4901, Report:
#8371
Posted Date:
Nov 29 2001
Circuit City sold me a scanner that has never worked not once.
I bought a H/P scanner from circuit City. I called them when it didn't work and then went down there. I was told I needed newer soft ware from H/P and it was ordered for me. It still didn't work.
I was told I was sent the wrong soft ware so I contacted H/P again and was sent new...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
4902, Report:
#8296
Posted Date:
Nov 28 2001
Compaq Refuses to Honor Warranty on Laptops,. This is a ripoff scam
I have a Compaq Presario 1600 XL laptop. When purchased, I was notified that the warranty was good until the beginning of November, 2001.
In October of 2001, the machine began to experience hardware problems--specifically, the cooling fan had stopped working and the unit would...
Entity
Compaq Computer Corporation
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
4903, Report:
#8096
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2001
Robinson May Furniture Extended Warranty Rip-off Scam - Don't buyt it!
Don't buy Robinson May Furniture Extended Warranties. This is a scam.
My wife and I purchased a 4 piece set of leather living room furniture from Robinson May 3 months ago; a sofa, couch, reclining chair, and an ottoman. To protect our purchase, we also elected to purchase thei...
Entity
Robinson May
Categories: Furniture & Furnishings
4904, Report:
#8078
Posted Date:
Nov 23 2001
Kelleher Motor Charged me and did not fix my car. I had more than one problem with them.
I took my car to Kelleher Motor to be fixed more than once.When I had an extended warranty the check engine light kept coming on and they said they could not find anything wrong.I guess they were not smart enough to know the lights might of been the problem.Then I took my car in for...
Entity
Kelleher Motor Company
Categories: Auto Repair Service
4905, Report:
#7500
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2001
Circuit City warrenty and extended warrenty rip off
my daughter and i purchased a toshiba 1735 laptop computer from circuit city in fort walton beach, florida. the salesman offered us an extended warranty which he claimed would cover any and all damages and that circuit city would replace our laptop with a comparable model if ours co...
Entity
circuit city
Categories: Computer Manufactures
4906, Report:
#4587
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2001
Gwinnett Place Honda overcharging their customers, lying, hiding information * Consumer Advocate wants victim to get a refund now!
March 2, 2001
TO:
To Whom It May Concern
Gwinnett Place Honda
3244 Commerce Avenue
Duluth, GA 30096
FROM:
Haifei Shi
Department of Biology,
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
Dear To Whom It May Concern,
I hope you can help me. I have following comp...
Entity
Gwinnett Place Honda
Categories: Auto Dealers
4907, Report:
#6684
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2001
The Sony Store, Computer Rip-off Scam (Victoria, British Columbia)
Submitted: 9/8/01
Modified: 9/8/01
The manager of the Sony store in Victoria B.C. sold me a computer, a very expensive computer. He said that they did not have one in stock so he would mail it to me. He did this but as soon as I open the box I realized it was second hand.
I ...
Entity
The Sony Store
Categories: Computer Stores
4908, Report:
#1029695
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2001
GE-Zurich Warranty Mge Inc Extended Warranties Rip-off *REBUTTAL GE-ZURICH TECH SPEAKS OUT
I purchased a Compaq Computer 2 years ago and also bought the 3 year extended warranty from GE Zurich. The computer worked great for about two years, then we had a no power problem. They came out after about 2-3 weeks and replaced the power source. That didn't work.
We waited...
Entity
GE-Zurich Warranty Mge Inc
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
4909, Report:
#2668
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2001
Gateway Computers Gateway to nothing but problems *REBUTTAL
I am a Gateway Computer owner who has been experiencing problems with my computer. My DVD drive continues to freeze on DVD movies that use to play when I first purchased my unit. I was told by John at the Gateway Country Store in Pleasanton California. That my Computer issues wer...
Entity
Gateway Computers
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
4910, Report:
#6072
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2001
Beware of Just Brakes $99.95 Rip-off 4-Wheel Friction Relign Special, It's NOT!!
Beware of Just Brakes special to get you in the door. The local Just Brakes Shop in Florida has a very friendly want to help attitude. Saturday morning, I went to them for a friction relign for the rear brakes of my Jeep.
I had recently replaced my front brake pads and need to d...
Entity
Just Brakes of Florida
Categories: Auto Repair Service
4911, Report:
#6057
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2001
computer personalities screwed me
i purchased a pc from video computer store dec 2000. have had trouble on and off with pc. they will not answer there 1-800 number.i bought the extended warranty. does a lot of good.the scanner quit 8-6-01,printer the next day. screwed again!!!!
Entity
computer video store
Categories: Computer Mail Order
4912, Report:
#6064
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2001
VCstore help for people ripped off by George Capell
Many consumers that were ripped off by VCstore, a.k.a. Video Computer Store or VCS or Direct 2 U are just finding out that these companies were not reputable.
What's more, many seem to not know what to do, and are posting here on this site. Hopefully they will not only post but t...
Entity
vcstore
Categories: Computer Stores
4913, Report:
#5706
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2001
Eastern Auto Wholesale, Lockport Rd, Sanborn NY rip off scum scam artist
My son purchased a 92 Honda Civic from this wonderful guy. Since my son doesn't have credit built up the great guy financed him. As soon as we drove out the drive way it sounded like we were taking off ....of course there was a hole in the pipe.. He fixed it.
A week later we ...
Entity
Eastern Auto Wholesale, Inc.
Categories: Auto Dealers
4914, Report:
#1033979
Posted Date:
Jul 05 2001
Auto Rip Off By Eastern Auto
My son bought a Honda at this wonderful place... the owner made my son take out an extended warranty on the car for $1,000 since he was loaning him the money directly from him since he doesn't have enough credit established.
Well, let me tell you! As soon as we signed the contr...
Entity
Eastern Auto
Categories: Auto Dealers
4915, Report:
#5502
Posted Date:
Jun 23 2001
CIRCUIT CITY REVENGE!! :-) ..bogus extended warranty
Hi everyone,
Well we were victims of Circuit Cities, bogus extended warranty plan, just like everyone else. We went through the countless techs with G.E. phone services with the same B.S as everyone else got..Sooooo finally we decided to take legal action...We are in California ...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Warranty Companies
4916, Report:
#5026
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2001
BuyRiteDigital.com ..selling products they do not have *REBUTTAL ..CUSTOMER WAS NEVER BILLED
I placed an order for a Sony Camcorder (TRV730) that they list as IN STOCK on their site for $762 but when I placed it, I was told it would not be placed until their representative called to confirm it.
The call I received was merely an excuse to pressure me into purchasing thei...
Entity
BuyRiteDigital.com
Categories: On-Line Business
4917, Report:
#5460
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2001
Regency Camera misrepresentation
I ordered a camcorder at a very good price. Thats were the good ends and after a long hard sell sales pitch on items that I had not price shopped for, I in error accepted the word of the sales man on what a good deal I was getting.
Be sure to check them out since the extras are ...
Entity
Regency Camera
Categories: Cameras & Video
4918, Report:
#5311
Posted Date:
May 31 2001
Automobile Fraud By Morris County New Jersey Auto Dealer immortal, oppressive, unscrupulous & fraudulent act.
AUTOMOBILE FRAUD
My story was on the front page of the Herald News on 2/12/01 & due to politial reasons will not go into the Star Ledger as promisedby the newspaper.
The reason for the news media was to alert innocent consumers to unethical auto dealers and lack of the Chase ...
Entity
Burack Chevrolet
Categories: Auto Dealers
4919, Report:
#5307
Posted Date:
May 31 2001
Covington Pike Toyota Dealership - Sales Tax Scams
CPT sells and leases new and used vehicles. CPT routinely preys upon unsuspecting customers in systematic ways. CPT trains its finance and insurance (F&I) managers in a series of deceptive practices, all of which are designed to artificially inflate CPT's back end profit in the tr...
Entity
Covington Pike Toyota (A United Auto Dealership)
Categories: Auto Dealers
4920, Report:
#5290
Posted Date:
May 30 2001
Chase Manhattan bank & Peter Sabatino, Burack Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc. Automobile Fraud
AUTOMOBILE FRAUD
My story was on the front page of the Herald News on 2/12/01 & will go before the TV media & the Star Ledger this month to alert innocent consumers to unethical auto dealers and lack of the Chase Manhattan bank's fiduciary responsibility:
I have been a victim ...
Entity
Chase Manhattan bank & Peter Sabatino, Burack Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc.
Categories: Auto Dealers
4921, Report:
#5161
Posted Date:
May 15 2001
Naples Dodge lies
Bringing car in to be repaired I Asked to call my extended warranty service to find out if th replacing of a cam sensor & wiring would be covered under my extended warranty. When they called me to explain problem, again I asked the same question, they told me no.
The next day ...
Entity
Naples Dodge
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
4922, Report:
#4947
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2001
Best Buy = Best Rip-Off
More than 3 times I have recived horrable service from best buy. They truley dont care about the customer, or any returns.
I bought a brand new vcr and gave it to my wife for Christmass. It did not work. Best Buy would not exchange it or work on it without a extended warranty wh...
Entity
Best Buy
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
4923, Report:
#4796
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2001
Automobile Fraud by Burack Chevrolet in Lincoln Park, N.J.
RE: AUTOMOBILE FRAUD
I have been a victim of Automobile Fraud. I purchased a used corvette in 1998 (1995; 8,600 miles as per the written odometer disclosure statement provided by the dealer on 3/19/98) for $32,000 (plus paying for an extended warranty from GM Protection Plan purch...
Entity
Burack Chevrolet
Categories: Auto Dealers
4924, Report:
#4628
Posted Date:
Mar 06 2001
Spitzer Ford-Mentor, OH tried to rip us off!
We went to Spitzer Ford to look for our first vehicle, when we found one that we really liked we went through the finance process. They asked us if we wanted an extended warranty and we asked how much it would cost ($1800.00) so we turned it down not being able to afford that. We ...
Entity
Spitzer Ford
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
4925, Report:
#4034
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2001
SCHAUMBURG LINCOLN MERCURY OF ILLINOIS IS THE WORST DEALERSHIP EVER! * UPDATE ..Consumer Advocate Suggestion
I need help please anyone!! I bought a 1997 Ford expedition from this terrible dealership at what i thought was a great price!! it turned out that this cheap price came at a higher cost!! My cars check engine light keeps going off and my car is not driving as fast as it is supposed ...
Entity
Schaumburg Lincoln Mercury
Categories: Auto Dealers