Misinformation
The misinformation is in the Mysteries of Lancaster County series. The title of the book is "Mixed Signals". On page 36 Florence Nightingale is mentioned as being on the battle fields of WWI, when in fact it was the Crimean War, and it was a good 50 or 60 years before WWI! I hope that you will correct the error. My name Is Vesta Whaley and I enjoy reading your books, but I felt that this error should be brought to your attention. I feel that if a famous person is going to be mentioned in your books at least make sure the facts are true! I am not a company, just a consumer.
Desired outcome: correct error
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
Renewing my subscription without my permission
I get renewal subscriptions request from guideposts all the time. I have no intentions of renewing the subscription. Well, when I received my credit card statement guess what guideposts had done! Used my credit card to renew the subscription-without my permission - I have no idea how they got my information from the credit card, but am demanding a refund to my card! Also, am contacting my attorney to inform him of this. I know it'll cost much more than the subscription, but i'm willing to do that because they took it upon themselves to renew my subscription without my permission! I may file a lawsuit against them for doing this unbeknown to me.
Sincerely,
Martha p taylor
Guideposts send me several notices that my subscription was expiring. I had NO INTENTIONS of renewing my subscription-but somehow found my credit card information and used it to renew my subscription without my permission or knowledge.
I always issued a check to pay for subscription so I'd like to know how they found my credit card information and WHO gave them permission to charge my account. My name is the only name on my credit card and I CERTAINLY DIDN'T give them the authority to use my card. I WANT MY MONEY BACK (to the card) and want that subscription treated as if it never happened!
Thank you and I'll expect an expedited response.
I'm reporting this to my attorney and if I have to, I'll sue to get my money back. I know it'll cost more than the subscription costs, but I WILL NOT let people abuse me or the system. In my opinion, they broke the law and will have to pay the price for that.
june/july, 2019 issue, "princely inspiration" article page 74
We are longtime subscribers to Guideposts magazine after receiving a subscription as a Christmas gift from our Sunday School teacher.
We are disappointed in the article praising and uplifting Prince in June/July 2019 issue. The fact that he was a longtime subscriber to Guideposts does not diminish the horrible treatment he supposedly gave to innocent, defenseless children. Has "anything goes" become a part of Guideposts? We do not understand including an article uplifting and praising Prince.
David and Luetta Fox
Centerton AR
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
customer service for a 2 year magazine subscription
I wish to file a complaint against Barry J. Smith who is the customer service director of guideposts. He has a very bad habit of being to quick to send out typed written letters to customers accusing them of not paying their bill for any books or magazines subscriptions ordered. I got a letter from him today saying that my magazine subscription has been suspended. I had mailed a check for $29.94 either on April 16 or 17. The check was cleared from my bank on April 23. Today is May 10 and this rude unprofessional man dares to suspend my subscription without even checking with the records to see what payments came through. I had issues with him before in the past over a misunderstanding with a book order. Barry does not properly represent a spiritual company like guideposts and does not deserve his title as director of customer service. If it were up to me, I would have him fired from his position. He is not doing God's work by baring FALSE witness on his customers. I want my feelings to be made known to him and by anyone who has power over Barry. I expect to continue to receive my guideposts magazines or else get refunded back the $29.94. Barry is lying about my subscription being suspended. I am sure that some in the billing department can prove him wrong. I want these unpleasant type of form letters from Barry to stop NOW!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer's satisfaction.
I sent a check for a two year renewal and the next issue I received only credited me with one year. I wrote them a letter and soon received three magazines that I had already read. They had changed the renewal for the two year renewal but changed the month from October to May so I only got credited for one year and 8 months instead of two years. They did the same thing last time I renewed it.
Fake bills and strange book
In April I received a book from the company www.guideposts.org. I haven’t ordered it and have no idea why they have sent it to me. Also I started to get bills from this company. I tried to call them, but the phone number was fake. I sent emails, but no one replied. I don’t know how to stop this crap, so please maybe someone can help me. Help, please.
Harassment
My grandmother died in June of this year, so we've been having any leftover mail she would have recieved forwarded to our home. She had a subscription to Guideposts magazine way back in '09 and she cancelled it around Feb of 2010. We never noticed how much she was getting hounded by this company until we started recieving her mail.
They send her a subscripton renewal letter sometimes twice a month. I have begun writing them letters to try and stop them from sending us anything and it's been no use; the letters keep coming. Today I wrote the fourth letter to them telling them to please quit contacting our home and explaining to them she is deceased. I got curious so I went on their website and used my grandmother's password to access her account information. They listed in her account "The Estate of" and then her name, so I know for a fact they know she is dead and still send out the letters anyways.
I tried to contact customer information on the website but got the runaround, finally found the page with a phone number to call; says underneath the listed number that a representative will get back to us in 2 working days. Looked through the crap in the envelope with the letter they sent and there is a little note they have started sending out to their customers stating basically "if you subscribe for another year of the magazine, then next year we'll quit sending renewal notices". What if I don't want to wait until next year?
Well the fact that on her account on the website, it has been changed over to The Estate of, would signify to me that they aren't getting the point and even though it has been expessed in the letters we do not want to do business with them, they keep pushing.
I subscribed for the free stories and love reading inspiration from home . I logged in
and canceled old magazines, but we moved along with some family passing on. I bought a few for my family too . Thanks for praying for me though the years . I don't like church the usual way.
I ordered some Christmas cards & they sent them in an envelope with no packing ALL arrived damaged. Guideposts customer service is a joke. They don't have one. In order to get a refund they required I send back the cards at MY expense. This is NOT a Christian company - don't be fooled.
I first want to say I love reading Mornings with Jesus, I was so impressed I wanted to subscribe to it and was looking forward to getting my March 2023 and April 2023 issue but was told even though I have been charged for a year my subscription will not start until May, I asked about getting this issue and was told there was nothing she could do
This organization is a Scam. They are targeting the elderly. They sent a bill to my mother demanding payment. I contacted their customer service number after looking on the internet for their information since the "invoice" had no number on it to contact customer service which just shows that it is shady. I informed the service agent that I wanted proof my mother signed up for this with her written signature. Their response was, "We will mail that out to you within one to two weeks." instead, my mother paid them even after I told her, "Do not pay this." A week later they send another "Invoice" stating there is an outstanding balance. I contacted them again via phone at 4:30 PM EST on 1/18/2022 and no I was not nice about this. They will be refunding the payment once it reaches them. They will be cancelling the subscription and marking it paid in full. I also told them I would be taking this to the internet to allow everyone to know this company is a SCAM!
FyI Lance, I also reported as fraud to FTC since they actually charged my account for a "billing agreement" through PayPal. Info was acquired for a one time purchase long ago.
I have been subscribing to Guideposts for many years. I do not like their automatic renewal notices. I find the company wants to renew the magazine 3 or 4 months in advance. I am wondering if this is to make money for the magazine. i have to keep good track of when I renewed the magazine last year and not renew until its time to renew.
I moved to my new place this past April and didn't start receiving solicitations from Guideposts until a couple of months ago. I am not religious at all and I do not appreciate being sent religious solicitations. I have contacted the foundation numerous times and even went to the website and opted out of receiving their mail. Nothing works.
I receive notifications from USPS via email with images of mail that is coming to my address and this morning I saw that Guideposts has once again sent me another piece of mail. I am furious.
This foundation has part of my name correct but they added another name in the middle that I've never heard of. No one by that name has ever lived at my address and I told them so.
I know I can just toss the mail in the trash but it's the principal of the thing. When I ask someone to stop bothering me I expect them to stop. These people are relentless.
I am having the same problem. AUTOMATIC gift renewals that I did NOT intend to renew. I just got a bill. I will be calling the above number asap. This makes me doubt the VALUES of Guideposts.
Guideposts invites any customer experiencing issues to contact Customer Service at [protected], Monday through Friday 8 am and 6 pm EST.
My mother gets this magazine too. She enjoys it but since I have lived with her I notice that every month with the magazine they send a subscription notice. She paid for a year in Nov 2916 and every month she gets a notice that she needs to renew by April 2016. She is starting to have dementia so her memory is affected and she just assumes she needs to send another check. When I went through her records I can see that she has been sending more than one check to them each year and in one year she sent a $500 donation! This really makes me angry! There has to be a special place in hell for people who prey on the elderly in the name of Jesus!
Having the same problem here from Guideposts "angels on Earth" division - a magazine my mother with dementia hasn't paid for and never received (excepting a "free" sample) yet we continue to get notice hounding us for payment for a subscription we are not receiving! Huh? I have tried to communicate on-line but to no avail. I mailed them a note but the dunning notices continue to arrive. I can't find a phone number anywhere. I believe this company produces a nice little magazine very appropriate for my mother, but they seem to make a living/profit by preying on the elderly and mentally infirm (while claiming to be praying for them!) I'm disgusted by the whole thing.