete a simple repair within a certain time period, but when the car was suppossed to be done, they had yet to so much as start on it. Thier only excuse was that they hadn't gotten around to it yet, and they seemed totally apathetic to the interuption it caused ...
Entity
foreign auto body
Categories: Auto Mechanics
6530, Report:
#2936
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2000
Just Brakes #41, 3217 Harwood Road, Bedford, TX 76021, Proud to Rip You Off
Just Brakes #41
3217 Harwood Road
Bedford, TX 76021
(817) 267-8306
I go in to Just Brakes expecting a good deal at $99.88 and leave after paying $842.00. I have a 97 GMC Savana Van with only 57k miles on it. I used to work as a mechanic and was good at brakes, but I was goin...
Entity
Just Brakes #41
Categories: Auto Repair Service