81, Report:
#416973
Posted Date:
Jan 27 2009
Smartsavingscenter And Hotbooksale After I canceled my account they charged my bank car $100.00 and now deny it Nationwide
I just wrote a complaint about the company sneeking a membership in the terms and conditions part. They refused to refund my money. I immediately canceled my membership. I just went to my computer to my bank account and found they had taken $100.00 dollars from my bank account! I c...
Entity
Smartsavingscenter And Hotbooksale
Categories: Internet Fraud
82, Report:
#416945
Posted Date:
Jan 27 2009
Hotbooksale.com And Smartsavings.comhotbooksale And Smartsavingscenter hotbook etal Sneeks in the terms and conditions a membership to smartsavings etal City Internet
I ordered a book from hotbooksale on the internet because it was cheeper than Amazon. I did not realize that the company had added a membership to smartsavings inside the terms and conditions. The book came late so they charged me $1 twice in the same month for some thing or other a...
Entity
Hotbooksale And Smartsavingscenter
Categories: Computer Fraud
83, Report:
#414343
Posted Date:
Jan 21 2009
Smart Savings Center Charged me $1.00 on my credit card when I purchased a book at DiscountBookSale.com Boca Raton Florida
I ordered a book at DiscountBookSale.com. The order went through and I have received confirmation that it has been shipped. However, as a result of ordering the book I was billed $1.00 on my Credit Card from
SmartSavingsCenter.com for a membership I did not purchase or agree t...
Entity
Smart Savings Center
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
84, Report:
#413173
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2009
Hotbooksale.com Or SmartSavings.com I ordered a $14.80 Book and was unknowingly entered into a $29.95 mo. BOOK CLUB Boca Raton, Florida
I ordered a $14.80 book from them which AUTOMATICLY entered me into a unwanted $29.95 monthly Book Club. It starts with a 7 day FREE membership.
1 Min. after the 7 days are up your Bank Card is charged $29.95 per month untill you cancel. Their marketing is Deceptive and Misleadi...
Entity
Hotbooksale.com Or SmartSavings.com
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
85, Report:
#411184
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2009
DiscountBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - HotMovieSale.com Unauthorized Charges Deceptive Advertising & Sales Boca Raton Florida
Hello fellow Rip-Offees:
I too was automatically enrolled in their membership even though I declined membership when I ordered 3 books from discountbooksale.com. I discovered this situation because I read the enrollment notification emails that were sent by discountbooksale.com ...
Entity
DiscountBookSale - SmartSavingsCenter - HotMovieSale
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
86, Report:
#400259
Posted Date:
Dec 11 2008
HOTBOOKSALE.COM SMARTSAVINGSCENTER.COM NO CONFIRMATION. NO COMMUNICATION. NO BOOKS. BUT I DID GET A BILL FOR AN UNAUTHORIZED BOOK CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR $29.95. BOCA RATON Florida
Ordered about $56.00 worth of books online. Received no confirmation. Received no reply to three emails. No one answers their phone. Got suspicious, went to www.ripoffreport.com to see what I could find.
Called my credit card immediately. They told me the charge was for $2...
Entity
HOTBOOKSALE.COM SMARTSAVINGSCENTER.COM
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
87, Report:
#396917
Posted Date:
Dec 02 2008
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com Enrolled me in an expensive monthy membership program, $29.95/month, without my knowledge. Charges started showing up on my credit card. Boca Raton Florida
I order a technical book from HotBookSale in September. I didn't see the fine print (it's well hidden) stating that I was enrolling in a membership program sponsored by SmartSavingsCenter.com, apparently the owner of HotBookSale. I didn't realize this until I saw a charge of $1.00...
Entity
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com
Categories: Telemarketers
88, Report:
#376657
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2008
Hotbooksale.com - Smartsavingscenter.com Unauthorized charges on credit card Internet
I purchased books from hotbooksale.com thinking I was getting a great deal on books, however, I was victim to a phishing scam!!
Luckily I check my credit card statements periodically, and good thing I did! I had two charges from smartsavingscenter.com - a site that I never even h...
Entity
Smartsavingscenter.com
Categories: Book Stores
89, Report:
#374785
Posted Date:
Sep 21 2008
HotBookSale.com SmartSavingsCenter.com Unauthorized monthly credit card charges for membership Boca Raton Florida Internet *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
While purchasing one book from website HotBookSale.com (HBS) in April 2008, a family member may have unknowingly clicked past an obfuscated notice that our credit card would be charged a periodic membership fee . (As of September 2008 the notice on the website is obscure and misl...
Entity
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com
Categories: Bait-and-Switch