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

I have caught onto these folks - they operate through other sites besides Priceline But They got me through priceline.

I jumped through thier hoops - they cannot legally charge me anything at all. If they do i will be on them Like stink on Doo Doo.

and if they do not send my 50.00 every single time i fly i will attack with a self filed small claims court action for 50.00 plus charges incurred - If everyone does this they will go smooth out of buisness. when no one shows to court you win and are granted a judgment - when you have enough judments agaist them you can take a sizable chunk off them.

read it all one time. you will getthe hang of it the first time. this is my secon time through. 100.00 haas come back so far. I cancel every time and I say yes every time I fly. i get 50.00 weeks later every time.

You just have to read it and understand it 1 time. when you get it down its totally worth the 50 smackers. LOL
i do not know why Priceline allows this scammer company to operate through them but the Card GREAT FUN is a Total Rip off. no one Honers it anywhere and the hotel deals are better just by verbally asking for a better deal. LOL for real.

Most of the restraunts on the list do not exist anymore - the ones that do will not give you one penny off for this cheap ### card being whipped out. so prepare for total embarrassment when you get this card out and ask for your discount. LOL

No kidding.

Oh yeah, Well they told me they had proof that I signed up and they say it was through Cheaptickets.com in 10/05.. Yeah just found it today and went back cause I pay and get billed online. Well they are busted, they said their confirmation was my mothers maiden name.. Well they sent me the confirmation and it wasn't even close.. not even 1 letter right so I contacted the FTC, Consumer Affairs and so on.. got most back and the cc company is going after them for the remainder.. Turn the ### in.. don't hesitate. Thus far they had stolen over 500 under my nose with this hidden fee which I am not stupid enough to accept and I have the proof.. cheaptickets.com// i used you for 5 years now "GO ### YOURSELF.. THIS IS GOING ON EVERY BOARD AND LINK TO YOU" ENJOY THE AUDITS [censored]

Just found out about charge from this company on my CHASE credit card since September of 2007 for $12.99 every month. I found out about it when I looked at my credit report and saw charged on CHASE card which I haven't been using for the past several months. I am going to call the TLG people tomorrow and see how they respond. In the meantime CHASE agreed to dispute charges for the last 3 months. They have also advised me to talk to their own dispute department if the TLG people refuse to act on it. I hope I get my money back. I feel stupid for letting the charge slip by for almost 2 yrs.

I just called for my sister... They charged her just last week (and many other times for the last year), and the lady I talked to said that she signed up for it on Fandago, and they had a promotional offer that she signed up for. She doesn't remember signing up for their services nor has she ever heard of these people until she discovered the charge on her statement. The lady said that the address they had on file was the Fadango corporate office in Connecticut. (did someone at a Fandago stel her information? If so, why did they just use it for this great fun thing?)
They said they'll reverse the charges but from what I've read i may have to raise hell with the credit union. And cancel her card.

I justed noticed this morning that I also have been a victim of this company. I have been charged for the last year for something I had no knowledge of and most importantly, NEVER authorized. These companies have to be stopped or this will continue to happen to other unsuspecting victims. I don't live on welfare. I work too hard for my money for people like this to come and try to steal it away from me and my family. This is insane. People like this, with no values, no scruples, should live in jail for the rest of their lives. How can they be stopped from hurting people this way? I am devastated. (Vanda - all the way from PORTUGAL)

Okay, you guys are idiots. If you get an offer that says 'Free' why don't you try reading it first? Every single thing this company sends out is 100% legal and they keep proof of enrollment for every member. So when people like you guys try to create a lawsuit against them, you have no chance. Do you know how long this company has been around? If so, you would realize they clearly can't be doing anything illegal (or they wouldn't still be in business.)

When you get a check offer for $8.25 (which btw comes with a letter stating what the check is for) try READING even just the back of the check which describes the terms and conditions clear as day. Same goes for the offers for your ipods, dvd players, and mp3 players.

When you get an offer with your bank statement that says "Sign and return for a $10 credit towards your account... and a one month trial period into Great Fun" don't fill it out and return it if you don't want the trial period! You have another thing coming if you don't think your bank isn't selling your information to companies like this every day.

And when you're making your purchases online, same rules apply. Read every single thing when you're using your credit card online! You're not getting 15% off your purchase just because! And- if you accidentally enroll, and you get a confirmation email stating "your trial membership has started" DON'T IGNORE IT. Call and cancel while you're in a FREE trial period. Don't pretend you're oblivious to everything going on until you see a $149.99 charge. That's just stupidity.

It's funny to see that people are so dumb, and so greedy they'll close their eyes and take every "free" thing that comes their way. But it's even funnier to know that MILLIONS of people get offers like this and don't enroll or get charged because they have both eyes open.

Last but not least, the company is a legitimate service that millions of real members, (who can read and willingly enroll) actually USE. Maybe you can check it out by going to www.greatfunsite.com. And maybe if you think back really far, you'll realize... "Oh yeah. I did send that offer back in." And maybe you can realize that you're the only one to blame. So why don't you try a little light reading before you cry "scam."

;)

These people are stupid. They charged me 12.99 a month and we just caught it becuase it didnt say it on the other ones but they were doing it. All I did was buy a magazine and get a rebate and said I was a member. I tried to cancel but they said I had to be with them an X amount of days and I finally quite. What kind of jerk offs do this kind of crap?

I was checking my credit transactions and found that I had been charged from "Great Fun" for 10 months! I called Great Fun and spoke with a manager and told them that I had called my credit card company and they told me it was not a revolving charge, so someone had been speaking with them month by month. I told them I haven't used the service AT ALL and they're going to refund ALL of my money back!

Great Fun had an unotherized charge on my Best Buy credit card. I called them because I had no idea what that charge was for. And I had never heard of Great Fun. I was pretty upset. But they did cancel my charge. I called Best Buy and explained why I was not going to pay the bill. The girl said that she had never seen Great Fun on any charge before. How did this happen? You've got me! Pretty sneaky way to do business.

I just spoke with Bank of America and the Great Fun charge is a telemarketing part of Bank of America that offers discounts on restaurants, parks, etc. however...I did not authorize this and will be receiving credit for these charges.

I am 100% IRATE right now! I just opened my Bank of America statement and noticed that there was a charge from GREATFUN for 129.99. I have NO clue who these people are and I DID NOT authorize a transaction with them. In fact, I haven't even used my Bank of America card, because they are also crooks. I declined using the card back in May because anymore purchases would lead my APR to jump from 8.99% to 23.99%! I was shocked when I saw that my minimum payment this month had doubled! Thank you so much to Gitty for posting the number [protected]. The [protected] posted on my credit card bill was completely useless. I spoke to a woman named Marivic who told me I used some coupon a year ago that would sign me up, and that the 129.99 was my annual fee. She canceled the membership for me, most of the money is being refunded, and I received a cancellation code. Unfortunately I still have to hurtle the fact that I have to wait 3-5 business days for Bank of America to put my dispute through to keep my interest rate lower. I am convinced that they are in on this, as an associate from there told me that they are affiliated with GREATFUN. Great load of crap if you ask me! NO one should be able to get away with what they are doing! Hope at least this number helps someone. Good luck to all!

Please unsuscrib the use of your web site and service. Do not use my credit card again. Thankx, Ray

Somehow we have gotten involved with your web page. We wish to canceal and would appreciate your return of the 11.99 each for the last two months. Please do not invoice us for another month. Thankx, Ray Canfield at rcanfield@gmail.com

We are having to deal with this for the fourth time in as many months. My 17 year old child with their first bank account keeps getting charged from this company. The only place a purchase was made with the card was Amazon.com for books. We have had the debit card changed three times and now are going to have to change the account. We really hope this works. The bank has credited the amount but makes it harder for us each time. We know about those scam checks that come to the house and as all mail comes through me or my spouse, I know my 17 year old didn't cash one of those checks.

TLG*Great Fun, This company Charged my visa card today and I don't no why? We have to do something?

All of you people are ignorant in the fact that YOU DONT WANT TO READ. Don't cash that $8.50 check because it clearly states that you will be enrolled into a membership, and they have your signature on file to prove it. When you make a purchase on Shoebuy.com, Priceline.com or Airtran.com, don't click on the link to 'Save 15% off this purchase.' By doing so you agree to the terms and conditions of the membership. And PLEASE if you receive that $10 Credit to your account from Chase, Bank of America or US Bank, DON'T fill out all of your personal info and send it back. The terms and conditions are stated right on there. Oh yeah, and if you receive the 'IPOD SHUFFLE' free gift offer, well, you would be the stupidest person on the planet to complain from that charge. You people need to stop complaining and read before you blindly accept what you don't read. And any type of lawsuit would merely add to your losses because their terms are all legal and go through a lengthy process to keep them that way. If you would like to complain to anyone else you can email me at limpb0130@yahoo.com and I'd love to listen.

I was scammed by this service through TrueCredit.com.I was told by great fun that I signed up for it when I made a account with truecredit.com. I read it over very carefully and never noticed anything about Great fun. I was never aware that I had a membership with great fun, I never received any information about this company. I was told by Great Fun that a information packet was sent to my email address. Probably went in my spam box. Glad I checked my credit card statement over!

OMG! THIS IS INSANE! I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PLACE EVER!? I JUST SAW A CHARGE ON MY BANK STATEMENT OF $14.76 FROM GREAT FUN & GOOGLED THE COMPANY. COME TO FIND THIS PAGE WITH ALL YOUR COMMENTS STATING THE SAME STRANGE UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES, & IN JUNE! THIS IS THE SCARIEST THING EVER! DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN A HOLD OF THESE CREDIT CARD NUMBERS? I'VE NEVER USED THIS DEBIT CARD TO PURCHASE ANYTHING EVER. EVEN MORE ASTONISHING IS THAT THE CARD IS FOR A BANK ACCOUNT I HAVE, THAT'S NEVER USED, HAS NO MONEY IN IT, & THE CARD HAS NEVER BEEN USED OR TAKEN OUT OF THE ENVELOPE! WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE?

I called them at: [protected] and they said they would cancel my membership and refund my money. Further, I filed a complaint with the Secret Service Financial Crimes Division ( http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/financial_crimes.shtml ) and strongly encourage everyone else to do the same.

audge6...Let me see if I can help you...I have had it up to my neck with this company and I want to do whatever I can to help whomever I can.
First, let me start by giving you their phone number. It is [protected]. They will tell you EXACTLY what you did that signed you up for this companys BS. Tell them you never authorized it and you want it cancelled and ALL of your money refunded. If they proceed to argue and tell you they cannot do it, simply call your bank. Your bank has a "dispute" department of some kind and they will call this company and get your money back for you. I am dealing with overdraft fees that this company owes me. When they took out the $11.99 from my account, the money was not there and I got hit with a $34 overdraft fee.
The only other advice I can offer is DO NOT be nice to these people. They are a fraud and hundreads of thousands of people have been scammed by them! DO NOT let them talk down to you and remember...it is YOUR money and YOUR livelyhood they are messing with!
If I can do anything else to help, let me know. I get an email everytime someone posts a complaint on here. I wish you the BEST OF LUCK!

I was charged also for what, I have no idea what great fun is and they keep charging my credit card 14.99 a month and i did not realize until today that they have been doing this for 4 months. What can I do? How do I get my money back? I tried to go to the web site and click on "contact now" and it goes to yahoomail and not to them. If anyone knows what I can do please help...

VERY UPSET YOUR RUNNING A SCAM

TLG also charged my account and I don't know how someone was able to get my account information. A Customer Service person said that sometimes that would happen if you order something online. The company you order from might sell your information to another company. I also was told to ask around to see if the company is legitimate before ordering online.

I am so glad i found this site. I googled TLG Great Fun because I saw it pending on my account. I remember seeing something in the mail about a week ago for a check. It was for 9.99 or 9.96 not sure which. I kept trying to figure this out. Who was sending me a refund check and why. Well, when I turned it over, it said that by signing it I was going to be billed monthly. Of course, I shredded it just like I do for everything else. Now I see this. But I never booked a flight through these websites. I looked back through my bank records from the 1st of 2009. In March of this year, I paid for a book through Amazon and then they credited it back when the buying ran out of the item before my payment was received. Twice I bought a ticket online. One was at the end of April 2009 and one was in the middle of May 2009. However, both of them were purchased straight through USAirways. Now I did look at the discount websites to help determine where I could save. But I never leave open pages when I am using my card online. Whatever website I am using the card on, is all that is open. The last transaction I made with my card online was through Shape Magazine website to purchase a year membership to their magazine. Oh yeah, I have used paypal from Ebay 4 times this year. Every person that sees this type of transaction on their cards, no matter how small or large, needs to post something on here. That way, we can all keep up with it. By the way, I live in Alabama, if that helps anyone.

i have been hit for $14.99 per month for the last six months by great fun. its a total fraud. i called my credit card company. i hope they can resolve this

they charged us 69.99 and then they charged us 79.99 to our visa account and i have absolutly no idea what it is or about

I was charged 35.99 every 3 months for a year. When i called the phone number on my statement I was connected to a supervisor who could not find my membership info. DUH! If I was a member why would I call to complain. He told me to fax a copy of my statement and in 4-6 weeks I would be credited. WRONG! 10 weeks later I made the same call and they wanted my credit card number to verify. YEAH RIGHT! They said they could not find a charge in their system against my account. I gave them this ultimatum...I will fax you a copy of my statement 1 more time and if I don't receive credit in 5 business days I will go to the District Attorney's Office and file criminal charges, as well as go to the BBB and file a complaint. I am in law enforcement and told them this would not be difficult to do. I also said that I will call every day after the 5 days with my attorney on the phone and bill Great Fun for every minute my attorney charges me. They finally got the message and if I don't get my money back soon I just might go on vacation to their corp. HQ with a favor from the local PD.

I fell victim to this as well. I booked a hotel back in March and on June 15th I was charged $11.99 from TLG Great Fun. When I called them and told them this was a bunch of crap, they cancelled my membership and refunded my money.
They told me that when I booked through Priceline.com, a "pop up" came up saying that I was eligible for a 15% discount for booking through Priceline. Well...I have a pop up blocker on my computer. Not only did I not accept this discount, I never saw this discount and sure didn't get any "Great Fun" benifits.
Googling "TLG Great Fun" was how we found out about this scam. I have sent an email to all my friends and family telling them not to book vacations through any online discount travel companies. After researching, we also found that this company is leeched to companies like Classmates.com and a bunch of others! Keep your eye out ANY time you give your credit card number online!

Going to repost this from time to time to let people know how to deal with these people.

Heya Everyone!

Just found this site...Here's my story..your gonna LOVE this!

I booked a hotel room online...hotelsdotcom.

Lady told me about Travelers Advantage"..sounded ok, so I signed up to save $30 right away.

Well, after talking to a friend who had used them and had NOTHING but problems, I called the Attorney Generals Office in Illinois and Ct and found the MASSIVE amount of complaints they had against them. I cancelled within 7 days of getting it figuring I got out unscathed...wrong.

That was April 6th. (kept the confirmation of cancellation number and all that..be SURE you do too for at LEAST a year.)

Well..today (April 14th) I get an email welcoming me and my new membership to GREAT FUN!...funny...I never signed up for any "great fun."

After 2 phone calls to the company, apparently I was signed up yesterday...wow..how did that happen?

The guy on the phone swore up and down to me that it was the hotel I stayed at..they signed me up for it yesterday...he swore they did.

Well...I called that hotel to let them know this joker was throwing them under the bus for thier fraud..they were VERY interested in this.

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 thier 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!

It charged me two years until recently I found it. They only agreed to refund 3 month charge. Now they agreed to return all money since I filed a case to BBB. I think BBB is powerful.

I found a charge of $69.99 from Great Fun. This was apparently due to a check I receive from my HBC Direct Rewards Discover credit card that was disguised as a cash back rewards check for my business with Discover and HBC. I've received some other checks from HBC as well and noticed that they explicitly said that by cashing the check you were enrolling for a membership. I find it difficult to believe I would have cashed a check with such a message on it considering how easily I spotted the other ones. I'm currently trying to get a copy of the check(s) from my bank to confirm. PLEASE READ ANY CHECK THAT YOU GET VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE DEPOSITING!

I just got ripped off too. I had 3 charges for 11.99 on my credit card. i called them and they told me I agreed to this when i selected Accept. They told me to read the T&C's. Then they told me if I want a refund I have to write a letter to:
Attn: Support Services
P.O. Box 6100
Westerville, OH [protected]

I doubt I will get my money back.

I also fell victim to false charges. I just called them today and I was told where to write a letter to request refund.

We have experienced the same thing from making a purchase at Cooking.com website. "Greatfun" claims, "Our records indicate that you were enrolled in Great Fun on October 16, 2008 while using your internet service provider and responding to an offer on the Cooking.com website. Our services were described on-line at that time. You designated a password, and provided security information when prompted, which indicated your agreement to enroll in the service. " This is B.S.!

It seems the way they get you to sign up is by integrating their offer with your purchase at "reputable*" sites in a way that you think you are simply finishing your order with that site, but are in fact signing up with them. *I say 'reputable" in a sarcastic way as I have no idea why a legitimate site would need to team up with companies such as this.

In any case, write to them at kbuonagura@AffinionGroup.com or kbuonagura@trilegiant.com and demand a FULL refund within a week telling them that failure to do so will result in your filing a complaint with your state's and the Connecticut's Attorney General's office. If they do not meet your deadline, file the complaints!

http://www.ct.gov/ag/site/default.asp is the URL of the Connecticut's Attorney General's office where you will find downloadable complaint forms.

hello!

This is valid for me as well!
The great fun no is: [protected]
They have charged me for over 2 years now!
What shall I do about this!

//Confused Swede

Today, I checked my accounts as I do daily to see what transactions have gone through and such and there I see charge for TLG Great Fun and I 've never heard of this company before. Mind you that I have worked all day and returned home at around 10pm to see this on my account. I have sent and email to my bank disputing this charge as it is still pending so I hope this doesn't go through and I have tried to check out this company with the BBB and their website is down. We should definitely report their underhanded and illegal ways of taking out money with out our concent for services that not even used or seen. Such a scam!

I have been getting checks from them in the mail and ripping them up and I just now found out they have been charging me for a service i didn't even request. When i called they told me it was because i completed a survey or checked something wjile i was using turecredit.com. This is such a scam! Did anyone get there money back from these bloodsucking jerks? And if so how? Also when you call they act like it is no big deal they been stealing money out of our accounts. I had to check what great fun was on the internet and this page pulled up number two next to there home page, horrible!

I totally agree and am inflamed that this company still exists. I logged on today as I to am a victim of BOTH COMPANIES...TRAVELERS ADVANTAGE and GREAT FUN. Travelers Advantage popped up while I was making online reservations in 11/2008. I agreed to a 30day trial period membership. However the member card arrived 2 weeks into the trial period, so I called them up to cancel as I would not be able to even use the full trial period. And to boot the member book had not arrived. The phone operators are good, man I tell you. They are really pushy. I was offerred an additonal trial period. And advised that when the book arrived, I would be sure to find good deals to use. Well, the book arrived a week later but it was useless to me. I called to cancel. It took another call to get it sorted out. I also requested the dinner discount voucher that was promised initially with the online order. I was told it would be forthcoming.

You think you're safe but NOOOOOOO! Watch out, I was sent 4 checks for $10.00, however once reading the back endorsing area, I noted that by endorsing the check for deposit, I would be enrolling in membership. HA! Those scammers. Well I still have those checks and will never cash them. But today 5/21/2009 I get a call from my bank to verify questionable transaction. It was same charge $11.00, similar description and so I thought it was Travelers coming back. But it was Great Fun, which is apparently sister company and the member is different by one digit.
So here I go again trying to get my money back. They have been billing for 5months. I heard a charge 2mos ago on the bankingauto
phone, but when I called Travelers they said my account was closed. But apparently it was Great Fun.

These [redacted]s go back to 2006. AND THEY ARE STILL IN BIG BUSINESS, how the heck is that possible?
Fuming Linda

i did sign up but after two week i called and cancel my membership and still keep my gas rebate .but i'm stiil being charge a monthly bill of 14.99 i have tryed calling can not get a respone from anyone.i wish this would come to a stop NOW. thank you mary acosta

I had charges on my Visa From Great Fun, 11.99 a month for 7 months. When I called to find out what it was they said that I signed up for their services when i purchased something online. When i asked what services they offered he said that I had been getting coupons in the mail from them. When i informed him that i never signed up for the service and that i had never received anything from them he let me know how i signed up. He said that when I was online purchasing something that a pop-up from Great Fun would have come up and that is how they get your info. When you click on it to get it to close they get your info and sign you up for their services. He said that he would refund me 2 months and that i would have to fax a letter to the company for the rest. I did just that and 3 weeks later i got a letter telling me that when i was purchasing from Current Labels that I signed up for the service. I called the company again this guy told me that when i was checking out there was an offer for 20.00 of my purchase if i signed up with Great Fun. With that i called Current Labels, had them look up my order from 9 months earlier. I asked if I had received 20.00 off my order and she said no. I then asked if they knew this company was doing this and she said that they had stopped working with the company because they had so many complaints. I then called Great Fun back to inform them what I was told by Current and they promptly refunded all of my money to me. I then quickly canceled the card for no future problems.