Great Fun review: charging my account without authorization 183

Chery see my note above to Bob - you can go on to the Better Business Bureau and search the company and put in a complaint... I am also going to be putting a complaint into the Attorney General tomorrow for the state they are incorporated in. Im pretty sure Im going to have a fight on my hands but I intend to be refunded the almost $100 they took out of my account over the last 10 months! Dont give up.. keep fighting them.

I too booked a flight through Priceline in April and in June I started getting charged 11.99 and I called right away and canceled and filed a complaint with my credit card company! I've booked through priceline before and never had this issue!

I cancelled this card right away and they are still charging me. I'm sick and tired of this.

This was given in a BOOKING from Orblitz, Hot Wire, Travelocity, Hotels.com or similar.

The Number for Great Fun Is [protected]

I Was Assured when I was cHECKING IT OUT that they would give me a $50 Refund on My Stay with Membership Which Was Also FREE for the first 90 Days.THEN there would be a FEE after That.I Started receiving my FEE Not EVEN A Month after LOOKING at the Cost and NEVER Received my Rebate..

04/10/09 From the sound of these complaints, we were not the first ones to get hit by Great Fun Scam.
We got very little satisfaction from talking to Great Fun.
They always change the subject when I ask "hOW DID YOU GET OUR CARD NUMBER?". They promised twice to cancel the so called membership and send a credit to our credit card. FOR ALL CHARGES. It has been almost a month and the credit has not been sent. I am about ready to call the STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
EJ PRICE

I had the same thing happen to me and it was a result of ordering tickets on Fandango. I called and talked to a supervisor who said she would reverse the charges and discontinue the charges and cancel the service. We will see what happens.

I have gotten repeated fraudulent charges from this scam-shop over the last two years. I call and cancel. They (supposedly) issue a credit to my card. The charges stop. Then, six months or so later, the charges start up again.

I called them today and cancellecd yet again. They said they are located in Ohio. Has anyone contacted the attorney general of the State of Ohio about this buisiness?

CHECKPLUS TLG*GREAT FUN [protected] CT $ 36.99 01/28/2009 00:00:00

is being deducted from my checking account, when I call the number listed I get a message that due to an winter storm I would experience a long hold time and that I could call back later in the week (after this charge is competed in my account).

these company is a thift in desguise, , not only would they riped off your monew from your account, , but even when you get a hold of them and you think they are going to take you out of their list, , wicht they got no idea how you got in the first place, , the charges just keep comming on after one or two month, , like to confuse you.

i too just found out i was billed from TLG 15.99 and i am clueless what this is for...really sounds like a nice fraud going on

I KNEW I shouldn't have agreed to the 30 day trial for GreatFun! But Great Fun said that as long as I cancelled before 30 days, I would not be charged a penny. GREAT FUN Online Savings Lied. I called by the 10th day and got a cancellation code and everything. We are STILL being charged $11.99 each month. My credit card company is going after them now but that's beside the point. It's just wrong and Great Fun is not to be trusted.

TLG Great Fun is a rip off! They got my charge card number from classmates. com - I think any company that asist TLG Great Fun is crooked too.

This freaking company is a big fraud! they charge me more than $100.00 this company
should be the one filing for bankruptcy.

I made a purchase on Avon.com and that is how Great Fun got my cc acct. info and began charging me 11.99 for the past six months. I have called the 800 number and have cancelled it. They claim I will no longer get any charges and that they will reimburse me the complete amt. charged over these past. I hope they keep their word...time will tell.

I made a resevation with TransAir and there is a link that ask you if you would like to find out about move savings. Once you click this link--you have automatically signed up for their Great Fun-- there is no information on what the savings are, and you have no idea that it is going to automatically charge your debit or credit card from the resevation you just made with the airlines. This shouldn't be happening and should be illeage for this company to do this. There is not a number to reach to call so someone about this.

I am trying to cancel my suscription with great fun and premire travel because they are trying to charge my credit card 3 times a day and I am unhappy with the services. Please remove it by 11-12-2008.. thank you

I have now received two unwanted charges from TLG Fun on my credit card without authorization. It appears that I cashed a check by my bank not noticing that I automatically was enrolled into this program. Be sure to read the fine print, even when your bank is sending you a rebate check!

I emailed GreatFun yesterday and got their response today. They said they were unable to process refunds via e-mail. They told me to call theur Membership Department toll-free at [protected], opt 5 between Monday - Friday, 9:00a.m. - 11:00p.m. (EST). I called and spoke to Representative (first name) Chai #100188. She asked her supervisor about the refund and it was approved. They said they will refund the money to my credit card account in 10 biz days. I called DiscoverCard right away and asked them to note the above information in my account as proof. We will see if GreatFun will do what they promised.

Julianne
Columbia, MD

I totally agree with Betty and Tom. I was just getting ready to pay for my DiscoverCard bill today and found this $11.99 charge from GreatFun. I called their technical support line [protected] and spoke to Omar who cancelled my account immediately. He gave me a cancellation number and his extension number. However, for refund of the initial $11.99 charge, I would have to call their membership dept tomorrow [protected]. Omar also explained that I supposedly "signed up" with GreatFun back in Aug, 08 when I purchased an airline ticket online from www.airtran.com. I will call their membership dept first thing tomorrow, and I hope the rep will be as helpful as Omar was. I'm just glad that I caught this very early on. After reading all of the complaints online, I feel unsafe to purchase anything online anymore. How can companies just hand over financial information to company like GreatFun? This is just not right. I will let you know what happens tomorrow after my call to their membership dept. Wish me luck!

Julianne
Columbia, MD

This is TLG Great Fun... We just found out today that we were taken by this company for $36.00 out of our bank account. Here is a link to their information with the BBB of CT.

http://ct.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=29&bbb=0111&firm=41001179#complaint

They need to be shut down! They have been scamming people under all kinds of names for years by sneaking in under "legitimate" websites and swiping your credit card info. to sign you up for crap that you don't know you are ordering and you never receive. We talked with "Nancy" an "Executive Supervisor" this evening and after our conversation are being reimbursed $108 in total for all of the charges they have helped themselves to from our bank account. They say that Tom clicked on box while on the Columbia House website. He did not do that, he certianly didn't give them his banking information or permission to take money from the account! They also say that they have been sending us travel cupons and a magazine for the past year, nothing has been received from them... ever. "Nancy" told us that we may have "mistaken it for junk mail" to which we responded that maybe they disguise it as junk mail so they won't be so easily discovered! As for a magazine, none has ever been delivered to us and as for "TLG Great Fun" we had never heard of them until they were noticed stealing money from our bank account today. We need to get together and find a good lawyer to take up a CLASS ACTION SUITE against these jerks and every internet site that gives/sells them our banking/credit card information!

Betty & Tom
Whiteland, IN

Here is the number to cancel the membership to great fun.

Phone: [protected]

This will get you to a real person and get the charges stopped.

The web site is www.greatfunonline.com

Good Luck

Great fun charged my credit card and i don't know how to stop it.

I agree with all of the posted complaints. I noticed on my last Visa statement TLG Great Fun for a charge of $11.99. I looked back at my previous statements and I've been charged this amount since July and first noticed it. I will be calling this company and complaining. If these charges do not stop I will be contacting the Better Business Bureau and may still do that anyway. I did not authorize this charge.

Charged 12.99 Great Fun membership fee. Called card company. Said for office Supplies AKA cendant corp.

I was ripped-off by ALG-whatever. I just bought Tickets through Cheap Tickets, last December, only to now realize that $11.99 is being deducted from my bank account. I never signed up for anything. I never received anything. So far I am out $119.90. I’m out of the country now, so it’s going to be an expensive task to try and retrieve those unauthorized payments. I’ll be sure and Youtube it too.

it happened to me too like right now, I am planning on closing the bank account and open a new one...that's the only option you have left if they keep taking money out of your bank...good luck

Thanks for the phone numbers to these two companies. I just found charges on my VISA from both TLG Complete Homeowner and TLG Great Fun for $12.99 each. At this time, the charges are pending so the bank could not give me their phone numbers. What other action can be taken to continue to alert the public to this fraud and get this company closed? I am also a member of Classmates.com. I'm going to start by contacting the Better Business Burea.

It seems to be there has to be a better screening process via credit card charges. Also I do not plan to join any other organization unless I know they will not sell my banking info.

Im going to write to the Readers Digest/That's Outrageous article. Any other suggestions, please post.

Sincerely,
L.B. Jacobs

lI was also charged 11.99 fraudently .what recourse do we have to persue legal action?

I was charged 11.99 for this and I didn't even sign up. I think this is unfair !

This company slips in when you are making a purchase online and their page comes up with "How would like to save 15% on your next purchase?" Your charge card which is open, then is copied and suddenly you are billed, in my case, 12.95 each month! I complained and threatened to report them to every organization I could think of including Senior Abuse! They first offered two months refund, then six then finally the entire 12 months refund. I am waiting for my next statement. You never receive anything for the so-called membership. I will inform my charge company if the refund is not given.

CALL THIS NUMBER TO CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT:

[protected]

This is what their fine print says. Thank you for alerting me while I'm still on time.

Membership Card Discounts
Going out for a bite? Don't forget your Great Fun membership card! Simply present it when you dine at any of the THOUSANDS of participating restaurants. Your Great Fun membership card entitles you to:
Tasty savings at participating local cafés, bistros, grills and restaurants
Instant discounts on entrees, take-out and delivery
Sweet savings on snacks, desserts, and more

Restaurant.com Dining Certificates
One of the most visited sites for eating, drinking, and now saving, Restaurant.com offers $25 Dining Certificates at a fraction of their value for restaurants all over the country. Add the special 10% discount, and you can get plenty full - without emptying your wallet! All Restaurant.com certificates are purchased online and printed instantly with your own printer.

Simple & Secure Enrollment with Continuous Savings, Easy Billing, and a Money-Back Guarantee. Try the service with the first month, for $1. Your membership will be extended automatically for an additional eleven months at the $119.99 annual membership fee, and automatically renewed annually at the then-current fee, billed to the credit or debit card you provide unless you call toll free during your 1 month trial to cancel. You can call any time to cancel and get the unused portion of your then-current annual fee returned. The $20.00 ExxonMobil Cash Card is yours to keep.

I purchased an account with classmates.com and apparently when I did I somehow was signed up for an "account" with TLG Great Fun. I never authorized the three charges for $12.99 that were posted to my credit card. In fact I caught the second charge on the card and telephoned the credit card company. It was a weekend and while we were trying to figure it out TLG got me a third time. I cancelled the credit card. Monday morning I telephoned TLG Great Fun, cancelled the TLG "account" and demanded my money back, telling them I had never authorized the account. The TLG Great Fun service people I spoke with refused to refund my money. I persisted and the parent company, Trilegiant Corporation, sent me a form to fill out for a "request" for a refund. I returned the form. I am going to submit the complaint to the Consumer Advocate of my States Attorney's Office regardless of what happens. I am not holding my breath that they will give up my $38.97 voluntarily. I suggest anybody who has similar problems with TLG Great Fun contact their States Attorney's office. Anthony John.

I receive a charge forGreat Fun on my account for $11.99 Customer rep said I had purchase something that offered a rebate I told I wanted it cancelled so they did let's see if it works . The funny thing is I have not purchased anything. This is shady business

How do you get ahold of that company. They are charging my credit card also.

i have been charged and did not approve it . please return my money thank you

The same thing happened to me - unauthorized use of my credit card. "Great Fun" owned by the Trilegiant Corporation would not consider refunding my money. The only thing that worked was filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau at http//www.connecticut.bbb.org. I also filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. After some back and forth denial on their part, they ultimately refunded all of the monthly charges for almost a year.

Good people: Do all these charges come through a JC Penny 'Family Rewards' program?
I found that an unauthorized charge on my credit card was actually from Penny's for
this 'discount service' every month. I did not even authorize that. I also recieved a bill
from Pain Vanish for a product I did not order.
Probably you wouldn't be reading this unless you've already had problems, so this email
won't prevent that, but there's safety in numbers, and we must stand together and let the
'scammers' know we're onto them.

Stop debiting my account. i have not authorize you to charge any money in my account .. this is a fraud

This company charged my card and I dont know how they got the number so I went to my bank and we are going to find out how they stole this info and put a stop on this fraud. this is fraud and if I dont get my money back I will go to the feds and file a formal complaint. and I mean today not 10 to 15 days from now. I will have someone in jail for this. who are you and how did you get me card number. I will sue you to.so get on it or the law will be notified.