1, Report:
#894865
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2012
Specialty Merchandising Corporation Smart Living Corporation Tried to get my bank acct. # so they could SUPPOSEDLY deposit some money to help me. Internet
Hello, I was contacted out of the blue yesterday on my email site,
which they must have obtained from some website that I may have
signed up to receive coupons or something.
Because some of those coupon sites and whatever, have in the small
print at the bottom, that most of...
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Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
2, Report:
#328977
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2012
SMC - Specialty Merchandising Corporation SMC - WHAT A RIP OFF!! AND THE E-COMMERCE WEBSITE IS THEIRS ALSO!!! Simi Valley California
The bad part about this company is the charges! You own your own company - they are giving you a website. Gee - $40 a month for a website that NO ONE can get into UNLESS THEY HAVE A GIFT CARD!! Gee - what good is that if they have NO GIFT CARD!! People CANNOT get into your website t...
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Categories: TV Advertisements
3, Report:
#122414
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2011
Wes-State Corporation; National Homeworkers Association ripoff I have definitely decided not to market this less than accurate catalog, because I don't want to deceive anyone into any scam businesses that will only make them poorer hanks for this forum!Eugene Oregon
Wes-State Mortgage/National Homeworkers Association, Home Business Directory has several companies that Rip Off Reports have listed as home business scams. Eugene, Oregon.
I received in July a copy of the National Homeworkers Association's Home Business Directory, with 111 home ...
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Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
4, Report:
#615246
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2010
SMC, Specialty Merchandising Corporation, Specialty Merchandise Corp Someone at SMC ripped my CC # and used it to join another work at home company, Internet
I decided to file this report after seeing a link posted for a work at home position.
I clicked on it to find it was from SMC. It reminded me of what happened so I thought I would post my experience here.
You can decide if you want to get involved with a company like this.
I...
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Categories: Credit Card Fraud
6, Report:
#475112
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2009
SMC Or Specialty Merchandising Corporation THE MOST HORRIBLE, DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES I EVER CAME ACROSS Simi Valley California
I have never came across a set of unprofessional, uncaring, deceptive set of people as I have when I joined SMC. The telemarketer who contacted me did not give all the facts about the business...I was told I had a 60 day money back gaurantee, but when I called to cancel after 30 da...
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Categories: Bait-and-Switch
7, Report:
#415680
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2009
SMC - Specialty Merchandising Corporation Purchased website then an upgraded website, recieved no orders/ business in 3 year period. Simi Valley California
I had a similar experience to the many other reported frauds this company has used against consumers. Purchased website then was told I needed an upgrade to a more expensive site in order to take credit cards on the web. After an upgrade to a $ 5,000 website, I recieved no orders/ ...
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Categories: TV Advertisements
8, Report:
#394959
Posted Date:
Nov 25 2008
SMC - Specialty Merchandising Corporation SMC FRAUDULENT BUSINESS PRACTICES Simi Valley California
I signed up for SMC on 11/14/2008, initially seeking information, yet I was given THE HARD SELL, right then I should of listened to my inner voice, and hung up the phone...yet, I thought if a familiar and relatively trusted TV celebrity recommended SMC, the company had to have poten...
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Categories: TV Advertisements
9, Report:
#393863
Posted Date:
Nov 22 2008
Specialty Merchandising Corporation, SMC Didn't give an opportunity to refuse and keep calling my cell (harassing me) when I have specifically said I was not interested anymore Simi Valley California
I wanted to try SMC because they said you could earn money with your own business. They didn't say that you had to pay them money in order for you to earn money. I am a college student and my stepdad recently lost his job so I decided I was going to try to earn money so my parents...
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Categories: Work at Home Business
10, Report:
#323605
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2008
Specialty Merchandising Corporation Outraged! Company has not sent refund as their guarantee states. Having terrible problems getting straight answers form anyone. Fontana California
In February 2008 I ordered the SMC membership kit. To my surprise, there were alot of other measures that needed to be taken to run a home-based business that I was not told by the company.
When I cancelled by member ship in March (within my 30 day money back guarantee time limi...
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Categories: Home Based Business
11, Report:
#305709
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2008
SMC - Spcialty Merchandising Corporation Still causing me headaches Fontana California
This company tried to rip me off but I was persistant and did evenually get my start up money back from them after a long period of time and the threat of me hiring an attorney. Now I am getting demand letters from a collection agency and when I try to tell them that we settled the...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
12, Report:
#223459
Posted Date:
Dec 02 2006
Specialty Merchandising Corporation lifetime member ripoff what EVERYONE needs to know Chatsworth California
I have been a lifetime member for several years, opting to pay off the membership soon after signing up in spring of 2000. I was pleased with the merchandise and prices and never encountered any problems with the company until beginning in 2004. I was under the assumption that the...
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Categories: TV Advertisements
13, Report:
#75606
Posted Date:
Dec 22 2003
SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE CORPORATION ripoff prompt refund of money-back guarantee is a joke CHATSWORTH California
I made the downpayment to smc, received my membership kit, looked at the products and website, decided it looked pretty crappy, called smc within the 30-day examination period, cancelled membership, mailed membership kit back to smc via usps-priority mail, and waited.
one week l...
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Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies