8841, 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...
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Categories: Internet
8842, 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...
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Categories: Auto Parts
8843, 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...
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Categories: Computer Mail Order
8844, 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...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
8845, 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
Categories: Dental Services
8846, Report:
#4986
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2001
Citicorp Lifetime Warranty program betrays loyal cardmember ...warranty not worth the paper it was written on
I purchased an Amana refrigerator Sept. 16, 1993 for my mother under what I thought was a legitimate warranty plan. The Citibank Lifetime Warranty program guaranteed repairs for 10 years, or 2003, with use of their credit card.
I specifically used the card because of Citibank'...
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Categories: Banks
8847, Report:
#1820
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2001
J. Royal Jewelers GeorgeTown Park Mall Washington DC ..The Broken Wedding Ring ..Rip-off *UPDATE 4-10-01 Mall employees victimized
On October 23rd of 1998 my life partner & I were visiting Washington,D.C. & decided to look for committment rings for a ceremony we expected to have sometime in the near future. We bought the rings from the owner of what appeared to be a reputable jewelry store in Georgetown.
The...
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Categories: Jewelry Stores
8848, 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...
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Categories: On-Line Business
8849, 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
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
8850, 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...
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Categories: Computer Stores