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SwagVault.com - Did not honor price protection!
I purchased 200 Gold for 208.62 and several hours later they lowered the price to 199.83... No big deal I figured because they had a Price Protection Policy: http://support.swagvault.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=34&nav=0, 4 It states: SwagVault offers a 24-hour price protection policy. Due to the volatile nature of game...
Read full complaint and 1 commentXL Results Foundation - Franchise scam!
Until today I was a supporter of XL and Roger Hamilton. I now realize it is a fraudulent scam. In May 2007 my wife and I were were induced into purchasing an XL Cafe franchise. We were promised (and it still states on the XL website) that 24 franchises had been taken up. Actually there was a maximum of 3. Today we requested that our money be refunded and we were quickly refused.
Read full complaint and 4 commentsNational Grants Conferences - Bait and switch scam!
Attended seminar which told us they guaranteed we would get a grant. High pressure selling, manipulative tactics. Made it sound like they would do your business plan or at least walk you through it. When paying for two day workshop. They gave me a statement saying I could cancel in 3 days no questions asked. However, the workshop was not for 5 days after...
Read full complaint and 12 commentsXL Results Foundation - Investment fraud!
The Department of Fair Trade. A Get Rich Quick Promoter, the subject of a nation wide consumer caution in the United Kingdom (www.rip-off-uk.com) and the USA (/link removed/ will be in Australia next week preying on the community. Mr Roger Hamilton, Chairman of XL Results Foundation pte ltd is on a whistle stop tour of Australia promoting and selling a...
Read full complaint and 3 commentsMood Brands LLC - Scam and cheating!
In May 2005 I submitted an online inquiry to the Mood Beverage Corporation requesting more info on the business. The 'President', Brion Ware contacted me back and gave me some details. The company supposedly had a new line of energy drinks and investors were asked to deposit money to reserve a 'territory' for a distribution of the product. I was told the...
Read full complaint and 4 commentsSeattle Coffee Direct - Rip off!
Seattle Coffee Directly RIPPED ME OFF!!! It took me nearly one month of digging, but I uncovered the "Wizard behind the curtain". His name is Brian Dale. "President" of peel inc. 990 Grove St. Suite 204 Evanston, Il. 60201 [protected] [protected]@peel.com Check out www.peel.com Click his link for "Commerce". It's all right there! Seattle Coffee Direct;...
Read full complaint and 683 commentsPeople-Records.net - They didn't tell the truth!
I was interested in building my family tree and finding ancestors. I paid on line for a 5 year membership for unlimited access to public records. Every time I searched for someone it said it wasn't available even tho I entered names I knew the information for. Then I tried something different and was told I had used up my credits. Nothing was said about...
Read full complaint and 32 commentsXL Results Foundation - Charity fraud!
Allegations of unfair conduct and misrepresentation from dozens of disgruntled clients on three continents will not stop a self-styled "wealth consultant" peddling his wares to hundreds of consumers across the the UAE this coming week. Mr Roger Hamilton will be in Dubai to conduct a two day workshop prior to attempting to extract USD$12,000 from duped...
Read full complaint and 19 commentswww.MarketBill.com - Fraud and cheating!
Beware of these people. They make all kinds of charges to your card, that they say were optional in the registration process. You get transferred to their web page from pages that seem legit - be very careful, they make a business of ripping people off!
Read full complaint and 7 commentsFAMILY EQUINE HORSE SALES - FALSE DECEPTIVE MISLEADING ADVERTISING NYS PENAL CODE ARTICLE S 190.20
FALSE DECEPTIVE & MISLEADING ADVERTISING NYS Penal Law Article S 190.00 This complaint is based on my own bad experience that I had in after doing "business "with Lorraine and Robert Aichele, owners of Family Equine Services of Central NY- aka: Aichele Family Equine Sales LLC aka: Patchwork Therapeutic Riding Center. After reading my post, hopefully...
Read full complaint and 12 commentsZenith Infomedia - Data entry operator job fraud
I paid Rs 2000 for online data entry job. On the company website they promised to provide a user name and password with which I could log in and download image files that have to be retyped as word documents. The company insisted on an accuracy of above 97% to get paid for the data entry job. But I have been unable to login even once. Another friend of mine...
Read full complaint and 73 commentsRecordsArea.com - Information not available!
After paying $29.95 no information was available. How can a site be allowed to do this? After realizing I had been ripped off, I started looking for complaints and found plenty of them.
Read full complaint and 44 commentsRecordsArea.com - Useless site!
This company has no data to offer. After going as far as I could with a free site, I signed up for this and paid $29,95. I cannot even find records on people like my late father for whom I have all relevant dates. What a rip-off, I e-mailed them and tried to cancel my membership and got nothing but an e-mail back promising further useless help.-
Read full complaint and 221 commentsLowRateVoip - Scam and cheating!
I purchased some credit from lowratevoip service to call abroad, they offer free service to call few countries and charge for others. but in one day time, i found their service is absolutely useless i tried 100 times but connected for two or three times. and after one day they have started charging me 10 times more charges than other VOIP services naming it...
Read full complaint and 17 commentsCJ Industries - Internet scam
Internet Purchase Scam – CJ Industry Facts: In December, 2006 while being on the internet, I inadvertently hit a web site that offered FREE condoms. I placed an order for a type I wished to try out. On 1/5/07, my AMEX credit card was charged $2.97 for the purchase [covering handling and shipping], and shortly thereafter, I received a package containing...
Read full complaint and 2 commentsNet Detective - Paid for but no product!
I ordered this product on line. After they took my credit card number everything dissapeared. I don't have a log in name or a password or a reciept, or any access to the site. They say they have no record of my email. I have only the web site I don't know the address of the company. This supposidly was a highly reccomended product according to...
Read full complaint and 9 commentsNexon America, Inc. - Unethical business practices!
To put it simply Nexon is out of control with its lack of customer service and blatantly unethical business practices. They are completely biased in their banning practices. There are hackers all over the maps and they don’t get banned. They are reaching levels of 100+ and most of the time; still don’t get banned. If by any chance they do end up banned...
Read full complaint and 81 commentsBMIC - cheating through Internet
Hai Sir, Iam an Engineer working in United Arab Emirates. I got a mail from "THE EAST MIDLANDS HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND PROMO". The below mentioned message is the first mail from them. "This is to inform you that, Your Email Address has won you the sum of £855,000 Pounds Sterling from THE EAST MIDLANDS HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND PROMO on our 2007 End-of-Year...
Read full complaint and 11 commentsPosterPass.com / Peel Inc. - Posterpass.com / Peel Inc. fraudulent practices
This is a dishonest company that deceives from the start by not disclosing full charges for shipping and subscription service, and makes it nearly impossible to contact them. I am trying to get my money back, but it's not easy. No one ever answers the phone, the e-mail address does not accept incoming e-mail. BEWARE! Below is some contact information about...
Read full complaint and 2 commentsBroadbandOffers.com - Rebate offer
I sent priority mail the rebate redemption form for $49.95 with all the required information and the rebate redemption form for $30.00 wityh the required information, each to the address given & within the time period required. Both were sent certified mail & both arrived at thewir destinations at 9:08am 8/27/07. In early Oct. I received a card from...
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