jokach
December 17th, 2005, 07:06 AM
The Massachusetts Attorney Generals office is seeking an emergency court order to shut down NEPCO LP and NEPCO GP, LLC for engaging in deceptive practices, the actual announcement is here (from the AG's website):
http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=986&id=1549
AG REILLY SEEKS EMERGENCY COURT ORDER AGAINST INTERNET ELECTRONICS WEBSITE ACCUSED OF DECEIVING CONSUMERS
December 16, 2005
CONTACT: SARAH NATHAN
(617) 727-2543
BOSTON - Attorney General Tom Reilly is seeking an emergency court order to shut down a Waltham Internet company that bills itself as "The UK's Best Source for Digital Video Equipment." The company is not based in the United Kingdom, but in Massachusetts, and misled and overcharged dozens of consumers, most of them British.
The lawsuit, filed today in Suffolk Superior Court, accuses Jeremy Paradies of Waltham and his companies, NEPCO LP and NEPCO GP, LLC, of routinely engaging in deceptive pricing, overcharging customers, failing to deliver merchandise, failing to give refunds and frequently shipping wrong orders. Paradies and his companies sell a variety of electronics, including digital cameras, recorders, plasma televisions, iPods and video game equipment, using the domain name mydv.co.uk.
The site, despite its Waltham location, prominently displays a London-based telephone number and lists all of the product prices in British pounds sterling.
AG Reilly's lawsuit alleges that Paradies charged more than the advertised prices on the credits cards of British-based consumers who ordered goods online. Also, despite the website’s promise of "impeccable" customer service, mydv.co.uk failed to respond to consumers complaints and failed to refund overcharges charged to consumers' credit cards.
According to AG Reilly's complaint, the website either failed to deliver goods consumers were counting on to give as gifts for the holidays, sent the wrong products, or, in some cases, sent merchandise intended for the Japanese market with manuals written only in Japanese and power sources which did not conform to UK standards.
Assistant Attorneys General from AG Reilly's Office will be in court today seeking a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction to stop mydv.co.uk from advertising, promoting or offering for sale digital and video equipment, consumer electronics and accessories as well as requiring it to pay civil penalties and restitution.
Assistant Attorney Generals Scott Schafer and Margret Cooke and investigator Eric Funk of AG Reilly's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division are handling this case.
A big thanks to our friends at http://mydv-ripoff.co.uk for providing us this information!
Stay tuned here at Matrixwatch for more information as this unfolds ....
jokach
http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=986&id=1549
AG REILLY SEEKS EMERGENCY COURT ORDER AGAINST INTERNET ELECTRONICS WEBSITE ACCUSED OF DECEIVING CONSUMERS
December 16, 2005
CONTACT: SARAH NATHAN
(617) 727-2543
BOSTON - Attorney General Tom Reilly is seeking an emergency court order to shut down a Waltham Internet company that bills itself as "The UK's Best Source for Digital Video Equipment." The company is not based in the United Kingdom, but in Massachusetts, and misled and overcharged dozens of consumers, most of them British.
The lawsuit, filed today in Suffolk Superior Court, accuses Jeremy Paradies of Waltham and his companies, NEPCO LP and NEPCO GP, LLC, of routinely engaging in deceptive pricing, overcharging customers, failing to deliver merchandise, failing to give refunds and frequently shipping wrong orders. Paradies and his companies sell a variety of electronics, including digital cameras, recorders, plasma televisions, iPods and video game equipment, using the domain name mydv.co.uk.
The site, despite its Waltham location, prominently displays a London-based telephone number and lists all of the product prices in British pounds sterling.
AG Reilly's lawsuit alleges that Paradies charged more than the advertised prices on the credits cards of British-based consumers who ordered goods online. Also, despite the website’s promise of "impeccable" customer service, mydv.co.uk failed to respond to consumers complaints and failed to refund overcharges charged to consumers' credit cards.
According to AG Reilly's complaint, the website either failed to deliver goods consumers were counting on to give as gifts for the holidays, sent the wrong products, or, in some cases, sent merchandise intended for the Japanese market with manuals written only in Japanese and power sources which did not conform to UK standards.
Assistant Attorneys General from AG Reilly's Office will be in court today seeking a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction to stop mydv.co.uk from advertising, promoting or offering for sale digital and video equipment, consumer electronics and accessories as well as requiring it to pay civil penalties and restitution.
Assistant Attorney Generals Scott Schafer and Margret Cooke and investigator Eric Funk of AG Reilly's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division are handling this case.
A big thanks to our friends at http://mydv-ripoff.co.uk for providing us this information!
Stay tuned here at Matrixwatch for more information as this unfolds ....
jokach