1, Report:
#1351669
Posted Date:
Jan 24 2017
Vivial/Berry Company Fraudulent billing, unauthorized services, harrasment by bill collector attorney Nationwide
The Berry Company contacted our church about advertising in a yellow pages. The representative was explicitly told that no approval was given, that our policy dictates that we obtain approval from the church council and that they were not to proceed. They proceeded anyway, and b...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
2, Report:
#1123047
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2014
The berry Company Berry Advertising rebilling for directories that where paid off,Changing bills with a confirmation number to make it look like I owe more money. Dayton Ohio
Do not use this company! There billing is so screwed up it is unreal. Every year I pay my bills in full. At the start of the next year I get a bill from the previous year which was paid in full. I give them my confirmation numbers and pay off quotes and they say ,oh the bill is actu...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
3, Report:
#1098312
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2013
The Berry Company Berry Cahnged my business name on hundreds of online local buiness listings and advertises my busiess falsley Dayton Ohio
The Berry company has created hundreds of online listings that falsley advertise my services, they changed my business name. They changed local listings that I created and made changes with missinformation that I did not provide them.
I hired Berry to build a legal accurate websit...
Entity
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
4, Report:
#1095467
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2013
The Berry Company BerryBerry Co Created and published a website for my business without ever asking me what business is or does. The entire website was false and falsly advertsed my business Englewood Colorado
Entity
Categories: Unusual Rip-Off
5, Report:
#1078666
Posted Date:
Aug 24 2013
The Berry Company Automatic renewal without signatures they refusal to end contract based out of Matthews North Carolina
We have been a small local buisness in the Jamestown Ny area for 32+ years. For the majority of that time we had Alltel, which is now Windstream, for our local phone service and phone book advertising.
Every year the sales reps would make an appointment. We would come to an agreemen...
Entity
Categories: Body Work & Repair
6, Report:
#1042429
Posted Date:
Apr 12 2013
The Berry Company Does Yellow Page advertising for Centurytel Phone Company in Columbia Missouri Englewood, Colorado
The saleman misrepresented himself and charged me for yellow page.com advertising after I told him I did not wont that inferior product! He stated he would give it to me for free. Deceptive code initials in the contract allowed me to be changed heavily for the service I didnt allow....
Entity
Categories: Internet Fraud
7, Report:
#1040608
Posted Date:
Apr 04 2013
The Berry Company Absoultely ineffective, deceptive advertising Dayton, Ohio
They gave me 6 month contract that auto renews. Getting them to cancel is near impossible. Worst of all, it is internet marketing and SEM services that are 100% ineffective. Hard to deal with, hard to understand. A HUGE waste of money.
Entity
Categories: Internet Services
8, Report:
#962618
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2012
The Berry company The Berry company continues to auto renew my one line advertising listing, after i verbally cancelled and sent a notice of cancellation a year ago.... Dayton, Ohio
After i called and verbally asked not to renew my phone book advertisement, and sent a notice of cancellation in July of 2011.... they went ahead and auto-renewed my listing for another year without my verbal or written consent.
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
9, Report:
#961064
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2012
Berry Advertising Th Berry Company Deceptive Trade Practice and False Advertising Dayton, Ohio
The Berry Company uses local yellow pages or phone companies to solicit their website services. They ask you to authorize the Berry Company to build your website but promise that you will not pay unless, or until the website is to your satisfaction. This is necessary bec...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
10, Report:
#949101
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2012
The Berry Company Berry Billing for unathorized services; customer service unable to reverse unathorized charges; incompetent customer service Hudson, Ohio
The Berry Company began charging my business over $200 more per month than the contract we had singed for yellow page advertising through Windstream. This continued for almost a year and there was not a single person in customer service who could tell me why or who was able to...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
11, Report:
#947541
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2012
berry company a ponsi scheme total rip off lexington, Kentucky
the berry company is a total ponzi scheme, a total rip off, my son's contract is up with these scam artist, but, they extended his contract without his approval,will have to call the attorney generals office in frankfort, ky, and hire an attorney to stop these people.
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
12, Report:
#944748
Posted Date:
Sep 21 2012
The Berry Company They make you believe they are here to help you. But in fact they lie and scam you. Never do business with these people!!! I have 2 other friends that had the same problem and lawyers were hired . honlolulu, Hawaii
I was approached by two men from the Berry Co, they wanted to show me how they could inprove my business. I had told them my husband died in an accident 2 years to the date and was trying to save a business my husband started.
They told me to let them show me how they could help be...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
13, Report:
#927350
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2012
The Berry Company Local Insight Yellow Pages Beware! This company is has deceptive and fradulent billing practices. I have been trying to resolve billing and contrract issues with the for over a year with multiple telephone calls and letters. Dayton, Ohio
I can't emphasize enough the aggravation this company has caused me over the past two years beginning with bills coming each month, sometimes two a month, claiming I had asked for advertising with their company. Then came the weekly phone calls at all hours of the day and even...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
14, Report:
#926568
Posted Date:
Aug 13 2012
The Berry Company Change conditions - won't cancel account , Internet
The Berry Company called me in 2009 to sell my yellow pages advertising. I agreed. No mention of any particular terms, just a monthly fee.
In Aug of 2010 I called to cancel the account. I was told that it was canceled and everything seemed fine. But I cont...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
15, Report:
#836148
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2012
the Berry company Billing issues. took over my free yp.com account and billing me for it dayton, Ohio
I signed up on YP.com for a FREE listing march 2011. I tried to delete my listing a few days ago. when I loged into yp.com the site said I need to call their 800 number and this is what I was told, AT&T (owners of yp.com) said that I need...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
16, Report:
#818488
Posted Date:
Jan 05 2012
The Berry Company LLC Horrible customer service, unauthorized renewals, unauthorized price changes Dayton, Ohio
The Berry Company handles the yellow page advertising for numerous smaller town directories in our area. However in the last year their customer service has been nothing short of horrible. Berry doubled the listing cost for one town, over doubled ...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
17, Report:
#817485
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2012
The Berry Company -P4P- Pay for Performance Scam. Dayton Ohio
About a year ago last February (2010) I had made several phone calls to set-up my business with a simple (2) line add in the local yellow pages (Flathead County, MT) and eventually was directed to the Berry Company who handled the yellow pages for Centurytel and w...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
18, Report:
#810500
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2011
The Berry Company Unwanted services through Frontier Communications Rochester, New York
After 5 years of dealing with the Berry Company and Frontier Communications, I changed phone companies to get rid of them both. They are viruses. My monthly business phone bill was twice what it should have been because I was being billed for Optional services; the services of the B...
Entity
Categories: Telephone Companies
19, Report:
#805731
Posted Date:
Dec 06 2011
the berry company Deceptive billing practices Dayton Ohio
I have been having an on going dispute with The Berry Company. They keep billing for services I don't believe I asked for. I have asked for proof of that I had ordered the services for advertising. They have been unable to provide that proof.Every time they just hang up on me by say...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
20, Report:
#776184
Posted Date:
Sep 13 2011
The Berry Company Local Insight Media False Billing and deceptive practices Hudson, Ohio
I have been having an on going dispute with The Berry Company. They keep billing for services I don't believe I asked for. I have asked for proof of that I had ordered the services for advertising. They have been unable to provide that proof.
They have since sent the bill to coll...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
21, Report:
#736500
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2011
The Berry Company LM Berry Company bogus lawsuit Dayton, Ohio
In 2006, I was sued by the Berry Company for advertising I had never requested nor authorized for yellow page ads appearing in a 2004 Orange County Frontierpages for a business that I had closed in 2001 and for which I had written proof that the phone was turned off at the same time...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
22, Report:
#717901
Posted Date:
May 20 2011
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The Berry Company Worst customer service I have ever had!!! Dayton, Ohio
From leaving my phone number out of the local phone book to my current problem of stopping internet advertising, the Berry Company has caused my business nothing but problems. In December 2010 my ad disappeared on the internet. After numerous calls I still have no explan...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
23, Report:
#704546
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2011
Berry Company Kevin Albrecht Didn't want same contract & stated, cancelled service did not support business, no contact, billed without explanation, turned over to collections. Moraine, Ohio
I had reported this company for its deceptive business practices through the BBB. We had paid for our year of outrageous service which did not benefit us. When they called to renew I indicated I did not want the same service as it was outrageously priced and we received ...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
24, Report:
#692558
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2011
Local Insight Media of Denver The Berry Company LLC /for Windstream Yellow Pages, LocalInsightmedia.com Unhappy Business Customer in Lake County ,Ohio, USA Englewood, Colorado
Being at the end of my annual contract with The Berry Company LLC for print (Windstream Yellow Pages Directory) and online advertising for my small business operation. How anyone can run a rip-off scam like this and get away with it in this day and age is beyond comprehension...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
25, Report:
#595772
Posted Date:
Apr 23 2010
The Berry Company /for Windstream Yellow Pages Local Insight Yellow Pages Auto-renewed at a higher rate without contacting me Internet
In 2008, I signed up for Yellow Pages advertising with the local Windstream Yellow Pages. I met with a local representative and we worked out a one-year advertising plan. In 2009 Windstream Yellow Pages was bought by Berry and operations were moved out of state. Due to e...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies