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Article #58BEWARE AUCTION-SALES
From: Rick Gortatowsky
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 00:00
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See Below as well... Recently we had $220 in charges placed on credit card and this company AUCTION SALES refuses to respond.... It has also come to our attention after speaking w/ my credit card people several issues. This comapny charges your credit card IMMIEDIATELY which is against Visa Policies. Credit cards can ONLY be charged WHEN something is shipped, not 30-60 days before! Which is what they do with customers. BEWARE of this auction house... In the past I won multiple bids from them and they did not honor the auctions as well, attempts at resolution yield lies or NO communication at all... There are enough auction houses on the net that are reputable w/o having to go through these types of rip off houses. If ANYONE out there has had this occur, your credit card billed, and then you wait seemingly at they're mercy send us an EMAIL... Better yet, call VISA Cardholder services and report it 1-800-VISA-911... Let the California Attorney General know as well, they are investigating the business practices in California 800-952-5225 Outside CA. 916-322-3360. I dont know about all of you, but I am tired of being met w/ people not answering phones and the shoddy way this lamer operation does business. Thogh I havent performed a full search of people who have issues, I did happen upon the one below... Another example. Lets all POST our experiences w/ this operation! Subject: Off Topic: WARNING AUCTION-SALES From: "Christoffer Skjoldborg" <skjoldborg@commnections.com> Date: 1998/02/02 Message-ID: <6b61qq$em6$1@usenet49.supernews.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.vb.controls,microsoft.public.vb.controls.create,microsoft.public.vb.controls.creation,microsoft.public.vb.controls.internet,microsoft.public.vb.winapi,microsoft.public.vb.winapi.graphics [More Headers] First sorry for this off-topic message. I thought I would warn all of you, so that none of you have to get the same bad experince as I had with AUCTION-SALES www.Auction-Sales.com In november last year I placed orders for 3 products at Auction Sales. The money + shipping charges were immediately withdrawed from my VISA-card and I received one of my products within a few weeks. So far things were OK, but since then I haven't heard a word from Auction-Sales. I've been e-mailing them several times, calling them several times but nothing happens. They have an answering machine and I cannot find any other number for the company anywhere. According to the telephone operators, there exists no such company i California, where they claim to have residence! The missing products adds up to a value of app. $200. I've learned an unpleasant lesson from this experience and I see no need for you guys to go through the same thing. A company like Auction Sales makes it difficult for all other serious companys to distribute things on the web which truly is a shame. If the matter should be resolved I will off course let you know about it. Sincerely Christoffer Skjoldborg
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