4776, Report:
#2458
Posted Date:
Jun 14 2000
DeFranco Paving...Takes money and never shows up...
I called Robert DeFranco for an estimate on a patio made of interlocking paving stones and received a very professional consultation and a very fair price of $7050. The first day he showed up to work he asked for $1000 to cover the gravel and the labor which I gave him a check for. ...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
4777, Report:
#2441
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2000
Qwest Long distance company
Telemarketer from Canada promised that the State to State rate would be only $.04 a minute, asked about this constannly and was told yes, IN STATE rate would be $.07 a minute. I signed up, First bill came and it was $.01 cents a minute for long distance for 60 minutes, then the rema...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4778, Report:
#2442
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2000
Qwest Long distance company
Telemarketer from Canada promised that the State to State rate would be only $.04 a minute, asked about this constantly and was told yes, IN STATE rate would be $.07 a minute. I signed up, First bill came and it was $.01 cents a minute for long distance for 60 minutes, then the rema...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4779, Report:
#2331
Posted Date:
May 26 2000
General Manufatrued Housing builds homes that fall apart in 5 years
im writing this to let people know that if u own a general mobil home built in waycross georgia, u need to check your bottom joist beam that holds ur home up, and around the whole home pull siding and check my home is 5 years old and literally falling and rotting away due to poor cr...
Entity
Categories: Home Warranty Companies
4780, Report:
#2271
Posted Date:
May 17 2000
AOL A collection agency said I owe $29.00 David Child
I had AOL Long Distance. I quit AOL in about August of 1999. In May of 2000, I am sent a letter from a collection agency saying I owe $29.00. When I call them and ask why I owe it, the person says that once I quit AOL and AOL Long Distance, I am under obligation to call them to s...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
4781, Report:
#2261
Posted Date:
May 15 2000
OHIO Home Buyers, ..WARNING! Homewood homes AKA Homewood Builders, Mel Sims Realtor & Developers Morgage company are nothing less than rip-off Liars
Homewood Builders---Corp.
750 Northlawn Dr.
Cols. OH 43214
614-451-9999
Mel Sims---realtor
4810 Cemetery Rd.
Hilliard, OH 43026
614-771-6300
Developers Mort.
750 Northlawn Dr.
Cols.Oh 43214
614-451-0085
Our long and confusing story with Homewood builders began i...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
4782, Report:
#2190
Posted Date:
May 03 2000
bank Rip off Avinger First 1325State Bank
I was using a bank. My aol was auto deductied from my account. The day aol took it out of my account. I deposited the money. The bank charge me $30.00 for it because the said my money was not in there. But it was. I keep all my receipts to show people.
Okay another. If i wrote...
Entity
Categories: Banks
4783, Report:
#2157
Posted Date:
Apr 26 2000
usenet.com rip-off
WHILE SURFING THE WEB I CAME ACROSS A SITE CALLED USENET.COM. AS I PAGED THROUGH IT IN THE SIGN UP AREA, I SAW THAT THEY WERE OFFERING A 30 DAY TRIAL. THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF SERVICES WERE UNDER THEIR PLATINUM PLAN, SO THAT'S WHAT I APPLIED FOR. I GAVE THEM THE CREDIT INFORMATION REQU...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
4784, Report:
#2122
Posted Date:
Apr 20 2000
candy direct.com is bad news
i became a distributor from candy direct a few months ago. they assinged a site for me and I proceeded to attract clients.
i posted my own messages, i created a website and an autoresponder.
i obtained 5 orders. the clients sent the info to me and i placed the orders throug...
Entity
Categories: Internet Marketing Companies
4785, Report:
#2120
Posted Date:
Apr 20 2000
AOL does not TELL members VITAL FACTS
Is there any way I can email you stuff already formatted on AOL message boards?
If not I'll have to get to it later.
AOL has a devilish combination of
DECEPTION and CONFUSION and OMISSION in their general information screens, and
ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FINANCIAL I...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
4786, Report:
#2111
Posted Date:
Apr 19 2000
Car FAX.COM rip-off Fraud
I Would like to know HOW CAR FAX.COM SAY THEY
HAVE A FREE SERVICE ON RAIEDO,TV SO MY?THEN HOW DO THEY GET AWAY RE:QUIERING
EVERY ONE GIVE CREDIT CARDS NUMBERS
THE LAW IS CLEAR IF YOU SAY ITS FREE THETAS FRAUD
[email protected]
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Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
4787, Report:
#2072
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2000
Long Distance Scam
AOL Long Distance called our home and offered us 100 free minutes, $5.95 per month with rates of 5 cents per min., and a reimbursement of the switching fees for both lines. The salesgirl also said that we could be billed on our regular phone bill and we would receive calling cards....
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4788, Report:
#2051
Posted Date:
Apr 12 2000
Video Computer Store Rip Off
I bought a computer a the video computer store last february. After paying 2,166.00 I still have not received parts of the computer. They promised to ship in 4 wks and it has been 2 months and nothing yet. They also promised rebates I have never received. After trying to talk to th...
Entity
Categories: Computer Dealers
4789, Report:
#2010
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2000
Maximus Computers
My husband and I bought a computer through Maximus Computers in Irwindale CA., in 1999. We have a warranty for this computer and yet we can not get it serviced. The company has no working phone number and it seems they have vanished off the face of the earth.We have had problems wit...
Entity
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
4790, Report:
#1950
Posted Date:
Apr 03 2000
AT&T Europe
I spent last summer on a student trip to Prague, Czech Republic.
The phone systems in that country are notoriously unreliable,flawed and outdated. As a result the entire country's phone system is routinely and randomly cut off at any given time.For any given AMMOUNT of time. This i...
Entity
Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
4791, Report:
#1754
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2000
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
Last Friday, March 24th, 2000 a letter from Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation stated the following: This letter is to notify you that we forwarded your account to an attorney/trustee to immediately initiate foreclosure proceedings. The letter has a few standard lines and at th...
Entity
Categories: Mortgage Companies
4792, Report:
#1915
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2000
Taken advantage by: El Tecolote Furniture in Palm Desert Ca.
I went into El Tecolote Furniture in Palm Desert California to shop for a Sofa & Chair, I did not see anything on the show room floor that caught my eye. The salesperson suggested ordering a sofa & chair from one of their catalogs, so we looked for the pieces and came up with a set....
Entity
Categories: Furniture & Furnishings
4793, Report:
#1864
Posted Date:
Mar 29 2000
When is a lemon a lime? The Used Car Store, Inc rip-off Varginia
Late December 1999 I needed to purchase an cheap car, I searched Auto Trader and found that The Used Car Store, Inc. Stafford VA listed the types of cars and prices that I could afford. I made an appointment,told the salesman that I needed realiable and safe transportation to make f...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
4794, Report:
#1716
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
[email protected] Rick Salesky ripped me off
Richard Salesky burned me for over $12,000.00. I discovered Mr. Salesky selling on ebay.com a year ago last January. I bought thousands of $ of inventory to sell on ebay without problems and thought he was a reputable business. In May of last year he quit shipping my products and...
Entity
Categories: Specialty Stores
4795, Report:
#733
Posted Date:
Mar 27 2000
Aamco's transmission consumer Rip-off ...AAmco Transmission rebuttal Albuquerque New Mexico
ORIGINAL FILE DATE: 9-27-00
UPDATE 3-26-00... RESPONSE FROM AAMCO Albuquerque NM
UPDATE 3-27-00... Thanks from AAmco
BEFORE YOU LET AAMCO WORK ON YOUR
TRANSMISSION PLEASE READ THIS FIRST:
AAMCO, America's Transmission Specialists?
This is the story of one man's or...
Entity
Categories: Auto Repair Service
4796, Report:
#1656
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2000
Classic Home Systems rip-off Maryland Home Improvement Nightmare
In October my husband and I contracted with Classic Home Systems, P.O. Box 831, Westminster, MD 21158 to install 14 CertainTeed windows in our home. The current phone numbers I have for Classic Home Systems are 410-840-3800 and 410-840-3801. Their MHIC# is supposedly 72733. When we ...
Entity
Categories: Home Improvements
4797, Report:
#1634
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2000
You won't get the free AOL service
I signed up for AOL Long Distance, but called first to find out how the 3 free months of AOL would work. I was told the first month would be the following month, the second free month would be after 6 months, and the last after 1 year. I have received NO free months, although AOL ...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
4798, Report:
#1630
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2000
First USA Bank ..WATCH OUT FOR THEM
Hello
I sent an earlier horror story to this site (1-25-00) about the First USA Rate Scam. Since then I have made repeated calls and sent a letter, which have been to no avail. To this day, no one has called or written to me regarding the problem I am having with First USA bank. ...
Entity
Categories: Banks
4799, Report:
#1627
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2000
WORKING ASSETTS MY ASS
I recently bought a computer, my first, through Gateway and they gave me one free year of America on-line. When choosing the required access numbers I chose two numbers I can dial with the usual seven digits. They decided to dial a number that was not in my local calling area (the o...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
4800, Report:
#1494
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2000
David Weekly Homes ..Houston Texas ..TERMINATED AGREEMENT TO EXTRACT MORE MONEY
In July of 1999,I entered into a contract with David Weekly Homes of houston texas to purchase a house. The closing was to take place in march of 2000.after the house had been completed.
The tile installed by David Weekly Homes was not according to specification. When I objected ...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors