7451, Report:
#45570
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2003
Amazon Rip-off The business that doesnt give a damn Internet
After ordering a book from Amazon I received notice from my bank that the order had gone on an old check card of mine. There is disagreement about responsibility for this screwup but it is beside the point.
After receiving the notice I contacted Amazon in order to change how I w...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
7452, 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
Categories: Software
7453, Report:
#44924
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2003
Young America Corporation phone rebate ripoff Young America Minnesota
bought a Motorola V.60 cell phone from Amazon on September 30, 2002. In Amazons rebate form, its said that this order is valid for a $100 T-Mobile rebate between July 15 and October 31, 2002. The rebate form is sent out on time, and meets all of the requirements.
I received the fir...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7454, 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
Categories: Employment Services
7455, 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
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7456, 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
Categories: On-Line Stores
7457, 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
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7458, 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
Categories: On-Line Stores
7459, Report:
#42003
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2003
Voicestream rebate ripoff Young America Minnesota *EDitor's Comment
Rebate Program fraud; 2 Motorolla V60 rebate ripoff scams .....
My wife and I bought 2 Motorola V60 phones from Amazon with 1 yr agreement with Voicestream/T Mobile with a plan for a minimum of 29.99/month for each phone last July 28, 2002 for 250 dollars each, but with appropria...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7460, Report:
#42063
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2003
AUCTIVA PRO AND EBUD FRAUDS MISREPRESENT PRODUCTS REFUSE TO ISSUE REFUND AS INDICATED. DO KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIER OWN PRODUCT WORK SCAM ARTISTS consumer fraud Internet
Complete FRAUDS!! Misrepresented the products. Unable and Unwilling to provide customer support. Don't know how to fix their on program. Refuse to issue refunds when all criteria is met. Take advantage of people who are trying to earn a living using their program to list auctions on...
Entity
Categories: Software
7461, Report:
#40693
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2003
AlphaCraze via Amazon Marketplace ripoff Mail 0rder fraud Failed to ship purchased book Sandy Hook Connecticut
I ordered a book from AlphaCraze on 9/12/02 using the Amazon Marketplace but they never sent the book (it is now 1/8/03!). They don't answer their phone, and they have not responded to any of my emails. Amazon says that since it has been more than 60 days, it is my problem. I have s...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
7462, Report:
#35968
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2003
Panasonic Consumer Electronics sold knowingly defective merchandise, refused to make good with replacement for refund consumer fraud ripoff Secaucus New Jersey
Panasonic is knowingly and fraudulently selling defective products to consumers. They will go into cover-up mode and deny all knowledge of these defects to the customer until confronted with evidence to document them. Then they will still refuse to make good on the customer's inves...
Entity
Categories: Electronic Manufacturers
7463, 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
Categories: Book Stores
7464, 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
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
7465, 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
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
7466, 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
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
7467, 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
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7468, 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
Categories: On-Line Business
7469, Report:
#32305
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2002
Orderbox.com Ripoff Internet
I actually ordered from them via Amazon because they are an Amazon Marketplace seller. Their ad says ship within 1-2 days and provide you with a tracking number. My e-mail from Amazon said seller agrees to ship by 10/4. At the end of the day on 10/4 I e-mailed them asking where my ...
Entity
Categories: Video Stores
7470, 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
Categories: Corrupt Companies
7471, 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
Categories: On-Line Business
7472, 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
Categories: TVs & VCRs
7473, 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
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
7474, 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
Categories: Computer Training & Education
7475, 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
Categories: On-Line Stores