Ken
Rockport,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, March 04, 2003
Mark says that: " I received a notice that my card is cancelled as of March 7, 2003". I got one of these notices today in the mail. As of March 7th, my card is going to be cancelled too. I have never made a late payment and I always pay more than the minimum payment. Last week they even sent me a set of "checks" to charge towards my balance. I think the company is going under. I don't think it is anything that Mark did. I found this link that explains more: http://securities.stanford.edu/1026/SPGLA/ "According to a Press Release dated December 16, 2002, the complaint charges Spiegel, Inc., Spiegel Holdings, Inc. and certain officers and directors with issuing false and misleading statements concerning its business and financial condition. According to its press releases, throughout the Class Period, Spiegel was a 'leading international specialty retailer marketing fashionable apparel and home furnishings to customers through catalogs, e-commerce sites, and more than 600 specialty retail and outlet stores. The Spiegel Group's businesses include Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Spiegel and First Consumers National Bank.' Specifically, the complaint alleges that Spiegel's financial statements and results of operations were each and all false and misleading and prepared in violation of GAAP, including, but not limited to SFAS 140 'Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities', due to the fact that Spiegel's accounting of its credit card business improperly inflated its income and earnings, failed to account for increasing charge-offs, and grossly inflated the value of its securitized receivables." I've been on the phone trying to get through to their customer service for about an hour now and all I get are busy signals.
Ken
Rockport,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, March 04, 2003
Mark says that: " I received a notice that my card is cancelled as of March 7, 2003". I got one of these notices today in the mail. As of March 7th, my card is going to be cancelled too. I have never made a late payment and I always pay more than the minimum payment. Last week they even sent me a set of "checks" to charge towards my balance. I think the company is going under. I don't think it is anything that Mark did. I found this link that explains more: http://securities.stanford.edu/1026/SPGLA/ "According to a Press Release dated December 16, 2002, the complaint charges Spiegel, Inc., Spiegel Holdings, Inc. and certain officers and directors with issuing false and misleading statements concerning its business and financial condition. According to its press releases, throughout the Class Period, Spiegel was a 'leading international specialty retailer marketing fashionable apparel and home furnishings to customers through catalogs, e-commerce sites, and more than 600 specialty retail and outlet stores. The Spiegel Group's businesses include Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Spiegel and First Consumers National Bank.' Specifically, the complaint alleges that Spiegel's financial statements and results of operations were each and all false and misleading and prepared in violation of GAAP, including, but not limited to SFAS 140 'Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities', due to the fact that Spiegel's accounting of its credit card business improperly inflated its income and earnings, failed to account for increasing charge-offs, and grossly inflated the value of its securitized receivables." I've been on the phone trying to get through to their customer service for about an hour now and all I get are busy signals.
Ken
Rockport,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, March 04, 2003
Mark says that: " I received a notice that my card is cancelled as of March 7, 2003". I got one of these notices today in the mail. As of March 7th, my card is going to be cancelled too. I have never made a late payment and I always pay more than the minimum payment. Last week they even sent me a set of "checks" to charge towards my balance. I think the company is going under. I don't think it is anything that Mark did. I found this link that explains more: http://securities.stanford.edu/1026/SPGLA/ "According to a Press Release dated December 16, 2002, the complaint charges Spiegel, Inc., Spiegel Holdings, Inc. and certain officers and directors with issuing false and misleading statements concerning its business and financial condition. According to its press releases, throughout the Class Period, Spiegel was a 'leading international specialty retailer marketing fashionable apparel and home furnishings to customers through catalogs, e-commerce sites, and more than 600 specialty retail and outlet stores. The Spiegel Group's businesses include Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Spiegel and First Consumers National Bank.' Specifically, the complaint alleges that Spiegel's financial statements and results of operations were each and all false and misleading and prepared in violation of GAAP, including, but not limited to SFAS 140 'Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities', due to the fact that Spiegel's accounting of its credit card business improperly inflated its income and earnings, failed to account for increasing charge-offs, and grossly inflated the value of its securitized receivables." I've been on the phone trying to get through to their customer service for about an hour now and all I get are busy signals.
Ken
Rockport,#5Consumer Comment
Tue, March 04, 2003
Mark says that: " I received a notice that my card is cancelled as of March 7, 2003". I got one of these notices today in the mail. As of March 7th, my card is going to be cancelled too. I have never made a late payment and I always pay more than the minimum payment. Last week they even sent me a set of "checks" to charge towards my balance. I think the company is going under. I don't think it is anything that Mark did. I found this link that explains more: http://securities.stanford.edu/1026/SPGLA/ "According to a Press Release dated December 16, 2002, the complaint charges Spiegel, Inc., Spiegel Holdings, Inc. and certain officers and directors with issuing false and misleading statements concerning its business and financial condition. According to its press releases, throughout the Class Period, Spiegel was a 'leading international specialty retailer marketing fashionable apparel and home furnishings to customers through catalogs, e-commerce sites, and more than 600 specialty retail and outlet stores. The Spiegel Group's businesses include Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Spiegel and First Consumers National Bank.' Specifically, the complaint alleges that Spiegel's financial statements and results of operations were each and all false and misleading and prepared in violation of GAAP, including, but not limited to SFAS 140 'Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities', due to the fact that Spiegel's accounting of its credit card business improperly inflated its income and earnings, failed to account for increasing charge-offs, and grossly inflated the value of its securitized receivables." I've been on the phone trying to get through to their customer service for about an hour now and all I get are busy signals.