Bad Businesses:
this is a page dedicated to all the consumers that have been screwed by a BAD BUSINESS. Bad Businesses do not make this a Jollyworld :(
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March 25, 2008: http://www.ihatevistabmw.com/
February 28, 2008 7:45 PM:
I decided to stop at the Dillard's store at the Coral Square Mall
after work tonight. I walked directly to the shoe department, looked at the sale
rack and picked up 3 pairs of shoes. A pair of brown boots, a pair pair of brown
flats, and a pair of black flats. I sat down to try them on, I tried on the
boots first, so I sat down the two pairs of flats on the chair next to me, with
my purse. I get a call and was holding the black flats, describing the flats to
my sister because I was going to buy them for her. Some lady in a red sweater
rushed away as I was holding onto the shoes and said "let me see these." so I
said, I am going to buy those. She said, "I need to check on something" and like
a minute later, she tells me that "they are not on sale and costs $85" and
leaves with them. At this point I hang up the phone and was so appalled that I
went up to the counter and asked for a manager. The gentleman said that she was
off, so I asked for the name of the woman in red, and he called her out for me.
I asked her if she realizes what she did was very rude. She claims that she
didn't know I wanted those shoes. I reminded her that she grabbed them out of my
hands and that I stated I was going to take them. I asked if she thought I
couldn't afford the shoes, she retorted with 'You don't know my thoughts." So I
said, "clearly you weren't thinking." She then claimed that she didn't hear me
and didn't want to argue and that she was just cleaning up. There were piles of
shoes everywhere, she had to "clean up" where I was???? And how dare she treat a
customer like that? It was 7:43PM when this incident occurred! The store doesn't
even close for another 1.5 hours. And there were like 2 other customers in the
entire shoe department.
The RUDE woman's name is Stacey, according to her name tag. I have never been
treated with such disregard at a Dillard's before. This entire experience has me
very upset. I am so offended by the way she grabbed the shoes out of my hands
and acted as if I could not afford a pair of $85 shoes or whatever her
'thoughts' were that made her to take them out of my hands. At no point during
my conversation was a price EVER mention with my sister. So I do not know why
this woman felt the need to grab the shoes out of my hands. This entire
experience has left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth. It makes me think twice
about shopping there again. I normally wouldn't say anything, but the way
she just grabbed them from me really upset me.
Manager's name: Thelma 954.341.4122
Incompetent Sales Person's Name: Stacey. Stay away. especially if she is entitled to a commission based on your purchases.
December 11, 2007:A
little over a year ago I dropped off my car at the vista BMW collision
center. Melanie was my service advisor for that incident. about 10 months after
the repairs were done, the wood panel trim fell off... and when I inspected the
piece it looked like someone in the body shop glued the piece back onto the door
that was supposed to have been replaced. so this event prompted me to call
Melanie to bring my car in for repairs because I thought repairs had at least a
year warranty. There were two other issues that bothered me about the repairs
too.. but they were sort of out of sight, out of mind.
One of them being the extra clicking the back passenger door handle does when
the door is opened. the other being the noise in the car when traveling at a
high speed.
So Melanie tells me that she would have to call the insurance company and that
I should to expedite this. so I called response insurance co. And the adjuster
advised me to tell BMW to call the claims appraiser, which I did. and for the
last 3 months, I have been playing phone tag with Melanie or when I actually am
able to speak to her, she tells me that she is still waiting for the claims guy
to call her back.
This lack of service is unacceptable. I am just asking for them to fix 3 minor
issues. and I am getting the run around. I would never buy a car from any
division of vista as a result of this experience.
August 8, 2007: My parents have a house in Philadelphia. And as mention in last year's post, we have had to deal with the tenants and property manager from hell. We hired a lawyer by the name of Kenneth Baritz to represent us in the eviction hearing. He charged over $600 to handle a simple eviction. But he wasn't able to get the tenant out. We had to fly up for a re-hearing during February of this year. In which the court made a judgment for us. But the tenants appealed and the lawyer charged us another $2100 for this case. But the day before our June 18th hearing, Mr. Baritz called and said that the case won't go to trail because the court made a judgment for us and that the money the tenant had to pay the court as escrow will be returned to us. Kenneth L. Baritz advised me to call him in a month to check on the refund of this judgment. So I called him in July, left 3 messages, and no one called me back. It is now August 8th, I have called Mr. Baritz and left messages with Todd, Vicki, and Heather, who have all assured me that they will personally hand the message to Mr. Baritz. But I have yet to get a call back.
We have lost enough money. Why doesn't Mr. Baritz want to call me back and advise me how to get that judgment? He is a terrible person to deal with. He is always short on the phone and never wants to answer questions. I wish I didn't listen to the person that recommended Mr Baritz. It turned out to be nothing but a waste of money. Most lawyers I heard were able to get the tenants out with one hearing and cost less than $300. Please choose your lawyer wisely. Stay away from Kenneth L. Baritz and Associates.
August 2, 2007: Toscana Ristorante Pizzeria -- 6201 W. Sunrise Blvd Sunrise, FL 33313 ::: Last night, my family and I had the misfortune of eating at Toscana Ristorante Pizzeria. We went there because my sister's boyfriend purchased a gift certificate off restaurant.com's website good for $25 off a $35 purchase. But I will get to that later... we placed our drink orders and then our food. Our waitress was this little teenager who had no clue how to be a waitress. She wasn't able to answer any of our questions regarding portion sizes, how many slices on a pizza, etc.. She served us our appetizers without giving us our utensils. She asked me what kind of barbecue sauce I wanted with my buffalo wings! (!!!!) mind you, we were the only table. My sister discovered that the mozzarella sticks she ordered were still frozen in the middle.. and when we got our check, my sister's boyfriend handed the waitress the certificate... and she proceeded to get all ghetto and say "Nuh uh! we don't accept that! Some old couple tried a few days ago and we don't accept that!" so we asked to speak with the manager, but was told that he wasn't there.. she walked away and came back minutes later, saying that the manager is on the phone, so my sister's boyfriend went to explain what happened, to which the manager hung up on him.
The waitress the proceeds to say 'In this age, I can't believe people are ordering food off the internet." To which I informed her, that we didn't order food, we ordered a certificate. She walked away and sent her friend over to tell us that they won't accept the certificate BUT couldn't tell us why.. we had not choice but to pay our full amount. and my sister and her boyfriend tipped that idiot . I wouldn't have given her a penny. She was rude and didn't deserve a tip.
To add insult to injury, we saw roach traps all over the front window.
Rude Service - both staff and management
Bad Food - cold fried mozzarella sticks, burnt pizza, small portions
Dirty Dining - roaches
Need I say more?
May 11, 2007:
International Satellite Communications (as stated on my
phone bill) charged me for a 5 minute collect call from Mexico to my phone.
first of all, I do not know anyone in Mexico. Therefore why would I accept any
collect calls from someone there?
I am the only person who has access to my phone.
I tried to call them and spoke to a 'Mark Jones' who said that he was the
supervisor. when I explained the situation and he said that someone had to
accept the call for the call to go through. I told him no one could have and
that it was impossible. he told me that there is nothing they can do. that
$43.92 charge includes a $15 connection fee, and $5.99 a minute. I asked if he
could take anything off the charge as I do not know anyone in Mexico and have
never spoken to anyone there. he said no, to contact his boss, Jason Mays at:
511 East San Ysidro Blvd. Suite 1770
San Ysidro, Ca 92173 – USA
So I called back, this time, I spoke to a Daphine Miller who told me to call
them back in 30 days because they will investigate the charges and will let me
know the status of it. But that I would be given a credit only if I called back
in 30 days.
What kind of business is this? Wow to they 1. justify charging someone that much
money for a call from a country where I know no one.
2. There seems to be other complaints about them on the internet.
I filed a complaint with the BBB: So, we'll see
September, 6, 2006:
Bill Sell is still giving us the run-around. he is so incompetent.
I am considering legal action. I can't tolerate dealing with him anymore. it causes me way too much stress.
August 9, 2006
Do yourselves a favor if you have real estate in the Philadelphia area by avoiding any dealings with a realtor/property manager named:
William (Bill) Sell / Remax Agent
14500 Bustleton Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19116
Phone numbers: 215.698.2041 and 215.805.2529
He used to manage property for us and our friends and he is the most incompetent person in the world. He makes excuses for his inability to do his job. Since you have to pay for his services, you might as well use an agent that is really looking out for your best interest and not someone who lies and is completely incompetent.
August 30, 2004
Over the weekend, I got a renewal notice in the mail from Bally Total Rip-Off Fitness.
So, being concerned, I went to the gym and asked how come I got another renewal.. and the girl was like.. oh no.. your account is good till March. so I asked her why March when I didn't renewal until July? So she told me to call: (562) 484-2980 to find out.
so this morning I called and spoke to a "Shannon" who was useless. Read on for more details.
I hate Bally.
Those jerks are ripping of off -- 4months to be exact.
because they have this lame policy that states that your account does not get
renewed when you pay -- but when your contract expires.
So for example -- your contract expires in January and you pay for the renewal
in November.. you ONLY get two months of use before the account expires. But you
are paying for a full year.
when my membership expires -- I am not going to renew again.
I called the customer service line and spoke to so fucking idiot named Nicole
storey who
told me a story.. and refused to give me the 4 months that I lost.
she was so rude too.. started raising her voice at me.
So I asked for a copy of the policy that states that this is how bally works and
she told me there is not written policy. WTF?!?!
it's not like I even go to the gym a lot.
they definitely make money off of me..
And my entire family has had a membership for almost ten years!!!
I don't like getting cheated.
I WILL NEVER RENEW AGAIN!
I also found this.. seems I am not alone: http://www.mwns.com/btf/
http://www.thecomplaintstation.com/b/ballyfitness_toc.htm
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11/29/04: Dr Jack Solomon
I got lousy service I got at 'south Florida vision centers' located at:
2551 South University Dr. Davie, FL 33324
I got my eyes examined for contact lenses back in June of this year. But with my crazy work and school schedule, have not had time to go in to pick up my trail lenses, until today, when I was told to go into work at 2pm. Which allowed me some time during their business hours to go get them
So, I walked over after I went to the gym. the rude receptionist there was
terrible -- she accused me of not paying my co-pay
so I was like.. I know I paid. because every time I have rendered service
anywhere.. that required a co-pay, it has always been collected at time of
service she accused me of trying to get out of paying my co pay and called me a
liar and a cheat basically
and was plain rude.
I will never be going there again.
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