2401, Report:
#920
Posted Date:
Nov 13 1999
Video Computer Store aka Computer Personalities Systems aka vcstore
Video Computer Store is one place I would NEVER do business with again. They sell computers via a TV advertisement.
During the advertisement vcstore, promises "upto" $310 in rebates. If you buy from them you will be luckey to get any rebates at all.
This is like the old ...
Entity
George Capell, Pipersville, Pennsylvania, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order
2402, Report:
#849
Posted Date:
Dec 07 1999
Video Computer Store Stole My MONEY (alias "VCStore.com")
I ordered a computer package deal from a computer infomercial. The VC Store normally advertises on Saturday and Sunday mornings. They also have a web-site, "vcstore.com. On this date they were advertising, a "Proteva" 500 MHZ Celeron processor, with Epson printer, Micotek Scanner...
Entity
Video Computer Store (Computer Personalities), Plumsteadville,, Pennsylvania, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order
2403, Report:
#739
Posted Date:
Nov 15 1999
Theme Ware (Internet Toolbox) .... the internet toolbox rip-off
I sent $69.95 for the internet toolbox advertised on TV. They
did not mention that it costs much more to get started than the
initial investment. Their claim was that within 30 minutes of
recieving the "Internet Toolbox" you would be making big money.
We sent the program b...
Entity
Theme Ware (Internet Toolbox), Ca, Newport Beach, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order
2404, Report:
#702
Posted Date:
Sep 21 1999
pixie monitor rebate ripoff
In June '99 I purchased a new computer monitor from Comp USA,
primarily because it seemed like a great deal - the monitor specs
were decent and the price was decent- PLUS the manufacturer, Pixie,
offered a $70 rebate. The salesman told me that it was the same
monitor that Co...
Entity
PIXie, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order
2405, Report:
#659
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2005
Maine Lobster Direct ...ON LINE RIP-OFF
$68 Dead Lobsters
I ordered lobsters online from Maine Lobsters Direct. They were
delivered, as a birthday gift, and left on the front step without customer notification, even though someone was home all day.
They sat in 95 degree Florida sun until, when found, were very, ...
Entity
Maine Lobster Direct, Portland, ME, Maine, National, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order
2406, Report:
#567
Posted Date:
Jun 24 2003
APPLE COMPUTER , the "Mac Mall" A RIP-OFF. They must be Deaf & Dumb too!
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APPLE COMPUTER RIP-OFF
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In March of 1999, I bought a new Apple IMac computer from Mac
Mall. After 3 weeks of very little use the monitor broke. I
called Mac Mall and they told me that there were no refunds on
IMacs, a point t...
Entity
Mac Mall, everywhere, Nationwide, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order
2407, Report:
#522
Posted Date:
Jun 17 1999
Ultinet Will Screw You.
A fine day to make a purchase...
I mail ordered my computer near the end of the summer, in 1996. The
prices I saw in Ultinet's ad in the computer paper seemed quite
good and I decided that they would be the place from which I would
buy from. After I placed my order, I event...
Entity
Ultinet, Ontario, Nationwide, 1
Categories: Computer Mail Order