Rip Off Report

It seems to me that the real ripoff here is Ripoff Reports & Ed Magedson. They claim to be advocates of good business practice yet post anonymous claims against any business as they are received. No verification, no investigation, no justification. They go so far as to admit this on their main page. While we encourage and even require authors to only file truthful reports, Ripoff Report does not guarantee that all reports are authentic or accurate. In 2011 a US judgement labelled the websites business practices as appalling: The business practices of RipOffReport, as presented by the evidence before this Court, are appalling. RipOffReport & Ed Magedson appear to pride itself on having created a forum for defamation. No checks are in place to ensure that only reliable information is publicized. RipOffReport retains no general counsel to determine whether its users are availing themselves of its services for the purpose of tortious or illegal conduct. Even when, as here, a user regrets what she has posted and takes every effort to retract it, RipOffReport refuses to allow it. Moreover, RipOffReport insists in its brief that its policy is never to remove a post. It will not entertain any scenario in which, despite the clear damage that a defamatory or illegal post would continue to cause so long as it remains on the website, RipOffReport would remove an offending post. If you feel that you have been victimized by this or some other scam here are a few places that you can go. All are US government sponsored. http://www.ic3.gov The Internet Crime Complaint Center (FBI and NW3C Partnership). http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Internet_Fraud.shtml US Government internet fraud. http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/internet_fraud/internet_fraud FBI. http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/reporting.htm Department of Justice site.

My wife and I are Americans with legal residency in Tenerife, a Spanish island off the coast of West Africa. Recently, my wife rear-ended an SUV which was illegally parked in an intersection and was stunned by an airbag going off in her chest. The local police arrested her in her dazed state for driving under the influence of COCAINE with a bungled roadside saliva test, later reversed by a second test at the police station. We hired a local law firm, Legal Solutions, which charged us 600 euros to represent my wife in court, assuring us that the case would be dismissed when the court saw the second drug test, which the police are required to submit. Also there would be no penalty even in case of a guilty verdict except for points on my wife's license. By the day of the trial, the police had failed to submit the negative drug test , denying it even existed, and refused to accept the validity of an independent test from a local hospital. Our lawyer did not appear, but sent a junior partner who knew nothing about the case. Without any complaint from our lawyer, the Judge proceeded anyway, without the missing exculpatory evidence, declaring my wife guilty on the basis of the first test only.Our lawyer went along completely with the judge's ruling and rudely pressured my wife into a plea bargain -- a fine of 480 euros and 8 month driving ban --insisting that she would definitely lose any appeal , receiving a much harsher sentence. She became indignant when asked why she refused to complain to the judge, saying we were lucky to get off so easily. My wife now has a drug charge on her record, for which we paid 1080 euros($1250) with no possibility of appeal. Although we can't prove that David Gonzalez Dorta and Patricia Arroyo of Legal Solutions are complicit, we certainly consider them unethical to throw us under the bus this way.

Beware of RipoffReport.com as they are a for profit company and well known extortion company. They will allow false complaints against you or your business without verifying if you were actually a customer like the BBB does. Once companies pay their $2000-10,000 extortion fee they are protected from any further complaints on ROR. The Federal Government should shut this company down for violating the web decency act or DMCA. They publish all complaints but never a positive issue with a company. The AZ A.G. should shut this company down for fraud and the Feds can get them on racketeering charges. AVOID THIS WEB SITE!

XCentric Ventures LLC in Tempe AZ Registered 12/08/1998 as a dba Rippoffreport.com offers consumer complaint publication via internet. Individuals use it as a retribution site with no basis whatsoever. This guy tells everyone to not use your real I.D.. And you can put what ever you want regardless if it is true or not. I had a complaint lodged against me regarding someone paying me a sum of money for engagement of activity ??????? I do not engage in any deals questionable or other wise with people I do not know. Mr. ED Magedson, Located at 15821 E Jericho Dr. in Fountain Hill, AZ 85268 needs to stop this kind of illegal activity.

I've been following the coverage of Advanced Tech Support (aka inbound call experts) in this site for two months. My interest in this matter is high as I was a former employee with first hand knowledge and experience that this business was and will continue to be at the very least quasi-fraudulent. Moreover, the United States federal trade commission (FTC) felt the same way and acted upon it by shutting down advanced tech support/inbound call experts. The entire details are available on icereceiver.com The reason I'm writing about ripoffreport.com relating to this fraud company is that it now appears that ripoffreport.com has essentially white-washed a major fraud indictment levied by a major federal agency. Furthermore, given the severity of the charges levied against ats/ice, combined with a tremendous litany of consumer complaints over several years, it appears to me that ripoffreport.com has become complicit in this fraud by failing to show any of this information to the public. It is unconscionable that the ripoffreport.com site, which was the progenitor of consumer protection in the internet age, has apparently taken the side of a known fraud company by either ignoring or worse deleting copious amounts of personal complaints, not to mention one whopper of a complaint by The US government itself. I personally can never feel secure reading anything on ripoffreport.com again. I feel that the editors of ripoffreport.com have a duty to abide by their site's stated purpose, yet have failed the very clients whom they built their business model on. For that reason I feel that they have committed fraud of misinformation, and worse than that have gone so far as to endorse this fraudulent company. This is appalling, and I am moved to say something because in many ways I feel that what they have done exacerbates the very problems which they claim to cure. Shame on ripoffreport.com. Shame on everyone who was involved in this white-wash. I'm disgusted by this activity and simply cannot just turn a blind eye on such abhorrent behavior.

Let's see if this company is in true integrity and post a complaint about them. What I find most entertaining about this sight is that it is not just a complaint by an unhappy customer. There are NO Guidelines or real boundaries and people can just vent, fabricate things to attack or just make stuff up for the Entertainment value. I've known a few companies mentioned on this site and a few who have actually contacted the company to remove their outlandish attacks. Most companies know that you can't and won't please everyone, but to have blatant attacks of revenge because of hard feelings does not seem appropriate. I will probably never see this post, but in the case I do, I'm sure it will open a whole new can of worms!

I worked for Ms. Mary Jones from RipOffReport.com as a Data Entry Assistant. She gave me 2 assignments to work on for 5 hours and agreed to pay me $10/hour. I worked for an equivalent of 10 hours and we both agreed that she's going to send a total of $100 last Monday. She never replied to any of my emails until she said that I have to google my name. I found out that she accused me of stealing $999 from their company funds. I never did that and if I did, I wouldn't be begging her to send me the money she owed me from the work I did. I just gave birth and I can't afford seeing the post. There's no other thief or scammer here but Ms. Mary Jones.

I was looking for some reviews on home theater systems and the customer service for some major brand names. RIPOFF REPORT reviews stated over and over again that these major brands offered really *** customer service for their top notch home theater systems. So, I steered clear of them and bought a smaller lable home theater system that broke within 48 HOURS!!!! Called customer service and sure enough, they BLEW ME OFF!!! RIPOFF REPORT recommended this small name brand...they must be in bed together! What's up with these review sites..THEY ALL SUCK!!!! RIPOFF REPORT is a dumping ground for ***, made up, scammy reviews...seems like they just use reviews from hardworking, ripped off people to sell advertising and make money, then regurgitate the same old reviews over and over again to keep making money and RIPPING OFF INNOCENT CONSUMERS!!!!! Is that what PISSED CONSUMER DOES TOO??? SCAM ARTISTS!!! Well, here's an a little info for anyone listening...there are lawsuits out against the owners of this PISSED CONSUMER SITE TOO!!!! Looks liek we are all being taken for a ride by these *** SCAM SITES LIKE RIPOFF REPORT and PISSEDCONSUMER!!! Lets' see if they even publish this complaint, the ***

The SAME nameless COWARDS, that made the libelous post on pissedconsumer.com, went to ripoffreport.com and made almost the EXACT SAME post, but said they were in FLORIDA!!! I contacted "ripoff" and tried to get the name and information of this LIAR! They claim to be all about "HELPING THE CONSUMER" , when in fact they want you to PAY money to have any bad remarks removed or explained!!! They sent me an email stating what was FREE, then I get another email from "Mary Higgins at getpositivereputation.com" You are all liars. You have NO interest in the TRUTH and I told you I have NO idea of the nameless cowards who posted these lies about me. I just tried to post a rebuttal about these libelous remarks, but I have NO idea of WHO posted the original. I am using MY NAME in everything, WHERE are these cowards using theirs?? If indeed this was a REAL case, wouldn't you post your name???? In short: I sold a puppy to a lady in Arizona, not knowing she worked for or planned to sell it through, TINY TEACUP WORLD. I DO NOT sell my puppies to brokers, IF I know they plan to resell. FACT: They posted it for sale, you can see the videos they posted on "you tube" by Googling: "Tiny teacup World, Mani" FACT: A lady in Florida saw the puppy on the internet and contacted these crooks to buy it. FACT: She sent a $500 deposit FACT: They did not sell her the puppy. When she called about the puppy, she said she was told "it was no longer Available. FACT: She had her husband call from a different phone number and he was told, the puppy in question was available. FACT: By some ridiculous twist of fate, she went online and found me, the ORIGINAL, owner of said puppy. FACT: She called and asked if MY Trinket was still available. I told her I had just shipped her to Arizona a week and a half earlier. FACT: She told me about her deposit and what had happened. FACT: I told her the name of the lady who purchased the puppy and told her I would write an email and try to HELP her either get the puppy OR get her money back. FACT: I had NEVER talked with or had any knowledge of this lady in Florida BEFORE she called me FACT: I posted a WARNING about Tiny Teacup World buying and reselling my puppy AND the fact this lady told me she had sent a deposit and NEVER got the puppy. FACT: She posted negative reviews on www.pissedcomsumer.com about TINY TEACUP WORLD on www.pissedconsumer.com FACT: I had NO knowledge of these postings until I received an email from "the Management" of TINY TEACUP WORLD, stating they were taking "legal action" against ME????? Well I am taking legal action against them and you will be named as well, IF you do not remove these slanderous unfounded lies or at least send me the name and address of the person who posted all these lies about me!!! FACT: Go to pissedconsumer.com and read the original post from "mypupsnkids" posted 3-29-12. SHE wrote the review and mentioned the fact she had found the "original" breeder of this puppy and and unfortunately for me mentioned my name and website!!!! IF you really care about the truth, I have told you to look at my history, until the 14th of April, I had NEVER had a negative post. You claim you are for the honest consumer, but HOW do I vindicate myself, when the post on your site says "FLORIDA"??? All the ones on pissed consumer say PHOENIX, and NO ONE can find WHO is the nameless coward behind these postings. YOU know what name was used to post these libelous remarks. YOU have the ip address. I shipped the original puppy to a Anna Montez, the PAYPAL payment came from Maria Cianci, the emails written to me came from: ADA, ANA, and ANNA. The videos they posted of MY puppy they sold, the ONLY puppy I have ever sold to anyone from this organization, was advertised on "you tube" as HEALTHY, PLAYFUL, LOVING, ULTRA TINY. A simple DNA test would prove my puppy they bought and sold was nothing but HEALTHY and they "claim they sold her to a person in California. Why would they take the $500 deposit from the lady in Florida???? The lies you have posted are jsut that ALL lies. THEY NEVER BOUGHT A PUPPY that was sick. I can prove by my records I never sold the person who posted these lies a puppy, IF you tell me who it is!!!! I have all shipping records, health certificates, and documentation of EVERY puppy I have ever shipped! I WILL be vindicated and I will post this grievance everywhere I can. Sheila Flowers Owner Precious Paws 4 You

Cyber Bullying Is Not Just For Kids! Learn How Honest Businesses Are Being Targeted On Internet By Extortionists, With No Law To Stop Them. If you come across a page of legitimate looking complaints from "Rip-Off Report" or one of its competitors, what you are seeing is itself a scam – a pseudo consumer affairs extortion racket costing the victims up to $5,000 to have it removed because there is currently no law to stop this crime. The only known remedy at present is pay up or face ruin. Ed Magedson of RipOffReport.com is a WANTED criminal that extorts individuals that have posted on RipOffReport.com and legitimate companies for money. www.reportsripoff.com/edmagedson.php Mr. Magedson is the man behind "Rip-Off Report. If you are outraged when you read this criminal's rap sheet, contact your congressmen and demand legislation to make this a crime along with the bullying of our kids.

This is an internet site similar to your own internet site - that is, a place where consumers can complain about companies they feel have ripped them off. The only thing is, this site wipes off all the contact information so one person can't contact another who has a similar complaint. They have a long song and dance about why they do this, to do with lawyers and corporations and etc. but I think this internet site is probably powered by some big internet company that also cheats consumers, like Amazon.com that steals royalties from Print on Demand authors. Amazon does not want disgruntled clients contacting each other so they most likely cooked up the whole Rip Off site to throw confusion into the issues. Another thing Rip Off Report editor states is that "once a complaint is put on their website, they never take it off." This is a lie, they receive about 20 reports against Author House at least every week and they wipe them off so it always looks like there is a low number of complaints about this particular company. I know because they wiped my complaint off and that of my friends that we put on there over a year ago. If Amazon.com is behind the Rip Off site, this makes sense because they are partnered with Author House in a massive heist of stealing royalties so by keeping the Author House complaints low, it looks better for their felony. So, thank you for your site, because you leave the contact information on and do not remove complaints, at least as far as I have dealt with your site.

I visited YPC Powersports on a Monday afternoon to find out what kind of scooters they were selling and what their prices were. The sales associate was somewhat helpful. He would not leave the store to show me the one scooter in the lot because he was there by himself, which is somewhat understandable. He was able to give some information on the scooter and took my number so that he could call me back when the next shipment of scooters arrived; presumably next Wednesday. At that time I informed that him that I was very interested in buying a blue scooter and would be back as soon as the new shipment came in to purchase one. Well, Wednesday came and went with no call, so Thursday afternoon I called the store to find out if the shipment had come in. I was told the shipment had come in earlier in the week and the scooters had all been assembled were ready to go. I let them know that I would be in Friday to take a look at the blue scooter. Upon arriving on Friday, a father and son arrived at the same time to look at scooters. The sales associate immediately walked over to them so I figured I would go inside, find the blue scooter and check it over while I waited. Much to my dismay, the same sales associate that I had been talking to all along brought the father and son into the showroom to look at the blue scooter that I was currently sitting on. While I was still sitting on the scooter, waiting for the associate to acknowledge me, the associate sold the scooter to the father and son. That happened to be the only blue scooter they had left from the shipment; the other blue scooters from the store sold earlier in the week. At that time I spoke with manager, Larry Goldstein, who assured me that they had another brand new scooter at their Garden Prairie location and that he would have it brought over by the next morning. I agreed to purchase this scooter against my better judgment. Of course they had me fill out all of the paperwork, sign for financing and make a down payment. I was told that I could pick up the scooter Saturday morning and that they would call to let me know exactly when I could pick it up. Again, Saturday morning came and went with no call. So around two o'clock in the afternoon I called the store to see if my scooter had arrived. The associate let me know that it had arrived and I could pick it up at any time. Of course, I immediately went to YPC to pick up my scooter and was very disappointed with what I saw when I got there. The scooter had a broken tail light and several scratches on the body, the nose cone and the mirror stalk. In addition, the back tail light was broken, the floor board was not secured and the VIN plate was screwed in upside down. Now I realize that I had already paid for the scooter but I was told that I would be getting a brand new scooter like the other ones in the show room. When I entered the show room to pick up my keys I checked out the other scooters to see if they had any of these defects. All of the other scooters were in perfect condition. When I brought up the scratches to the associate I was told that all of the scooters had scratches and that scratches occurred during shipping. When I pointed out that the scooters in the show room did not have scratches I was told that it doesn't happen to all of the scooters, just some of them. When I mentioned the cracked tail light I was told that it was fine to drive with a cracked tail light and that if I brought the scooter back on Tuesday they would fix the light. Again, against my better judgment, I drove the scooter down the street to get gas, since there was absolutely no gas in it. At that time I decided that this was not what I paid for and immediately drove the scooter back to the dealership for a refund. Upon arriving back at the YPC, I was told that since the Larry was not at the store nothing could be done immediately and I would have to wait until Monday to remedy the situation. The associate didn't even offer to try and contact Larry for me. On Monday I was able to get a hold of Larry and let him know what was going on. He asked me to type a letter of my complaints and bring it to YPC along with all of the papers that I had signed on Friday and assured me that everything would be taken care of. I did just that and took the letter to YPC immediately. Upon arriving at YPC, the associate took all of the signed papers, took the letter and told me that my account would be credited for the down payment by Friday of that week. Much to my surprise, my account had not been credited by Monday of the next week. I called Larry to ask him about the delay at which time he told me they were having problems with their credit card machine and that he would put the credit through again right away. After a week I still did not see the credit o I inquired Larry as to why I still did not have a credit. Larry told me he had put the credit through that morning and that's why I didn't see it posting yet. A week later there was still no credit to my account. I called my bank and explained to them what had happened. The bank graciously agreed to make a call on my behalf. Larry told the bank some story how the money had not been funded to the right account on his end and that he had just gotten it straightened out that day and that he would refund my account. Of course, that refund never posted so I called Larry a final time to find out when I could be expecting a credit. He gave me the same story as he gave the bank and assured me that my refund would appear by the end of the week. After a month from returning the scooter I was able to file a dispute against YPC to obtain my credit. Unfortunately my bank needed some more information for the dispute and I had to make another call to Larry. At that time I informed him that I had filed a dispute against YPC. Of course he was not happy about this and assured me that he would give me a cash refund if stopped back at YPC on a Tuesday. I agreed to this only for the sake of the bank but of course upon stopping by YPC Larry was not there and the associate didn't know anything about a refund. When I tried to contact Larry his Belvidere location he answered the phone but pretended to someone else and assured me that Larry would call me back later. By this point I was entirely fed up with dealing with YPC and Larry and decided to just let the bank go after them.