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Hunting Blue Hippo's
Click to view DaBlooz's profile Posted by: DaBlooz // 4 months ago // viewed 32 times
Hemphill, Texas // embed media
There's a nasty blue animal running around the country taking people for as much as they can and giving nothing in return...except regret and remorse. The BlueHippo Funding Corporation is preying on those who desperately want to repair thier credir and get something in the process. The pitch is saoked in great offers of products and incentives. In reality...Blue Hippo is ripping off thousands of people for millions of dollars and although having numerous judgements against them and settlements levied...they continue to advertise thier offer and conduct business as if nothing has changed. They tell you a great story about a top of the line Laptop, desktop, any PC for that matter and that for calling this week you will receive something like a free digital camera, a flatscreen tv, a free printer or scanner and heaven only knows what else. Now all you have to do is let them have $99.00. They will place your order. They will then send you documents that you must sign and return and then they will ship your computer and free gifts. Right? Wrong. When you get the paperwork you find that you must make at least 13 consecutive wkly payments or 6 bi-weekly payments to establish a credit history with them. Then they will ship your computer. You wish. Once they have your initial filing fee and have set up an automatic payment system through your bank account, debit card or credit card it is the last correspondence you will have with them. Except for a second set of documents you were never told about. Those are for the financing? So now...you've done everything you're supposed to do and you're ready for your computer. You will always be "ready" for your computer. You will never get it. They write you off. They don't send you your computer. They don't return calls or emails. These people need to be stopped. Just do a search on Blue Hippo and you'll see why. I wish I had investigated what seemed to be a good deal. I'm now out $728.72. I did eberything I was suppose to and I have nothing to show for it except my own embarassment at having been screwed so thouroughly. I am amazed at the negative information that is on line about this company. Even more amazing is that I've contacted the BBB, the FTC, the CPA and the AG's office...and nothing. I just thought that maybe a heavyweight like CNN could and maybe would...put these people on the nationwide view. Investigate them and ask the powers that be.."Why in the hell are they still doing business?"
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