JustAnswer

When I gave them my credit card information to charge me five dollars for an answer, they sent me an email on Sat, May 20, 5:17 PM stating:

Membership details:

You were charged the one-time $5 join fee and the $60 membership fee (Order ID [protected]-540). Your membership will renew automatically and the membership fee will be charged each month until you cancel. You can cancel anytime via the membership panel in the “My Account page” to avoid future charges. No refunds unless required by law.

i went to this site on 6-10-23, to ask a question about my very ill dog and you signed me up for monthly payments. the total charged to my visa card so far is $1, $46, and $55. i want to be reimbursed for this amount and removed from membership immediately and refunded this amount to my visa card.

i never signed up for anything! please take care of this matter immediately! thank you, sue simmonds

I contacted just answer was trying to find something. They said to prove my identity they needed to take £1 I agreed to this. Subsequently THEY'VE have taken ,£35 put of my account for what! I did not agreed to any subscriptions or anything. This is disgraceful I am a pensioner so I am left without food for 3 days.

Total scam !

PLEASE REFUNDABLE THIS MONEY IMMEDIATELY I WILL VE REPORTING THIS COMPANY

On the 8th of June I submitted one question to the Just Answer website and received a reply from Jim Lawyer. I was asked if I would allow payment of £5.00 GBP to pay for my question I agreed to the £5.00 GBP payment and authorised it using Apple Pay, this was then deducted from my account on the 12th of June.

Today I was horrified to see that my bank account displays a pending transaction of £50.00 GBP. Can you please have this cancelled. After doing some research online I can see that it seems to be common practise for Just Answer to sign you up to a subscription without your knowledge and take money out of your account. I would like the payment of £50.00 to be reversed and if a subscription has been set up have this cancelled too.

I look forward to hearing from you and receiving my money back.

No services were provided afterwards. However every month since January 2023 were taken from my account as if I have a subscription. I never was asked whether I wanted a subscription so I never agreed to that. I want my subscription stopped en the amounts of 55 Euro as of February 2023 reimbursed. The work was all done by phone, no email exchange has taken place.

Order ID:

[protected]-920

Hi there,

Thank you for your order. We see you accepted an offer for a Secure Remote Assistance regarding your Microsoft Office question so we have charged your credit card ending in: 3342 for 39 €.

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Thank you,

The JustAnswer Team

Please confirm,

Aris Doelman

I received multiple emails afterwards till 30 january. In one email there is mentioned 'membership' which I did not react to till now because it was a one time support effort in my view.

Back on March 25, 2023 I had phoned to see if they could help me with my little pup. I knew I had to pay and I did pay them $44.00. I thought I was done. Well, on June 6th I had another $44.00 taken from my credit card which I didn't authorize. I can't seem to cancel this and all I want is to have my money returned. I live in Canada. Please help.

D. MacLachlan

JustAnswer

Can you solve my problem?

I sought advice regarding my Oral B Braun Geniux X electric toothbrush.

An "Appliance Technician" was on the chat call.

I genuinely believed that she would help me reset the device. However, the following happened:

Instead of assisting with the toothbrush, she asked questions about my health.

I have a life-threatening disease, Lupus. I am currently on medication, and all of my organs, except for my kidneys, have been severely affected. An autoimmune condition in my brain has caused central nervous dysfunction, leading to peripheral neuropathy.

Every day is a struggle, as my nerves are under attack. I have lost vision in my left eye, and my hands and feet are affected. Walking has become impossible, and I have been in and out of hospitals for the past two years.

All I needed was help with a toothbrush. It may seem insignificant, but it is important to me as I have lost all my teeth due to Lupus.

I explained the situation, hoping for assistance, but instead, she took advantage of it. How cruel. The problem here is that I was directed to a doctor for advice, yet there was no communication from the doctor's side.

I did not register on the JustAnswer website, so I do not have a password. To proceed, I had to make a payment. JustAnswer has my banking details saved, and I am unable to delete them. Will they refund my credit card? The amount was supposed to be R15, but R599 was deducted from my card. It is highly misleading. No doctor provided assistance, and there was no help with the toothbrush settings.

Nobody assisted me, and there was a lack of knowledge from JustAnswer.

I have not registered on JustAnswer. The chat operator registered on my behalf.

How soon will I receive a refund? Nobody has reached out to me, and the amount provided was incorrect. Should I contact my bank for security reasons? I have not received an OTM (one-time password).

JustAnswer still has access to my banking details. How can I delete them?

The reviews for JustAnswer are bad: https://www.hellopeter.com//reviews/

Is this company legitimate or a scam?

I used their service to answer one question that was presented as a "7 dollars answer" (roughly since I am using a foreign coin).

They did not indicate anywhere but in terms of conditions (as if people read it) that I am signing for a membership that is 10 times more expansive! They charged me 80 dollars!

They did not agree to give me back my money although it is clear I did not intend to buy a membership and only asked this one question, and did not even sign in to their website to use "my membership".

I would like an immediate refund from JustAnswer! I was informed that I could have my legal question, the ONE question I wanted to ask, answered for R15 as soon as I fill out the payment form.

I NEVER wanted to join JustAnswer ! The moment I filled out the form they deducted R15 PLUS R781 from my account! I IMMEDIATELY canceled my "membership" with them, without ever asking my legal question.

What they took is my food money for the rest of this month! I NEVER agreed to paying R781. I was told that it was going to be R15 and that all I had to do was fill out the banking form!

Just Answer deceived me! I want a refund immediately!

I am reaching out today because I am extremely dissatisfied with the service you have provided. In the month of April I had utilized your medical advice as they were advertised to cost $2. Upon receiving some menial help from a supposedly qualified doctor, I was billed $66. Although grossly dissatisfied, I took the hit and neglected what was already a great fraud. I have not agreed to that amount, I did not register to an account on your website so do not have a membership, and certainly did not receive any terms and conditions through text/ mail or call any day, to confirm that I would pay such an amount. The only act that I posed was to provide my card information and phone number. Today, I was just billed another $66 and yet it has been roughly a month since I have used your services and I never reached out again to receive advice. Upon research on other customers' experiences on the internet, I realized that this fraud was made possible by the exploitation of desperate people looking for help online. Having realized you use intentional misrepresentation to lure customers such as myself, I am now writing to demand a full refund for the money that I was extorted by your business.

On 28/05/23 I asked a question how to cancel My Heritage Subscription. I was asking this question on behalf of my 90-year-old brother, who cannot afford the Subscription. I was told I had to pay and clicked on the NIS 4 (Israeli Currency) link, which took me to a screen to insert my Credit Card Number, phone number and email address. I did not see any notification that I was signing up for a monthly membership. I submitted the form and the "Expert" sent me a list of phone numbers of My Heritage within a minute. I checked by Credit Card statement and was amazed to see that I had been debited NIS 178. I wrote to Customer Support explaining that there was a Billing Mistake. I received a letter telling me that I could cancel the monthly membership fee going forward, but I had to pay the for the current month. I am terribly upset about this experience and did not sleep at all last night. Just Answer is running a scam and I was tricked into paying for a monthly membership which I did not sign up for. On there form for the Credit Card Details a notification in bold red in 20-point letters should point out the monthly payment and the customer must approve in a checkbox that he approves. Your Company is absolutely disgusting. How can you build a strong Brand Image' operating like you do? Please refund my money that has been "taken" illegally.

Name: Avron Moss email" [protected]@gmail.com

Phone number: +[protected]

It is today 05/28/2023 at atout 9:00pm.

I just discussed with a technician, he understood my issue and sent me to pay a fee before starting helping me with my TV issue. The fee suppose to be $1 and then when I entered my credit card the charge was $46! I declined and now my credit card was blocked by Bank of America and this is very annoying, It is very unprofessional. I tried 10 times to get back to them and they do not care, they just want to charge you a fee that was not the fee they promised at the start up: introductory fee $1 and $46 after if we accept to continue with a monthly fee. They apply the $46 right the way! You cannot talk or chat with them anymore unless they screw you for $46, I went to customer service/contact us to chat and explain my issue, the customer service after I typed my question said this: "this a pay per question chat, do you want to continue, yes or no, if you type yes they ask you again your credit card! If you type no, you get kicked out! IF THIS IS MOT A SCAMMING PLATFORM THEN TELL ME … WHAT IS IT? Be sure that you walk out immediately from those scammers who are claiming being a 5 stars website, it’s only a very weird con artiste type of platform.

Joined 5/28 and cancelled that same day. When I signed up, it was said that it was a $5 posting fee and $46 once membership is renewed in a month. I got charged for both right away, when I asked customer service about this, they blamed me for not reading it right and that a free trial does not exist.

Not only is their signing up process misleading, their customer service absolutely doesn’t help whatsoever.

Definitely a scam.

I wanted to ask 1 question for a legal matter and they didn't really give a response "As they are not lawyers" I paid the membership fee and I had to sign for a month.
I've then been charged for 6 x months for a sevice I never wanted or had any intention of using.
I've tried numerous times to contact them and they just cut off the chat.
I feel this service is deceptive and a scam that needs to be shut down.

I asked for a cardiologist and the person who answered had broken English even in typing, obviously did not carefully read my question as he proceeded to ask me questions to which the answers were in the question I wrote. Then he recommended I talk to a cardiologist, so I clicked on his profile and he is only a MD, not a cardiologist and his name was supposedly Dr. Care. So, I'm paying to have people who are not experts in the field I asked for tell me absolutely nothing.

Scam.

I have received a letter from my bank with a Just Answer report that I have constituted Friendly Fraud. I resent this description vigourously, especially from a company who is by all accounts underhand with their method of signing up unsuspecting customers.

Like other complaints Just Answer receives, study receive a £1 payment which by all accounts gives you a free trial, you then type in your question. As soon as you do this,I have now learned,they take a full payment and sign you up for a monthly direct debit,in my case of £24,none of which I authorised. At this point Just Answer request a description of the information to give to the Expert. I then received the experts text ,which showed a figure of £29 for the answer. I immediately texted him that I could not afford that. He replied that he didn't have anything to do with the fee,but it was very obvious that I said I could not afford his information,the thread of texts I have kept from him states "Hello,Ok,no problem at all. Kindest Regards, ...

The Expert advised me to call the Just Answer Customer Support Team. The call was answered by someone who was obviously in another country,the reception was so bad,I could hardly make out what she was saying and I had no option but to terminate the call as it was pretty obvious she couldn't hear me either.

However,later on in the afternoon ,regardless of our texts the Expert still went ahead and answered My questions, partly.No reference to the question regarding a Hallmark on silver that I own and how to get rid of built up silver polish,advising me to use Silver polish!.

I have an appointment at the bank tomorrow and will be taking the text thread of the conversation I had with the Expert. The Expert gave me his name,which shows clearly on his texts to me,but for protection reasons I have not named him in the complaint.

19 May 2023

My desktop would not open and in searching on my phone for answers I came across this site which looked as it it cost $2 to ask a question. On that page it did not mention the $70 which is why I call it a scam.

I paid the $2 by visa and then got a text asking me to text HELP or STOP. I couldn't work out where to go from there so texted STOP.

I then solved the computer problem with the help of a family member and so didn't even need to use the service. Happy to pay the $2 but not the $70.

I am very disappointed that even though I mentioned I was older generation and had difficulty with computers that they have so far refused to refund the $70 but I am going to keep on asking and copy this review to other sites to make others aware of this crafty way of making money out of vulnerable people.

Company is a fraud. Never once used their service yet somehow got charged $40 the last two months each. Tried to cancel the "subscription" and the chatbot on their website just took me to the sign up screen. It's a scam plain and simple. The only thing I can think of to get my money back is to dispute the charges with my bank and deactivate the credit card.

August 2022 I used JustAnswer services to discuss one single issue, paid 5 euros and that was that. Today I find out they've been charging me 49 euros per month for a membership I didn't sign up for. Last email I got from JustAnswer is from September 1st 2022, never have I been informed of being in a membership nor the recurring charges on our family credit card. I have not logged in nor used these services since August 2022. Contacted customer service and they only refunded me 3 months, I was charged with 10 months of a subscription trap, I never agreed to this. Please refund.

I contacted Comcast to cancel my service and was told to contact JustAnswer. Even though that was not the right direction to take I stupidly gave them my credit card before I figured out what happened. I contacted JustAnswer and they refunded my money. This happened in Feb/March 2023. Just recently, they charged me again in April. I complained to them about it. The response I received from them was that it resolved in March. I went back to them and told them I was referring to the April 1st charge, not February. Again they responded saying the membership was cancelled and the refund resolved in March but nothing about the April charge.