8511, Report:
#2690
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2000
Abslide / Sylmark Company
I have purchased an Abslde a month ago and yes , I did receive it. However, I received it together with some stuff that i didn't want such as the Fit for Life program etc. I called and called and called their customer service to cancel the program and there was no answer, or I wou...
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Categories: TV Advertisements
8512, Report:
#2472
Posted Date:
Jun 16 2000
Beware of UBID
Alot of people think that UBID is great..............unitl they win an auction and receive damaged goods. I won a pair of speakers from them and when the boxes came the bottoms were falling out! I opened the boxes and the speakers were damaged and bashed in on the corners. I was pis...
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Categories: On-Line Stores
8513, Report:
#1429
Posted Date:
Feb 29 2000
Wholesale Furniture Stores are not always a bargain
On June 28, 1998, Daryl Kanuho and I had placed a sectional and five piece Willie Taupe table and chairs on layaway. We wanted the one in stock, but due to them being on layaway, Charlota, who is the manager, said that it was better for her to order us a new one since we did not ne...
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Categories: Furniture & Furnishings
8514, Report:
#1418
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2000
A FingerHut Purchase?
Dcember 1998. I awoke one morning to find a Computer sitting on my front porch. Up on checking it out, I found it was from FingerHut Corporation address 11 McLeland Road,St. Cloud, MN 56395. As I did not order it or my family, I notified Fingerhut about tthe Computer and was told I ...
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Categories: Con Artists
8515, Report:
#1375
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2000
ALLOY ~ Mail Order Nightmare
On Jan6,2000, I ordered a sweatshirt for my daughter, on Jan 31, 2000, I called to see where the shirt is, they said it was mailed out on the 20th of Jan. So I waited. On Feb 8,2000, I called, they said it was never sent out, so they said they will send it next day air, no charg...
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Categories: Mail Order Services
8516, Report:
#1328
Posted Date:
Feb 21 2000
Personalized Service - Wayne & Damon Coons -- Rip-off!
hired a handy-man service to install inter-locking wood plank flooring in my condo as well as tile a small bathroom and replace sink and toilet. after a thorough review of materials and inspection of condo, i was quoted $2000 plus materials, half of which i paid up front with a che...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
8517, Report:
#1306
Posted Date:
Feb 21 2000
Beware - D.R. Horton Homes cannot complete home
D.R. Horton Homes (in Phoenix) has provided the worst built, worst supported home we have ever seen.
We bought our new home in August of '98, and as of this writing (02/21/00) it still is not finished. We were encouraged to move in a few days prior to completion in March of '9...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
8518, Report:
#841
Posted Date:
Dec 19 1999
Pulte Homes builder / contractor uses binding arbitration to hide from their warranty
for the whole story, go to http://www.blackstoneversuspulte.com
Pulte is the largest builder in the nation with revenues in the first quarter of 1999 of $658.4 million.
The home owners, Jim & Martha Blackstone, closed on their Pulte home on June 20, 1997 and immediately began to...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
8519, Report:
#1015
Posted Date:
Dec 17 1999
E-Closeout disaster
I ordered a CD changer from E-Closout in early July, 1999. They billed my credit card immediately, the only sign of efficiency that I've seen from them. I called them in late August to find that the order had been lost, but would be shipped right away. Two weeks later, I called t...
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Categories: On-Line Stores
8520, Report:
#978
Posted Date:
Dec 09 1999
Toysrus.com Takes More Than a Month to Process an Order
I had the unpleasant experience of ordering from toysrus.com. Not only did it take more than a month to process the order, it is still, according to their web page, sitting in their warehouse. I originally place this order (of one toy) on November 9, 1999, and as of December 9, 19...
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Categories: On-Line Stores