9681, Report:
#20418
Posted Date:
May 08 2002
United Financial Credit ripoff credit card offer, $299 membership fee upfront
I received a call from a credit card company calling themselves United Financial Credit. They right away, told me that I was approved for a $3,000.00 credit limit and all they needed was a $299.00 membership fee to send me my guaranteed mastercard with the $3,000.00 limit.
I tho...
Entity
Categories: Credit Services
9682, Report:
#20276
Posted Date:
May 06 2002
University of Phoenix UOP mistakes ignored & levied penalites & fines against my credit rating Fountain Valley Costa Mesa Woodland Hills Santa Ana Ontario So. Pasadena Gardena Diamond Bar, online ripoff online California
made mistakes on my financial records, ignored my 47 requests to clear it up over 3 yrs., and levied penalites and fines against my credit rating.
Apathetic customer service reps failed to follow through the simplest requests over 3 years, causing confusion while other depts. le...
Entity
Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
9683, Report:
#19730
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2002
Al Collins Graphic Design School Its the school of ripoff and scam artists!! Tempe Arizona
I went to Al Collins about 10 years ago. I was fresh out of high school and looking for a college to attend. I came across Al Collins and immediately started looking into it.
I made an appointment to speak to some woman about the school, what kind of technology and kind of degr...
Entity
Categories: Trade Schools
9684, Report:
#19171
Posted Date:
Apr 19 2002
A Briggs Passaport & Visa Expeditors, The Village Postmark ripoff, scam, ripoff business from hell Washington D.C, Claremont California
Just like the other rip off report regarding Briggs, I also was going on a trip of a lifetime, my boyfriend was taking me to Tahiti. I called around to different places trying to find a way to get my passport in 5 days. On a Monday, I called one of their offices in Claremont and s...
Entity
Categories: Travel Services
9685, Report:
#18965
Posted Date:
Apr 17 2002
Palmetto Marketing Inc. RIPOFF Coral Springs Florida
On Tuesday April 16, 2002 two individuals claiming ot be college students knocked on my door.
They used a pressure sales approach saying that if they could win this magazine renewal contest, they would get a trip to Cancun, Mexico.
At looking at the prices I noticed they wer...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
9686, Report:
#18729
Posted Date:
Apr 12 2002
Bally Total fitness ripoff tricked and lied to us St. Clair Shores Michigan
I have had a terrible time with bally's. When I was 18 my best friend and I thought it would be a good idea to join a health club. We went to bally's, the representative lied to us he told us we were going to have a trial membership because we were students and that we could quit ...
Entity
Categories: Beauty Salons
9687, Report:
#17459
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2002
MRA/GGW video Girls Gone Wild with my credit card ripoff business from hell Sylmar CaliforniaFOX 6 investigative reporter John Mattes first broke the story how Girls Gone Wild was marketing videos for only $9.99 consumers found the company tacking on huge fees. Thousands of consumers called it a rip-off on ripoffreport. After our story aired an attorney sued calling it deceptive advertising. Video part 1 Video part 2
My son ordered GGW video in October 2001. He received his two videos. Then the company charged his debit card three more times and he didn't even get anything. When I called the company on his behalf the man was very rude and tried to tell me the videos are educational for my son. H...
Entity
Categories: TV Advertisements
9688, Report:
#17246
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2002
The Jablon Group Beware College Students- Jablon Group is Sneaky and Dishonest deceptive company . internet
A few months ago I received a letter about a FABULOUS job opportunity available only to college students interested in earning money at a great internship. I know this sounds shady right away but the mroe I researched it, online and on the phone, the better it seemed. I decided I co...
Entity
Categories: Colleges and Universities
9689, Report:
#1030065
Posted Date:
Mar 18 2002
Raylene Van Worth TOTAL FRAUD *Thank you Rip-off Report
Last year this Raylene Van Worth person bought my wifes name from a mailing list and even though we've NEVER written back to this creep with the form letters who's always Begging for money she STILL continues to send those cheap form letters which a 3rd grader could have done a bett...
Entity
Categories: Psychic Fortune Tellers
9690, Report:
#16407
Posted Date:
Mar 10 2002
Sprint PCS Ripoff Poor Customer Service victimized many consumers North Logan Utah
I am currently an employee of CONVERGYS Corporation, a contracted call center for Sprint PCS located in North Logan, Utah. This call center handles 80-90% of Sprint PCS Collections department calls. If you've ever had your phone shut off, your calls are rerouted to the collections...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies