3526, Report:
#19953
Posted Date:
May 01 2002
Dean Audiofile, a rip-off scam. Oregon, USA
Dean Audiofile, a high pressure parking lot sell:
Two guys in a late-model vehicle flagged me down at a stop light. Same freakin deal as everyone in this area.
They sold me a pair of horrible poopy audiofile speakers for $400 after giving me a bogus story about somebody offe...
Entity
Dean
Categories: Stereos
3527, Report:
#6911
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2002
Cambridge International Stock Scam
My company ANEX Inc. was convinced by Mr. Gerry Burns to by a stock called ODIN Industries out of Canada or the CD&X sybol ODI. Anyway we decided that it was a pretty good deal and we bought nearly 3 million $ worth of this stock on Mr. Gerry Burns advice. When we ran out of funds t...
Entity
Cambridge International / Gerry Burns
Categories: Investment Brokers
3528, Report:
#19466
Posted Date:
Apr 24 2002
LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE ripoff the business that doesn't give a dam PARUMUS New Jersey
I Did a check over the phone payment to this company for my car loan for $212.00 to cover my late payment, thhey turned around and deducted $312.00 the next day. i calleda the m to ainquirea about this being done.
all the rep could say was we dont do that it waas my mistake is w...
Entity
LONG BEACH ACCEPTANCE
Categories: Car Financing
3529, Report:
#16535
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2002
anthony van dean ripped off and scammed, screwed others tricked and lied to us victimized many consumers, ebay no better, san diego California
at xmas time was looking to buy a ps2 for my son for xmas. saw this ad on ebay that stated free shipping for a ps2 dutch bid. bid on this item at $300.00. won the bid. it was stated that there were 75 of them for sale.
a few days later i sent the money thru the paypal system f...
Entity
anthony van dean -eBay
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
3530, Report:
#1034122
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2002
WorldCom Wireless consumer fraud ripoff tricked and lied to us victimized many consumers Newark New Jersey
I received a letter in the mail offering this wonderful new product from MCI Worldcom Wireless. Thinking that MCI was a reputable company, I took the offer. After 1 year of service, everything was fine.
When I renewed the contract for the second year, I had problems with the ...
Entity
WorldCom Wireless
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
3531, Report:
#16442
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2002
National Association of Home Builders ripoff by not pursuing results of R&D dollars null Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The National Association of Home Builders research center uses tax money to claim an illusion of research and development. When progress has been made, It assigns a Partner to demonstrate it without a champion of the cause. This is a failure path for new ideas. When asked for a prog...
Entity
National Association of Home Builders
Categories: Building Services
3532, Report:
#16214
Posted Date:
Mar 07 2002
Rent -a-center Ripoff crooks, Huntsville Alabama
I began to rent a dryer from them in December total price in all added up to 906.00 by the end of the contract. Well i went to bestbuy and saw the same exact dryer for 269.00 . So i called them and told them to come and get it .
When they got out here they kept trying to get me ...
Entity
Rent -a-center
Categories: Rental Stores
3533, Report:
#16242
Posted Date:
Mar 07 2002
Credit Service Division ripoff las vegas Nevada
I received a pre-approved credit card in the mail, major catches. I have received these before so has my husband. If you get them tear it up and throw it away.
Deana
Walkersville, Maryland
Entity
Credit Service Division
Categories: Corrupt Companies
3534, Report:
#15540
Posted Date:
Mar 01 2002
Dean construction RIPS OFF family with dissabiled children Kearney Missouri
We are a family with 4 children, Two of which are handicapped with Autism. We are also a very poor family. We made $23,000 last year. We wanted to move closer to the city (kansas city, mo)so that we would have access to the hospitals for the boys and to be where there would be more ...
Entity
Ray Dean Construction LLC
Categories: Builders & Contractors
3535, Report:
#15298
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2002
Rippef off by Dean Witter in Orlando, Fl.
On 1997 Mr. Justo Martinez, Vice-President of Dean Witter in Orlando< Fl. allowed someone to walk out of his office with close to $17,000 of my money.
This was done, when the person came in with a fraudulent letter, supposedly signed by me (which was not) requesting withdrawal of...
Entity
Dean Witter Reynolds
Categories: Corrupt Companies
3536, Report:
#14839
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2002
WALMART SUPERCENTER Not So Super Bentonville Arkansas
In 1997 I moved from Marshall, Texas to POTEAU, OKLAHOMA. There is a WALMART SUPERCENTER in Poteau and since I have been a loyal WALMART shopper (and continue to be) I began shopping there.
Over the next few years I noticed that items that I had been buying, particularly in the ...
Entity
WALMART SUPERCENTERS
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
3537, Report:
#14058
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2002
PRIME HOSPITALITY AMERiSUITES TAMPA, FLORIDA CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR LIFE!
Pre-booking the Amerisuites for several days at a upscale hotel
in Tampa was suppose to be a time of happiness that turned into a case of lies,deception and misrepresentation.
This hotel was directly asked if they had security guards and security camera monitors on the parking a...
Entity
Amerisuites PRIME HOSPITALITY CORP
Categories: Hotel
3538, Report:
#14028
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2002
www.dotnow.com is a rip off
I have called dotnow.com for 3 months to cancel my service. They have billed me 3 times for 9.95 which should be a one time service.I finally got a hold of them on Feb 5th 2002 and they said my last 9.95 would be taken off my credit card it still hasn't been taken off. I have tried ...
Entity
Dotnow.com
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
3539, Report:
#6836
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2002
Hosehold Bank & Best Buy put us through HELL
Household Bank and Best Buy have put my husband and I through hell this year. It all started when we received a coupon for 10% off an appliance and no payment or interest for 6 months. So we went down to our local Best Buy and purchased a refrigerator and a couple other items. We h...
Entity
Household Bank / Best Buy
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
3540, Report:
#13889
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2002
INNOVATIVE MERCHANT SERVICES They just ran out of money
They are:
Innovative Merchant Services!
2535 Kettner Blvd #2A2
San Diego, CA 92101
(619)233-3049
I entered into a contract with this company based on the salesman's pitch and the need for a cash dispensal unit verses checks(which have been known to be rubber, on occasion). ...
Entity
INNOVATIVE MERCHANT SERVICES
Categories: Financial Services
3541, Report:
#13762
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2002
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WATER RIP-OFF DON'T DELIVER WATER AND CHARGE. YOU CANCEL AND THEY WON'T PICK UP EQUIPMENT THEN BILL YOU FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
I ordered the Rocky Mountain Water by phone from the San Diego area. They delivered the water and dispensor. I asked them not to leave a dispensor.
The dispensor was free for one month. I cancelled and they said they would pick-up the equipment. It stayed on the porch for ove...
Entity
Rocky Mountain Water
Categories: Con Artists
3542, Report:
#12818
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2002
FCNB/ First Consumer's National Bank, Spiegel's and Alliance One Recovery Service Ripoff Artists and Liars
Spiegle's charge accounts are handled by FCNB (First Consumer's National Bank) and their debt collections are handled by Alliance One Recovery services.
The Report is as follows: My wife has a charge account with Spiegle's. Normally the account stayed in good standing. However, ...
Entity
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
3543, Report:
#12192
Posted Date:
Jan 22 2002
Freedom Bag by Deanna Roegner Rip-off Reno Nevada
I have purchased Freedom Bags for years for friends and reletives. I have always been pleased with the product until I had to send one in to be replased because of defect. I was told by their manager, Katie, to put a note in with my return telling what animal print I wanted to excha...
Entity
Freedom Bag by Deanna Roegner
Categories: Luggage & Leather Goods
3544, Report:
#11750
Posted Date:
Jan 16 2002
Jody Dean Shannon --- Another Deadbeat Dad
Every year I have gone through months and months of him getting away with paying his child support.
Our child support order requires that he pays a measily $209 per month. This order was made when my son was 3 years old. He is now almost 12, and I still cant get the small amoun...
Entity
Jody Dean Shannon
Categories: Dead Beat Dads
3545, Report:
#11543
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2002
Colorado Farm Bureau Rip off agent Redbica Callaway
I have home owner's ins for 8yrs with this Co.
I made a claim 3mo's and 11 days ago now the adjuster will not answer my E-mail's and sent me some blank form to notorize and return when i refuesed to sign blank Doc. she stoped contact?
Help!
Dean
Loveland,CO
Entity
Colorado Farm Bureau
Categories: Insurance Companies
3546, Report:
#11409
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2002
Mauai Paul Dean of Rowland Heights, California Promises untold riches CON ARTIST
I received a promotional package from Mauai Paul Dean
at 17360 Colima Rd., Ste. 330, Rowland Heights, Ca. 91748 promising untold riches if I followed his system.
I sent $79.00 and some odd cents and after having not received anything in the mail I wrote a letter requesting eith...
Entity
Mauai Paul Dean
Categories: Con Artists
3547, Report:
#9080
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2001
Groiler Books Another ripoff company
Hello,
Sent books back to Groiler Books to cancel our subscription and now the books we sent back they say they haven't received them. Tried to get on their website and all I get is KBToys website. Another ripoff company.
Thanks,
...
Entity
Groiler Books
Categories: Book Publishers
3548, Report:
#7630
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2001
Okie Corp Prime Peripherals Ripoff
I bought a 56K V.90 Prime Peripherals modem at OfficeMax on 6/13/01 ( I have the receipt). After a few weeks I installed the modem and put in the cd, I got an error message,HSP modem installation has failed! . I have installed other things since then, no problem, the cd from Prime P...
Entity
Okie Corp Prime Peripherals
Categories: Computer Software
3549, Report:
#7141
Posted Date:
Oct 14 2001
Firestone Burns car repair is rip off
IS FIRESTONE TIRES burning car repair customers to pay for Firestone tire recalls? Last Nov. Firestone billed me $722 for a brake job on front brakes my daughter got for $500 with the story they use lifetime brakes...two months ago the bill was another $700 plus for a dirty fuel pu...
Entity
Firestone
Categories: Auto Repair Service
3550, Report:
#7114
Posted Date:
Oct 13 2001
Turner Turn over Time Warner to unEthical Company big Rip-off
Did Ted Turner Turn over Time Warner to Ethical Company'''
Question from WIldean Vance
My friend Nitamay gets Time Warner Cable for $26.00 a month. I pay $42 plus tax for the same service and channels. I also pay them another $42 for my Roard Runner service. They advertise FREE...
Entity
Turner Turn & Time Warner
Categories: Cable TV