1, Report:
#1381659
Posted Date:
Jun 27 2017
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Great American Readers refuses to cancel subscription Horrible customer service; rude people; demand full payment before cancelling subscriptions Bloomington Minnesota
Daniel, Whitney, Texas - I have been trying to cancel my scription with Great American reader for three months, and every time I talk to them on the phone their only response is pay your entire bill, and then we will cancel it - that is not just the payments I have not made in the l...
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Categories: Telemarketers
2, Report:
#1368703
Posted Date:
Apr 20 2017
Great American Readers Rip off company--Charges $998 for subscription to 5 mags--You can only cancel for 7 days??? Bloomington Minnesota
I received a phone call telling me I won $250 in Gift cards but I had to agree to take a magazine subscription for 5 years of 5 magazines that would cost 3 payments of $49.90. WHen I began receiving the magazinesonly 2 of the 5 were what I had ordered. I called to cancel when I ...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
3, Report:
#1339659
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2016
Great American Readers FRAUD Bloomington Nationwide
I received a phone call from a woman telling me I won $250 in giftcards and that I just had to order some magazines that would be lower then in store. I was distracted, and she wouldn't stop calling. Like many others, I just wanted to get off the phone. I intended to cancel in the n...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
4, Report:
#1325063
Posted Date:
Aug 28 2016
Great american readers Unauthorized money withdraw Orlando Flordia
I recieved a call on 08/20/16 saying that I won some type of prize. I never authorized anyone too take 49.50$ from my account but a week later I was reviewing my transaction history and there it was.
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
5, Report:
#1255094
Posted Date:
Sep 15 2015
Great American Readers they want me to pay and they are threaatning me.i don't want their service. Bloomington, Minnesota Nationwide
they promised me a megazin and gift cards and they had me pay but i never got a thing from them. They want me to pay for this month also saying i will recive service after 3 weeks of payment.
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
6, Report:
#1077501
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2014
Great American Readers Gift Card and Magazine Scam Bloominton Minnesota
On August 9, 2013, I received a telephone call at 5:30pm saying that I had just won $250 in gift cards. I was so excited because I'm a college student and I could us those gift cards on textbooks, clothes, and dorm room supplies. The rep was extremely nice and told me that she was n...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
7, Report:
#1100965
Posted Date:
Jun 16 2014
Great American Readers Po change current magazines to something different on current account. American Readers opened a whole new account instead. Bloomington Minnesota
Great American Readers added whole new account when I specifically ask to change type of magazines currently receiving.We moved from Troy, Al to Pike Road (sold house and now live Iin Apt). Payments had been bank draft and when we moved we switched banks and then switched back...
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
8, Report:
#1017090
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2013
great american readers Have been very methodical in scamming me Bloomington, Minnesota
This company is telling me that I owe them 1000$ for a
service that was not explained to me. They have gone on and on about what they
cannot change. 10,000 people online have commented that this is a scam service.
They have repeatedly negated any and all conversation regarding ...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
9, Report:
#951766
Posted Date:
Oct 06 2012
Great American Readers i received a text for a free $100 walmart gift card. i call the number and they say i need to purchase 1 magazine for $17.27x4 magazines. they said it was a one time purchase and i would not be under bloomington, Minnesota
i received a random text message for a free $100 walmart gift card. So i called the number that was with the text message. I went through a process of asking them how to obtain the gift card and they wanted me to purchase 4 magazines for a one time price of $17.27. I told them no th...
Entity
Categories: News Media
10, Report:
#950275
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2012
Great American Readers I have been unknowingly been sold excess accounts on top of a too good to be true, you won $1000, if you... Bloomington, Minnesota
When I was 20 years old I received a phone call from some random company stating that I had just won $1000 shopping spree. I accepted the $1000 shopping spree; what 20 year old wouldn't? I was put under contract, with tape recorded authorization, that I was willing to pay ...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
11, Report:
#933695
Posted Date:
Aug 28 2012
Great American Readers, LLC Brad Sr. Account Manager ID# 6210 vague, misleading, doesn't accurately explain what you're buying, refuses to cancel for bogus reasons, THIS IS A SCAM!!! Bloomington, Minnesota
So basically, you shop at Walmart enough and eventually you'll get a text message saying you've won a $250 Walmart gift voucher, call this number to redeem. So you call them up and they say Oh, all you have to do is give us a bit of information and we'll send that out to you and whe...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
12, Report:
#923331
Posted Date:
Aug 06 2012
Great American Readers Blue whale publications To Good to be True Bloomington, Minnesota
I was contacted by Great American Readers with an offer really hard to resist, i will get magazines for 48 months, the magazines i want just paying $45.00 a month for 28 months and the 20 missing months free of charge, plus a $500 bonus to buy food or a $100 Old Navy bonus, which i ...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
13, Report:
#922453
Posted Date:
Aug 04 2012
Great American Readers llc The Co. claims to be sending a voucher for $250.00 for Wall Mart if you buy 4 magazine subcriptions they then where not to take money from my bank account untill Monday 08/04 12 ,however they did it r Bloomington, Minnesota
Great American Readers called me inforing me I was chosen to recieve $250.00 to spend at Wall Mart. They then talked me into sudscriding to four magazines for wich they where not to atke money from my account untill Monday 08/06/2012, however they...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
14, Report:
#869212
Posted Date:
Apr 16 2012
Great American Readers Company Bloomington. MI Rude and Condesceding....What didn't they tell you? Bloomington , Minnesota
The company does not tell you that you can not cancel the subscription. I called and tried and was belittled and degraded by a supervisor. I was told that I did not know how to do my job and he was doing his. He has no clue what my job is. The customer service rep. argued with me be...
Entity
Categories: Liars
15, Report:
#859642
Posted Date:
Mar 26 2012
Great American Readers GAR scam, oversold, customer has no recourse, deceptive in how they call you Bloomington, Minnesota
Company utilizes fast talking, sales reps for initial call, lays a guilt trip on you if you say no to their 5 magazine offer, 20 month payments and subscription is 48 months touts that publishers will give you free magazines along with your initial 5, you can change at anytime. ...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
16, Report:
#834704
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2012
Your Magazine Publisher Inc FRAUD Roseville, Minnesota
February 4, 2012, i recieved a letter of collections from Your Magazine Publisher Inc. Stating that i had a past due balance of $299.40. My pay in full balance was $948.10. I called this number 877-256-5762 and spoke to a woman claiming her name was Sarah Brown. I explained to ...
Entity
Categories: Weightloss Programs
17, Report:
#830753
Posted Date:
Jan 29 2012
great american readers unavailable by phone=deceitful, dishonest, blatant lie excelsior, Minnesota
This company promised to send 1000 dollar gift card, which I never got.. All I got was a 25 dollar gift certificate to a restaurant in CT.. Also never got the magazines I requested- Got all different titles. Cannot reach them by phone to complain....
Entity
Categories: Attorney Generals
18, Report:
#819671
Posted Date:
Jan 08 2012
Great American readers I am making 2 payments because of overlapping subscriptions. One was for $35/month the other was $60/month. The $35/month was supposed to stop in November and i am still being charged. Minneapolis, Minnesota
A while ago I signed up for a magazine subscription with great american readers (GAR) and was paying $35/month. While I was paying for that, I was not receiving the magazines I asked for and I was getting magazines i did not want. After a year or so I talked with a service rep and t...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
19, Report:
#815222
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2011
Great American Readers They caught me up in a scam,i was telling the man i didnt want the deal and he kelp on talking,and i was falling asleep because i have sleep apnea,so they got me in there scam. Bloomington, Minnesota
these people are a big ripoff,they told me the pay ments was only33.00 for three months and told me i could canel if not satisfied.now they say i owe 900.00.People like that should be behind bars,takeing advantige of people.
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
20, Report:
#417864
Posted Date:
Dec 28 2011
Blue Whale Publications And Great American Readers Scares Me To Have A Card Bloomington Minnesota
I can not actually remeber when this all started, but they called me wial at work. I was in a hurry to clock in when I got a call from a man named Dwayn who was really nice and told me that I had won a thousand dollor gift ciertifacate for an online shopping spree to a spicific webs...
Entity
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
21, Report:
#809966
Posted Date:
Dec 15 2011
Great American Readers total magazine lock in scam bloomington, Minnesota
I am yet another victim of this company ! They must be well trained at deception and giving mis-leading information.
They catch you up with a promise to cancel at any time, and offer a $100.00 gift card to a number of stores. What they do not explain is that ...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
22, Report:
#800216
Posted Date:
Dec 05 2011
Great American Readers billed for magazines never agreed to recieve Bloomington, Minnesota
Great American Reader claims we entered into a verbal contract for $49/month for 20 months for magazines. We did not, and they cannot provide proof of the contract. In early Oct, noticed a mysterious $49.90 charge for past three months on our mastercard statement. Checked the phone ...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
23, Report:
#785116
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2011
Great American Readers won't let me cancel my subscription and says i will owe over $700!! Internet
I wanted to cancel my magazine subscription and was told i could not.This company called me one day very early. They told me that i could get a magazine subscription for only 39.90 and then i would be mailed a gift card for agreeing. I thought, well thats not a bad deal and i get a ...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
24, Report:
#772808
Posted Date:
Sep 04 2011
Great American Readers Misleading information via phone Bloomington, Minnesota
This company promised so many magazines (one's that I choose) for so much a month and a VISA gift card for $250.00. I get magazines I don't want and have attempted to change them. I also received eight gifts cards totaling $250.00 from places I have never heard of and ca...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
25, Report:
#754253
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2011
Great American Readers readers service Charged to my checking and have no idea for what. Never spoke with anybody about ordering anything Orlando, Florida
I was balancing my checkbook online and noticed a charge from Readers Service 800-2694179 Fl for $49.90. Started doing some research on it. Can't get a hold of anybody there. Never authorized a charge to my account. Never bought anything from them. Some...
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Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau