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Salt Lake City,#2UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 14, 2004
Hello Rebecca, We apologize for the inconvenience and the misunderstanding. Our records show you had signed up for the 3-day Trial for the Arctic White Teeth whitening system. The entire free trial as well as the $63.00 (is now $70) trial expiration is clearly explained in the Terms and Conditions. The Terms and Conditions were mandatory for you to agree with prior to completing your order. Below are the complete up to date Terms and Conditions: http://1800patches.com/aw/pop_terms.html Cancellation and Return Policy If you choose to discontinue using the product following the 3-day Free Trial, and don't want the additional charge for the remainder of the Arctic White System, simply cancel at HelpMyOrder.com. Our our company does not and never has offered any free gifts for ordering any of our products. We have many affiliates, however, who sell our products. One of these affiliates may have had a promotional offer at the time you ordered. We would love to see this promotion. Please send us the URL (website address) for this offer. We will make sure that whoever made this free gift claim is following our company policies for affiliates. Best regards, Sarah O. 1-800-Patches [email protected] The HelpMyOrder Team
S.
Salt Lake City,#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 14, 2004
Hello Rebecca, We apologize for the inconvenience and the misunderstanding. Our records show you had signed up for the 3-day Trial for the Arctic White Teeth whitening system. The entire free trial as well as the $63.00 (is now $70) trial expiration is clearly explained in the Terms and Conditions. The Terms and Conditions were mandatory for you to agree with prior to completing your order. Below are the complete up to date Terms and Conditions: http://1800patches.com/aw/pop_terms.html Cancellation and Return Policy If you choose to discontinue using the product following the 3-day Free Trial, and don't want the additional charge for the remainder of the Arctic White System, simply cancel at HelpMyOrder.com. Our our company does not and never has offered any free gifts for ordering any of our products. We have many affiliates, however, who sell our products. One of these affiliates may have had a promotional offer at the time you ordered. We would love to see this promotion. Please send us the URL (website address) for this offer. We will make sure that whoever made this free gift claim is following our company policies for affiliates. Best regards, Sarah O. 1-800-Patches [email protected] The HelpMyOrder Team
S.
Salt Lake City,#4UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 14, 2004
Hello Rebecca, We apologize for the inconvenience and the misunderstanding. Our records show you had signed up for the 3-day Trial for the Arctic White Teeth whitening system. The entire free trial as well as the $63.00 (is now $70) trial expiration is clearly explained in the Terms and Conditions. The Terms and Conditions were mandatory for you to agree with prior to completing your order. Below are the complete up to date Terms and Conditions: http://1800patches.com/aw/pop_terms.html Cancellation and Return Policy If you choose to discontinue using the product following the 3-day Free Trial, and don't want the additional charge for the remainder of the Arctic White System, simply cancel at HelpMyOrder.com. Our our company does not and never has offered any free gifts for ordering any of our products. We have many affiliates, however, who sell our products. One of these affiliates may have had a promotional offer at the time you ordered. We would love to see this promotion. Please send us the URL (website address) for this offer. We will make sure that whoever made this free gift claim is following our company policies for affiliates. Best regards, Sarah O. 1-800-Patches [email protected] The HelpMyOrder Team
S.
Salt Lake City,#5UPDATE Employee
Thu, October 14, 2004
Hello Rebecca, We apologize for the inconvenience and the misunderstanding. Our records show you had signed up for the 3-day Trial for the Arctic White Teeth whitening system. The entire free trial as well as the $63.00 (is now $70) trial expiration is clearly explained in the Terms and Conditions. The Terms and Conditions were mandatory for you to agree with prior to completing your order. Below are the complete up to date Terms and Conditions: http://1800patches.com/aw/pop_terms.html Cancellation and Return Policy If you choose to discontinue using the product following the 3-day Free Trial, and don't want the additional charge for the remainder of the Arctic White System, simply cancel at HelpMyOrder.com. Our our company does not and never has offered any free gifts for ordering any of our products. We have many affiliates, however, who sell our products. One of these affiliates may have had a promotional offer at the time you ordered. We would love to see this promotion. Please send us the URL (website address) for this offer. We will make sure that whoever made this free gift claim is following our company policies for affiliates. Best regards, Sarah O. 1-800-Patches [email protected] The HelpMyOrder Team
Rebecca
Annandale,#6Author of original report
Thu, August 26, 2004
With all due respect, Genell, and I do trust your sincerity, I have written emails to your company regarding the method in which I came to "place my order" and I received no response. I was also told by someone in your customer service dept. that the 14 days were not flexible. No interest was shown in investigating how this situation came about. It was a dead end with no recourse offered and certainly no offer of free return. I paid $8.05 to return the product, after being told by my check card company to do so when I disputed the charge. I have received a refund, but only after having disputed the charge with my bank. I have copies of all the emails.
Genell
Salt Lake City,#7UPDATE Employee
Wed, August 25, 2004
I have spoken with the sales and marketing director and they are contacting all marketing affilates to find out where this ad is located. Please contact us with this information so that we can contact this advertiser and discontinue our relationship with them. We never authorized this type of advertizing. The "14 days" is when the charge for the remaining amount owed goes through for keeping the program. We understand that it can be hard to contact a company within that amount of time and tell them you are sending the product back. That is why we are lenient on our return policy and allow returns to be made after that charge has gone through. Please contact us if you want a refund. Visit helpmyorder.com or call 1-800-Patches. Please mention my name to the customer service representative.
Rebecca
Annandale, VA,#8Consumer Comment
Tue, August 24, 2004
In the rebuttal, the company says "we have never offered a free satellite radio, this must have been on the same page as our ad". The "free offer" for the tooth whitener was part of this scheme whereby one had to choose 2 offers from each of several pages of offers, which, supposedly, when completed, would result in a free satellite radio. This is a common internet advertising tactic. The company must have entered into a relationship with this promotional agency. I was never taken to 800-Patches website. The company needs to take responsibility for all promotion using its name. I was never told that they would pay for the return of the unordered product. This is a questionable way of doing business, at best. And refusing to give refunds after more than 14 days after delivery of the unordered product is especially questionable. If there wasn't an attempt to exploit or mislead, then why have these policies?
Genell
Salt Lake City,#9UPDATE Employee
Mon, August 23, 2004
When you place an order on our website, you must agree to the Terms & Conditions posted, or you cannot place an order. Here is a copy of the Terms agreed upon: The 3-day Free Trial is designed to demonstrate the quality and simplicity of the Arctic White Teeth Whitening System. The additional 7 days of Arctic White are included for you to achieve the best results. Your 3-Day Free Trial Package Includes: 3 days of the Arctic White Tooth Whitening System (3 daily packs and 3 trays)FREE. 7 additional days of product to complete the Arctic White Tooth Whitening SystemRemember: customers who use Arctic White for at least 10 days achieve the best results. You Agree: To pay $6.99 for shipping & handling of the Arctic White Teeth Whitening System. 14 days after your original order was shipped, if you continue using the remaining product (7 Days), your credit card will be charged the special introductory price of $69.99. To receive a return all the customer needs to do is contact us by email or phone, and send the product back. As soon as it is received the credit is issued. We offer many ways to return the product at our expense. As long as the customer has the original airbill, all they have to do is write "return to sender" on it and drop it in a FedEx or USPS drop box. Otherwise, when contacting us, we can schedule a call tag pickup which does not cost the customer anything. We have not ever had an offer for a "free satellite radio". This must have been on the same web page as our advertisement, but from a different company.
Rebecca
Annandale,#10Consumer Suggestion
Wed, August 04, 2004
Ardell, be sure to dispute these charges in writing. Call your credit card company for more information.
Rebecca
Annandale,#11Consumer Suggestion
Wed, August 04, 2004
Ardell, be sure to dispute these charges in writing. Call your credit card company for more information.
Rebecca
Annandale,#12Consumer Suggestion
Wed, August 04, 2004
Ardell, be sure to dispute these charges in writing. Call your credit card company for more information.
Ardell
Denver,#13REBUTTAL Individual responds
Tue, August 03, 2004
My name is Ardell Dunbar, 7977 york St Unit B,Denver, Co. 80229 303-227-1827. I applied for the $1 cosmetic bag. It was suposed to be $1 plus 4.95 S&H. i got charged the one dollar plus 6.95 S&H. I was promised a free sattelite radio. I received my cosmetics, all broken and unuseable, but not until 2 weeks after these amounts were taken from my account. Then...they charged me 63.00 for nothing!!!!!!!!I want this account cancelled and my money back. I read the terms and conditions, I thought I had 30 days to try these products. I have not been able to contact"patches". Please help!!!!!