dazzlesmilepro dazzlesmilepro.com Charging Unreasonable Addictionally Fee to Customers. Internet
Those DazzleSmilePro or DazzleSmile or DazzleWhite are SCAMS on the internet Recently. There are many customers complaining about this SCAM-- just type in Google "Dazzle white scam" or "Dazzle smile scame"; you would see blogs and discussions about this company(ies). They market and allow Internet Users to sign up for Trial. (with 14-day). Their Term and condition and privacy on the website are not present as a LINK on the ORDER page; therefore, consumers can not see it (of course can not read it).
I saw an ad on Forbes.com to the website(advertise): http://www.ws5alert.com/dazz/anrwtt/ (This website has not real story. Everything on it is fake-even the blog. They even post the logos of CNN, Forbes, abc...without their concern).
I order the WhiteSmilePro for $0.00 14-day trial with $1.99 shipping. 2 Mins later I found out that this is the SCAM. I went back to the website, call 888-948-5508, and they are close for Sunday; however, they have online livechat feature. I asked them to cancel the packet for TRIAL. She could not cancel the shipping trial through the chat room.
The Term of Use had been written that additional fee of $87.62 for not RETURN the Trial. + in addition, they also sign me up for other programs that I have to pay more money if I don't cancel.
I don't think this is appropriate for the site to charge me and other poor people without their knowledge of HIDDEN fee. It is unethical as doing business within the U.S.
The company will not be succeeding in future because of its mal-practice of HIDDEN fee. I will never EVER deal with this company again, and I will spread the words to all of my friends and families and the whole society on YOUTUBE, myspace, facebook, twitters...so that they will see the true face of an Unethical Company that take money out of their customers without their knowledge.
This is the mailing address:
DazzleSmile, PO Box 10276 Des Moines, Iowa, 50381, United States
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Resveratrol_NOT
Greengrass,Iowa,
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Fight Back Against Internet "Free Trial Offers" Scams
#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, October 12, 2009
Unfortunately we all either know someone, or have been claimed as a
victim of one of the "Free Trial Offer" scams that are all over the
Internet. In an attempt to educate others in avoiding the mistakes I
made (even though I thought I was pretty secure in the way I treated
this "free offer"), I hereby offer this posting/rebuttal.
Please copy it, and send it to everyone you know, if the thieves can't
be stopped, we can hurt them through being smart internet-savvy
consumers, armed with the correct weapons for this type of fight.
The BEST way to fight this scam is to be PROACTIVE!! A good offense is
your best defense!
If you have a PayPal account (or any other type of account like
PayPal) look for their product/service called a "SINGLE USE SECURE
CREDIT CARD" (you may have to download and install the PayPal plug-in
for your browser). If you don't have a PayPal type of account,
consider obtaining one, it is a more secure way of doing business over
the Internet and the "Secure Credit Card" system enables you to make
purchases more safely on the Internet. Other credit card
companies/banks are starting to offer this service as well, ask
around.
If they have one (as PayPal does) when ordering the free trial USE
THIS SECURE SINGLE USE CREDIT CARD!!! It will not be attached or be
identified to your bank/charge card accounts and will prevent
unauthorized charges to your account!!! * (see below) It's like having
a disposable razor, use it and throw it away. Don't forget to save
your receipt for the transaction....
You will be able to obtain the "Free Trial Offer", and not have to
cancel the account as the Credit Card will be dead *. (see below) Or
in my case, fail to cancel the subscription BEFORE the 19 day trial
period for a 30 day trial of the product! * (see below) Which is how
they "get you", assuming that they will bill you for the next round of
product(s) BEFORE you see the credit card/bank statement!!!
* NOTICE: PayPal SECURE SINGLE USE CREDIT CARDS can be processed by a
merchant more than one time!!! I found this out the hard way.
It seems that a "single use" card can be "hit" up to FOUR times by the
same merchant for things like multiple ship orders, or
SUBSCRIPTIONS!!!
Since the free trial is considered a subscription, the merchant was
able to "hit" the card again 19 days after the first charge of 99
cents (for the free trial offer).
THE WAY AROUND THIS is to log on to your PayPal account and CLOSE the
SECURE SINGLE USE CREDIT CARD as soon as it has been charged the first
time for the "Free Trial Offer" amount (like 99 cents or so)!!! (On
PayPal, just click on the menu item on the right side of the page that
says "PayPal Plugin", then there will be new menus on the left side
that will enable you to view secure cards and close any open ones)
Since the card was a "single use" card, you have done nothing illegal
or wrong by closing this card. You have not violated any terms,
agreements or any other convoluted "fine print" or terms and
conditions hidden on some obscure often overlooked page of their
website that the scammer has made you agree to in the free trial
offer.
I assume other bank/credit card companies may have similar types of
secure single use credit cards, just check out if they can be
processed more than once by a merchant. Then see how to close/cancel
them as soon as the first charge for the free trial comes in.
Good Luck, and if we do this right, we can put these scammers out of
business, because they won't be able to exist selling their product
for the "Free Trial Offer" amount like 99 cents, and wasting time
trying to collect from dead credit cards.
Pass this info around, the more who know how to defeat these
opportunistic bastards, the better!!!