51, Report:
#1801
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2003
PAC BELL Wireless Billing Scam
Beware the billing scam employed by Pacific Bell Wireless.
Your bill will be printed and held by Pac Bell so that it arrives no sooner than 10 days before the amount becomes delinquent. If the amount is not received by Pac Bell by the due date, the amount is delinquent. Of cour...
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Categories: Cellular Phone Companies
52, Report:
#42528
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2003
Pacific Bell, American Agencies ripoff business from hell Torrence California
In January 2000, I recieved a bill from American Agencies in Torrence California, for a Pacific Bell account. When I saw the ballance I was blown away! 1890.00 dollars
I admit that I did have a phone in my name in 1999, that was not paid before I was sent to prison. At that time...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
53, Report:
#37028
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2003
Pacific Bell & American Agencies ripoff & extortion Torrance California
After I asked Pacific Bell to turn off my account before i moved to utah, they did NOT.
My tenants used the phone. I called Pacific Bell Numerous times to say i should not have to pay for 3 extra months of phone bills when i specifically asked them to turn it off at a set date. I...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
54, Report:
#6589
Posted Date:
Nov 23 2002
Qwest Communications slammed me
A couple of months ago the long distance portion of my local Pacific Bell phone bill contained a new name: Qwest Communications. I very seldom use my landline for long distance, since it is free on my cell phone, and the amount of the bill was small, so like a dummy, I ignored it. ...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
55, Report:
#34735
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2002
MCI The Neighborhood SLOW on Changes to Service; Gives the EXACT same answer when I call to inquire deceptive company NATIONWIDE
I have had MCI since we moved to our current address in March of this year. Until now, things have been fairly smooth. Service has been okay, billing has been okay, no problems in payments posting.
However, due to several factors (incessant calls from people asking for the prev...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
56, Report:
#34626
Posted Date:
Nov 09 2002
earthlink & pacific bell The Rip Off Team of the year DSL literally sucks san diego usa
Last year i decided to get the so-called free installation and free modem deal for a DSL hookup through earthlink.
Guess what happened those $hit stains did the scam of the century. The first bill from pacific bell had over 250 dollars in charges for intallation and all other kin...
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Categories: Internet Services
57, Report:
#28511
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2002
AOL DSL, PACIFIC BELL CHARGING FOR DSL I NOTIFIED THEM TO CANCEL, TOOK A WHILE TO STOP CHARGING ME. THEN AOL STARTED. NOW THEY TURNED OFF MY PHONE RIP-OFF NY New York
IT ALL STARTED IN 5-01 . I WENT ON VACTION .WHEN I CAME HOME I RECIEVED MY BILL STATING I RECIEVED A MODEM VIA MAIL. I SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE I WAS ON VACTION AT THE TIME.THAT I DID NOT WANT IT OR RECIEVE IT.THIS WENT ON FOR 9MNTHS BATTLING BACK AND FORTH. AT ONE TIME I WAS CREDITE...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
58, Report:
#27626
Posted Date:
Aug 22 2002
sbc pacific bell dsl sbc has horrible service and a practice to delay cancelations garden grove California
garden grove, calif
starting the month of may 2002 i signed up for pacbell dsl service, because they had a promo $29 ($49 reg) for first 3 months. i recieved a self install kit in the mail. service started 1 day after my billing cycle, that was ok. but after that the service stank....
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
59, Report:
#23470
Posted Date:
Jun 27 2002
Pacific Bell ripoff Los Angeles California
Hi Everyone- Please do not become involved with Pacific Bell DSL! My email is down and out two or three times a week. The rude billing people say they are not responsible for email problems. Their own technical service has said the opposite; that they are having problems with th...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
60, Report:
#5974
Posted Date:
May 22 2002
Pacific Bell - DSL Service or Lack Of
I would advise users to be very wary of purchasing Pacific Bells DSL service since they provide NO SERVICE should your area become to conjested or put bluntly - oversold. I live in an area where DSL was not popular a year and a half ago. However that is no longer true.
I find...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
61, Report:
#19105
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2002
MCI WorldCon You don't have to be a customer to get ripped off by MCI Fraud. Iowa City Iowa
In 1996, my wife and I installed a modem line so she could work from home. March of 2001 we had a DSL line installed and the modem line became redundant. We were considering using the line later as a dedicated work-only line. So we kept the line live, but disconnected it from ou...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
62, Report:
#19098
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2002
AOL AOL ripoff San Jose Internet
I set up local access numbers for my AOL internet access.....and was upset to get an approx $120 phone bill with a lot of local toll call access dial ups from a location I had not included in my access setup numbers. My local phone co, Pacific Bell, says they get this complaint all...
Entity
Categories: Internet
63, Report:
#9358
Posted Date:
Apr 17 2002
Miss Cleo & AT&T
I have been sent e-mails personal letters and phone messages from Miss Cleo for about 3 months now. I was told I won a free reading and I was told that Miss Cleo had a dream concerning my future.
I was told every day by e mail that I must call and recieve my free reading for it ...
Entity
Categories: Psychic
64, Report:
#18828
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2002
aol.com ripoff unfair billing,i cancel twice and because i've been ill,did not notice bill on back of phone,i call company and was told to fax proof from pacific bell f consumer fraud ripoff internet internet
aol refuses to give me the 7month of service that i never used they billed my local phone co, i called and was told by supervisor that i would get my money back,i only received 2month not 7 and i was also told that if i request in writing i would have owed money sent to me ,not true...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
65, Report:
#17228
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2002
Pacific Bell DSL, SBC/Pacific Bell, PacBell DSL, Pacbell/SBC DSL ripoff, lack of service, daily disconnects Escondido, San Diego CA
Pacific Bell (or SBC?) DSL causes constant disconnects, causes computer freeze ups. They are impossible to contact, web address (pacbell.snap.com) redirects to NBCi home.
M
Escondido, California
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Categories: Internet Services
66, Report:
#12034
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2002
World Voice Link Inc.'s company ILD teleservices Inc. charges without authorization
We recieved in our Pacific Bell(SBC) telephone bill a charge for a voice mail service totalling $49.50. We were contacted by the company many times and each time we told them we didn't want their service. Despite having told them this they have charged us anyway. Being that it is th...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
67, Report:
#10261
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2001
SBC Pacific Bell Telephone Company failure to provide service charged for
there are several reports in one... my company was set up with sbc, pacific bell (axkxa pac bell) through my associate along with other associates and other companies. we were charged an outrageous amount for a fax, copier, printer machine that we were lead to believe was a newer m...
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Categories: Telephone Companies
68, Report:
#4050
Posted Date:
Dec 18 2000
Exstended Stay America - ESA company's hotels / Executive Suites RIP-OFF ON LOCAL CALLS
While ESA under several different market names has a great idea in providing low cost executive suite motels for much less than a stay in a standard motel and with amenities such as kitchinettes and data lines for your compouter . . .
WATCH OUT FOR THEIR FREE LOCAL CALL PRACTICES...
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Categories: Hotel
69, Report:
#3758
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2000
Beware of promises made by high speed internet access companies.
I asked Earthlink for an ADSL high-speed internet connection. To cut a long and frustrating story short, the job dragged on for weeks. No satisfactory answer was given to me as to who would be paying for the enormous amount of extra work needed to run a new data line to my apartment...
Entity
Categories: Internet
70, Report:
#1215
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2000
Pac Bell phone
A person from Pacific Bell called to ask if I would buy this cordless phone with all these features and so I did. When I got the phone, I put it away until my daughter's birthday.(about 2 or three weeks) We gave it to our daughter and followed all directions and within the first wee...
Entity
Categories: Telephones
71, Report:
#1214
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2000
Pac Bell phone
A person from Pacific Bell called to ask if I would buy this cordless phone with all these features and so I did. When I got the phone, I put it away until my daughter's birthday.(about 2 or three weeks) We gave it to our daughter and followed all directions and within the first wee...
Entity
Categories: Telephones