Victim
of a consumer Rip-off? Want justice? Rip-off Report is a
worldwide consumer reporting Website & Publication, by consumers,
for consumers, to file & document complaints about Companies
or Individuals who ripoff consumers.
Unlike the Better Business Bureau, badbusinessbureau.com / Rip-off Report does
not hide Reports of "satisfied" complaints. ALL
complaints remain public in order to create a working history
on the Company or Individual in question; unedited.
Rip-off Reports cover every category imaginable!
You can Browse
the latest Reports, Search
the Reports, or submit your Report now for FREE, by clicking
on File Report.
CREATE YOUR OWN WEB SITE JUST BY FILING A RIP-OFF REPORT
..it's FREE. Your Rip-off Report is
automatically submitted to search engines as soon as you click
on Submit! All Reports are automatically discovered by most search
engines. This means that within just a few days or weeks; your
Report may be found on search engines when consumers search,
using key words relating to your Rip-off Report.
HELPING YOU, THE CONSUMER...
Search the Rip-Off Report before you do
business...
Retail stores with bad return policies, checking
& credit theft, rebate fraud or other unscrupulous
business policies; such as phony auto repairs, auto dealer
bait-and-switch tactics, restaurants with bad service or
food, corrupt government employees & politicians, police corruption,
home builders, contractors, unethical doctors &lawyers, online
stores that sell non-existent products, dead beat Dads
& Moms, landlords & tenants, employment career business
opportunity, and individual con artists who scam consumers. These are
just a few of the countless topics available, and the list is
continually modified as new categories emerge.
FILING
A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT & NOTIFYING THE AUTHORITIES
Filing a Rip-Off Report is important because you
are helping us to help you, and others like you, achieve
justice. We are able to accomplish this by working with
the proper authorities for prosecution, and working with lawyers
by using your Report to help organize lawsuits. It is important
that you know that your information is held strictly confidential,
and your identity is protected by the First Amendment of the US
Constitution.
We will contact you if a lawsuit
is being considered or has been filed which you may want to be
a party to. The more Reports filed on a Company or
individual, the more likely it is that the authorities and
attorneys will want to take action.
MEDIA ATTENTION
Quite often the media is interested in the Reports
you filed and ask us to assist in their investigations giving
you the publicity needed to help your cause. File
your Report now! In the event your Rip-off Report
is of interest to the media, we will put you in contact with them.
Rip-off Report works regularly with most TV News Magazines
& Networks and their affiliates, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News and
local and National newspapers including The New York Times the
Wall Street Journal to Auto Motive News.
HELPING YOU, THE REPORTED BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL
MY
COMPANY HAS BEEN REPORTED! HOW DO I RESPOND?
If you are a business with a report(s) filed
against you, you have a chance to make it right. If handled
correctly, your Rip-off Report can actually help improve your
reputation. We offer you the opportunity to file a REBUTTAL
to any report. (See the REBUTTAL BOX at the end of the specific
Rip-off Report you wish to rebut). Every
company receives complaints, but how they handle those complaints
separates good business from bad business.
EMPLOYEE INSIDER / EX-EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
If you are an employee or ex-employee
with privileged information about the company or individual
reported, and you can provide "insider information”,
please click on the REBUTTAL Box at the end of the specific Rip-off
Report you wish to give information on. This sort of information
is often very helpful to an investigation and always needed.
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Employees who want to expose corruption
should file a Rip-off Report. Any employees who
do so should be protected by Federal Whistleblower Laws, additionally;
Rip-off Report treats all victims as a confidential
source. Remember, we are a publication;
and we will never voluntarily reveal your identity. Instead
we will protect our sources under the First Amendment of the US
Constitution
DOING BUSINESS WITH THE COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL
REPORTED...
Consumers, just because a Company or Individual
is reported on Rip-off Report does not necessarily mean
you should not do business with them. By reading the experiences
of other consumers, you will now be able to make more educated
decisions, because now you know what to watch out for.
USE YOUR REPORT TO GET WHAT IS COMING TO
YOU
Faxing your Rip-off Report to the Company
or Individual you have just reported can serve as a very
valuable negotiating tool. Include in your negotiation that
you have the ability to
UPDATE your Report and reflect their good business practices
by explaining that their eagerness to satisfy the
complaint and make things right will be seen by the
entire world. Also, explain that failure to respond/rectify
the situation will also be seen.
YOU MUST NOT call them threatening
to file a report if they do not comply with your demands… this
may be construed as Blackmail! You must first file a Rip-off
Report, then fax them a copy, offering them a chance to
rectify the wrong that they did to you. Explain that then, and only then, you
will UPDATE your Rip-off Report in a positive way;
if deserved.
ORGANIZING
CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS
VICTIMS & LAWYERS, WHO WANT TO SUE COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS REPORTED
Victims
& attorneys who are interested in pursuing litigation against
a particular company reported on this website may contact us directly.
It is inappropriate to solicit business using this website other
than through prior arrangement. This is largely because we need
to ensure, the best we can, that our readers are not again being
taken advantage of..
If you see a company with a good number of Rip-off
Reports, we have the database of contact information. We
will e-mail those victims to contact you. Often we have additional
information which does not appear on the victims Rip-off Report.
We receive thousands of e-mails weekly on Rip-off businesses.
We also have contact data on many of those victims as well.
We are anxious and willing to join forces with
victims and attorneys to stand up for the rights of consumers
and help them get justice. E-mail us. Both victims and attorneys
should send their e-mails to: ClassAction@ripoffreport.com
MORE IMPORTANT TO FILE ON RIP-OFF REPORT
THAN WITH BBB & WE’RE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ATTORNEYS GENERAL
OR INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES
Many government sites (and the BBB) are only in place to collect all the information
from you, the consumer; in most cases, never making it available
for others to see. Listing your complaint
on many Government sites is usually no better than filing
with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). In fact, utilizing
such sites is often just a waste of time; giving you false
hope. Perhaps most frustrating is that the federal agencies
tasked to investigate these disreputable enterprises receive tax
dollars to do so, yet come to badbusinessbureau.com
for the results of our investigations and data, which we collect
at no cost to the consumer while benefiting them.
By failing to make this information available
publicly, it makes it harder for consumers to get
educated about exactly what scams they should watch out
for. In addition,
when these agencies fail to make these individual complaints public, consumers
are robbed of the opportunity to know
how bad a Company or Individual really is, and why.
On the other hand, many government agencies have
and do come to the Rip-off Report for information. We have
assisted, and continue to assist many government agencies
for some time now, including local and state police departments,
the FBI, FTC and Attorney General offices from around the country
Since all the Reports are out in the open
for everyone to see, in a way, this embarrasses these agencies
into doing something about these scams when they see so many
Reports on a Company or Individual.
Unfortunately, many (not all) Attorneys General
Offices and government agencies will not move against a rip-off
unless there will be some sort of publicity, associated with some
political hay to be made. Additionally, they normally won't
take action if the Rip-off does not exceed $50,000. However,
your Reports have helped to change this.
Reporting your experiences on Rip-off Report is the
next best thing to getting your story on TV or in a newspaper.
In fact, many national TV networks and several local
TV stations from all around the country come to the Rip-off Report
for information. They do this because they know that the
BBB, Attorneys General, and other agencies are not reliable
or cooperative sources when compared to Rip-off Report.
News stations know that they will get information from us that
are unobtainable elsewhere.
Rip-off Report has instigated many local
and national stories that have
resulted in help for victims worldwide, in one way or another. Now
that the government has cut back spending even more
in this area, this dollar amount required
to get the attention of investigative agencies will likely get
even higher. This means that we can expect even
less action, since fewer people and resources will
be available to work on all these Rip-offs.
Additionally, by filing a Rip-off Report,
you might be contacted by one of us to notify you to make contact
with a law firm that has shown interest in your case. We get requests every
week for class action lawsuits; bringing victims together with
lawyers willing to sue the company after reading your filed Rip-off
Report.