1576, Report:
#7509
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2001
nss*magazines ripoff. they keep biling me
I have been charged $82.00 for magazines that I was told that I would get 4 months free and then the would let me know that they were going to bill me.
Well I have not been notified and I do not want the magazines at this time.
This is the company that charged to my accoun...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1577, Report:
#7517
Posted Date:
Nov 04 2001
Magazine Service Center bogus charges to my bank account
I ordered some items from a company through their website. While submitting my order, I was asked if I wanted to receive free magazines. I chose 2 and proceeded with my order. This was in Jan 2001. I received my merchandise that I paid for and also received the so-called free magazi...
Entity
Categories: On-Line Business
1578, Report:
#7427
Posted Date:
Oct 30 2001
NSS MAGAZINES Unauthorized Credit Card Charges
Lured me in with free magazine offers, got my credit card number somewhere, and now they charge me for that. I feel like I fell in a trap. What can I do to get them off my tail?
Click here to see all the other Rip-off Reports on BUY.COM / NSS Magazine Fraud
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1579, Report:
#7404
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2001
NSS Magazines ripoff
I got charged for magazines I didn't even order and when I tried to contact them, their number was disconnected. My bank is looking into it.
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1580, Report:
#1029598
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2001
NSS Magazines - Very bad business! full of crap!
Don't believe in those free magazines. You must read all the fine print. If it says No obligation, they are full of crap!
You are obligated to end the subscription before the free ones run out. I got charged for $222 and got magazines I did not even ask for. Beware of the s...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1581, Report:
#7338
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2001
BUY.COM/NSS Magazine Fraud *Link to many other victims
This was sent to the Kentucky Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection:
RE: Our phone conversation of Thursday October 25, I am providing details of transactions I deem unethical and their history. The first transaction with Buy.com was as expected. The product was delivere...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
1582, Report:
#7270
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2001
NSS-MAGAZINE SERVICE CENTER RIPOFF -ILLINOIS, UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES TO MY CREDIT CARD FOR MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS!!!
I recently got my credit card statement and saw two unauthorized charges shown as: NSS* ......MAGZN 800-927-9578 for $24.97 and also: NSS* ......MAGAZINE 800-927-9578 for $15.00. These were magazines that I had recieved free as part of a membership to a group listing on the internet...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1583, Report:
#7279
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2001
NSS Magazine Rip-off
Ok here's the deal, they automatically bill your credit card with a renewal for a magazine subscription. You have to call this number and actually talk responses into the phone to get your money back. I did this then called back and pushed zero to talk to an operator. She confirm...
Entity
Categories: Media
1584, Report:
#7255
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2001
NSS*Magazine taking money out of my account
I have a Visa Buxx card that my sister got for me and i was checking my balance on October 22, 2001 when i noticed some purchases that I didnt make. NSS* Magazine charged me $19.55 and then $13.80 for no apparent reason. That wasn't the first time either, on September 29, 2001, the...
Entity
Categories: Online banking
1585, Report:
#7217
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2001
NSS Magazine Rip-Off
I too have been ripped off by NSS free subscriptions. If you are having problems with the automated voice system, press zero after the first option. You can choose to be connected to an operator who can cancel your subscriptions.
They say it will take 1-2 business cycles whic...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1586, Report:
#7212
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2001
NSS USA Rip-off Unauthorized charges to credit card
As with other reports on this web site, I too have had charges made to my credit card in a completely unauthorized way by NSS. I do not even know where they got the number. Since the 1-800 number on my statement is in CT, I have filed a consumer protection complaint with the State...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
1587, Report:
#7171
Posted Date:
Oct 16 2001
NSS Magazines Rip Off
As I have read on www.ripoffreport.com, I too was subjected to the unfair and downright underhanded scheming of NSS Magazines.
I signed up for a free, eight-issue trial of Men's Health and Rolling Stone magazines, on July 19, 2001. I received my first issues of these magazines i...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
1588, Report:
#7086
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2001
NSS Rip-off Magazines--I never ordered these-they were a FREE trial
I was offered 3 magazines as part of an Internet survey. When I checked my Visa Debit Card I was charged for $75.00 worth of magazines.
I was also charged for a year of TV Guide even though I sent back notice after notice with the words Cancel Subscription.
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
1589, Report:
#6812
Posted Date:
Sep 25 2001
NSS Magazine ripps me off too!
Ok, I am angry.
Again I will state that the original (free) subscription did not mention anything of an automatic renewal at full price after one year.
I have filed a fraud complaint with my bank. This company stated that they would refund my charges in 1-2 billing cycles (60...
Entity
Categories: Internet
1590, Report:
#6732
Posted Date:
Sep 22 2001
NSS Magazines Rip Off Scam
Like one of the other reports, I too received a free subscription to a few magazines of my choice. Terms of the agreement were for three free issues of three titles of my choice. Nowhere in the agreement did it say I would be billed after the trial was over. How they received my cre...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1591, Report:
#6620
Posted Date:
Sep 17 2001
unauthorized charge from NSS Magazine on my credit card
I received my credit card statement and found an unauthorized charge from NSS magazine for $50.00. I phone in that 1-800 number on the statement right away, but it was some kindof an automatic response, no real person to take care of a problem. That shows they really plan to rip-o...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1592, Report:
#6548
Posted Date:
Sep 13 2001
NSS Magazines won't cancel
I was just charged $81 by these losers and I have no way of getting it back or anything. I got that same advertisement from a Capital One ad and I also had brushed it off as I read in some other reports because it was free, right? Uh-uh. I'm being billed $81 for magazines I don't re...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
1593, Report:
#6451
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2001
NSS Magazines- Unauthorized Charges
In June of 2001 I received a promotional offer via email for a free viewing of magazines from NSS Magazines, along with some other promotional items from other companies that I ordered with my debit card. I didn't read the fine print and a couple of days later realized that I was...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
1594, Report:
#6426
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2001
NSS MAGAZINES GETS CC NUMBERS W/OUT PERMISSION! Credit Card Fraud!
I guess I'll first start off with my day of confusion!!!! I had a call from a company that will remain nameless ffor protection, but was told I would get another phonecall for verification, about a sweepstakes entry. (Before I go on, let me make clear this co. did nothing wrong!!!!)...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1595, Report:
#6347
Posted Date:
Aug 25 2001
NSS Magazines unauthorized charges -thank you rip-off report, they almost got me too
Thanks to your web site, I know that I have to take decisive action against NSS Magazine Service Center, or they will continue to charge magazine subscriptions against my credit card without sending me a renewal notice.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff5828.htm
Edwar...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1596, Report:
#5828
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2001
NSS Magazines unauthorized ripoff charges
I received an ad for a free magazine subscription through my bank, Wells Fargo. It said that because I had just opened an account, I could get a free year's subscription. I read it carefully to see if it was one of those first year free, automatic renewal deals, because I do not p...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
1597, Report:
#4352
Posted Date:
Feb 02 2001
Lawyer Ralph Bastian cheated us out of $400,000 ..and he was our friend
Our lawyer friend of 30 years cheated us out of $400,000
My husband and I inherited a business property, the San Anselmo Hotel, from my father in 1974, and in 1979 we took in our friend. Ralph Bastian, a wealthy San Francisco personal injury lawyer, as a partner. He purchased ...
Entity
Categories: Lawyers
1598, Report:
#1714
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Insurance Company's Muscle, Depleteing Small Businss Retirement Funds
My father and I own a small business. We've operated together for 27 years. We began a small profit sharing plan and have religously deposited. In 1995 we transfered approx. 1million to the New England. The program, as we later discovered, was sold to us by an UnLicensed Agent. T...
Entity
Categories: Insurance Companies