Great Fun
Reviews and Complaints

i dont know who they are or what they do, and i was just informed that my 'membership dues' will be increased to 13.99 monthly. i cannot contact them. Can BBB do something

On Oct 19, 2007, I made a purchase from hotwire. Unlike some of the other complaints about this company, I did know that they charged my credit card for membership. If you called within one month to cancel, you would not be charged. I called them, explained that a popup came up and in order to continue I had to push some button. Once I pushed the button it told me I had purchased Great Fun! Well I could not go anywhere to complete my purchase on hotwire without pushing the button, so I did as I was ready to check out. I saved the receipt and called to cancel.

Today Oct 30th, I received a postcard stating that they were increasing my fees. I was shocked. So I call, finally they give me a supervisor since I mentioned all the fraudulent activity of their's reported on the internet. He wanted my cancellation number...yeah like I kept that after a year. So, he gave me 4 months back and cancelled my account...want to bet he didn't?

In order to get your money back you have to write a letter...yeah and then what? I think I will call my credit card company.

I think we need to stop this kind of fraud. If someone didn't do their job, they should realize this could happen. I never used their services and I am sure they can see that I didn't. Of course remember it is always the buyer's fault.

Great Fun has been sending me stuff in the mail and I toss it because I think it is advertising. Little did I know they were probably charging me to the hilt!

Watch out everyone. If you buy from hotwire, make sure you don't have an additional charge on your credit card from them and you won't recognize it, but there will be an 800 number to call. Make sure you call and cancel and make sure you hold on tight to that number! Or they will charge you for nothing.

My wife, a Green Card Holding Brazilian National, aspiring to be a US Citizen, is being assessed a $59.99 semi-annual membership fee by this company for services she never requested. She only became aware of this scurrilous scam when she innocently requested I explain to her the contents of an innocuous appearing index sized card sent by mail informing her that her semi-annual membership would be automatically renewed unless she informed the company otherwise.

I am still trying to discover which of her credit cards, on some of which she is only an "authorized user", she (or I) am being assessed this charge.

I would like to know which of "Great Fun" partnering companies sold my wife's name to this company, or how she became subscribed in the first place, and what can be none in the nature of complaint and recompense. The only two candidates are AMC Theatres or Loews Theatres, two Great Fun partnering companies from which she has made purchases.

She left corruption riddled South American only to discover legally endowed pernicious parasites such as Great Fun up here in the "Land of Opportunity".

How can we stop this?

Sincerely,

Marshall Curson
United States Citizen

my account was chrged 1.00 on sept 8 twice fromtlg evguest and tlg shopper. didn't ask for anything from tlg . want this cancelled

Hi, i have recently been scammed by tlg loans. They took £149.99 when i'd not even said they could. What makes it worse is that the bank could not give a ### and make it out as if it's my fault. I have infomed the fraud squad and hopefully these ###s can get what's coming to them. gail x

I just noticed a charge on my card fron this company also. As the case with many of you I charge dozens of items each month and do not always pay attention to all small purchases. My wife noticed this charge and questioned it. We looked back and this is the 5th charge in 3 months for 12.99. The only thing we can think of is we do use hotwire.com? Thanks for posting your complaints. I thought we were the only one.

I have had a withdrawal from my checking account that I did not approve and need to find out why. It is from the following:
Electronic Purchase TLG*GREATFN17252047FEB [protected] CTUS ($19.99
I have not called the number yet and feel that when I do it will do no good but will have to try anyway.

ON MY COMPANY CREDIT CARD IS A CHARGE OF $38.99 THAT I DID NOT AUTHORIZE AND DO NOT KNOW WHO TLG GREAT FUN IS.

Hi, this company have taken £249.49 from my bank account without me ever contacted them for any reason, i will contact my bank very shortly and will do whatever it takes for me to see my money back.If anyone has a contact for these people, please come forwards and i will be really greatfull for that.

TLG rob the people's money. Please take the immidiate action There office address is

Lending Group
1st Floor
Mansoon House
Stockport, Cheshire
SK1 3UA

Phone no: [protected]

Like many of you, I was billed 11.99 for something I have no clue about. Apparently I signed up for this after buying a ticket on priceline? I did buy a ticket on priceline but I sure as hell wouldn't have agreed to pay 11.99 for discounts on whatever. This is a load of crap, can't this company be stopped.

unauthorized charge for 109.99

Tlg travel in montvale nj is a ripoff. Owner Michael Rappaport is a scam artist.

hi everyone this company done the same to me, told me they need my bank details to prove i was who i was they took 349.99 out of my account without my permission i have been to my bank i have to wait 30 days .i have been trying to phone them and all u get is a message saying you can not be connected, the number is08450175115.i am now going to the poilce as this is getting money from people through deseption .they are just robbers i want my money back

log you complaint with your bank police watchdog etc

I am 81 years old and I wonder how many older people have falled for this "Payment Due Notice" and payed it?

I got a "Payment Due Notice" from Buyers Advantage. I knew I had never done business with them and I looked on the computer and found that they are an illegal company and try to scam people out of their money by sending them a notice for $149.99. I know I do not owe this money and have no intention of sending it to them,
but I wonder why the law doesn't protect us from illegal practices lilke this?
Gayla McBride
Aurora, Colo.

I also was told I would get a full refund with-in 7 to 10 days. Just wondering has anybody ever got the refund or are they just blowing smoke?

How do I contact this Tri something Guard?

What number do you call? Send to:clark213@gmail.com

TLGLoans.co.uk - www.tlgloans.co.uk FRAUD, BEWARE:

TLG loan called me on 06th April 2009 and said they are going to do some credit check for the loan first. For this reason, they need my bank account details. And after that they said it is decline. The lady, who called me, mentions her name as “Scarlet”. BEWARE!

They took £49.99 from my bank account and now I am trying to call them on their official number which is [protected] but no one is answering the phone. BEWARE!

Now, I saw these complaints, they are totally fraud. PLEASE, reject any calls from them straight away.

I've worked in a bank and I'm having the same unauthorized charges issue. You have to go to your bank and dispute it. they'll fill out whatever paperwork needed and it'll take a couple days, that should resolve the charge plus overdraft fee(s). You might also want to cancel the debit/credit card and request a new one to avoid future charges.

have you found out cause I was charged11.99 and have no clue either who they are

I just got charged 32.99 on 3-23 from TLG Live Well also and have purchased nothing from them! I am going to my bank tomorrow so they can investigate it and contact the company. If you google TLG, Live Well you will a host of complaints about this scam!

my card number was picked up in February 11. 14.95/month was charged against my credit card. when i finally realized something was going on they told me I had subscribed to a dining club. My husband and I are in our 80s. He has Dementia. We would not enroll in such a program. We were offered a 2 month refund of the program. We had been paying this for 8 months. I never received a discount card for use at restaurants or any correspondence from this company. I feel like I have been violated by scam artist.

I made a purchase through Roaman's online and found a charge for $139.99 on our next CC bill. We sent a letter to our CC bank placing the charge in dispute and I called the number on the CC bill. I was told by the TLG ID Secure company (who profess to provide identity theft protection - HA!) that they would be refunding me the amount and they gave me a confirmation number. The next month our CC bill showed a refund of only $84.60 ($55.39 less than the full amount!). I just called them again and was told that the "eligable refund was released" to us. I demanded a refund of the remaining amount and was told it would be given. This time I had to ask for a confirmation number. We will have to send another letter back to our CC company in order to continue the dispute until the we see the remainder refunded. What a pain. One key thing when asking for your money back, stay calm, be firm, and try to be polite. The guy on the other end of the phone didn't do this to you, his company did and if you are not unkind to him/her, they usually try to be very helpful.

One thing's for sure - I'm never spending another dime with any of these clothing companies!

I have found the same debit on my bank account as well for $139.99. I never authorized any debit of $139.99, I have to wait until Wednesday before I can call because everything is closed today but I don't understand how someone can charge my account without my permission, what happens if that would of caused me to overdraft my account?! There has to be something we can do! this is not right!

I just found the same debit of 139.99 on my account. The bank gave me a different number. [protected]. I have shopped a Roamans and Hips and Curves websites, but never the others you mentioned. What the hell is going on?! How can people just debit from your account without your approval?

Completly Pissed!
Colorado

Tlg has charged hundreds of dollars to my account.

I complain, they take off and the next month, hundreds more in charges show up.

They are part of hsbc which makes this even worse. . . Both are complicit in this crime.

I bought a pedi paws online and it had an $8.00 rebate. when the rebate check came I cashed it. by cashing the rebate check it signed me up for TLG buyer advantage @ $139.99 which they took out of my checking account, which then put me into the negative and I had to pay nsf fees.

I got the number for TLG from my bank, they agreed to credit my account in 7-14 days. but I am still out $70. for nsf fees.

Have a care with that company because they had taken some funds out of my account w/o my permission. This month, I had noticed a pending charges on my account which is due on the 19th, three days from now. Will let you know what happen and will call my bank tomorrow morning.

my card has been charged twice now the beginning of the month and now the midmonth for $15.99 each time. What do i need to do?

i had the same thing happen to me. i have never heard of this company. i went to the atm to withdraw some cash and it said insufficient funds. so, i called my bank, they said that this "tlg buyers" and also "tlg great fun" had billed my debit card in 4 different transactions for $15.99 each. so, now i have to call this, "unknown" company and make them refund my money that they took. then i have to order a new debit card. i dont even know how they got my info in the first place. but something needs to be done about this. it isnt right to anyone unless, that one person authorizes the transaction. i am contacting my lawyer and im going to try to do something to stop this company from stealing from the citizens of the U.S. I think everyone else that has experienced this similar activity should do the same thing and we should all team up and put a stop to this. because of this, "tlg buyers" and "tlg great fun", i had to borrow money to buy my childs diapers, just because some company i have never heard of, emptied my account.

It just happened to us as well. My husband didn't realize the rebate from the purchase of Pedi-Paws had strings attached. I am now in the process of getting this cleared up. Thank goodness it is our credit card and not our debit card involved. What new scam will pop up next?

I just had the same thing happen this morning. I got a check for $8.25 some months back from buying a stupid pedd egg! I cashed the check and thought nothing of it until this morning, got up and checked my account online to see that there was a pending charge of $139.99 from TLG Buyers...No clue who in the world this company was nor did I approve this. So I called the bank and they of course can't do anything until it clears my account, in which will leave me negative and of course charge a $35 NSF fee. I found this through a search engine and called the company. Tehy are refunding my $139.99, but of course, it will take days. I had to borrow $140 and oput it in my account today so I will not get charged and NFS, because I know my bank will not refund them. The bank won't refund NSF because by cashing that stupid little check, it gave them authorization for the money. This is just craziness!

A friend is going though the exact thing now, they refunded her $8.25 She banked it and they just 3/20/09 took out the $139.99.She called the bank that day herself after being told they had a 3 way conversation with the bank(`liars! they are!) The bank told her they will investigate and at the end of 10 days her bank will refund the money AND take care of ALL their CHARGES, ASK THE BANK SECURITY DEPARTMENT.

$139.99 unauthorized debit

I, too was debited $139.99 and never cashed nor received a check from Woman Within, but will definitely be contacting them. Their phone # at TLG ID Secur is [protected] and their hours are 10am-7 pm EST.
Loretta

ya me carterand carter finance they charged me 199.00 the first tym and the second tym again they charged me £249.99 fro m my bank acount and when i try to contact them they are phone number is not owrking when i asken for my refund they just hangup the phone.

Had the same done to me.We ALL NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION TO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.If we keep quite then these louts will continue benefiting.I intend to pursue every avenue possible and have recorded them on my phone soliciting for bank details then trying to make debits.THEY WILL GO DOWN!

This company is a total rip off and are scaming people all over the UK. Its a joke that the comapny can get random number and start charging t hem for texts that they did not order or even know about., The owners are going to get shut down which needs to be done know.

Anyone who has been scammed you need to let ICTIS know about the issue. 3 messages costing 2 pounds each. 6 pounds from many phones is a lot of money. Its a joke

Shabir

Yes! I was one of these random people charged. What the hell is this company? For anyone else getting these charges, the phone number is [protected]

I also cancelled my membership that was FREE for 30 days. Then, I continued to get charges. The phone call i made to stop charges and the cancellation code is put into a word doc saved as cancellationcodes. that is the last time i will be without a code because i can just pull it up on a doc. In addition, writting to Great Fun Support Service P.O. Box 6100 Westerfield, OH 43086 and asking for a refund for the previous MONTHS charges may get further refunds. It surly is a full time job being a consumer.