I signed up for the service.
The auto renewal was clearly disclosed when I signed up.
Unfortunately, I misplaced the card with the membership number.
I sent repeated emails to veteran's advantage with the transaction information, my email address etc - but never received a reply.
Like others, I also didn't notice the contact number link in tiny text in the footer.
My new card arrived, and with it a pending charge on my card for 59.99.
I called them this morning to cancel it - received a cancellation number.
Too early yet to see if this actually gets canceled or not.
The woman I spoke to was polite and helpful, assuming it does get canceled.
Make sure you cancel your as soon as it arrives, or you'll be billed for the renewal.
Remember, if you wait for the transaction to go through, the pending charge can tie up your credit limit/debit balance for the rest of your billing cycle.
Most merchants don't bother to bother to cancel the authorization, they just don't capture the payment.
I cannot believe anyone would give up their credit card info to a Facebook page ffs.
Why...why...why?
And no - no new laws are required.
Fraud laws already exist.
Doesn't do any good if people don't take at least a *little* bit of care.
You can't fix stupid.
You're an idiot.
You were kicked from a Prince fan site for violating the rules of the forum, and now you want to accuse them of being a scam.
Now, you're abusing this site by claiming that housequake was a scam site.
You don't even know what constitutes a scam.
It's not at all unusual for a successful site to either require membership fees, or request voluntary donations.
I suggest you pay more attention in school, as you are headed down a path where you could easily suffer financial repercussions from your irresponsible attempts to scam people.
While I'm on that subject, let me point out that you are - at minimum - a fellow traveler with the very worst of scammers - christianity.
You're the enemy here - not the victim.
Corey:
You're a troll - and now you have the look to match.
I hope Coleman sues you into oblivion.
If you were asked in your application or interview if you had ever stolen anything, and you claimed that you hadn't - then yes - you can be fired at any time - for cause.
And the employer would be correct in disputing your unemployment claim as well.
No, you didn't pay google.
Google doesn't sell cd's.
You were scammed by a company which preys on those too ignorant to distinguish between a domain which includes "google" in the domain name, and google.com.
www.googleisgonnatakeallyourmoney.com is not google.
Neither is googletreasurechest.com
While necessary, there is no amount of complaining that is going to either return your money, or stop the activity of these companies.
Think about this logically:
Loan origination fees are paid through the proceeds of the loan.
Even the most abusive - though legit - lenders do this.
So, you know upfront that you're dealing with a group that will flee before refunding any money.
Law enforcement can't go after every scammer - not realistic and the ultimate cost to everyone would be excessive.
So, there is a threshold of complaints that various enforcement agencies use. Most base it on the total monetary value of complaints, though they will also go after companies that target specific vulnerable groups - like the elderly.
These thresholds are understood by the scammers as well, so after they let the scam run for a while, they pack up and disappear - with your money.
Generally speaking, the participants are long gone before any investigation can start.
As long as people are gullible - there will people to gull them.
Now that you've had an extremely cheap lesson in how NOT to obtain a loan, have you folks educated yourselves about how legitimate financial organizations operate?
Damned right I took your money!
I'll be coming after the rest of it soon.
You should probably throw Kara to the curb.
Stupid [censored] gave me crabs.
I think I'm going to have to get in touch with Dr Coleman to see if there is anything I can do to assist him in shutting you up.
You need serious help.
And your internet connection severed.
Sounds like you didn't properly prepare your equipment for storage.
I know that's in the owner's manual.
Seals do dry out - and what you've experienced is typical of what happens as a result of neglecting off season maintenance.
It's not any reflection on the design in general, or the manufacture of this unit.
I have no standing to threaten you.
You haven't wronged me.
But I think you are wronging the party which you attack, and wronging people who seek information.
You aren't claiming that he didn't send you a "get rich quick" kit in a timely manner, like most of the whiners on here.
You aren't even claiming malpractice - you're claiming criminal acts, which if true, would result in serious prison time and complete loss or career.
To make such a charge in a public forum without being able to back it up is irresponsible.
I've sent you nothing privately.
Why would I do that?
I guess the harshest thing I could do to you is to educate you.
IANAL - everything I know abut our legal system comes from TV and movies.
That also means this is pretty commonly understood lay knowledge.
I'm sure that should Coleman decide to file suit against you, your postings here will all be admissible as evidence of several points.
In your various statements, you've established that you know that your statements have the potential to interfere with the business of Dr Coleman. That, combined with you presenting your interpretation of events and Dr Coleman's motivations as fact rather than opinion, puts a lot of the legal burden on you in a libel case.
The only real defense you would have would be truth.
And because you've stated your views as fact rather than opinion, and have a malicious intent, you don't get to say "gee - guess I was wrong."
Unless you can prove that a reasonable person - whether or not you happen to be reasonable - would reach the same conclusions as you - it's libel.
The reason I'm breaking that down for you is that IF you get sued, you won't be able to claim you didn't know.
And you won't be able to deny having read it unless you stop posting.
And you won't stop posting.
Which will make legal action against you *after* you've had the obvious pointed out to you, and you've acknowledged the information, and you continue to libel - a slam dunk.
I'm not going to contact the Doc - I'm far to lazy and I think my purposes are better served by simply exposing you for the liar you are.
Yup - I'm publicly calling you a liar.
I'm stating that you are deliberately trying to mislead people in a callous attempt to aggrandize yourself, interfere with someone's business by doing irreparable damage to their reputation, and boost your poor self esteem.
Liar, liar!
Nothing sneeky.
You made a point of not using anonymity (that debatable - but another subject) so I copy/pasted you into google.
It wasn't hard and two about 90 seconds to follow the obvious pattern of paranoia.
Typing all that crap took longer, but only because I wanted to be as clear as possible, and I *do* have other things going on.
We all love to hear stories about the valiant victim rising up to throw off her oppressor.
At best, you're unstable and misguided.
At worst, you're malevolent and psychopathic.
Either way, you're not a person to be trusted, and I submit that you are a great example of why these sites don't work well for anything more serious than "I didn't receive my rebate."
What I'm trying to do is point that out.
Why I'm doing this is a valid question.
I find most people to be a bit thick headed (yes, I'm an elitist) and the user base here is pretty far down the food chain.
There really isn't any reason to pity them, and I certainly don't identify with them.
It could be that I have a deep seated natural protectiveness of my fellow man.
Or perhaps I'm merely elevating myself by diminishing you.
It really doesn't matter.
We are amused.
Please play through.
You catch a lot more bees with honey than with vinegar.
Once upon a time, I was a csr for Verizon.
First - the post from Venus is rubbish.
There simply isn't any way to rack up 825 in intenet charges while packing a suitcase.
Or 50 suitcases.
Having said that - yes - sometimes grossly excessive charges occur.
That's the nature of the beast - no billing system is perfect, and relies on human data input. Misconfigure services on an account and the bill gets screwed up.
Step 1 to resolve this type of issue is to be reasonable but firm. Also be prepared for the call. Know your plan. Thoroughly and correctly.
Step 2 is to gather information. Ask what activity generated the billing. Please keep in mind that most csr's have little technical background, so they aren't given the tools to access the information to tell you what was accessed and when.
What you will need to do is demand full records of internet access. Tell them you need to do this to understand what the billing is for.
You will be told they don't have this information.
This isn't a lie.
The csr doesn't have the info, and likely isn't aware of who does.
Calmly insist that you either be connected to, or receive a call back, from someone who does have this information.
This will require escalation of your issue, and it's quite possible that while they are looking at your account more carefully, they find an error in how it's set up.
An example would a smart phone that is normally set up with a data package. Without it, some smart phones would rack up data charges by pinging the data network periodically. If the account is configured without a data package, and someone forgets the network access block, or puts on the wrong one, this can cause extreme data charges.
Step 3. Go to a different website. The userbase here is ill qualified to understand, much less diagnose an abnormal billing for internet charges.
Instead, go to phonescoop.com, or howardforums.com
If you ultimately determine that the problem was a telco error, insist that all charges be waived and the situation corrected.
If the error was yours (this includes ignorance of your plan or phone operation) be prepared to negotiate. The strength of your position depends partly on how far up you go before you start negotiating, and partly on your perceived value as a customer.
Your value is not just a factor of your average bill, it also includes perceptions of you based on payment history and customer service logs.
There are those customers who call in every month to try to dispute valid charges. It's clear who they are. And it's easy to document their behavior in such a way that future csr's will cut them zero slack.
Don't be a Dick or a Patsy and you'll find the whole process faster and easier,
If you had competed your contractual obligation rogers, they would remove the subsidy lock.
If it was a prepaid phone through rogers, then the phone stays locked.
That's the way it's supposed to be.
Why did you think you were going to receive such a package - and a $2000 check to boot?
You realize there is no rational explanation for such an expectation beyond you thinking someone made a mistake, and rushing to capitalize on their error.
You're greedy and stupid.
And I hope they fleece more greedy, stupid people.
Before I came to this site, I wondered how scam artists could possibly find enough dumb ### to make their activities financially viable.
The mystery is revealed.
I think it's Croquet in dalivision
Why didn't you just contact the state records department in the state in which he was born?
Who pays for a p2p program?
That's asinine - the are tons of free ones out there - most better than Ares.
I decided no amount of Tammy Faye Baker spackle could ever hide that ugly mug.
If you insist, I'll give you a facial myself.
My position relies on your statements, not who I am.
Request denied!
Put your brand new pc back in the box and return it.
You're clearly too stupid to won one.
This is, unfortunately, the current trend with voip.
Lot's of players dumped money in it and provided decent service initially, but through downward price pressure, the servie has suffered.
I had the same issue with Vonage.
So, you didn't pay them for two months and you're pissed they want their money?
You self absorbed little ###.
You're correct - this *is* the reason everyone pays higher prices.
And it's the reason you shop there - no one else will give you credit.
And rightly so.
