Most Helpful Consumer Stores & Electronics Reviews From 2009




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Circuit City - Liquidation Sale
Posted on 1/17/2009 by jktshff1
Let's hope we don't see a lot of "I can't take it back" posts The Circuit City liquidation sale will draw plenty of bargain hunters, but buyer beware. Typically, closeout sales are final: no ref...
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GameStop - Pre-Sell Warning
Posted on 5/26/2009 by Plots
This is more of a warning/heads-up/reminder than a complaint because I acknowledge that it was partly my fault. I get a discount on video games where I work but we weren't pre-selling Godfather II ...
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Circuit City - A manifestation of a deeper problem
Posted on 2/7/2009 by onevoice
I am a former employee of Circuit City for over nine years. The recent bankruptcy of Circuit City came to no surprise to me. When I began working for Circuit City in 1984 it was a company that w...
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Circuit City - Don't Fall For The Banana In The Tail Pipe
Posted on 1/27/2009 by lynxnyl
I went to the liquidation sale in Richmond, VA. I thought maybe they would have a deal on a USB cable I needed for my printer/fax machine. First there were no price tags on the cables just a sig...
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Radio Shack - Employee Perspective
Posted on 11/9/2009 by cschic
I am a full time sales associate at Radio Shack, and after reading some of the posts here by customers and employees, I thought I would share an experience of mine. A customer (an elderly gentlem...
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Ritz Camera - Ritz Camera Liquidation
Posted on 4/4/2009 by PassingBy
Beginning today Ritz Camera will begin the liquidation of 300 stores. Don't expect huge discounts because they are using the same liquidator who did Circuit City. For those not familiar with how the l...
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Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc. - Stay Away From Toshiba, Worst TV. Worst Customer Service
Posted on 2/2/2009 by hc89100
I’m highly dissatisfied & DISGUSTED with DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED TOSHIBA DLP TV & Toshiba America Corporation’s extremely poor & pathetic customer service of corporate staff handling complaint. I ...
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Flip Mino - Digital Pocket Video Camera Review
Posted on 1/3/2009 by Sparticus
Flip Mino HD ReviewI got a Flip Mino HD for Christmas this year. Neat little digital video recorder. Thought I would sh...
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VIZIO - Televisions - Does Not Respond To Inquiries
Posted on 1/8/2009 by tnchuck100
Before doing business with any company I attempt some form of contact to find out what kind of customer service may be expected from them. The following email was sent to VIZIO in a attempt to gaug...
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Funai Corp - TV Converter Box Service
Posted on 3/21/2009 by bwalton
Purchased two "Magnavox" TV converter boxes (digital TV to analog for our old TVs) on Sept 17, 2008. Both are actually Funai model TB110MW9. One worked fine (and still does); other did not work. Ca...
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Radio Shack - The Return Policy
Posted on 7/23/2009 by WOWreally!
Ok this is real simple, when you buy something from Radio Shack you have 30 days to return it. The exception being, missing stuff (ie cell phone battery, memory cards, ect), damaged prducts, if it loo...
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CellForCash - Don't Send Your Phone
Posted on 5/11/2009 by revan
Sent in a Blackberry Pearl. They received the phone and verified it but never sent a check. The website is no longer available, seems they have gone out of business....
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Bidallies - Buyer Beware Bidallies Cell Phones
Posted on 3/15/2009 by mbyamaha
I purchased an Lg ax8600 cell phone from Bidallies on ebay. The first phone he sent me had a faulty keypad. I paid shipping to return and got another phone with a faulty keypad that was damaged. I wan...
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Thomson Inc (GE Phones) - Warranty Is A Joke And Fraud!
Posted on 1/7/2009 by bgk
I purchased 2- 5.8 GE Edge phones at Walmart. The first phone (07) simply stopped working-after 8 months. All instructions to fix faulty phone were tried i.e. replace battery/reset battery/unplug pho...
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Elite Xtreme - Elite Xtreme is a Big Rip-Off
Posted on 2/6/2009 by RD-not satisfied
Ordered 8 items for Christmas. Received 2. Emailed no response. Emailed again. 3 days later received email that other 6 items were out of stock. Called company and cancelled order. Emailed to confi...
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Polaroid - Polaroid TV Turn Off
Posted on 2/2/2009 by Bruz
We have bought 4 same units of Polaroid TV (1511-TLXB) on 06-27-07 for $865.96 including sale Tax. First unit stopped working by Nov of 2007. We have shipped back for repair and, it took almost 4 mont...
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LG - LG LCD TV 42LB1DR-UA & Power Supply Issues...
Posted on 4/12/2009 by Maninthemoon
I've had my LG 42LB1DR-UA LCD TV for 2.5 years now, and I'm generally very pleased with it, especially the built-in DVR feature. It did recently have a common power supply failure however. I've note...
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MagicJack - Poor Customer Service, Company of Thieves
Posted on 2/9/2009 by colorspride
I purchased a MagicJack computer phone Jack almost a year ago. From the very beginning it has been one problem after the other. They have live web support, however getting to it, takes quite some...
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Hughes net - Hughes Net is crap!
Posted on 7/21/2009 by pit313
I have had nothing but trouble with hughes net since installation. To date I have spent over $300.00 for service calls. I can't understand their support techs when I call them. I was told that if I up...
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Radio Shack - Method Behind The Madness
Posted on 3/3/2009 by socalblonde89
First off as an employee of RadioShack I am sick and tired of all the returns on items customers "just did not want." We are paid off of commission, and returns ding our paychecks, so OF COURSE we are...
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Eastman Kodak Company - Camera Repair
Posted on 1/29/2009 by charli0124
DO NOT SEND YOUR CAMERA IN FOR REPAIR! While in the process of taking pictures I turned my camera off and when I tried to turn it back on, nothing happened. I researched and found Precision Camera. ...
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Radio Shack - Why Employees Are Pushy
Posted on 1/8/2009 by jones1234
I worked for Radioshack for 2 yrs 1 yr as a manager. The managers have to work a min. of 55 hrs a week, and never get out on time they also have to work 6 days a week, now if the sales are not that g...
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Closeoutisland.com - Price Baiting
Posted on 10/14/2009 by nsmith
I tried to buy an item for what started as a great price from this site. After adding to the shopping cart it wouldn't complete the order. The price tripled on their site. I called to find out what h...
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Radio Shack - In Regards to Service Plans
Posted on 2/7/2009 by RS Manager
I have seen a few different situations regarding the Service plans we offer at Radio Shacks across the United States of America (and Puerto Rico) Having read a number of reviews while online search...
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Radio Shack - Not happy with product or service
Posted on 7/15/2009 by dsnrln
Eight months ago I purchased a weather radio. It was the first time I'd ever purchased anything from Radio Shack. About two months ago the radio stopped giving automatic audio weather alerts. The cl...
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Boost Mobile - Boost Mobile Customer Service Sucks!
Posted on 6/1/2009 by sf87n
On Friday the 29th of May I ordered a phone off of boostmobile.com… I went with the additional ship since the fee was only an extra $5. Immediately after I received an email with an order number and...
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Circuit City - Circuit City Closes All Stores
Posted on 1/16/2009 by PassingBy
Circuit City Stores Inc. says it has reached an agreement with liquidators to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal. The company said the s...
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Elite extreme cell phone accessories - Took $$ and ran
Posted on 5/19/2009 by rabolargo
3/8/2009 I ordered 3 cell phone covers. they played with me until it was too late for me to contact my credit card company. they led me along until they quit responding to my e-mails. I've been waiti...
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Radio Shack - Employee Perspective
Posted on 7/5/2009 by rademp
I work at a Radioshack and just want to say that some of th stuff on here is rather correct. Except I did see a review saying that a woman purchased a laptop for 700 and the employees pocketed some o...
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Circuit City Bel Air, Maryland - Rip Off!
Posted on 2/23/2009 by Lorilb
Last weekend, my family thought we would hit the Circuit City liquidation sale. My youngest son found a video game and used his allowance to buy it. We get outside, almost to the car, and son opens ...
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Circuit City - Liquidation Sale Rip-off
Posted on 1/18/2009 by dabr24
I went to Circuit City Today in Brooklyn, NY to shop their Liquidation sale. Take my advice save your money. They were offering 10% off all of the electronics and 20% off videos and DVD's. A lot ...
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ABL Electronic Service, Inc. - ABL Electronics = Highway Robbery
Posted on 9/3/2009 by DjJohnCruz
I dropped my Pioneer CDJ800 mk1 off at ABL Electronics in Madison Heights, Michigan www.ablserv.com on Friday August 21, 2009 with a customer service representative I believe was named Nick who stated...
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Big Lots - Beware
Posted on 5/13/2009 by Problem
Beware Beware: I bought a NEW TV from them in Nov 2008, come to find out this TV was refurbished not new as advertised when we tried to go thru the manufacture for warranty. Everything I read says...
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Sony Electronics Inc - Playstation 3 Not Reading Disks
Posted on 1/7/2009 by unhappy999
I have a PS3 40GB, bought for $400 on Black Friday 2007 for Christmas gift for my son. As of yesterday, a week after one year of use, it will not read any disks. All it does is show the busy icon in t...
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Garmin - Garmin - A Great Thing to Have
Posted on 8/8/2009 by Starlord
Recently, we purchased a GPS unit at WalMart, with the extended service plan. I will not go into the name, because I do not wish to embarrasss the company that made it, a well-known GPS product. We ...
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Polaroid - Help Me, I Got A Polaroid !
Posted on 7/22/2009 by wigglytush
I happened to notice that there are similar complaints regarding this TV. After approximately 18-20 months, the power comes on but NO picture. "Black out" on the screen. Does anyone have any sugges...
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Radio Shack - Seriously??
Posted on 7/13/2009 by sramsd8065
People complain so they can get free stuff. More than half of the problems I see at the store is User Error. If yelling at the bottom of the totem pole is what makes you feel like a bigger person - th...
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Circuit City - "Alleged Going Out Of Business Sale Pricing"
Posted on 2/3/2009 by tomace
As you all may know Circuit City is going out of business. They have been sending out emails stating 20-40% off all items. To the buyer, beware: I went to the local Circuit City in Valley Strea...
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Canon Faxphone L80 - Junk Product, Junkier Service
Posted on 11/16/2009 by Slimjim
We bought this low end fax machine as a back-up light duty unit a few months ago on Ebay. The unit was brand new. From day one, it was obvious it was a strange machine. Unintuitive and complex control...
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Poloroid - Fix for 32" Poloroid TV/DVD combo DVD problem
Posted on 1/6/2009 by 2Doug
Failure of the DVD unit is a very common problem with the 32" TDA-03211C TV/DVD combo unit. Poloroid sent me three replacement DVD units in the first year and each began doing the same thing after a f...



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