7911, Report:
#5653
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2001
Poetry.com nearly ripped me off as well.
January 2001 - I spent many hours working on a poem and came across poetry.com. Not knowing what I now know about this unethical company, I submitted my poem to enter their sweepstakes. After several weeks, I was notified by mail that I was a semi-finalist and much closer to receiv...
Entity
poetry.com
Categories: Internet
7912, Report:
#5258
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2001
U.S. Auto Parts in Gardena, California a ripoff *UPDATE
My son, Greg Cutler, saw an advertisement from US Auto Parts in your April, 2001 magazine for a chrome grille (p. 19). He ordered this part in mid March from a man named Alex. Then on March 24, 2001, he wrecked his truck and, obviously, no longer needed the chrome grille. Therefo...
Entity
U. S. Auto Parts
Categories: Auto Parts
7913, Report:
#5376
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2001
Video Computer Store rebate rip-off
Order # F589269 sold to 162215 Sandra L. Houston date 12/21/99
Item 1 ea PC-3655 Quantex Intel P-III 500 dvd cost $1,892.00
paid with Mastercard. This item had a $1,000.00 rebate. Please someone help me get this rebate. I am a single mother, with two children. I have cancer...
Entity
Video Computer Store
Categories: Computer Mail Order
7914, Report:
#5309
Posted Date:
May 31 2001
American Credit Source - Credit Rip-off Enchancement Service ..those credit cards in the mail, beware
I too was rip off for 219.99 from CES (alias Credit Enhancement Service). I normally would not have submitted the information on my checking account, but I too was trying to rebuild my credit.
I did ask the representative if this was a catalog to order items and she stated yes...
Entity
michelle payton-kenner
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7915, Report:
#5199
Posted Date:
May 28 2001
NetWhitening.com ..fly-by-night operation that cannot be trusted. *UPDATE ..We apologize deeply!
NetWhitening.com is an online retailer that supposedly specializes in teeth bleaching kit supplies (custom dental trays, bleaching gel, etc.)
On April 3, 2001 I found NetWhitening.com after doing a Yahoo search. They had what I was shopping for: a dental tray and bleaching gel. ...
Entity
NetWhitening.com
Categories: Dental Services
7916, Report:
#1032259
Posted Date:
Apr 03 2001
Weblens www.weblens.net on-online rip-off
After trying to buy contact lenses through PVM Weblens www.weblens.net, it was rudely brought to my attention that I had incorrectly completed the prescription order for the type of lenses I was ordering. This was due to the fact that I had recently changed optician, but something t...
Entity
Weblens www.weblens.net
Categories: On-Line Business
7917, Report:
#4462
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2001
MasterCard And Visa Rip-Off! .. * They arrive in your mail from some official looking bank claiming that you have been Pre-Approved
Don't Fall For The Free MasterCard And Visa Rip-Off!
I'm sure you've seen them! You know the kind. They arrive in
your mail from some official looking bank claiming that you
have been Pre-Approved for a Mastercard or VISA credit card.
Of course, you don't have to have any cr...
Entity
MasterCard And Visa
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7918, Report:
#4102
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2000
Auction-Sales.com - Disappeared
I won an auction for $940 on 11/21/00.
Called and confirmed the auction, they charged my card immediately.
Waited 4 weeks and called back. They disappeared!!!
The website is down, the e-mail doesn't work, nobody answers the phones and all of their mailboxes are full.
They ran...
Entity
Auction-Sales
Categories: Computer Stores
7919, Report:
#3815
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2000
Warehouse & Storage rip-off
I purchased a CA King box springs & mattress set from the Nationwide Warehouse store located in Fayetteville NC. The first problem I had was that the sales man neglected to inform me that there would be a delivery charge, which I found out about the next day.
After numerous phon...
Entity
Warehouse & Storage
Categories: Moving & Storage
7920, Report:
#3763
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2000
Direct Merchants Bank MasterCard ..Being scammed for more money
I paid this company off what I owed in full, $1400. Then they said I owe another $70 which I paid, thinking somehow I owed it. Now they are saying I owe another $111 and are trying to say I made a purchase in June, when I haven't used my card and cancelled it before then, so it coul...
Entity
Direct Merchants Bank MasterCard
Categories: Banks