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Complaint Review: Consumer Intelligence Agency CIADATA.COM - LAS VEGAS OR LOS ANGELES Internet
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Consumer Intelligence Agency CIADATA.COM
CIADATA.COM LAS VEGAS OR LOS ANGELES, Internet, U.S.A.
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Consumer Intelligence Agency CIADATA.COM ripoff charges money doesn't give you anything Internet
This company claims to offer legal background checks by collecting public records. They say they will mail you a background check within 72 hours. For me, all they did was rip me off.
I was considering using a Nanny service so I did the Nanny check just thinking getting some info would be playing it safe.
They charged me $69.95 and sent me nothing. A day or two later I emailed them -- no reply. I used their web form -- no reply. I sent hostile emails -- no reply. No nothing. Can't find a way or name to get a hold of. I tried looking up their registration info but this is only registered to their ISP (lasvegas.com).
Finally I complained to their ISP (it has now been a month) who cannot give me their info but sent them an email to contact me. So they email me (surprise!!) and say "What's the problem?" As if they don't know. So I repeat everything. They go "what your phone number so we can call you and discuss it?" (obviously they have my phone number, so I give them a copy of their own order acknowledgement) and demand a refund (now this is the fifth time so I am not surprised). Of course no call, no nothing.
Avoid these scammers. I am going to file a complaint with the city attorney and state attorney general as well as their ISP as soon as I can figure out exactly who and where they are. I guess I will start with Las Vegas, although the phone number I got from the credit card was actually in Los Angeles or Santa Monica (???)
I did finally find out my nanny is great by going down to the state community care licensing where they gave me a complete background check which they had on file.
So do your own homework and avoid these ripoffs.
Meanwhile I am fighting it out with my credit card which said I need to talk to someone on the phone before they will issue a chargeback. A virtual impossibility. So I will get a manager. Certainly not worth the several hours I have already wasted on this even though I expect the CC will eventually give me my money back.
Stephan
San Diego, California
U.S.A.
I was considering using a Nanny service so I did the Nanny check just thinking getting some info would be playing it safe.
They charged me $69.95 and sent me nothing. A day or two later I emailed them -- no reply. I used their web form -- no reply. I sent hostile emails -- no reply. No nothing. Can't find a way or name to get a hold of. I tried looking up their registration info but this is only registered to their ISP (lasvegas.com).
Finally I complained to their ISP (it has now been a month) who cannot give me their info but sent them an email to contact me. So they email me (surprise!!) and say "What's the problem?" As if they don't know. So I repeat everything. They go "what your phone number so we can call you and discuss it?" (obviously they have my phone number, so I give them a copy of their own order acknowledgement) and demand a refund (now this is the fifth time so I am not surprised). Of course no call, no nothing.
Avoid these scammers. I am going to file a complaint with the city attorney and state attorney general as well as their ISP as soon as I can figure out exactly who and where they are. I guess I will start with Las Vegas, although the phone number I got from the credit card was actually in Los Angeles or Santa Monica (???)
I did finally find out my nanny is great by going down to the state community care licensing where they gave me a complete background check which they had on file.
So do your own homework and avoid these ripoffs.
Meanwhile I am fighting it out with my credit card which said I need to talk to someone on the phone before they will issue a chargeback. A virtual impossibility. So I will get a manager. Certainly not worth the several hours I have already wasted on this even though I expect the CC will eventually give me my money back.
Stephan
San Diego, California
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Adolph
South Bend,Indiana,
U.S.A.
Geez, Williiam, what's your point?
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, January 07, 2005
I can garner no evidence from Stephen "trying to save a buck" in his post. From my perspective he did what would normally be the common, intellegent means of acquiring a "Nanny" with some background information.. . Don't be so sarcastically condescending. Your offer to provide "garbage" at half price speaks well of your ascerbic, angry life. . I.M.H.O. many "private investigators" (a diploma from a match book cover ad.) are lock-step with car dealers. Only less intellegent. . "Throw money away"? That, unfortunately, is a common ocurrence. It's called "geting screwed". It would nearly always be the successful act of a low-life scamster and not necessairly the result of someone "trying to save a buck". . Wow! A real private investigator! I'll be sure to look you up when I'm in the market for half price garbage. When pigs fly, that is.
William
Birmingham,Alabama,
U.S.A.
You get what you pay for!
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, January 07, 2005
As a Licensed Private Investigator it amazes me how many people will risk their family or property just to save a buck. Don't complain when you throw your money away, it is what you chose to do. Private investigators charge their fees for a reason. If it is garbage that you want, I could have sold it to you for half their price.
