BOOK NET Ltd is a corrupt consumer fraud ripoff. Irvine, California
A young woman came to my door saying that she was trying to earn money for college. She needed "x" amount of subscriptions in order to go.
It's been over 4 months. No one answers the phone. the address is a Reg-Box.
This is a big fraud
Jeff
Sarasota, Georgia
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Debra
Bridgeport,Texas,
I have also been ripped off
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, June 11, 2002
I have also been ripped off by Book Net.I have reported them to all Government offices in Texas and California.So far no luck in getting my money back. In my case the check I wrote them was electronically withdrawn,I dont even have a cancelled check
The Fraud Chick
Ethics,Arkansas,
Not another sleazy subscription sales company
#3Consumer Suggestion
Thu, May 30, 2002
Jeff,
I have to wonder if Book Net isn't one of those subscription "companies" that recruits teenagers and dropouts to roam from town to town to sell subscriptions or sell books for book clubs. They have visited me as well. A 30-something year old woman attempted to pass herself off as a recent high school graduate trying to round up enough money for a senior trip. It was pathetic.
These "companies" will pack as many kids as they can in a van and put them up in one hotel room at the cheapest hotel in town. Then they drop them off in neighborhoods where they tell bogus stories much like the one you heard to sell the subscriptions that sometimes don't exist at all.
You didn't say if you paid her. If you did, I hope it was by check. If it was, look at the account number on the back of the check that the check was deposited into. Contact your local bank and give them those numbers and they will tell you what bank handled it. Then get the number to that bank and ask them whose account it is. If it's a business they will give it to you. Otherwise, take the information you have and submit it to the attorney general for the state where that bank is located.
Good Luck!
TFC