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At Home Rewards Complaints - Illegal practices

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At Home Rewards

Posted: 2006-08-05 by Susan [send email]
Illegal practices
Complaint Rating:  100 % with 6 votes
I had a charge of $16.95 on my card from a place called 'At Home Rewards". I never heard of them and had not made any purchases from them. When I was finally able to reach someone at their customer service, the man said my information had been obtained from a company that I had ordered from a couple of months ago. I told him I wanted a refund of my money and I did not want anything from them.

He said he would "cancel" my account and issue a refund immediately. This was on 6/21/06. As of today 6/27/06, there has been no refund.

It seems to me this kind of practice would be illegal, both for this company and the company that gave out my credit information.

Thank you,
Susan
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600 days ago by Sandra Ward [send email]
I have found the 16.95 debit on my account also. And I know that I did not order anything from them. I had to completely shut down both of my bank accounts in the past over AOL> My bank representative said that she could quote 29.95 in her sleep because she had so many disputes over them. I was angry for months that they still got away with so much money and caused me many overdraft charge. On one spam site there were over 825 complaints about them. I believe that there should be a class action against them or SOMETHING!!!! They just keep taking people's money and they are getting away with it. This is so unfair and so not right. The banks are closed until Tuesday. We all need to support each other and do SOMETHING. I get angry every time I think about AOL and it looks like I am dealing with them again. I am sorry for your trouble and thank you for taking the time to report this. My time is precious too but if people don't report then others get hurt for sure. Do you have a phone # for the thieves? Thanks Sandra
208 days ago by Shauna Maddalena [send email]
Hi Sandra,
This morning I had a 29.95 charge on my account from AT HOME REWARDS. I called my bank and had to cancel my debit card, and may have to change my checking and savings. Looking back over the last few weeks, they have charged my account many times. I just filed a fraud report on them. I DID NOT give this company my info. I have no idea where they got it. As far as phone numbers, GOOD LUCK! Here's just a few of them.

888-425-5874
877-820-6329
800-962-4106
888-861-7216

Every number is answered by the same answering machine!

I tried to call them before I called my bank, but they are closed until tomorrow or the next day. FUNNY! They charged my account this morning! March16, 2008 "SUNDAY" I agree something needs to be done. Shauna
175 days ago by Tatiana [send email]
i have also had a similar problem with the same company i never even heard of them an there was a charge on my account from them i called too get the charges cacelled an was told it was just a hold on my account it's supposed to be being refunded todays date is 4/18/08 we'll see how long it takes
171 days ago by Bob Timmons [send email]
These companies are parasites that in my case made the charges on my credit card when I subscribed to www.classmates.com. I also had two charges appear on my creadit card from At Home Rewards and Shopping Essentials. I called both companies and found that their phone menu and options lead me to believe that they are the same company located in CT. With each call I was able to get a live person and they both said that the charges were encountered when I signed up for www.classmates.com . They agreed to cancel the charges and that I should see a charge reversal on my credit card account within 48 hours. Even though these charges were incurred without my explicit consent I think that the folks at classmates.com need to take a reflective look at their business affilliations with these parasites.
122 days ago by Sharon Sanchez [send email]
I found a charge on my checking statement today for "At Home Rewards". They told my I accepted an offer through Classmates.com (which I did not) yet I did sign up for Classmates.com a month ago. I suspect my information was sold to At Home Rewards.
102 days ago by June P [send email]
I too was scammed by this company "At Home Rewards" thru a TV ad sponsored by Timelife. My account was charged $19.95. I called twice and customer service answered but could not hear me so they hung up. Thru the Ripoff Report in one complaint I called that number (888-833-7279) and talked to a JULIA MYERS. After I told her I was reporting this to the Governor, the Attorney General and my Senator, she assured me I 'd get a rebate in 3 to 5 days. I did all my email to those govt officials and then called Timelife where they told me after hearing me spout off that they referred all my personal data to At Home Rewards and WalMart Gift Card. I told her that At Home Rewards was the company mentioned on all the complaints. I, also, wrote to Gov. Tim Pawlenty in Minnesota where this company is based and asked for his and their Attorney General's help in resolving this scumbag company. Timelife is really the culprit as far as I'm concerned and should be held responsible. TODAY, I received a letter in the mail from "MEMBERSHIP SERVICES, PO BOX 5265,
HOPKINS, MN 55343 and I quote " we are issuing you a full refund in the amount of $39.90in 8 to 10 days. Your refund will be credited to the card you used when you enrolled in Value Plus .

I never enrolled in that site at all and never ever have heard of them. When I went and googled the company "WC*VALUE PLUS-V" that's when the ripoffreport.com site came out. It really made my very angry when I saw one letter from a senior where they took out a lousy dollar from her checking account. And my biggest surprise was after reading all those complaints was it seemed like all those people thought they could do was cancel their credit/debit card. Not me. I went straight to my bank and gave them a copy of my bank statement after telling them the story and by law they have to NOT allow this to happen again.

PLEASE anyone out there who got scammed don't let this happen to you again. It's not our fault. Contact the big bosses, Your governor, attorney general, and especially your senator. Anyone in power can stop this. The biggest help is going to your local NEWSPAPER and have them put in print what happened so more people are made aware of this. Also, email all your friends. That's what we all need to do is FIGHT IT. DON'T LET THOSE CROOKS GET AWAY WITH ANY OF THIS. I HOPE SOMEONE STARTS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST TIMELIFE ALSO.

I think they can sell your name ONLY to other companies but they gave away our personal data which is against the LAW.

OK now that I'm off my soapbox, get into this fight and help yourselves. GOOD LUCK TO ALL JUNE.
97 days ago by Glen Jon [send email]
I agree. I haven't been able to speak to anyone yet however, I left a support ticket with what appeared to be "At Home Rewards. " I never sign up with them directly. They got my information from another entity legally. The issue is all vendors should bank under the same entity. what's happening now is corporations are doing the cloak and dagger routine. They are vendors under unsuspecting names, with fine print. I've found Bank secured debit cards are doing the same thing. Basically opporations are like the Wild Wild West. They legally do any thing they want to. Who's Who for 29.95 every here and there. They usually get away with enough to make a profit. It's a damn shame.
96 days ago by Justin D [send email]
I just looked very close at my bank statements, and realized that At home rewards has been charging me monthly for $32.95 for the last 4 months! I have never even heard of them before and never gave out my credit card# I called there toll free and they wanted my membership # ? They also said they were closed today...

I have disputed the charges with my bank, I hope I get my money back, and I hope these guys get shut down. My bank asked if I was willing to press charges, and I said Yes.
86 days ago by Brad [send email]
I rejoined classmates june 30, 08, july 7th 08

i got hit with a 19.95 charge for a service I did not request
in any fashion. Classmates tried to say I did it. But I saw nothing
about at home rewards when joining.
I e mailed classmates a few times and got a good #At Home Rewards+ at 1-877-636-6858..

I called they said I did it, but could not find a lon in or pass ward that they claim I had to have made in order to be charged.

They agreed to cancel and refund me all charges,
We shall see. I contacted my bank also, so they can not charge me again as it is a monthly fee.
53 days ago by Ama [send email]
what horror stories. Is there any law agency handling complaints against At Home Rewards? I would like to know where to send my complaint to.

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