9711, Report:
#27528
Posted Date:
Aug 22 2002
Accutel of Texas Taking advantage of the Disabled, Rip-off, Dishonest Sales Practices Dallas Texas
To Whom It May Concern:
Request full refund (check for $75 deposit) be refunded to Stanley for NO dial-tone service he received from a fly by night company that is out to take advantage of people and rip them off.
Hi! My name is Gary (landlord) for Stanley (tennent). Stanl...
Entity
Accutel of Texas
Categories: Telemarketers
9712, Report:
#27367
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2002
GIRLS GONE WILD, GGW, MRA Video FRAUDULENT BILLING CHARGED CREDIT CARD WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION 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
I ordered the initial Girls Gone Wild video I saw on T.V. A month or two after receiving my videos they sent me another one. I never ordered the second video. They also charged my debit card without my authorization.
There was no mention of a membership or contract on the T....
Entity
GGW, MRA Video
Categories: TV Advertisements
9713, Report:
#2259
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2002
Video Professor-the Company from Hell.
I ordered the Video Professor CD-ROM set via the telephone. I checked it out, then decided it did not meet my needs. So I did like they said and called the toll-free number listed before the ten-day trial was up to get information on where to return the set. I gave my telephone n...
Entity
Video Professor
Categories: Computer Training & Education
9714, Report:
#26735
Posted Date:
Aug 12 2002
Pioneer First Platinum VISA ripoff Bountiful Utah
The commercial was on televison, with the advertisement of $5,000.00 platinum VISA card. CALL NOW!!!!! Once we (my daughter and I) we were told that it was a platinum VISA credit card not a catalog card. All is needed is a total of $189.00 per person deducted from your checking acc...
Entity
Pioneer First Platinum VISA
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
9715, Report:
#26577
Posted Date:
Aug 10 2002
Ford Motor Company provided the dealership with insufficient instructions on replacing gaskets which victimized many consumers Dearborn Michigan
My 1997 F150 was recalled for a defective timing cover gasket in December 1999. At the time the milage read approximately 60,000 miles and the motor had overheated due to a complete loss of coolant only a few days before the recall was received.
One month later the dealership re...
Entity
Ford Motor Company
Categories: Auto manufactures
9716, Report:
#19735
Posted Date:
Aug 10 2002
Carlton Sheets. Rip-off con-artists tricked, scammed, took us for all we had, and lied to us. Nationwide, Internet, USA
When I first contacted them via the phone, I had seen their info commercial and at he time they said if I ordered within twenty minutes I could get the entire package the giude,the videos, the cds, his online personal help and the rst of his materials for the low low price of 3 easy...
Entity
Carlton Sheets
Categories: TV Advertisements
9717, Report:
#26340
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2002
National Audit Defense Five 5 sales calls within i/2 hr. even though I demanded to be taken off list! ripoff waste of time
I have received five (5) telephone calls from Tax Audit Defense Network trying to sell me sunlight at midnight. After each telephone call I called their 1-800-AWAY-IRS number and was met with an admixture of arrogance/abuse.
I finally told them I was the Presiding Judge of an Ariz...
Entity
National Audit Defense
Categories: Corrupt Companies
9718, Report:
#26147
Posted Date:
Aug 05 2002
Z Systems ripoff fraudulent billing do not get what you pay for Hacienda Hieghts California
During December 2001 while living in Columbus, Georgia the local tv station repeatedly ran a Z-Systems commercial advertizing computer financing with the BBB logo displayed. I called the 1-800-355-2997 number advertized and was connected to an operator who took my information. I was...
Entity
Z Systems
Categories: Computer Dealers
9719, Report:
#26123
Posted Date:
Aug 05 2002
GGW MRA Video AKA Girls Gone Wild Misleading ripoff business from hell Misleads and victimizes many consumers 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
I called up 1-800-896-0368 GGW to order what i thought was two videos. I got an operator that could barely speak english, and then was transfer to another operator that could speak english, but could not or did not listen to a word I said. I specificaly told her that I only wanted t...
Entity
GGW/MRA Video, AKA Girls Gone Wild
Categories: TV Advertisements
9720, Report:
#25562
Posted Date:
Jul 30 2002
CAPITAL FIRST IS A RIP OFF FRAUD OMAHA Nebraska
I received a call from Capital First offering me a credit limit of 2500.00 guaranteed and there was a 19.95 non-refundable fee to be charged to my checking account and 99.95 would be added to the credit card.. I agreed and gave them my information.
I never saw a 19.95 charge nor...
Entity
CAPITAL FIRST
Categories: Credit & Debt Services