1976, Report:
#9039
Posted Date:
Jun 15 2003
UNFAIR CREDIT PRACTICES OF HRS USA (Roomstore & Best Buy) SCAM *Rebuttal roomstore manager
We bought a furniture from roomstore, with no interest-no monthly for one year. The cost was $1,500. Since we signed an agreement, we expected that at the end of the term HRS will demand full payment of the unpaid balance-because that's our contract. Well, that's not the case. ...
Entity
HRS Household Services - Roomstore/Best Buy
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
1977, Report:
#57909
Posted Date:
May 22 2003
Fairbanks Capital Corp. Rip off Force-placed Insurance on our home and threatened to foreclose on the home even though all payments were on time!! Jacksonville Florida
I had heard from friends that this company was no good, but ignored them and then started getting harrasing phone calls and threatening letters of foreclosure along with force placed insurance. Then tonight, while watching channel 13 News you can Use, I then found out that I'm not ...
Entity
Fairbanks Capital Corp.
Categories: Mortgage Companies
1978, Report:
#57433
Posted Date:
May 18 2003
Sunstar Corp ripoff tricked and lied to us Lansing Michigan
We needed a stand-up booth for our salon. We decided to purchase used equipment. FIRST MISTAKE. We began to look. I found a classified add in TANNING TRENDS magazine. SECOND MISTAKE.
My husband called an spoke with some guy named DOUG. He said the booth was older, but still in g...
Entity
Sunstar Corp
Categories: Tanning Salons
1979, Report:
#55209
Posted Date:
May 01 2003
Mwi Valuemaxmwi Valuemax, Mwi Premier Health Trends ripoff ripoff deception Conneticut Connecticut
I don't know this company, to my knowelge I've never ordered anything from them. they charged my credit card 96.00 dollars. I want my money back.
Paul l. DeBerry
Paul
Elmsford, New YorkU.S.A.
Entity
Mwi Valuemax, Mwi Premier Health Trends
Categories: Misc. Health Specialists
1980, Report:
#54486
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2003
Credit Education Group RIP OFF fake credit card company Las VegasLas Vegas Nevada
Ryan Taylor from the Credit Education Group called and told me that since I had poor credit they could help me get a better credit standing. All I had to do was pay them $294 and in 7-10 days they would process my information and send me a visa credit card by courier. I was then tra...
Entity
Credit Education Group
Categories: Credit Card Processing Companies
1981, Report:
#53804
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2003
Burger King, Round Rock Texs & Many Other Fast-food Drive-thru's In The Austin, Texas Area. Drive-thru employees trying to steal change from customers on regular basis! ripoff Round Rock And Austin Texas
I have noticed a disturbing trend in fast-food drive-thrus and now that it has happened to me several times with such amazing similarities I have concluded that this has become a common scam among fast-food drive-thru window employees at many fast-food restaurants. Here is what has ...
Entity
Burger King
Categories: Fast Food Restaurants
1982, Report:
#51691
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2003
Better Business Bureau Of Houston Texas & Trendmaker Homes are Consumer thieves and Houston Business Puppets ripoff abused & mistreated Houston Texas
Trendmaker Homes, Will Holder Trendmaker Homes And The Houston BBB Trendmaker Homes doesn't honor warranty and lies in arbitration with BBB consumer fraud ripoff Houston Texas .....
I bought a Tendmaker Home back in November of 1997. Like many homes eventually something will go w...
Entity
Better Business Bureau Of Houston Texas
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
1983, Report:
#51006
Posted Date:
Mar 30 2003
Featureprice ripoff, stole, taken, mislead, fraud, con Ft. Myers Florida
I have been trying for 5 months to get MY clients domain name into their name and out of Featureprices (FP) When many emails and phone calls with no replies I then went to Internic.org for help. They said they need a Trend before they can do anything.
I forwarded an email from D...
Entity
Featureprice
Categories: Internet Services
1984, Report:
#50934
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2003
CIC Credit Monitoring Rip-off? Orange Internet
I learned today that I have been billed by CIC Credit Information on my credit card. While I am hoping that this is a mistake, I have contacted the company explaining that I have been billed. I did request a free credit report from this company, but I have never received it.
...
Entity
CIC Credit Monitoring
Categories: Credit Reporting Agencies
1985, Report:
#50268
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2003
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage: Gary Bauer Home Prices Averages - Grossly Overstating - misleading many consumers ripoff Denver Metro Areas Colorado
The Denver Post Real Estate section (Thomas McKay) quotes Coldwell Banker Residential Broker, Gary Bauer each week. They imply that the price of all homes in the Denver metro area is typically increasing to a present average value of $242,000.
They claim the price of an average...
Entity
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage: Gary Bauer
Categories: Real Estate Services
1986, Report:
#49323
Posted Date:
Mar 15 2003
Toyota Motor Corporation ripoff consumer fraud ripoff Torrance California
As owners continue to contact me in frustration about the current ENGINE OIL SLUDGE customer support program at Toyota, I see some interesting trends. I am wondering if others can come forward to confirm.
First, there is a NATIONAL backorder of pistons and piston rings used in th...
Entity
Toyota Motor Corporation
Categories: Auto manufactures
1987, Report:
#49002
Posted Date:
Mar 13 2003
UNITED EXPRESSVAN LINES INC fraudulent ripoff business Miami Florida
iam writing this report to you, for the fact being that my husband and i were part of this rip off scam of a moving company called united express vanlines, we were promised 3 men, only 2 shown up! my husband had to get out to look for hired help for these movers, out of pocket expen...
Entity
UNITED EXPRESS VANLINES
Categories: Moving Companies
1988, Report:
#46749
Posted Date:
Mar 06 2003
Lenox Capital AKA Freedom Resource AKA Global Financial Co-op scam Woodstock Georgia
Listen up fellow conned. I to have been conned by Lenox Capitol or should I say Freedom Resource or should I say Global Finacial!I first was contacted by telemarketer in early jan 2003 same as all of you. The card Visa limit of $2,500 would arive 2 to 3 weeks after withdrawlm of $22...
Entity
Lenox Capitol AKA Freedom Resource INC. AKA Global Financial
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
1989, Report:
#47141
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2003
MWI VALUEMAX CANADA rips off Canadians without fear of punishment Internet
In my Feb. 19, 2003 American Express Card statement, a charge for $165. to MWI Valuemax Canada 800-847-7860 dated 10 Feb. appeared. I called the number and was informed I had received a membership in their club when I made an unrelated internet purchase in March 2002. I denied this...
Entity
MWI VALUEMAX CANADA
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1990, Report:
#46834
Posted Date:
Feb 25 2003
Trendmaker Homes & BBB consumer fraud ripoff Houston Texas
Trendmaker Homes, Will HolderTrendmaker Homes And The Houston BBB Trendmaker Homes doesn't honor warranty and lies in arbitration with BBB consumer fraud ripoff Houston Texas .....
I bought a Tendmaker Home back in November of 1997. Like many homes eventually something will go wr...
Entity
Trendmaker Homes And The BBB
Categories: Builders & Contractors
1991, Report:
#44867
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2003
Cambridge World.com Aka Cambridge Camera Exchange Bait & Switch ..Sorry our computers are down ..we will ship today ..your lens is not is in yet.. etc.. rip-off New York New York
Read this before purchasing anything from Cambridge. I recently tried to order a sigma 105 lens and tamrac camera bag off the internet for what I thought was an awesome price. Remember what your parents told you...if something looks to good to be true, it probably is. Well believ...
Entity
Cambridge Camera Exchange
Categories: Cameras & Video
1992, Report:
#43375
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2003
NEXTCARD BANK RIP-OFF owe me $112.73 account was paid on time & paid off early Seven month's ago no refund NORCROSS Georgia
This nextcard bank is something else they have sure receieved all there money from me and then some.Paid perfectly and paid more than payoff by $42.74 and oh! also toss in a credit back to my card $69.99 for a total of $112.73 currently owed to me.This is a trend for some company's ...
Entity
NEXTCARD BANK
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
1993, Report:
#41184
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2003
Bernard Haldane Associates ripoff New York
An Open Letter to the Rip-Off Artists World Headquarters .....
We don't know if you have noticed but recent Haldane victims have begun to name you BY NAME on this site. We suspect this trend will continue to grow. We ask each person who has been victimized by this company's natio...
Entity
Bernard Haldane Associates
Categories: Employment Services
1994, Report:
#41018
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2003
Alyon Technologies Inc. FTC article Companies That Billed Consumers for Adult Videotext Internet Services Settle FTC Chargesconsumer fraud ripoff Norcross Georgia click here for EDitor's comment; Alyon's efforts to resolve complaints and click here to read Alyon's response
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/11/integretel.htm
For Release: November 26, 2002
Companies That Billed Consumers for Adult Videotext Internet Services Settle FTC Charges
Integretel, Inc. and eBillit, Inc. Must Investigate Consumer Complaints About Unauthorized Billing; Will Relea...
Entity
Alyon Technologies, Inc.
Categories: Computer Fraud
1995, Report:
#37551
Posted Date:
Dec 08 2002
MWI essentials, MWI connections, MWI premier health trend ripoff fraudulent rip-off business Connecticut Internet
I ordered items that i viewed on tv through an 800 number. The following month April 1st i received a bill on the same credit card from a MWI*premierhealth TRND 877-682-5837 from CT for $96. I called and requested they recredit my card.
Reexamining my statements today Dec 8, 2...
Entity
MWI essentials, MWI connections, MWI premier health trend
Categories: Telemarketers
1996, Report:
#36740
Posted Date:
Dec 02 2002
AT&T UNIVERSAL CARD THE SNEAKY UNDERHANDED RIPOFF ATTEMPT SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota
I made a purchase of over $1,200.00 on 11/24/00. After many promises to deliver all the furniture, the merchant delivered only part of my purchase (some of it damaged and mismatched).
I contacted AT&T Universal Card Services (800)423-4343 and placed the amount of the furniture...
Entity
AT&T UNIVERSAL CARD
Categories: Telephone Companies
1997, Report:
#3633
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2002
ascentive.com won't give me my refund. *EDitor's Comment ..not true
Thats funny that my email does not match what you just sent me. My email from you did not say anything except to try certain things that I had already tried, and I made it very clear that I wanted a REFUND. Show me the email that you sent that you are referring to. It does not ex...
Entity
Ascentive
Categories: Computer Software
1998, Report:
#13751
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2002
ABC WHEEL AND TIRE La Crescenta California FRAUD RIPOFF
ABC Wheel And tire in La Crescenta Ca is handling a fraud type business. I ordered wheels and tires from them on January 22,2002 and still havent received my shipment or a straight answer as to why this is happening. The employees there are obviously running a scam where they keep...
Entity
ABC WHEEL AND TIRE
Categories: Auto Tire shops
1999, Report:
#33093
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2002
Paradyme Digital Speaker aka Southwest Audio scam in parking lot Austin Texas
OK, looks like I've found a support group! I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one taken. I don't usually take the time to write reports like this, but I want to do whatever I can to assist others in avoiding the same plight.
If you are like me, you are reading this becaus...
Entity
Paradyme Speakers (Southwest Audio)
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
2000, Report:
#32930
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2002
GALLERIA MWI ripoff victimized many consumers Internet
This seems to be a growing trend of rip-offs by the same company. I looked at my online banking this morning and there was a 139.95 charge on my debit card. I have purchased nothing for this amount and it seems that I am not the only one this is happening to. I tried to find a nu...
Entity
GALLERIA MWI
Categories: Internet