1, Report:
#1496041
Posted Date:
Jun 05 2020
synapse 8777891194 Image Synapse If you’re having trouble cancelling on your own, you can also try this online cancellation service: Cancel Online Synapse is the largest consumer magazine company in the United States. It was founded in 1991 by Jay S. Walker and Michael Loeb. The original name was NewSub Magazine Service LLC. In 2000, the company was changed to Synapse Group, Inc. The current President is Scott Macon. The parent company is Meredith Corporation. The headquarters are located in Stamford, CT. Synapse distributes over 700 magazines from major publishers (including Hearst Corporation, Conde Nast Publications, Meredith Corporation, and Time Inc). The company was acquired by Time Inc. in 2006. In 2016, Synapse Group acquired Bizrate Insights, which is a market research company. Synapse employs over 200 people and has a revenue of over $400 million. apse Group also is partnered with various magazine subscription services. Magazine Discount Center, Mags for Miles, and freebizmag are websites for people who love magazines. sent golf mag a sub for 3 years $30; cancelled by synapse and replaced by a one year order. golf says call synapse, spectrum says call golf, round and round and round,no resoution Stanford conn
severalletters to and from GOLF and SYNAPSE; eaach tells me to call the other. NO reoslution escept did receive a subscription for one year
Entity
synapse 8777891194
Categories: magazine subscription
2, Report:
#1401244
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2017
The Hearst Corporation Sending 2nd Invoices for unpaid balances for gift subscriptions with very shaming language insisting that I owe unpaid balances. They have done this with Town and Country and Veranda magazine. Harlan, Iowa
The Hearst Corporation is sending bogus 2nd invoice notices for gift subscriptions that people have never sent. They are trying to shame or trick people to pay bills for a subscription that was never requested.
I have received this week a second unpaid account balance for Town &...
Entity
The Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
3, Report:
#1111809
Posted Date:
Dec 31 2013
Hearst Corp Seventeen Magazine Hearst Corporation Magazine Subcription Rip-Off Harlan Iowa
I just received a subscription invoice for Seventeen Magazine saying that 'Payment Now Due' and it is addressed to my parents! I'm 48 years old lol! I bought a year of Seventeen Magazine for my niece one year ago. I did not renew it this year and ignored all the subscrip...
Entity
Hearst Corp
Categories: Mail Order Services
4, Report:
#1109712
Posted Date:
Dec 27 2013
A&E Anti American TV station (anti American because they hate free speech and hate the first amendment) New York
A&E is an Anti-American television channel. The rationale behind calling them as anti American is simple: They censor those who have religious beliefs. They censor those who oppose homosexuality. A&E fired Phil Robertson simply because he said that he believed that hom...
Entity
A&E
Categories: Bigamist
5, Report:
#1095040
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2013
The Hearst Corporation Sent me an invoice for a magazine I didn't order Harlan Iowa
I received a letter from The Hearst Corporation stating:
We extended you the priviledge of paying later for your subscription. By entering into this agreement we anticipated that you would remit a payment when billed. The balance outanding is now several months past due. We ha...
Entity
The Hearst Corporation
Categories: News Media
6, Report:
#1092287
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2013
The Hearst Corporation Invoicing Bureau billed me for subscription renewal I didn't request; threatening collections if I didn't pay. Harlan Iowa
This company has continued to bill me for a renewal subscription to O Magazine, which I did not request.
The notice is titled, Credit & Collections Department which is intended to make one believe that their credit is going to be affected if the bill is not paid. In fact, I wa...
Entity
The Hearst Corporation Invoicing Bureau
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
7, Report:
#1089421
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2013
Hearst Corporation Country Living Magazine repeatedly sending me bills for magazine subscription I have already paid for Harlan Iowa
I paid for 10 issues in June 2012. I was sent an invoice for subscription services/renewal notice beginning early this year, 2013, which I ignored because I had no plans to renew. I continued to get invoices in the mail, so I sent one invoice notice back to them with cancel written ...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
8, Report:
#1070967
Posted Date:
Jul 29 2013
Popular Mechanics Hearst Corporation Unrequested Subscriptions Harlan Iowa
July 2013Popular Mechanics has created an Orwellian business plan that counts on their subscribers to unknowingly agree to receive their magazine IN PERPETUITY. The company then follows up with readers who fail to pay for a service that they never ordered with a series o...
Entity
Popular Mechanics
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
9, Report:
#1044468
Posted Date:
Apr 19 2013
Hearst Corporation. Town & Country scam, sent invoice for subscription to magazine that i did not authorize harlan, Iowa
I received a notice from the Credit and Collections department of Town and Country magazine. I had previously paid for a 1 year subscription to the magazine, I de cided not to renew the subscription. The notice said Your delinquent account has been brought to my attention. this is...
Entity
Hearst Corporation. Town & Country
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
10, Report:
#1025786
Posted Date:
Mar 09 2013
Popular Mechanics Hearst Corporation All subscriptions are classified 'auto-renewal', if renewal $$ not sent promptly, threatening letters are sent Harlan, Iowa
A couple months before my subscription to Popular Mechanics was going to expire I began receiving odd invoices from various companies to renew at an inflated price. The 'invoice' did not show any relevant data, when the subscription would expire, how long the renewal was for, how ma...
Entity
Popular Mechanics
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
11, Report:
#974422
Posted Date:
Nov 27 2012
The Hearst Corporation B. Fichtel Sent me an invoice for renewal of a subscription to O magazine that I did not request/order. Internet, Iowa
I received an invoice for subscription services for O magazine for one year in the amount of $10.00. The actual total was $15.00 but, I was offered a $5.00 discount. I did not request a renewal for the magazine and I never ask to be billed...
If I requested a renewal of the...
Entity
The Hearst Corporation
Categories: News Media
12, Report:
#707670
Posted Date:
Nov 06 2012
Hearst Corporation Hearst Magazines deceitful renewal of Cosmopolitan & Redbook magazine subscriptions; fraudulent invoicing tactics Harlan, Iowa
I received several invoices from Hearst Magazines that I didn't think I owed. My husband placed a Cosmopolitan magazine subscription on line for me in April, 2010. Knowing him, I thought it odd that he would not have paid at the same time.
January 201...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
13, Report:
#709792
Posted Date:
Oct 20 2012
The Hearst Corporation Invoicing Bureau Invoicing Bureau Scam Harlan, Indiana
I received an invoice today for a subscription to Cosmopolitan which I previously cancelled with Cosmopolitan months ago. Today's invoice is from The Hearst Corporation Invoicing Bureau thanking me for being a part of their Continuous Service Program-NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!In addition t...
Entity
The Hearst Corporation Invoicing Bureau
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
14, Report:
#172484
Posted Date:
Jul 17 2012
CRC Of The Central Coast scam rude dumb San Luis Obispo California
I recieved a letter from this company. The envelope was titled CRC of the Central Coast. The papers inside say they belong to Raders hoice. Another aka I assume. The letter states that they teamed up with the Hearst corporation. Upon research, I found that a class action lawsuit...
Entity
CRC Of The Central Coast
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
15, Report:
#828185
Posted Date:
Jan 25 2012
Hearst Corporation O magazine deception, fraud, illegal billing and threats for collection New York, Internet
I clicked into an ad for a contest on the Oprah site and got a message thanking me for a one year subscription order. It said they woud bill me or I could pay then. I never did figure out what happened to the prize contest but I did pay for a 1 year subscription.
A year has...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Computer Fraud
16, Report:
#674183
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2012
Hearst Corporation Popular Mechanics Scary Hearst salesman called my very young son on phone, harrassed him as I listened.I taught son to say norepeatedly to salesman. I got on phone & said NO. Hearst claims he subscribed. Threaten us Harlan, Iowa
Children Beware of Hearst Corporation. Bullying phone saleman for Hearst is trying to ruin my 12 year old son's credit for $9.97! Last year, my 12 year old son received a phone call from a bullying man trying to get him to subscribe to Popular Mechanics.As I listened to my son strug...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: News Media
17, Report:
#811814
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2012
Hearst Corporation Invalid subscription billings Internet
i ordered country living for one year and paid my bill on time i got country living off and on then contact hearst corp. the mag. began to come again i paid for one year.i then got a bill for another year but did not order for the subscription. having to call new york after several ...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
18, Report:
#766362
Posted Date:
Aug 17 2011
Oprah Magazine Hearst Corporation They break promises, provide useless offers to right a wrong, and dont know how to address envelopes. New York, New York
It appears that the great and mighty Oprah runs an organization with a totally incompetent customer service department. This is pretty hypocritical, considering how much preaching she does about healthy relationships, showing caring for others,being an angel, etc.
The seque...
Entity
Oprah Magazine
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
19, Report:
#754574
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2011
Hearst Corporation House Beautiful Magazine Invoiced for Continuous Service Program Harlan, Iowa
I received an invoice today from Hearst Corporation Invoice Bureau regarding my subscription to House Beautiful Magazine. I was being thanked for choosing to be part of their Continuous Service Program and that they had notified me my renewal to House B...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Architects & Designers
20, Report:
#732789
Posted Date:
May 25 2011
Hearst Corporation G.L Valk, Vice President Hearst Magazine Scam, Payment Past Due Harlan, Iowa
I received a letter in the mail today from Hearst Magazines, a unit of the Hearst Corporation that stated...When you ordered your subscription with the convenience of being billed later, we fully believed you would send payment upon receipt of your invoice.
I never authoriz...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
21, Report:
#711092
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2011
Hearst Corporation More Magazine Rip-Offs! Harlan, Iowa
I received an invoice from the Hearst Corp thanking me to choosing to be a part of their Continuous Service Program and saying they had recently processed my renewal to Food Network Magazine as they had previously notified me about.I never chose to be part of their Continuous S...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
22, Report:
#695411
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2011
Hearst Corporation Country Living Magazine Sent a bill claiming I subscribed. I didn't. Internet
Bogus invoice with Country Living Magazine in letterhead. Claims I subscribed and asking for a $12.00 payment or an online payment at pay.countryliving.com. Also offering a savings to pay in advance for 20 issues at $24.00.
Provided an unstamped envelope address...
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
23, Report:
#657256
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2010
Hearst Corporation -Good Housekeeping Magazine Continuous Service Program Harlan , Iowa
I received a billing for a subscription through a Continuous Service Program for Good Housekeeping Magazine which I did not sign for and do not want. It is obvious the only crooks who need a Continuous Service Program are magazine publishers. I don't think it has come to the point t...
Entity
Hearst Corporation -Good Housekeeping Magazine
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
24, Report:
#644966
Posted Date:
Sep 28 2010
Hearst Corporation Renewal to country living has been processed. Payment is now due. Enclose your check etc. Red Oak, Iowa
Received a invoice. They stated I renewed a subscription. They wrote payment is now due to enclose a check with the invoice. I did not reorder this magazine.
Entity
Hearst Corporation
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
25, Report:
#639952
Posted Date:
Sep 13 2010
The Hearst Corporation Pay up, whether you ordered it or not!!! Harlan, Iowa
I have, in the past, hads a subscription to Country Living magazine. When it expired, I decided I did not want to renew, so I didn't.
I received a letter stating that my subscription was about to expire. I did nothing.
Just today, I received a red and white, rather int...
Entity
The Hearst Corporation
Categories: Sales People