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my name is kirk mahon i brought into the trial for the above product, i sent the company an email to tell them i wasn't interested in a subscription for their product. Then i check my account and i have been charged even though i emailed to say i wasn't interested.
after researching them i found out this has happened to a lot of people.
Be careful this doesn't happen to you.

Update by kirk mahon
Apr 18, 2011 11:01 pm EDT

Well in their terms it tells you to go on a site called something like 321 assist or something like that, best thing you can do is contact your bank and they will sort it but it takes 30 days and you can still get charged in this period, it's a massive scam and loads of people have been caught sadly. Hope this helps

Update by kirk mahon
Sep 20, 2011 6:17 am EDT

When I rang this number from the uk [protected] I got hold of them. They told me I wasn't on the system after checking my details, they continued to charge me as I didn't no my online order id number. I checked through my emails and found it, I rang them back told them it and they funnily enough found me on the system and told me my membership was canceled. I also reported them to my bank as a faud company so they began to start proceeding incase this company tried to take more money. If you do this with your bank you can dispute further transactions and get your money back, if you just cancel your card they can still get money, you must do as iv said. Hope this helps

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eli kong
Birmingham, GB
Mar 06, 2014 10:41 am EST
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Hi everyone, I will like to share my story about these two products. It's kinda long can't help it, but my story could help you if you're caught up in this stinky business like me.

I've purchased Lean Muscle X and Test Force Xtreme the trial products last Sunday night which was around 8pm+ and that was because of this reason 'oh man there's a trial so it seems reasonable to just try' and at first I got a lil wary when after you click on the free trial it brings you to the page where you needa pay for shipping. The price is 1.99£ so I thought it wouldn't hurt to just pay for it. So I paid with my debit card.

Then after that, I looked at other people's comments about these two products and then it turns out that it's a scam, many people have testified that their bank account's been charged continuously without them knowing. So yeah I've look into many websites about these discussions including here and alarmed I wanted to cancel my subscription immediately but at that time it was Sunday night, the telephone line's closed so horrid I couldn't even sleep. I forced myself to do my assignments all night long and determined to call them first thing in the morning.

Their phone lines are open from 9am-5pm onwards from Mon-Fri Greenwich Mean time. I've called every single '0808' number stated on my confirmation email, from their website and from any discussion websites that people recommended to call. None of them ARE available which is a ###ing wonder. Thankfully I found this blog,
http://vulpesmax.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lean-muscle-x-scam.html looked at one of the comments that have stated a phone number 020-[protected] (CALL THIS NUMBER. THIS IS THE ONLY NUMBER YOU CAN GET THROUGH, in my case twice smoothly). So I called that number.

A guy talked to me and I said to cancel my subscription and without hesitation he helped me to do it, told me it's cancelled, sent me a confirmation email and a bloody another email with a RMA to RETURN both products unused to this following address:

Lihovarska 1060/12, Liben, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic

And his instructions were 'return these products within the 14 days after your subscription.'

He estimated that I should be getting my products 7 days from Monday (03/03/14). Now to ###ing return these products to Czech Republic isn't that gonna take more than 7 days to reach them? I don't even understand why they don't have their own branch in the UK. or even the US.

And of course after calling that guy, I immediately call my bank to dispute any transactions of that company just for precaution; since I've also seen deadly comments about people still getting charged EVEN AFTER THEY CANCELLED their subscription.

Printed out whatever evidences of the subscription, screenshots of the purchase, the website of those products even my confirmation emails etc, I went to the bank, told them my problem, they said they will help if any transactions are started to be taking out of my account. I've also changed my debit card for a second precaution. I've never withdrew any money or check online on my transactions after that and waited for 2 days for my new card to arrive.

It's Thurs 06/03/14 today and I received a new one. Immediately I look online to check my balance and what do you know, I've been charged 1.95£ each for both products without me knowing which in this case, IS NOT THE EXPRESS SHIPPING PRICE, (express shipping price is 1.99£) I printed out that transaction part that's been taken of my account and immediately went to the bank again. Talked to a bank person and guess what? He was also caught up in this product business as well like last Sept so he advised me to call this company again, talk to them about my transaction issue and if they say 'NO' to refunding you your money then the bank will have the utmost right to refund you the money and block them from your account permanently.

And thankfully I've changed my card immediately because when the bank guy showed me my transactions it was stated that I've been charged over and over again 1.95£s since Monday.

So I did his advice, talked to another guy on the phone whom he told me that the two 1.95£ that was taken out of my account was before I talk to his colleague (which I find out from him was Daniel, this name could help in case idk) on Monday. It was a ### excuse to me because all I told him was 'I was never expected to be charged for 3.90£ when Daniel told me that I will not be charged any further for anything.' And I did tell him that I am gonna send him back the products immediately after I received it. He argued further saying that no customers ever asked for 3 pound refund and the transactions started since Monday 8am and I've called Daniel to stop the transactions since 9.40+am. That rages me and then I tell him that their ###ing phone lines only start to operate since 9am and on 8am I've called and it wasn't available. So he finally gave in and said that I can keep both products once I received them as a compensation for being charged 3.90£.

Even though it was only 3.90£ money is still money. The deal was that you received a free trial, and bascially it means that ITS FREE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, IT'S JUST TESTING. The only thing that you would be charged for is the shipping, which maybe you have to make do with that. But other than that you are NOT supposed to be charged each 1.95£ that they are going through in your account but they can still get away with that, because basically after you paid for shipping you are 'officially' signed up with them and you are to be charged automatically on a monthly basis which is stated on their fishy terms and conditions that is unclear, and not even shown legit like apple terms and conditions products. That's their stinky strategy of making money.

And before you make any purchases of that next time, be sure to do research on it first; like seeing discussions on blogs etc. If the majority says it's fine then it's fine. If it's not, walk away from it, and celebrate because you just save yourself from being scammed.

I won't say whether Lean Muscle X and Test Force Xtreme works as I haven't received the products yet, but to me they're still protein supplements for muscle growth. If the products have perks I'd buy them but not to be charged all the time. So the safest way is to buy from supplement stores outside like GNC or online like ebay amazon etc. The most important things for a gym guy is still proper workout, meat, milk, eggs and pasta.

And for the people who's been charged drastically than in my situation... I'm sorry it happened to you guys but your stories had help people like me before getting further scammed. So I hope that this naggish testimony of mine will in turn help others to not even be involved in this business at all.

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spike5683
Fort Worth, US
Sep 12, 2011 4:58 pm EDT

I ordered Lean Muscle for the free 14 day trail. The terms and conditions I did not read because I thought it was standard, that is my fault. The reason I am taking fault is because on standard orders your 14 days start from the time you receive the product, however, this company start the 14 days from the time you complete the order. I feel this is wrong because that is not a 14 day free trail it takes about 3 to 4 days depending on where you live and in some cases it can take the entire 14 days to receive the product which is miss leading the customers to think that you will have a full 14 days to try out the product, but they they say to get a full result of the product you will need to take it 90 days. I ordered mine on 08/26 and my 14 days started that day until 09/09 and my card was charged $84.71 that would be for the entire 14 days. This is wrong because if I get 14 days free why am I charged for the full 30 days. They should have only sent out 14 days of product and not 30 days this is how they get you. Because in there terms and conditions it states that you will not get a refund if the order has already been ship, and because they already send out 30 day supply, they should only be charging you for the 16 pills and not for the 30. This is a scam do not believe that you are getting 14 days for free, once you order and they send it out and you cancel with minutes of the order they will charge you for th 14 days because you cancel doing that time.

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Konzi 94
Newport, GB
Mar 19, 2013 5:19 pm EDT
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The free trial is supposed to be a scam and they frequently keep sending you more products and charging you! Could you please stop this! How?

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livewire1946
Newcastle upon tyne, GB
Oct 07, 2013 10:12 am EDT

I agree with all this. This company is evil and every thing about the ordering, free trial etc is wicked. They are also known as, 'liftglopro', 'liftglowpro' and lift and glowpro'. Free trial for fourteen days? but if you are not happy with the product it has to be returned to Prague, Czechoslovakia within those 14 days. Impossible! But by that time they have screwed you for an amount of £84.71. In my case i ordered a free trial of lean muscle for the simple reason that after a neck operation I couldn't use my left arm and the muscles were wasting away. i thought this would help. However, unbeknown to me they also charge you for Test force extreme. I neither asked for it nor did i need it ( when i found out what it was!). At present it is in the hands of my bank who are disputing this under the chargeback scheme. There are hundreds of people see and variants on the internet who have been misled by this company who incidentally keep changing their addresses.

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Jpb007
Grantham, GB
Sep 15, 2013 11:25 am EDT

I have recently purchased the free trial lean muscle x and test force extreme and have read this is a scam, I would like to cancel my order but I cant find anywhere to do it. Please can you send me contact details so I can cancel subscription thankyou

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H.Car
TanLan, GB
Aug 04, 2013 6:36 am EDT
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So glad I have found this site ordered my free trial on Friday after reading this I have contacted my back just now (HSBC) they confermed that they have took the £1-99 for postage plus they have took another £1-95 with out me knowing my bank have said they will stop any more moneys going out

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Mark.T1982
Milton Keynes, GB
Aug 01, 2013 10:24 am EDT

Thanks all for your reviews, I did the same, got charged 4 lots of delivery charges, even though the two came in one package. The pills were not working so I decided to call them to cancel otherwise they would automatically start charging. But I cannot get through on the number they gave and no email is given. I contacted the bank today, they said as the company has my card number they can charge me whenever, so they have sent it to dispute, and I have to make them aware of any other payments against my account. I am assured I will get any money back taken. My advice would be for people to not get the pills and contact the bank if they have.

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Petethefeet
Glos, GB
Jun 06, 2013 7:35 am EDT

Sighed up for the free trail and 1 hour later called them and cancelled the AUTOMATIC subscription. They emailed me saying no further charges would be taken out of my bank account. Two weeks later they have taken just over eighty quid from my account. Phoned the bank and they have kindly blocked any further attempts made to take my money from me. Called muscle x customer services who told me I had agreed to a 14 day trail period but they send 30 days worth goods. So you get 14 days worth free but owe them for the remaining 16 days worth of pills! DO NOT SIGN UP TO THE TRAIL! IT'S A SCAM FROM START TO FINISH!

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MominRabbani
glasgow, GB
May 17, 2013 11:32 am EDT
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just ordered this "free trial" 40 mins ago - really worried now - what should i do?

iv called the bank to cancel the card - they say the £1.99 has shown as pending to come off - i dont mind if thats all they get to take - coz then its me who has defrauded them...but if not let me know what else i can / should do?

called the company - and clearly fraudulent - coz the woman hung up saying cant cancel until you receive the product

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MominRabbani
glasgow, GB
May 17, 2013 11:05 am EDT
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wow - definite scam - just ordered it 20 mins ago - read your reviews - called to cancel - wont let me - and then hung the phone up.

so guys i have not yet received the product - only ordered it a few mins ago - WHAT SHOULD I DO?

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stevemarshall
southport, GB
May 08, 2013 6:03 am EDT

just been conned out of over £300 ! paid £2 postage and saw on my bank statement they too two lots of £150 ! ive not even received anything! the bank has basically said tough luck ! what can we do? I cant afford to lose this money :(

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terence bateman
Solihull, GB
Apr 20, 2013 1:54 am EDT

not received shipment, however they are claiming to have sent it;monies taken out of my account, debited back by bank, documents supplied to bank by Lean Muscle showing shipment sent out, yet no signature of acceptance by me.Bank wants to debit my account because they believe Lean Muscle, are they all in it together, what a scam!

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Frank James Henry
, GB
Apr 01, 2013 6:34 am EDT

I had ordered the same as above, however after reading the comments, I simply called my credit card company, telling them I had been scammed, and I needed to stop payments, they changed my card and of course the numbers.
So my advice to anyone who gets caught, simply report your card lost, or do the same as I did.

Frank

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muscle-bound
London, GB
Mar 24, 2013 10:50 am EDT

I made a big mistake ordering from these scammers, when this was first advertised, i had to contact the bank to stop the payments, and have now been refunded, i know buy my products from Ebay from a seller called direct2you-2009 these are much better products and work well, i strongly recommend you take a look, he has 100% solid feedback

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babu12
london, GB
Mar 22, 2013 10:42 am EDT
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its was rubbish way of geeeting charged thank u verruy much mr muscle ### £90 for no reson, , , f, , , , , , , , , , k

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Cariad 1256
Rhyl, GB
Mar 09, 2013 6:26 pm EST

Hi, yes i've fallen into the same scam but mine came when i went onto the Men's Health page. The drop down said free bottles, only pay £5.99 for shipping. I got the bottles through but didn't check my debit card statement until 3 months later where i found i had been charged $110 (about £85) each month. Each one was under different names too. I was also getting Pure Life Colon Cleanser too. I did get two separate emails confirming the cancellation.
If you pay for something by direct debit you can stop it but if they have your card details you can only stop it by telling your bank that you have lost your card. They will stop any future transactions on that card number and give you a new card.
I have a number on my shipping note. +[protected]. I rang this number which was then transferred to the US. The message comes on saying due to a high call volume your call will take 20 minutes to answer. This is obviously to put you off holding on, but this 08081 number is free from the UK where i am so i was happy to hold on. After about 3 minutes someone answered. I told them i wanted to cancel so she offered me a reduction to 19.99. Not sure if that was dollars or pounds but i said i still want to cancel. Hopefully i won't get any more charges. I've not even tried the product yet but may do soon. Phil

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Graham C
, GB
Mar 05, 2013 1:05 pm EST

Same thing for me too but fortunately my bank stopped the payment and I've got new card on the way. I'll never respond to such offers again as it's just not worth the grief. Shame really as it's not a bad product and if the company hadn't used this tactic I may well have bought more.

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THEOne84
, US
Mar 03, 2013 12:27 pm EST

there just muppets sum1 go petrol bomb the mugs or tie em to a tree or sum ### il PAY YOU TO DO IT!

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Kizbo
Belconnen, AU
Mar 01, 2012 5:31 am EST

Can someone please post up the number for Australia? I got my first bottle (didn't ever get the trial) but I've lost the statement that had the number and I haven't received another bottle since and can't cancel.

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BodyBuildingPro
Edmonton, CA
Feb 09, 2012 11:55 am EST

F*ck ya : D

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BodyBuildingPro
Edmonton, CA
Feb 09, 2012 11:51 am EST

This product is a miracle :D

First of all it only took me 3 weeks to get super ripped
Second of all they said this product will grow ur dick well fyi i had a current length of 5 inches and now have just under 10 inches :)

Im NOT joking when i say that me buying this product was the BEST use of my money ever and wouldnt even think twice about doing it again :P

This is me and my girlfriend in the picture

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Carl Reading
Banbury, GB
Jan 15, 2012 2:30 pm EST

Hi i ordered this yesterday without reading the small print and have now done read about all the scams that come with it, what is the best course of action to prevent anything more than $1.99 coming out of my account?

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jimmy2inch
Bedford, GB
Jan 09, 2012 2:06 pm EST

I also says it will grow your dick but mine shrunk 4 inches that leaves me with 2'' left . they need to be stopped !

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Victor SR
, ES
Dec 09, 2011 9:51 pm EST

I want to cancell my subscription of LeanMuscle X Name: Victor Santamaria Rincón Leanmuscx18662572650 Address: Puerto de Canencia N10 2A Postal code: 28038 City: Madrid State: Madrid Country: Spain

Hope to get a quick response from you. Regards

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00789
, NZ
Dec 08, 2011 5:11 am EST

Guys every supplement is ### and scam at the moment. If there was a magic potion most bodybuilders will stop taking steroids and drink the magic potion. Just like steroids it too will have side effects it is killing your body than it is more than helping you. I think all you guys who got ripped off should do more research all try to get your products through Paypal or some other reliable services. Good Luck.

Last words: If there is a magic potion and good potion trust me the medicine company won't like it. They don't want you to be healthy sadly and truly.

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david9999
Heywood, GB
Dec 05, 2011 7:27 pm EST

The guy who set up this rip off company watches
DOG PORN MOVIES WITH HIS MOM IN THEM !"
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drouard
, FR
Oct 27, 2011 4:20 pm EDT

anyone can give me there email address please.

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veryangryand worried
Belfast City, GB
Oct 27, 2011 1:10 pm EDT

hi i wonder if anyone can help me, im from northern ireland and i ordered diet supplement of cleanse ultra which came with a company name fulfillment center 3577-a chamblee tucker road. i agreed that 1.99 be taken from my credit card along with 1.99 delievery charge and since this ive been charge 3.00, then 57.08 twice and 59.77 twice. my credit card is cancelled but how do i contact these people to retreve my money back? i need number or email address. please help.

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jack69
, NZ
Oct 26, 2011 11:07 am EDT

wrong you call this number [protected]

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whayward
Leeds, GB
Oct 11, 2011 11:38 pm EDT

I too was scammed by this company ! I placed my trial order for 1.99 then a week later my credit card was billed for £55 i called my credit card company who cancelled my card to prevent further transactions. I have had my account credited for the full amount and they are currently investigating fraud !

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dj j
, NZ
Oct 04, 2011 5:43 pm EDT

we need to find these ###ers and close down this site .they are scums who take peoples money they are dogs and evil people who will get there turn when they get busted and get locked up and put into jail then some strong male cellmate who had been taking musle x will give them a muscle x where it hurts bunch of ### !and where they can be ### in the prision system low life scums!

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ramos145
ny, US
Sep 19, 2011 11:33 pm EDT

I called this number "[protected]" and the ### said i have to cancel the membership after 3weeks. i told her i want to cancel it now! she said i had to wait after 3weeks. hate this scam ! 90 dollars? f*** out of here. does this product even work? lol

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P.J.MATHO.
Brisbane, AU
Sep 04, 2011 9:12 am EDT

It sucks that there are ###s like that out there preying on good people, but you hear it all the time, if it sounds to good to be true, it usually is, sorry to say, Most of the guys you see in the pics on their site, Would train and diet hard to look that way, its not easy to do, but if it was easy everyone would look that way, They possibly stole the pics from bodybuilding.com, and the guys in those pics probably aren't even affiliated with the rip off ###, I will let you in on a secret if you don't already know, The only miracle drugs for getting into shape are steroids and the like, hope you's catch the ### and get a refund, but with many scams you have to cut your losses, good luck to you all, P.J.MATHO.

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ruthless02
, GB
Aug 23, 2011 11:16 am EDT

i think its crazy tht thay have managed 2 scam so many of u why dont people reseach these things before u buy some of u are saying that u are bein charged 89.99 thats crazy stick to the shops and only site u know are secure get smart people!

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manuell
, ES
Aug 13, 2011 10:00 am EDT

I too the same thing happened and the only way to cancel or who fail more purchases with your card is to cancel the credit card and request a new one to your bank, once done this and can not grab more money from your card and then sue the police

España

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dazbo
sheffled, GB
Aug 04, 2011 12:58 pm EDT

this company as taken over £2000 from me in 3 years you cannot stop it its and 10 year contract.they told me on the phone to read things before i commit.the stuff is made by strrt gangs with alsorts of bad stuff in it i have other 30 bottoles of the stuff which i am sending back to them.this is a scam and the tablets are just home made with cheap vits and that.take a tablet to be testerd somewere cos i think they ae not good for you you dont know whats in them.could be some kind of aditive stuff in them to make you buy my and become dependent.go to the gym and buy a gum shake they will help you gain mussle.or email a mma fighter ans ask them what they recemend

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the phantom
, GB
Jul 29, 2011 6:14 pm EDT

Hello guys. I just wanna tell you that I've made the same mistake, how stupid I was... The thing is that I wasn't charged yet and hope won't be at all. This is what I did. I've canceled my order day after ordering, so called "free trial" ! I've contact the UKs phone number (+[protected], was quite surprised that someone picked up the phone, after reading these complaints), gave the lady my order refernence, she gave me the cancellation number and that's it. Of course she was trying to convince me how great is the product, so have explained her that I'm not interested at all, that have made a mistake rushing my order. I think the only way to do it and won't be charged is to act fast. I found out about this scam from this website, but was looking for more information about the product and found way too much. So want to share with you all now how to avoid this "amazing 4 weeks free trial". I don't know if she really has canceled it, will probably find out soon.

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balsem
, GB
Jul 08, 2011 8:45 pm EDT

i ordered leanmusclex for just $2 and got it three dayz ago only to find out today that i have been charged $84 so anoying just within three days. so sad.

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kashif1
, GB
Jun 29, 2011 12:28 pm EDT

well i just placed an order with them but i paid with a prepaid master card i dont trust the net anyone else wanting to order on line then please pay like this it only cost 10 pounds to buy but at least thats all youll lose if something goes wrong so you dont top up your card

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umut
Bournemouth, GB
Jun 23, 2011 7:19 pm EDT

hi guys l had a same problem they take £110 from my account and then l find them phone number you have call them and cancel
the payment and try to get your money back they gonna send me $84 back and l give you the phone number now [protected]