7431, Report:
#13446
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2002
Travel Card International ripoff fraud
I am very upset at this point because I am out of almost $500.00. I was contacted back in January of 2001 by a suppose to be tele-a-marketer asking if I wanted to invest and become a travel member. She told me the terms and they began to take the money out of my bank account on Jan...
Entity
Travel Card International
Categories: Telemarketers
7432, Report:
#4914
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2002
Costco Goes to Court, Accused of Duping Consumers REBATE RIP-OFF
THIRTY-FOOT-HIGH columns of Kodak film. Seven stacks of acoustic guitars sandwiched between automobile tires and computer software. Four-foot-wide aisles. The Costco corporation makes shopping a science by offering consumers an experience where they can pleasantly buy bulk goods at ...
Entity
Costco
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
7433, Report:
#14253
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
TARGET CARD - VISA THAT NEVER CAME BUT ACTIVATED. A BIG RIPOFF
I RECIEVED A PHONE CALL FROM A PERSON OFFERING TO UPGRADE MY TARGET CARD.I AGREED TO TAKE THE VISA AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY CARD WOULD BE ON ITS WAY.MY SONS BIRTHDAY 2 WEEKS LATER I GO TO TARGET AND TRY TO BUY A VIDEO GAME ON MY CARD,BUT TO MY SURPRISE
MY OLD CARD HAD ALREADY BEEN CA...
Entity
TARGET/VISA
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7434, Report:
#8282
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
Business Travelers should avoid WELLESLEY INN & AMERISUITES ..rude & uncaring
I put this off long enough. I tried to give the folks at Prime Hospitality (parent corp of Wellesley Inn & Amerisuites) the benefit of the doubt, and they fell flat on their faces everytime.
Like many other business travelers, I always looked for the best value in a hotel: price,...
Entity
Wellesley Inns/Amerisuites
Categories: Hotel
7435, Report:
#14208
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2002
ZOOM COPTERS SOUTHERN WIND LLC DISAPPOINTED CHILDREN RIP-OFF
WELL, I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS BREIF. THIS THING CALLED A ZOOM COPTER WAS SOLD AT CHRISTMASAT AN AREA MALL. THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DEMONSTRATING IT DID A GREAT JOB OF FOOLING ALOT OF PEOPLE.
I PURCHASED FIVE OF THESE TOY HELICOPTERS FOR MY CHILDREN AND THEIR COUSINS.A FRIEND OF MIN...
Entity
SOUTHERN WIND LLC
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7436, Report:
#13817
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2002
CompUSA Refuses to Make a Sale- How Do They Stay in Business??
August of 2000, I made the decision to purchase a PDA for my boyfriend's birthday. We did some research and determined which model was most appropriate. It was a popular model, and I called around the greater eastside to locate a store which had it in stock. I called CompUSA in Ki...
Entity
CompUSA
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
7437, Report:
#13346
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2002
E-company
I went to Bluemountain.com to send my husband a birthday card, and now they are charging for them to send interactive cards. Well if you attach a gift, you can send that card for free. So I did, I went to zipgifts.com (there was a key you had to click and this will connect you wit...
Entity
Zipgifts.com (zipsned.com) through bluemounyain.com greeting card
Categories: Gift Shops
7438, Report:
#13129
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2002
MARTIAL ARTIST/CON ARTIST-HONG'S USA TAEKWONDO-PHIL HONG Niles Michigan & Mish Indiana
BUYER BEWARE!!!
Master Hong, soon pil (phillip Hong) Dr.Hong
claiming to hold a PHd. In Physical education (Purchased for $3,000 from a korean professor in Louisiana) also claiming to be a 7th degree black belt in taekwondo (only a legitimate 4th degree) a 6th dgeree in hapkido (o...
Entity
HONG'S USA TAEKWONDO INC
Categories: Teachers
7439, Report:
#12875
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2002
MRA Video, Girls Gone Wild Video ScamFOX 6 investigative reporter John Mattes first broke the story how Girls Gone Wild was marketing videos for only $9.99 consumers found the company tacking on huge fees. Thousands of consumers called it a rip-off on ripoffreport. After our story aired an attorney sued calling it deceptive advertising. Video part 1 Video part 2
I saw the Girls Gone Wild video advertised on TV and thought it would make a perfect gag gift for a friend's birthday gift. I placed the order, used a check/debit card, specifically told them I did not want their monthly videos automatically sent to me. I received the video and it...
Entity
MRA Video
Categories: Video & Film Production
7440, Report:
#12813
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2002
Wyoming River Raiders-Customer service terrible. ripping me off by charging me & have not sent merchandise
Catalog came in the mail before Christmas so we placed and order at least two weeks before the Holiday. None of it came in for gifts.
Than, after some E-mails and phone calls the order started drifting in one or two items at a time.
After begging for the order in hopes to us...
Entity
Wyoming River Raiders
Categories: Sporting Goods