Great Fun review: charged by credit card for 119. 99 769

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I was looking at my CC charges and found this charge from TLG*GREAT FUN on my statement from 6/2/10. I emailed my CC company to dispute the charge from TLG*GREAT FUN and they would have an answer within 7 to 10 days. Today I was looking at my statement again and my account had a purchase adjustment for $38.99 that TLG*GREAT FUN charged my account on 6/2/10. Thank you CC company for getting my money back. Now all I have to do is cancell this CC card for a new one and find out how TLG*GREAT FUN got my CC number.

Our bookkeeper was trying to reconcile our 2009 accounts and she asked me what the TGL Greatfun charges were - we had 3 @ $11.99. I had assumed my business partner made those charges but he didn't. Luckily, we had canceled our account with Capital One (another sore spot) so we aren't getting charged anymore. I'm amazed with all this complaints on this board that they are still in business. How can we take action to keep this from happening to other poor bystanders? These people are totally out of integrity.

I just checked my account today and saw an overdraft of 104.16 I called my bank to figure out where this was coming from because I manage my account every couple of days so I know how much I have. They told me tlg great fun had charged for 159.99! I flipped I had no ode who in the he'll they were and why they would charge me. I called tlg great fun and had a tLk with sue. She kept saying let me look up your account and I can tell you why you were charged. I was so pissed how do they have an account for me if I never signed up for one. She then said they mail out checks thAt automatically enroll u into this scam but i have never cashed a check from anyone. I would like to see these people burn! I want to know how it's legal what they are doing...it is straight [censor]ing fraud!

I GOT CHARGE TOO. BUT I DID GOT MY MONEY BACK I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE COMPANY I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WORKS THERE THE MAIN OFFICE IS IN OH AND OTHER ONE IN TIJUANA SO I KNO ITS A SCAM. EVERY BODY CAN GET THE MONEY BACK U JUST HAVE TO CALL AND TELL THEM TO GIVE U THE MONEY BACKIF THEY SAY NO JUST REQUEST A SUPERVISOR. THEY R GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE 4 MONTHS BACK AND THEN JUST ASK THEME FOR ADRESS NAME OF THE OWNER AND ALL THE INFO THEY ALL GET SCARED CUZ THEY KNO IS WRONG WHAT THEY R DOING. SO ITS BETTER IF THEY GIVE THE MONEY BACK.. BUT JUST TELL THEM THAT U WANNA SPEAK TO THERE SUPERVISOR TILL U GET UR MONEY BACK.. BUT EVERYBODY CAN GET THERE MONEY BACK THATS FOR SURE..

Iowa,

You should probably still watch you mon's bank account. This happened to my then 17 year old who also had never shopped on-line. We changed the debit card 3 times and they still managed to charge the account. The bank said that they (TLG) were posting manually so having the account guarded against recuring charges didn't help. We finally figured that they had the actual bank account number and were posting the charges that way. We closed the account and haven't had the problem since. We still haven't figured out how they got the account. Good luck!

I am concerned that this scam is spreading and expanding. My 88 year old mother, who does not even know how to turn on a computer and has never bought anything on line, got hit by these people.
She only uses her credit card to buy gas at the local gas station and occasionally at Walmart. They started charging her in January along with another company called NME Magazine ORD.
They billed for three months before she caught it. The bank has taken care of her and we canceled her charge card, but I am really concerned how they got her number. Any idea?

here is the number that i used to contact this company [protected]

hey i just want to loet you know that if tlg greatfun shoppers advantage deal or no deal fye backstage pass vip took money out of your account in order to get your money back all of it you got tofollow this next procedure even if you cancelled the membership okay...
1.- you got to be nice with the agent since is not their fault i know is hard since they are taking your money
2.- demand to speak to a supervisor and remember to say this . i wanna speak to your supervisor or i will contact the better bussines bureau
3.- when speaking to the supervisor tell them you want your money back all of it and if not you will contact the bbb if they say they will take 4 months back, do NOT agree if they tell you you have to writte a letter or fax in order to get the rest of the money do NOT accept because all you will receive back it´s just a letter explaining you the way you got enroll in the program wich can be just by clicking a pop up
you probably will have to make more than one call but hey it´s actually worth it right?
the way the money will be returned it´s around 20 dollars a month every month until all your money is back in your account.
how do i know this i used to work for them. guess where? down here in tijuana mexico so yeah they are just taking money out of your account p.s you may have more than just one memberhip so make sure you get all your money back
these are just a few companies that are working with tlg
avon, motel 6 cheap tickets airtran deal or no deal fye backstage pass fingerhut by checks oh if you cash a check make sure to call back within a month to cancel the membership and keep the money so next time watch out for the pop ups

I recently received a check from "Great Fun", as they are calling themselves, for the second or third time (I saved one of them as evidence. The others were distroyed). This week i received a bill for $14.99. I of course did not know who they were nor the reason for this bill. I called an toll free number and spoke with someone and told them to cease mailing anything to me be it checks or bills( I still don't know what they do service wise. Perhaps scamming is their only business. btw that number is [protected]).
I asked this person for her name, Jane Oligari, employee number 100357. During this conversation I asked for the supervisor's name but she wouldn't give it to me.
During this same conversation, I informed her I was a senior citizen and this appears to be a scam involving crimes against seniors. I also told her I wish to have a copy of any checks cashed by me that they have sent. I then informed her I will promptly send these docs to the Postmaster General as a scam through the United States Post Office. As it is whether I receive these docs/photo copies, I will still send this to the Postmaster General.
Before the end of the week I will check with the bank (B of A) to see if they have allowed them to withdraw money from my accounts. Should this hold true I will make a demand thay it also cease and request a refund as no authorization has been given that anyone other than myself to withdraw monies in any amount.
I've read an earlier complaint on this site that B of A may be affliliated with this group of thieves and scammers. Should this be the case my accounts will be closed immediatly.

I got a charge from both True Credit and TLG on my account despite never having ordered either one of these. I called today to cancel both. The True Credit people asked me to fax my credit card statements, which I just did. Lets see if they will stick to their word and reverse the charges. Otherwise, I'll have to dispute it with my bank.

TLG Great Fun started off as an ordeal. I had to wait for a bit before a girl picked up to cancel the account. She gave me some attitude but I was very firm, yet polite and let her know that under no circumstance would I accept anything less than reversal of the charges. She transfered me over to her supervisor named Sean Rehouma and he agreed to reverse the charges. I am going to wait and watch if both TLG and True Credit reverse the charges within this week or next, otherwise both are going to get disputed.

I am still wondering how either one of these companies got my credit card number. I am very tempted to report to the Attorney General's office, seems like a total scam.

Great Fun is a company that does memberships for a discount program. If you would like to cancel your membership you can contact Great Fun directly at [protected].

Member Services Rep.

In order to cancel your Great Fun membership you need to contact Great Fun directly. Their toll free number is [protected]. They will be able to cancel your membership.

Member Services Rep.

took money from my account unauthorized

BabyGIrl88 - I don't know if you have read my posts but i will tell you this:

after you bought your tickets - but before you actually confirmed the ticket - But AFTER you put your credit card info in for the plane ticket - you agreed ( possibly unknowingly ) to share that card info with that company and that is how they got you.

You can deny it all you like but you really did send them the CC info - and it was written that you were doing exactly that - I know this becuase i scoured the whole thing and that is how I get my 50.00 check every time I get a plane ticket now. the only way that you get the money is to actually read all that BS fine print and cancel - just like you did - but also jump through the hoops and they have to send you 50.00 free for doing this.

the catch is - if you dont cancel they get that 50.00 back and hundreds more.

here is the hoops - you still should read it all but it really does work - i have received 50.00 every time I got a plane ticket this way . it comes ion the form of a little post card that has a check printed on it. about two weeks after the last hoop is jumped through.

1. you pick your plane ticket through price line -
2. you say yes - you want up to 50.00 cash back.
3. you buy your ticket.
4. you print out your little voucher to mail in for the 50.00 9 be sure to do this because the packet they promise will sometimes never come.
5. fill out the voucher but do NOT MAIL IT IN.
6. print out an extra copy of your plan itinerary and make sure you have an extra copy of your receipt for the ticket.
7. go on your trip - don't worry about any of this and have your fine trip or whatever.
8. when the trip is over and NEVER BEFORE - send in the itinerary with the copy of the receipt and your voucher -
9. do not wait for the packet - on the same day you mail all that off - call and cancel everything. call every number they have in the agreement and write down all the confirmation numbers that the cancel is complete.

10 - do not accept that the thing is canceled from step 9. on the next day call again and say you want to cancel and do not tell them that you already canceled. if they say that your account is already canceled then you have nothing to worry about - just wait on your check. it will come to your credit card billing address that you put in to buy your ticket. says 8 weeks But It never has taken more than two weeks for me.

11. if they say ( from step 10) that they are canceling instead of its already done, then you know that the first time you called they didn't cancel you and insist that they do it now.

Thats it. it's worth the 50.00 if your going to keep doing it. It really is not all that much work for 50.00 I have done it many times now - I even do it when a family member or friend asks for me to buy a ticket for them - they pay me full price like a travel agent - i find them the best price and buy the ticket with my card and I get 50.00 back - after 6 times I get to take a trip! :O) Free - LOL

when you cancel in the allotted time frame they do not bill you anything. sweet deal eh?

If everyone listens to this and does it - they will go out of business eventually becuase the cost of mailing - cutting checks and canceled subscriptions to their BOGUS plan will bankrupt them. But I am not worried about this happening since NO ONE DOES THIS! lol they just keep funding their scam. so i will continue to get mine while you guys pay out the ying yang.

Thanks for listening. :O)

Update I called the number that they provided for their Customer Service Department [protected] if anyone needs a number to call ). The woman who answered the phone told me that it happened when I ordered tickets on Priceline, I clicked a box and signed up for them to get $50 off the price of my tickets. Well let me tell you to my knowledge I clecked on no such thing and certainly did not give them my cc info. I told her in no uncertain terms that she needed to cancel that membership and if I ever find them trying to charge my account again they will pay for it. I'm just extremely lucky that they were unable to charge my account in the first place.

I got a payment notice in the mail from them because they couldn't collect the payment. I'm wondering WTF this is all about because I know for a fact I have never in my life signed up for this site or it's monthly fee. I'm wondering if I should just ignore the notice or call them about it. Any suggestions?

I just called my credit card company, American Express, and had them put a block on all future charges from Great Fun and they are also giving me a credit for the charge I did incur. How I ever got "signed up" for this I do not know.

screwed by the internet

I too have been taken by these fraudulent charges. I had to go to my bank and cancel my debit card because of these charges which is a huge inconvenience because it took 10 days to get a new card. This company has been taking two charges out of my account every month for the last 1.5 years two charges a month $11.99 and $8.99 every month on the 4th and I have absloutely no idea why or how they got my credit card number. Some of these charges caused me to go below the minimum balance in my account and draw from my credit which then charges me at 33.8%. Talk about a huge headache...the bank said the only solution is to take them to small claims court...I would definitely be interested in doing this please let me know if anyone else is up for a fight...thanks

LBelle - You still don't get it.

WARNING? they put a warning becuase they are getting Paid by that company to do that to you. LOL They Love to rob that dough from you.

For real - That company is paying them to allow their links to be pushed onto their customers. Not chump change either.

For every customer that catches that ( Like you ) imagine how many don't! I'll bet it's in the HUNDREDS.

And even if everyone caught them, just think what the interest build up is BEFORE you actually get your money back.

Jobs are created by this too! Oh yeah, the call center people, the company posters, The sales guys that go around to the businesses to recruit new sites and get more people to screw themselves over, the bank transfers, Heck. this is not a Little 11.00 scam - it's a multi billion dollar corporate scam.

Do you get it now? It's not just this one company, it's Lots and lots of company names and it all stems back to one place.

I am Betting that one place is not even in the USA and also that it will never stop and no one will ever be prosecuted.

The Fed's could get this under control but they will not because No one really understands how much money is involved and all they can see is how much time it would take to bust these crooks down for an 11.00 scam.

The are crooks, plain and simple. It happened also to me for the 3rd time and all BofA could say is that they would remove the charges.. I asked if they were security problems with the bank where anyone could just charge an account without authorization. The lady then said, like an idiot.. "they are one of Bank of Americas marketing partners".. I then said.. so you are apart of this scam... silence ... Then she responded, "the charges will be removed sir" I then said, you do that and also close all of my account while you are at it.. F-ing thieves!

THE END.

I called Great Fun, you can get their number on your Bank Statement next to the amount that they charged you. After several calls and the run around, (don't give up, make the calls) and faxing them a letter that they request, I did get a full refund. So, you need to call and fax them at the very least, the sooner the better. Good Luck! I'm so relieved that I got my money back.

There are many companies involved--Great Fun mentioned Walmart.Macy's, hotels, etc.. My charges were through Shoebuy who said I checked a box that saying I agreed with the terms of the purchase. I asked if the terms said they could give my credit card number to another company. They had no answer. My credit card company said it was well aware of the scam--so how come they don't send a warning letter? For the companies and the credit cards to tolerate this sort of backdoor thievery they must be getting something out of it. Cancel your credit card if you don't get satisfaction. We will and we won't order from Shoebuy again.

There are many companies involve--Great Fun mentioned Walmart.Macy's, hotels, etc.. My charges were through Shoebuy who said I checked a box that saying I agreed with the terms of the purchase. I asked if the terms said they could give my credit card number to another company. They had no answer. My credit card company said it was well aware of the scam--so how come they don't send a warning letter? For the companies and the credit cards to tolerate this sort of backdoor thievery they must be getting something out of it. Cancel your credit card if you don't get satisfaction. We will and we won't order from Shoebuy again.

here will be your problem,

You did authorize it, You just didn't realize it. I do not know how many other sites allow these blood suckers to get you like this but it seems the places you buy discount plane tickets allow them. well, more than that, i am sure they are being paid to allow them to advertise on the site.

For instance, Price line - while you are buying the tickets you have chosen - after your CC info is in the priceline site - it will ask you if you would like 50.00 off your price thru a rebate.

all you have to do to get it is try this free trial service! Of course you do. 50.00 is a lot of money - what a great deal! but the catch is you have to cancel that service before you get billed or you will get billed discretely every month.

also you have to print out that rebate form - or hope that they send you one ( don't hold your breath on that ) then you need to send that form back in with the itinerary from your flight ONLY AFTER THE FLIGHT IS DONE!

if you forget - they just keep billing away.

I just found out that Great Fun! has been charging my card 14.99 on 3/27, 2/27, 1/27 and 12/29. God only knows if they've done it longer. They are closed on the weekends, I just tried to contact them. I will call them tomorrow and I will also contact my bank about fraudulent use of my debit/credit card. I'm going to see if the bank can go back further to find if I've been ###ed even more. Sounds like we all need to sue Great Fun!

YUP - Priceline. you signed up to get a 50.00 rebate didn't you. Yes you did.

don't lie about that, if you didn't know that you did, then you just were not reading. You clicked a 50.00 rebate for your tickets then agreed to try the service for 30 days. you didn't cancel it and you probably forgot all about sending in the information to get the rebate check.

it's a real check - and you can cancel before they bill you. It's a lot of hoops though and you have time lines. they ( Trigilent ) I think that's the name of the company that is rich from you, count on the fact that 11 bucks will not be noticed and that you will forget all about them.

I know how to get my 50.00 every time I fly - but most people do not take the time to read it so the check comes in. and they end up paying 11 bucks a month forever. for a bogus coupon service.

My husband noticed the following charge on our bank account: CHECK CRD PURCHASE 03/24 TLG*GREATFN. We thought it was part of our time share but found out it was not, and we had been charged each month since August 2009. We contacted the bank and they told us to call the number listed with the charge. Since it's now the weekend they are closed. I'm so glad I found this site. I intend to call on Monday and demand a refund, and I will also contact the BBB, FBI fraud dept and our bank..again. I will post the results when I have contacted the company about our refund. I can't believe there have been posts for almost 3 yrs and nothing has changed. What ever happened to the class action suits? We need to get laws to regulate companies who operate through scamming memberships on the internet. We never received information on what the company is or what services they provide. We believe they got our card # from a plane flight my husband purchased through Priceline. I intend to let everyone I know about this scam and warn them against using Priceline. Thank you to those who left info on how to handle this! We don't have to be victims!...Cyn from California

My credit card was charged 159.99 on Feb 2 and again 159.99 on Feb 18 I will file a lawsuit if the funds are not reimbursed this is not a f-----ing joke and I did not authorize any such membership to any such company and I am pressing charges

Also "Elite Excursions"

No money back- I canceled the bank account.

I can't believe that the US attorney general hasn't shut this company down! I am so embarassed that I was charged for a year! I travel a lot and use my debit bank card (this is what great fun was charging) for meals, etc. To see a $12.99 charge was not unusual. I also have a gym membership that pays bi-weekly $12.60 or something, so it didn't alarm me.

I was actually looking at my bank statement online and noticed on the pending charges that another merchant who I actually did buy from, charged my debit card twice. Luckilly, this great fun was in with the pending charges.

The bank cancelled my debit card and issued a new one, they also told me that a note has to be entered on my acct that recurring monthly charges will not be rolled over to the new card. Make sure that you get this stipulation when you close your card!

I was given the phone number of great fun from the bank. The bank immediately credited me 2 months, but that is as far back as they go. When I called great fun, they said that I signed up from classmates.com. I said that I absolutely did not. They said, "We have documents to show that you did." I said that I would like to see those documents. They said they would cancel my membership, I was given a cancellation number. They said that I would only be credited 2 months over the phone and I was given a fax number to send a letter to request the rest of my money back [protected].

I faxed a letter listing the exact amount of fraudulent charges. I explained that I wanted a refund/correspondence within 7 days or I was going to the Attorney General. So far, no refund, except the 2 months from my bank, but I stopped the bleeding. I still have to contact classmates.com. I cancelled my membership about a year ago from them.

Has anyone else been successful in getting their money back? Has anyone thought of contacting an attorney for a class action lawsuit?

S. Pietrone

I just found out today while going through my account that "Great Fun" has been making monthly charges ($12.95) to my account without my permission or knowledge for 7 months. I called Great
fun and they told me I filled out a promotional coupon with "Current-USA" and gave me their phone number and web site. I called Current USA and they've never heard of Great Fun. I called Great Fun back and thier supervisor just argued and couldn't answer questions. I had never heard of Current USA either until today. It's all obviously a scam. They are supposed to refund me 4 months worth of bogas charges. I have to write them a letter requesting the other 3 months...This should be illegal, somehow these bogas companies are getting our information and tapping into our accounts and nothing is being done about it or preventing it either. SCARY!

THIS IS A REPOST..THIS IS HOW TO GET GREATFUN OUT OF YOUR LIFE FOREVER!

These are the steps I took!

My next steps:

I will be calling my lawyer, just to give him a heads up that we may be coming into some money

I will be calling AND filing complaints against these jerks with the Attorney Generals offices (consumer complaints department for any interested) in the following 3 states:

Illinois (where I live..you can do the same in your state)

Connecticut (this is where the main hq for the company is)

Tennessee (where this Great Fun place is)

I will be filing these complaints against not only Trilegiant, but also Great fun and Travelers Advantage to cover ALL bases, just to make sure I get em all.

FORGET THE BBB...those days are over..they laugh at stuff like that...GO STRAIGHT FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE!

This is straight up FRAUD giving my name, address and credit card information to their subsidiaries to start memberships up.

Here is the list of the Trilegiant companies..watch out for them!

AutoVantage [protected]
Buyers Advantage [protected]
Complete Home [protected]
PC SafetyPlus [protected]
Great Fun [protected]
HealthSaver 1-800-7-HEALTH [protected])
Hot-Line [protected]
Just for Me [protected]
National Card Registry [protected]
Netmarket.com [protected]
PrivacyGuard [protected]
Shoppers Advantage [protected]
TravelersAdvantage [protected]
Travel ER 1-800-E-Assist [protected])

Hope this helps ya all out!

I was also scammed by Great Fun after Collections, Etc. sent me a check that was supposedly a credit to my account. I have been making purchases from Collections Etc. for many years and didn't think they would be partners in such a scam. I was totally betrayed and it's harder for me to trust any company, especially if it is not one that is widely known or long standing. These extortioners obviously don't care who they rip off in this tough economy. I'm truly appalled at the selfishness that has consumed those for whom I hope will pay a bigger price for their greed. I'm determined to pursue this matter legally.

My husband was going through our bank statements and found 2 months of charges of $11.99 from TLG Great Fun. I got the 800 # from the above posts and immediately made the phone call to find out who, what, and why they were charging us. I spoke with a very nice and cooperative guy named Christian. He told me they had started billing us because of some rebate we agreed to when purchasing movie tickets through Fandango. I told him I remembered the rebate offer, but declined to accept it. He apologized and arranged for our account to be refunded. We've learned our lesson when it comes to really checking our statements each month.

To MichelleAnne,

If your card is a Credit/Debit card then they have your actual bank account number and are posting the charge manually. We had this problem months ago. After having the Visa Check card reissued with a new number 3 times we finally realized that they must have the bank account number. We closed the bank account and opened a new one. The charges finally stopped. Good luck!

TLG has been charging my account $11.99 for five month before my husband asked me about them. I contacted my credit card company and reported the fraudulant charges on my account,
Citi bank refunded me all the charges and sent me a new card with a new number.. Now this months statement had all the credits, and a new charge from Great Fun. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? Why are these people still in business and allowed to access our credit card accounts with out our permission. HOW DID THEY GET MY NEW CREDIT CARD NUMBER ?

FRAUDULANT COMPANY ACCESS TO PERSONAL CREDIT CARDS. HOW MANY THOUSANDS ARE THEY MAKING DAILY ..

I was charge on my bank account for Great Fun 11.99 a month. I went through the Fraud Section of the bank. I didn't sign up for this. Now I received a bill from this company. I am taking it to the bank on Monday to see if they could do something about it. Then I will take it to the District Attorney to file a complaint. I hope this will take care of this. I hope that the law will do something about it.