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Complaint Review: Publications Unlimited - West Palm Beach Florida
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Publications Unlimited
2924 North Australian Ave. West Palm Beach, 33407 Florida, U.S.A.
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Publications Unlimited will not stop sending me magazines to which I never subscribed RIPOFF West Palm Beach Florida
About a year ago, I began receiving issues of _Stuff_ magazine in the mail, and shortly thereafter began receiving issues of Maxim.
I never subscribed to either magazine. I subsequently contacted the publishers, who advised me that the subscriptions had been ordered through Publications Unlimited & that I would have to contact them to get them cancelled. I did so, & received a message that the "subscriptions" would be cancelled, but that I "may receive one or two additional copies as the publisher may have prelabeled..."
The issues of Stuff stopped coming, but I have been receiving issues of Maxim ever since. I have sent numerous e-mails to Publications Unlimited requesting that they cease these mailings & advising them IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that I did not subscribe to these magazines and will assume NO financial responsibility for them.
Each e-mail was answered with the same stock reply ("You may receive one or two additional copies," etc.). One contained an additional notification that they had cancelled subscriptions to two additional magazines that I never received, much less subscribed to.
Finally, on July 20, 2005, I sent what amounted to a cease-and-desist letter via e-mail, & received no response. I have received two (2) issues of Maxim since then.
Again, I did not subscribe to these magazines & can think of nothing else that I may have done (contests, promotions, etc.) that would have triggered these mailings. I have no choice but to believe that Publications Unlimited saw fit to initiate these "subscriptions" based on personal information that they may have stolen from a website of some other electronic source, & intend to bill or charge me for the magazines at some future date.
Regardless, I believe that their actions to date constitute fraud, an attempt at extortion, and perhaps the successful commission of identity theft. I now check my credit card and bank account statements each month for unauthorized activity.
Michael
Greenville, South Carolina
U.S.A.
I never subscribed to either magazine. I subsequently contacted the publishers, who advised me that the subscriptions had been ordered through Publications Unlimited & that I would have to contact them to get them cancelled. I did so, & received a message that the "subscriptions" would be cancelled, but that I "may receive one or two additional copies as the publisher may have prelabeled..."
The issues of Stuff stopped coming, but I have been receiving issues of Maxim ever since. I have sent numerous e-mails to Publications Unlimited requesting that they cease these mailings & advising them IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that I did not subscribe to these magazines and will assume NO financial responsibility for them.
Each e-mail was answered with the same stock reply ("You may receive one or two additional copies," etc.). One contained an additional notification that they had cancelled subscriptions to two additional magazines that I never received, much less subscribed to.
Finally, on July 20, 2005, I sent what amounted to a cease-and-desist letter via e-mail, & received no response. I have received two (2) issues of Maxim since then.
Again, I did not subscribe to these magazines & can think of nothing else that I may have done (contests, promotions, etc.) that would have triggered these mailings. I have no choice but to believe that Publications Unlimited saw fit to initiate these "subscriptions" based on personal information that they may have stolen from a website of some other electronic source, & intend to bill or charge me for the magazines at some future date.
Regardless, I believe that their actions to date constitute fraud, an attempt at extortion, and perhaps the successful commission of identity theft. I now check my credit card and bank account statements each month for unauthorized activity.
Michael
Greenville, South Carolina
U.S.A.
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Bucyrus,Kansas,
U.S.A.
Send Them A Thanx for the free issues of magazines .
#2Consumer Suggestion
Sun, September 18, 2005
Send Publications Unlimited a letter thanking them for the free issues of magazines they have been sending. Explain you have attempted more than once to have the magazines you never ordered stopped and advise them that all isses received are considered gifts. CC the letter to the Postmaster General and the state AG's office in FL and SC. Make sure the letter to Publications Unlimite is sent certified mail, return receipt requested.
