1926, 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
TCA Fulfillment Services
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1927, 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
Viking/SimpleTech Or Digital Media/Nikon/Cnet
Categories: Cameras & Video
1928, 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
PerfectCollectibles.com Aka SoftwareSavingsPlus.com
Categories: Software
1929, 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
Bernard Haldane
Categories: Employment Services
1930, 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
Discover Platinum Card
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1931, 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
Fantastic_shopping And Amazon.com Partner
Categories: On-Line Stores
1932, 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
Buy.com
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1933, 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
Columbia House
Categories: On-Line Stores
1934, 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
Amazon.com
Categories: Book Stores
1935, 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
Amazon.com
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
1936, 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
Nextcard Visa
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
1937, 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
young america
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
1938, 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
MWI Connections
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1939, 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
MWI Connections
Categories: On-Line Business
1940, Report:
#31377
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2002
MWI Communications corruption, victimized many consumers Internet Internet
This company made a withdrawl from my checking account that was unauthorized.
I have no idea who they are or how they got my account information. I made my first purchase on the internet 2 weeks ago on Amazon.com and a week later I saw a withdrawl from my account.
I reported it ...
Entity
MWI Communications
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1941, Report:
#29965
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2002
A1Books.com ripoff fraudulent business, consumer rip-off Fairfield New Jersey
On purchased a book from A1Books.com (partnered with Amazon.com) on the 27th of Aug 2002. I was informed that they would ship it on the 30th Aug. By the 1st, it had not shipped and so I asked to cancel the order on that day and followed on the 3rd with similar request only to be inf...
Entity
A1Books.com
Categories: On-Line Business
1942, Report:
#28530
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2002
Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc defective VCR dvd warrantee not honored bad customer service false promises Wayne New Jersey
I bought a Toshiba DVD/VCR Combo SD-V28OU on June 10, 2002 - the power supply completely died on July 29th, 2002. Amazon.com won't let me return it because it was past the 30 days for returns. From the Toshiba site I was directed to the only authorized dealer around here. I dropped ...
Entity
Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc
Categories: TVs & VCRs
1943, Report:
#28207
Posted Date:
Aug 27 2002
MWI Connections A charge against my debit card for $139.95 and phone calls to my residence wanting more personal info re: my debit card ripoff Connecticut
An unauthorized charge appeared on my bank statement against my debit card from 8/14/02, made immediately after I had placed an order with Amazon.Com - The company's name is MWI Connections, the charge was for $139.95, and I had never heard of them.
Also since 8/14, people had be...
Entity
MWI Connections
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1944, Report:
#2259
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2002
Video Professor-the Company from Hell.
I ordered the Video Professor CD-ROM set via the telephone. I checked it out, then decided it did not meet my needs. So I did like they said and called the toll-free number listed before the ten-day trial was up to get information on where to return the set. I gave my telephone n...
Entity
Video Professor
Categories: Computer Training & Education
1945, Report:
#26534
Posted Date:
Aug 09 2002
Amazon.com charged for items that never get shipped
I ordered a video tape which was reported as being in stock. It went into their shipping soon status, which means you have been charged and cannot cancel or change the order.
From my experience, shipping soon status means may ship someday, now that we have your money we don't c...
Entity
Amazon.com
Categories: On-Line Stores
1946, Report:
#24952
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2002
Amazon.com ripoffs: Jeff Bezos Amazon.com Associate Program Jeff Bezos and Amazon.com are Robbing Nonprofit Associates and Others!! Internet
Jeff Bezos and the members of Amazon.com should go to jail. Shame on all of you for robbing your associates! I have a small nonprofit not-for-profit group that helps animals and one day, without warning, we had no more Associate's Account with Amazon.com. I couldn't log in and their...
Entity
Amazon.com
Categories: On-Line Stores
1947, Report:
#25231
Posted Date:
Jul 24 2002
Amazon.com and Alphacraze Amazon is a consumer fraud ripoff; they did not honor guarantee on third-party seller who defaulted on delivery. Internet, Nationwide
Purhased a book on Amazon.com from third-party seller Alphacraze. Amazon.com collected payment of $10.12 on behalf of third-party and guaranteed return of payment in the event of third-party non-performance. Alphacraze never delivered the book. After repeated follow-ups with Alphacr...
Entity
Amazon.com and Alphacraze
Categories: On-Line Business
1948, Report:
#24876
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2002
BestBuy.Com Terrible to deal with dishonest no option to cancel orders ripoff business from hell over the Internet
I placed an internet order and tried to cancel it one hour later. I was told that they had no way of doing that. I asked that since my credit card can't be billed until the item was shipped, what is the problem. The next day I spoke to a SUPERVISOR who was rude and hung up on me.
...
Entity
BestBuy.Com
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
1949, Report:
#24157
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2002
Amazon.com ripoff Internet Internet
Amazon.com advertised MS Windows XP Professional for $109 after 2 mail in rebates of $45 each. I reported to them that the rebate coupons were identical and i would like to get the second coupon. First they denied there was a problem, but I persisted. They informed me that it was...
Entity
Amazon.com
Categories: Computer Software
1950, Report:
#24095
Posted Date:
Jul 07 2002
Amazon.com Coupon is a deceptive rip-off fraud. Seattle, Washington
You didn't honor one of your $5 coupons. Sure you pretended like it went through and that you would honor it when the order was placed and the confirmation email was sent, but after the order was in the shipping process and couldn't be cancelled you added the $5 back on to the total...
Entity
Amazon.com
Categories: On-Line Stores