51, Report:
#890137
Posted Date:
May 30 2012
Elance SynapseIndia, Net-arb.com Beware of Elance and SynapseIndia Internet
Thinking
of Outsourcing? Beware of Elance and
SynapseIndia!
Complete documentation of the following account is available. On July 30, 2010, Empirical Wellness, Inc. hired SynapseIndia through Elance to build a website/app that would assist healthcare pro...
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
52, Report:
#887561
Posted Date:
May 24 2012
Synapse Group Inc billed me for magazines I did not order Internet
Match.com sold my credit card info to Synapse Group Inc. who then charged my credit card $117 for People Magazine without my consent or knowledge. This company is a scam artist. Watch out. Giving credit card info to a third party without the owner's consent is ille...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
53, Report:
#859554
Posted Date:
May 21 2012
Synapse Retail Ventures, Inc. Synapse Group, Inc. duped me into accepting trial magazine subscritions, not notified would be charged first, cannot cancel Internet, Internet
I was offered three free trial subscriptions to magazines of my choice by Books A Million, approximately a month ago. At no time was I informed that they would charge my credit card to initiate the free trial. When I discovered this, about a week later via notice f...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
54, Report:
#884310
Posted Date:
May 18 2012
SynapseIndia Elance Conflict of Interest Mountain View, California
Complete documentation of the following account is available from the email address below. On July 30, 2010, Empirical Wellness, Inc. hired SynapseIndia through Elance to build a website/app that would assist healthcare providers and researchers to work with patients thr...
Entity
Categories: Software
55, Report:
#875250
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2012
TWX Magazines/Synapse Group, Inc CT Attorney General needs to step in/BBB fails consumers Stamford, Connecticut
My bank account was accessed by TWX Magazines after I declined a magazine offer. How they gained access to my debit card is a mystery to me but I'm determined to find out how it happened. I'm a freelance writer and this has given me fodder for a story and to help myself and others p...
Entity
Categories: Home Based Business
56, Report:
#856716
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2012
Synapse Retail Ventures 3 mos. free subscription through Peebles Salt Lake City, Utah
Misrepresented free magazines for 3 months through Peebles Department Store. Now I cannot talk to a customer service rep and the company, Synapse Retail Ventures, will not let me unsubscribe and are charging my bank account.
Entity
Categories: Sales People
57, Report:
#845911
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2012
SynapseConnect, Inc Magazine Distributor Salt Lake City, Utah
Requested that a magazine be canceled and was told that it would be canceled. I then received another bill this year. I had purchased other magazines that I never even received at all.
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
58, Report:
#845421
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2012
Synapse Ventures, Inc C/O Processing Center On Wed. 11/30/2011 @ 2:28pm I received a call from Rewards Dept. (as shown on my caller ID) a person named Ryan spoke to me and stated if I did a survey with him I would receive 2 - $25.00 WalMart gif Salt Lake City, Utah
On Nov. 30, 2011 a Wed. afternoon at 2:28pm - I received a call from 618-551-5507 (my caller ID) showed this a call from Rewards Dept. I spoke to a person named, Ryan. I was asked if I did a survey for them, they would send me 2 - $25.00 gift cards from Wal Mart. S...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
59, Report:
#841321
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2012
Synapse Ventures Synapse Group Magazine Subscription RipOff, Internet
This company called in December. In exchange for taking a phone survey I would receive a $50.00 Walmart card. I was assured that there were no other charges. When I found out I had won 3 magazine subscriptions, I made it clear that these were not wanted. I was told I could cancel th...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
60, Report:
#348326
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2012
Synapse Group, Inc., New Sub Magazines Magazine Rip Off Stamford Connecticut
In June I completed a survey conducted by BizRate after making an online purchase at Clinique.com. I was offered 3 month free trials of different magazines which I accepted on 3 different magazines.
I subsequently received a notice from Synapse Ventures, Inc. in Salt Lake City...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
61, Report:
#834685
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2012
Synapse Retail Ventures, Inc. offer through Books-A-Million charged me although I have confirmation numbers of cancellations Salt Lake City, Utah
Through my first purchase at Books-A-Million, newly opened in Davenport, Iowa, I was offered several free magazine trial subscriptions. I did accept and did receive the magazines. I wrote the cancel by dates in my planner. Synapse Retail Ventures sent me a po...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
62, Report:
#829266
Posted Date:
Jan 27 2012
mybonuscenter.com Synapse Connect, Inc. Renew subscriptions without approval Stamford, Connecticut
This company offers subscriptions to popular magazines at a greatly reduced rate. Their agreement says that after the first term, all selections will continue. Each year, you'll receive a reminder notice and you authorize the account you provided to be charged the rate on the notice...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
63, Report:
#821837
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2012
Synapse Group, Inc Company offers free trial of magazines through FYE saying that after 3 months you will be notified for renewal no notifications are sent and they keep charging your credit card number Stamford, Connecticut
When making a perchance from the store FYE I was given the offer to a free three month trial of Rolling Stone magazine. I was told that after the three months I would be given the choice to continue of not and this would come in the mail as a notification. A notification...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
64, Report:
#820816
Posted Date:
Jan 11 2012
Synapse Retail Venture free 3 month trial od magazines and then they were supposed to authorize continuation. Never did, spent over $100.00s on mags we do not want. Continued to try to contact this company and continue to Salt Lake City, Utah
Have been trying to stop this company from sending us magazines as the ad said. We would have 3 months free then they would authorize us to bill our credit card fro payment of additional services. I have tried every way possible to contact them and continue to get the run around. I ...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
65, Report:
#762424
Posted Date:
Dec 13 2011
NSS Magazine Subscription Synapse Scammers of magazine subscription/ Tried to charge me $220 in subscriptions!! Internet
Last year I had ordered several magazines online because it was a special price... Something like $2 to try a year of a magazine. The fine print said I would receive a notice when my subscription renewal was due. I never received a notice and had forgotten about the automatic renewa...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
66, Report:
#801642
Posted Date:
Nov 25 2011
Synapse India SynapseIndia over promise, under deliver, 100% over budget, 33% late on delivery, theft of files from production server Internet
To put it simply, in our opinion, Synapse India and Kapil Grupa cannot be trusted and he has no idea how to run a proper business. Dealing with Synapse India is like dealing with an unreasonable child, you can't get anywhere with them and Elance is no help either.Here's the de...
Entity
Categories: Websites
67, Report:
#797081
Posted Date:
Nov 11 2011
Synapse Group, Inc. David Lynch, Antonio Romano Company is actively forwarding complaints from customers to my personal toll-free number. Stamford, Connecticut
Since about November 2010, I have been receiving calls from people wanting to cancel a magazine subscription they never ordered. The first few times you wonder. But the calls continue even now.
I have contacted BBB who has hundreds of complaints but somehow manages to give this c...
Entity
Categories: News Media
68, Report:
#758246
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2011
SynapseConnect Inc. Processing Center Continued charges for subscription after repeated cancellations Stamford, Connecticut
A year ago I subscribed to the magazine Wine Enthusiast as a result of a communication from SynapseConnect offering a trial subscription for $1. When I received a rather unclear postcard that indicated my subscription would be automatically renewed if I did not call to cancel, I cal...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
69, Report:
#181375
Posted Date:
Jul 27 2011
Synapse Group, Inc., Magazine Service Group, Freebizmag.com, Magazineoutlet.com Rebill credit card each year, don't send magazine! Stamford Internet
We publish a magazine. Synapse Group, Inc. offers magazine subscriptions to the public, but then after a year, re-charges the customer's credit card originally used, but doesn't send the renewed subscription!We get the complaints from the subscribers, and the Synapse Group, - aka f...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
70, Report:
#755573
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2011
Synapse Group Inc magsdirect,com Unauthorized credit card charges for magazine subscriptions Stamford, Connecticut
Synapse Group Inc is the same company as magsdirect.com.
Do not order any magazine subscriptions from this company. Synapse Group Inc will put unauthorized charges on your credit or debit card (since magsdirect.com aka them, have that info). This will be for totally bogus s...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
71, Report:
#741700
Posted Date:
Jun 16 2011
Synapse Group Synapse Group Inc, Synapse Group Magazine Direct Unauthorized bank account charge of $29 for free subscription Stamford , Connecticut *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account that someone wrongfully takes it from you!
I received a charge on my bank account for Food And Wine magazine tied to this company. It was for a subscription at $29/yr. I never authorized this charge, never agreed to extend a promotional subscription I had through Frontier Airlines. You cannot call this comp...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
72, Report:
#730433
Posted Date:
May 18 2011
Synapse Retail Ventures through Loehmann's signed up for free magazines and charged to my credit card without authorization pasadena, California
In Mid January of 2011, I went to Loehmann (discount dept store) in Pasadena to shop. As I was checking out, I was told that as a great customer by Loehmann's cashier , I was eligible to get 3 months risk free magazines through their VIP program. I was told, you don't have to do any...
Entity
Categories: Department & Outlet Stores
73, Report:
#673577
Posted Date:
Mar 16 2011
Synapse Group Magazine Service Center Unauthoized renewals Stanford, Connecticut
This company offers "free" or $2 first-year subscriptions to a variety of popular magazines and then renews them without authorization for high fees. I think I got mine originally through answering a questionaire at Bizrate.com, although I'm not entirely sure. In any case,...
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
74, Report:
#699410
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2011
Synapse Group, Inc Synapse Group, Inc. FRAUD! Company offers free trial of magazines, promising that you are free to cancel after trial but after they obtain your credit card # they continue charging without notice or permission - ther Stamford, Connecticut
After signing up to Books-a-Million Club, as a bonus I could receive a 3 month free trial of a magazine subscription. I asked the associate many times to be sure that there would be no charges made to my credit card, and that I could easily cancel the subscription before charges wou...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
75, Report:
#680184
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2011
Synapse Group Time Warner Owns Synapse, Internet
Check this out--Synapse Group, Inc is wholly owned by Time, Inc., the publisher of all the magazines subscriptions that Synapse Group fraudulently charges you for.
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers