401, Report:
#24372
Posted Date:
Jul 15 2002
AOL America Online is a ripoff. Worldwide, Internet
I can't believe that they can get away with this,,i have been a client of thiers for almost 3 years, when i called and cancelled, they said fine, and since you have been such a good client we're going to give you 2 free months of internet use, well i said ok, but when i went to my ...
Entity
Categories: Internet
402, Report:
#24545
Posted Date:
Jul 13 2002
America Online dishonest and fraudulent billing practices consumer fraud ripoff new york New York
AOL claims that in Nov. 2001 I changed my monthly billing to hourly. At the time my computer was being repaired, and I didn't do it. Never mind that my account was 4 years old and that changing it to hourly ran up a bill to $108.52. After 4 months of problems, I finally talked to...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
403, Report:
#24402
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2002
AMERICA ONLINE AOL ripoff screwed others too OGDEN Utah
After buying my grandaughter a PC. I recieved a disc in the mail from AOL for 1000 free hours. We decided to try it. After a week
of trying to get on line with AOL,and numeruos useless phone conversations with their so called costumer service and tech support,we gave up and went wi...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
404, Report:
#24123
Posted Date:
Jul 07 2002
America Online ripoff dishonest fraudulent billing Dulles Virginia
Aol sent me a CD for 1'000 free hours Or 45 days of free
on line. My time will be up July 28th.
I got a note from the billing manager stating they were going to take the money from my account on july 1st.
I had not planed on keeping Aol as they cost 35.oo or more a mon...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
405, Report:
#23813
Posted Date:
Jul 02 2002
America Online AOL is a ripoff scam that makes false promises. Internet, Worldwide
America Online promised to send me a $50 savings bond if I agreed to join a promotional offer for a 30-day free trial. I spoke to a man working with a company working for AOL and he said I should have the savings bond in the mail in 2 weeks along with an info packet.
Well, its b...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
406, Report:
#23370
Posted Date:
Jun 25 2002
America Online & AOL.com is a ripoff. Internet, Worldwide
AOL billing is unbelievabe. Even though they have records that show that an account has NEVER been accessed, they have continued to charge my credit card for seven months. When I tried to contact them I was on hold for over thirty minutes and when finally was able to reach someone,...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
407, Report:
#22269
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2002
AOL, America Online Ripoff give me my money back you know you owe it to me dirty $ hungry thieves NY NY Ogden Utah
I have tried to cancel AOL service many times, by telephone on four different occassions, by email on two occasions and by fax per aol's request on one occasion. I even changed my payment to a credit card to a credit card that was maxed out, so that payment could not be gotten - ju...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
408, Report:
#22726
Posted Date:
Jun 14 2002
AOL, America Online TOTAL RIPOFF!! deceptive company Scranton Pennsylvania
I thought that when I signed up with AOL that it was going to be an easy solution to the internet... and being able to get online and surf the net but... guess not!! I have had TOO many bank overdrafts it's not funny with these guys! I have had AOL for 6 years now and the problems...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
409, Report:
#342
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2002
AOL ..America Online's software is proprietary and ancient
The web browser built into America Online's software is proprietary
and ancient. Both the Macintosh and PC versions of the AOL web
browser were purchased from outside companies, and both are barely
usable. In addition, due to the structure of the AOL network,
transfers are a...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
410, Report:
#19770
Posted Date:
Jun 09 2002
America Online ripoff tricked and lied to us internet internet
Recently my husband bought, online a cd titled Cache & Cookie Washer for AOL & CompuServe. He thought it would be something that would prove of some use to us. It's function, I am quoting from the cd cover, to quickly clean up your cache, cookies and history. Recover valuable hard ...
Entity
Categories: Software
411, Report:
#22121
Posted Date:
Jun 05 2002
AOL - America Online America online free trial turns into continuess billing ripoff abused & mistreated rip-offs victimized many consumers rip-offs Dulies Virginia
I picked up an aol disk 1000 hour free trial for 45 days from a local convienient store . I took the disk home and installed it. Upon installation I was prompted to call aol to have confirm after the 45 days if I choose to keep aol They vould bill my home phone .
The aol represen...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
412, Report:
#21843
Posted Date:
May 31 2002
AOL, America OnLine ripoff bad billing practices bank account infection actively billing canceled members (Almost On-Line) Too Big To Care VA
Just like everyone else in the United States, I receive an America On-Line (AOL) Internet disc in the mail at least twice a month. Well back in September of 2000, I decided to take advantage of the free service. I was not happy with the service because my Internet connection was a...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
413, Report:
#21850
Posted Date:
May 30 2002
America online, Bellsouth ripoff deceptive companies false promises Atlanta
I'm very new to computers.I just bought one less then 30 days ago. It came with 6 mos. of AOL service for free..I saw an ad online from AOL about DSL highspeed access and ordered it. The cost was $119.35 all together.$110.00 activation fee (through Bellsouth)$9.35 tax.
I re...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
414, Report:
#21740
Posted Date:
May 29 2002
America Online (AOL) is a ripoff business from hell, they got us too. Worldwide, Internet
Aol somehow was charging my phone bill for 6 moths (or more) ive never even used this account! after the free trial was up..we cancled... now they have been billing my mothers checking account,, once again we never even use aol.. i wanna warn everyone never use a free cd from aol ...
Entity
Categories: Internet
415, Report:
#21130
Posted Date:
May 19 2002
America Online (AOL) is a ripoff scam. Salt Lake City, Utah
I have cancelled my subscription by fax some months ago and am still being charged. I have try to contact them but I am kept on hold forever.
I sent another fax but to no avail. I haven't used this account since I came home from the United States of America.
Lou
Melbourne, A...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
416, Report:
#20983
Posted Date:
May 16 2002
AOL America Online ripoff Jacksonville Florida
I was charged by aol $178.65 for one months of service. I was SHOCKED to say the least. I think one of the reps at aol was too.
I did get my money back but they are leaving me out to dry when it comes to my bank nsf charges of $54.00.
Dwight
Woodstock, Georgia
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
417, Report:
#20789
Posted Date:
May 14 2002
AMERICA ONLINE is a rip-off fraud company. Saint Louis, Missouri
AMERICA ONLINE makes unauthorized withdrawals of funds from NON-Customer Checking Accounts:
AOL has withdrawn funds from my checking account twice now and I do NOT have an account with them. In Feb 2001 my regular internet provider was down, so I used a freebie AOL disk. I did n...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
418, Report:
#20761
Posted Date:
May 13 2002
America Online ripoff canceling account mistreated on the internet
I got a free trial disk from aol. The free trail was to end on the 12th of may. I called them on the 13th and They said i should have called them on the 11th because they have already charged me for this month and that they do not pro-rate accounts. I just wan't other people to be a...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
419, Report:
#20641
Posted Date:
May 11 2002
AOL America Online tried to rip me off ripoff abused & mistreated ripoff business from hell CA
A few months ago I tried canceling my free 7.0 trial version, well, the representative asked me why I wanted to cancel and I told him I just got Time Warner Road Runner and that I didn't need AOL anymore. I mean, why pay for two providers. Anyway, he talked me into the bring your ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
420, Report:
#20402
Posted Date:
May 07 2002
America Online AOL is a ripoff business that victimized many consumers. Worldwide, Internet
I recently used the FREE AOL trial and was told over the phone that I had 1000 hours of free service. I did not even use the 1000 hours. I might have used 10 at the most.I just wanted the free service to find a cheeper online service.
I must have talked to 5 or 6 people who wor...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
421, Report:
#20148
Posted Date:
May 04 2002
AOL AMERICA ONLINE ripoff abused & mistreated, dirty SOB's, the business that doesn't give a dam *UPDATE thank you Rip-off Report, you got me my money back!
WARNING TO ALL!!!!!!! DO NOT SIGN UP FOR FREE TRIAL UNTIL YOU KNOW FOR SURE YOU CAN CONNECT!!!!
I have recently tried the 45 day free trial for AOL. The software was not working right, so in 45 days I used less than 2 hours of service and had forgotten about the account within a ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
422, Report:
#19843
Posted Date:
Apr 30 2002
America Online aka AOL. Dishonest ripoff liars & dirty SOB's. New York, NY & Nationwide, Internet, USA
Carla at AOL demanded payment for a closed account and said I would not get a credit because I did not talk nicely to her.
Back in December of 2001, I made a mistake and turned one of my AOL sub accounts into an individual account. Not realizing what I have done until I noticed ...
Entity
Categories: Consumer Services
423, Report:
#19510
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2002
America Online No Credit Card Required Scam Internet
I am a previous paying AOL subscriber. About a month after cancelling my AOL membership I received a disk in the mail that stated Non Credit Card Required on the outside. I downloaded this disk and logged on using my previous screen name. The next month when I received my credit ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
424, Report:
#18303
Posted Date:
Apr 06 2002
America Online Customer's Requests Ignored/Continuous Billing victimized many consumers internet service
I had no idea that so many people were having the same problems with AOL as I am.
Last year I bought a Gateway computer. With it came a free 1 year subscription to AOL. Great, I thought. Approximately 6 months later They began taking the monthly fee from my checking account. Fina...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
425, Report:
#15147
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2002
Ripoff AOL Being Sued, AGAIN! Charging your credit card for products you never ordered!
Three AOL customers have filed suit against them for sending them merchandise they did not order and charging their credit/debit cards for same. Please note, this suit has not reached class action status as of yet but, in all probability, it WILL. Below is the news article as repo...
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Categories: Internet Services