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Re: Why I Won’t Buy Tim Hortons!

zazaa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:37:05 -0000

My family was destroyed along with many others. To read the truth go to www.timhortonsfranchise.com and see for yourself

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

szonoff — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:27:15 -0000

I purchased a video tape from the PBS shop online. When I completed my purchase, I was offered a ten dollar discount at the bottom on the page. I clicked on it twice, and apparently at that time Reservation Rewards had me signed up for their program at twelve bucks a month. This was done without my knowledge. Had I very carefully read the extremely fine print on the page, I would have realized I was signing up for their program.
At best such a procedure is a scam and I asked for a refund of my eleven months' payments and was granted six months worth. A rathering blistering letter demanding a complete refund followed. I am still awaiting my refund.
Lesson: Read all the fine print (a magnifying glass helps) - Examine each months' credit card statement very carefully for unauthorized purchases.

Re: TD Ameritrade Canada extends $9.99 comission offer

aikohmin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:37:59 -0000

I would like to open an account, but am NOT a Canadian citizen.
I'm a US citizen.

I wish to do "currency options trading" -- through Internet -- since
I travel often.

HOW can I sign up to OPEN an account and what is the minimum
amount to start?

Please reply to me by e-mail: aikohmin@gmail.com

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

terry — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:15:44 -0000

Add US Airways to the list of affiliates. Apparently it was very clear when I signed up for this. I beg to differ, as it appeared I was signing up for mileage rewards. I followed your instructions and was credited for the last 6 months. A total of 7 months were billed, so I decided to not do anything more for the seventh month since I should have noticed this sooner. They are obviously reading a script on how to handle customers. The guy was very polite the entire conversation, in fact even the apology was scripted "I appologize Mrs.___ for any inconvenience, we do try to make it as clear as possible...".
First they offer to cancel immediately. Then with requests of a refund, they offer to refund the current month but you can still access the site until the next billing date. When you ask for all of it to be refunded, they instantly credit the last 6 transactions and you can no longer access the site. Darn!! For anything past the 6 months, you need to fill out the affidavit.

Thanks for providing the info, I didn't have to do much other than follow you directions. Now to wait for my actual refund.

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

johnsonzoen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:14:33 -0000

Thank you for the suggestion. I am so angry that I want to call up 100 friends to purposely sign up and do the charge back thing you.
Then. if it works perfectly, I'll make a youtube video asking help from more people. It will take a while, but eventually they will go bankrupt!
I want them to go broke and never appear again

Re: Einstein On Compound Interest (Rule Of 72)

Holly Borick — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:36:46 -0000

I am having a very difficult time trying to figure out my problem persay. In the year 1992 starting with $125,000 in a money market account, just a basic account and never taking money out, by this time now, Oct. of 2009 what kind of possible money could I have possibly made? I don't know much about compound interest or even how it is figured. Is it annually? or is it some other way? I really would love to know what the possible answer might be. Thank you.

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

Name — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:35:41 -0000

They DO STEAL from you!! Telling customers they are getting a rebate then using our credit card number to take money out of our account for a membership fee that we did NOT sign up for IS STEALING!! I will never see reservation rewards the same again... what a dishonest, sneaky company!

Re: SocialPicks: Stock Pick Research Meets Web 2.0

mlgreen8753 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:54:39 -0000

I think SocialPicks is a great concept. Predictions are always more accurate when more heads are involved in the analyzing of a stock. I may sign-up and find out what people think about Mentor Capital (MNTR), my stock pick. The reports I've read about the company are very convincing, but I could use some feedback from the social community.

Re: Robert Kiyosaki names financial predators; conveniently forgets himself and his peers

mlgreen8753 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:05:48 -0000

I don't think the break down of Kiyosaki's net worth matters. It's not like he's claiming to be a stock expert, or a real estate expert, yet all of his money is coming from authoring. His expertise is being a business man and an investor. For him, that includes stocks, real estate, authoring, and other assets. Is he a predator? Aren't all business people? Kiyosaki preyed on me and I thank him for it because if it were not for him I wouldn't have a clue as to how to accumulate wealth. Since reading his books I have acquired numerous assets including Internet businesses and real estate. I am now testing the waters of stock investing with a company called Mentor Capital, which I anticipate will do well do to information revealed on BreastCancerResearch.com. Bottom line, being a predator or preyed upon is not necessarily a bad thing.

Re: TheStreet.com Buys Into StockPickr.com Venture

mlgreen8753 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:47:16 -0000

Social networking and stock investing blend well because investors can come together and share their stock picks, projections, and most importantly results. Right now I could use some feedback on Mentor Capital (MNTR). They have a 20% stake in a privately held biotech company progressing towards FDA clinical trials for their immunotherapy breast cancer treatment, which exposes cancer cells enabling the immune system to fight the disease more effectively. Mentor Capital is the primary funding source, so their percentage ownership will continue to increase. An investment in the stock at the current price of $2.65/share could yield nice returns once the treatment goes on the market possibly driving the value up.

Re: Canada Loses More Credit

jeffpete — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:20:23 -0000

How can we imagine for this low down credit? I will check with my credit report again.
freeannualcreditreport.com

Re: TD Waterhouse To Complete Ameritrade Canada Merger

joyce — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:40:52 -0000

TD WebBroker is on it's 5 disruption this week and when you do phone they either hang up or disconnect after you have been waiting 20 minutes listening to their stupid music. Still can't login to web broker read other who could not get trades in November 20 at td web broker and lost a lot of money....maybe they need to be fined again or investigated for poor service .. no complaint link either

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

Charles — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:47:47 -0000

The class action suit against Reservation Rewards is a SCAM in itself. Only one class action suit can be filed at one time for any given company or situation. So, the company filed one against THEMSELVES to keep anyone else from making further claims. In the contract, it limits you to any further legal action, and will only return "up to 2 months worth of charges." They will return 2 months worth of charges with a simple phone call. DO NOT sign up for the class action lawsuit. I was ripped off for over a year's worth of charges. I went along with their little scheme, filled out all the mail-in paperwork they make you fill out, and I actually DID get my money back. The lawsuit WILL NOT return any more than 2 months worth of fees. Keep that in mind.

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

louisomeyers — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:42:43 -0000

A southern californis based computer parts company called Geeks.con sold my creditcard info to resevationrewards for 30 silver shekels , they claim you do it when you click on a popup however my phone does not have these features and it was a phone order.

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

louisomeyers — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:33:29 -0000

Yes my credit card info was sold to Reservationrewards by a southern california based computer parts company called Geeks.com for 30 silver shekels.

Re: The Emotions Of Buying vs. Renting

Beasley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:01:10 -0000

So where is the story?

Re: TD Waterhouse Lowers Active Investor Fees - Not Good Enough!

Robert — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:26 -0000

How can we put pressure on TD Waterhouse to do $9.99 per trade. Robert

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

bob — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:30:16 -0000

I am a former employee at webloyalty.com.That is the company name for Reservation Rewards/Shopper Discounts and Rewards/Travel Values Plus etc... I worked there for over a year and quit about 3 months ago. I can tell you many things about this company. First thing is, as a customer service rep we got about 120 calls per day. I would say that 4 out of 5 days a week all 120 calls per day were customers like all of you questioning what this charge was and cancelling the service. There were not customers calling to ask about the benefits or to claim any rewards. No, they had no idea what this was. That right there tells you this company does not do business right. The procedure for a rep goes like this.
!. First you have to try and stop bill the customer. This means you just offer to cancel the service with no refund and send them a confirmation email.
2. If the customer wants there money back and asks, the reps offer 1 months refund.
3. If the customer wants anymore the reps will offer them 2 refunds.
4. If the customer persists and they joined after Sept.08, you can give them a full refund up to 6 months credit. Anything more the rep would send an email affidavit and the cust. has to fill that out and send it back usps mail to get any other charges back. If you have been charged 50 times you can get all that money back as long as you fill out the affidavit and send it back to them.
5. Webloyalty recently settled a class action lawsuit and part of the settlement was if you joined prior to Oct.08 you can only get 2 months refund back and for any other charges you have to fill out the affidavit and send it back to receive a full refund.

They will fully refund you, that is their policy. They are banking on the fact that customers will not fill out the affidavits and send them back, so they can keep the money.

I have read all the blogs on this site and some of you are ridiculous. This company does not steal from you, all of you did authorize them to charge you, you just did not realize it. What they do is legal but it is very sneaky and I do not agree with how they do business. So i will give you all some advice.
1. When you call and the rep answers first ask when and where did you sign up for this, and how many times have you been charged?
2.If it is 6 charges or less for newer customers, ask for all your money back.After they cancel, make sure again you ask for all your money back and get a confirmation number. If you ask in the beginning of the call for your money back they will first still try to just cancel the membership with no refund. Once they tell you there will be no future charges just make sure to tell them again you wnat all of your money back.
3. If you have been charged prior to Oct.08, ask for 2 refunds and ask the rep to email you or mail you an affidavit immediately. Fill that out and once they receive the completed affidavit you will be refunded within 3-5 business days. I guarantee it!!
******And now if you don't have time for that then there are 2 exceptions for the affidavit. If you tell the rep a child signed up for this and ask for a full refund they will give it to you. You do not need to fill out the affidavit.
***The other exception is a death. If you tell them the member is dead they will also give you a full refund with no affidavit and your account will be credited within 3-5 business day. I guarantee it again!!!

And If you really want to screw Webloyalty then call your credit card company and have them do a chargeback. This costs Webloyalty like $40 for every chargeback plus the refund they give you, so they are losing money, and if alot of you do this they will lose alot of money. After you do the chargeback then call Webloyalty and ask for any remaining refunds.
As you can see this is simple to get all of your money back.
Just be careful in the future and remember nothing is free when you see that $10, $15 or $20 rebate after you purchase.
Now call them and follow what I have told you and I promise you will be fully refunded for anything they have taken from you.

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

Randy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:12:40 -0000

I was scamed over four months and all I did was make a reservation on line for a Las Vegas hotel. I finally contacted them by phone and had it stopped. But now it has started again and I am at wits end trying to contact them to stop, e-mails have no effect. Please help!

Re: WebLoyalty (aka Reservation Rewards) Scam

Darcy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:59:11 -0000

The same thing happened to me, I cannot believe after 3 years they're still able to do this.
I cannot believe companies I used to trust, such as Shutterfly, would allow this to go on.

I was extremely disappointed and I'm shocked this is going on after all this time.

Re: TD Waterhouse Canada WebBroker Climbs Out Of The Dark Ages!?!

jost — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:32:35 -0000

Thank you for the comments. I am new to investing, learning what I can, but at this point, it's still hard to sort through everything to make sense of it. Opinions like this help. I was impressed with TDAmeritrade (based on their ads) - until now.

Re: TD Waterhouse To Complete Ameritrade Canada Merger

Jim — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:14:40 -0000

I am a US citizen with landed immigrant status in Canada. Several years ago, I had a block of stock with Ameritrade (US) and when they opened their Ameritrade Canada offices, they moved my account to Canada without even asking just because I had a Canadian address on the account. Really ticked me off. Only got a letter after it was all done. Got a service rep on the phone and asked why / how? He did not have an answer for me. They sent me Canadian forms to fill out. I refused to do it. Have not heard from them for many years. Found out they closed / got bought out by TD. Then later I found out they were no longer. Didn't know what happenned to them or who they merged with or....
Just want to get a stock certificate for my stocks but don't know who to call.

Re: Bubble Watch: Real Estate Waiting For A Catalyst

Stockton CA Real Estate — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:29:59 -0000

I sure hope help is on the way - life was hard enough 5 years ago!

Re: Rich At Any Age - Your 50s

pennystocks — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:14:04 -0000

It's good to invest in our younger years so when the time we need to stop working we have something to spend and enjoy the lifestyle that we are used to... It's like sowing and reaping.

Re: Bubble Watch: Real Estate

pennystocks — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:09:59 -0000

This year is the best time to invest in real estate while the price is low the value will appreciate as years go by.