HandyMan Club of America / Scout.com review: frustrating and unauthorized membership! 270

i have recieved a bill from universal fidelity lp trying to collect on a book i never recieved i called handyman a long time ago to stop sending me items and now i get this. this is too much.

I have moved and no longer get your magazines.Iam a life member.My number is [protected].
My new address is
Wayne Prechtel
2861 E Fieldstone Way
Condo # 2315
Sturtevant, Wisconsin
[protected]
Thank You

you are sending my husband threating letters about past due bills and we dont have your memebrship and have never wanted it .. so please quit sending or I have go ne to better business burea to file complaint .

I joined handymans club thought it sounded neat, now all i get is renewal forms complaining about the cost of sending reminders or sign up now for life time membership, I just thought I'd try it now i wish I hadn't wasted my money!

This has to the most pathetic excuse for a business. THEY ARE LOW LIFES. And I pray that no one else has to be harrassed like they harrass me. And I'll tell you what they can kiss my ###, becasue they'll NEVER get one penny from me. Hey Handyman Club collect this...here's my middle finger!

I have been a club member for 5 months and do not wish to continue membership because the products are worthless to me. No way to contact (no customer service number) and the next thing I get is a collection referral notice. I did not enroll for 2-year membership.

I have on numerous occasions requested to not be contacted via: mail, phone, e-mail, or in anyway what so ever. Today I recieved a calendar that I now must take to the post office and waste my time, fuel ($4.06/gal), and energy. I am going to send this thing back with yet another nasty letter!

JOINED AND FOUND OUT I DID NOT HAVE TIME FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED ME TO DO. HAVE TRIED TO CANCEL. HAVE SENT BACK BOOKS MARKED DISENROLL ME OR CANCEL MY MEMBERSHIP TO NO AVAIL. PLEASE HELP ME.

I have cancelled this invoice via mail and via phone . I asked the representative not to contact me again, but I have recieved another thretening invoice. Do I have to seek other legal remmedies or what?

I paid $12 for Handyman Club of America to receive Handy magazine. I have never received the magazine but I have received trial products and books that I did not request.

I never received the $40 in gas rebates, the 7-in-1 multi tool/flashlight, 4-in-1 tape measure, and the bonus $10 savings certificate. And I paid the dues back in February 2008. The check was deposited. I just would like to know if I will ever received theses gifts.

I keep receiving bills from this club which I have never joined. They are now threatening to send me to collections. There is no phone number nor website to contact them. I tried looking them up on the internet and there is also not a site for them.

Received unsolicited nomination. Chose not to accept but mailed backed their self addressed postage paid envelope full of other unsolicited mail so as to occupy as much of their time as they did of mine.

This is a total scam judging from other people. I never signed up for this and am being threatened with collections. I have filed a complaint with the BBB and will also be contacting my local attorney general.

I joined this club & received my first book & tool to test. I sent my $10.00 on Oct. 16, '07. I have received 2 past due notices since then. ( Please pay for or return book now!) I am going to cancel my subscription.

They continue to send bill for payment, i have paid until 4/09... very bogus company, enticement is that you will get to try tools--etc... damn tired of there monthly request for more $$ they need there b*tt kicked!

I sent handyman club of America $24.00 for membership two months ago and haven't ever received any thing. They cashed my check.

We signed up for two years and have received only two magazines in about six months. We are suppose to have access to their website which we cannot find any information for their website nor their website address. They are a fraud.

This company keeps sending me letters demanding payment for a membership that I canceled in May 2007. I am really tired of the persistent letters that keep coming and demanding money. I have not received anything from them that constitues a debt with them of any kind.

Handyman Club of America is threatening to turn me over to a collection agency for membership dues for a cub I never joined.

Beware, this is scam!

I am also a life time member and have not received my magazine. I sure would like to know what is going on with the so called membership program. I became a life time member, and tried to contact the organization with know success. I also paid good money for the program 06/2011 and as yet to hear from anyone. I'm beginning to believe that they are nothing more then a rip off club.:-(

My magazines stopped a few months ago. I contacted "Scout" and the replied that mags were no longer printed or mailed...all you get is the electronic "magazine". I call BS on this as I was promised a magazine as a "life member". What do I do when we move to the country where there is no internet? Handyman...you cheated all of your members.

I am a LIFE MEMBER OF THE HANDYMAN CLUB OF AMERICA SINCE JANUARY 1 2007.I have received a few magazines. but have not received the tool I was told I would received to test. My membership number is [protected]. I'm now at retirement age and would like to received tools I was suppose to have already received.

DM in Biloxi, MS
I am a Master Life Member and have been a member since 1998. Haven't really had any bad experiences with HCOA until recently when they merged or taken over by Scout. Website is now so confusing to get around and then it seems the magazine has stopped coming, though the quality of the mag improved with the takeover. Last issue received was Fall 2014. Anyone received one since then?

I have not received a shipment on my router bits since befor December and my subscription to the magazine has stopped. I am a life member. I would like to finish the router bit series.

Good Morning: I have not received my magazine for some time. Since I am a life time member and have paid for it I would like to receive the magazine. Is there a problem with the magazine?

I PAY MY BILL ON 1-6-2015

I PAY MY ON 1-6-2015 #[protected] JAMES.BEASLEY15@GMAIL.COM JAMES BEASLEY 241 6TH ST #409-B SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103

I have been a life member of handyman for 2 years had no choice sent me a letter saying it was only 24.00 I read all fine print and terms so I did it 2 weeks later sent me a bill for 350.00 if I didn't pay it it was gonna go to a collection agency so I paid it never got the free tools I was promised now I haven't received a magazine in 3 months very disappointing never again don't sign up for them

I just received another invoice foe a book I never received. this is the third one. I have not heard from them and there is no way to reach them. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM FOR ANY REASON.

ya i am a supposed life time member AND THEY BILLED ME TWICE so i pay $48 and get 4 months worth of magazines, not trials of anything, i bought the first book . called to cancel NO MORE BOOKS !, lol they canceled my entire LIFETIME membership ! this place is a scam big time, i called and asked what was up, they say i canceled and that oh they will get right on sending me the magazine again... wow that was like 9 months ago... TOTAL SCAM...

well...looking back...I should have checked this company out better...I too...signed up year to year...and was fine...when and only when in signed up for lifetime did I really notice a change...hook...line and sinker...snagged a sucker...I too, never received notice...of change of policy...I signed up for 12 monthly mags. ...company changed that to quarterly mags...concerned and not receiving lifetime gifts...I believe they are in finiacial trouble...DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THIS COMPANY...PERIOD...NO WAY TO CONTACT ...OTHER THAN SOME DAMN NUMBER...HAVE TO GO ONLINE...TO EMAIL...COMPLAINT...WHAT!...THIS IS A COMPANY IN SERIOUS TROUBLE...STAY AWAY FROM...I PAID LIFE MEMBERSHIP...AND OUT...350.00$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ DON T BE SUCKED IN...

I read with interest many of the comments on this website, and am sorry to say that I had similar problems with this company several years ago. After much mail and phone calls, I finally just chose to ignore them. Here we are several years later, and I have tried them again, with limited success. The calendar mess was the same as everyone else, as was the book and "test tools" situation. In all fairness I must say that the magazine is much better now, so I signed up for a lifetime membership and to become a tool tester. I get the magazine but that's it. I have found the best to deal with this situation is to ignore it all until you get a phone call or a letter from a collection agency. When you explain it the bill collectors, they will back off if you word your response correctly. They don't like legal issues.
Thanks George

Handyman Club of America sent me 2 bills that say I'm past due. One item I never received and the other item I'm waiting for a return label I have requested 3 times. I was told to keep any materials and I would not receive any more materials about a month ago. I have not received the label. I have called I would be happy to return the one item. Now I'm getting billed for something I never received. I need to communicate to this company I wish to not receive ANY materials for this club. If they ever send me a label I will be more then happy to return any items they claim I did not pay for.

Please inform John Wilson that I assumed the matter was settled about a month ago. If you send me the return labels you keep saying you send you can gladly have whatever dvds you say I owe provided I have received them. This has consumed many hours of my time trying to resolve this issue.I Your business practices leave a lot to be desired. I do not know what the problem with your company is but I am willing to resolve this by whatever means provided I don't have to pay for anything I didn't receive.

Robert Adams
Customer no. [protected]

I am a life member but I am not reconized as such on the site.
Schultz [protected]

I am receiving billings for a membership I never authorized or joined.

I RECEIVED A BILL IN THE MAIL THAT I DIDN'T NO ANYTHING ABOUT.

BILLED FOR A BOOK I DIDNT GET

Why am I being billed for two years when I only wanted one year?

I joined the club in march and paid my dues. To this day I have not recieved any thing from them. They took my money and run. Should be put out of business.