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Re:BBB by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-14 14:38 · Score: 0 · on Apple/NVidia Driver Bug — Question Deleted

BBB is a scam

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff1343.htm

Re:how do you know when it's cybercrime? by morgan_greywolf · 2006-11-10 05:37 · Score: 1 · on Cybercrime — an Epidemic?

For the record, if anyone's interested, the phone number from which they called is: 407 515-6094.

Yep. That's autotrader. See this thread from rec.autos.misc and this from ripoffreport.com

Social networking sites have a life cycle by Animats · 2006-10-18 09:15 · Score: 4, Insightful · on How Will Yahoo "Monetize" Their Social Networks?

Take a look at Alexa traffic rankings for "social networking" sites. Many, if not most, of them have already peaked.

EZboard peaked mid 2003. Nerve peaked early 2002. Bondage.com peaked mid-2003. Tribe peaked early 2006. Xianz (the "Christian Myspace") peaked in spring 2006. Friendster peaked twice, once in late 2005 and again in mid-2006, but that's an unusual pattern. Usually, once they peak, it's downhill after that. Myspace has flattened and looks like it's about to peak. This works just like nightclubs; they become hot, they grow, they get too popular, they get overrun, they decline, they hang on, but nobody cares.

If you try to "monetize" the users, they leave sooner.

The real winner in this space seems to be AdultFriendFinder.com. 57th most popular site on the web, 35th in the US, steady traffic for two years, and it's a pay site. Run by Friendfinder, Inc., the notorious spammers. They seem to have figured out how to "monetize the user base". However, Friendfinder may be inflating their statistics.

Re:Buy an OEM copy by xanadu113 · 2006-07-30 04:06 · Score: 1 · on Options for 'Fixing' A Pirated Copy of Windows

I had MAJOR problems with ZipZoomFly when they were still called GoogleGear. I ordered a CPU, it was received damaged, and they absolutely REFUSED to issue me a replacement or a refund, saying >I

I never did get my replacement, and they were absolutely the RUDEST people I've ever dealt with.

In closing, boycott these ripoff artists if you can. Google "googlegear" or zipzoomfly and you'll see LOT'S of complaints.
http://www.google.com/googlegear.html
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/zip-zoom-fly/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff134267.h tm
http://shopping.yahoo.com/merchrating/user_rv.html ?merchant_id=1019601

Caveat emptor!

Re:You already have the answer. by Asphalt · 2006-07-26 08:08 · Score: 1 · on How to Deal w/ Dubious 'Contracts'?

I believe that this is relevant to the discussion about the BBB:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff1343.htm

Re:Your State Attorney General is your friend by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-25 04:23 · Score: 0 · on How to Deal w/ Dubious 'Contracts'?

http://www.ripoffreport.com/ is your friend

BUYER BEWARE: wawadigital.net by Peeet · 2005-07-04 06:26 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Shopping Online

I have done "internet shopping" for a long time now and would reccommend it to anyone, as long as they are smart about it. I have only once run into an internet merchant that is purposely trying to defraud people, and it isn't even credit card fraud. It's rare and you would have to be damn stupid to try and pull credit card fraud these days. It is so tightly watched and so easy for consumers to fight back against blatent credit card fraud (obtaining a CC number and then charging to it without consent or transfer of goods / services)

The one place that I HAVE run into, and I'm picking on them because they are the ONLY place that has done anything this bad, is http://www.wawadigital.net./ I ordered a Minolta Dimage Z2 from them because they showed the price in their store as and I quote "$188 after $50 mail in rebate". This was a great price because most other stores were doing $219 or $229 after rebate. I decided to give it a shot and ordered the camera. Strangely enough, my final receipt after tax and $15.04 2-day shipping said $203.04. I though hey, maybe they messed up and now after the $50 mail in rebate I'll get a $399 MSRP camera for $153.04. The next day, I was contacted via phone (on a Sunday suprisingly) by a salesman from wawadigital.net to "confirm my order". He double checked my address and order information which I thought was impressive and noble of them to do.

Then he said that the price I paid is after a mail in rebate so he would have to add on the $50.00 to my sale. As soon as I questioned this, charging my credit card a different amount than my receipt, the salesman's demeanor immediatly turned from patient and polite and warm to "I don't have time for this, I'm cancelling your order. " All I had done was question this practice, not say I didn't want the camera. I though about it for a minute and after comparing the price sheet to other retailers, decided that even after adding $50.00 it was still worth it. I called back the number and convinced him that I would go ahead with the order at the higher price if he sent me a proper receipt. He was not patient or nice at this point, cussing at me and giving a very rude version of what I'd call "customer service". After agreeing to not cancel my order he then asked if I wanted to add on any memory cards or - but I cut him off before he could list accessories saying No I don't want anything besides the retail box with the camera and what it comes with from the manufacturer. He had hung up before I could finish that sentance. I figured that my order was still going through.

While waiting for my order to arrive (tuesday or wednesday if he shipped it out on monday) I researched wawadigital.net because that seemed a little fishy. I couldn't find anything about wawadigital.net, they're a yahoo store and there was no feedback about them on yahoo's review system. I looked on their website to see if I could find any better info to cross-reference with. Just an email, mailto:wawadigital@yahoo.com (oops, did I just post that publicly?) and that was it. I checked their domain registration whois information and got a name and address. The name was too generic to bring up anything on google but the address brought up such links as

http://www.complaints.com/directory/2004/november/ 10/24.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff146772.h tm
http://www.shopcartusa.com/wawadigital/Details/Rev iewsOrder_Worst/Page_1/

I read through hundreds of stories explaining situations very similar to mine with all sorts of bait-and-switching going on and started to wonder if they had ever sold a camera in their life. I realized that they had a

Probable Scam. by FreeLinux · 2005-02-23 11:55 · Score: 4, Insightful · on Strange Numbers on Caller ID?

Did you see this one?

Breaking down the number,
+ = Standard phone number convention outside the US
00 = International Dialing
1 = North America / Caribbean
819 = Quebec City, Quebec

Unless you know someone in Quebec, I'd recommend you not answer it. Even if they can't rip you off, why let them waste your time and your air time?

Finally, you do realize that even this number may be a complete fake. Thanks to VoIP you can now setup your own inexpensive PBX and manipulate the caller id numbers as you see fit. There are even companies popping up, like this one, that offer faked caller id as a service.

Diploma mills by mabu · 2004-12-08 07:17 · Score: 1 · on PA Sues Online 'University' For Spamming

In a related story, that guy that's all over television and radio commercials hawking the Cortislim crap, "Dr. Greg Cynaumon" has equally dubious educational credentials. Seems his claim to being a "doctor" and much of his claims are being challenged.

What amazes me is this guy is on television every day, and the media has never thought to investigate him? I guess they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them. But you have to wonder about a commercial promoting a weight loss product that urges you to not weigh yourself.

Bastards by elmegil · 2004-05-10 12:51 · Score: 5, Informative · on Orbitz Sharing Customer Credit Card Information

MWI have been doing this in conjunction with Harris Publishing (aka those idiots who call you up trying to sell you class reunion directories) for a long time. Just WONDERFUL to see Orbitz in bed with them.

Re:Troll. by 36526542DD · 2004-02-26 05:21 · Score: 1 · on Japanese Government Raids Microsoft Offices

So you're saying if the bar around the corner started slipping a little bit of meth in every drink to increase sales, which it probably would, you're OK with that?

Afterall, the point of a business it to make money "and that's why sometimes it does bad things".

I don't think it is how much a person or company makes, but how they make it, that is important.

Or maybe you just work for uSight or a company like it. Read more.

There are good and bad ways to make money. There are rules, and for good reason.

Re:Best Try is a joke by moncyb · 2002-06-18 19:59 · Score: 2 · on Slashback: Livermore, Privacy, Nixieness