21 July 2011
Do not order DVDs from CINEstrike! Films, 5 Minutes To Live, or Sam McAbee
CINEstrike! Films, what was once 5 Minutes to Live, has ripped me off in the worst way possible: one in which if I had done research, I would never have been ripped off. I ordered movies almost two months ago and can get no response. According to several complaint sites the owner is Sam McAbee: LinkedIn, Georgia State University 1994-1997, Facebook, MySpace. The web sites are: http://cinestrike.com/, http://www.5minutestolive.com, and (according to LinkedIn) http://5mtl.com. According to a BBB complaint, the CINEstrike! phone number and "address" is (404) 805-7456, PO Box 941484, Atlanta, GA 31141-0484. According to another site: 1-678-896-3330. Here are links to some complaints:
- BBB Business Review - CINEstrike!, 11 Apr 2011, F rating
- Rip-off Report - CINEstrike!, 12 Feb 2011, money taken, no response
- Complaints Board - 5mtl.com, 2008, money taken for order and never fulfilled
List of online articles by Sam McAbee:
- The Most Overrated Indie/Underground/Art Filmmakers of All Time!
- TOP TEN MOST UNDERRATED MOVIES OF 2000
Back in 2007 when it was 5minutestolive.com, I ordered Arrebato, Figures in a Landscape, and The Killing of Satan. I'd found the films in 2005 during a bout of unemployment and vowed to return. What a god damn shame that this guy offered something so intriguing that I remembered two years later, and yet he appears to be a serial thief. Ah, regrets.
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