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Bad Experience with Blue Marble Biking  www.angelfire.com/va3/bluemarbletrip/bm1.html 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.

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

Best Buy Receipt Check  www.die.net/musings/bestbuy 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Complaints.com Consumer Complaints  www.complaints.com Database of consumer complaints and consumer advocacy.

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

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

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

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

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

Consumer Business & Product Reports  www.businessproductreport.com 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is a Failing Enterprise  www.failingenterprise.com 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.

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

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

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

Grumbletext  www.grumbletext.co.uk 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.

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

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

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

JC Penney's Customer Treatment Philosophy  ihatejcpenney.homestead.com 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.

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

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

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

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

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

MP3PlayerStore.com's Bad Business Practices  home.comcast.net/~jcp411 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reality Click  www.realityclick.com/index.html 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.

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

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

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

Scandinavian tour operator VING  www.vingkund.com/en 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.

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

Shopping.com Lies  www.angelfire.com/biz4/liars/lies.html 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.

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

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

Starbucked - Consumer Activism is for Everyone  www.starbucked.com 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.

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

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

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

The Torn-Up Credit Card Application  www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What's Wrong at Jiffy Lube?  www.jiffylubeproblems.com 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.

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

NPR : Customer Sues Sears over Repair Service  www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4542614 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. (March 19, 2005)

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

Ed Foster's Gripelog  www.gripe2ed.com/backend.rdf 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]