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A Tour Of A "Pay to Download Firefox" Site ( A real RIPOFF)
gerv.net ^ | Not supplied | Gervase Markham

Posted on 10/26/2009 8:47:34 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

At Mozilla, we regularly get anguished emails from people who have paid to download Firefox, and have then discovered a) that it's actually free, and b) that it's very hard to get the company they paid to stop charging their credit card. For those who have never had the misfortune to visit one of these trap sites, I thought people might be interested in a walkthrough of the user experience.

(Excerpt) Read more at gerv.net ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: firefox; internet; ripoff
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I have many elderly customers that fall for stuff like this quite often.

Scum of the earth. 0bama supporters, for sure.


21 posted on 10/26/2009 4:11:05 PM PDT by Boucheau
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Scum of the earth. 0bama supporters, for sure.

Odd how criminals tend to be democrat...

22 posted on 10/26/2009 6:41:48 PM PDT by GOPJ (Stories "in danger of leaching out" are concerns of storm troopers, not journalist - G.Joyce)
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My understanding is that is hard to get, each CC account has its own credit history. I have had bogus charges but never repeating and asked about the options. But admit I am not an expert.


23 posted on 10/26/2009 7:22:49 PM PDT by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the government spending you demand stupid")
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To: whd23

Re: Shopsafe

Yes, I use that all the time with on-line orders now.

But back when I had the problem with the ISP, I was using my Amex card. Happily, I just refused the charges, and let Amex handle it. The problem went away very quickly, and I didn’t get hit for the additional charges.

Mark


24 posted on 10/26/2009 8:57:10 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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