2, Report:
#1440942
Posted Date:
May 01 2018
Highlights Magazine They put cards in the children's magazines to scratch off cute picture for free gift. Well the gifts (thin puzzle books) come and the kids get excited and then a bill is sent to grandparent or parent. Especially loathsome since this is supposed to be for kids. Internet
They put cards in the children's magazines to scratch off cute picture for free gift. Well the gifts (thin puzzle books) come and the kids get excited and then a bill is sent to grandparent or parent. Especially loathsome since this is supposed to be for kids. Tricking children an...
Entity
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers
3, Report:
#1212391
Posted Date:
Feb 28 2015
Highlights Magazine Puzzle Buzz Mailer claiming free gift offer, true costs hidden Columbus Ohio
I am a subscriber to highlights magazine for my two children, I've loved highlights since I read it myself as a child. However, my feelings toward this brand have definitely changed after receiving a bait and switch mailer from them today.
The mailer is a preview copy of Puzzle Buzz...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
4, Report:
#1072492
Posted Date:
Aug 02 2013
Highlights Kids Magazine Puzzle Books Highlights Magazine Puzzle Books Puzzle Buzz PuzzleMania Honesdale Pennsylvania
I Recevied a call from Highlights Magazine company today about purchasing a Puzzle Buzz Magazine, while the lady was explaining the magazine, I could hear a man in the background yelling at what sounded like another person saying No, You Dont Get a Break, Dont Even Start That, he wa...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
5, Report:
#903671
Posted Date:
Jun 27 2012
E.Clipse Reaction Corp. ECR Door to door fraud Ft. Worth, Texas
A man came to our door in February selling magazines. He said it was for a company that helped get struggling youth on their feet and you could purchase for yourself or donate magazines to a hospital (e.g., Highlights magazine to a children's cancer ward).
My husband purchased Pe...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
6, Report:
#833618
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2012
Marquis Fulfillment Agency Titanium Sales, Inc. UC Davis Rugby fundraiser San Franicsco, California
Ken Soloman claimed to be a UC Davis Rugby player raising money for a trip to Australia selling educational textbooks for Benneof Children's Hospital. These were actually a Highlights magazine claimed to be a 2 1/2 year subscription. He had no documentation to link UC Da...
Entity
Categories: Door to Door Sales
7, Report:
#618933
Posted Date:
Jun 30 2010
Highlights Magazine RMCB Collection Agency, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. Received BOGUS COLLECTION NOTICE for subscription never ordered/never sent! I called/researched-It's a SCAM! They send an UNREQUESTED sample followed up with scary, official-looking COLLECTION NOTICE, Elmsford, New York
I received an urgent, official-looking COLLECTION NOTICE for $24.84 from RMCB Collection Agency today for a Highlights Magazine (Highlights High Five) subscription that I didn't order and never received.I have absolutely no debt so obviously became concerned right away about the eff...
Entity
Categories: Newspapers – Magazines
9, Report:
#347101
Posted Date:
Jul 03 2008
Worldwide Readers Services Inc. Ripped off on Highlights magazine order from door to door salesmen Miami Florida
On Nov 29, 2007 two young afro-american student-looking youngsters came to my door in the evening and told me they were working towards scholarships for education and they just needed a couple more magazine orders. They took my check, crossed out the phone number on the invoice and ...
Entity
Categories: Sales People