Blue Hippo

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• Tronix Country - Another BlueHippo? You Decide

  
  The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — Authority: 554
  This morning, Sunday November 22, 2009, I was watching CNN when an advertisement for Tronix Country caught my attention. The advertisement offered for those without credit or bad credit, a simple financing program to help them get a new computer or other electronic products. The plan as stated on the tube involved ...
  4 days ago

• Virtual Goods, Offers, and Scams: Part 1

  
  ReveNews — Authority: 459
  There’s been alot of hype and debate around the concepts of virtual goods and offers due to a few high flying companies which have been media darlings. The highest profile company in question is Zynga, athough other social gaming sites and social networks have employed similar tactics. All have enormous user bases ...
  1 week ago

• FTC Lodges Contempt Charge Against BlueHippo

  
  WorkAtHomeTruth.com Blog — Authority: 422
  Company Pocketed More Than $15 Million From Consumers Last Year, But Almost None Received a Computer The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo, a company that collected more than $15 million from consumers based on claims that it would finance their purchases ...
  1 week ago

• Wow. Blue Hippo Was Worse Than I Thought

  
  Home with the Kids — Authority: 124
  I posted last year about some radio ads I was hearing that really pissed me off. They were for a company called Blue Hippo , and they were offering computers to anyone, regardless of credit. All you had to do was make all 13 payments to pay it off to get the computer. Umm, except they didn’t actually bother ...
  1 week ago

• Like taking candy computers from a baby the poor

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 759
  candy computers from a baby the poor" /> How sleazy could any company be with an adorable blue hippo for a mascot? Fortunately, Baltimore-based BlueHippo provides the answer: really, really sleazy. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has had it with the company, which ...
  1 week ago

• FTC Files Contempt Charge Against BlueHippo

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 541
  The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo, a company that collected more than $15 million from consumers based on claims that it would finance their purchases of new computers, but delivered neither the financing nor the financed computers, in violation of a ...
  1 week ago

• Lender BlueHippo slammed by FTC for allegedly collecting $15 million in exchange for nothing

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 714
  Filed under: Credit , Shopping , Technology , Consumer Ally BlueHippo.com, which markets itself as a way for the credit-challenged to buy a new computer and other electronics, has been ripping off its customers and should be ordered to stop, the Federal Trade Commission told a federal judge today. "BlueHippo ...
  2 weeks ago

• FTC Lodges Contempt Charge Against BlueHippo

  
  KFFB 106.1 FM -- Arkansas Radio -- Online Radio--Arkansas Politics — Authority: 146
  BlueHippo Company Pocketed More Than $15 Million From Consumers Last Year, But Almost None Received a Computer The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo, a company that collected more than $15 million from consumers based on claims that it would finance ...
  2 weeks ago

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