6931, Report:
#4225
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2001
A BBB or RRR ? Denver Better Business Bureau, not what it used to be A former Commercial Manager of the Denver Area Better Business Bureau reveals. *UPDATE
A BBB or RRR ?
Check me out ! I was Commercial Manager of the Denver Area Better Business Bureau. (Back some 35 years ago.)
W.Dan Bell was General Manager at the time. He pioneered efforts to establish various Trade Groups for the purpose of policing their own specific Indust...
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Categories: Better Business Bureau
6932, Report:
#4050
Posted Date:
Dec 18 2000
Exstended Stay America - ESA company's hotels / Executive Suites RIP-OFF ON LOCAL CALLS
While ESA under several different market names has a great idea in providing low cost executive suite motels for much less than a stay in a standard motel and with amenities such as kitchinettes and data lines for your compouter . . .
WATCH OUT FOR THEIR FREE LOCAL CALL PRACTICES...
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Categories: Hotel
6933, Report:
#3908
Posted Date:
Nov 23 2000
Bell South Internet DSL Services is a Rip-off false advertising
Big ads all over 1 month free DSL service, free modem. free activation and only $40* month. They dont mention that there is a $150 professional installation fee.
You should have seen the installer--well lets leave him out and just talk about his girlfriend that comes with him. H...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
6934, Report:
#3758
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2000
Beware of promises made by high speed internet access companies.
I asked Earthlink for an ADSL high-speed internet connection. To cut a long and frustrating story short, the job dragged on for weeks. No satisfactory answer was given to me as to who would be paying for the enormous amount of extra work needed to run a new data line to my apartment...
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Categories: Internet
6935, Report:
#3739
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2000
Southwestern Bell Wireless complete failure
I have two wireless phone accounts with Southwestern Bell. I opened the first one 2/2/2k. For 8 months the problems appeared as follows:
1-The first phone (an Erickson fliptop) had almost no reception and standby was less than 8 hours.
2-After two weeks of complaints we were...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
6936, Report:
#3385
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2000
Biig Ripoff by Invincible Security Systems
We bought a home security system from Invincible along with a life-time monitoring package. Our alarm system was set off at least 3 times with no response from the local police department to whom the system was supposed to be linked to. Our calls to Invincible resulted in absolutely...
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Categories: Security Services
6937, Report:
#3370
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2000
Pheonix Networks DSL no service idiots
I ordered DSL about 3 months ago. They said it would take at the most 2 months and that I would get IDSL(a slower version of DSL) because of the location of my apartment. I was fine with that and I gave them my credit card #.
Not one person has called me and given me an updat...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
6938, Report:
#3328
Posted Date:
Sep 13 2000
Taco Bell's new ploy to bilk customers
I went with my children to our local Pittsburgh area Taco Bell. When I requested water to go along with my meal, the employee told me that they can only sell bottled water. Meanwhile, there's a sink right behind the guy and a water spout at the help-yourself beverage station! And ...
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Categories: Fast Food Restaurants
6939, Report:
#3171
Posted Date:
Sep 04 2000
OneStar long distance carrier is a problem
I started out with LDDS with no problems. Then USTel bought them out and had no problems. But when OneStar took over USTel, it all began!!! From about Sept 1999 until Nov 1999 my statement showed a credit. In Dec 1999 I received a statement with my credit wiped off. I called t...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
6940, Report:
#3097
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2000
Earthlink-Mindspring DSL ISP ... no customer service
The Earthlink-Mindspring DSL service is Horrible. If you want DSL, stick with Bell Atlantic. Mindspring told me that they would schedule an appointment for installation a month after I called them. they cancelled and rescheduled 5 times, and each of those times someone had to stay h...
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Categories: Internet Services