276, Report:
#185038
Posted Date:
Apr 11 2006
Active Periodicals ripoff, never ending nightmare of magazines and harassing phone calls Deerfield Beach Florida
I've seen a million of these reports for this company.. And yet they still go on and harass people and fast talk people into buying their magazines.. Which sometimes never come.. or are all torn up.. or have the wrong magazine sent to you.. But it's ok because whenever they call you...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
277, Report:
#184917
Posted Date:
Apr 11 2006
Active Periodicals IS ARE RIPOFFS LIARS AND THEVES STAY AWAY FROM THEM Deerfield Beach Florida
I had a call to come to me one afternoon with a very persistant Telemarketer from Active Periodicals. Needless the word of NO doesn't appear in the vocabulary, I can't tell you how many times I said no I do not want your services. Finally, I agreed to only ONE magazine and still hav...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
278, Report:
#175447
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2006
Active Periodicals Aka International Readers League Magazine Subscription Scam, hang up on them or pay, they will lie to you, Find out how to get out. ripoff Deerfield Beach Florida
We got scammed just like everyone else under the Active Periodicals subject. Just about every story applies to my wife and I. I read all of the reports on this website and took the advice.
I filed a complaint with the FCC, FTC, and BBB of Southeast FL, I also emailed the publis...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
279, Report:
#184659
Posted Date:
Apr 03 2006
Active Periodicals ripoff Deerfield Florida
I read a recent rip-off report on this site and wanted to share a similar experience with Active Periodicals. My nighmare with this company begain in 2002.
This company has also snowed when it comes to this endless harassment and refusal to stop sending me magazines and stop char...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
280, Report:
#182323
Posted Date:
Mar 27 2006
International Readers League - Active Periodicals ripoff Deerfield Beach Florida
I was contacted one day to subscribe to Woman's Day and a few other magazines, in return the company would send me a diamond watch as a promotion. I never received the watch, but instead I received a soft porn magazine entitled Maxim which shocked me for days. I am a grandmother of...
Entity
International Readers League - Active Periodicals
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
281, Report:
#183007
Posted Date:
Mar 24 2006
Active Periodicals ripoff, never ending nightmare of magazines and harassing phone calls Deerfield Beach Florida
Active Periodicals first contacted me in 2003 a few weeks after my father passed away. I was so distraught at the time that I was ready to agree to almost anything to get them to hang up and leave me alone. However, I am sure that I did not agree to a 5 year contract which include...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
282, Report:
#174954
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2006
Active Periodicals ripoff Deerfield Beach Florida
Was charged with magazines that I do not want and to my way of thinking wrong.I got a paper showing what I owe and they had put it on my credit card. Called the number and have able to get them. This has been going on since November.
Bessie i
Harriet, ArkansasU.S.A.
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
283, Report:
#169652
Posted Date:
Dec 31 2005
Active Periodicals ripoff, scam Deerfield Beach Florida
Active Periodicals contacted me constantly on my cell phone. I agreed to try out a few magazines and see how I liked it. I was also told I would recieve my order information in the mail and that I could review it and send it back. I never recieved a written contract nor signed a...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
284, Report:
#167432
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2005
ACTIVE PERIODICALS RIP OFF PHONE SCAM FOR MAGAZINES, FILE A FTC COMPLAINT PLEASE DEERFIELD BEACH Florida
This company is such a rip off, I too like everyone else that has wrriten a ripped off report have been scammed. I get calls from this company all the time.
I started out with a few magazines for $39.95 per month for 10 months. Was called by them every so ofter to see how I liked...
Entity
ACTIVE PERIODICALS
Categories: Corrupt Companies
285, Report:
#164729
Posted Date:
Nov 16 2005
Consolated Media Service ripoff Atlanta Georgia
I recieved a call from a collector saying I owe $235.88 from CMS and I need to pay it for a past due invoice in 2001 and they will give me a discount and the new price is $117.94 I told them I will call my lawyer. I never ordered periodicals or anything from this company. I was in t...
Entity
Consolidated Media Service
Categories: Corrupt Companies
286, Report:
#156330
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2005
Active Periodicals ripoff They lie about your account status Deerfield Beach Florida
I got contracted into a subscription of magazines for a cheesy watch. They gave me a low price over 5 years, but said I need to pay an accelerated rate over a year in order to get that price. Stupid me, I said yes.
My payments were almost done, then I receive a phone call askin...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
287, Report:
#154762
Posted Date:
Aug 24 2005
Active Periodicals ripoff Deerfield Beach Florida
My husband has been sucked into the Active Periodicals Magazine scam. He contracted with them for over $700 worth of magazines a couple of years ago, unbeknownst to me at the time. I was livid, but figured it was his right.
Then in February 05 he was called by them and asked if ...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
288, Report:
#153523
Posted Date:
Aug 13 2005
Active Periodicals, Magazine subscription SCAM and BOGUS THREATS for BAD CREDIT Ripoff West Palm Beach Florida
5 years ago or more, my wife fell into the trap set by this company. For a mere $35/month she could get all these magazines. I won't go into why my wife would have actually agreed to this, but I would guess it was something along the lines of telling her how much money she was savin...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
289, Report:
#146712
Posted Date:
Jun 19 2005
Possible Solution For Active Periodicals Scams Possible Solution Deerfield Florida
As many of you are frustrated with this magazine scam company, a possible solution is going to the Federal Trade Commission website (www.ftc.gov) and file a claim for this. The more people file against Active Periodicals, the more FTC is going to pay attention to this case.
There...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
290, Report:
#144738
Posted Date:
Jun 02 2005
Active Periodicals new scam from this company Ripoff Deerfield Beach Florida
I have gone through most of the same things with this company that are listed here by other people. I have finally gotten to the no no no stage when anyone from their business calls me and I usually end up hanging up on them. They have tried the extension scam on me as well as the p...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
291, Report:
#143832
Posted Date:
May 24 2005
ACTIVE PERIODICALS File Complaints with the Federal Trade Commission ripoff Deerfield Florida
These people have been harrasing me for years now. Not only did I end up paying more money than they originally said I had to pay. But now the magazines themselves are sending me letters saying that I owe them money. Please file complaints with the Federal Trade Commision. Maybe...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
292, Report:
#141554
Posted Date:
May 04 2005
ACTIVE PERIODICALS RIPOFF NO MAGAZINES RECEIVED AND TREATEND ME FOR COLLECTION & CREDIT REPORTING DEERFIELD BEACH Florida
I have received a call early august of 2004 & fooled by giving my credit card number, they have promised me a 5 yrs free subsciption and only one time payment of 120 something as i remember & a chance to win 50,000 dollars sweepstake. So, i took and they charged my credit card for ...
Entity
ACTIVE PERIODICALS
Categories: Sales People
293, Report:
#137520
Posted Date:
Apr 08 2005
Active Periodicals Aks API scam Deerfield Beach Florida
Use Active Periodicals for a year in which I got two magainzes for 60 months and three magazines for twelve months. Paid a set rate that would cover the cost of all five magazines in twelve months. After the subscription they called and wanted to extend the contract. At first they a...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
294, Report:
#134943
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2005
Active Periodicals magazine subscription ripoff unending subscribtion Deerfield Beach Florida
I wish I had found this website 18 months ago! Now I see several rip off reports and want to add mine.
First of all, one of my credit card companies sold my name to Active Periodical. In September/October 2003 I got a call on my CELL PHONE claiming I was one of 10 people in the s...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
295, Report:
#133987
Posted Date:
Mar 07 2005
Active Periodicals magazine subscription ripoff, unending subscribtion Deerfield Beach Florida
I join others have been sucked into this magazine subscribtion scam.
Back in May of 2001, I got a phone call about subscibing to magazines. I agreed to the 4 year subscribtion of $67 a month and was told I had 30 days to cancel. After mulling it over, I decided to go ahead and ...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
296, Report:
#133783
Posted Date:
Mar 04 2005
Active Periodicals Ripoff Charged for 1 year 39.99 per month for magazine never received New York new york
Company Called about a Sweepstakes involving Magazine subscription... Paid 39.00 per month for 1 year for 6 or more? Magazines that would run for 4 years. I received a few and was getting billed by the Magazine Company and They were not any of the ones I ordered.Couid not locate co...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
297, Report:
#131497
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2005
Active Periodicals ripoff fraud Magazine subscriptions, fake credit card number's, fake call back number Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Loren called and said she was callig to confirm that I was getting my magazines as expected and I said that I don't get any magazines. She said NONE? and I said no. She couldn't believe it and says that they have in computer that I was getting FIVE different magazines. I said absolu...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
298, Report:
#131203
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2005
Active Periodicals Magazine phone scam Claims accounts due from 5 years ago Fraudulent credit card charges Customer service line never answers Ripoff Deerfield Beach Florida
Received numerous phone calls from Active Periodicals stating that I owed an account from at least 5 years ago. I never received the magazines I ordered several years ago but paid the account in full at that time.
I received several calls that I still owed them money and when I r...
Entity
Active Periodicals
Categories: Telemarketers
299, Report:
#130636
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2005
Active Periodicals - IRL Fraud these people stated they were PCH and took personal information from me I didn't know it was a scam Deerfield Beach Florida
Ellen and her supervisor phone me and stated I had won a watch from Publisher Clearing House. So I listened to them and got trapped into something I don't won't or need.
They are really good at there jobs I believed them I was so stupid.
I just hope this helps other people. ...
Entity
Active Periodicals - IRL
Categories: Corrupt Companies
300, Report:
#128998
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2005
A1 Auto Transport careless and expensive damage to vehicle won't pay for damage they caused Carson City Nevada
I blew off A1's driver setting a pickup time with the dealership in Nevada, only to not show up until 2 business days later. I even civilly drove halfway across the county from our destination point in NC to meet the driver, after he got lost from a major thoroughfare.
What I co...
Entity
A1 Auto Transport
Categories: Auto Transporters