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Forum Name: - Best Buy
Topic Title: Scammed Me in 99, Scamming You in 2005
Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:27 pm
The year was 1999. I bought appliances at Best Buy, on a no interest plan. HRS (Household, now HSBC) did not send me my final bill. About 100 of us were in class that week, and I brought it up. Others in the group were also scammed by Household.
Here we are in 2005, and I see reports just like what happened to me in 1999. The Household - HSBC scumbags got caught by Shea, paid $11 million, and keep on doing the same thing they did to me in 1999. Isn't it time for the Justice Department to intervene and stop this abuse stop once and for all?
What in the world does it take to see the truth and make it stop? How hard can it be? Maybe too few people complained to the wrong organizations? I hope not, because that would say that regulators and the BBB are not talking to state Attorney Generals.
I am posting this to tell you that people were probably scammed before me in 1999, they are still getting scammed, HSBC is scamming them now, and, although this website is doing a good job, it is not enough.
So what happens now? People scammed in the Shea v Household scam cannot sue them. People in the HFC nationwide suit cannot sue them. New customers have binding arbitration agreements. And $11 million for Shea v Household was a drop in the bucket. Remember, these scammers and H&R Block tried to settle a suit for $25 million but the court judge was smart enough to reject it. Now it is a big racketeering claim. HSBC and Household will pay any small fine and keep on scamming the lemmings that open Best Buy, Levitz, and other credit card accounts.
Stop what you are doing for a minute, and write to your attorney general and the FTC right now. (FTC would be for the merchant that suckered you into the predatory relationship.) Do it and do it now. We are not lemmings, and we don't deserve to get hurt. Do you like it when they pay some CEO Chairman scumbag $34 million after he reposessed your home or screwed up your credit? If you think that's OK, don't write a letter now. Be a lemming.
Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:59 am
I like to statement about what happen when I wrote to my Attorney General in my state about Beneficial Finance. Not only did I write to him once, but four times. I got no responce from the Attorney General. I have sent complaints about Beneficial to FTC. Not only once, but five times. It seems like nothing have change much, even though there has been lawsuits, after lawsuits. Even though we were able to take part in the $484 million dollars settlement in 2003, we still lost our home to Beneficial in 2004. Right now there is a lawyer in my state(Tenn.) suing Household/Beneficial on RICO charges. I have talked to his assistant.
Maybe we will get the justice we deserve. Hopefully Household/Beneficial will get the punishment they deserve.
Thank You so much for this website. I see that we are not alone. Please readers keep posting your experiences your are having with Household (HSBC). The Dept of Financial Institutions have been trying to help us. Something needs to be done about HSBC NOW!!!!
Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:59 pm
Why was your house taken? Didn't you make the payments?
How can they take a home if you make your payments?
Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:20 pm
Payment miester wrote:
Why was your house taken? Didn't you make the payments?
How can they take a home if you make your payments?
How can they take a home if you make your payments?
Looks like a simple question from someone, correct? Not exactly. This is the IP address information for this poster:
Record Type: IP Address
IP Location: United States - Illinois - Chicago - Household International
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IP: 63.111.163.13
On company time at 2:56;54 pm, here is more information:
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OK Household Employee, posing as "Payment miester." This is a slap in the face to all who experienced your nationwide $484 million settlement. Please refer to this post to see actions taken relative to the settlement. The action you took here just motivates us even more to get nationwide attention for those hurt by your company. Your IP address and actions are duly noted.
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