51, Report:
#28353
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2002
HRS Household Retail Services & Best Buy; Ripoff & Deceptive Billing Practices. City of Industry, California
After reviewing other posts on this board, I now know that there is a monster on the loose and it's name is Household Retail Services (HRS)!
I purchased some appliances from Best Buy in 11/2001 through their 12-months no interest financing plan. I use electronic banking services...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
52, Report:
#25626
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2002
Household Retail Services billed through collection agency and through HRS to different addresses Wilmington Delaware
This is an attempt to satisfactorily resolve an issue regarding a Best Buy Credit Card. I have never had an account directly with Household Retail Services (HRS); I did have an account for Best Buy when their credit card was issued through Beneficial National. This account was pai...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
53, Report:
#19284
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2002
HRS--Household Retail ServicesHRS USA (Household Retail Services) Unethical, nonsensical, unreletting, unfair, unnecessary, ripoff late charges added to my payments. Wood DaleCity of Industry California
I purchased a motorcycle from a local dealer, Woods Fun Center, here in Austin a couple of years ago. Had I known anything about this financing company, HRS, and it's business practices I would have reconsidered my decision.
I stumbled onto THIS site hoping to find HRS online ...
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Categories: Sporting Goods
54, Report:
#18759
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2002
HRS-Household Retail Services NSF fee of $29 for a check that was redeposited hours later ripoff City of Industry California
My final payment to HRS was in the form of a check that was returned for NSF. I understand that and am ashamed that I bounced a check. The same check, however, was redeposited on the same day and went through. My records and HRS's records confirm this. HRS, however, felt that I shou...
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Categories: Loans
55, Report:
#17581
Posted Date:
Mar 25 2002
HRS USA (HOUSEHOLD RETAIL SERVICES) ripoff , unfair, billing scams mistreated and ripped off outlandish ripoff late fees CITY OF INDUSTRY California
Misleading due date entries. No matter when I send in my bill I always receive outrageuos late charges which they sneakily add into my bill the following month.
I will never pay off my debt at this rate because of their outlandish fees!
I feel victimized and taken advantage o...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
56, Report:
#15578
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2002
household retail services billing ripoff
household retail services will not send me a bill, i have corrected my mailing address with them four (4) times in less than six monthes. yet i have not recived a bill from them for the last six(6) months. also, i send them my payment in a regular envelope and forsome unknown reason...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
57, Report:
#10613
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2002
HRS, Household Retail Services consumer Rip-off *Consumer Suggestions
I checked your site thoroughly, one rebuttal was Just pay your bills on time. Nice thought, however, it is virtually impossible to accomplish that mission with HRS.
HRS will delay registering a change of address. HRS will arbitrarily change your mailing address within the con...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
58, Report:
#10254
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2001
HRS USA- DELAYED POSTINGS & CONSEQUENT UNFAIR LATE FEES RIPOFF COMP USA
Having read the litany of concerns, complaints, and admonitions of so many who've been insulted, harrassed, abused, and swindled by HRS USA, I'll keep my posting brief; because frankly, I've nothing new to add...I can only echo the sentiments of the masses.
In January and Febru...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
59, Report:
#8443
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2001
HRS-Household Retail Services (Roomstore)
This is not really a ripoff but trickery on the part of HRS. I paid off my account before any interest started. I wanted to call and close the account, I would call the 800 number press 0 to speak with a service rep and get a message All customer service representatives are busy wit...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
60, Report:
#8438
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2001
HRS - Household Retail Services Rip-off
We are gathering reports via email concerning Household Retail Services and their practices. To date we have well over 100 reports from many consumers in almost every state. We contacted the Attorney General of The United States regarding the huge number of verified complaints and...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
61, Report:
#8072
Posted Date:
Nov 23 2001
Household Retaioth Natulis: financing company HRS-USA Rip-off
This company has a complete lack of disregard for intelligence of the general public. They are send billing information on the day the bill is due with lated charges already included in the billing. Remember that the interest rate is already @ 21% so this $25.00 late charge when acc...
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Categories: Financial Services
62, Report:
#7437
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2001
HRS usa Credit Services ripoff fraud
i read here that people have had problems with the credit card company, household retail services (HRS USA). well i am included in that. i went throught them for a new computer, with no intrest till oct. 2002.
well they have not sent me my statement in five months. i have had to...
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Categories: Credit Services
63, Report:
#6729
Posted Date:
Sep 22 2001
Best Buys bait and switch ongoing NIGHTMARE!
Hello everyone,
I bought a computer in October '99 at Best Buy in Charlotte, NC
(University area). I returned it twice. I was offered a wonderful deal on an 'Open Item' Compaq computer 'Internet Bundle'. I was informed that they sales rep was refunding my original computer an...
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Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
64, Report:
#2861
Posted Date:
Aug 08 2000
HouseHold Retail Services PO Box 703 Wood Dale, IL 60191
To Whom it May Concern: ( Copy of the Letter I sent to Household Bank)
By failing to read the fine print on the advance checks you so sent to me, will cause me to begin payments on my purchases before the contract date of January 2000. Upon receiving the checks I assumed the p...
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Categories: Furniture & Furnishings
65, Report:
#1497
Posted Date:
Mar 06 2000
Household Retail Services
They took over the credit for other agencies and have a $25.00 permonth nonpayment fee.
They emplyed a collection agency to be very pushy and get me to pay a bill IN FULL and then they kept billing me for the remainder of the charges (all penalities and exorbitant interest char...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services