Here follows an extensive set of reviews culled from key Internet Consumer Reviews and Complaints Forums, which will hopefully drive home once more the Roman's Admonition Caveat Emptor :
[As a preview, Rakutin is an off-shore based firm, specializing in Online Order Fulfillment, and also manages the Walmart Online Affiliate Marketing Program for Website Owners seeking to link up to their extensive merchandise live for commission sales]
Here follows an extensive set of reviews culled from key Internet Consumer Reviews and Complaints Forums, which will hopefully drive home once more the Roman's Admonition Caveat Emptor :
[As a preview, Rakutin is an off-shore based firm, specializing in Online Order Fulfillment, and also manages the Walmart Online Affiliate Marketing Program for Website Owners seeking to link up to their extensive merchandise live for commission sales]
http://www.resellerratings.com/user/SANDMAN1318
SANDMAN1318
1/5
2017-08-27
BUYER BEWARE!!!
"I attempted to cancel an order within seconds of placing it. I sent a message to the seller explaining that I needed it in two days for medical reasons, not TWO WEEKS as stated AFTER placing the order. They never bothered to respond and shipped the order five days later. I "chatted" with Walmart as there is no option to either call or send an email. I was promised a response within two business days but never heard from anyone again. Avoid walmart.com at all costs! Amazon is so superior to Walmart.com, in every aspect, and is the only place I will buy from in the future. With Amazon, in the rare event that you have a problem, it's easy to get in touch with them and they'll bend over backwards to make things right. "
2017-08-24
Nakefits from Walmart is a SCAM!
"I ordered 5 pairs of Nakefits from walmart.com about a month a go and they were lost in the mail for a while. When I called Walmart customer service they just told me to call the vendor (that they hired and should be held responsible for their actions) EZSHOOT LLC and there was nothing they would do further. I emailed EZSHOOT LLC and they basically said, check with your neighbor and there is nothing they could do. I eventually received them and they were not the real Nakefit! They were made from China! Obviously Walmart does not check the items they are advertising on their site and do nothing to regulate the vendors they use. I will never order anything from Walmart.com, I"ll stick with Amazon and EBay. BUYERS BEWARE OF ANYTHING YOU ORDER FROM WALMART.COM there is no quality check or control and Walmart does nothing to ensure your orders."
2017-08-22
Walmart.com double charges!!!!
"Ok so I place an order for just over $250. What does Walmart.com do? They place a hold on my card for the total amount of the transaction, then they charge EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM AS THEY SHIP, WHICH WERE ALL SHIPPED SEPERATELY!!!!!!! This put my account into a negative balance, which caused me overdraft fees from another unrelated transaction.
When I called, they explained that that's how they do it, and that once the last item from my order ships, the original charge/hold of the total amount will reverse and my money will be restored. HUH???!!!! Meanwhile, I'm in the RED!!!! They are keeping my $250+ on hold until the last item ships AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE RE-CHARGING ME FOR EACH ITEM AND I HAVE TO STAY IN THE RED UNTIL WHENEVER THEY DECIDE TO SHIP MY LAST THING!!!!!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYY DID I EVER SHOP HERE???!!!! BACK TO AMAZON FOR
2017-08-22
Online 8/22/2017
"I don't expect anyone to take my experience as a self explanatory guidelines for online but be prepared... and don't say you were not given heads up.!!!! Never ever place an order and await email confirmation password .. it takes anywhere from 1 to 2 days not hrs !!! You can not get A refund for 5 to 7 days.... and there is no line of communication between the reps!!!! Pay attention...."
2017-08-18
Walmarts backing of their sales thru third party vendors
"Around July 2017, I needed a new aquarium heater for a 125 gallon aquarium. Walmart was advertising an inline aquarium heater 150/300/500 watts. Being 125 gallon tank I thought I was getting a heater capable of 500 watts. It was also supposed to be delivered in 2 days. a few days after ordering, I received notice it would be a week. I thought ok. The tank can survive. A couple days later I received notice it could be as much as a week more. I contacted customer service and asked that they cancel the order because I could not wait that long and would drive the 100 miles to Sacramento to get a heater for the tank. Customer service said the order could not be canceled thru them because Walmart was selling thru a 3rd party vendor but, they were supposed to adhere to Walmart standards and I would need to email that vendor thru Walmart and they would respond within 24 hours. No response in 24 hours, or a week. Contacted customer service and was told to try again. This time I also asked where to send the heater back too because it was no use to me. Did so with no results. Contacted my credit card company and told them the story. Walmart disputed my dispute. I will not buy thru Walmarts 3rd party vendors again and I am seriously considering not ordering thru Walmart. com again. Once they successfully start not having to honor wrong advertising, wrong orders and returns as they are doing with me now. You will get and pay for whatever they choose to send in whatever pweriod of time they choose to send it. I am not mentioning the credit card company at this point as they are refiling the complaint but, I now have about a day and a half in time and call involved in this dispute. I won't do it again! "
RE: Rakutin, itself:
Ripoffreport.com
Rakuten, Inc - Rakuten Ichiba - Linkshare Corporation - CauseLoyalty LLC. rips off affiliate marketers through Linkshare Corporation and CauseLoyalty LLC also known as OneCause. They use onecause and free cause toolbar to rip affiliate marketers & merchants. Internet
Rakuten, Inc - Rakuten Ichiba - Linkshare Corporation - CauseLoyalty LLC. rips off affiliate marketers through Linkshare Corporation and CauseLoyalty LLC also known as OneCause. They use onecause and free cause toolbar to rip affiliate marketers & merchants. Internet
Rakuten, Inc. also known as Rakuten Ichiba is a well known Japanese company. Rakuten owned company Linkshare Corporation is a well known entity in the Affiliate Marketing world. CauseLoyalty, LLC. is also owned by Rakuten Inc. and has been promoting affiliate marketing through the website OneCause.com
OneCause.com (CauseLoyalty, LLC) runs a charity program where they share money earned through affiliate marketing among various charity programs and good causes. As per their website (www.onecause.com), they have donated over 200 million USD to good causes, which means, they earned over 400 million USD through their affiliate marketing channel. These are the figures that are displayed on the OneCause website. However, they do not share the information HOW they generated over 400 million USD.
OneCause offers a browser toolbar software and when a client/customer installs this toolbar on their computer, it shows up like a regular toolbar at the top of the browser. Whenever a customer shops at a web store, the toolbar suggests that the user could donate some money on their shopping if they clicked on the toolbar. The toolbar acts as a cookie-overwriting software. Stunning? Yes, this is what the purpose of this toolbar: Over-write cookies and steal away commissions from other affiliate marketers and merchants. How? Read below to know what and how it does all the unethical stuff:
When a customer visits an online web store to purchase a product, this toolbar drops down and inform the user that they could help a cause. Customer will not have to pay anything out of their pocket. OneCause will donate half commission earnings to the cause this customer supports. Now, this toolbar drops down the information bar REGARDLESS of how the customer ended up on the web store.
See this scenario: If a customer visits my site and reads information about some product and then clicks on my affiliate link, the cookie is set on customer's browser. Customer is direct to the web store and all of a sudden, the OneCause toolbar drops down encouraging the customer to click on the toolbar and donate some money from his purchase. The customer clicks on the toolbar and BOOM .. Cookie Over-write! I'm going to lose that commission to OneCause.
Take a different scenario: The customer searches for a product on a search engine and clicks a link which goes directly to merchant's web store. The OneCause toolbar will still drop down and ask the customer to donate by clicking on the toolbar. Customer clicks on the toolbar and BOOM .. A direct sale converted into a commissioned sale! Loss for a merchant
Take another scenario: The customer searches for a product on a search engine and happens to click on a merchant's PPC advertisement and visits the merchant's web store. The OneCause toolbar will still drop down and ask the customer to donate by clicking on the toolbar. Customer clicks on the toolbar and BOOM .. A PPC advertisement sale just converted into a commissioned sale! Double loss for a merchant.
All in all, donating to help causes and charities is good and I'm not against it. However, Rakuten, Inc. chose unethical marketing to earn commissions by asking users to install the toolbar software that "steals away commissions" from other marketers. The toolbar also affect merchants by converting their direct sales, non-commissioned sales and PPC sales into commissioned sales.
For proof of what they are doing, please visit ABestWeb forums that are well known in the affiliate marketing industry.
http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?t=112872
Here you can find video recordings and other material that proves that Rakuten Inc. uses unethical means to rip off money.
I am an affiliate marketer and I work hard to earn money. But Rakuten, Inc. is stealing away my commissions and other affiliate marketer's commissions in the name of good causes and charity. Rakuten, Inc., Linkshare Coropration and CauseLoyalty, LLC should be taken to the court and should be fined heavily for ripping off so much money in the name of good causes.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 08/28/2009 03:42 AM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/rakuten-inc/internet/rakuten-inc-rakuten-ichiba-linkshare-corporation-causeloyalty-llc-rips-off-affilia-486402. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
Additional data on this company in the following post
http://www.resellerratings.com/user/SANDMAN1318
SANDMAN1318
1/5
2017-08-27
BUYER BEWARE!!!
"I attempted to cancel an order within seconds of placing it. I sent a message to the seller explaining that I needed it in two days for medical reasons, not TWO WEEKS as stated AFTER placing the order. They never bothered to respond and shipped the order five days later. I "chatted" with Walmart as there is no option to either call or send an email. I was promised a response within two business days but never heard from anyone again. Avoid walmart.com at all costs! Amazon is so superior to Walmart.com, in every aspect, and is the only place I will buy from in the future. With Amazon, in the rare event that you have a problem, it's easy to get in touch with them and they'll bend over backwards to make things right. "
2017-08-24
Nakefits from Walmart is a SCAM!
"I ordered 5 pairs of Nakefits from walmart.com about a month a go and they were lost in the mail for a while. When I called Walmart customer service they just told me to call the vendor (that they hired and should be held responsible for their actions) EZSHOOT LLC and there was nothing they would do further. I emailed EZSHOOT LLC and they basically said, check with your neighbor and there is nothing they could do. I eventually received them and they were not the real Nakefit! They were made from China! Obviously Walmart does not check the items they are advertising on their site and do nothing to regulate the vendors they use. I will never order anything from Walmart.com, I"ll stick with Amazon and EBay. BUYERS BEWARE OF ANYTHING YOU ORDER FROM WALMART.COM there is no quality check or control and Walmart does nothing to ensure your orders."
2017-08-22
Walmart.com double charges!!!!
"Ok so I place an order for just over $250. What does Walmart.com do? They place a hold on my card for the total amount of the transaction, then they charge EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM AS THEY SHIP, WHICH WERE ALL SHIPPED SEPERATELY!!!!!!! This put my account into a negative balance, which caused me overdraft fees from another unrelated transaction.
When I called, they explained that that's how they do it, and that once the last item from my order ships, the original charge/hold of the total amount will reverse and my money will be restored. HUH???!!!! Meanwhile, I'm in the RED!!!! They are keeping my $250+ on hold until the last item ships AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE RE-CHARGING ME FOR EACH ITEM AND I HAVE TO STAY IN THE RED UNTIL WHENEVER THEY DECIDE TO SHIP MY LAST THING!!!!!!!!
WHYYYYYYYYYY DID I EVER SHOP HERE???!!!! BACK TO AMAZON FOR
2017-08-22
Online 8/22/2017
"I don't expect anyone to take my experience as a self explanatory guidelines for online but be prepared... and don't say you were not given heads up.!!!! Never ever place an order and await email confirmation password .. it takes anywhere from 1 to 2 days not hrs !!! You can not get A refund for 5 to 7 days.... and there is no line of communication between the reps!!!! Pay attention...."
2017-08-18
Walmarts backing of their sales thru third party vendors
"Around July 2017, I needed a new aquarium heater for a 125 gallon aquarium. Walmart was advertising an inline aquarium heater 150/300/500 watts. Being 125 gallon tank I thought I was getting a heater capable of 500 watts. It was also supposed to be delivered in 2 days. a few days after ordering, I received notice it would be a week. I thought ok. The tank can survive. A couple days later I received notice it could be as much as a week more. I contacted customer service and asked that they cancel the order because I could not wait that long and would drive the 100 miles to Sacramento to get a heater for the tank. Customer service said the order could not be canceled thru them because Walmart was selling thru a 3rd party vendor but, they were supposed to adhere to Walmart standards and I would need to email that vendor thru Walmart and they would respond within 24 hours. No response in 24 hours, or a week. Contacted customer service and was told to try again. This time I also asked where to send the heater back too because it was no use to me. Did so with no results. Contacted my credit card company and told them the story. Walmart disputed my dispute. I will not buy thru Walmarts 3rd party vendors again and I am seriously considering not ordering thru Walmart. com again. Once they successfully start not having to honor wrong advertising, wrong orders and returns as they are doing with me now. You will get and pay for whatever they choose to send in whatever pweriod of time they choose to send it. I am not mentioning the credit card company at this point as they are refiling the complaint but, I now have about a day and a half in time and call involved in this dispute. I won't do it again! "
RE: Rakutin, itself:
Ripoffreport.com
Rakuten, Inc - Rakuten Ichiba - Linkshare Corporation - CauseLoyalty LLC. rips off affiliate marketers through Linkshare Corporation and CauseLoyalty LLC also known as OneCause. They use onecause and free cause toolbar to rip affiliate marketers & merchants. Internet
Rakuten, Inc - Rakuten Ichiba - Linkshare Corporation - CauseLoyalty LLC. rips off affiliate marketers through Linkshare Corporation and CauseLoyalty LLC also known as OneCause. They use onecause and free cause toolbar to rip affiliate marketers & merchants. Internet
Rakuten, Inc. also known as Rakuten Ichiba is a well known Japanese company. Rakuten owned company Linkshare Corporation is a well known entity in the Affiliate Marketing world. CauseLoyalty, LLC. is also owned by Rakuten Inc. and has been promoting affiliate marketing through the website OneCause.com
OneCause.com (CauseLoyalty, LLC) runs a charity program where they share money earned through affiliate marketing among various charity programs and good causes. As per their website (www.onecause.com), they have donated over 200 million USD to good causes, which means, they earned over 400 million USD through their affiliate marketing channel. These are the figures that are displayed on the OneCause website. However, they do not share the information HOW they generated over 400 million USD.
OneCause offers a browser toolbar software and when a client/customer installs this toolbar on their computer, it shows up like a regular toolbar at the top of the browser. Whenever a customer shops at a web store, the toolbar suggests that the user could donate some money on their shopping if they clicked on the toolbar. The toolbar acts as a cookie-overwriting software. Stunning? Yes, this is what the purpose of this toolbar: Over-write cookies and steal away commissions from other affiliate marketers and merchants. How? Read below to know what and how it does all the unethical stuff:
When a customer visits an online web store to purchase a product, this toolbar drops down and inform the user that they could help a cause. Customer will not have to pay anything out of their pocket. OneCause will donate half commission earnings to the cause this customer supports. Now, this toolbar drops down the information bar REGARDLESS of how the customer ended up on the web store.
See this scenario: If a customer visits my site and reads information about some product and then clicks on my affiliate link, the cookie is set on customer's browser. Customer is direct to the web store and all of a sudden, the OneCause toolbar drops down encouraging the customer to click on the toolbar and donate some money from his purchase. The customer clicks on the toolbar and BOOM .. Cookie Over-write! I'm going to lose that commission to OneCause.
Take a different scenario: The customer searches for a product on a search engine and clicks a link which goes directly to merchant's web store. The OneCause toolbar will still drop down and ask the customer to donate by clicking on the toolbar. Customer clicks on the toolbar and BOOM .. A direct sale converted into a commissioned sale! Loss for a merchant
Take another scenario: The customer searches for a product on a search engine and happens to click on a merchant's PPC advertisement and visits the merchant's web store. The OneCause toolbar will still drop down and ask the customer to donate by clicking on the toolbar. Customer clicks on the toolbar and BOOM .. A PPC advertisement sale just converted into a commissioned sale! Double loss for a merchant.
All in all, donating to help causes and charities is good and I'm not against it. However, Rakuten, Inc. chose unethical marketing to earn commissions by asking users to install the toolbar software that "steals away commissions" from other marketers. The toolbar also affect merchants by converting their direct sales, non-commissioned sales and PPC sales into commissioned sales.
For proof of what they are doing, please visit ABestWeb forums that are well known in the affiliate marketing industry.
http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?t=112872
Here you can find video recordings and other material that proves that Rakuten Inc. uses unethical means to rip off money.
I am an affiliate marketer and I work hard to earn money. But Rakuten, Inc. is stealing away my commissions and other affiliate marketer's commissions in the name of good causes and charity. Rakuten, Inc., Linkshare Coropration and CauseLoyalty, LLC should be taken to the court and should be fined heavily for ripping off so much money in the name of good causes.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 08/28/2009 03:42 AM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/rakuten-inc/internet/rakuten-inc-rakuten-ichiba-linkshare-corporation-causeloyalty-llc-rips-off-affilia-486402. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
