5101, 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...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
5102, Report:
#7710
Posted Date:
Nov 16 2001
Shareholder Sues NextCard, Inc. for Securities Fraud, -This should make several thousand consumers happy. NextCard has been busted!
Shareholder Sues NextCard, Inc. for Securities Fraud,Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo Announces
Copyright 2001 PR Newswire Association, Inc.
PR Newswire...11/06/2001
A shareholder sued NextCard, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXCD) today infederal court, claiming that the cred...
Entity
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
5103, Report:
#6939
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2001
mrbusiness1999us, Yet another ripoff seller on eBay.
mrbusiness1999us is the user ID of a seller on eBay, that has ripped off over 20 buyers to date, that we have proof of. His email address was given to eBay as mrbusiness1999us#yahoo.com.
His name was given as Robert Lambert, AKA Andre Brooks.
Andre Brooks is the alias used on eBa...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
5104, Report:
#6866
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2001
wubai, ebays' disappearing Jack Hsu
On August 20,2001, my 10 year old son won an item at auction on ebay. We paid for the item with insurance through paypal. Paypal e-mailed us confirming payment on 08/24/01. Mr. Jack Hsu, aka [email protected], 1133 W. Sepulveda Blvd. #0-202, Torrance, Ca. 90502 e-mailed confirming...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Stores
5105, Report:
#6825
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2001
RALPH PAIVA OF PAIVA HOMES inferior, mason and block mildewed, inferior sub contractors, cheap accessories, house leaks like a sieve
Ralph Paiva of Paiva Homes built our home. We designed the floorplan ourselves, picked out all of the outside colors and designed the landscaping. Looking beyond all the pretties you will find a plethera of problems. The problems with this house began from the ground up, starting wi...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
5106, Report:
#6711
Posted Date:
Sep 21 2001
Travelbridge Air, Land, Sea bull Rip-off. Thank you, Rip-off Report!!!
Submitted: 9/7/01
Modified: 9/7/01
About 2 nights ago I rec'd a call from George!! He was with
Travelbridge and told me I had signed up for a free vacation
at Coral Square Mall and I had won!! Yeah, right!!
Luckily I did not believe him or trust him for a minute. He told...
Entity
Categories: Travel Services
5107, Report:
#5901
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2001
Triple R Construction LACK OF Services and a ripoff *Consumer Advise
Triple R Construction gave a quote to do a major remodle for my business the earlier part of June of this year, the major construction was to be combining my 780 square feet of floor space with the 1200 square feet in the vacant building to the north. I was impressed with both the p...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
5108, Report:
#5842
Posted Date:
Jul 22 2001
Mid-State Builders Insurance ripoff scam specialists
A house I own jointly with my brother experienced a small fire in September of 2000. Since I didn't want to deal with the troubles involved I asked my brother to take car of it. He signed a contract with Mid-State Builders, an Insurance Repair Specialist, at the suggestion of an ind...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
5109, Report:
#5645
Posted Date:
Jul 05 2001
BST Construction - The contractor from hell and beyond
Due to the lack of funds this contractor has cut every corner known to mankind including the square footage of our house because he could not afford the materials. his carpenter filed a lien against the property(was paid at the time of closing). So we paid for more of a house than ...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
5110, Report:
#1033644
Posted Date:
May 24 2001
Warning!! TransPlant Transmissions: Never ever, ever, go there. Ruined car and no warranty
Memorial Day, 1997. It began when I brought my 1985 Nissan 300Zx in to Transplant to get it's transmission replaced with a Dyno tested, remanufactured transmission and torque converter. It came with a 2 year, 24,000 mile Nation Wide Warranty. When they took the transmission out, Tim...
Entity
Categories: Auto Repair Service
5111, Report:
#5170
Posted Date:
May 16 2001
Leisure Time Warehouse refuses full refund.
This has been going on for two years now without relief. I ordered a new top to a hot tub from Leisure time Warehouse in Cleveland, Ohio. I wasn't sure of the model year so I drew a very accurate picture with the dimensions. Leisure Time Warehouse charged my charged card in advance ...
Entity
Categories: Pools & Saunas
5112, Report:
#4989
Posted Date:
Apr 22 2001
gardenstatemall.com still waiting for order
in january of 2001, i sent a money order for $17.45 for a herb grinder. gardenstatemall cashed money order in janury, but has not sent my grinder!!! found this ad in hightimes magazine.
Entity
Categories: Specialty Stores
5113, Report:
#4915
Posted Date:
Apr 13 2001
*CONSUMER ADVISE Know Your Carpet Dealer ..avoid the most common scams used in selling carpet !
THE SEVEN CARPET TRUTHS
If You Don't Know Carpet, Know Your Carpet Dealer
1. There is no such thing as free labor.
2. There is no such thing as an invisible seam.
3. There is no STAIN PROOF carpet.
4. There are no miracle fibers.
5. There is no such thing as a real ...
Entity
Categories: Carpet & Tile Stores
5114, Report:
#1294
Posted Date:
Mar 15 2001
The Pulte Homes Experience * UPDATE .. Pulte screws thir own contractors ..the inside story ..Pulte contractor turns Whistle Blower on Pulte Fraud
My family moved into our new Pulte Built home on Nov. 19, 1993. From that day on, we had nothing but problems getting Pulte Homes to honor the warranty. The first day in, we noticed that the walls were badly bowed, out of square, and out of plumb. The myiad of problems just seemed t...
Entity
Categories: Builders & Contractors
5115, Report:
#1957
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2001
CompUSA Computer Rip-off *REBUTTAL ..clearly blaming the wrong company *EDITORS REBUTTAL ..not so
In September of 1999 I purchased a computer, monitor etc., from CompUSA and with that purchased was promised a rebate check ($400.00) within 6-8 weeks if I signed up with the service (internet) for 3 years.
To my surprise 30 weeks later I haven't received a rebate check even thr...
Entity
Categories: Computer Dealers
5116, Report:
#4092
Posted Date:
Dec 27 2000
AZ Governor Hull is not telling new car buyers everything on ALT fuel cars.
Our state governor Jane D Hull is not telling the Alternative fuel car buyers the following.
Number 1. that there is a company called Automotive Diagnostic Specialties, Inc in Chandler AZ and there number is 1-480-961-8704 that is allowing car dealers to gauge these alternativ...
Entity
Categories: Federal Government
5117, Report:
#1034659
Posted Date:
Nov 28 2000
I want to expose a Nigerian Internet Scam Ring!
If you get an e-mail looking like any of the e-mails below....don't FALL for it! These Shysters are GOOD!
Eve Akrouche
The following 3 e-mails are the ones I received.
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:22:53 EST
From: yerima musa
To: [email protected]
Subject: co...
Entity
Categories: Con Artists
5118, Report:
#3498
Posted Date:
Oct 02 2000
Sav-On Carpet Cleaners very poor customer service, professionalism, and workmanship
Paid $188 to have our carpets cleaned in a house which is only 3 1/2 years old. Sav-on cleaned the carpet on Friday 9-15-00 and left. Once the carpet dried, a spot was found in the family room, Sav-on was contacted on Monday 9-18-00 and returned on Wednesday 9-20-00.
The tech...
Entity
Categories: Cleaning Services
5119, Report:
#3459
Posted Date:
Sep 30 2000
Sylmark Inc Mighty Pro Grill ripoff
Sylmark Inc
Fulfillment Division
2060 E. Francis St
Ontario, CA 91761
800-796-4431
Fax: 323-938-9342
To whom it may concern:
I purchased a Mighty Pro Grill from you several months ago. After many weeks, a package came in the mail. It was a square box that looked lik...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
5120, Report:
#3344
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2000
Sharp Co. for small appliances does not live up to it's name
I purchased a Sharp Microwave 7 years ago. A good size one,with the Auto turn on setting. 800 watts
I never cooked much in it except for potatos, or veg.
I mostly reheated leftovers in it. It was not used very often.
I put potatos in it (4 or 5) set it for 15 min. and left...
Entity
Categories: Manufacturers
5121, Report:
#3140
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2000
Chrysler Neon Expresso 1998 - A Big Purple Lemon!
I bought this vehicle because a friend of mine had an earlier version and had had no problems aside from wind noise. When it came time for me to choose a car, I purchased a 1998 Amethyst Neon Expresso from a local Plymouth dealer. A sharp 5 speed manual transmission. Good gas mileag...
Entity
Categories: Auto manufactures
5122, Report:
#2713
Posted Date:
Jul 21 2000
FREE INTERNET SCAM!! Freewwweb.com
FREE INTERNET SCAM!!!!
I Could Not Afford To Go On The Net With A Pay-For ISP. On April 14th, I Signed Up For, And Started Useing The Freewwweb.com Free ISP. I set Up The Local Phone #315-955-6220. (I Have These Settings Backed-Up To Prove They were Set Up Correctly)
On Apri...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
5123, Report:
#2518
Posted Date:
Jun 23 2000
PLUMBING/FLOOR REPAIR RIP-OFF
MY BATHROOM FLOOR ABSORBED WATER DUE TO A LEAK FROM THE TOILET
WHICH STARTED THE WOOD TO ROT.WE CALLED A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR
FOR A ESTIMATE TO REPAIR FLOOR.CONTRACTOR INFORMED US THAT HE
HAD TO REPLACE THE SUB FLOOR APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET SQUARE INTO
BEDROOM CLOSET.HE HAD OUR PERM...
Entity
Categories: Home Improvements
5124, Report:
#2284
Posted Date:
May 18 2000
Brass Armadillo Overcharges
I became a dealer @ Brass Armadillo in Phoenix in Dec.1998. I was quoted $111.00/month for a booth and $69.00/month for a glass case. I paid that until December 1999, when I closed the case. In January 2000, they began charging me $111.00 twice each month and then jumped it to $11...
Entity
Categories: Antiques & Second-hand
5125, 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