7311, Report:
#14104
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2002
HRS - BEST BUY rip off
I bought a Compaq laptop from BestBuy in Jun 2001. I paid up the entire amount in Sep 2001. In Jan 2002 I got a bill stating that the payment made was removed/cancelled from my account. The check however was cleared from my bank account. The copy of the check was sent to them wh...
Entity
HRS & Best Buy
Categories: Financial Services
7312, Report:
#14122
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2002
Gateway and Hurley State Bank ripoff scam!!
When purchasing my Gateway Laptop from a local Gateway store, I was never told ANYTHING about the account even being setup on a Credit Card, much less the 26.99 percent. After my first billing cycle my father and I could not figure out what was going on, however I paid the bills as...
Entity
Gateway and Hurley State Bank(Same Company)
Categories: Computer Stores
7313, Report:
#13895
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2002
Dell computer, save yourself the hassle. They are incompetent (as are there products) and apathetic, and could care less!
Below you may find all e-mail coorospondence with Dell. The info below also clearly shows how Dell not only makes a shotty product, but how they don't keep there word, show no customer concern, are apathetic, and how they financially rip off customers! I have contacted multipe highe...
Entity
Dell Computer
Categories: Computer Manufactures
7314, Report:
#13523
Posted Date:
Feb 07 2002
AOL is the worst company I have ever had to deal with
It is now February 2002. Since April 2001 I have been trying to get AOL to stop billing me and return me the money it billed me. I supposedly got a year of free AOL with my new Gateway laptop but it has been the biggest mistake I ever made. I won't go into detail. I've alreaedy s...
Entity
America On Line
Categories: Internet
7315, Report:
#13413
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2002
Circuit City Sells used equipment as new & sells personal information!!!!
I bought a laptop from the Circuit City in the City of Industry, CA. Within 2 weeks of purchasing the laptop I had to return it due to malfunctioning. The laptop was not recieving any power, therefore I could not get it to turn on. I had to go to the West Covina store to pick up a n...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronics Shops
7316, Report:
#13301
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2002
Capital Credit Alliance, Inc. -Stated in order to activate card to get ripoff catalog ..garanteed bull
Capital Credit Alliance, Inc. -Stated in order to activate card to get catalog had to pay $199, garanteed that they had laptop computers for $800
I want the money back, they lied to me and when I tried calling the catalog number 1-800-720-7125 and was continuously on hold while t...
Entity
Capital Credit Alliance, Inc.
Categories: Computer Manufactures
7317, Report:
#13187
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2002
GE's bad faith and Breach of Warranty re: Compaq 1235 laptop
I bought a Compaq 1235 laptop in December of 1998. My Circuit City salesman convinced me to purchase a 4-year extended warranty. I paid several hundred dollars for the warranty, and it is not worth the paper it is written on. I have had the laptop sent in no less than four times ...
Entity
GE Zurich (GE Consumer Relations)
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
7318, Report:
#12990
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2002
J.JOHNSTON LAP TOP SCAM
I RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION AND ON IT THEY HAD AN IBM LAPTOP COMPUTER W/SOFTWARE & FREE INTERNET I ORDERED AND PAID IN FULL. I HAVE NOT AS YET HEARD ANYTHING. MY CHECKS WERE CASHED 1/15/02.
NAME ON FORM J.JOHNSTON. TOTAL OF ORDER $499.95
SHIRLINE
SO.OZONE PARK, New York
Entity
J.JOHNSTON
Categories: Computer Dealers
7319, Report:
#12280
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2002
UBID - Their negligence caused me to lose over $1000.00 dollars
I won a bid on Ubid for a laptop computer. I soon learned that the seeler was in Romania.
I wrote 3 e-mails to Ubid asking to verify the persons to make sure she was a legitimate seller. They never responded. 5 days later after several e-mail exchanges with the seller I wired he...
Entity
UBID
Categories: E-trade
7320, Report:
#11775
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2002
Consumer Exchange with UBID a ripoff the crrok is Gheorghe Stefan Cristain blv.Constantin Bricoveanu Nr.81 Bucuresti,Romania.
On Dec 21,2001 i begain to look for me a new laptop computer. I tried EBay but didn't like the format. So I went to UBID and found a laptop that would suite my needs. So I bid on it and won it. There were 7 other people who also won this Laptop. The guy had 8 total to auction off. R...
Entity
Consumer Exchange -UBID ..Gheorghe Stefan Cristain
Categories: Computer Fraud