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I accept that from now on I should read the “terms & conditions” a lot more closely, but I just couldn’t conceive of a company offering a trial that starts the day you place the order. Well that’s exactly what this fraudulent crook of a company decided to do and I get some third world inept operator taking my call that tried her hardest to up-sell me on another month of a product I didn’t even want one month of.

So I tell her that I received the acai product on Monday it was now Wednesday and I’m wondering why they charged me $89 after 3 days, she replies no it is charged 10 days from the time you place the order, you failed to call us back in time. I exploded! What sense does that make to start my trial of something before I receive it? I didn’t get to TRY it! She say’s oh well since you’ve already paid for it now why don’t you try it for the rest of the month. This crap went on for way too long and finally when I was frustrated to the verge of tears did she give me the cancellation instructions.

Can you believe after the 10 times I said I didn’t want it had I hung up too soon I would have still been in the system to get hit again next month! Scam artists! I am pissed and still out of money. And the cancellation process is so detailed and ridiculous, and they cover their criminal butts by putting this stupid info in the terms they know people rarely read through completely. Uuuggghh!

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chicapee123
Dec 02, 2008 10:14 am EST

The same thing happen to me. I went and closed my account. So They wouldn't keep taking money out.I was charged two fees within days. I tired to call all these phone #'s. But you never get a answer! Lesson learned.

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etta ray
Dec 02, 2008 6:26 pm EST

I ordered 2 bottles of the total cleanse and the acai berry supplements and was charged 79.95 each for them plus the 5.95 for each one.
I called them and made a complaint but I don't think they are going to refund my money.

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Kimberly
Dec 03, 2008 1:15 am EST

Unauthorized withdrawal of 29.95 out of my checking account

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HAY
Hayward , US
Dec 03, 2008 2:32 am EST

youre not alone...i am fuming mad . i did report it to BBB and my credit card and put a temp credit. Their investigating it right now. The number i called tonight [protected] was either busy signal, hold u forever and got hanged up. after 6 pm it's the answering services who will take your call and the usual ask for your number email address and will send the msg to the company...they are not connected or working for fx supllements. they only take msgs...horrible...its a big scam they need to pay for this...how...

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Lane
Dec 03, 2008 7:55 am EST

I want to let everyone know that this IS definitely a SCAM but I have another number that worked. I too thought I was just paying for shipping for the free trial but to my surprise I had a charge of 89.31 on my account. I spoke to my bank and they found another contact number for these scammers. The vendor is The Diet Offer Store #[protected]. Due to some fine print and terms agreement I was scammed out of the one time fee of 89.31 but they gave me a confirmation number stating I will no longer be billed for this product. I just wanted to give everyone the number because the other number [protected] is bogus, you will be sitting in a holding pool and not speak to a human ever. Good luck everyone...its a sham there are scams out there like this.

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andreia
Dec 03, 2008 8:14 am EST

HI all...
I ordered my trial, and now I'm trying to cancel the payments by phoning that same number but it is not working.. So the only way to stop it canceling my card? do I need to cancel my account aswell?
Please give me an answer
Thanks

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Alice Windsor
Dec 03, 2008 12:15 pm EST

I requested a free sample, authorized the payment of shipping and handling fees $5.11 was deducted from my Canadian money account on 30 October 2008; then a deduction was made on 17 November 2008 from IP_SUPPLEMENTS4MYBODY of $112.22 in Canadian dollars and a few days ago a deduction was made on 1 December 2008 from PRICELIMBO.COM of $10.88 in Canadian funds. I only authorized the one free sample shipping and handling.

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crystal
Dec 03, 2008 4:04 pm EST

quite charing my credit card. i didn't buy anything.

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Elizabeth Sellers
Dec 04, 2008 9:07 am EST

Cant get intouch with this company they are charging my credit card for items not orderd

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Blair
Dec 04, 2008 11:22 am EST

I ran into the same problems I have read about here...The only number I could get through on was not the number they have on their site, but the one that was posted on my online billing statement. It was a different number then they offer for the customer service line that no one would ever answer. If the number is not on your bill...contact your bank or credit card company and they should have a contact number. Beware you will have to hold FOREVER!

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Ilse S Meier
Dec 04, 2008 11:32 am EST

I have already been charged and have attempted to get a hold of them. The only number I was able to find was [protected], hope you have better luck then I have reaching them.

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Valerie
US
Dec 04, 2008 11:35 am EST

Like so many others, I fell for the 14 day trial but was charged the full amount of $89.31 just a few days after the trial offer arrived. I have tried to cancel the order by calling the following numbers:

[protected]
[protected]
[protected] (this number was on my bank statement).

I continued to get a busy or an all-circuits busy although I tried calling for a full hour. I had my bank cancel my debit card and will file an unauthorized ACH form at my bank and return the product to the address on the envelope. I don't know what else to do. Good luck to everyone else. I have certainly learned a valuable lesson here!

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Barbara Doyle
Dec 05, 2008 5:50 am EST

I agree these people must be stopped, And I think with as many people as I have found that has been scammed by this company, I think a lawsuit is in order to make these people pay for what they have done to me and others, my story is, I order and free trail bottle for 3.95 S&H ONLY they say, then boom they charge me 87.14 for something I never ask for or did I give them permission to use my credit card.So ladies if you want to join me my e-mail is barbdoyle68@hotmail.com send me your story and I will find a great lawyer that im sure will help.

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ponybear7463
New Milford, US
Dec 06, 2008 8:35 am EST

took money from bank account without knowledge and never received sample

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sandra
TEESIDE, GB
Dec 07, 2008 3:46 pm EST

acai berry company you are rip off merchants, there are hundreds of disappointed people you seem to have ripped off,
and i am one of those people. I want to cancel my duped subscription, how am i to do this when the cancel .com site does not exist.

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CADrifter1953
Santa Monica, US
Dec 07, 2008 9:12 pm EST

I had placed an order for the free trial offer (shipping and handling only). I have yet to receive the product and now find that I have been charged $29.95 for some unknown reason. I wonder if Oprah is aware of this scam her show is endorsing?

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kbsbunny
franklinton, US
Dec 08, 2008 8:53 am EST

I ordered the free trial 5.95 of the Acai Berry. When I tried to call and cancel I can't get through [protected]. I emailed them and got no response and I tried to do the live chat, that didn't work either.

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kbsbunny
franklinton, US
Dec 08, 2008 9:16 am EST

I finally talked with someone on the live cha after aiting 30 minutes or so. she cancelled my order, sent me a confirmation email and ave me a working number [protected]. good luck!

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labodner
US
Dec 08, 2008 10:01 am EST

Charged $78.33 on my credit card after I requested a free sample. I want this charge reversed immediately or I will report you to the Better Business Bureau.

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carole Wynne
South San Francisco, US
Dec 08, 2008 10:28 am EST

I ONLY WANTED TO TRY IT. I CALLED AND CANCELLED ANY FUTURE ORDERS PER DOCTORS ORDERS AND THEY TOOK OUT A LARGE AMOUNT FROM MY DEBIT CARD AND NOW I AM OVERDRAWN OVER $88.00. I NEED YOU TO REVERSE THAT TODAY 12/8/08 ASAP AS I WILL BE CHARGED ANOTHER $35.00 BANK CHARGE. I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ANYMORE PRODUCTS.

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cherylh
Foothill Ranch, US
Dec 08, 2008 12:04 pm EST

There is no phone number or address available for this company. I responded to a free trial offer; shipping of $4.99. However, this company billed me $87.13! There is no means to contact them. I have filed a fraud alert on my account and closed down this credit card. Please contact me.

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Marcy
London, US
Dec 08, 2008 1:27 pm EST

You have taken money out of my account and I did not auth. it. You taken all the money in my account. I WANT MY MONEY BACK. IF I DO NOT GET MY MONEY BACK I WILL BE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH A LAYWER.

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Marg
Saint Louis, US
Dec 08, 2008 4:15 pm EST

Below is my email to this company 12/8 and the resolution they felt was acceptable. Please be warned!

Please be advised I have spent over 45 minutes on the telephone trying to get my matter with your company resolved.

The facts are as follows:
* I placed an order on 11/13 for a 14 day FREE trial of your product, for which I paid the advertised price of $4.99.
* I received the order on 11/25 - shipped in a brown box with NO paperwork.
* I received my credit card statement today (12/8) and see where the authorized $4.99 was charged on 11/13 and an additional UNAUTHORIZED charge of $78.81 was charged to my account on 11/27.

I want this charge of $78.81 credited to my account. I did not order the product nor have I received it.

I spoke with Sean who transferred me to Sherry, because I could not understand him. Sherry transferred me to Angela because I could not understand her either she could only read what the script which was prompted on her computer and was not able to answer questions outside of the script. Angela and I spoke for a period of time. She asked I send the unused portion of the Trial product, I have paid for back and said I would receive a credit after it has been received.

I feel the is unacceptable as I will incur the cost of shipping back the product, I have paid for, via return receipt, in order to receive a credit for a product I did not order nor have I received. I am contacting my credit card company to alert them of this situation. I am contacting the Better Business Bureau to notify them of your business practice and I am posting this email on the Internet to warn others of your practices.

FYI..this company's customer service is clearly outsourced. They appear to be in Flordia, but returns are sent to Idaho.

I feel their practice of the trial period beginning with the order date is unethical, as it would be up to 14 days before you receive the product and then what happens. YOUR account is auto charged immediately.

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Gina
US
Dec 09, 2008 10:26 am EST

I purchased a free trial from there company I payed for shipping only. Whan I looked at my pay pal account they charged me for three transactions One was for a much higher prise I did not autherise that transaction. I want my money back. I need it. Whats up with them? How can I get it back?

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dustmadmom
yardville, US
Dec 09, 2008 11:00 am EST
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I too fell for this scam, my fault I did not read the fine print when I ordered the free trial but I was able to get the other shipments cancelled by waiting for an hour for the on line chat, recommend this way to contact them.
Still waiting to get a return authorization, since my stupid computer crashed while I was on hold.

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mary
US
Dec 09, 2008 11:35 am EST

there is more then one way to skin acaislimdiet.com cancel the credit card and get a different # but make sure you call your credit card holder. These adds are crooks, I also am taken this to a lawyer! Like most people we want to believe in a diet pill that will shed lbs off and these people use that to hook us all. I will stop payment befor they get one penny from me or my account, got 2 bottles yesterday in the mail and will send them back We can skin this outfit if we all fight them, I'm going to do just that!

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sam
midlothian, US
Dec 09, 2008 12:31 pm EST

I ordered a FREE trial of Acai Berry pills and then i made sure to call and cancel anything for it. Then I checked my bank account and there was a withdraw for $79.00. That withdraw made my account go in the negative over $100.00. I try to call their number but it disconnects me every time. This is ridiculous!

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Claire
Siltez, US
Dec 09, 2008 2:22 pm EST

This is not a free trail. 15 days after you order they will charge your account $88. Their customer service phone number goes straight to a message, puts you on hold, then hangs up on you. So even if you wanted to you can't get your money back because they won't answer the phone. So frustrating.

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michelle lawrence
GB
Dec 09, 2008 2:49 pm EST
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i bought the Acai berry trial suplement but i have tried to cancel my order and now i have noticed that they have taken 62.79 off my debit card and now i want to know how can i cancel my future orders when you carn't speak to anyone to cancel but they take the money anyway

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Leanne
Nanoose Bay, CA
Dec 09, 2008 4:32 pm EST

they sent me and unauthorized parcel and charged $119.oo credit card
I called to complain than they pretented to have phone troubles and couldnt hear me.

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Michelle Baxter
Carrollton, US
Dec 09, 2008 4:35 pm EST

I had the same experience. I ordered the trial offer for shipping of $4.99 and was charged $87.13.

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dtapia0710
Pennsauken, US
Dec 10, 2008 8:27 am EST

unauthorized charge on my credit card

Complaint Rating:
I ordered these sample shipments:
1) ACAI BERRY--free, pay only $3.95 for shipment
2) TOTAL CLEANSE--free, pay only $5.95 for shipment
3) now i got charge 29.95 from fit factory company, what i know i will definily i will get my lawyer to take action about this flaud..
they stolen my money thet will paid for tha.

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Fed Up
US
Dec 10, 2008 11:52 am EST

For anyone wanting to find the AcaiSlimDiet.com "company" - it is Karlo Nazarian, dba KINETKA LABS, 2807 N. Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA 91504.

On the AcaiSlimDiet.com website, the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service refer to Kinetka Labs. That is how I know it is him. I went to the Los Angeles dba filings to confirm that Kinetka Labs is Karlo Nazarian.

Notice in the link I'm providing, the bottom line says: "Keywords: Online sales of dietary supplements"

Go to www.getafreelancer.com/users/835390.html to see his profile.

User Profile
Username: karlo911
Name/Company: Kinetka
Country: United States
City: Burbank
Area of Expertise: Market Research
Project Management
Telemarketing
Training
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Average Pricing: $25/hour
Profile:
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Member Since: [protected]:28 EDT
Skills: Managing large-scale web site projects

Vision: Deliver quality unsurpassed!
Keywords: Online sales of dietary supplements

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vivienne ball
GB
Dec 10, 2008 5:13 pm EST

I also want to cancel my order asap but do not know how to go about this without incurring the next instalment. I have tried ringing the number to no avail. I am livid that I have fallen for this scam and will not order anything like this again.

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Jules
Littleton, US
Dec 10, 2008 7:29 pm EST

Acai Berry Free trail and the ColonMed 700 are both scams. Not only did the products not do anything for me, but after the 15 day Free? trial they send you two more bottles at $88. When I signed up for the free trial they do not give this information unless you search though the whole site and really dig around for it. They did not even give the information on the packing sheet with the free trial bottle. They were very dishonest and I am going to report the to the Better Business Bureau.

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Kathy Davis
US
Dec 11, 2008 1:43 pm EST

Charged credit card without sending trial product, stating I didn't call within fourteen days after ordering. Then charged $89.31 for the next shipment which I never received. I stated I did not receive any product. They stated I still should have called within the fourteen days period whether or not I received the product. They will not credit my account for any charges even thou I have still not received anything.

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Ruth Deese
Troy, US
Dec 12, 2008 8:22 am EST

I ordered free sample for just shipping charge of $3.95. Less than a week later they deducted $87 from my checking account. I have not received product nor had a chance to try the product. I tried repeatedly to call their number [protected]) and got a recording saying they were not accepting voicemails and the mailbox was full. I think I have been scammed.

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G Selby
Escondido, US
Dec 12, 2008 11:11 am EST

I have tried to get a refund and cancel my subscription and the phone number provided on the bottle of the product and on the order form is a false number - it rings and then disconnects. There is no address on the order form and their website says that you have to call them to cancel the subscription.

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Janet Dixon
Detroit, US
Dec 12, 2008 11:56 am EST

the number you need to call is [protected]

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ange kendall
brookylyn, US
Dec 12, 2008 12:33 pm EST

I was charged numerous times for products that was not approved. What was approved was only shipping and handling charges and these people took money from my account. caused me overdraft fees. That is really reprehensive that anyone could do something like this to people.

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