Jt
Jacksonville,#2Author of original report
Tue, May 09, 2006
At 9:02 on 5/9/2006 I called and wad put on hold. No identification with greeting, just the statment that all agents were busy and someone would help me shortly. At 9:03 the "please hold" message was repeated. It was repeated again at 9:04,9:05,(hold music is extremely garbled). At 9:06 a woman answered with a heavily accented voice. She did not give her name, but did say "Healthy Discount Card". I asked for an explanation of the charges, emphasizing I had no knowledge of this company. She said on 2/24/2006 I had registered at a free music to download site. Within 30 days afteryou are signed onto this site they automatically enroll you in the Healthy Discount Card and debit your account. I asked all association with any of their sites be cancelled and a credit issued for the $99.95 charge. In order to do that I had to give the credit number on which the charge was debited. I admit I was reluctant to give her this information. She informed me it would take 20-25 days (business days) to issue the credit. That would be 4 - 6 weeks. I'm not holding my breath. I told her I had filed a "rip off report" and Healthy Discount Card had many such reports. I suggested she speak to her superiors about their bad business practices. It would seem to me that the "scam" motivation for Healthy Discount Card is even if they follow through and issue a credit, they will have had the use of my money and anyone else's during the time the charge goes undisputed and in the 4 - 6 weeks before a credit is issued. I am assuming they make their profit investing this money. I would be interested to know if anyone is repeating a benefit using this card. I'll watch and wait and keep you posted.