I thought I researched the idea of owning my own cable box (descrambler) including calling and talking to Jay at justaboutsavingmoney.com. He told me about all the "new laws" in effect concerning descramblers and that you can own your own box with no problem, however you should order ti with the M card already installed and ready to go. That all you had to do was hook it up to your existing cable already coming in an you could get all the digital channels. I went ahead and ordered on what I was told and received my set top box 1 MONTH later. When I get the box and open it up then the first thing it says is you MUST notify your local carrier or provider. I notify Bright House and they will not install my new box unless I rent an "M" car from them monthly and I still have to subscribe to Bright House cable menu to get service. I have called and called, emailed and emailed and no one ever responds. According to justaboutsavingmoney or JAM enterprises these boxes are supposed to save you from expensive monthly cable bills. NO! All you will save IF you can get anyone to install he box for you is the monthly box rental which is about $8.00. Everyone is so helpful when you call and want a box and you THINK you are getting honest answers but afterward you can not get anyone to call back email or anything else and your cable provider is certainly NOT going to help. Please watch your investment and your step with hese people. I don't know what to do to send this box back I am trying to accomplish that now....wish me luck!
jim
ll,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, December 07, 2014
He,s a scam DO NOT BUY from him SCAM dhe dont call you back DO NOT PAY BY CHECK there is nothing you can do when everything goes bad He will send you old garbage that does not work and the biggest lier there is out there
Paul
Colorado,#3General Comment
Wed, January 01, 2014
You indicated Paul Weissblat in Empire MI was under investigation in the arrest of Matthew Davis. The public restroom incident indicated between Paul and Matthew Davis (sick as it is indicated)has nothing to do with Jeff Davis or Jeff David. Please keep the general public informed about the indicated investigation. How does cate fit in with the investigation, Is it criminal? Was she involved? I never heard of this Matthew Davis and the restroom incident until you posted it.
Colorado,
#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, December 23, 2013
the boxes will not work
if they are able to get part signal the cable company will charge an outlet fee of $15/month
the bbb rates this company an F (ratings are A+ to F)
jeff davis is the owner
1970 la bellezza grv
colorado springs 80919
phone # 719 593 1240
James Kilconey
Englewood,#5UPDATE Employee ..inside information
Sat, October 05, 2013
ripoff in michigan
Empire,#6REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, September 28, 2013
Jeff Davis owns and operates Jam Enterprises dba just about saving money. he answeres the phone using JD or J. the company ships and stores the junk boxes in a garage in Englewood. His home office is 1970 la bellezza grv, colorado springs, co 80919. phone #719 593 1240.
the BBB in Denver has over 100 posted complaints. scam, ripoff and complaint sites have an additional 174. do the following if you want results. call the Englewood Police and file a complaint.you will receive a file #. request that this complaint gets forwarded to the DA. in turn it will be sent to the AG. i was told that this is the best way. in addition file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov/defaultaspx. this site is a part of the FBI.
J&J Cox
Lakeland,#7Author of original report
Sat, July 06, 2013
I told you when I ordered the box that I had over the air stations from the cable I had BEFORE I had the Bright House cable box removed and you said that should be fine. I am not now and have never been a "cable thief" as you have stated. I do not understand, however, since you KNOW that Bright House will not allow anyone to use your own cable box, why you rip people off and will not give a refund for the cablebox ordered. You insist that people order the box AND the M card then after they get them they can not use them. As you can plainly see on this site I am not the only one with this complaint, there are NUMOROUS "customers" being ripped off NOT because they are trying to steal cable, but because the boxes are not allowed to be used with the carrier. This was stated in the letter I enclosed with the returned box is that Bright House would not allow the use of this cable box, they would, however, supply an M card if I had a television that used one. Now after returning your sold equipment with a return agreement which is no good....you have he box and my money I invested and that of a lot of other people and you will not return our original investment. Your are not a cable thief...your just a regular, no good, criminal who steals money from others to make your living. Again, just look at this web page, I am not the only one. maybe you will come to your senses and conduct business as a mature businessman and do the right thing, however, it does not look like it at this point. You are like so many others, it is easier to blame others rather than accept personal responsibility. One final poinw which apparently you did NOT consider, if I was going to "rip off" the cable company.....why did I contact them? I fyou ever come full circle and decide to conduct business as you should please send my refund.
justaboutsavingmoney.com
Englewood,#8UPDATE Employee
Fri, July 05, 2013
I am representing http://www.justaboutsavingmoney.com/ (JAM Enterprises) to respond to complaints brought upon our company. We have gotten inquiries about these complaints so we feel it necessary to respond to them.
In response to "J&J Cox from Lakeland, Florida from May 8th, 2013:
Dear Mr. C (I feel it would be rude to use your full name even though you basically did already):
When I started reading your complaint and the 12th word was "descrambler" I kind of knew where this was going. No where on our site does it say our set top cable boxes are "descramblers" (descrambler meaning they will bring in free programming). You said you did your research but did you even read our FAQ's section on our website?
You complained that you MUST contact your cable provider, why was that? Was it because you don't even have cable service? I think so, actually I know so because we recorded you saying you didn't have cable service for our protection after you started complaining you were ripped off. Plus you blatantly said you don't have cable service and wanted to get free cable in this very complaint which in itself is against the law.
My absolute favorite part of your complaint was when you said the ONLY way you can even save money with our boxes is with the monthly rental fee. That is exactly what our boxes are designed to do, no more no less. You ordered a Scientific Atlanta 4250HDC HD set top box which where you are is about $8 a month from what you said, is that not worth saving? If you wanted a HD/DVR you would be paying upwards of $15-$20 a month but if you bought your own you would save that money instead.
The reason we had to stop contact with you sir was because you are a cable thief and we can not do business with you any longer because we would be in violation of the law and we could be fined up to $100,000 for assisting you. You ordered our cable box for the sole purpose of trying to steal cable programming from BrightHouse and our boxes don't do that. We base our warranties on your cable providers and here is a section of what BrightHouses are:
c) Theft or willful damage, alteration, or destruction of BHN Equipment, or unauthorized reception, theft or diversion of Services, or assisting such theft, diversion, or unauthorized reception is a breach of this Agreement and potentially punishable under law (including by way of statutory damages, fine and/or imprisonment). Nothing in this Agreement, including, Section 3(g) above, shall prevent BHN from enforcing any rights it has with respect to theft or unauthorized tampering of Services or BHN Equipment under applicable law.
Again, I just wanted to reiterate that our cable boxes are 100% legal to own and operate but you MUST HAVE CABLE SERVICE. If you don't have cable service then our boxes will not work for you and you are simply trying to get free cable, which is illegal. If this customer was a legitimate customer he would have cable service and he would most likely be happy saving $8 a month, but he's not because he feels he got ripped off by us because he couldn't rip off his cable company.
Thank You,