26, Report:
#813619
Posted Date:
Dec 25 2011
BBV HotBookSale.com SmartSavingsCenter.com This company uses your credit card information to charge you unauthorized membership fees! Boca Raton, Florida *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account when someone wrongfully takes it from you!
Do not give these people your business!!! On June 18, 2010, I purchased a cookbook from Hotbooksale.com. Unbeknownst to me, when you make a purchase from them, you are automatically signed up for a monthly membership at the cost of $19.95 a month. Because my h...
Entity
BBV HotBookSale.com
Categories: Book Stores
27, Report:
#723995
Posted Date:
Apr 30 2011
hotbooksale.com After ordering 2 books and confirming the price the then started submitting other unauthorized charges to my credit card. Internet
I recently ordered 2 books and paid the bill buy credit card. When I received my credit card statement I noticed that I was being billed for 3 charges from this same company. I called and was told that the other 2 charges were for shipping and a membership that I h...
Entity
hotbooksale.com
Categories: Book Stores
28, Report:
#714997
Posted Date:
Apr 07 2011
RebateGiant.com HotBookSale.com, SmartsavingsCenter.com BestBrandValues.com BEWARE-Don't communicate in any way-Stay away from these companies-Con-Artists Boca Raton, Florida
I was shocked to find out that our credit card was being charged 12.49 + 19.95 a month for one year and i was totally blind-sided.I ordered a book to save 5.00 shipping a year ago, only to discover now that two companies, rebategiant.com & HOTBOOKSALE.COM have been receiving pay...
Entity
RebateGiant.com
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
29, Report:
#704961
Posted Date:
Mar 10 2011
Hotbooksale.com With book purchase I unknowingly signed up for buying service. Boca Raton, Florida
I purchased a book online from this company in Oct 09. When placing order there was a box to check if you wanted to get a discount and reduced shipping. I checked the box without reading the small print.(My Fault). I didn't realize I was signing up for some kind of buying service th...
Entity
Hotbooksale.com
Categories: Book Stores
30, Report:
#689696
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2011
hotbooksale.com SmartSavingsCenter, DiscountBookSale Over $400 for a $25 book Boca Raton, Florida
My wife purchased a $25 book in 2009. She was asked if she would want to join their membership club to get free shipping. She was not told there was a monthly charge for membership. She said she would join to get free shipping. She did not get free shipping. What she did get was a $...
Entity
hotbooksale.com
Categories: Book Stores
31, Report:
#646331
Posted Date:
Oct 01 2010
HotBookSale.com BestBrandValues.com fine print, membership, unwanted Boca Raton, Florida
Watch out for the hidden $20 a month buying club membership when you buy a book from HotBookSale.com. Even though I carefully read the Terms of Service and tried to avoid clicking any sign me up buttons, after my book purchase, I learned that I was now a member of BestBrandVal...
Entity
HotBookSale.com
Categories: Buying Clubs
32, Report:
#630891
Posted Date:
Aug 12 2010
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - Bestbrandvalues.com Stole money from CU account over 8 months via ruse Boca Raton, Florida *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
I have had money taken from my debit card against my will or knowledge until yesterday.This has happened since January 2010.They said I ordered a poster and/or answered a survey online and was signed up by these activities unknown to me as to how I joined this online 'service'. They...
Entity
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - Bestbrandvalues.com
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
33, Report:
#614658
Posted Date:
Jun 16 2010
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com smartsavingscenter.com purchased 1 dvd and they charged my account $19.99 for 10 months before i caught it Internet
bbvhotmovie.com & smartsavingscenter.com continued to debit $ 19.99 from my account after i purchased 1 dvd back in sept. 2009. i finally caught there scam and called and canceled with them to find out they automatically sign you up monthly after you shop on their site. fraud!!!...
Entity
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com
Categories: Video Stores
34, Report:
#602350
Posted Date:
May 12 2010
HotBookSale SmartSavingsCenter.com, LLC, *** BEWARE *** Has Office Outside Of U.S.A. Charlestown, Nevis
Additional information:
Satellite Office: P.O Box 642 Main Street Charlestown, Nevis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NevisNevis, along with Saint Kitts, forms the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The 36-square-mile (93 km) island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Isl...
Entity
HotBookSale
Categories: Door to Door Sales
35, Report:
#602286
Posted Date:
May 12 2010
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - Bestbrandvalues.com SmartSavingsCenter.com, LLC BEWARE - SCAM! MEMBERSHIP FRAUD! Boca Raton, Florida
I found a 'deal' on a book online. I should have researched the business first.
I ordered the book. No where did I see on the order form that I was signing up for a membership. A confirmation email was sent - twice. Once for the order and again when t...
Entity
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - Bestbrandvalues.com
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
36, Report:
#602168
Posted Date:
May 11 2010
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - Bestbrandvalues.com SmartSavingsCenter.com Charged a membership fee that IS NOT mentioned in their Terms & Conditions to my CC Boca Raton, Florida
BEWARE! The Terms & Conditions you must accept to process your order DO NOT mention the MONTHLY FEE that WILL be charged if you choose to CONTINUE.
Yes, they offered an excellent price and free shipping on the first order. HOWEVER, the following information appears UNDER the SU...
Entity
HotBookSale.com - SmartSavingsCenter.com - Bestbrandvalues.com
Categories: On-Line Stores
37, Report:
#599854
Posted Date:
May 04 2010
SmartSavingsCenter.com, LLC hotbooksales.com, discountbooksales.com Unauthorized and deceptive membership enrollment Internet
Evidently this company uses numerous different names and web addresses to sell multiple online products.
I needed a book and went online to search for that book and went to hotbooksales.com and purchased the book for $11.00 with free shipping. A month later I checked my ...
Entity
SmartSavingsCenter.com, LLC
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
38, Report:
#521384
Posted Date:
Nov 09 2009
Hotmoviesale - hotmoviesale.com SmartSavingsCenter, BestBrandValues, HotBookSale, DiscountPosterSale Duped by Pricing - Caveat Emptor Boca Raton, Florida *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
I should've came to this website first... I ordered a video game from HMS that was out of stock, but had an expected arrival date of two weeks. I received a weekly email telling me the item was still on backorder and would ship when it arrived. A month passed, and ...
Entity
Hotmoviesale - hotmoviesale.com
Categories: Video Stores
39, Report:
#495037
Posted Date:
Sep 15 2009
Smart Savings Center LLC Amazon HBS BOOKS, DISCOUNTBOOKSALE.COM, HOTBOOKSALE.COM STUCK WITH 2 MONTH FEE OF 19.95 ON A SUSCRIPTION THAT I DID NOT AGREE TO IT OR WANT.HAD TO CHANGE MY CARD NUMBER TO KEEP THEM FROM FUTURE CHARGES. BOCA RATON, Florida
buy a book and got stuck with a 19.95 monthly suscription.
went on for 2 month even after several calls.
have to change my card number in order to stop this people from more charges.
Entity
Smart Savings Center LLC Amazon
Categories: Churches
40, Report:
#488469
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2009
HBS Books.com - Smart Savings Center.com Hotbooksale Smart savings Center.com I ordered one book and charged it to my Discover card. When I got my bill I saw that they had signed me up for some ongoing program or club for $19.95 I never asked for this and only wanted a book. Boca Raton, Florida
I ordered a book from HBS AKA Hot Books Sales. When I got my Discover Card bill there was an additional charge on the card for some sort of ongoing progran which I had alledgedly joined. I never agreed to join any thing of the sort. I called the company and cancell...
Entity
HBS Books.com - Smart Savings Center.com Hotbooksale
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
41, Report:
#482346
Posted Date:
Aug 19 2009
SmartSavingsCenter.com - HotBookSale.com Fraudulent charges Lebanon, Tennessee
This story is about-------Walter ****, Boca Raton, FL 33431
On June 15, 2009 I ordered a book from hotbooksale.com. When the order didn't add up, I canceled and re-ordered, again the figures didn't add up, so I canceled again. About a week later, even though I had...
Entity
SmartSavingsCenter.com - HotBookSale.com
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
42, Report:
#477741
Posted Date:
Aug 09 2009
HotBookSale.com charging me for book club that I did not join - using phone #866 707 5858 Boca Raton Florida
I ordered a book from Amazon.com and it came from HotBookSale.com, which was o.k. with me.
Then a charge of 12.00 a month was taken out of my bank account. I called the number on the charge which was 866-707-5858. They said I had ordered the book on their website and joined a b...
Entity
HotBookSale.com
Categories: Liars
43, Report:
#476071
Posted Date:
Aug 03 2009
DBS Books, Disountbooksales.com ,HotBookSale.com Multiple charges Membership Agreement Not Stated on Website Boca Raton Florida
I ordered one book from this company for a total of $2.92. There was nothing in the invoice or on the website about a monthly agreement or service fee. I was billed $1.00 processing fee and then 2 weeks later the $2.92. Then about a month after that I was charged another $1.00 proc...
Entity
DBS Books ,Disountbooksales.com ,HotBookSale.com
Categories: Mail Order Services
44, Report:
#473893
Posted Date:
Jul 27 2009
HotBookSale.com / SmartSavingsCenter.com / Bestbrandvalues.com / Discountbooksale.com / Manager- BRIAN GARCIA I order one little book....go out of the country....come back, two charges of $19.95 Charged to my paypal account. call them.get hung up on. SCAM!! BOCA RATON /Brain Garcia Florida
Buy a book from these people and be prepared to be charged over and over...they say you joined their book club when you order a book from them!!!!! NOTHING BUT COMMON THIEVES. Manager: Brian Garcia and everyone else that works for this company! I will order through Amazon.com f...
Entity
HotBookSale.com / SmartSavingsCenter.com / Bestbrandvalues.com
Categories: Book Stores
45, Report:
#454085
Posted Date:
May 21 2009
Hotbooksale.com, Smartsavingscenter.com Will Charge Your Card Illegally Boca Raton Florida
I ordered a book from HotBookSale.com because the site specified that the book was in stock. The next day, received notification that the book WAS NOT in stock, so I called to cancel. Person was nice and I received a confirmation email that the order and membership had been cancel...
Entity
Hotbooksale.com, Smartsavingscenter.com
Categories: Books, Records & Videos
46, Report:
#454033
Posted Date:
May 21 2009
Discountbooksale, Hotbooksale Signed me up for a membership that cost 12.00, unbeknowns to me Internet
I recently purchased a book from discountbooksale.com. I did not know that with this purchase I also agreed to a membership that cost 12.00. If I had not noticed this charge on my bank statement, I would have been charged 12.00 a month.
When I called the company to cancel the mem...
Entity
Discountbooksale, hotbooksale
Categories: Book Stores
47, Report:
#442565
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2009
DiscountBookSale - DBS Books 989-7400 - HBS 989-7400 - HotBookSale This Company charged me $29.95 for a monthly membership fee and $1.00 momthly processing fee without clearly indicating these fees. Boca Raton Florida
I bought two books totaling $27.79 which I received in a timely manner. But they also charged me a $1.00 processing/shipping fee and a $29.95 membership fee and a $1.00 processing fee. The charges appeared on my credit card as DBS BOOKS 866-707-5858 - 561-989-7400, FL for the member...
Entity
DiscountBookSale
Categories: Book Stores
48, Report:
#440657
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2009
HBS Books.com - Smart Savings Center.com - Hotbooksale I ordered a book for 13.68 and free shipping.I did recieve the book.on my credit card for 3/01/09 showed the 1368 &1.00 charge to ssc smart saving .com then on 03/03/09 I was charged 29.95 to hbs & 1.00 to ssc when i called them they said this was a monthly membership that i agreed to when I bought the book.I told her I only ordered the book and this was a rip off Internet
HBS Books.com - Smart Savings Center.com hotbooksale Smart Savings Center unauthorized charges to visa account.on 3/1/09 I was charged 13.68 + 1.00 to ssc for a book with free shipping.Then on 3/3/09 I was charged 29.95+ 1.00 to ssc.when I called hbs they said when I ordered the boo...
Entity
HBS Books.com - Smart Savings Center.com Hotbooksale
Categories: Mail Order Services
49, Report:
#434327
Posted Date:
Mar 15 2009
SmartSavingsCenter, LLC Dba DiscountBookSale Also HotBookSale.com DiscountBookSale.com/HotBookSale.com/SmartSavingsCenter.com~Bait & Switch~hidden charges~rejection of order cancellation Boca Raton Florida
I found a book I wanted for .76 cents with free shipping on first purchase. Didn't think anything of it because I have found good deal like this on books from the internet in the past.
When I was checking out with my purchase, it showed my .76 cent book with no shipping charges...
Entity
SmartSavingsCenter, LLC Dba DiscountBookSale
Categories: Computer Mail Order
50, Report:
#433544
Posted Date:
Mar 12 2009
SmartSavingsCenter.com Or DiscountBookSales.com SmartSavings Or DBS.com Or HotBookSale.com Automatically signed me up for monthly subscription service Boca Raton Florida
I ordered one book from DBS for $13.68 w/free shipping. The book arrived and I then found out when I checked my Visa/debit account that they had automatically signed me up to SmartSavingsCenter.com for $29.95/month plus $1.00 more each month. When I called the number on the packing...
Entity
SmartSavings Or DiscountBookSales
Categories: Credit Card Fraud