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I bought some CDs from the MindBody Series years ago (3-5 years?) They were poor quality, but they arrived in a timely way, and I felt it was my fault for thinking they would be worthwhile... Imagine my dismay when I found NEW CHARGES (Sept, Oct., Nov. 2007) on my credit card from the MINDBody Series! I didn't notice the first month, but in all I had 3 monthly charges of $9.95 each. I emailed the company and was told that I was sent an email in July informing me of the MindBody update, and that I had agreed to a trial membership. NOT! I hadn't even received the email. (I assume it was filtered out as the SPAM that it was.) Their email stated very politely that they would remove the charges. I'll be confirming that!

Buyer beware if you've ever bought anything from the MINDBody Series. Check your credit card statement!

Update by Janice Burton
Dec 06, 2007 5:12 pm EST

in answer to Gregory Palumbo's comment: I purchased CDs 3-5 YEARS ago. I did not miss an opt-in (or opt-out) to join the Wellness Center when I made that purchase ~4 YEARS ago.

The email I received from MindBody Series in response to my complaint very clearly stated that the current charges were in reference to an email I supposedly received (I didn't) and responded positively to (how could I? I didn't receive the email) in JULY 2007.

"Actions speak louder than words." If you mean what your wrote, then treat the next buyer better than you did me. You've lost me.

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Ira A
, US
May 26, 2016 10:23 pm EDT

Wow! when I googled mindbodyplan woodland this Thread came up. I guess I was not alone. Just noticed on my online banking statement 05/25/2016 MINDBODYPLAN WWW.MINDBODYS –$34.95. And phone notification: Web/phone purchase at 3:30am on 05/24/16 at MINDBODYPLAN WOODLAND. Never heard of this website whatsoever! And, I was sleeping at that time. What was that all about?...

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RCase
, US
Apr 04, 2016 9:39 am EDT
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This place is a ripoff order a pair of sun glasses on 3-4-2016 have not received them or have gotten a reply back. Called the [protected] number got some trying to act like she could not hear me.Call back and she would hit the desk like something was wrong with the phone.

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codowd
, US
Jan 18, 2016 2:01 pm EST

I had to the same problem. Don't bother trying to call them, the phone number doesn't exist. Don't bother trying to email them, they don't respond.
COMPLETE FRAUD!
I wrote the the BBB and they couldn't even get a response. I changed my credit card as it was the only way to stop them.
Shame on you people for taking advantage of those that are looking for help.

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Acquoi
Silver Spring, US
Jul 13, 2015 11:42 am EDT
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Please see below - they were contacted within a week of the draft and there has been 3 drafts for 19. 95 and still have yet to credit me since may of 2015. I am so disappointed, i

Hello -

Here are the actual drafts -

03 / 16 / 2015pos withdrawalwww. Mindbodyseries.com www. Mindbodys ca$19. 95

02 / 17 / 2015pos withdrawalwww. Mindbodyseries.com www. Mindbodys ca$19. 95

01 / 15 / 2015pos withdrawalwww. Mindbodyseries.com www. Mindbodys ca$19. 95

So the total is 59. 85 due thank you!

On [protected]:05, melissa@muddlebusters.com wrote:

Hello josephine,

As of today i have yet received my credits to my account.

As i shared before, my daughter ordered this based on dr phils recommendation, when she realized it was not what i wanted, we contacted you immediately. I had to prove to you that there was contact with your organization in a timely manner that still was within the required date to cancel. You made promise josephine, that the funds would be returned over 60. 00 dollars of drafts have been drafted from my account. I am dealing with stage 3 cancer and would like to have my funds returned asap. I will also be contacting the bbb to file a complaint and attach all my emails and request along with drafts.

You made promise to return the funds. . . Why hasnt it happened yet? It has been 3 months now since the last communication?

Melissa

On [protected]:47, melissa@muddlebusters.com wrote:

Hello josephine,

Thank you! I do understand that errors happen, however i was responsive upon learning what had happened. I have limited strength, time and energy to have to go through this. I apologize if the email screams, but i have attempted this numerous times. You may also be missing business opportunities for the phone number listed on website, is constantly busy. : - (

Warm regards,

Melissa butz

On [protected]:24, mindbodyseries customer care wrote:

Hi again melissa,

So sorry about this issue. . . Our e - mail might have been lost in cyber space upon reaching to you. I have not understood your message before that you would like to cancel and refund your program because you have not return to my e - mail asking, "if you were having any problem with the process of our program". I will let you know about the status of your request right away the moment our admin receive your email. . I hope you understand. Thank you.

Again, our sincere apology for the frustration we are causing you right now.

Sincerely,

Josephine

Mindbodyseries customer care
Service@mindbodyseries.com

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at service@mymobileminute.com. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e - mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e - mail if you have received this e - mail by mistake and delete this e - mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.

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I will be taking these emails to my bank seeking my reversed fees returned. Why cant i get someone to respond to me? I will also send these emails to dr phils email for customer service and share with him my issue and the need to have my $$ returned. You can very well see that this service has not been used and my daughter mikayla ordered this in error. . . She is not the cardholder. It has been 2 months and still no response. I was just discharged from the hospital this sunday and i am irritate to see such lack of customer service and follow through.

Thank you -

Melissa butz

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Subject: stop drafting and please return funds - major error
Date: [protected]:53
From: melissa@muddlebusters.com
To: service@mindbodyseries.com

Hello,

I have reached out to you regarding an order that my daughter placed several times, via the website comment submission option. I have yet had an success nor response. Several months ago, my 16 year old daughter seen a show on relaxation / anxiety on dr phil and wanted to purchase this aid for me.

She thought it was a cd - per dr phil (For relaxation due to my chemotherapy / cancer) show "she googled". . . He showed an cd. I have reached out to you and no response or success and you continue to draft. : - (

We have not used the thing you have been emailing for thats not what we wanted, not to mention that we dont have a means to activate / use it. . Only a home computer. I am dealing with a series medical issue / cancer and was just released from hospital.

I am a single parent with 3 children on a very limited budget / fixed income due to my inability to work. I can provide all documentation of such medical and income and again i assure you that your email access that you send for that download is not being used.

I call the number as listed and it is always busy.

Thank you for your time, efforts and consideration.

Kind regards,

Melissa butz

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Montholon
Sun City, US
Feb 05, 2015 10:07 am EST

For customer like me that paid hundres of dollars for these tapes, now we can't ;isten to them, as all links related to this Mid & body company are not working, useless. what this says of the business integrity? I want to be able to listen for what I paid.

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Sandra Barton
Long Beach, US
May 14, 2012 12:28 am EDT
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I have had the absolute opposite experience. I found the company to go far beyond the call of duty - in response to my questions, I've been provided with tremendous care, and have been even gifted free products. Their online Wellness Center is fantastic because I received my products immediately and was able to use them right away. I literally owe this company my life. I was just googling and ran into this board, and wanted to let you all know that although there may have been problems at one time, these are the most caring people I've ever ran accross in a business. Send them an email and you'll see yourself.

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MikeAul
St Marys, AU
Sep 11, 2011 8:57 am EDT

I have had problems with them not providing the product that they stated that they would and then not honouring their 60-day money back guarantee.
The product I purchased was a down load product because the CD option to Australia was not an option at that time. The download was fine but the advertised support and access to the mind body plan member area as advertised in the purchased product was never provided.
I see now they changed the web site so it is worded differently but I would never trust them again.
Even though Gregory Palumbo advised that, they would refund my money it has never happened.
I would suggest to people to never deal with them they are sharks and will take you for all they can.

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John M
, US
Dec 19, 2008 2:55 pm EST

I have also been scammed by these people. My wife purchased a series of CD's in 2005 and then 2 years later they started charging the card for this membership fee of $9.95 per month. My wife never contacted them about any membership, we never received any emails about this service OR any "OPT-IN" or "OPT-OUT" messages. I thought it was something my wife was doing as I knew about those CD's and never thought to question the charges. My big mistake.

Within the last few months it "converted" to a per WEEK charge. I have submitted to my CC company a full dispute of all the charges though not sure if any of it will get reimbursed. I got hit for over $300.00.

As I look at the charges on my statement they started to change the name on the statement from "MindBody Series" to "Therapy Hosting" and "MindBody Center". All still show the same phone number to the same company.

But I also note that the fees mysteriously ended in Nov, 08 and I have not seen any in the month of Dec, 08. I think people are starting to notice and they had to stop. Had they continued it as a monthly charge they could have easily gotten away with it for a lot longer.

It is ILLEGAL to automatically opt someone into a membership, without their knowledge, and charge you for it. Any excuse they make stating "they sent you an email... you could opt-out after 30 days..." is inexcusable and bull.

I tried calling the number but got their VM. And they did not call me back. I did call later in the evening and the call was "rerouted" to some different company and I spoke with a live person. He claimed to be in a different dept but would forward my message as "the phones have been busy all day after they were featured on the Dr Phil show". When he asked about the purpose of my call I only said "it's about the Mindbody series for my wife". His response was, and I quote: "Oh, is this about a credit card bill?" I never said anything about a billing issue. Seems he knows more about what is really going on.

If you find you have these charges, call your CC company and change your CC number, file a dispute of charges to your CC company with as much documentation as possible, credit card statements, etc. Also file a report with the Better Business Bureau in LA. This company does business as Innovative Professional Solutions, LLC. and is under the company Galilay Entertainment, 6455 Corbin Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Email: service@mindbodyseries.com

In the extreme case you could file a report with your local police dept. They in turn would contact the LA police dept and their consumer crimes division. Note that if your CC company reimburses you in FULL then you no longer have any legal recourse against this company. Your CC company then will have rights to take legal action against the company if it cannot collect.

Finally, you will note that their website it shows a pic of Dr. Phil endorsing this product. Well I hear that Dr. Phil and the author Dr. Frank Lawlis are buddy, buddy. I do not know what affiliation Dr. Lawlis has with this CA company but I suspect that an email letter barrage to Dr. Phil and/or Dr Frank Lawlis may be in order informing them about this company's questionable practices and it may change their perspective about it. Google Dr Frank Lawlis to find his site and contact info.

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Joyce Amber-Messick
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Dec 01, 2008 10:03 am EST

Me too...2004 bought a "worthless" CD to help my daughter sleep...charges appeared 2007 monthly and recently weekly...I have traded emails with the company and its president...they seem to have acquired a new batch of credit card numbers from some enterprising pirate...the card that they were charging beginning 2007 was not the card that the 2004 purchase was made with...

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carrie
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Nov 10, 2008 9:36 pm EST

yet another, bought and paid for cds in 2004, done and paid for. They started charging that credit card 9.95 in July 2007. I talked to Rose at mind body, she said there was an "opt out" email sent and when I didnot respond they started charging it and then wet to 9.95 per week. All this to an email address I havent even had for 3 years. Rose said was ony an employee and could only credit back the last 120 day. To which I agreed and said I would be repoting them to my credit card company for the rest. I asked for confirmation of the credit, she asked for my email! I said "ARE YOU NUTS" give me confirmation #, Rose then said 345, ha! needless to say I HAVE NOT recieved a credit. This is illegal and im not getting very far. Please keep posting if anyone gets theirs resolved, tell wat you did.

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Andrea
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Nov 07, 2008 7:05 am EST

Another victim here. This sucks. I see they've been billing me $9.95 weekly for the past several months. For what? I have no clue. I did buy their CD's years ago, but I did not sign up for anything more. I will be pursuing reimbursement!

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Barbara Dudding
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Oct 27, 2008 11:53 am EDT

I have also had the same experience. It has been several years since I ordered the CDs and just a couple of months ago I noticed that I have been charged $9.95 eleven times, since 7/11/07, for something I did not order. I have contacted my credit card company and I got reimbursed for 5 of the charges but they said the other charges are too old and they cannot do anything about them. I plan to contact Dr. Andrew Weil's website (I think that is where I heard about the series) and/or Dr. Phil's website (or I might have heard about if from this site) and let them know what is going on and that they should not be telling people to buy the CDs. If anyone wants to pursue legal action, please let me know because from reading all of these comments, this company is obviously out to rip people off.

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Jennifer Otillio
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Sep 24, 2008 11:47 am EDT

I have had this exact experience. I ordered the CDs back in 2005. I just notices three charges per month at $9.95 each. By my quick calculation those CDs have cost my over $1000! I want my money back immediately.

Furthermore I think some litigation needs to be passed to protect future victims of scams like this. Not just against the "Mind Body Wellness" company but there must be hundreds of other similar scams out there.

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Megan
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Aug 29, 2008 4:41 pm EDT

Ditto on most... monthly charges for months when I never remember purchasing anything from them. Then when I didn't catch it because I was traveling, they upped the frequency to weekly! I would love to find a way to reach their prospective clients to warn them of Mind Body fraud before they purchase anything at all.

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James Ferguson
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Aug 06, 2008 8:08 pm EDT

I too am being billed 9.95 per week for a subscription service I or my wife never signed up for or have used. Does any one know who to contatc in California to submit a formal complaint?

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Elizabeth Mayfield
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Jul 25, 2008 9:40 am EDT

I've reviewed my records and begin being charged $9.95 in Aug. 2007. I have reviewed by Visa account back through 2002 and can see no previous charges, although I have purchased something from them in the past. I sent a cancellation email in March 2008 and just noticed that I am now being charged twice a month in June and July of 2008. Today, I sent a registered letter with documentation requesting cancellation of the account and repayment of the charges since by March cancellation email. I wish I had caught this earlier. I smell a class action suit. I am very thankful that this site appeared when I googled Mind Body Series.

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l. clarke
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Jul 22, 2008 1:25 pm EDT

i just learned all of the above the hard wey. Multiple unauthorized charges to my VISA which i had not used with them for 4 years!

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nancy vaughn
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Jul 21, 2008 3:06 pm EDT

WOW, same here. I just received 3 charges for $9.95 for June and July. Called my credit card company and disputed charges. Tried to call THEM, got an answering machine response. Tried to cancel my account via internet. these people are very insulated and hard to reach. This is definitely an intentional scam. Who do we notify ?

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Joan Custer
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Jan 23, 2008 4:37 am EST

I just this morning realized that for the past 18 to 24 months I've been charged for $9.95 from Mind body series. Because I had another site I subscribed to for the same amount I thought it was for that site and just paid it and went on. But now I realize that all this time I've been paying for something and I don't even know what. I did order the CD series and thought it was good but after the series was up I called and canceled and never gave it another thought. Well now after at least $179.00 dollars later I'm still being billed. I have not talked with them yet but I have sent them an early morning e-mail asking to cancel immediately. Time will tell as to how they handle it.

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Bruce Francis
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Jan 10, 2008 2:02 pm EST

The same has happenned to me and when I talk to DISCOVER CARD they said thet is would be removed but they had no phone for them and Discover would adsorb the charge as a courtisy to me.

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Gregory Palumbo
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Dec 06, 2007 12:02 pm EST

I have to first apologize for your experience. Our mission is to reduce the stress in peoples' lives, and to aid them in their overall quest for wellness. The Wellness Center membership is offered with every purchase on the order page, as an opt-in. I'm thinking some people are missing this. We will review the process to make sure it is completely clear. I think it is an amazing resource and have had terrific feedback from many of our customers, but I am completely with you about how frustrating it is to be charged for something when you are not expecting it! I certainly do not want that to be anyone's experience, and I assure you that our customer service is exemplary - we go far above and beyond what is typical customer service because that is the way I like to be treated when I am a customer. I will personally look into your account to make sure that your charges were reversed.

Please feel free to contact me directly at gp@mindbodyseries.com if you have any questions. I am the president of the company, and again, I make it my personal mission to assist every one of our customers who come to me.

As a side-note, Dr. Frank's methodology is one I followed when we first started working together. I credit it for curing my acid-reflux disease, which doctors had told me I would need medication to treat for the rest of my life. I also dropped nearly 40 pounds and got into the best shape of my life using the MobileMinute workout from the Wellness Center. Beyond that, I really learned how to clinically relax - not the "relaxation" that we think of when we hear that term. I really believe that this alone has helped me in all aspects of my life - maintaining a state of relaxation when I'm stressed has made me much more capable of coping and making the best out of stressful situations. I really believe in the products, and again, that has made me very conscious of helping others, so I do apologize for the inconvenience we have inadvertently caused you. Again, please let me know if there is anything further I may do for you.

Sincerely,

Gregory Palumbo
President
MindBodySeries.com

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deedee123
houston, US
Dec 06, 2007 11:19 am EST

This was very helpful, as I have just had the same experience.

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