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Acai Berry, Miami Beach, Florida Complaints & Reviews - Customer Service over Charging my Credit card

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Acai Berry

Posted: 2008-11-17 by Shannon Ortner  [send email]
Customer Service over Charging my Credit card
Complaint Rating:  100 % with 16 votes
Company information:
Advanced Wellness Research Inc
Miami Beach, Florida
United States
Phone: 1-877-523-0188
advancedwellnessresearch.com
OK I can ramble but I will try and get to the point. I filed complaints with both the Better Buisness Beau and the Federal Trade Commission about this company.

First lets start with what they are.. This is a company that relies on their terms and conditions to charge you crazy amount of money for some miracle pills that may or may not work.

Well I read the terms and conditions I was supposed to get charged 4.99 for shipping only and after 14 days I would get charged 78.81 ok fine; if the pills worked it’s worth 78.81 Right?

Well I was charged 78.81 and 4.99 day of my order. Then I called the so called “Customer Service Dept” That’s a complaint in its own right. But I am not going to go on about how poorly their customer service handles things, because if they handled it appropriately I would not be here telling you about it. Either way it ended in a screaming match. So they decided to block my number from calling the call center… hehehe… So I started sending e-mails to any and every department I could.

Well long story short I get a bogus e-mail saying oh we just authorized your card we didn’t charge it either way you only had authorization to charge my card or authorize 4.99 until the 14th day of my trial period. “READ YOOUR OWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS” none the less the funds are still pending. I’m sure I will get my money back but it’s not the point. I got talked to like I was the dumb one who didn’t read the terms and conditions. Example; when I obviously with anger explained to the supposed supervisor this was my debit card not a credit card and to refund the pending charge of 78.81 because it holds up my funds. I was told by a supervisor mind you. “Don’t order things you can’t afford”. How’s that for customer service.

I say anyone who has an issue with this company PLEASE file a complaint with either the BBB or the FTC.

Don’t order ACAI berry 500

Thanks

Shannon Ortner
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 1st of Dec, 2008 by Josh  [send email] 0 Votes
Where did you get the email address?
 27th of Feb, 2009 by   angela 0 Votes
I DID A smart thing I ordered it not trusting from the beginning so I put it on a gift mastercard with a limit of 25 dollars and this card is not a reloadable card so if they try to put anything on it they get the Berries if you know what I mean..
I have a simple solution for people who order things like this buy a mastercard or visa card from your local Cvs store or Walgreens purchase it for about 25 or up to 50 only, it costs 3.95. its worth it when they try to charge more to you they get stiffed..you need to be ahead of the game you can get your order and they cant bill you over and over..

Try it, its legal and they get stiffed not you.
Angela
 25th of Mar, 2009 by   C.R. Tyler, TX 0 Votes
READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS!!! I did not and got SCREWED. I ordered my trial bottle for $4.99 and assumed it was to try the product and then I had the option to order more... no mam... that is not the case. My original order was on 02/18/09 and on 03/12/09 I was billed $79.44 and again on 03/23/09 for $84.47, making it a total of $163.91. WHAT THE HEll ... I have 1 bottle of pills to account for and it cost me way more than any idiot would pay for. I have not yet tried the Acai Berry pills because I ordered (Removyl) and love it! If you just absolutely can't imagine not taking these pills, then order them but please learn from my mistake and pay attention to what i call a SCAM.
 25th of Mar, 2009 by   C.R. Tyler, TX 0 Votes
I GOT RIPPED OFF...It's a SCAM... don't order them. You can go to your local health store and buy any form of detox and pay a lot less than what they want to charge.
 6th of Apr, 2009 by   Kayla 0 Votes
Please read the terms and conditions. This whole "free trial" thing is a scam in the first place. I put my order in for my free trial paying 4.99 for shipping and 2 months later I looked at my checking account transactions and they took a total of 179.99 out of my debit card. I then contacted their customer service and they said that I neglected to confirm an email that they add sent there for there was nothing they could do about the money that they took out of my checking account. Oh yeah did I mention I only received that one bottle of "Pure Acai Berry". WHAT A ***** SCAM. Do not ever do these free trials. Guaranteed there are better products out there and they won't rip you off!!!
 22nd of Apr, 2009 by   donna +1 Votes
what is the customer service number?
 16th of Aug, 2009 by   Bobbi Lacey Jacobo +1 Votes
I have also been stuck by this company or companies! I e-mailed one on them and they sent me an e-mail back that I was one day too late to cancel! In other words...ARE THEY TELLING ME THAT I HAVE TO PURCHASE THEIR PRODUCTS THE REST OF MY LIFE?! I think that that is what it comes to ! I found that one of them ( I am getting the three products; Acai Berry, PURE CLeanse and GREEN Tea WEIGHT LOSS. I notice that all of these things come from different locations, and have different companies listed on the return addresses! These products may actually work, however one has to be skepticle of a company or companies that have such business practices!! If THAT is the way that they do business with their customers...what scrupples ( or lack, there of ) do they have as to the quality and purity and cleanliness of their products? IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE TO HELP US? Hasn't any TV reporter gotten wind of this and done an investigative expos`e on THIS?! Good subject matter! HELP, PLEASE HELP!
Bobbi
 28th of Sep, 2009 by   BARBARA GRIMM 0 Votes
Hello to all you people who order from this company. DON'T they r the biggest rip off company I have ever dealt with. About two months ago I was on computer and saw this add for ACAI BERRY DETOX for .99 cents then stupid me goes ahead and puts my credit card no and the woman comes on to say oh u must get this and that I stood aguing with her for 25 mins saying I don't want this and that and to cancel the order, well next thing I no they charged my account not once but twice for 164.62 cents. So I have been trying to call this company for well over a month and they refuse to answer the phone gee I wonder y. So now I put it into motion and I am letting my bank take care of the matter they told me that it is a fraudulant charge that they made and they r putting a stop on any more charges from that company.And now it is in the hands of a Lawyer. Don't let these theives take u for granted.FIGHT BACK. Now I finally get hold of someone named WILLIAM SMITH which will be false because this idiot can't even speak right. Told me that they have no record of my name or account so y r they charging my visa card if there is no record. You tell me. Please be careful with this company never ever give them your credit card no. MY name is BARBARA GRIMM
 9th of Apr, 2010 by   D Eaton 0 Votes
I agree completely!!!

I ordered the product but didn't think to read the fine print but since I had a 20 day free trial and didn't feel the product was doing the job or worth the expense, not only did I cancel and mail the product back per their specifications, I requested a return receipt from the post office which verified the product had been delivered

So, I call and verify with representative they show me cancelled because I kept getting this e-mail and also they said they showed the product was returnd. So, I didnt bother to get any name or other information.

So, 30 days later I go on-line for my checking and see I am being charged $79.95 for a bottle of Acai that I mailed back.

So, I immediately call the representative and he claims that they don't show any record and now I need to give them the tracking number on my postal receipt which of course I may not be able to find because I thought it was done deal.

I will never again order another product online for any free trial anything because it is a bunch of bull and I can never trust anyone on this again!!!

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