How they ripped me off
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I was in search of a new descrambler that could handle rapid random inversion and after a 3 day search on the internet I found a couple of descramblers that could handle it with a push of the button, but only one that could do it automatically. The descrambler was the Clearview Matrix 2004 and it was sold by two companies: www.1-800-descramblers.com and www.123tvconverters.com.
I was skeptical about them from the start. They didn't offer a phone number, they offered something they described as a digital descrambler, they offered a satellite tv descrambler, and their on-line help was never on-line. These should have been great indicators but the truth was that I really wanted a automatic rapid random inversion descrambler.
Since it was the only company that offered this product I decided that it wouldn't hurt to send them an email. As his advertising indicated, he got back to me pretty quickly (the best con artists are always very professional). I asked if they had an automatic rapid random inversion descrambler and Kevin Bergman of 511 W. State Street, # 272, Hastings, Michigan 49058, ph# (269) 908-16XX, told me that the Clearview Matrix 2k4 was the one for me. I then asked him a few other questions to test his customer relations skills and when I felt some-what confident I decided to order one.
The next clear indication was that although they have a visa, master card, discovery card and American express symbol on their website,. when you go to order the product, it tells you that they don't accept credit cards. This little move is called bait and switch. It's a con game procedure and I knew it. I then sent Kevin Bergman of 511 W. State Street, # 272, Hastings, Michigan 49058, ph# (269) 908-16XX, an email asking him why this was and he ignored the question. Again I should have known.
I decided to go back to yahoo and check out the cache files of his sites and found that at one point he did accept credit cards and somehow this made me feel better (why I don't know). I sent him an email asking him about C.O.D. because I figured that the odds were less that I wouldn't receive anything. He told me that the total price would be $281. and it had to be a money order from the Post Office payable to A.R. (Again, big sign. He wanted something that could be canceled or traced). I thought about it for a little while and figured why not. It was a well designed site and since I have spent thousands of dollars on-line without a problem, I would risk it.
Two day later when my mailroom received that package. I could shake the feeling that I should have had them call me instead of leaving the check. There was a box delivered, and there was a descrambler in it. However, it wasn't my requested and paid for descrambler, it was the cheapest descrambler sold today. It wasn't even as good as the one that I already owned and it didn't have automatic rapid random inversion. It was no use to me.
I knew he had scammed me but I also knew that you get more flies with honey than vinegar, so I decided to pretend like it was a mistake. I emailed Kevin Bergman of 511 W. State Street, # 272, Hastings, Michigan 49058, ph# (269) 908-16XX, asking him what I should do and (surprise, surprise) he didn't reply back. I did it 3 more times and by the last time I knew that I was just going through the motions. Although I saw all of the signs beforehand it turns out that I experienced my first scam. This website is internet justice.