Ripped Off by 1800SkyRide
Complaint
Nat M.
Country: United States
1800SkyRide is a telemarketing fraud. They sell trips and sporting events that do not exist. The company operates under different names:
1800Skyride
Adventure Skydiving Center
Adventure Sports
Luxergy
IGO Vincent
Spagoda
Tandora
Granter Media
Thrill Planet
Soaring Sports
Hot Air Balloon Team
The address of the company:
2593 Kennesaw Due West Rd Ste 300
Kennesaw, Ga 30144
They refuse to give refunds to customers, there are hundreds of unresolved complaints with BBB. Stay away from this company. When a customer wants a refund because most of the time they were sold something that did not exist or was given false information on locations, they refuse to give it and offer a different activity which again is either a fraud or hundreds of miles away from the client.
I've launched complaints with BBB, FTC, and The Attorney General. If you are reading this because you paid this company money and want it back, send your complaint to the above places as well. I hope we can beat this company if we do it together.
1800Skyride
Adventure Skydiving Center
Adventure Sports
Luxergy
IGO Vincent
Spagoda
Tandora
Granter Media
Thrill Planet
Soaring Sports
Hot Air Balloon Team
The address of the company:
2593 Kennesaw Due West Rd Ste 300
Kennesaw, Ga 30144
They refuse to give refunds to customers, there are hundreds of unresolved complaints with BBB. Stay away from this company. When a customer wants a refund because most of the time they were sold something that did not exist or was given false information on locations, they refuse to give it and offer a different activity which again is either a fraud or hundreds of miles away from the client.
I've launched complaints with BBB, FTC, and The Attorney General. If you are reading this because you paid this company money and want it back, send your complaint to the above places as well. I hope we can beat this company if we do it together.
Comments
It is often difficult not to be influenced by strong statements of opinion such as "this company is a scam!", especially when competitors and others repeat these statements often enough. Please read items you find on the internet carefully and differentiate between actual statements of fact (such as litigation that is offered as though it were "pending" when in fact it is the date of resolution that is given) and information that is merely an opinion (as strong as that opinion might be)
You obviously cannot dispute something that is in black and white.
If the August 18, 2008 court case was a RESOLUTION, they why is MY case not resolved? I had a gift for someone that is very dear to me; but this company has RUINED that surprise gift. I paid for this over a YEAR ago and am unable to redeem it. I have documented calls (names, times) to prove all the attempts to their "customer service". Not one return call from them. I can prove all my calls to them - and my phone call log will prove they never called ME. SO, just for the sake of being fair, why don't YOU try to call 1-877-933-6359 (balloon company owner) and see what they think of this "legitimate" company? Ask them if they think anything was "resolved"? They stated that this company is NOTORIOUS for booking but never contacting them with the booking times/dates. So the booking never gets confirmed. They never get paid (only the broker does). They have had to turn people away that show up for a "ride" that never happens.
I'D SAY THEY WERE TAKEN FOR A RIDE, FOR SURE! Just not the type of ride they paid for.
Would you feel the need to STICK UP FOR A COMPANY if you were on the receiving end of a scam like this? I think not.
Watch the documentary that aired on FOX TV news. This company has been exposed. It is not my "opinion" that they are sleaze-bags. It is a fact.
My credit card is proof of that FACT. Hundreds of people have had the same thing happen. No sugar-coating is necessary or can un-do all the harm that this company has done. No words of yours can change my opinion of this company, or the hundreds of us out there that they have scammed.
Justice will prevail. It always does. I'm satisfied with that.
Have a great day! :)
I hope that the company's recent desire and effort to improve customer service will result in a resolution for you. If your situation changes, please report back with information regarding how your complaint was handled. Good luck!
Although everyone (including the people who work for corporations) sometimes make mistakes, it is how those mistakes are handled that defines who a person (or a company) is.
Please let us know the outcome if your situation changes. Good luck!
After reading these, seems the only "unscrupulous" person on this board is the one replying to everyone's posts.
By the way, I failed to mention that, on two of the calls made to their 800- 759-7433, I gave the representatives answering the phone the certificate number, was placed on hold, and then, when the representative returned on the phone, I was told the certificate was valued at far less than the amount my daughter paid for it. When I challenged the representative, I was again placed on hold and upon their return they corrected their "mistake" and confirmed the correct amount of the certificate. You will have a hard time convincing me that this is not a scam - fraud - theft.
The only resolution that is acceptable at this point is a full refund to my daughter. I have started that task with her credit card company. I doubt that it will happen, since I trusted that the coupon was redeemable up to the expiration date ( 2 years after the purchase date ) and didn't try to use it until a year and four months after it was purchased.
Please, dear ripped-off consumer, quite posting here. This is nothing but a front manned by a mouthpiece for the very company that ripped you off. Who are you, REPLY? Who do you work for?
Blue skies!