7501, Report:
#15006
Posted Date:
Feb 25 2002
SKYBOXTV- TOOK MONEY THEY WEREN'T ENTITLED TO - RIPOFF
I ORDERED A DISH FROM SKYBOXTV IN NOV AND BY THE TIME I RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE IN DEC I HAD CHANGED MY MIND. I RECEIVED MY MONEY BACK MINUS THE S & H SO YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN THEY TOOK OUT $189.00 FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT. I HAVE CALLED THE NUMBER LISTED ON MY ACCOUNT TO...
Entity
SKYBOXTV
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
7502, Report:
#14876
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2002
Providian Financial/Providian Visa Card ripoff, usury charges for interest and late fees
I am being charged interest at the rate of 23.99%, occassionally 24.99% and a late fee of $ 29.00 if payment is not received on due date.
And, I pay an annual fee of $48.00.
I am assuming these fees are legal, but I am trying to contact the banking commission in my state (NJ) to...
Entity
Providian Financial/Providian Visa Card
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7503, Report:
#14534
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2002
CAPITAL CREDIT ALLIANCECOLLEGE STUDENT
A FEW MONTHS AGO I RECIEVED THE CAPITAL CREDIT ALLIANCE CREDIT CARD AND IT REALLY IS NOT A CREDIT CARD AT ALL IT WAS A RIP OFF. I EVEN TRIED TO CANCEL THE CARD BEFORE THEY SENT IT OUT TO ME AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD NOT AND NOW THEY STILL WILL NOT CANCEL THE CARD AND THEY KEEP TA...
Entity
CAPITAL CREDIT ALLIANCE
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7504, Report:
#14404
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2002
MCi WORLDCOM WIRELESS POOR CUSTOMER RELATIONS
I ORDERED SERVICE FROM WORLDCOM WIRELESS AND WHEN I RECEIVED THE PHONE IT CAME WITHOUT AN OWNER'S MANUAL.REQUESTED AN OWNER'S MANUAL AND NEVER RECEIVED ONE.
I CANNOT MAKE A PHONE CALL WITHOUT DIALING THE AREA CODE FIRST AND I CAN'T ACTIVATE MY VOICEMAIL. MY SON DOES BUSINESS WITH...
Entity
WORLDCOM WIRELESS
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7505, Report:
#11716
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2002
Communications Publishing,New York NY ..They got my money I got nothing *UPDATE
My name is Rachel and the same thing I read on line happened to me. And I mailed my money order off for $24 dollars and never got the information sent back to me. And so I decided to look them up on line and saw the web page on them. I could;t belived what I saw. I want justice to b...
Entity
Communications Publishing
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7506, Report:
#9070
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2002
Premier Marketing credit card ripoff scam, not a credit card but a merchant card!
Premier Marketing sent me a card that stated congratulations your credit is approved My very own gold card unsecured with a limit of 4000. I called the number 1-800-870-4943 and the person wanted 239 dollars that I would get back in the form of a certificate plus I would get a silve...
Entity
Premier Marketing
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7507, Report:
#14077
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2002
Premier Marketing - Manchester, New Hampshire - BBB has no complaints, not even the one I filed - Guaranteed Credit Card - Guaranteed Rip off!
In August of 2001 I received a postcard via US mail from Premier Marketing. It stated Guaranteed Credit Card $4,000 to $7,500 personal credit limit. I had received numerous cards before, but all of them had checked bad on the BBB site. This one had no bad reports against it on th...
Entity
Premier Marketing
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7508, Report:
#14034
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2002
First National Credit, California, Credit card scam
I Jason Herzog sent First National Credit in California approxiamately 6-7 weeks ago. I sent a $43.00 money order for the rush order and have still yet to receive my $15,000 guaranteed credit card from them or any other organization. I did find their phone number and fax but have ...
Entity
First National Credit
Categories: Credit Services
7509, Report:
#13717
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2002
First national credit scam 5 weeks ..still waiting!
I also recieved the same letter from First National Credit. My letter also stated that I had a 15,000 dollar credit limit. I sent a money order for 42 dollars thinking that this was a gold visa card. Much to my surprize, I did recieve a package with a catalog and a gold card. The c...
Entity
First National Credit
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7510, Report:
#13371
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2002
CAPITAL CHOICE CONSUMER CREDIT CARD RIP OFF
I APPLIED TO CAPITAL CHOICE CONSUMER CREDIT THINKING I WAS GETTING A REGULAR CREDIT CARD. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO ACTUALLY PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON PURCHASES. ALSO, I SENT THEM A $39.00 CHECK, BUT IN CHECKING MY ACCOUNT THEY DIDN'T DEPOSIT THE CHECK, SOMEHOW IT CAME OUT OF MY ACCOUN...
Entity
CAPITAL CHOICE CONSUMER CREDIT
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7511, Report:
#13187
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2002
GE's bad faith and Breach of Warranty re: Compaq 1235 laptop
I bought a Compaq 1235 laptop in December of 1998. My Circuit City salesman convinced me to purchase a 4-year extended warranty. I paid several hundred dollars for the warranty, and it is not worth the paper it is written on. I have had the laptop sent in no less than four times ...
Entity
GE Zurich (GE Consumer Relations)
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
7512, Report:
#12744
Posted Date:
Jan 29 2002
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, ON YOU, MCI WORLDCOM WIRELESS, RIPOFFS!
To whom it may concern,
I am a senior citizen. MCI WORLDCOM WIRELESS enticed me with saying I was preapproved for a free cellphone. Of course they made it seem legit. So I accepted the offer and also got one for my wife. We received one bill about two months later. (We were g...
Entity
MCI WORLDCOM WIRELESS
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7513, Report:
#12499
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2002
no help to fix messed up house Roomstore ripoff Winchester Pennsylvania
We had funiture delivered on 1-04-02. Three men came to my house. The driver could not lift and of the other two only one spoke some english. They messed up three walls and the ceiling.
The trim on the door jam and the railing was also messed up. Our house is new and the driv...
Entity
roomstore
Categories: Home & Garden Stores
7514, Report:
#12315
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2002
SUCKED IN BY MCi WORLDCOM WIRELESS AND MCI WORLD COM. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, POOR BILLING PRACTICES AND THEN SEND TO COLLECTION.
I THOUGHT MY FAMILY AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES MISTREATED BY THIS COMPANY. MY MOTHER RECIEVED 3 CELL PHONES FROM THESE PEOPLE THEY HAD ALL THE PHONES SET UP ON DIFFERENT SERVICE PLANS. WE PAID THE BILLS AND THEN FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS THE BILLS STOPPED. THEN THE BILLS STARTED COMING AGAIN...
Entity
MCi WORLDCOM WIRELESS AND AFFILIATES
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7515, Report:
#12310
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2002
E-Commerce Dulux DVD Rip Off
I've been burnt by the E-Commerce DVD Rip off
I paid the $250 to get a DVD and game player that would let me play tapes from home in the UK while living here in the USA.
It was to be a Xmas present in 2000. Here it is 2002 and still no sign of a DVD - emails said they couldn't get...
Entity
E-Commerce
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
7516, Report:
#12021
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2002
Groiler Books, The biggest scam for first time parents! Ripoff!
I recently moved to my own home and had our first child, Groiler Books seem to be there before I even had a chance to settle in.
I don't know how they got my address, but they did and they sent my unborn child many so called free gifts. Nowhere on any of the brochures did it s...
Entity
Groiler
Categories: Preschools
7517, Report:
#11916
Posted Date:
Jan 18 2002
First National Credit - CREDIT CARD RIP OFFS
I WENT AND GOT THIS CREDIT CARD OFF THE INTERNET THEY WENT AND SENT ME THIS CARD AND TOLD ME I WOULD LOVE IT THAT IT WAS GREAT THERE WERE NO GIMMICKS TO IT. I GOT IT . I THOUGHT THEY HAD TOLD ME ON THE PHONE THAT IT WAS ELECTRONICECTLY THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE MONEY OFF THE CREDIT C...
Entity
THE CRS HOME SHOPPING NETWORK ADVANTAGE.
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7518, Report:
#11118
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2002
Capital Choice Credit Card Scam
I have been ripped off not only for the inital $39 processing fee but Capital Choice has also accessed my checking account with an automatic withdrawal of another $39. The catalog and card was mailed to me priority mail a week ago. After reviewing the contents I decided to not use i...
Entity
Capital Choice Credit Card Scam
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7519, Report:
#10907
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2002
Staffco: Ebay ripoff scammer for Gas Masks
This Company/guy, Second HAnd Joe's, Joseph Staffieri Jr.
Has been ripping people off on Ebay.com. Claiming to have Gas masks for sale when he doesn't. He takes your money, and then never returns phone calls or emails. Has done this to about a dozen or so people.
He ripped me ...
Entity
Second Hand Joe's
Categories: On-Line Stores
7520, Report:
#10894
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2002
Total Rip off -Top Gun Car Transporters Of MN. Transported car and destoryed it, won't pay.
This Company was hired and paid in full in advance. Picked up my 1948 Dodge in Ladysmith MN drove four miles dropping the car off the top rack of the car transporter totaling the car, after repeated phone calls to Todd of Crossman Auto Transporters (1-800-373-2347)(who promised that...
Entity
Top Gun Auto Transports (Mike)
Categories: Auto Transporters
7521, Report:
#10673
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2002
Dogg digital audio 2000 speakers scammed me
i was leaving a store in simbsbury connecticut these two guys in a 98 jeep grand cherokee gray licence plate 328-lcu asked me over to their vehical where they said that they were delivering these surround sound systems to a local cinema and they ordered 4 but the guy gave them 4 pai...
Entity
dogg digital
Categories: Stereos
7522, Report:
#10683
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2002
mail order processor scam - Absolute Mailers work at home rip-off Austin Texas
Absolute Mailers; 2110 Salughter Lane #115;Austin, Tx. This is a Mail Box Etc. Address. This company claims to be associated with National Homeworkers Society. After extensive research I found them at home-workers.com under resource-scam directory. If you send them a $35.00 registra...
Entity
Absolute Mailers
Categories: Employment Services
7523, Report:
#10430
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2002
LLC Liberty Benefits Package...Ripped Me Off!!
In July of 2001 I recieved a card in the mail telling me I was approved for a $4,000.00 minimum credit limit with low interest rate and blah blah blah... I call the number and allow them to withdraw $221.99 from my checking account on August 30th of 2001. So called in October becaus...
Entity
Liberty Benefits Package,LCC
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
7524, Report:
#10089
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2001
Rip offs - Stay Away from SkyboxTV
I ordered the promotion on 11-7-01 and still no equipment. The price changes when you get the certificate to order the installation. The company you call for installation has no information on the promotion and tries to lure you in on higher fee items.
Chester
Dania Beach, Flo...
Entity
SkyboxTV
Categories: Satellite Dish Companies
7525, Report:
#9934
Posted Date:
Dec 26 2001
Here is the home employment that will rip you off!!! *Consumer Suggestion
When I first saw this home employement advertised on the newspaper, it seemed pretty tempting, so I decided to give a try, I thought I could use some extra money.
When I contacted them by mail I was told about a 65 dollar fee, wich according to them was required to get me start...
Entity
Home Employment
Categories: Home Based Business