9401, Report:
#2166
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2000
In Deep-o with Pool Depot; The $7000 mistake
About 3 years ago we saw an ad on TV for a $250. above ground pool. We called the #, and a few days later a salesman nicknamed Joe Cashregister (he even had the nerve to tell us this) appeared at our home. He had an impressive sales binder showing us some pictures of beautiful poo...
Entity
Pool Depot
Categories: Pools & Saunas
9402, Report:
#2057
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2000
Superior Business Network SBN does NOT deliver!
Back in January of 2000 I heard of Superior Business Network.
949-515-1010 / 1-877-4SBNCOM
2392 MORSE AVE
IRVINE, CA 92614
(FORMERLY LOCATED AT:)
325 N. NEWPORT BLVD.
NEWPORTBEACH, CA 92663
An online electronic phonebook, They told me at the time that they were getting ...
Entity
Superior Business Network
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
9403, Report:
#1823
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Atlantic Subscriptions
On August 24, 1999 I met a nice young man at my local mall who told me that he was seeling magazine subscriptions at a discounted rate for one of his graduate courses (he was earning his MBA.) He told me, that it was a contest between his classmates and the winner one a trip. So I...
Entity
Atlantic Subscriptions
Categories: Sales People
9404, Report:
#1221
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2000
Subscription rip-off
I received a telemarketing call saying i had won a diamond watch as being a special card holder. They continued by saying that since I was a special customer that I could receive three free magazine subscriptions and all I had to do was pick one to pay for. It didn't sound like a ba...
Entity
Global Reader Service
Categories: Mail Order Services
9405, Report:
#1164
Posted Date:
Jan 22 2000
compuserve rebate problem
My wife and I purchased a Hewlett Packard computer with the Compuserve $400 rebate deal. They told us it would be 6 weeks before we received our rebate. We waited for 9 weeks and then tried to call. They kept putting us on hold for about 5 minutes and then hanging up on us! Eventu...
Entity
Compuserve
Categories: Internet Services
9406, Report:
#1079
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2000
BJ's Wholesale Club New York Changes refund policy on generators over New Year.
Date: 12/24/99
Place: BJ's Wholesale Club, 3303 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, NY.
Purchase:$499.99 Generator 1167501140
Mode of Payment: Mastercard
Purchaser: Club member
Merchant #67461100760
Like millions of others did before the New Year, we purchased a generator at B...
Entity
BJ's Wholesale Club
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
9407, Report:
#1072
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2000
The Popcorn Factory Holiday Disappointment
This past holiday season, I like many others decided to use the online service to order some holiday gifts. One of the company's I chose to order from was the PopCorn Factory. I placed an order with them in the early afternoon (about 1:00pm) for a gift basket to be sent to my supe...
Entity
The Popcorn Factory
Categories: Gift Shops
9408, Report:
#426
Posted Date:
Dec 19 1999
BUYER BEWARE ! MAIL ORDER CO. = www.Of-the-Month.com
I ordered a soup subscription last year (Christmas gift) for an elderly recluse . The soup has yet to arrive and all efforts to rectify (38 attempts in 11 months) have proven fuitless.
My complaint: Misleading advertising/misrepresentation: The company web site continues to adve...
Entity
www.Of-the-Month.com
Categories: On-Line Stores
9409, Report:
#850
Posted Date:
Oct 17 1999
First USA Bank Billing Ripoff
I had a Platinum Visa credit card for many years with First Chicago. In July 1999 I received a notice with my bill that in August my First Chicago credit card will become a First USA credit card. I had dealt with First USA before with a different account back in 1997 that I closed...
Entity
First USA Bank, N.A.
Categories: Credit & Debt Services