6731, Report:
#2191
Posted Date:
May 03 2000
CIRCUIT CITY and THOMPSON ELECTRONICS RIP-OFF dvd hardware offer Buy a qualifying dvd player get shafted
Circuit City offered a promotion which states if you buy a qualifying dvd player and send in the required information you will recieve 5 free dvd's and 13 free rentals. We purchased one of the qualifying dvd players from Circuit City on October 9,99. Our qualifying request was recie...
Entity
dvd hardware offer
Categories: Electronic Manufacturers
6732, Report:
#2159
Posted Date:
Apr 27 2000
CIRCUIT CITY CHARGED MEOVER $200 ON A DEFECTIVE LAPTOP
I purchased a Toshiba laptop computer from the Killeen TX location. I had it for a few days when I discovered that the microphone input was defective, and that it kept shutting off unexpectedly, also I had to remove the battery to shut down the computer. I returned it to the Killeen...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronics Shops
6733, Report:
#1891
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2000
Circuit City Cell Phone Rip Off
I had an anolog cell phone for over 4 years, that I had originally bought from Circuit City, among numerous other electronic products. On 7/30/99, I purchased a new digital cell phone from Circuit City on a promotional deal, at a reduced price if I got a service contract with someo...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Corrupt Companies
6734, Report:
#1906
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2000
Donatucci Kitchens and Appliances .... rip-off Refrigerator
Several appliances were purchased from Donatucci's kitchens and appliances on 3-10-00 amounting to over $4,400. Our home is currently under construction therefore we felt it necessary to be present when the items were to be delivered as the construction workers were present but wer...
Entity
Donatucci Kitchens and Appliances
Categories: Small Business Services
6735, Report:
#2001
Posted Date:
Apr 07 2000
circuit city gift certificate rip-off
Two Christmas's ago I went to my local Circuit City at Jantzen Beach in Oregon to buy a couple of gift certificates as stocking stuffers for Christmas. I asked the cashier for two (2) $5.00 certificates. I was told that I would have to pay the store $5.02 for the certificates beca...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
6736, Report:
#1799
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
TV Repair-Best T.V.
We called them to come out and and check out our T.V. big screen, they professed to be experts on Mitsubitshi, they took the circuit board, then they came back and took our television to thier shop. They had the television for three months and never repaired it. We called to have th...
Entity
Best TV- John Johnson
Categories: Television Parts & Services
6737, Report:
#1805
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Circuit City extended warranty rip-off
I bought a Cellular Phone from Circuit City, and purchased the extended warranty program because the salesman told me, If anything goes wrong with your phone, we will fix it for free
That seems pretty clear to me.
A few weeks after purchase, I noticed that the bezel was cracke...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
6738, Report:
#1728
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Circuit City
My husband and I purchased a computer for over $1,700 in 1998. We paid off the entire balance on time, yet they reported us to several credit agencies claiming we owed a late fee. It's rather hard to accrue a late fee if the balance has already been paid. We challenged that ludicrou...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Computer Dealers
6739, Report:
#1664
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2000
Circuit City Not Performing Under Extended Maint. Contract
On about January 12, 2000, a Circuit City repair person responded to our request for repair of a drawer in our Whirlpool 25 cubic foot side-by-side refridgerator/freezer. As of 3-25-2000 it is still not repaired. Numerous phone calls to both the national repair center and the local ...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Appliances
6740, Report:
#1475
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2000
Best Buy Rebate Rip-offs
I recently purchased a computer monitor from Best Buy in my city of Montclair, CA. The reason I bought this particular monitor was because there was a $30.00 rebate offer on it.
After puchasing the monitor, I received along with my receipt two other receipts that had rebate re...
Entity
Best Buy
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores