Complaints

Bad Experience with Blue Marble Biking
Tourist on biking tour is bitten by dog, requires stitches. Company is barred from hotel because of incident, and in turn bars tourist from further tours.
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/bluemarbletrip/bm1.html

BankRate.com: How to Complain to Your Bank and Win
General advice about resolving bank complaints.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/chk/20000728.asp

Best Buy Receipt Check
Shopper declines to show register receipt for purchase to door guard at Lakewood Best Buy, which is voluntary. Employees attempt to seize cart, stand in shopper's path, and park a truck behind shopper's car to prevent departure.
http://www.die.net/musings/bestbuy/

Blue Cross Don't Pay
Customer describes Blue Cross's reasons to avoid paying claims.
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3bvmz/welcome.html

Bosley Medical Violations
Consumer information regarding the Bosley Medical Group business practices and disciplinary history of L. Lee Bosley.
http://www.bosleymedicalviolations.com/

Boycott USPS
US Postal Service denied claims for insured damaged computer.
http://www.geocities.com/almeskie/usps.html

Building with Richmond American Homes
An experience in building a new house with Richmond American Homes of VA. Includes pictures, videos, letters, and documents.
http://www.orion77.com/

Carolina Furniture Ripoff
Customer claims owner of the store is under investigation for fraud in North Carolina and South Carolina. Includes chronological report.
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/carolinafurniture/

The Complaint Station
Provides central location to complain about issues related to companies products, services, employment and get rich quick scams.
http://complaintstation.tribe.net/

Complaints Board
Consumer news and database of rated complaints submitted by users.
http://www.complaintsboard.com/

Complaints.com Consumer Complaints
Database of consumer complaints and consumer advocacy.
http://www.complaints.com/

Complaints.com.my
Malaysian site for consumer complaints and compliments. Get advice, read and solve consumer problem.
http://complaints.com.my/

CompUSA Complaint Forum
A place to add complaints or compliment about the products or services of the company.
http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000GwD

Computer Geeks Sucks
Customer bought defective CD-MP3 player, was shipped defective replacement twice, and was charged 15% restocking fee upon returning last one for refund.
http://www.geocities.com/samstinson/

Conscientious Consuming
A resource for people who believe in conscientious consuming, whatever their conscience.
http://www.con-suming.com/

Consumer Alerts
A personal list of companies the author has had dealings with in the past. Includes copies of complaints and correspondence.
http://www.madwand.org/

Consumer Business & Product Reports
Log a complaint about any product or service. Before making another purchase, search content to see if there are products or services that may have been recalled or should be avoided.
http://www.businessproductreport.com/

Consumer Soundoff
A consumer advocate who helps reconcile consumer disputes and problems with businesses, companies and corporations.
http://soundoff1.tripod.com/

ConsumerAffairs.Com
Offering information for consumers: recalls, scams, complaints, good guys, and reports about consumer problems.
http://consumeraffairs.com

Costco Web Pharmacy Sucks
Claims online prescription service, not affiliated with the retail chain, is overpriced.
http://www.pearyhenson.org/costcosucks/

Countrywide Home Loan Sucks
Tells a story of unfair business practices with Countrywide Home Loan.
http://www.countrywidehomeloansucks.com

The Credit Card Complaint Page
Post and read consumer complaints.
http://www.badcreditcards.org

Cruise from Hell
A description of a Norwegian Cruise Lines cruise with links to others who went through the same situations.
http://members.tripod.com/phdewar/main.htm

Don't Buy from RussianArtSoul.com
Details negative buying experiences with DIADA USA, owner of RussianArtSoul.com and Unigift.
http://dougbates.com/russianartsoul.htm

Dotcomavenue.com - A Bad and Ongoing Experience
A report of ongoing troubles with an intransigent service provider.
http://members.cox.net/dotcomavenuevictim/

Ed Foster's Gripelog
A place where customers of technology products can air their beefs with vendors and read about the problems and issues other customers are raising.
http://www.gripe2ed.com/

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is a Failing Enterprise
Enterprise Rent-A-Car didn't honor reservations, didn't have cars ready as stated, rented cars with nearly empty tanks, and charged higher prices to corporate account holder.
http://www.failingenterprise.com/

Federal Trade Commission - Billed for Merchandise You Never Received? Here's What To Do
Steps to take in a dispute, sample dispute letter, and tips for shopping online or by catalog.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/billed.shtm

Fesay's Doors - A Consumer Review
Review of the poor service customer received from Fesay's Doors and its owner, Don Fecay, located in Michigan.
http://fesay_doors_review.tripod.com

Floramex, Personal Bad Experience
Customer paid for delivery of fresh roses. Roses developed purple spots the next day, and died without ever blossoming.
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/zeros/1884/Floramex.htm

The Glenn Canady Gorilla Website Marketing Course Review
"Read my experience of Glenn Canady's Gorilla Website Marketing Course, ABDevelopment, and how I believe I wasted $8000 with these people."
http://the-glenn-canady-gorilla-website-marketing-course-review.com/

Grumbletext
Submit and read opinions and complaints on big corporations in the UK. Site creates news stories based on user contributed content and actively publicises it to the media.
http://www.grumbletext.co.uk/

I Hate Starbucks
Anti-Starbucks site with a guestbook for visitors to voice their opinions.
http://www.ihatestarbucks.com/

Incompetent Business Practices of NorthAmerican Van Lines and C & D Moving of Danbury, CT
History of complaint and legal actions from early 2004.
http://www.stephanemaes.com/ESSEM/pub/2004/North_American_C_D_Danbury_3_14_04.htm

Infomercial Scams
Provides unedited complaints about many popular infomercial products.
http://www.infomercialscams.com/

JC Penney's Customer Treatment Philosophy
JC Penney sent erroneous report of $2607.93 judgment for nonpayment of store credit card debt to credit reporting agencies. Despite collection attorneys admitting error in May 2000, report still not retracted in January 2001.
http://ihatejcpenney.homestead.com/

Jvision Image Name Dispute
Object Insight lawyers threatened trademark infringement lawsuit over filenames containing the letters "jvision", such as an unrelated "jvision.gif" image.
http://er3.com/ojvision/

Knapp Shoes Lies
Customer claims company makes defective products and values profits over safety. Includes email contact.
http://www.ripelimemedia.com/knapp/

Lakeland Mills
Consumer claims company in Edmore, Michigan makes defective products that cause injury and urges boycott.
http://www.dslextreme.com/users/jamesbigbass/Gripes/Lakeland_Mills/LM_Gripe.html

masonite Siding Class Action Settlements
Includes Masonite hardboard siding page, Omniwood siding page, Woodruf roofing page.
http://www.masoniteclaims.com/

The Most Expensive $94 Orbitz Will Ever Make
Orbitz refused to change impossible flight itinerary, and ignored request for refund.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=orbitz_blows

MP3PlayerStore.com's Bad Business Practices
Includes a consumer complaint about an order for two MP3 players which was filled incorrectly with much cheaper items. History of the complaint and follow up action including other consumers involved with the company.
http://home.comcast.net/~jcp411/

Mr. G's Sucks
Reports plastic restoration service business does not have a quality guarantee. Includes complaint letters.
http://www.rechromedplastic.8m.com

My Currys Shopping Experience
Story of a Sony television, purchased in October 2000 at Currys in London.
http://currystrouble.tripod.com

Natwest Bank Fraud
Claims against the illegal and unethical practices of National Westminster Bank, UK.
http://www.natwestfraud.com

No XpressPost
Claims that Canada Posts' XpressPost insurance policy scams the public due to their bad handling and carelessness with the public's mail.
http://www.geocities.com/noxpresspost/

Pebble Creek Apartments, Utica, Michigan
Complaints of a tenant.
http://www.geocities.com/dennis33463/Pebblecreekapartments.html

Penn Manor Condominium Problems
Contains photos and list of zoning code violations of Penn Manor Condominium in Miami Beach, Florida.
http://www.geocities.com/pennmanor1420/

PoetryNOTcom
Detailed complaints against Poetry.com, a vanity press.
http://poetrynotcom.tripod.com/index.htm

Problem with Ecost.com
Full details of a problem with this a purchase of software from this company.
http://www.stephanemaes.com/ESSEM/pub/webpub.htm

Quarles Petroleum Concealment of Oil Spills
Oil spills and resulting lawsuits are described. Contains information those whose property has been damaged by an incompetent or dishonest oil dealer.
http://home.earthlink.net/~caltrop/

Reality Click
Promotes customer relationships. Realityclickers can post rant or rave messages and realityclick will then email the company mentioned and let them know that there is a posting directed towards them.
http://www.realityclick.com/index.html

Retail Ethics
Ken McIsaac complains about unethical retail moneymaking tactics.
http://www.32keys.com/axiom/retail-ethics.html

Rude Insulting Bank Employees
Bank employees who are described as stone-faced, unfriendly and unprofessional.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/atlor4/Rude_Insulting_Bank_Employees.index.html

ScamFraudAlert
Discussion board covering varied topics such as financial fraud, consumer issues and alleged internet scams.
http://www.scamfraudalert.com/

Scandinavian tour operator VING
How worlds biggest tour operator (Airtours) acts when an accident happens. Actual material form investigation, police reports and correspondence from VING management told by survivor of bus crash.
http://www.vingkund.com/en

Screwed Central
Numerous forums for posting consumer complaints and injustices.
http://www.screwedcentral.com/

Shopping.com Lies
On April 26, 1999, Shopping.com announced commercial accounts would be closed after 5 PM on April 27. However, the commercial accounts were closed immediately.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/liars/lies.html

The Short End of The Stick
Compares incomes of top corporate CEO's with those of entry level employees to document the growing disparity between rich and poor.
http://www.fdungan.com/stick.htm

7582 Smiths Creek Road
Couple in Port Huron, Michigan tells about a bad deal with Royal Mortgage Company and Crest Homes.
http://7582smithscreek.tripod.com/

Spectrum Energy
Highlights controversial marketing activities of Spectrum Energy of Bournemouth.
http://home.btconnect.com/tg/spectrum.htm

Starbucked - Consumer Activism is for Everyone
Jeremy Dorosin takes on Starbucks. A problem with a wedding gift sparks a website that major newspapers and network TV news have turned into a major consumer backlash.
http://www.starbucked.com/

TheSqueakyWheel.com: View Complaints
Browsable and searchable collection of consumer complaints posted by website visitors.
http://www.thesqueakywheel.com/viewcomplaints.html

This Is Broken
A project to make companies more aware of their customers' experiences. Submit your own entry.
http://broken.typepad.com/

Timbron - Fire Safety Warning
Timbron brand moulding safety warning. This product, made from recycled styrofoam, is sold at Home Depot.
http://www.geocities.com/burntemployee/

The Torn-Up Credit Card Application
Torn-up application for a Chase MasterCard is taped together and sent in with a different address and a cell phone number. Despite Chase's advice to tear up unwanted applications, Chase accepts application and sends out a brand new MasterCard.
http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Traffic Power Sucks
SEO firm allegedly violates a number of ethical standards.
http://www.trafficpowersucks.com/

Trendwest Collection Practices and Non-Cancelable Contract
Complaints from those who have bought into Trendwest Resorts' time-share program.
http://www.newbusinessnews.com/research/trendwest.html

The UK Consumer's Complaint List
Forum for consumers to air their complaints and accounts.
http://www.clik2complaints.co.uk/

Warning. 2by2 is a scam.
Explains why you should not buy any of this company's products or services.
http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/2by2scam/index.html

Warning! Scientific Glass Works of Ambala Cantt, India
A late 1999 purchase is still undelivered in late 2001. Company does not respond to customer queries.
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~lfh25/

Werner: The Big Blue Screw
Criticizes Werner Enterprises. Claims of fradulent and unethical training.
http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/wernerscrews/

What's Wrong at Jiffy Lube?
Vehicle inspector at Dallas, Texas, location did not follow regulations when performing vehicle inspection, leading to investigation by Department of Public Safety. Links to dozens of other webpages reporting issues with Jiffy Lube.
http://www.jiffylubeproblems.com/

Winnebago Rialta Motorhome RV
Account of problems the author experienced with a purchase.
http://www.garagepartner.com/rialta/story1.htm

NPR : Customer Sues Sears over Repair Service
Lawyer Joseph Williams of Baltimore County, Md. sued Sears when a repairman failed to show up to fix his dryer at the time Sears said he would. He won his case, and received a $1 judgment, but he believes he sent the company an important message. <small>(March 19, 2005)</small>
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4542614

Consumers Union Statement about Consumer Distorts
Consumers Union's response to now-defunct corporate-backed "Consumer Distorts" website. <small>(December, 1999)</small>
http://www.consumersunion.org/products/distortsopi1299.htm

Ed Foster's Gripelog
A place where customers of technology products can air their beefs with vendors and read about the problems and issues other customers are raising. [RSS]
http://www.gripe2ed.com/backend.rdf