8091, Report:
#7058
Posted Date:
Oct 10 2001
Consolidated Media Services Magazine Rip-offs
on May 25, 2001 I received a telephone call at my place of employment from as the other lady put it a rapidly speaking individual. I was told by this person that I was a runner up in a contest to win a free trip. He gave me a big speach on his company and the word free came out of t...
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Categories: Media
8092, Report:
#6909
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2001
Prime Peripherals Rebate rip-off Cheats
I applied for the $45 rebate for the purchase of 200 blank CD-Rs on February 27, 2001 at Office Max in Honolulu, Hi.
Prime Peripherals has given me a different story every time they have actually had the courtesy to reply. The story they gave me was that Office Max in Hawaii pri...
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Categories: Computer Stores
8093, Report:
#6929
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2001
STAY AWAY FROM VERIZON PRE-PAID CELL SERVICE
Dear Rip Off Reports,
I would like to give everyone fair warning about Verizon's Pre-paid service. SATY AWAY!!!! VERY FAR AWAY!!!!!!!
Let me tell you my story....
In need of a cell phone for work that I must provide I was looking for a depedable cell phone that would work at ...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
8094, Report:
#6869
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2001
Okie Corp., Prime Peripherals consumer fraud LOW-Class Action
I sent my rebate materials by certified mail on 3/19/01 from Andover MA. The letter was picked up from their probably overflowing PO Box on 4/2/01. This I took as a bad sign.
After a lot of threats to call my lawyer and the FTC, I finally got a check directly from OKIE Corp. ( a ...
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Categories: Computer Fraud
8095, Report:
#6850
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2001
Action Integrated Marketing: Deceptive TV Commercials that Mislead Car Buyers Nationwide.
Car buyers must remember before going to any car lot, that the auto industry is not regulated like other businesses. Deceptive advertising, Verbal promises, Fake dealer invoices, Shot Guns to your credit, Companies that teach car dealer's sales staff How to Take more of the buyer's...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
8096, Report:
#6552
Posted Date:
Sep 15 2001
Rip-off to United States *Consumer Comment ..get these bastards once and for all.
A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television comme...
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Categories: Wanted Criminals
8097, Report:
#6485
Posted Date:
Sep 03 2001
Bernard Haldane Associates, I, too, was duped ..actually run as B L Marketing International Inc ..And about this vast network of jobs? It doesn't exist.
I, too, was duped by BHA. During the sales process, although the salesman said he couldn't guarantee me a job, his sales process introduced the company as something entirely different than what they really were.
He told me that my career marketing agent would be able to get me...
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Categories: Employment Services
8098, Report:
#4732
Posted Date:
Sep 03 2001
Bernard Haldane LHD Enterprises Rip-off ..Could all these people be lying? Bernard Haldane or lawyer tries to retract Rip-off Report ..or victim was paid off? *UPDATE
Could all these people be lying? Bernard Haldane or lawyer tries to retract Rip-off Report ..or victim was paid off?
About two weeks ago badbusinessbureau.com was contacted by the alleged victim who filed a Rip-off Report. The victim said they worked out their differences with Be...
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Categories: Employment Services
8099, Report:
#6354
Posted Date:
Aug 27 2001
Cityspree ripoffs broke its promise *UPDATE
Cityspree may be good for some things, but last April they promised me a free coupon book for Boston, MA if I would give them 7 e-mail addresses of my friends. I did this, apologized to my friends, and waited.
There was no response, so I e-mailed them. I got a response from cus...
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Categories: Con Artists
8100, Report:
#6077
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2001
Prime Peripherals, $20.00 Rebate for a 56K V90 Modem rip-off.
I purchased a Prime Peripheral 56K Modem from Staples with a $20.00 rebate. I sent in all of the required paper work as requested. After waiting 12 weeks, I decided to investigate. I found out that Prime Peripherals took over the handling of the rebates from the following Web Sit...
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Categories: Communications & Networking