Last Updated: 22 September 2005

You will find here documentation about poor service or shabby merchandise.

Take a look and perhaps you'll save yourself some (considerable) aggravation.

Beware of:

• (dis)Advantage car rental service - I've had luck with them in the past, but on my Dec. 25, 2008 trip to Las Vegas, I discovered that the low, low rate quoted me for a reserved car rental *WAS* too good to be true. They had no cars. They told me "Budget" would honor the rate. Of course Budget did not!
• Schwab Brokerage (read the email chain!) Customer service without the service and no doubt eventually without the customer portion.
• Cielcorporation, aka Robby Mailyatar of Minnesota
• Reno Hilton (click for my review on Epinions) NOTE: This was property was sold and is now Sierra Suites.
• Chadwicks Jewelry

Cielcorporation aka Robby Mailyatar of Minnesota

Robby posted an item on E-bay (a phone, see snippet below). He did not send the charger. I attempted to communicate with him several times by E-mail giving 3 and 4 day deadlines for a response - but he never responded. After eight days I filed a dispute with PayPal. Surprisingly, he never responded to PayPal (they set a 10 day deadline). [NOTE: I will be glad to send a file containing all of the e-mails sent and received from this "business man" to anyone who asks - you can see for yourself].

In the intervening time, I was able to hunt down Robby by phone (had to request E-bay for this information as he never provided it!) and he agreed to send the missing item by Friday, Sept 16th. It arrived Sept 17th. Despite this and his many non-responses I left NEUTRAL feedback rather than negative feedback. Unfortunately PayPal found in my favor by then - but noted that they could not refund me because "there were no funds in the account."

Despite my prompt payment, my weeks of patience, he had the audacity to leave NEGATIVE feedback on me!

The Item For Sale

Sony Ericsson T616 (Cingular Wireless) **Blue tooth capabilities** Camera, Color screen Item number: 5798625524   This item has been paid through PayPal. Payment was sent to: mailatyar@email.com on Aug-20-05. ...           ***Charger included          *** Perfect condition (no scratches)

The gory details, straight from PayPal

Transaction ID:   3SW70730U7942963R Seller Name:   Robby Mailatyar Seller Email:   mailatyar@email.com Transaction Amount:   -$65.01 USD Transaction Date:   Aug. 19, 2005 PayPal Case ID:   PP-103-307-342 Reason for Dispute:   Not as described Buyer's Comments:   I received a package containing the cell-phone described, but it did NOT include a charger as stated on the item description. I attempted to contact the seller by e-mail on August 29th (There does not appear to be any phone number to contact him/her). I requested either a partial refund ($8), or the shipment of the missing item (charger) and a confirmation of which approach he intended to take with a deadline of September 1st, 5:00 PM. It is now September 6th and I still have not received a response. At this point I am willing to accept a refund of no less than $12 or delivery of a working charger by September 9th. Date of Complaint:   Sep. 6, 2005 Status:   Case Closed Status Details:   We have completed our investigation of this case. Thank you for notifying us that you reached a resolution with the seller. This case has been closed. No further action is required of you at this time. [NOTE: This previously indicated that they ruled in my favor but that there were no funds to collect... see the history below] Dispute History Log - All Results The Dispute History Log displays all actions related to your claim. Date Actor Action Details Sep. 21, 2005 PayPal Email sent to Seller Sep. 21, 2005 PayPal Email sent to Buyer Sep. 21, 2005 Buyer Email send to Paypal Sep. 18, 2005 Buyer Email send to Paypal Sep. 16, 2005 PayPal Request for action to seller Sep. 16, 2005 PayPal Claim granted Sep. 16, 2005 PayPal Refund initiated Sep. 16, 2005 PayPal Email sent to Seller Sep. 16, 2005 PayPal Email sent to Buyer Sep. 16, 2005 PayPal Required response not received Sep. 6, 2005 PayPal Email sent to Seller Sep. 6, 2005 PayPal Email sent to Buyer Sep. 6, 2005 Buyer Complaint case initiated

Chadwick's Jewlery [Catalog Sales]

They REALLY border on incompetent.... Naw, scratch that, they ARE incompetent. How do I know this? Well, Tricia ordered a ring from them; however the ring was missing several stones, so she sent it back. This happened *3* times. Ok, so what's the problem? The ring that they sent back each time was the one she sent them in the first place!

Finally the manager sent her a "new ring" and told her to keep the old one. It was in WORSE shape then the one she had originally. Don't take my word for it, look at the pictures below. And this process took about a month and a half.

Chadwick Quality - you can't see it: