Thursday, November 30, 2006

Always purchase the games from shops not from online services.

Company: Gamefly Inc
Address : P.O. Box 6019, Inglewood, CA 90315, United States


Gamefly is an online video rental company that offers a monthly membership option where you can rent an unlimited number of PS2, XBOX and other type of games and keep them for as long as you want. They also offer some trial membership for limited period of time. you can participate and may keep a game for 10 days without being charged for it. Of course you must have a credit card to participate in this offer. On 09/15/06 I rented CONFLICT:VIETNAM from them, and according to information posted on their website you should receive their games within 2 to 4 business days by the United States postal service. My game did not arrive until 7 days later! And I was very shocked. The CD was new but you don't get the booklet that comes with the game and the plastic CD case is not included. As any true gamer knows you need the book to learn how to play the game, right? I guess this is how the company keeps postal expenses down in order to ship games. It arrived in an orange and white mailer sandwiched between 2 pieces of cardboard with a postage paid return envelope included. To make a huge story, I cancelled my trial membership option on 10/06/06 because I felt that this game had either been stolen or lost in the mail and I didn't want to be responsible for something I had never received. I played the game for a short trial period and returned the game to Gamefly on 10/02/06, but it wasn't until 10/06/06 that I found out Gamefly had billed my credit card for the full price of the game $54.49 and I must remind you that this was against my authorization. And I must also remind you that I did not get the booklet or CD case that comes with any game you purchase at a store. Always purchase the games from shops not from online services.

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I want my refund or my next step will be the BBB.

Company: Lumber Liquidators
Address : 3000 John Deere Rd,, Toano, VA 23168, United States


I had purchased Bamboo flooring from Lumber Liquidators. I felt disappointed with the material I received from them. I had purchased eight boxes of Bamboo flooring, which are awesome, great. My workman finished with six boxes and my home was looking great. I was very happy. Real story starts when he opened last two boxes whose color was too light and also I noticed that lot number was different too, it was SF-Y1. I contacted Lumber Liquidators and found that many people were facing the same problem. Dealer could not even match the lot number with available stock, so I was left with no option but continued with existing tiles. It gave my home messy look after flooring was done. Never received any back call or email I send then hundred times. Their customer service is hopeless.
I am upset with Lumber Liquidators because I didn�t bought flooring on sale, I paid $2.90/sqft. I want my refund or my next step will be to BBB.


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Never trust this company I made my life more difficult buying this machine.

Company: VIDEOCON
Address : Videocon Industries Ltd, 14 Kms Stone, Aurangabad-Paithan Road,Chitegaon, Aurangabad, Maharashtra India


Every days busy schedule in my office had up settled me and was not able to do my house hold work properly, even on the weakened the work load was carried home and I desperately needed a washing machine. I decided to buy a Videocon washing machine so that it becomes easy for me, but I was wrong it did not become easy but I was more disturbed with this product. The day I purchased this machine I am just running behind the bushes to get it repaired, from the very first day itself I could hear the machine making a sounds which I informed the dealer he told that it was nothing and it some time happens, I had never heard anything like this before, after some days I found that the spinner was just moving in clock wise moment no anticlock moment was there, I again tried telling the dealer that it needs to be checked but I was again made convinced that it was nothing to worry about. Now the machine had stopped working it just broke down with aloud noise and the machine was dead, I insisted that the dealer to see the machine, the circuit of the machine had damaged and the repairing would cost a lot. I had to repair it but the part was not available, at last the part was found but the mechanic was not able to fix it, its been 2 months I running here and there for repairing. Never trust this company I made my life more difficult buying this machine.

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watch out

Company: starluck casino
Address : the united states, n/a, Australia

URL: n/a

i recieved a letter also in the mail sayng that I had won75,400.00 and they wanted to me to deposit the check they sent me in my account. Luckly for me i did deposit the money but in gad i had no money in there or i would have been screwed.

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Never talk to strangers or you will end up in a mess like me.

Company: DCS Digital Cinema Sound Inc.
Address : 5451 Commercial Drive,, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, United States


I was reading through the hundreds of stories and mine is similar to all the others. I was leaving Panera Bread when two younger guys in a blue mini van approached me. For a moment I that it might be some misunderstanding. But no I was wrong. They told me that they were on their way to deliver an order to a lady and the company had given them extra stock. They said they wanted to sell that extra one rather than giving it back to their boss. I thought that they are trying to cheat me. So I was hesitant, but they showed me the invoice and the sheet with the retail value of the speakers. On seeing the same I think in my mind that they are not the false people. He said he would give me a copy and gave me his cell phone number which I called while he was there to make sure it was right. So at last I decided to go for it. I knew that I had only $300 in my bank account and he said he would throw in an extra speaker with the amp for $300. I told him I would give him $200 but I only had a check. He said if I wasn't going to buy the other speaker, he needed the cash so he could store it so his boss wouldn't find it. He then followed me to the bank and loaded the speakers in my car in front of a cop.
When I got home I immediately went online to check it out and found this site. Unfortunately, no one is going to check into this until after the fact and the cops seem to do nothing about it even though hundred of reports have been filed. I am a college student and gave them the last of my money. Considering so many people have been ripped off, does anyone know if there is anything that can be done about this? So all of you please be aware of such people and never talk to the people who approaches you without knowing them.


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DO NOT have anything to do with this "company". They are a scam!!!!!

Company: My Diet Patches.com
Address : 8301 W. 183rd Street,, Tynley Park, IL 60477, United States


I sincerely thank you for your 'rip-off' web page info. If only I had seen it earlier!!! I too have been ripped off by My Diet Patches.com I ordered the free trial package. When it arrived - finally - the recipient was urged to try the product for 6 weeks. I made the appointment with my doctor within two weeks of package delivery. The doctor said "No", and even the instructions said "NO". Doctor said not to use the patches, so I decided cancel any further deliveries from My Diet Patches. Before I could contact the supplier, I discovered a deduction for $129.25 by Diet Products. So I tried to email them at Customer service, nothing but I searched in Google.com for it and came across the other rip off reports on them
DO NOT have anything to do with this "company". BEFORE they try to get you to fall for their scam!!!


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Wirefly don’t keep their word

Company: Wirefly Mobile
Address : PO Box 750035,, El Paso, TX 88575, United States


I purchased T-Mobile Motorola RAZRV3 for $249. It has the rebate program and the phone come from Wirefly mobile. At the time when I purchased the phone they had a $50.00 rebate and when all the forms and original UPC is sent to T-Mobile they will send the rebate within six to eight weeks. Then I sent an email asking them where the rebate is and this is what they had to say. I have sent everything like they said, and I made copies of everything I sent. Below is the response I got from them. After further research into the information that you have provided us with via your e-mail. We are not showing a record of ever having received a submission with any or all of that information included. If it is possible there are any other names, addresses, or mobile numbers on this form, please submit that information and we will be more than happy to search for those contents as well. Another possibility is that you may not have mailed your submission to our department. It may have been a customer loyalty rebate, manufacturers rebate, dealers rebate, etc. If this is the situation I would suggest contacting the location where you purchased your phone from for any contact information for those processing centers. If it was mailed to this facility less than 6 weeks ago please allow us up to 6 weeks to receive and enter the information into our system. If it has been more than 6 weeks since you mailed your submission to this address we do apologize however after 6 weeks we have to assume that your submission was lost in the mail on its way to us. As our rebate form does state, T-Mobile is not held responsible for any loss, misdirection, or mutilated mail. If you still have the ORIGINAL UPC barcodes please contact us for further direction. If you no longer have the white sticker label, per the instructions on the rebate form, we cannot, under the terms and conditions of the rebate, validate the phone. The original version of this label has a unique code, which indicates purchase of an authentic T-Mobile phone or device. The unique copy of this label must be included with the rebate submission or T-Mobile cannot credibly verify the originality of the phone. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for choosing T-Mobile. I was surprised to get such kind of response from these people. They are fraudulent they don�t keep their word. They are misleading their customers.

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Check before going in the pool of this hotel.

Company: HOTEL CALIFORNIA
Address : 300E LELAND,, PITTSBURG, CA 94565, United States


During summers we usually decide to go for a weekend to a near by resort or a hotel, this time I opted for this hotel. We reached there late night and found that no one was there on the desk; it was no doubt late on ringing the bell the receptionist appeared she gave us our rooms. The next morning we all gathered on the pool as it was decided, the pool timings were 6am to 11am in the morning, we gathered say about 7am, we found that the pool was all dirty and had a slippery floor right at the edges which was very risky and might lead to some injuries, we informed the manager that the pool was not clean and it was now 7.15,the hotel manager tried to sought out this problem but was not able to find the cleaner, ultimately another 15 minutes we saw some came to clean the pool by that time it was late morning and many people were waiting to go in the pool, we all entered the pool but in some time found that itching was occurring on the body and seeing we all started our skin started getting red and it looked as if it was burnt, we came out of the pool and the person who was a doctor said that it was because of the excess chlorine in the water we all had marks and were scared, the doctor said it was not harmful but at the same time not good, he told us to immediately apply antiseptic cream, within a day the mark started vanishing but was this the way putting so much chlorine that the picnic turns to be a disaster, check before going in the pool of this hotel. The matter seemed so cool to the manager that not a word of sorry was delivered.

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Order shoes

Company: pppularkicks
Address : 145-157 st. john st, london, United Kingdom


I order some jordan tennis shoes for my duaghter back in September. I have written and called this company numerous times. When you call the number the mailbox is always full. No one answers your emails. It is now December and I have yet to receive the shoes or money or any type of reply from this company. This company must be a scam. Don not order from this company unless you have money to just throw away.

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DO NOT BUY FROM KITWEAR.COM. TOTAL SCAM

Company: Kitwear.com Tom mulldown
Address : room 629, 275 deansgate,, manchester, United Kingdom


Please do not buy from kitwear.com. I believe this site is a total scam. I orderd two football shirts from here and payment was taken straight away. I tried to contact them as regards my order and they never answer emails and the phone number doesnt work. I researched the company online, and came across others who too have had bad expiriences with kitwear.com and have never recieved their orders and those who have recieved their shirts, said they are very very bad fakes!! I also believe the address is fake too. I know the site belongs to a [************identity protected], as i have read forums in which he discuses his site.

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McAfee has poor customer service and is very frustrating to deal with.

Company: McAfee
Address : McAfee Corporate Headquarters,3965 Freedom Circle,, Santa Clara, CA 95054, United States


I ordered MacAfee antivirus for $49.99 with one year membership and downloaded it on 5/23/2006. I ordered the antivirus through the McAfee web site. But it is no longer working I spent over an hour troubleshooting the software. I called their Technical support and they told me to download the product again and reinstall thinking that would help. They sent me the 866 number for customer support. Oh, I cringed because I hate dealing with people who know nothing and work off of scripts. Mylene a customer support executive told me that I can't download it again because I don't have my order number. I ordered it via www.mcafee.com and she says I didn't even though they have a record of it. She says that u won�t be able to download a new copy. I said that I only wanted what I had paid for. But the product was no longer working. She spoke so fast with an accent that I could not understand her and had to ask her to speak slower. I finally got so frustrated that I asked for a refund. I'm only into my 5th month of the year. She said I wasn't able to get a refund either. I asked to speak to her supervisor.
I spoke to Gracz one of their senior executive but I got the same response. They just don�t listen. I suspect that McAfee has their support out of the U.S. helping keep Americans out of jobs. I asked to speak to her supervisor or to the President of McAfee. She said that she'd transfer me to her supervisor and asked if she could put me on hold for 1-2 minutes. I said ok. The piped in music was so loud that after about 2 minutes I had to hang up. I don't understand why they can't help. It's not as if I'm trying to get something for nothing. I paid for the service for a year and it is not working. It had just downloaded a virus update and that may have been what ruined it. I just want it to work and an apology from McAfee from someone (not Customer Support) for the poor customer service and frustration it's caused me. I also want to make sure they extend my contract by the days for which I was unable to use the Virus Scan software.


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fraud in los angeles

Company: Ultimate shopping network
Address : 2121 Avenue of the Stars Suite 2910, Los Angeles, ca. 90067, United States


ultmate shopping network does not return money to it's customers They owe over five thousand dollars and i can't get it back

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I hate Scam and fraud at Internet

Company: Achmad Hizbar Arsjad
Address : Jl. Mutumanikam No. 27, Bandung, Jawa Barat 40265, Indonesia


Internet is big oportunities for business, but many bad people scam and fraud. Many times I lost my money cause of scammer and fraud.

I joint this site for get and give information about scam and fraud.


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American Home Security Scam (AHS)

Company: American Home Security
Address : albany avenue, New York, United States


I owned a home with a home security system provided by American Home Security (AHS). We were with this security company for five years until we had to sell our home. When we were trying to close our account , we were told by AHS that we had to pay a full year worth of service fee to close the account.

During my contract signing, I was not made aware by AHS that the contract will renew every three years with any notification from the customer or AHS. Once your contract is renewed without you knowing it, you are responsible to pay for three year's worth of service no matter what. In the contract, this term was written in fine print that if you do not read the contract carefully (you even might need a magnifying glass to read it) you will definitely miss it.

In my opinion, if a company is honest and does not intend to rip off their customer, this kind of terms should be in bold and big enough font size. Or they can ask customer to initial this term and that they are made aware of it. This is not case.

If we were made aware by AHS, we would not have signed with them because three years is a long time. Anything can happen, I would not have wanted to be tied in paying for service I would not use.

We tried to explain our situation to AHS and we were not taken seriously and was obliged to pay it off so as our credit would not be ruined.

I am writing this complain in this website so as to prevent this from happenning to others.

Beware of America Home Security Scam.

Frustrated Customer


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My first visit to India wasn’t a good experience thanks to Grand Hyatt.

Company: GRAND HYATT
Address : Santacruz Airport, Mumbai, Maharashtra India


I was visiting India for the first time, and had made the prior reservation in this hotel, I decided to opt for this hotel just because of the spa which I had learnt about visiting their site, it was beautiful room and many more things in the picture which forced me to go for this hotel, but all turned wrong, when we reached there I first booked an appointment for the aroma therapy which was one of the best therapy given in here, after along journey this would be the best way to relax. I went to the spa room and was offered massage, if was not at all clean the bed was already stained as if just one had finished, I told them to wash the bed or put a cover before the therapy, they did as I told, during the massage the 2 attendants kept talking and I could not relax, I told them several times to stop talking but they continued after some time again ,it was becoming uncomfortable and wanted to just move out, then I was told to go to the pool area which was more worst the candles were the simple one no aroma could be smelled the flowers were not fresh in the water and the attendant were wearing shoes in that area due to which he floor was very messy, I was really disturbed with my decision I some how finished unhappily and went to the manager, who was another nard character, he said that it would be taken care off and the next day I was called by the manager itself to go for the therapy, I thought it was taken into consideration, but to my dilemma the things were the same, the attendants were having beetles in the mouth and were leaving in between the massage to spilt ,this was ridiculous I just told them that I did not need this and left ,I wrote complains about it in the complain box and left the hotel, it been 3 months and I am back in my country but heard that its still the same, from one of my far of relative who was a victim like me.

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Such a good company was selling defected products.

Company: AIWA
Address : SONY COOPERATION, SHINAGAWA-KU, TOKYO Japan


We live in a joint family and we children always fought to watch different channel at the same time, and usually turn up fighting badly, and ultimately the elders turned the T.V off and then no one to see any thing, to avoid all this my dear grand father said that it would be better if we could purchase another T.V, this was the idea which all the members agreed and decided to put it in actions as fast as possible, my grand father accompanied my uncle to buy the T.V, they opted for Aiwa brand and the T.V was brought home on the every same day and displayed in the living room, as it was anew T.V all wanted to watch no matter whether it was interesting them or no. The match was about to start and my grand father who tried changing the channel with the remote could not change on constantly pressing the button the channel didn�t change not even the sound, it was that the remote was not working, we tried changing the battery but all in vain, my uncle took the remote and said that it was not functioning and should be replaced, the dealer as if knew we would be back spoke so rudely to my uncle that some one must have dropped it hard, but it was not actually trying explaining him the dealer did not change the remote it was a defected piece, so my uncle complained in the consumers cell and simultaneously went in the local market to repair, it was found that one of the sensors was missing and nothing could be done ,so he asked the local dealer to arrange for one ,such a good will company was selling defected products for which action was a must, now lets see what consumer service could do .But be aware of checking the remote along with the T.V which we usually avoid.

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I took my product and left the shop never to visit the Sansui dealer again

Company: LWP electronics
Address : 655 Flower St, #254 City, Province,, LA, CA 90017, United States


I always wanted to purchase a LCD and was waiting for a vibrant offer, when exactly I came across his company Sansui which had discounted their rates and a sure gift along with it, as I wanted it I did not let the offer miss and visited the Sansui dealer, I liked the Kyuntan LCD 20 inches, it was a smart and a sleek piece. I placed the order and started inquiring about the sure gift, there were many items displayed like the DVD, microwave oven, the mixer, blender, camera and many more and the jackpot was the car, I asked want gift they were giving me, they just pointed to the bowl on the table which had chits in it, I was told to pick one and try my luck, when I removed the chit, he read out that it was the lemon set, which was not in the display which was not at all interesting I requested them for one more chance, they agreed and again it was the 3 bowls of different size which was not again in the display I was now very sure that they were fooling their customers by giving petty things instead of giving something from the display, this is how the company betrays the trust of their customers ,I was very annoyed and decided to not buy anything but ,as they had packed ,I took my product and left the shop never to visit the Sansui dealer again

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Bad treatment from such a well reputed hospital.

Company: Craig Hospital
Address : 3425 S. Clarkson St., Englewood, CO 80113, United States


My father always complained that he got tired even walking a short distance, so we took him to the doctor, on examining and after the test it was clear that we had to go for a bypass as urgent as possible, we had to arrange the money, though being a small person I decided to do the operation in one of the best hospitals and decided to take a separate room for him, which was no doubt a expensive package. The dates were all fixed and I had arranged the money for my father, my father always said that I was a use less person and would not do anything in life ,now was the time to prove ,when we reached to the hospital for an admission, they took the entire money from me ,but my father was shifted in the general ward, I opposed that it was the separate room I had booked and that the payment was done according to this facility, I was given a sick reason that due to emergency of one of the relative of VIP, they had shifted my father in the general ward this was a wrong attitude and I told them that if this facility for what I had paid was not given I would take the matter to the medical counsel ate ,it did not bother as they had all done for an VIP,I was really very upset and realized that my father was correct about me, all the days I spend in the hospital I went through a mental stress, what would I answer my father, everything went fine and the week was over, at the time of discharge I asked them to refund the amount as he was not given the VIP facility, but they refused as it was already entered in the computer and was now difficult to settle the accounts, this was the treatment I got from such a reputed hospital which was just working because of its good will

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I found many fraud cases against this company, I did a big mistake by believing in them!!!!!

Company: E. Burnham Cosmetics Company
Address : 7117 North Austin Ave, Niles, IL 60714, United States


A salesman came to house and she forced me to try a free sample of Retinol Ultra Skin Cr�me. So I agreed to keep it. A month later they send me an invoice for $26.95. I called up their customer service to make it clear to them that I never purchased any product from them so why I have pay for their invoice and told them to discontinue any deliveries. People in there are all nuts. Now I have received a notice from Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. it states that I have to pay $26.95 to them.
When I informed the matter of fact to them they asked me to return the product. But why I should return the product I never ordered?! I did not know that I would be sending orders automatically thereafter.
This was stated in their letter: * Will you please send me a copy of any information from the original product or packaging.
I tried to call Denver, but no one picked up the phone the office was closed. I could not able to fill any information from options they had. I did some research of this company, I found many fraud cases filed against this company. Now I am going to send my concern to the Attorney Genral and they look into this matter. I do not my credit card rating being injured


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High Tech Pet, Inc - Don’t buy anything from them!!!!!!!

Company: High Tech Pet Inc
Address : 2476 Palma Drive, Ventura, CA 93003, United States


Do not buy any thing from this company! They are ripping off!!! I have bought an electronic door for my pet from this company. And soon after my husband fixed it, we heard a bang from that petty thing. So we checked it and find a part of it broken. I contacted them via phone but got response that they work only through emails, so I mailed them writing about the broken part of the door. For three weeks I did not have any response. Initially they were not ready to replace, but then I was sent a part to be fitted in the electronic which they expected to fix it by ourselves.
After some days it stopped working so I called them. It stopped working within the warranty peiod so it was their duty to fix it. They will hang up on me whenever I called them. That stupid receptionist kept me on hold and put me to some other persons ext. where I have to left my message. The company owner Nick Bonge will not speak to you unless you tell your name so he can decided to speak or to not. I sent the door back to them plus I had to pay $60 for shipping and $75 for refurbishing fee. They sent me the door back and guess what!! Without repairing it and an electrical tape was stuck in side it!!!!
I am really pissed off with all their run around strategy. They keep you on hold and on and on and on! But never help you! DON�T BUY ANY THING FROM THEM!


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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Our company experienced the most embarrassing moment of all time here in Jurys.

Company: JURYS HOTEL CORPORATION
Address : 146 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin Ireland


We had arranged a board meeting in this hotel, it was a annual presentation of our latest plans, my boss had invited many business kings for this presentation, this presentation was about to take 2 hours, so we had also arranged for some cold drinks to be served during the presentation and some snacks to follow after the meeting, but unfortunately the electricity went off ,we thought it was just for some time but 15 minutes passed and all started moving I went to the desk telling them to put on the generator as all were busy and wanted to leave early, but I was told that they had no such arrangements, to carry on with the meeting without the inter net was very difficult plus as it was summer season it was more difficult. It was a great shock that they had no generators and still they did not inform us which was basic thing needed in spare at the time of necessity as it was needed now, I had no words to tell my boss to over due this I told the waiter to get the cold drinks and when I saw that all were saying something I touched the drink to see and it was not cold it was hot, just brought from the stored area I spoke to the manager that it was just half an hour the electricity was gone how come no arrangement was done to server the drink cold ,the time was passing and it was decided that the presentation should be postponed ,and every one started leaving it was a embarrassing moment for the entire company ,I asked for a refund, I was told that the refund would be discuss with the authorities and will be done ,but its been months no chance of the refund.

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Mercedes cheated me by selling a defected car

Company: Mercedes Benz of North America
Address : 3, ParagonDrive, Freeport, NY 11520, United States


I purchased a 1995 c280 model Bens a little over a year ago, and for a while all seemed to be going well. One day while I was driving in Florida the car began jerking quite violently, as I drove. I thought I was driving the car without a halt for several hours and may be this will be the problem. So I rested for a while and shortly after driving off, the jerking started again (quite violently).
I took the vehicle to a Benz Dealer & Service Center in Orlando, where after waiting for some hours I was told that I needed to replace the harness...This cost me over $1100-... and since I was leaving for NY the following day (driving) I had no choice but to have the job done. Again for a while all seemed to be going well then suddenly one day the same problem started. Since then (in spite of the installation of a new harness) I continue to have the same problem (the jerking) ever so often, so much so that I am afraid to dive long distances.
I don't know if there was a recall of this model Benz (1995 c280) but I am extremely frustrated I did not know of this problem with the 1995 C280 until I read your report today. Has there been any progress in getting Benz to address this problem? Or has there been a recall of the 1995 c280 that address this problem? I'm extremely frustrated.


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Sharp sent me a defected camcorder with no manual or any cables.

Company: Sharp Electronics
Address : Sharp Electronics Corporation, Sharp Plaza,, Mahwah, NJ 7430, United States


I bought a Sharp VL-Z3U digital View cam. I paid around 300.00 for this little piece of crap. I am using it since last one year and can only use it when it decides it doesn't blink DEW at me and shuts off that�s since day one, did I mention I bought it brand new. I got it with no manuals A/V cables or anything just the camcorder. I am forced to watch what I record on the camera and not my TV.
I contacted customer service and they basically told me to deal with it. They told me I would have to buy the cables for it (Dv cable 30.00) and (Av cable 20.00) then I would have to pay them 15.00 so I could get a Manuel for it because it is no longer available online. From this I came to know that Sharp Electronics have cheated me. Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't Sharp have to send me these things free of charge since they were supposed to be in the box in the first place, then again maybe I am wrong and just wasting my time writing this. Any suggestion, please reply as soon as possible I will be waiting for that.


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Don’t take a risk of eating at HOMETOWN in Salinas, CA.

Company: HOMETOWN BUFFET
Address : 840 NORTHRIDGE SHOPPING CENTRE, SALINAS, CA 93906, United States


I had booked this place for 10 of my friends on Sunday. It is just close to my house and I thought because of the busy schedule this would be the right place and I could avoid getting late. We all gathered at 8 pm for the buffet we all started with the drinks and then with the main course we had no problems with the salads and starter as we had with the drinks, I was appreciated by my friends to choose this Hometown for buffet, but when we headed for dinner I found that the chicken was not fresh and was having a bad smell I doubted and called the waiter he said that it was made in a very different aroma sauce and that�s the reason why it was very different in smell, but I still doubted and asked my friend whether they felt the same or no, yes they too felt that the chicken was not fresh and the color too was greenish blue, seeing us in doubt the waiter called the manager and told us to explain that it was all because of the aroma sauce, we excepted and started eating and believe me the taste was so awful that it was difficult to gallop it. In spite of telling them that the chicken was not fresh and was not hygienic to have such a meal they disagreed and mocked out, we decided to just pay for the drinks and take the money back of the buffet which we had already paid them, but we were told no for the refund, we did not care for the money and left the buffet because we were not ready for any stomach upset. Thanks to god that my house was near by and we could fill our stomach. But mind you guys don�t take a risk of eating in this HOMETOWN.

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Australian Lottery Scam

Company: Lindford Cox
Address : 392 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario 99999, Canada


I recieved a check in the mail telling me I had been declared a winner in an Australian lottery draw. Having never entered an Australian lottery, I knew immediately it was a scam. I did an online search for the routing number (JPMorgan Chase) and contacted the financial institution as well as the FBI in Colorado where the "Financial Bureau" Mr. Cox represented was located. The letter reaked of scam (3 financial bureaus, an Australian lotto with a payout in Canada, Wire Transfer requirements, a MINING COMPANY represented as a financial institution, and lots more). However the check looked perfect and would have undoubtedly posted to my account had I tried to cash it. I have faxed the information to the Chase fraud department, so hopefully if a real account would have been hit by this scam they can prevent it.

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I have a very large hole in my door thanks to High Tech Pet Products.

Company: High Tech Pet Products
Address : 2476 Palma Dr Ste A, Ventura, CA 93003, United States


Last December I bought an electronic dog door from High Tech Pet, Inc. I ordered it online. This company is located somewhere in Ventura in CA. I paid about $350 for the procuct. It worked well for a while. After few months it started giving me problems. The bands that were holding the collars broke, they replaced it for me. After a week or so they broke again. I called them up. They said they would fix or replace the product as it was a faulty piece.
So I sent the dog door back to them. I ordered for large doors as I owned Great Danes. I had to send those large those back to them at my own expense. It�s been almost a year now and I haven�t received the replacements. I called a no. of times but always get an automated voice machine on the line. I have emailed them too. I did receive the replies but it did not help me in anyway. The response I have been getting each time is �They are on back order and will be shipped as soon as possible�. Now when ever I call them up they say �We anticipate this to be by the end of the month", well this is only when I get to talk to a real person not a machine which is very rare. . I had a friend order one on line just to see if they are still selling them and yes they are. But how is that possible if they have been on back order for over nine months now. This is a lot of money for them to be treating their customers the way they have. I either want my money back or the door. I have a very large hole in my door so now I will need to replace it too. Where can I go to get help?


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It’s because of their product my hair has become worse.

Company: PANTENE PRO V
Address : 2 PROTECTER AND GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI, OH 45202, United States


This product does not work and is one of the most hopeless products I have ever used and let me tell you guys just avoid this product. I am using this product from last 6 months and believe me not a percent of improvement is seen, it states that it stops the hair fall and improves the texture of the hair, but from past 6 months instead of improvement I could only say that the hair has started becoming more rough than before, it takes me off when I comb my hair and see so many strands of hair are fallen on my shoulders, not a bit of quality nor quantity is improved on the contradictory it become more entangled and is become scanty. The product is very expensive and I just wasted the amount on this pathetic product, I am really struck how to get back the texture of my hair. It was definitely not the way it is now, it�s because of this product my hair has become worse.

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Credit Scams

Company: Reservation Rewards
Address : Reservation Rewards P.O. Box 855#618, Shelton, CT 6484, United States

URL: http://home.reservationrewards

Hello,
This is WooJung Shin.
I was browsing through my bank account online and I noticed a random 9 dollar charge labeled "WLI*RESERVATIONREWAR 800-732-7031 CT".

Apparently when you buy something online from some websites, they give out your credit card numbers to this Reservation Rewards company that will charge you 9 dollars per month until you call and cancel. Researching it, I found out a lot of people have had the same 9 dollar charge on their credit card and this company has been reported to the BBB a lot, but somehow they are still doing it.


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Please search your clothes thoroughly if you bought it from Mc Kids.

Company: Wal-Mart
Address : 3209 Deans Bridge Rd,, Augusta, GA 30906, United States


Last year for my daughter�s birthday we had gone to shop in Wal-Mart. There is this store called McKids. We went there to see if I liked something. If yes then we would pick it up. We went to the store and I put on a pair of jeans for my 2 yr old I really liked it. We bought that and a few more tops.
On her birthday she was really excited to wear the new clothes. I had bought that for the party that we were gonna have in the evening. So I asked her to wait. She waited all day. She really liked the pants.
It was time for the party so I gave her a bath and dressed her up. As soon as I put the pant on she started crying. I could not for the life of me find out why she was crying. She keeps pointing to her back towards her lower part of her back. I pulled down the pants to the outfit and noticed a long big scratch on her, it was still bleeding. I took the pants off and in the seam of the pants where the tag is sewed on. There was a part of the needle of the machine that had broke off and sown into the pants. I tried calling Wal-Mart and getting the phone number of McKids.
They never returned my calls. Please search your clothes thoroughly.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Wizard of Claws is a total rip-off!!!!!!!

Company: Wizard of Claws
Address : 9113 Taft Street, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024, United States


In early August 2006, my sister purchased a puppy from Wizard of Claws. She paid approximately $450 for this puppy and $250 for the shipping. She purchased what she thought was an 8 week old Japanese Chin puppy. About a week later, on Saturday August 13, she received her puppy at the San Diego Airport. Immediately the puppy was lethargic. We contacted Wizard of Claws and spoke to someone there who attributed it to jet lag. This was on a Monday since they were closed on the weekend. The puppy continued to be lethargic and have no energy. It was also having trouble breathing. On August 19, my other sister rushed the puppy to the emergency vet after he started running into the walls and collapsing. The vet informed us that not only was this puppy not 8 weeks old she states he was approx 4-5 months old he also had Pneumonia causing the collapse of his lungs. The bills for the numerous surgeries he needed were well into the thousands of dollars and the chances of his survival were very slim. My sister contacted Wizard of Claws again and even though it states on their website that they guarantee the health of their puppies they stated that they would not pay any of the bills since my sister had already had him for 6 days. They blamed his condition on her care for him. At this point my sister, under recommendation from the vet Dr Carriar, authorized to put the puppy to sleep. My sister was so distraught that I contacted Wizard of Claws numerous times after this incident and spoke to Gilda Anderson who stated to me that: they did not send us the wrong dog. We have pictures of the dog on their website that they were supposed to send us and the markings were completely different form the dog we received and They did not send us a sick dog but the dog was sick the day we picked him up
They would not replace the dog or reimburse us for the dog, shipping or vet bills because we "killed" the puppy. I am not kidding. She stated numerous that we "killed" the puppy without letting "her vet" look at it, so it must be our fault. In spite of accepting their mistake they were blaming us. It�s a total rip-off.



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All nonsmokers unite and stop the nonsense at Ruby Tuesday’s!

Company: Ruby Tuesdays
Address : 1978 Summit Street,, Columbus, OH 43201, United States


This New Year we decided to have dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. We ordered and went and sat at our seat. We were really hungry so I went back to the counter to ask for our order they asked us to wait as there was a lot of rush. We waited for quite sometime.
When my coffee and broccoli arrived it was cold and tasted funny. My wife n kids were complaining about their food been cold too. My wife's fajitas came with no side dishes or sauce, and the worst part was that we asked for nonsmoking and almost choked on the second hand smoke from the smoking section just a few feet away in the bar area.
We asked them if we could get a non smoking area they said the smoke reaches everywhere coz the rooms are separated by a four foot wall. They said many customers stopped coming coz of that.
I intend to file a complaint with the Health Department of Muscogee County next week. All nonsmokers unite and stop this nonsense!


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My nails look terrible after a visit to Regal

Company: Regal Hair and Nail Salon
Address : 9630 Fort Meade Rd, Laurel, MD 20707, United States


I would like everyone to know about this nail salon in Laurel, Maryland. I had gone there for Christmas. I wanted to get my nails done before Christmas. The woman who had done my nails did not do it right. The nails were curved upwards in the air. So the next day I went back to her.
She cut the nails the false nails that she put with scissors. I was wondering are they running out of nail cutters that she had to cut my nails with a pair of scissors. I told her to make the length a little less but not with scissors. They looked a little weird. I wanted my money back. There was no sign there saying no refunds, at least not when I was present there.

I called up the police. Coz I knew she wouldn�t give me her license no. I wanted to file a complaint. She did not do her job properly. I should have been refunded. Plus she could have took off the nails that she put on yesterday, so she wouldn't think I'm just trying to get over with a free nail job. My nails look terrible (false nails) and I should be refunded my money.

I'm had my nails done before at other salons and they never came out standing up in the air. I will never go to that salon again and will make sure that no one I know will go there either.


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World Voice link did nothing to help me just made me a fool. BEWARE!!!!!!!!

Company: World Voice Link
Address : 1321 BROWN TRAIL, BEDFORD, TX 76022, United States


I was enjoying my Christmas holidays and suddenly I received a call from World Link and was told by them that I am entitled to a free pager so I accepted and after hanging up with them I realized I went through this before so ten minutes later I called and told them to cancel and they said they will still be charging me the setup fee which I said I wouldn't pay.
I received my phone bill and there was all the charges including the 1st month charge I called ILD and they gave me the 800 # to World Voice Link saying they don't handle them anymore so I tried calling and believe it or not no one is answering or I am placed on hold. I even tried to call them on various occasion but all in vain as they are not giving me proper reply and turning me round and round. I was very disappointed and got upset.
My phone company is removing these charges and said they will probably send me a bill of their own in which I will send back. So all of you please be aware of such incidence.


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I only hope that other people read this account and avoid patronizing both O’MY SOLE shoe stores and Camper Shoes.

Company: OMy Sole
Address : 5242 E 2nd St,, Long Beach, CA 90803, United States


During my summer break my friends decided to go camping. I started packing my stuff and realized that I did not have camping shoes. So I went shopping for shoes and some other stuff too. I went to �O'MY SOLE" and purchased a pair of camper shoes. We left the very next day.
During our camp we had gone trekking and I wore my new pair of camper shoes. We returned in a few hours. On my return to the camp spot I realized that my camper shoes started to come apart. I was worried coz I did not have the receipt for the purchase but then it struck me that I had my credit card as a proof of transaction.
When we returned home I took the shoes back to the store. When I brought this defect to the attention of the management at "O'MY SOLE" the regional manager refused service and was extremely rude. He told me the owner of O'MY SOLE is a �complete loser� and he will not get himself in trouble by helping me with these defective shoes. He told me to contact Camper Shoes directly. Damian the Regional Manager of O'MY SOLE could not have been ruder or more unhelpful. He not only verbally abused his boss right in front of his employee, but directly to me. He was also extremely angry that I had shown up in his store.
I was calm the entire time and did not raise my voice. He was very disrespectful and border line violent with me. I have tried contacting the owner of O�MY SOLE and his son Ted, several times through voicemail and email and they have not replied. I have also tried contacting Camper Shoes and they have not responded. I want them to exchange the shoes or at least fix them but they are not ready to do anything.
I only hope that other people read this account and avoid patronizing both O�MY SOLE shoe stores and Camper Shoes products as they have little regard for the average consumer of their products, and continue to engage in unethical business practices. The buck stops here!


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Don’t purchase a Speedo meter with out a test mark label.

Company: RK Toyota
Address : 2301 W. Mercury Blvd., Hampton, Virginia 23666, United States


I purchased a 1993 model from RK Toyota on Sept. 30th. I signed up for a Speedo meter and the Speedo meter does not work at all. It reads 192,000 plus miles. When I called them after testing a lot, they said, "too bad!" Since I paid $1500 as a wholesale value, but yet I paid the $421 processing fee. They didn't process the car or they would have found the Speedo meter not working. On the Speedo meter they did not mention that the it was tested from mark value. So they gave me a fraudulent statement form. They could not explain why they wouldn't fix the Speedo meter. Of course, the people don't return calls so I spent a lot of time on hold or being hung up on. Don�t purchase Speedo meter with out test mark label.

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Finbridge Moscow Career Receivables Clerk

Company: Finbridge Private Equity Ltd.
Moscow, Russian Federation

URL: http://finbridge-pe.com/en/career

The following is an email scam I received from three different email addresses:

I am writing to inquire if you might be interested in part-time employment with our company.

FinBridge Private Equity Ltd. (FinBridge) based in Moscow, Russia is looking for energetic and committed individuals to fill the part-time receivables clerk positions in the United States. As a receivables clerk, you will be in charge of processing and facilitating investment funds transfers initiated by our US clients under the supervision of the regional receivables manager. A perfect candidate should be a strong communicator who is also comfortable with numbers and ideally has some previous book-keeping experience. College education or any administrative professional background is a plus.

No relocation is required from a successful candidate. This opening is a great opportunity for those looking for a reasonable trade-off between working hours and compensation, such as senior citizens or self-employed individuals.

FinBridge is an emerging markets fund of funds manager headquartered in Moscow, Russia. FinBridge is the general partner of the Russia Growth Fund. The Russia Growth Fund is the first region-specific closed-end fund of private equity funds to target Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union). FinBridge is dedicated to providing investors reduced emerging market risk through broad portfolio, manager, and market segment diversification. To learn more about our company, please visit us online at finbridge-pe.com

The receivables clerk position is commission-based, and it will typically take up to 6 hours per week to fulfill your duties. You should be able to perform your duties during regular business hours.
Your core responsibility will be to receive the investment funds from our US clients into your designated bank account, reconcile the payments with your supervisor if required and transfer specified funds into our managed investment accounts. You will be in charge of contacting your bank in order to obtain transfer status information, confirmations and account activity reports, as well as handling daily communications with your bank. You will be receiving a 2% commission from the gross amount of each transfer that is remitted into your designated account (for instance, if $10,000 is credited into your account, you will be retaining a commission of $200). Your commission is available immediately, so there is no need to wait for the payroll check in the end of the month.

From the tax aspect, you will be paying your income tax, either as an individual or as a business entity, calculated as a percentage of the
commissions received for fulfilling your duties. It should be
understood that it is your sole responsibility to report your incomes to the IRS. Being a foreign legal entity, Finbridge is not subject to the US tax regulation.

You will be receiving the investment funds exclusively from our US clients via secure electronic Wire transfer used by major US banks for funds and securities settlement. This means that no funds will be deposited into your account unless the transaction is reviewed and confirmed both by the remitting and recipient banks. Thus, there is no operational risk on your end. You will never be required to cash a check, make a remittance before the funds are cleared into your account or engage in any other financially risky activity.

In order to qualify for the position, you must be a permanent US resident aged 21 and above. It is recommended that you set up a separate bank account for the receivables service (a list of preferred banks is available); however, you may also use an existing account.
Since most communication with your supervisor will be via
email/fax/phone, you should have access to these facilities and be available for communication in regular business hours. It should also be underlined that business owners utilizing business bank accounts will be subject to higher receivables turnover, and thus, higher commissions.

You can apply for the position or online at:
http://finbridge-pe.com/en/career Please note that only candidates
under serious consideration will be contacted. Please use the
following vacancy code: FBUSA88.

You can also contact the HR Department by visiting us online at:


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Little Caesar’s Pizza should stop selling pizzas and continue with the dating service.

Company: Little Caesars Pizza
Address : 817 E North Ave,, Belton, MO United States


Several months ago I called up Little Caesars Pizza coz my mom wasn�t at home n I was too lazy to make something to eat. I called them up, a young girl answered and said �Little Caesars pizza and Dating Service�. Then she continued talking to someone while I was on hold.
She said �what�s your no. hottie I�d like to get with you� and so on. I asked for the manager, she immediately handed the phone to him. He was standing right beside her while she spoke and passed all those comments.
The manager said she was a rookie and didn�t know how to take orders for pizza yet. I called the customer service no. I received a letter acknowledging my complaint. The rep said he would forward the complaint to a regional office in my area. I haven�t heard from them since.
I did not make any more attempts to speak to anyone about this problem and I haven�t received a response yet. The manager has no problem running a dating service instead of selling pizzas im not bothered either. I will not order from her ever again.
It makes me wonder what must be going on while they prepare the pizzas. I order pizza every week but will never again order from Little Caesars. They should stop selling pizzas and continue with the dating service.


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