91, Report:
#817980
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2012
Periodicals signed my college student up, even after he tried to say he didn't want it Hamilton, Montana
This company contacted my son, who is a college student and wanted him to sign up for magazines, my son said he didn't want it and they guy kept at him until he signed up for them. This is a college student with no income, and the guy even said, you are a college student...
Entity
Periodicals
Categories: News Media
92, Report:
#132428
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2011
Bottom Line Books forced purchases/unethical practices/collection abuse Des Moines Iowa
This is the tale of the single scurviest, most unethical, infuriating, and conniving corporation with whom I have ever had the displeasure of doing business (and that includes some stiff competition). They are a nationwide publishing firm and go by the name of Bottom Line Publicatio...
Entity
Bottom Line Books
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
93, Report:
#796919
Posted Date:
Nov 11 2011
Active Periodicals Your Magazine Source A company with multiple names. They will keep draining your money. Deerfield Beach, Florida
I recived the initial phone call very early in the morning in November of 2010. I believe it was Jamie who had called. He said I would get the $1000 shopping gift certificate if I read through the magazines they would send me (which were Glamour, Seventeen, Marie Claire) and do a qu...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
94, Report:
#775849
Posted Date:
Oct 20 2011
Periodicals Obvious scam? Hamilton, Montana
My son received a cell phone call recently telling him that he owed $700 to a company. They said that it was for magazines. He does not receive any magazines in the mail so he was really confused and more than a little concerned.
Then a few days later an ESPN magazine arrived...
Entity
Periodicals
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
95, Report:
#789854
Posted Date:
Oct 17 2011
Periodicals Magizine They told me I would be entered in to a sweepstakes to win a gift card and a free watch if i signed up for 3 magizines at no cost to me. Hamilton, Montana
I was called by a company asking if I owned a discover credit card, and that all owners of a discover cards were being notified of a special sweeps stake for a $1000 gift card. Periodicals then told me that since i owned a Discover credit card I would also recieve a complimentary di...
Entity
Periodicals Magizine
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
96, Report:
#787810
Posted Date:
Oct 12 2011
Periodicals Magazine swindlers Hamilton, Montana
I was contacted via cell phone that I had won a watch in a sweepstakes and that all I needed to do to claim it was sign up for a magazine service the company offered. I agreed and accepted the terms, noting the cancellation deadline.
I called the following two days at various ti...
Entity
Periodicals
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
97, Report:
#783696
Posted Date:
Oct 02 2011
Northern State Periodicals Garden State Periodicals Masters Of The Run-A-Round Paterson, New Jersey
Do not waste your time with these people! After almost an entire year just trying to get the magazine I paid for or a refund, I threw up my hands in disgust and let them keep my measly $18 instead of doing the old run around for another nine months.Their trick is to offer a huge sel...
Entity
Northern State Periodicals
Categories: Questionable Activities
98, Report:
#773999
Posted Date:
Sep 07 2011
US Periodicals Another US Periodicals Scam Pheonix, Arizona
I was contacted by a Collections Agency requesting I pay $87 for a two year subscription to Discover Magazine that I supposedly ordered in June 2011. This is interesting since I was in Brazil at the time and my wife never buys anything from phone telemarketers. I was tol...
Entity
US Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
99, Report:
#755881
Posted Date:
Jul 21 2011
Periodicals Magazine Company said i owe over $700 for something i never ordered Hamilton, Montana
These people called me and said that i had ordered a magazine service throu them, when i told them i didnt want it they said it was a $700 termination of contract fee. i never signed a contract nor verified any information with them, I want off and Ive never gotten anything in the m...
Entity
Periodicals Magazine Company
Categories: Mail Order Services
100, Report:
#752589
Posted Date:
Jul 14 2011
Periodicals Magazine Periodicals also charged me $49 at first they said it will be free but when i checked my credit card activities they charged me already! thats why i called my bank right away and reported it to them Hamilton, Montana
Periodicals also charged me $49 at first they said it will be free but when i checked my credit card activities they charged me already! thats why i called my bank right away and reported it to them right away, and i have them changed my account number so this periodical wont be abl...
Entity
Periodicals Magazine
Categories: Credit Card Fraud