7451, Report:
#54743
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2003
SonicBlue ReplayTV ripoff refusal of promised $100 product rebate Santa Clara California
I bought a ReplayTV unit via Amazon.com with a promised rebate of $100 toward the purchase price. My purchase occurred during the valid promotional period. I followed all the crazy documentation rules (cutting up the box, finding the UPC codes, etc) and sent in the form, only to ha...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
7452, Report:
#53710
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2003
Publisher's Warehouse And Amazon.com Returned defective CD never replaced as promised Veradale Washington
As requested in an email from [email protected] dated Januay 13th, I returned a defecive CD (Amazon.com order # 058-8356337-7223567) to Publisher's Warehouse, PO Box 830, Veradale, WA 99037 using delivery confirmation. I received the delivery confirmation receipt signed for ...
Entity
Categories: Computer Mail Order
7453, Report:
#53387
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2003
Amazon.com rebate ripoff Scottsdale Arizona
Amazon.com & School Of Rebates Up To $100 rebate ripoff Scottsdale Arizona .....
I purchased MAC OS X 10.2 Jaguar from www.Amazon.com on August 28, 2002. I had a rebate form dated July 28(I think), 2002 which I printed out from their site. When I tried to place the order in July ...
Entity
Categories: Computer Mail Order
7454, Report:
#53212
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2003
TCA Fulfillment Services BLATANT REBATE RIPOFF New Rochelle New York
On February 12, 2003, I purchased Alladin Systems Stuffit Deluxe for Windows from Amazon.com for $39. A $29 rebate was advertized by Amazon that was good on purchases made between 1/12/2003 and 2/23/2003 (this is clearly stated on the rebate form).
I submitted a carefully comp...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7455, Report:
#53045
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2003
Amazon Viking SimpleTech political corruption ripoff Internet Worldwide
Amazon & Viking/SimpleTech Or Digital Media/Nikon/Cnet Rebates That will not ship to P.O. Boxes. political corruption political corruption Internet Internet .....
Since Feb. I picked up not one but two 256mg Compact Flash Cards through Amazon.com. Each turned out to be a differe...
Entity
Categories: Cameras & Video
7456, Report:
#1029022
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2003
NAVD North American Video Distributors Bbbentertainment ripoff liars cheaters deceivers don't care a bit about the customers South hampton Pennsylvania
Answering an ad placed in Video Store magazine, I responded via e-mail to [email protected] with regards to selling some overstocked videos. They responded and told me to send them a list of what I had, which I did.
They e-mailed back with an offer and packing instructions which I fo...
Entity
Categories: Video Stores
7457, Report:
#45570
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2003
Amazon Rip-off The business that doesnt give a damn Internet
After ordering a book from Amazon I received notice from my bank that the order had gone on an old check card of mine. There is disagreement about responsibility for this screwup but it is beside the point.
After receiving the notice I contacted Amazon in order to change how I w...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
7458, Report:
#45303
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2003
PerfectCollectibles.com Aka SoftwareSavingsPlus.com Rip-off Does not provide software in sealed box no manual no serial number Los Angeles California
I was contacted by MyPoints.com to by Norton System Works 2003 Professional for $39.95 ($48.00 with tax and shipping)from Perfect Collectibles.com. A picture of the product is shown and one is led to assume they will be getting a full boxed and sealed product with manual, serial num...
Entity
Categories: Software
7459, Report:
#44924
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2003
Young America Corporation phone rebate ripoff Young America Minnesota
bought a Motorola V.60 cell phone from Amazon on September 30, 2002. In Amazons rebate form, its said that this order is valid for a $100 T-Mobile rebate between July 15 and October 31, 2002. The rebate form is sent out on time, and meets all of the requirements.
I received the fir...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7460, Report:
#44815
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2003
Bernard Haldane Failure to provide results Salt Lake City Utah
Contract required $5,000 in advance. Attended weekly group meetings and counseling sessions for a limited period of time. Services expired after a year, regardless of job status. No job contacts provided. No results in terms of employment. Didn't learn anything more than I could hav...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
7461, Report:
#43819
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2003
Discover Platinum Card Beware credit card aids in ripping off consumers by charging for undelivered items Wilmington Delaware
On April 1, 2002 I purchased an Epson printer, along with ink cartridges and an extended warranty because a representative of Discovery Cameras guaranteed me delivery by April 5, 2002. I did not get delivery until April 9, 2002, and when I did the printer was broken with words to t...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7462, Report:
#43616
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2003
Fantastic_shopping And Amazon.com Partner Double charged for item and would not remove second charge or respond to emails Internet
I ordered a textbook through this Amazon partner on Amazon.com. My first credit card charge was rejected because I had given the incorrect billing address for my American Express. I corrected the address and place the order again. This time the charge went through.
Unfortunately, I...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
7463, Report:
#43478
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2003
Buy.com rip-off fraudulent billing Internet
Buy.com advertises free shipping on selected DVD's. Even if you select DVD's that have free shipping... Buy.com now adds a handling fee. This handling fee appears to be based upon amount spent, so the more you spend, the larger the fee. Does this make sense? Not to me.... why sho...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7464, Report:
#42793
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2003
Columbia House expensive & over-priced rip-off Internet
Columbia House promotes their program by enticing you with some ridiculous offer of something like, Get 4 DVD's for 1 penny. Then, you have to committ to buying a certain amount of DVD's over the course of a certain period of time.
The problem is that you end up having to buy the...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
7465, Report:
#42003
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2003
Voicestream rebate ripoff Young America Minnesota *EDitor's Comment
Rebate Program fraud; 2 Motorolla V60 rebate ripoff scams .....
My wife and I bought 2 Motorola V60 phones from Amazon with 1 yr agreement with Voicestream/T Mobile with a plan for a minimum of 29.99/month for each phone last July 28, 2002 for 250 dollars each, but with appropria...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7466, Report:
#42063
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2003
AUCTIVA PRO AND EBUD FRAUDS MISREPRESENT PRODUCTS REFUSE TO ISSUE REFUND AS INDICATED. DO KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIER OWN PRODUCT WORK SCAM ARTISTS consumer fraud Internet
Complete FRAUDS!! Misrepresented the products. Unable and Unwilling to provide customer support. Don't know how to fix their on program. Refuse to issue refunds when all criteria is met. Take advantage of people who are trying to earn a living using their program to list auctions on...
Entity
Categories: Software
7467, Report:
#40693
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2003
AlphaCraze via Amazon Marketplace ripoff Mail 0rder fraud Failed to ship purchased book Sandy Hook Connecticut
I ordered a book from AlphaCraze on 9/12/02 using the Amazon Marketplace but they never sent the book (it is now 1/8/03!). They don't answer their phone, and they have not responded to any of my emails. Amazon says that since it has been more than 60 days, it is my problem. I have s...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
7468, Report:
#35968
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2003
Panasonic Consumer Electronics sold knowingly defective merchandise, refused to make good with replacement for refund consumer fraud ripoff Secaucus New Jersey
Panasonic is knowingly and fraudulently selling defective products to consumers. They will go into cover-up mode and deny all knowledge of these defects to the customer until confronted with evidence to document them. Then they will still refuse to make good on the customer's inves...
Entity
Categories: Electronic Manufacturers
7469, Report:
#26284
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2002
Amazon.com Offers free shipping and then fails to ship for free Somewhere in Washington
I had been a faithful Amazon.com customer for many years and had purchased quite a few books, electronic goods and CDs from them. I went to the web site once again to purchase a particular book and the web page said something like Order only $X.XX more for free super saver shipping...
Entity
Categories: Book Stores
7470, Report:
#38418
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2002
Amazon.com ripoff fraud scam Seattle Washington
Mistreated and ripped off - they usecustomer credit cards for interest-free loans .....
Amazon.com is using customer credit cards to float themselves short-term interest-free loans. They do this by debiting your account and waiting weeks to ship your products (most companies do ...
Entity
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
7471, Report:
#37910
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2002
Nextcard Visa No customer service, no internet address and no answer to mail fraudulent ripoff business Omaha Nebraska
I have been like one of the many before me that has been ripped off by Nextcard. I obtained a card off of Amazon.com where they had been advertising right before Christmas. Of course my APR was great and I could make easy payments online. ALWAYS made at least triple the minuimum pay...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7472, Report:
#36703
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2002
Young America false rebate ripoff rejection Young America Minnesota
This company handled my rebate for a cell phone I purchased online at Amazon.com. The rebate was supposed to reimburse me for $500. I sent in the rebate form and got a letter back saying that my cell phone account wasn't active so they wouldn't be able to process my request. After c...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7473, Report:
#33211
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2002
MWI Connections ripoff credit card fraud Internet
An unauthorized charge of $96.00 appeared on my bank statement dated 10/22/2002. This was immediately after I had placed an order with Amazon.com.
I called the 800 number listed on my bank statement and got an automated phone system. There was no way provided to speak to an indi...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7474, Report:
#33183
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2002
MWI Connections ripoff scam amazon.com Omaha Nebraska
I was on Amazon.com searching for a college text book when i saw that someone was selling the book for $9.99 .. so i said ok ill get that one. so i ordered and put my debit card info into amazon.com.
Next i go and look at my online bank account it says my account is at $0. MWI C...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
7475, Report:
#32305
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2002
Orderbox.com Ripoff Internet
I actually ordered from them via Amazon because they are an Amazon Marketplace seller. Their ad says ship within 1-2 days and provide you with a tracking number. My e-mail from Amazon said seller agrees to ship by 10/4. At the end of the day on 10/4 I e-mailed them asking where my ...
Entity
Categories: Video Stores