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The Scam[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#3)
by Anonymous User on Sun Jan 23, 2005 at 04:34:40 PM PDT

Well it seems that what Circuit City is doing is what Linsky and Sprint did to me almost to the letter. I think they must be passing the game plan around. They both had disappearing and reamerging end dates Sprint had a catch 22 situation. When they told you you did not send in everything and you called, you got a message that you can't call until 6 weeks, yet they have sent you the postcard in 2weeks. You had a chance to send in a copy of the receipt or bar code. The catch was by the time you resubmitted it the expiration date had cancelled the whole deal. They had 3 different expiration dates, Email, postcard and the store brocheure. To cut to the chase I E-mailed them and told them that this whole thing stunk of fraud, I had read similar reports on the internet and I was going to turn it over to the Federal Trade Commission. Hey, guess what, I got my rebate(s). This a racket to encourage you to buy and them they don't want to pay off. By the way they are on shaky financial ground at this moment. Sounds coincedental doesn't it? I think a drunk detective with a broken magnifying glass could solve this one! They only understand one thing, Force. Once they know you are not going to take it they yeild. They figure a percentage of people will not even send it in and they can screw a percentage and pay off under pressure and still keep money.

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by Anonymous User on Mon Jan 24, 2005 at 03:19:45 PM PDT

Lowes Building Material pulled a similar Scam.I purchased a $100.oo Item in June of 2004,after getting the BBB involved my Rebate finally came in in the middle of December 2004. I believe the Rebate Racket was designed by Business to reduce their Taxes,so they offered the Local Govs a Deal,don't tax us,but hose down the Customer. The seven or more Percent Sales Tax,that you paid on your Rebate is gone,you're screwed out of it cleverly.Imagine what it costs you getting several thousand Dollars worth of Car Rebate! Slick Scam,eh??

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Circuit City - customer revenge.[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#7)
by Anonymous User on Wed Feb 09, 2005 at 12:00:34 PM PDT

Circuit City always has had a rep for bait/switch and other scams so it doesn't seem like they've changed. However, one of my friends who had been taken once in the past on a b&s got over on them for $100. They sent him a $100 off electronics customer coupon and letter in the mail for his region of the country. Well it turns out that that was a mistake (could you imagine the already pathetic customer service in the stores when that coupon hit!) and within a week he received a letter stating same and apologizing for it and saying that the coupon was invalid. He was mad since he had been looking for a new vcr and was going to use the coupon. Well, he said screw them. Since he was planning to visit a relative in a different region about two weeks later he took the coupon with him to buy a new vcr (when those cost $200-$300). He presented the coupon and cash for the vcr and of course the coupon didn't scan or work. But due to the pathetic customer service, the cashier called the manager over and the manager OK'ed the coupon. Since the coupon didn't mention a region, the manager probably hadn't seen it or dealt with it in the way the originating regions stores had. My friend said he basically paid for his gas and food to visit his relative just in the $100 off on the vcr.

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