Category: Customer Care Debacles

DSTLD IPO shows crowd funding does not work for individual investors

A few years ago I had discovered crowd funding, individual investors could get access into early stage companies. Some of them would perish, some would grow slowly and some would IPO. The strategy was to sprinkle your investments so overall you may come ahead. This year finally something miraculous...

Dismantling a Scam: eBay sellers use warranty fraud to make money

Last time I wrote about a scam, it was a PayPal scam around sending a fake letter to an address in your city to win PayPal claims against novice users (not counting Kickfurther which certain companies have used to scam investors). This time its Paypal's old cousin, eBay which...

Kickfurther.com Review – Read this before investing money

I have too many thoughts about this company and their performance in my portfolio. Today I finally decided to pen some of them down. Introduction First of all, Kickfurther is not a scam, its a company with a skewed business model. As I will explain below, as an investor...

Tips to file your claims in the Apple Slowdown cases

Are you eligible for the compensation? How to find your serial number? Apple ID not working on the claims site? Some tips to find the serial number and file your claim in the Apple iPhone slowdown scandal. ...

A new kind of Paypal scam – No they wont find it in your favor

When I was growing up the narrative around online shopping and safety was quite simple. Paypal was supposed to be the best company to buy stuff with. They always sided with the buyer and had the most buyer friendly policies in case of disputes. Things have changed drastically though....