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.
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.
Bosley Medical Violations - Consumer information regarding the Bosley Medical Group business practices and disciplinary history of L. Lee Bosley.
Building with Richmond American Homes - An experience in building a new house with Richmond American Homes of VA. Includes pictures, videos, letters, and documents.
Carolina Furniture Ripoff - Customer claims owner of the store is under investigation for fraud in North Carolina and South Carolina. Includes chronological report.
Complaints Board - Consumer news and database of rated complaints submitted by users.
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.
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.
Floramex, Personal Bad Experience - Customer paid for delivery of fresh roses. Roses developed purple spots the next day, and died without ever blossoming.
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.
I Hate Starbucks - Anti-Starbucks site with a guestbook for visitors to voice their opinions.
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.
Jvision Image Name Dispute - Object Insight lawyers threatened trademark infringement lawsuit over filenames containing the letters "jvision", such as an unrelated "jvision.gif" image.
Knapp Shoes Lies - Customer claims company makes defective products and values profits over safety. Includes email contact.
Lakeland Mills - Consumer claims company in Edmore, Michigan makes defective products that cause injury and urges boycott.
Losing Face - Account of serious health consequences resulting from facelift, including documented photos, medical records, and diagnostic reports.
Natwest Bank Fraud - Claims against the illegal and unethical practices of National Westminster Bank, UK.
PoetryNOTcom - Detailed complaints against Poetry.com, a vanity press.
Problem with Ecost.com - Full details of a problem with this a purchase of software from this company.
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.
Retail Ethics - Ken McIsaac complains about unethical retail moneymaking tactics.
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.
Screwed Central - Numerous forums for posting consumer complaints and injustices.
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.
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.
Spectrum Energy - Highlights controversial marketing activities of Spectrum Energy of Bournemouth.
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.
This Is Broken - A project to make companies more aware of their customers' experiences. Submit your own entry.
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.
Traffic Power Sucks - SEO firm allegedly violates a number of ethical standards.
Werner: The Big Blue Screw - Criticizes Werner Enterprises. Claims of fraudulent and unethical training.
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.
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. (March 19, 2005)
Abby's Guide - Buying guides with tips and advice. Also has forums where people can post their experiences and degrees of satisfaction with products they have purchased.
BestStuff.com - A network of reporters, authors, and industry experts offering reviews of new products.
Canadian Consumer Information - Consumer information guides covering a variety of topics including children, consumer products and services, environment, food, health, housing and finance.
Check Out - Wal-Mart's buyers blog about products they evaluate and solicit input from customers.
Consumers' Checkbook - This independent, non-profit consumer authority provides articles and ratings for local services in the United States.
ConsumerSearch.com - Database of categorized consumer product reviews from a variety of news and trade publications. For each product, it ranks and describes all reviews, provides a full story of expert analysis, and lists top rated products by category.
EConsumer.gov - Provides information on consumer protection laws in thirteen countries and offers consumers a way to file complaints online.
EnerGuide - Produced by the Canadian government's Office of Energy Efficiency, rates home appliances for cost of operation and gives tips and advice.
Federal Citizen Information Center - Provides a library of consumer interest publications on a variety of topics. A service of the U.S. General Services Administration.
Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT) - A national consumer organization offering benefits, discounts, and programs for consumers and travelers. Offers subscription based articles on cost saving health care benefits, scholarships, grants, and non-partisan political reports.
Fixya.com - Support information for consumer electronics and appliances, repair services, manuals, guides, faqs and troubleshooting.
Ineed2know.org - An independent, not-for-profit service providing articles and tips about products and services.
InfoFAQ - Questions and answers about buying products and services over the Internet.
InstructionSheets.com - Includes alphabetical list of manufacturers with links to their sites and list of product instruction manuals offered for download.
JD Power Information Center - Using consumer satisfaction data collected, this site provides consumers information to help them in their buying decisions.
Make Life Easy - An analytical shopping tool for consumers and businesses. Users can create smart shopping lists and personal consumer reports to make skilled purchase decisions.
Master Me Meter - Life calculators and tools for career, family, and work.
MouthShut.com - Consumers research, compare, and review products and services.
Moving Company Guide - Covering choosing a moving company, insurance, checklists, and tips.
The User Manual Site - Contains instruction manuals and other support documents including operator and user guides, and how-to information for all sorts of appliances, machines and devices.
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