- Report: #700935
Complaint Review: Subco Inc. - Internet Internet
Reported By:
Chuck -
Sugar Hill, Georgia, United States of America
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Subco Inc.
3585 W Beechwood Ave, Ste 106 Internet, 93711 Internet, United States of America
Phone:
800-258-3350
Web:
http://www.subcoinc.com/
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Subco Inc. Mailing unsolicitied magazine subscriptions , Internet
I just received the Feb & Mar 2011 issues of Maxim Magazine in the mail but had not requested a subscription. When I contact Maxim's Subscription Dept at 386-447-6312 to question and cancel this order, they say 'So sorry, but this was generated by Subco Inc. so you must contact them at 800-258-3350 to cancel.' I find it interesting that Maxim cannot cancel a subscription that they themselves are mailing out to a customer.
A call to Subco in Fresno, CA, receives a response that this order was generated by Millenium Marketing as a free trial offer. Subco will cancel the subscription if I like, but 'I may continue to receive issues for a short time because the mailing labels are all preprinted.' That's an interesting statement since my mailing address is printed directly on the front of the magazine. I did request a cancellation and will be watching closely to see if I receive additional issues and a resulting bill for this unsolicited subscription. I'm wondering how long it will be before I also start getting calls in an attempt to collect on this bill when it is never paid.
Based upon other complaints I've been able to locate, I am of the opinion that the magazine publishers, Millenium Marketing, and Subco Inc. are all in collusion to generate unsolicited subscriptions and make the 'cancellation process' multi-tiered in the hopes that an unsuspecting or preoccupied 'customer' will just pay the subscription invoice to make a prospective problem go away. This is consumer fraud.
A call to Subco in Fresno, CA, receives a response that this order was generated by Millenium Marketing as a free trial offer. Subco will cancel the subscription if I like, but 'I may continue to receive issues for a short time because the mailing labels are all preprinted.' That's an interesting statement since my mailing address is printed directly on the front of the magazine. I did request a cancellation and will be watching closely to see if I receive additional issues and a resulting bill for this unsolicited subscription. I'm wondering how long it will be before I also start getting calls in an attempt to collect on this bill when it is never paid.
Based upon other complaints I've been able to locate, I am of the opinion that the magazine publishers, Millenium Marketing, and Subco Inc. are all in collusion to generate unsolicited subscriptions and make the 'cancellation process' multi-tiered in the hopes that an unsuspecting or preoccupied 'customer' will just pay the subscription invoice to make a prospective problem go away. This is consumer fraud.
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Buddy
Ponce de Leon,Florida,
Been got by Subco also
#2Consumer Comment
Sun, March 17, 2013
I have the exact same issue as Chuck and hope I can get it resolved asap.
