Great Expectations ripped me off of thousands of dollars ripoff Independence Ohio
I first learned about Great Expectations dating service through a internet pop-up ad.I looked at it and thought I would give it a try,seeing that they touted themselves as "the best dating service on the net". So then,after I filled out a questionnaireabout my personal income,etc,a rep called to set up a time for me to come in for an informal interview.
A few days later I went into their office for my interview. One of the reps tooked me into her office and started explaining to me about how it would really be benifical to me if I joined the service. She showed me a video about how the service would supposedly work for me and how it brought people toghether who had the same interests. After that she brought in a sheet of paper which had listings of prices on the service. I asked her how much it would cost for the 3 month subscription she said the company offered and she said,$39.95. But,in a way, I feel she was trying to pressure me into signing something I wasnt totally commited on yet. But I felt like I had nothing to lose since I could cancel within 3 days of signing the contract.
So,after signing, I went home to review my information in my folder. When I came across the sales reciept, I was shocked. It had the price as$3,995.00!!. I thought it was probably a typing mistake and I could get it corrected.
I called their office and asked them to correct it, but they said that was the correct price and that it encompassed 16 months and I would not be able to get a refund.
I feel like they scammed me bigtime because their rep was not being truthful about the prices on the membership and thus I feel I was conned into signing the contract. I want to knpw If there is any legal action,(like filing with small claims court)that I could take to try to get my monry back. I would appreciate if you could call me and notify me if a particular firm has interest in my story. Thank you.
Gary
Madison, Ohio
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Stephen
Lexington,Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
Try "FORFEITURE"!
#3Consumer Suggestion
Thu, August 25, 2005
Look it up! There is one such report in here about that and soon there may be another if I am successful, here in the liberal state of Massachusetts! You obviously got NOT ONE THING from the contract! And I did mine contract 5 years ago and also got nothing, so the contract was "not a meeting fo the minds" and in your case they bambozzled you, but is probably hard to prove... so go with the forfeiture suit and take them to small claims (as long as the amonut is within small claims criterion, which $3995 may not be!).
Post what tanspires and yeah... I guess if it were me, I'd picket the bastards too! Did they give you an opportunity to sell it on your own? Most likely no one will buy it! As a last resort... give it to a friend, but maye afterwards they won't want to be your friend anymore!!
Jeremy
San Diego,California,
U.S.A.
How'd you pay?
#3Consumer Comment
Sun, July 04, 2004
Few options you have. If you paid by check - put a stop payment in. If you paid by credit card, call your card provider immediately and explain the activities and tell them you'd like the charges reversed / halted. While you should always look at what you sign, you were obviously misled.
In addition, i'd write the better business bureau, contact their corporate office and hopefully you have the offending persons name. If you're seriously pent about it and want to make life hard on them, you could always picket their office on weekends. I know that for me is a great deterrent for service/sales businesses.