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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Illegally charged my bank card... Request refund

They charged my bank card illegally. I did not make a purchase., barnes and noble,. 335 russel street, hadley. Ma. 01035

I. Was very polite... The gay man threatned to cal the police... There is a serious problem. To be honest.

Last four of bank card 0910. This pictures today about one hour ago., police are removed for such things... You do. Believe it. No fear at all to tell you the truth. I so solomely. Swear... Send a refund immediately. Or a.S. A.P.

Desired outcome: REFUND.

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Recurring charge $14.99 through bned bartleby learn

My Bank of America virtual assistant showed me all subscriptions the week of 8/21/23 that I was paying a recurring fee for. I saw this BNED Bartley Learn name with a repeating $14.99 charge. As I checked further into it the company name was Barnes & Noble and it reads that I have been paying $14.99/month since 2014. In 2014 I had 2 small kids and caring for a terminally ill mother at this time so I know I did not go to a Barnes and Noble store or website and join a subscription. I am a rather frugal person as I work hard for the little amount of money as I am in rehabilitative healthcare. I am very upset about these false charges and want my money back. I have not used nor benefited from any subscription/ membership with Barnes and Noble. Any help with this is greatly appreciated

Sincerely

Margaret Hough

Desired outcome: Refund

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Stealthy Automatic Renewal of Membership

We rarely select auto renewals for any of our subscriptions. We have been B&N members for several years on and off so we aren't new to B&N membership plans. And the way B&N presents their membership package is for an annual membership plan. B&N staff at the stores are very friendly and kind and perhaps to embarrassed to say that once you sign up you are locked into an auto renewal agreement. We detected this as we called them up to complain and they quickly and nicely tell us how to get the refund and that we will most likely get it. Well, we have a 2022 Membership Fee charged against us and we were simply not aware that we were members. It's really unfair to be charged a membership fee and not be made aware that you are a member. B&N needs to improve their treatment of its members.

Desired outcome: Refund Annual membership fee for 2022.

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Customer service

My name is Sylvia Williams. On Friday, March 24, 2023, I went into the Tallahassee (North Monroe) bookstore to purchase 2 books. I went to the Customer Service desk, there was no one there. I saw that the person was assisting another customer, so I waited. After about 3 minutes, she(Sarah) finished with the customer and she just passed by me at the desk and went straight to the Cafe and began talking to the cafe worker. After they realized that I was not a statute just standing there. I began to walk back to my vehicle. Sarah then left the cafe and asked whether I needed help. At this point, I was a bit irritated, but I told her what books I was looking for. After she begin to assist me, all of a sudden, another sales clerk (orange hair) appeared out of nowhere. Where was she when I was standing there waiting for service? After getting my books and ready to make my purchase, there was a gentleman waiting to check out. Sarah thanked him for waiting. When it was my turn in line, I did not get a thank you or an apology for my waiting. This is not acceptable customer service. I did not enjoy the transaction process. I spent $49.44 to be disrespected.

Desired outcome: The desired outcome is for the salesclerk to treat everyone the same, my money is green and not counterfeit and spend well.

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1:27 pm EST

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Membership and general business practices

Barnes and Noble has very poor business practices and make it extremely difficult to cancel their "membership".

I've been trying to cancel the membership and they are not able to locate the ID for the membership I've been charged for. I tried using their website and the response I got was that I needed to call. Why it's necessary to call to simply get a membership ID is ridiculous. I'm afraid to see how much money I've wasted on this, years-worth possibly!

I tried finding my "Membership ID" on their site to cancel it. You can't, you have to contact them by phone. I called and they can't locate the ID number using my one and only phone number, my email address (which they've had for years) or using my zip code (guessing along with my name). I additionally tried a second time later today via chat and same run-around.

How in the heck can Barnes and Noble charge anyone for a membership that appears to not exist?! Funny how that works. Can't locate the ID but they sure still can charge you for it.

What's also lame is the "renewbn.com/membership" site that clearly shows on the billing statement line item, it is completely worthless and shady. From the very spartan user interface there's no Barnes and Noble account management or membership cancellation options. You can cancel some magazines and get linked to Rocket Money to use their service to try and cancel your membership. Further, my browsing protection identifies the site as "suspect" and it does indeed look pretty sketchy. I don't feel comfortable browsing the renewbn.com site let alone entering personal/financial information, if that was even possible which it's not for anything related to Barnes and Noble.

Desired outcome: - Provide the membership ID that's been used in charging me. - Maximum refund of "membership" fees.- Cancellation of membership.- Removal of all my information from their systems and no further contact.

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4:38 am EST

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Child pornographer books display set up in games & toys area,

On a visit to Barnes & Noble's yesterday, we saw the disgust & shock of customers including my wife & I to see books promoting sexual perversion to children, basic pornography books, most likely written by pedophiles on display in the children's books, games & toy area.

In conversations customers responded with they will never step foot in the store again buy books. What a sick business decision, explains why the company is closing up stores and losing money. Customers said they will be notifying their attorneys and authority's.

Protecto your children and stay away from this business.

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6:21 pm EST

Barnes & Noble Booksellers shipping practices

I just received my order #[protected]. It consisted of a map and one book. The order was very poorly packaged. The book was apparently just thrown in with the map in packaging which was very much too large. Damage to the book, which came open, was several damaged pages. It is still readable thank heavens. You people have never sent me such a ridiculously packaged order in the years I have bought books from you. I hope you will look into this immediately.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Lee Bassler

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers My Barnes & Noble website account

I want my personal account on their website deleted for security reasons. I don't use their site, the account was for a 1 time purchase years ago with a gift card from somebody. There are too many data breaches in the world today and I want my account deleted to protect my personal info. They refused because I don't live in California, whatever that means. They have no right to deny me my request for my account being deleted but they have. I submitted multiple requests to the same email, "Not a California resident" and I even replied to their email they included in the email to deny me the request and it has been 2 weeks without a response now. If this fails too I will continue to take more drastic measures to force my account deleted from their service if I must. I want it gone one way or the other, whether they delete it as requested or I force their hand to ban me from their site. I don't care at this point, I want my personal information deleted and they have no right whatsoever to keep it when I requested it be deleted. I have included a screenshot of their auto response sent stating because I don't live in California they are not deleting my personal information from their site. I have cropped it to edit out all my personal information and only show their response to my request. The email they included in that response is what I responded to 2 weeks ago with no response back.

Desired outcome: I want my account on their website deleted. That's it. I want my account removed for security reasons. It's my personal information they are attempting to hold hostage and they have absolutely no right to do so.

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11:12 pm EDT

Barnes & Noble Booksellers False advertising

On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at about 7:30pm, we went into the Barnes and Noble in Woodinville, WA because you had a chalk sidewalk sign that read, "Book Haul 50% off". Before we went in I looked closely at the sign to make sure it wasn't "for members only" or had some other requirement like, bogo. Nope. Clear as day.

We purchased three books and were charged full price. I told the cashier that your sign states, "50% off". He said it was on select books. I told him that's not what the sign says. He went out, looked at it, came back in and repeated the same phrase, like I didn't hear him or understand. I told him that's false advertising and you need to be very careful. Multimillion dollar lawsuits about false advertising can put a company out of business, just like, "Justice". They were sued and haven't seen one around for almost a decade. He really was kind but nonchalantly told me it's on selected books and disregarded my complaint, like it's not important. We waited around in the parking lot to see if they were going to bring it in or change the words or something to rectify the misleading claim, but no avail.

Pretty disappointed that, even after it was brought to his attention, he left it up! Maybe tell a Supervisor to come take a look, take the sign inside or even modify the price of my purchase while I was still there. Or he could have even apologized for the error, but nothing.

I understand the lack of employees these days. I really do. But there were many chances and ways for this to be rectified and none of them were considered.

He was kind enough, please don't fire him. Train your employees on correct advertising and some correct/multitude of ways to elevate and resolve complaints to keep your members, "Members".

Desired outcome: Please train employees and Supervisors on correct advertising and it's importance. Train your employees on proper and effective ways to resolve complaints.

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Nook trade in attempt

Called customer service, my original nook cannot accept my spouses account because it was initially mine.

My nook is no longer supported but was told it was eligible for a trade in.

Gave all info(email, serial number)

When I called to do the trade in, was told that that serial number was missing but then CS said it was there but needed 1-5 business days to find missing number?

I did not feel comfortable dealing with this CS rep. I now question B &N in their tactics.

Desired outcome: Do the trade in without reps. that misrepresent information they already have.

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2:04 pm EDT

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Membership Autorenewal

Today I opened up my credit card bill to discover a $25 charge from Barnes and Noble. I immediately suspected fraud and contacted my credit card issuer. After looking on Barnes and Noble's website, I discovered that B&N had indeed billed my card for $25 for a membership renewal which I did not authorize. This is very poor business practice and I want my membership discontinued immediately and a full refund of the $25.

Desired outcome: Please discontinue membership and refund $25. I would like a response so the personal information can be given for my refund.

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3:01 pm EST
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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Unauthorized membership renewal

I just checked my bank account and saw that I've been charged a $25 renewal fee for my Barnes & Noble (a month early, which I know is what B&N normally does, but this has always seemed really unnecessary and scammy to me). The thing is, I cancelled this membership months ago. Why am I still listed as a member in their system, why am I still signed up for auto renewal for a membership I tried to cancel, and why do I have this charge on my account?

Desired outcome: I want to be refunded the $25 renewal fee and to have my Barnes & Noble membership cancelled (again).

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2:24 pm EST

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Membership

I bought a bunch of books from B&N. The kind cashier informed me that joining their membership would actually save me money in that single transaction. That was great news. The cashier was also kind enough to inform me that I would be signed up for automatic renewal. I did not want that; so the cashier wrote down the number to call, on a post-it note for me. I called that very same day and canceled the automatic renewal feature. Life was good.

Fast forward 4 years. I transferred money from one of my checking accounts to another in order to pay a bill. Now the original checking account is only used to budget money. I deposit a percentage of my income automatically into said account and transfer it to others when needed. I have not used that account at a place of business in years. I do not have any automatic withdraws authorized on this account. So I felt comfortable withdrawing money from that account and leaving only a dollar or two balance.

Today I was surprised to discover my checking account in the negative after a 25 dollar withdraw from B&N. I called my bank and disputed the transaction. I then called B&N. B&N informed me that I had indeed opened my account in December of 2018, have had no further transactions since and that they have no documentation that I tried to cancel the renewal feature.

Did the original customer service associate mistakenly not cancel the automatic renewal? Idk. How is there no record of it when they record all the calls? Seems fishy. Is this fraud? Seems like it. Will having 75 dollars returned to me change my life? Probably not. How many other people have they done this to? That is a great question. Will B&N rectify the situation? Probably not, but time will tell.

Desired outcome: Give me my money back.

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Vinyl record

I purchased a vinyl record and a book online. The vinyl came in a plastic sleeve, which offers no stability. I understand that isn't B&N fault. My grievance is with why would you put the book inside the shipping cardboard envelop that is made to protect the vinyl. Needless to say the vinyl was warped really bad, pretty much unplayable. So I can return it but have to pay for shipping. Why should I pay for shipping return when it's no fault of mine. Wrote a review but didn't pass the moderation do to it being a shipping issue. Well it left your store like that, its not Fedex's fault. No wonder Amazon is eating everyone lunch.

Desired outcome: Just want to ship it back on their dime and get the same record shipped properly.

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers unauthorized membership

October 2021
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I never authorize a B&N membership on my credit card. This is A fraud and Ilegal. I am not even in their records, I do not have a membership at all.

I can not get though costumer service because I do not have a membership. When I try to talk representative, nobody answer the automatic phone system. It came back asking again for membership

Resolution: cancel the membership (whether it is), and return my money back. This is a fraud

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Customer service

I visited the B & N store in the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, CO this afternoon, looking for the second time for the September Scientific American. The August issue is in the rack. One of the clerks was putting new magazines out, and I asked her if it was possible that the new Scientific American was there in her box. She told me in no uncertain terms that my request not something she would deal with. I asked for help from mangers Joe and Veronica, who clearly didn't care at all about my customer experience. It doesn't take much to make a customer like me to feel listened to. I didn't have that experience. I spend $2000 a year at least on books. I'm someone who values print and hard copies. And I also value even modest customer service. During the pandemic, I shifted from B & N to Amazon, and given the lack of customer service today, I have no reason to return to B & N.

Desired outcome: An apology. Training in customer service for employees. Adjustment in attitude.

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9:00 pm EDT

Barnes & Noble Booksellers I am complaining about a book that I bought but never received.

I bought the book, "Thank You for Arguing" by Jay Heinrichs, on August 11, online expecting it to be delivered on the 18th. I received a confirmation email the same day I bought the item confirming that the book was going to be delivered to my address. I then received a shipping confirmation email stating that the book was on its way. On the 13th I got a billing summary confirming that I was charged, and I received my order number. On Tuesday, August 24th I was informed that the item was successfully delivered but I, in fact, did not receive the book.

Order Number: #[protected]
Tracking Number: 1LSCXH300015926
Complaint Case Number with LaserShip (who supposedly delivered the book): [protected]

-Jennifer Bonilla

Desired outcome: I would like a refund.

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Aug 28, 2021 10:37 pm EDT
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You accidentally posted your order number in your photos along with the last 4 digits of your credit card, the tracking number and your full name. You should take the images down, for your protection, as this is a PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE complaints site. This isn't Barnes & Noble customer service.

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Online Purchase

I ordered a book I need for class on August 10 and was told that I would receive the book by August 25. A week after that I received another email stating that the delivery date was pushed to Sept 3. I called and the first person that I spoke with stated that the book was in the warehouse and had not been shipped. When I asked to cancel the book order so I could get it sooner they stated that they could not do that. They would send the book with a return label so that I could send it back. I asked for a manager because that makes no sense and was told the same thing. She said that it was a print on demand and that it had not been printed by the publisher because they were running behind. I told her what the previous person had said about it being in the warehouse and she stated that was false. When I called her on the inconsistencies of the information that I was given she kept repeating herself telling me the only solution for a book that they did not even have yet and that had not even been shipped would be for them to receive the book themselves, ship it to me with a return label, for me to return the book back, and when they receive it back only then could they refund the funds back to my account. This would take over a month for something that can be fixed in a day. All I need is to have a cancelation put on my order.

Desired outcome: Cancelation on order with money returned immediately

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4:11 pm EDT

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Membership

I was with a friend at the store in Delaware at Christiana Mall. I asked to NOT have a membership since I do not live close enough to any of your stores to want one. I didn't realize until the next day when I was back home in PA that I was charged for the membership fee. I tried to call them but I only kept getting put on hold. I'm seriously disgusted with the lack of attention I received. Now I have money taken off my credit card for something I did NOT ask for and nobody wants to reimburse the $25 fee.

Desired outcome: Reimbursement

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Barnes & Noble Booksellers Service

I have been trying to place an order for a number of books. have emailed your [protected]@bn.com several times. I have also faxed them with no response. for a business this is very disturbing. I am now looking to other vendors to see placing order with them since Barnes and Noble can not respond. I have called the corporate number [protected] they were no help ether.

Desired outcome: response from Taxes Dept. for tax exemt form completion and form 889 filled out

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