6176, Report:
#8667
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2002
eModel rip off ..inside report
I was once a scout for a company called eModel, the objective of eMOdel was to obtain a certain amount of models a week. When I went in for my interview, which was group based, you could already tell the ones that were going to get pikced and the ones that were luckey. I and a bun...
Entity
eModel
Categories: Modeling Agencies
6177, Report:
#8877
Posted Date:
Dec 08 2001
National Travel Services - Ramada Plaza Resorts -- Robin Leach - All Scams
At approximatly 2:30 EST i called RPR about a 1600.00 dollar check I received in the mail.
I read the first part of the letter and called immediatly. Then I was informed that I could only call one and that I needed my travel companion.
I informed them that on the paper it sa...
Entity
National Travel Services, Inc. Ramada Plaza Resorts Robin Leach
Categories: Resorts
6178, Report:
#7995
Posted Date:
Nov 20 2001
NSS Magazines Free Trial Offer - How to Cancel Your Subscription and Not Get Charged Anything
In August 2001, I signed up for a free 6-month trial of the magazine Entertainment Weekly through an offer online (if I remember right, it was at the checkout screen for a major online retailer I was ordering from). A charge for $58.86 showed up on my November 2001 credit card bill...
Entity
NSS Magazines
Categories: Mail Order Services
6179, Report:
#7552
Posted Date:
Nov 06 2001
REAL.COM REAL EXPERIENCE ENTERTAINMENT RIPOFF
I wanted RealPlayer Plus on my computer to listen to radio stations and news reports. There was a $9.95 MONTHLY fee for this which I charged to my credit card. After downloading the software, I found it confusing to use and e-mailed the technical support people three times, and go...
Entity
REAL.COM Real Experience Entertainment
Categories: Internet Services
6180, Report:
#7076
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2001
Bernard Haldane Associates is a scam
I am a currently unemployed IT manager who recently applied to a job on Boston.com. Out of the blue -- and about two minutes after I hit submit -- I got an email for a career evaluation. I'm usually entertained by such things, so I followed it. The evaluation consisted of asking me ...
Entity
Bernard Haldane Associates
Categories: Employment Services
6181, Report:
#6419
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2001
Digital Audio 200 Speakers - RIP OFF!!
Boy do I feel stupid.
Two guys in a white panel van (rented probably) pulled up to me at a gas station and told me that their supplier made a mistake and gave them too many home entertainment systems. He had a advertisement in some magazine (looked professional) that said they we...
Entity
Categories: Stereos
6182, Report:
#6422
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2001
Bernard Haldane & Associates - Good company gone bad? Thank you Rip-off Report!
The Rip Off Report confirmed my suspicions of Bernard Haldane & Associates (BHA). I responded to their advertisement in the front page of Sunday's Washington Post's Employment Classifieds. The advertisement stated that some of the best career jobs are never advertised. And that i...
Entity
Bernard Haldane & Associates
Categories: Employment Services
6183, Report:
#6280
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2001
Advanced Moving Systems, Sunrise, FL Rip-off Need other victims, Suing, need testimony)
Ok folks, if you think you have heard it all, think again. At the end of this message is an email address for you to contact me. I need your help because I am suing. If you email me your information, I will be more than happy to support any claim you have against this company.
...
Entity
Advanced Moving System
Categories: Moving Companies
6184, Report:
#5807
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2001
PROMENADE MEMBERSHIP UNAUTHORIZED BILLING OF MY CREDIT CARD
Promenade enrolled as amember in their club for discounts on travel, entertainment, and other services. They billed my credti card and sent me the info without even contacting me. I at no point gave them my credit card number mor did I voluntarily seek membership in their club. I...
Entity
Promenade
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
6185, Report:
#1033307
Posted Date:
Jul 13 2001
AC Entertainment in Knoxville TN disrespects customers!
I went to a concert in Knoxville, TN with tickets purchased via the phone to be picked up at will call. Fiasco at the front gate caused a line at the will call with at least an hour wait as the concert started. I just bought another ticket (along with two of my friends) expecting ...
Entity
AC Entertainment
Categories: Festivals & Event Services
6186, Report:
#5475
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2001
Philip T. White Jr. & Grand Entertainment and GiftsScam and Stealing
Please help me. A few weeks ago a guy by the name of Philip T. White Jr,offered me a Sony Vaio laptop for only 600$.He told me to send it via money wire(Western Union) and I did. I emailed him to notify him that the money has been sent. The next day I call Western Union and they tol...
Entity
Philip T. White Jr. Or Grand Entertainment and Gifts
Categories: Computer Dealers
6187, Report:
#4598
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2001
modern and classic automobile (sell, buy, trade-in) garbage auto ripoff dealer thieves
i bought a car from them for 5389 dollars,which is a used 1995 geo prizm. on that day when i bought this car, i founbd out that the face of the cassette player is missing. so i asked the business owner whether if he had the face or not.he told me yes as a meaning that they had it.so...
Entity
modern and classic automobile
Categories: Auto Dealers
6188, Report:
#2911
Posted Date:
Oct 08 2000
Beware Creation Entertainment (a popular Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror convention company) ..* UPDATE ..I wasn't ripped off afterall. Finally, they said I could get a full refund
I want everyone who reads Fangoria (and everyone else who ever plans to go to a Creation convention) to know that Creation Entertainment cannot be trusted. I got ripped off by them, and I want you to know about it.
My tickets didn't arrive in time (though I paid for them in adva...
Entity
Creation Entertainment
Categories: Festivals & Event Services
6189, Report:
#2907
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2000
Kincaid Furniture Galleries ripoff Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton PA
My husband & I recently purchased 5 beautiful and VERY expensives tables from Kincaid Furniture Galleries in Stroudsburg, Pa. Unfortunately thats not what was delivered. What we received was 5 pieces of furniture where 3 were damaged. The entertainment unit was successfully fixed by...
Entity
Kincaid Furniture Galleries
Categories: Furniture & Furnishings
6190, Report:
#2704
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2000
Wal-Mart, Presque Isle , Maine WALMART RIPOFF ARTISTS
I bought a pair of work boots from the Wal-Mart store in the town of Presque Isle, Maine. I got them in my normal size so I didnt try them on, that was my first mistake. I wore the boots a few days before I started to notice one of them was bothering my foot. After closer inspect...
Entity
Wal-Mart
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
6191, Report:
#2548
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2000
Ripped Off By the Adult Entertainment E- World
I also was ripped off by some site called LAMAK.Com for $60.00.
I have contacted my fraudulent account department and reported this company. I think they should be unplugged if this problem persist. I especially do not appreciate my e-mail address being
associated with such smut...
Entity
Lamak.Com, Lkaid.Com, & Turiga.Com
Categories: Better Business Bureau
6192, Report:
#2549
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2000
Ripped Off By the Adult Entertainment E- World
I also was ripped off by some site called LAMAK.Com for $60.00.
I have contacted my fraudulent account department and reported this company. I think they should be unplugged if this problem persist. I especially do not appreciate my e-mail address being
associated with such smut...
Entity
Lamak.Com, Lkaid.Com, & Turiga.Com
Categories: Adult Web Site
6193, Report:
#2482
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2000
International Outrage Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. abusing children of the world!!! Attention All KOTUKU crew-members, International Residents especially!
The case I am about to state is concerns consumer abuse of children the world over--and by a big corporation.
I received the attached email concerning a problem that has occurred between the Fox Film Corporation and, basically, the children of the world who are on the Internet...
Entity
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Categories: News Media
6194, Report:
#2074
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2000
High Society adult entertainment web site rip-off
I was charged $65 for a 30 second peek at an adult entertainment site. I was stupid enough to use my credit card to verify I was over 18. It stated this is for verification only...you will not be charged.
What a sucker I was. Next VISA statement all these separate charges appe...
Entity
High Society adult entertainment
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
6195, Report:
#1697
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Think you have a block on those 900 #'s?
Did you know that in many regions of the United States a person cannot protect themselves from someone using their telephone number to make 1-900 calls to adult entertainment services, psychic hotlines, etc? I found this out after receiving the monthly phone bill for a whopping $81...
Entity
GTE Long Distance
Categories: Telephone Companies
6196, Report:
#1804
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Internet Model Search
Internet Model Search Incorporated is a modeling agency registered in the state of Delaware. Working in partnership with a web content, design, & promotion companyregistered in Ocho Rios, Jamaica & New Era Entertainment, Ltd. (a holding company registered in the commonwealth of the ...
Entity
Talent 2000
Categories: Con Artists
6197, Report:
#1392
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2000
2000 Entertainment/Tom ..rip-off Phone Scam Employment Services
On February 10, 2000, Richard Nickel, contacted an ad in the New Times Newspaper regarding employment as a phone operator. 2000 Entertainment was currently hiring men and women to talk from their home for adult conversation lines.
The ad designates that no experience is necess...
Entity
2000 Entertainment/Tom
Categories: Employment Services
6198, Report:
#1393
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2000
Phone Scam
On February 10, 2000, Richard Nickel, contacted an ad in the New Times Newspaper regarding employment as a phone operator. 2000 Entertainment was currently hiring men and women to talk from their home for adult conversation lines.
The ad designates that no experience is necess...
Entity
2000 Entertainment/Tom
Categories: Employment Services
6199, Report:
#1314
Posted Date:
Feb 21 2000
Pepin Restaurant in Scottsdale,AZ - Charging for food you do not even order!
Pepin restaurant in the heart of old town Scottsdale, Arizona is an establishment that blatently adds items not ordered to the bill and refuses to listen to reason when confronted with complaints.
A group of 14 people visited the Spanish restaurant complete with flaminco dancers,...
Entity
Pepin Restaurant
Categories: Restaurants
6200, Report:
#865
Posted Date:
Dec 01 1999
Circuit City...failure to replace entertainment center
On January 17, 1999, we purchased an entertainment center for our big screen television. This piece of furniture cost us $700.00. Weeks went by and still no entertainment center.
We called Circuit City, to find out that it was in the store warehouse for weeks. When the piece...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronics Shops