9201, Report:
#5132
Posted Date:
May 13 2001
Aamco, Shawnee, Oklahoma transmission rebuilding rip-off
I own a Mazda 626. I took my car to Aamco in Shawnee, Oklahoma to have the transmissio rebuilt. I was quoted a price of $1500.00. It took them 3 weeks to rebuild it. In the end it cost me almost $1900.00. Five days later I was 3 hours away from my house and the transmission went...
Entity
Aamco
Categories: Auto Repair Service
9202, Report:
#5011
Posted Date:
Apr 24 2001
Rancho Valley Chevrolet auto repairs trying to take advantage
First i brought my 99 chev suburban to the Rancho Valley chevrolet dealership to fix a leak in my engine coolent system. When i was given my car back, i thought it was fixed. However a small leak was still present.
When i took the car to the car wash immediately after receivin...
Entity
Rancho Valley Chevrolet
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
9203, Report:
#4936
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2001
JUNK CARS !!! - GERMAN UNLIMITED IS THE PLACE
FEB. 01, 2001 - BOUGHT A 1988 MERCEDES BENZ - 300E FROM GERMAN UNLIMITED IN GARDENA, CAL. PAID CASH FOR $ 6,000.00 AND WAS GIVEN 3 MONTHS WARRANTY ON ENGINE & TRANSMISSION ONLY. ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CAR WERE PROVIDED VERBALLY ON THE DATE I PURCHASED THE CAR. WAS ADVISED TH...
Entity
GERMAN UNLITMITED ENT.
Categories: Junk Dealers
9204, Report:
#4190
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2001
Gateway rip off
I ordered a Gateway in late August of 2000. It worked fine for about three weeks and then I had trouble connecting to the internet. Of course I called my service provider to see if the problem could be fixed. They said they thought it was a modem problem. I called Gateway Tech Sup...
Entity
Gateway
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
9205, Report:
#4127
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2001
SCS, Global Connect Phone Cards, SCS, Dallas,Texas ..Calling cards that never work
This companny sells Calling cards that never work.
They promise wonderful deals with no connection fees or monthly charges.
They have a customer service thats defunct!!!
They need to be shown their place...or else many more are to be ripped off!!!
Entity
SCS, Global Connect
Categories: Telephone Companies
9206, Report:
#3974
Posted Date:
Dec 04 2000
Jotter - Drops pay-to-surf, doesn't pay members
Jotter was once a pay-to-surf company. They ran it for several months and had a minimum payment of $50. Suddenly, in late September they announced they were discontinuing pay-to-surf in three days and all members with balances under $50 would not be paid. Anybody who had been an act...
Entity
Jotter
Categories: Corrupt Companies
9207, Report:
#3758
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2000
Beware of promises made by high speed internet access companies.
I asked Earthlink for an ADSL high-speed internet connection. To cut a long and frustrating story short, the job dragged on for weeks. No satisfactory answer was given to me as to who would be paying for the enormous amount of extra work needed to run a new data line to my apartment...
Entity
Earthlink ADSL
Categories: Internet
9208, Report:
#3277
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2000
Primerica and Travelers Bank and Trust pyramid type scam*UPDATE: Primerica gets a POSITIVE rating from Rip-off Report in customer support & satisfaction. Primerica pledges to resolve complaints from the past, present and in the future, and give 100% commitment to customer service-say Company Executives!
Primerica is a pyramid type scam. They offer bill consolidation with biweekly payments to save you money. The people that sell this scam then recruit people they they help to work for them in a multilevel marketing commission type relationship. That is just one problem with this ...
Entity
Primerica and Travelers Bank And Trust
Categories: Banks
9209, Report:
#2105
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2000
Travel Navigator ran off with my money!
In Jan. of '98, I attended a seminar for Travel Navigator and signed up with their company. It looked like a good company so I paid their fee. You were supposed to be able to get your money back if you requested it within one year. I began asking for my refund at the end of Feb. ...
Entity
Travel Navigator
Categories: Multi Level Marketing
9210, Report:
#3435
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2000
World Spy FREE internet service explodes our phone bill
We had Gateway internet service but changed to free World Spy. The software they provided to be downloaded caused the dialing to go past the 2 local numbers and go to toll phone numbers...causing our phone bill to be $4600 by the time we shut off the line. They are now out of busi...
Entity
World Spy Internet
Categories: Internet Services