Watch Out for these Guys
Hi. Actually this is not for me but for our poor office boy.
While going home last night in Rashidiya, 5 Arab men stopped him posing as CID's and asked him to remove his belt bag for checking. ...
Getting a refund from Etihad Guest - Gimme my points back!
I'm basically trying to get my ticket refunded from Etihad without penalty.
I booked a flight to Thailand using Etihad Guest points
Civil unrest erupts in Thailand
I call Etihad ...
Watch out for this guy in a Silver Lexus car
ey..just want to warn ladies in Jumeira 1 area, to be careful from this guy in a Lexus car, silver colour, with plate number 25175.
Back in April, was walking home from Spinneys's and was aware t ...
Troika Restaurant in Dubai, a bill scam!!!
Some friends and I went to have dinner there. When the waiter brought the bill to us we were shocked; It was 13,125 AED!!! We were 25 people and 5 of them didn't drink alcohol. The food was 4,125 AED ...
Who wants a few millions??(419)
:D :D
Good day,
I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached you on this issue being that the internet has been greatly abused over the recent years and is very u ...
House of Cars
All I can say is when you can't even trust what you see on paper you just have to walk the other way.
Cars sold with (goodwill) warranty? Well, pigs do fly! ...
Metro Logic Computers, previously Speed Gulf Computers
Operated by Anas Al Nabhan in the computer market area of Bur Dubai. He partners with locals whom he gets to write bad checks to overseas suppliers that deliver goods to them where the checks then ha ...
black list
I 've just started to feel like being surrounded with this 'mean magnet'where all these people are there with a fixed mind that you have it all they need..
I walk into places knowing full well what ...
Be wary at M.O.E.
Hi guys. just want to warn people in shoppiing at M.O.E. I just lost my bag in one of the shoe shops there. It is just beside me while trying on a shoe. And the saleslady even saw who took it and sti ...
Real Crooks---Stay Away from OCEANFRONT REAL ESTATE
This company is situated on Sheikh Zayed Road, Khalid Al Attar Tower. The owner is a real crook. I purchased one apartment from them in International City in 2005 and it has yet not been transferred ...
1 Dubai Jobs .com The First Place to Find a Job in Dubai
Warning: Watch out for this guy
Guys and gals - watch out for this west arab guy in a black VW 4WD abu dhabi license plate 92482.
Spits out at people's cars while stopped at signals. Disgusting. At least make sure your windows ...
Appalling standards/ Terrible first impression
I refer to the locals who don the chairs at Dubai immigration. They are pretty much your first contact you’d encounter with the locals of Dubai. These men and women don’t deserve to be sitting in tho ...
ME BANK -- ATM Card Replacement
Hi Friends
Without wasting time i will tell you what has happened with me.My Me Bank ATM card was broken so 2 weeks agao i appllied for a replacement.I was told by the staff to come after 2 days and ...
Another shopping experience
I would like to share my experience of shopping for high quality products in Festival City with all. This is an e mail I have sent to IStyle without any response what so ever:
Good afternoon
I ...
White List: AlTayer-Motors Service Center
I know this is a black list place, but I really want to go in the opposite direction to praise a company which I believe should be on the white list.
ALTAYER Motors - Car service center
I must sa ...
Quality Computers
Certainly there is nothing quality about them.
me and my cousin went to buy for a friend in Sharjah Quality Computers near the Panasonic Showroom in Rolla.
The person who sits there is frustrated ...
Rangoli - A tailoring/material shop in Bur Dubai
They quote you price based on how much they feel you will pay.
They have no idea what tailoring is about.
They runied a whole batch of my clothes - well small fault of mine here though - They h ...
Airlines Blacklist .com for sale !
I am selling these 4 internet domain names:
It's a rare opportunity to acquire the greatest names to be listed at top by search engines for anybody looking for ... Air ...
GOLDEN EAGLE REAL ESTATE - Stay away from these crooks
Hi guys, had a v bad experience with this real estate agency.
they took 3000dh from me as commission to get a 2 b/r flat in Deira owned by Mr Ibrahim Lootah. They sold Mr Lootah's name and took m ...
Dubai Insights - 1 Night At Burj Al-Arab
Hey guys I'm a new company and currently in partnership with Qatar Airways we're offering you some great deals Including 5 Nights at Golden Sands and 1 Night at Burj AL-Arab for only £349 per person. ...
FUTURE GATE MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS
Address: 201 AL Bassam Center Building
Abu Baker Sadique Road
Deira Dubai
CHEATERS!
[[color=red]size=24]THEY EMPLOY PERSONS ON VISIT VISA. [/size][/color] ...
Dubai Transport - Worst Taxi service - EVER?!
I'm I the only one sick of their ridiculous service? Their pre-booking phone service is a joke, taxi are either stupidly early, stupidly late or never turn up at all.
On their answerphone service ...
Dominos Pizza has the worst service EVER
Dominos is by far the worst SERVICE from any restaurant EVER. Trust me i have had bad experiences but nothing tops Dominos Pizza.
I placed an order, when i had friends over at around 6:30 PM, by 7 ...
Another Bad experience with ABN Amro
well i dont know where to start .. i have been banking with ABN Amro for three years now ... only because my company deals with them and they will only transfer salary with them ...
i had all of ...
Lilberg Sofa - IKEA & other IKEA wooden products - The w
LILBERG SOFA at IKEA stores
Please please please stop the Lilberg sofa sales & also ban products designed by this desginer.The 3 seater sofa gets into my nerves!! Not even 2 years.....s ...
Everex - The worst PDA phone ever!!!!
This Everex PDA sucks bigtime!!! Firstly the battery gets totally drained in about two hours of moderate use ...and it's really a bitch to bring the bulky craddle and charger with you all the time. A ...
ADD and thier pathetic Call centre staff!!!!!!!!
I have just about had it with ADD and thier customer service / call centre. The loosers that pick up the phones are a bunch of dropouts from school who have no idea why they are taking customer call ...
Trader Vis- Crowne Plaza
Following on from the Costa Coffe thread, watch out if you go to Traders in the Crowne Plaza as they also over charge for the drinks. They'll give you some random price which will be over the actual ...
Costa Coffee
Just a warning to all. Costa in Festival City is out to cheat you.
Had 2 separate incidents where they intentionally charging you for a medium coffee instead of the small which you ordered.
J ...
Looking for Female Models for International Work
Dear Model,
We are looking for Females to work as Models from Different Countries to work Locally in
their Countries & International
To have a background about my experience - kindly c ...
VIVA Fashion
If you want to get conned, this is the place to go.
Innocent me I went to get three suits tailored. Roaming in Satwa, I found this big shop where I bought the three pieces of fabric I wanted. Igno ...
AMLAK HOME FINANCE PREAPPROVALS
Be aware that the Amlak advertising "1hr home finance approval" is very missleading infact the "preapproval" which you will most likely get at the time of submission has nothing t ...
Beware of HSBC - check your money twice...
I noticed two months ago that money has been disappearing from my account, a few fils at a time. I got alarmed and wanted to see how long this had been going on! Since they never sent me a paper stat ...
Royal Fashions @ Souk Madinah Jumeirah
Dear All,
First post on Dubai Forums and it's about a "cowboy"! :(
I was in Dubai between July 2 and July 7 and took this opportunity to order 4 bespoke shirts and 1 bespoke suit (w ...
T MOBILE SIDEKICK 3 FOR 150USD..IT WAS FAKE!!
PLS TO ANYONE DONT BELIEVE TO THIS GUY,,ONCE YOU SEWND YOUR MONEY FOR HIS PRODUCT,HE GONNA MAKE REASON TO SEND MORE EXTRA MONEY..BELIEVE TO ME..IM THE VICTIM,IM TELLING YOU CARL WARTNER NOT REALLY FO ...
HIPPO RESTAURANT - Dubai Marina
Terrible place, worst food in Dubai, no atmoshpere, sweet staff, but seriously you can get better food from the floor of a market. Blerg ...
Al-Futtaim woes ... !
After being involved in a slight accident with my car and being the culprit myself :oops: I was taken through the procedure of calling the police and explaining everything - actually everything h ...
lmao
Good to know that this topic is still alive an kicking a$s :lol: :lol: ...
FRAUDS!! STAY AWAY FROM www.jobsindubai.com!! BIG FRAUDS!!
:!: :!: :!: I am telling my personal experience. If asked to prove I have all communications and documents intact with me since the beginning to prove my case.
I had registered with and had ...
Aramex's system is down
on 26/7/07 I happened to visit Aramex to collect a courier. There was a western arab staff who told me in a very polite way that the system is down and I had to wait. when asking 'how long' he said n ...
Bad service from Al Madeena computer shop!
Bought HDD player (external case), ePro brand, it didn't work when plugging to TV. I'm sure because I tested with my friend's (different brand).
Asked for an immediate replacement (I saw they s ...
GOOD HEALTH - beware!
I had an insurance policy from Good Health International, where I was paying USD 2000 per year. They basically rejected most of my claims with reference to some exclusion causes etc. etc......
Bef ...
black arrow real estate CON
i am going to send all the papers to 7 days... maybe they will do a story on dubai property-thugs :D ...
Warning: "independent financial advice" for expats
Beware of salesmen posing as "independent financial advisors"
This article fairly accurately reflects my own experience (see below):
Other info that I wish I'd read beforehand ( ...
DU Telecom
Does anyone have any problems with Du? If so please list them. I will simply list all unresolved problems that me and my neighbor have.
1. Rates increased without notice. DU rep. claimed it wa ...
GALADARI....still blacklisted????
Interesting.. ...
AVAILABLE ROOMS AND STUDIO
AVAILABLE ROOMS AND STUDIO FOR AN EXECUTIVE LADIES IN BUR DUBAI IN NEW BUILDINGS WITH SWIMMING POOL, GYM, SAUNA
CONTACT: +97150 2512242 ...
AIR FRANCE SUCKS!
Just wanted to ask if anyone else had horrible experiences with Air France before? Everytime I take them, I say to myself NEVER AGAIN, but somehow I always forget :evil:
This time, my grandmothe ...
jobs through jobsindubaui.com
Hi all
I wish i had read this tread 3 months ago. I too joined & paid 3 times to jobs in dubai. I havent had a job offer in 3 moths. I complained about sending 3 fees in for jobs but no reply. ...
Etisalat SMS scams!
Never opted for such service but Etisalat (GSM) sends me almost everyday for what I called scams.
Latest scam:
From "GoodLuck" : "Ramadan Kareem! Your mobile shortlisted f ...
FDA Warns on Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butters
FDA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
P07-21
February 14, 2007
Media Inquiries:
301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
1-888-SAFEFOOD
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat ...
GBM cheats CCIEs one after another
:!:
Hi everybody.
I had a lot of troubles in UAE with GBM.
They are very stupid and grasping. They treat CCIE like tomato and potato on bazaar. Their lifestyle is to promise a lot and not to pay ...
Beware of Medicines
Check expiry date on medicines before u leave the pharmacy, I once bought a syrup for my newborn and it had expired. when i threatened to inform the authorities, the pharmacist asked me to go ahead a ...
Bad service from Gulf Air and Al Futtaim Travels
One month earlier (November), we bought (not only booked) 3 tickets (each 1900 AED return) for last end of year vacation back to my home country (Indonesia) through Al Futtaim travels (head office) u ...
FESD in Dubai Internet City
Please stay away from this GERMAN company!!! Dont even deal with them!!!
They do not provide visa but worst they do not pay their employees salary too!!! Boycott!!!!
A relative of mine wor ...
A theif on these forums!!!! (Must read)
Everyone,
I subscribed to Dubai Forums about two days back and today I got the following message which we got used to it for the past 6 years +. It's a very old way to steel your money.. take c ...
Me Bank? What about Me?????
picture this:
First thing I did wrong: on my way out I told my secretary that I'm out.She said the Bank will certainly courier the welcome pack over, as we work for the big Emirates company.So ...
Where do i file my complaint?
I recently had a bad experience with a shipping firm, my package has not reached the recipient until now (over 3 weeks!) i paid a lot for a fast delivery (1 week). When i complained they gave a lot ...
Etisalate Internet Servise
well, i am customer care of one of the biggest online games provider in europe. users in uae always since 2 years ago had slowness but since a week ago it is almost impossible to llog to the game ser ...
black list Dubai
hello Mates!
Yes I think we shd blacklist Dubai, because If you dont speak Arabic you are dicriminated, If you dont speak English in European Excent you are distriminated, You are Asian you are disc ...
ACE HARDWARE - SHEIHK ZAYED ROAD
Just want to ask why you need to discriminate your customers.
I dont know his name, first he doesnt have name tag.
last week, me & manager went to ACE Hardware to look for prices and stuff ...
Dubaijobs.net -- any info?
I paid these guys back in April 2005. They produced a very late job offer which did not materialize and so far have not provided anything new. Does anyone have any info on them? ...
Q: Why pay a lazy ass? Ans:Just because he is an emarati!
What exactly is so cool about a national that he has to sit on the head of a expact businessman at all times.
Is he going to invest. No, only in the conditions where he gets the most money.
Is ...
Hard Rock Cafe - Drunk driving
kanelli wrote:I hardly see police around at all - I think there simply aren't enough of them. The only time I see them is when there is an accident and they have been called. I was under the impre ...
DONT BUY ANYTHING FROM GALADARI
Galadari compnayies policy is based on ripping the customers for every dime. We bought a car fro Galadari showroom in 1994, Ford Taurus.
They never kept the spareparts and their service sucks, the ...
DF Ladies Room
Very very unhappy abt DF being partial. We dont get a chance to know whats goin on behind the locked doors of Ladies forum :( and now they even started sayin guys r boring ;) ...
HP iPAQ Pocket PC
I need a service center for my pocket PC and so I gave a ring to HP. After several calls to so and so - it ended up that there is no local service center for iPAQ - I have to send it to Amsterdam!
...
Angry please read
just been told that my dentist treatment received in dubai was not done to a high standard, really feel cheated by this as i was quite friendly with him and recommended him to all my friends, also th ...
Sony Ericsson Dubai Internet City Office
Just an FYI to everyone who ever tried calling 04-391-9800 the Sony Ericsson DIC office. If you ever want to speak to anyone there or get anything across the secratary good luck cause all you'll get ...
DNATA
hi everybody ,,
i dont know why i am posting this here ,, but ,, i felt like doing so .
i am an arab , i came to dubai 1 year ago ,,, before i come here ,,, i found in the internet that DNATA ...
Emirates Hills Flooded!
This is too much! The construction here is really bad. Mate of mine in Emirtaes hills was livid yesterday cuz his villa was flooded during the rains. I live in a villa as well, but heck I didnt have ...
Dubai Immigration Office - Simply PATHETIC!!!
The Dubai Immigration Office is simply pathetic.... it is being run by a bunch of dum good-for-nothing assholes ....
I have been trying to get a visa for my mom and have been going there for the ...
Virgin Megastore + Clubbing in DXB in general
I don't know what's wrong with them, the staff (When found!) are helpful but for some reason they almost never have any tickets for any events in Dubai although in ads and flyers it usually says that ...
Recruitment Agency - Indigo
Indigo is supposed to be a superior recruitment agency for IT people but it simply sucks at customer service and service towards their candidates.
Well my experience and another one of my friend' ...
Nokia
I dont know whats up with Nokia phones, cus I've had the worst luck with them. I used to have the Nokia 6080, where the battery cover become loose after 3 months of usage.
I got the 9300i 2 weeks ...
A WARNING _ PLEASE READ!
Sorry, i posted this elsewhere, without realising there was a good section:
Hi Everyone,
This is a message to warn everyone agaisn't the corruption that can be evident in
Dubai. Today, my mom a ...
Home Center
fayz wrote: kanelli wrote:Well, it was descrimination by non-whites against non-whites.
If a cracker is around by default it's his fault. Blame whitey :lol: :lol:
:lol: :wink: ...
Reliable Travel Agency located near Fish R/A, Deira
When it comes to Visit Visa and Ticket Booking they are unreliable.
Last July 29, I asked them for a visit visa and an airline booking for my friend. Paid for everything and walla the results are ...
Carrefour
So far, only Mall of Emirates Carrefour and IKEA have delivered on time to our house, and the goods have been in perfect shape. We had problems with all other stores we dealt with. Home Center has ...
Raddison Hotel Valet Service
My car's repair bill is at present estimated at around the 13k (best case) region. Must say, thats a mighty fine effort in 400meters of driving.
These boys should consider a new career in demo ...
Belly dancing
...
The Springs total charges
Hi all - I'm about to rent a type3E 3B/R in the Springs and some people told me there were a lot of hidden charges.
I saw in other posts that DEWA is around 1000/month.
Anybody who lives there: ...
Recommendation Primary School
...
Light House project scam
The developer of the Light House project in the Dubai Marina has absconded leaving investors in these off-plan apartments facing $4m in lost deposits, reported The Sunday Times. Only the foundations ...
Substandard Customer Service
Is it just me does there appear to be a major short falling in customer service in Dubai?
The city brands itself as a shopping heaven, but the people working in them sometimes just don't seem to h ...
My name is Jason and I am a bigot and racist PIG!
...
punishment of crime based on nationality not the crime.
Gang Rape, some emarati guys or as they like to call themselves locals, sentenced to jail for 2 yrs despite the fact that the islamic law (Sharia) implies 80 lashes.
Vs.
Estonian who harassed w ...
Parking meters
Yup, those annoying orange meters scattered almost everywhere in Dubai now which the municipality earns a lot of money from, and even MORE from the people charged fines because of not having tickets. ...
Alert: 'Cleaning' companies sweep your money away!!!
I am one of the many Springs residents that use the cleaning companies being advertised in the area.
Unfortunately, I was naive to trust one of the flyers these companies give away on my doo ...
Mantra@capitol hotel
This is a sick place full of wh0res... the staff is rude and they promote upmarket pr0stituti0n....
Better stay at home then to go to this place... ...
Jeema Water
We recently undertook a detailed analysis of this water as we were approached to export it to Austral/Asia. The most consumer noted chemical make up in water is the sodium content. We were informed ...
Royal Home Hotel-Apartment
Hi. I stayed at the Royal Home Hotel-Apartments in Bur Dubai (on Mankhool Road) for three months when I first arrived in Dubai, while I was looking for a permanent apartment and obtaining residency s ...
TO ALL DUBAI FORUM READERS-XPOSE MODEL AGENCY IS A FAKE ONE!
THIS IS A WARNING FOR ANYONE WHO IS THINKING OF REPLYING TO THIS MAN. HE IS NOT WORKING IN THE BUSINESS ANYMORE, IS SETTING UP GIRLS FOR RAPE, ABUSE AND ADULT WORK. HE WILL TRICK YOU AND TRAP YOU. AL ...
showtime
i thought this company was good how wrong was i.
they have changed from being based in dubai to lolndon .
WHat a crock of shit.it has really disrupted the service. ...
Complaints
Hello everyone
Please help if you can:
I really want to make a complaint about a company, here in Dubai. Now, they have a sponsor and so I understand that a complaint will do little but instill ...
converting videos to VCD / DVDs
Anybody looking for a hardware for converting VHS to cds, i recommend that you donot buy pinnacle from the dealers. The product has a unstable platform, wont detect my VCr and the result is very bad. ...
Al Mansouri, Mohamed Salem Fadhel Asyan
Mohamed Salem Fadhel Asyan Al Mansouri ...
poor performance of the split a/c unit
With ref. to the invoice no. 0106-02-388, dated 01/11/2001 and having purchased a split A/C unit from LG Electronics distributors Al Yousuf Electronics, Dubai, at a cash price of Dhs.5355 including t ...
Dubai Black List forum Rules
This forum's goal is to motivate companies in Dubai provide better services, by receiving good marketing feedback from customers.
So, here you have the oportunity to describe different problems ...
A WARNING _ PLEASE READ
Hi Everyone,
This is a message to warn everyone agaisn't the corruption that can be evident in
Dubai. Today, my mom and my little brother were looking around in Spinneys centre
Umm Suqeim. More s ...