Complaint Review: WPI*IFRIENDS ELITE - Curt - Lake Worth Florida

I have been reading Rip-off Report for a very long time. I find the Reports filed very credible, especially when you see many many reports filed about a business, you know there must be a rip-off going on. In this case, here is what I think is going on. This company (like many other unscrupulous businesses) does fraudulent billings to bank accounts and credit cards to millions of consumers where iFriends gains personal banking information. iFriends knows d**n well, that only a small percentage of consumers will notice the charges or will want to bother with making calls to complain about the charges. This is a numbers game to iFrineds. I believe the person that posted above is a shill for iFriends. iFrieds is a fraud. They more than likely have shyster lawyers in their corner helping them make their rip-off to consumers look as legit as possible. This is a company with no morals. I read somewhere they are even threatening to those who speak out about them. Just read what they do to everyone. There are 222 rip-off reports filed against them on this site.

I have been reading Rip-off Report for a very long time. I find the Reports filed very credible, especially when you see many many reports filed about a business, you know there must be a rip-off going on. In this case, here is what I think is going on. This company (like many other unscrupulous businesses) does fraudulent billings to bank accounts and credit cards to millions of consumers where iFriends gains personal banking information. iFriends knows d**n well, that only a small percentage of consumers will notice the charges or will want to bother with making calls to complain about the charges. This is a numbers game to iFrineds. I believe the person that posted above is a shill for iFriends. iFrieds is a fraud. They more than likely have shyster lawyers in their corner helping them make their rip-off to consumers look as legit as possible. This is a company with no morals. I read somewhere they are even threatening to those who speak out about them. Just read what they do to everyone. There are 222 rip-off reports filed against them on this site.

I have been reading Rip-off Report for a very long time. I find the Reports filed very credible, especially when you see many many reports filed about a business, you know there must be a rip-off going on. In this case, here is what I think is going on. This company (like many other unscrupulous businesses) does fraudulent billings to bank accounts and credit cards to millions of consumers where iFriends gains personal banking information. iFriends knows d**n well, that only a small percentage of consumers will notice the charges or will want to bother with making calls to complain about the charges. This is a numbers game to iFrineds. I believe the person that posted above is a shill for iFriends. iFrieds is a fraud. They more than likely have shyster lawyers in their corner helping them make their rip-off to consumers look as legit as possible. This is a company with no morals. I read somewhere they are even threatening to those who speak out about them. Just read what they do to everyone. There are 222 rip-off reports filed against them on this site.

I have been reading Rip-off Report for a very long time. I find the Reports filed very credible, especially when you see many many reports filed about a business, you know there must be a rip-off going on. In this case, here is what I think is going on. This company (like many other unscrupulous businesses) does fraudulent billings to bank accounts and credit cards to millions of consumers where iFriends gains personal banking information. iFriends knows d**n well, that only a small percentage of consumers will notice the charges or will want to bother with making calls to complain about the charges. This is a numbers game to iFrineds. I believe the person that posted above is a shill for iFriends. iFrieds is a fraud. They more than likely have shyster lawyers in their corner helping them make their rip-off to consumers look as legit as possible. This is a company with no morals. I read somewhere they are even threatening to those who speak out about them. Just read what they do to everyone. There are 222 rip-off reports filed against them on this site.

The bad part with ifriends is that I subscribed to something accidently. The good side is that I contacted them about additional charges and they cheerfully are removing the additional charges I contested.

I suppose the real fact is that if a credit card is asked for for even a $1.00 charge, these automatic billings can and do come up. I would prefer that sites have a one time billing without add ons or automatic repeat billings.

But, ifriends really does seem to want to settle any problems amiably. I'm happy with the outcome.

The bad part with ifriends is that I subscribed to something accidently. The good side is that I contacted them about additional charges and they cheerfully are removing the additional charges I contested.

I suppose the real fact is that if a credit card is asked for for even a $1.00 charge, these automatic billings can and do come up. I would prefer that sites have a one time billing without add ons or automatic repeat billings.

But, ifriends really does seem to want to settle any problems amiably. I'm happy with the outcome.

The bad part with ifriends is that I subscribed to something accidently. The good side is that I contacted them about additional charges and they cheerfully are removing the additional charges I contested.

I suppose the real fact is that if a credit card is asked for for even a $1.00 charge, these automatic billings can and do come up. I would prefer that sites have a one time billing without add ons or automatic repeat billings.

But, ifriends really does seem to want to settle any problems amiably. I'm happy with the outcome.

Hello ALL

I am happy to announce I had success with getting my cash back, I had the paper work ready for my CC company to go after them.

i will never ever ever ever ever never let this kind of thing happen again. The way WPI*ELITE iFRIENDS goes about there business is wrong, mean ,nasty, tricky and misleading so many guys out there, and to which most of these guys won't go after there money or maybe not even stop them from taking the so called monthly payment for fear of there significant other finding out!! What is this world coming too? Anyways thankyou rip-off report for allowing me to post and get this resolved as quickly as it did, YOU ROCK
cheers shayne vancouver bc canada

SETTLEMENT !!!! I WON!! READ BELOW!!

Dear Shayne,


We recently observed a complaint that you posted on the internet. As a
result, we initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding
your account and subsequent complaint. According to our records you
recently emailed our Customer Service Department regarding the Club Elite
charges on your account - to which you received an explanation regarding
said charges. However, following our internal investigation, we have
concluded that your email was not ideally handled by our customer service
personnel.

We apologize for any dissatisfaction you experienced both during your usage
of our site as well as while corresponding with our Customer Support
team. We have an unambiguous "Customer Is Always Right" policy which
ensures that we take action sufficient to obtain each customer's complete
satisfaction. Towards that end, we have issued refunds for 100% of the
charges billed. Depending upon your credit card's processing system, the
refund should be effected within 5 to 7 days, and you should observe this
on your card's next billing cycle.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Best Regards

Steve H.
iFriends Customer Support

TO whom IT concerns
Why are there charges taken out on my credit card? I have never accepted
to this, it was a 1.00 charge you needed,there was never an agreement to have a VIP monthly 9.95 membership.

this is FRAUD and i am pissed off

i have never even signed on to the d**n website since then , I am reporting this and making sure no one else gets ripped of by your fraud
a*s company.

EXPLAIN PLEASE !!!!

Shayne
transaction takin out on july26 11.65 cad and on
june 26 10.35 cad

Dear Mr. Brandt,

Thank you for your correspondence.

The charge of $9.95 USD on your statement is for the upgrade of your
iFriends account. You opted for the VIP Club Elite option on the last page
of the enrollment form. Per our Terms of Service, the billing on this type
of membership is monthly.

The VIP Elite membership entitles you to the following:

1) Enjoy chathosts that offer multiple cams simultaneously. Watch chathost
from multiple camera angles at the same time! (The more views the better...)
2) Choose your favorite by watching dozens of cams at once (hundreds if you
have enough bandwith)
3) Elite "LiveMoments": ClubElite members can relive past chathost
experiences through the exclusive "LiveMoments" feature. Moments spent
with chathosts during live iFriends videochat sessions can be played back
to relive over and over again. (Available with participating chathosts only)

Elite status is All-Inclusive. That means you also get every benefit
available to ClubVIP members, too! Enjoy these super VIP benefits:

1) Access to literally tens of millions of images and clips.
2) Zoom Vision, giving you the ability to zoom in on the chathost.
3) Reality Motion, which makes the video quality much smoother.
4) Mutual View, enables you to be seen by the video chathost (web cam needed).
5) Go Private option, which allows you and the chathost to be undisturbed.

A full description of the Club Elite benefits can be found at:
https://orders.webpower.com/iFriends/ELITEbenefits.htm

Also immediately upon receipt of your request, we deactivated any and all
accounts that you created with your information. Additionally, we have
also blocked those accounts as well as all of the corresponding account
information from any further usage on our site. You will not receive any
unsolicited communication or correspondence from us.

In compliance with the law, all merchants who engage in on-line
transactions are required to retain transaction information for a certain
number of years, as such, we comply with those requirements. For more
details regarding our privacy and information retention policy refer to
url: http://www.ifriends.net/legal/privacy.htm.

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us
by replying to this email or by calling our Customer Service Center. We
are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be reached by calling
1-800-iFRIEND (1-800-437-4363). From the UK, our toll-free number is
0-800-917-0580. If you are located elsewhere, please go to
http://www.ifriends.net/contacts.htm for the correct phone number.

Sincerely,

Andre
iFriends Customer Support



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>On 6/24/06, help <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Welcome to iFriends!
>>
>>As a newly registered VIP member of iFriends, with your
>>own screenname/chat handle and password, you now have
>>100% unlimited and unrestricted access to all chathost
>>archives, uncensored search, and other members-only
>>features.
>>
>>The most popular "start" page on iFriends is
>>our "LiveBrowse": Bookmark it at
>>
>>http://www.iFriends.net/browsemain.htm
>>
>>Need Customer Service or access to important
>>account-configuration tools? Our round-the-clock
>>customer care center, available only to VIP customers
>>like you, is open for your personal assistance 24/7!
>>It's all just a mouseclick away, including links to
>>Frequently-Asked Questions, our intelligent help assistant,
>>direct-contact information to our live VIP-only customer
>>service staff and other useful features:
>>
>> http://www.iFriends.net/vip/memberservices.htm
>>
>>(At this powerful page, you'll also find access to the
>>direct toll-free telephone numbers, name and personal email
>>addresses of your own iFriends VIP Customer Service
>>representative, VIP technical support, and a powerful
>>editing facility where you can change your password
>>and edit other vital account information.)
>>
>>Once more, on behalf of the entire iFriends video
>>chathost community -- 100,000+ independent video chathosts
>>and counting -- a warm and hearty "WELCOME"!
>>
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