1, Report:
#1288324
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2016
Specialty Merchandise corporation Promised me a website, which in turn it didn't work and they never took my calls, to return my money Del Soto, California
Back in 2007-2008 I was promised a very lucrative business by using smc's method of selling their products. When speaking to a rep of their company, they promised me that if I bought a website for them, I would make a lot of money. When I spent $1,700 for the website, they kept s...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise corporation
Categories: Questionable Activities
2, Report:
#23723
Posted Date:
Feb 01 2014
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation ripoff false promises, tricked and lied to us Van Nuys California
When a person first signs up with SMC, the company tries to get you Pumped Up. To enroll they will charge you a fee somewhere in the ballpark of 325.00 - 350.00 dollars. They will let you pay the fee off by month.
When you get everything you need to make your first sell, the...
Entity
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: TV Advertisements
3, Report:
#971879
Posted Date:
Nov 30 2012
smart living co specialty merchandise corporation lied about price and wont give me refund simi vally., California
when i signed up for the home business they quoted me half the price for the membership. after i made a $24.95 payment then a $39.95 payment and another payment of $79.90.i would have owed them $126.00 total. all i received from them was a couple catalogs and a member id wich i coul...
Entity
smart living co
Categories: Small Business Services
4, Report:
#934051
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2012
Specialty Merchandise Corporation www.smccorp.com I signed up for this finding out that it was not what I thought it was. I have tried many times to cancel my membership. I tried the website first and that was not available, then I tried calling. Internet
I signed up accidentally. It happened so long ago I don't even remember what I was doing. I decided to see what it was. When I got the catalogs and materials I knew it was not what I thought it was. I tried the website to cancel, but it was unsuccessful. ...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
5, Report:
#384213
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2012
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation As Seen On TV - Tom Bosley Spokesperson - Advertising to start your own business with a company that's decades old Van Neys, California
I clicked online the submit button for SMC to send me information about the company. It's been around a long while, and Tom Bosley has been the spokesperson for years. I think the average person would take it in good faith of having followed Tom Bosley's having been spokeperson for ...
Entity
SMC ,Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: On-Line Business
6, Report:
#909501
Posted Date:
Jul 10 2012
Specialty Merchandise Corporation Now Called; Smart Living Company Got Ripoff of $9,890.00 on my Gift Card Redmption Websit, no one told me the money would go away in a year. Simi Valley, California
A year ago I bought a website from the e-merchant club to sell products on line. The website was to be a gift card redemption website. I bought gift cards that cost $9,890.00 and paid $2,886.00 for website.
No one made it clear to me that the $9,890.00 would just go away that the...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Attorney Generals
7, Report:
#894865
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2012
Specialty Merchandising Corporation Smart Living Corporation Tried to get my bank acct. # so they could SUPPOSEDLY deposit some money to help me. Internet
Hello, I was contacted out of the blue yesterday on my email site,
which they must have obtained from some website that I may have
signed up to receive coupons or something.
Because some of those coupon sites and whatever, have in the small
print at the bottom, that most of...
Entity
Specialty Merchandising Corporation
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
8, Report:
#887290
Posted Date:
Jun 04 2012
specialty merchandise corporation. smart living company 29 days and counting for website.Manual says 10 business days. Simi Valley, California
I've called several times about my website.I'm always told it will be a few days and I will get an e-mail when it's ready.Still nothing. My coach doesn't return my calls or respond to my e-mails.When you talk to your coach the first time they stress to be professional, it's obvious ...
Entity
specialty merchandise corporation.
Categories: Home Based Business
9, Report:
#54890
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2012
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - Mark Schwartz CEO Investigation regarding SMC consumer fraud ripoff CHATSWOTH California
After careful research and investigation I would recommend that you treat SMC like a modelling agency.
You would never give a modelling agency money just because they promised you that you would be a super star model would you?
The common Model scam arguments for cash upfron...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation - SMC - Mark Schwartz
Categories: TV Advertisements
10, Report:
#3224
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2012
Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC hidden cost rip-off *REBUTTAL
If Your thinking of getting involved with the company think again. SMC states on there infomercial that you can start your business for as less as $25.00. Not true, what they dont tell you is that they charge you $299.95 for a membership with them and all the hidden cost's that it w...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Mail Order Services
11, Report:
#789408
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2011
E-Commerce Exchange, Thomas Bormann Do not have a business with E-Commerce Exchange and particularly with Thomas Bormann, He will empty your bank account overnight Smithtown, New York
This is about an online store (at www.prestigetradeonline.com) that my husband wanted to have to generate some extra income at home. Unfortunately, the website builder and host which happened to be E-Commerce Exchange, not only didnt provide all the brand name merchandises as ...
Entity
E-Commerce Exchange, Thomas Bormann
Categories: Web Hosting
12, Report:
#794321
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2011
Bank of America BOA Charging $35 NSF fees for unauthorized charges to my account AFTER I told them to close the account! Lady Lake, Florida
Years ago I had the opportunity to order a catalog from Specialty Merchandise Corporation aka: SMC. I ordered their catalog on what was said to be a 30-day free trial, although I had to pay up front for the catalog with the promise of a complete refund if I found out that we were no...
Entity
Bank of America
Categories: Banks
13, Report:
#743603
Posted Date:
Jun 22 2011
SMC Merchant SMC Merchant Member, SMC, SMC Merchant Membership, SMC Merchants, Specialty Merchandise Corporation, smcorp.com, smcorp, www.smcorp.com credit card fraud, identity theft, specialty merchandise corp, smcorp.com, unauthorized charge Internet *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
SMC Specialty Merchandise called several months ago offering a internet site with a merchandise service for a small one time payment at a time when I was looking for work but after giving them my credit card information they disclosed a monthly membership fee and reserved the right ...
Entity
SMC Merchant
Categories: Telemarketers
14, Report:
#741394
Posted Date:
Jun 16 2011
Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC Once they are paid, they leave you hanging Internet
When I lost my job in August 2009 I decided to give SMC a try with a retail business website. The 'pitch' they give is for an easy setup of your site with full support to get you going. I had prior experience with a retail internet business with a partner that still goes strong...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
15, Report:
#712150
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2011
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Senior citizen scammed out of over $10,000. Van Nuys, California
Specialty Merchandise Corporation and E-MerchantClub cost me over $10,000 over a period of 5 years or so. I had 2 of SMC's websites for about 5 years, but they never made me any money. They cost me $30.00 a month, after paying SMC around $1,200-1,500 each to set them up. When I fina...
Entity
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation - EMerchant Club
Categories: Work at Home Business
16, Report:
#685672
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2011
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation This company is a scam and and they are liars Simi Valley, California
I went to SMC website one day and signed up for selling merchandise from my home. They contacted me and got me into becoming a member. They wanted my credit card information and I gave them a credit card number. They wanted to charge $499 to my credit card but I told then that my cr...
Entity
SMC, Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Work at Home
17, Report:
#659190
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2011
Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC Refused to give refund! Ripoff!! Fraud practices!! Simi Valley, California
I purchased a starter kit for a work from home business for $30. They sent the kit but after I tried their system and didn't make any money the first day like their ad claims, I decided to cancel. When I tried to cancel the membership...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
18, Report:
#656205
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2010
SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Initial $2.95 for start-up kit turned into loosing over $100.00, but NEVER received start-up kit. CHATSWOTH, California
Charged a $2.95 fee for a start-up kit with SMC, on-line. Assumed, my bad, that I would receive the information and then consider if I was interested in being a part of this business.
I NEVER RECEIVED THE START-UP KIT! When I finally noticed what was going on, it was th...
Entity
SMC
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
19, Report:
#650470
Posted Date:
Oct 13 2010
Specialty Merchandise Corporation taking money they are not sussose to. Fontana, California
I called to start service and a couple days later I called to tell them I did not have the money and I was not interested. They took off money off my debit card this month again they were not suppose to. I called to complain they said they had to pull the recorded phone conversation...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Questionable Activities
20, Report:
#642307
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2010
SMC Corp. Specialty Merchandise Corporation Very poor service provided to new members. Simi Valley, California
I saw the Tom Bosley (actor) commercial about starting a at home business with SMC Corporation. I called SMC and they were very pushy about buying a Gold plan versus a Silver plan. I settled for the Silver plan because that was all I could afford.
As part of that...
Entity
SMC Corp.
Categories: Work at Home
21, Report:
#96886
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2010
Specialty Merchandise Corporation SMC RIPOFF FAMILY OF SIX Chatsworth California
After reading a few complaints about SMC on this site I figured I'd share my story.
Last summer after my husbands company closed their doors to move to Mexico. We seen a SMC Infomercial, being without an income we thought this was something we could make some money with. And be a...
Entity
Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Corrupt Companies
23, Report:
#602124
Posted Date:
May 11 2010
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation - SMC Gift Card Site: Lies, Run Around Simi Valley California
I signed up with SMC earlier this year with the impression that I would have an internet site with the gift cards as an added bonus. What I got was a run arouond. The first few people I talked to signed me up as a member. A few days later I...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: On-Line Stores
24, Report:
#597998
Posted Date:
May 06 2010
Internet Cash Machine, ICM websites ICM, icmwebsites.com, Internet cash machine, home income profit system, internetprofitsucessystem.com, Specialty Merchandise Corporation, SMC, smcorp.com, dailynews7.com Misrepresents offer to work from home. This is a scam, and has alot of hidden fees. Simi Valley, California
ICM websites - Internet cash machine looked like a legitimate website, however it was a bait and switch. They say they will charge you only $2.97 for a way to work from home, however they do not tell you until AFTER you pay that you are now signed up to have a charge of $139.95 char...
Entity
Internet Cash Machine, ICM websites
Categories: Work at Home Business
25, Report:
#579212
Posted Date:
Mar 08 2010
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation This company does not want you to cancel. Simi Valley, California
I told SMC that I would let others know that I was able to cancel my membership from their company. It was not easy, though. My credit card company went to battle for me. I also had to get a letter from the US Postmaster stating that I never received the package that...
Entity
SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
Categories: Questionable Activities