Great Fun
Reviews and Complaints

let me tell you what great fun!did to me, a month ago i bought a box of checks off the internet thru artistic checks.com, i paid for the checks by using my debit cardthru my checking account. everything seemed fine, until i checked my bank account, and i know how much money was in there, 9dollars and some change ] wll anyway my account said i was negative, and i said how i havent used my card? they said a debit in the amount of 12.99 was deducted from my account and that great fun made the withdrawl, i have never heard of great fun, and i flipped out, so my bank gave me there number and i called them{greatfun} they told ma a bunch of bull crap about when i bought the checks thru artistic, they enrolled me automatically enrolled inthis membership, well i told them i did not consent to be a member of there club and i sure's hell didnt authorize them to take money out of my account, and that it is illegal, and that i wanted the membership cancelled, and i wanted my money back and i informed them that they will be paying my overdraft fees! to my bank so they told me to get a copy of my statement and fax it to them and they would credit my account.somehow i feel they won't, it all seemed to easy, they are in a buisiness to scam people out of money, and they dont want to lose money, so the question i have is why are they scaming money out fo peoples accounts, knowing eventially people are going to find out and there going to want there money back, and they are going to have to pay these people back, so how are they making money and how can these scamers stay in buisness? i will personally see to it they will be put out buisness! times are hard and money is tight! we don't need people like this screwing us hard working citizens over like that! i sympathize with all of you that got scammed like i did! great fun is not such great fun!more like a great f... over! sincerely, linda a salsbury victim of the great fun scam

I too purchased a ticket though priceline last year and I just noticed I have been paying a unwanted Greatfun membership fee! I called Greatfun @ [protected] and they were cooperative enough to refund the last month charge. Are these practices anywhere close to being legal?

I have also been scammed by these TLG loans people, they took 149.00 pounds out of my bank account unauthorised. I tried to make contact but all l got was total ###. These people are just getting away with fraud and nothing is being done to protect the vulnerable public. I immediately cancelled my debit card and informed my bank who are assisting in claiming this back. The best advise to anyone is do not ever deal with these rotten lot, they don't do any loans at all other than fraud.

i have just gone onto my online banking and i have had £49.99 took frm my account when i have rang my bank they gave me a name of mr agi and a stockport number which is not available i am angry as this is my childrens money my bank have now cancelled the card so he cant take no more money and also they have set up fraud details as well as contacting the police as i read out to the bank what it says on the internet and what the person said about going for more this person will be stopped

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.

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?

TLG took £49.99 from my son (who is 19 and only on 18 hours per week)they took it without permission and he has to now pay bank charges on top of £88.00. He has been told by the bank it is an Amercian company with offices you can't ring in stockport and he is unlikeley to get his money back he has had to change his bank details because be warned they can access your account again. I think this company should be STOPPED they are robbing people blind. PLEASE NOTE DO NOT TALK TO THIS COMPANY IN ANY WAY THEY WILL ROB YOU AND YOU DO NO NEED TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT AS THEY WILL DO IT ANYWAY.

Its an absolute disgrace whatthis company are being allowed to get away with . My stupidity has cost me £30 because that was all the funds that was available in my account at the time .TLG loans did nt even inform me that i had been declined a completly different company contacted my self asking if they could help me, as my application had been denied . TLG who must be a broker had informed other company s that the loans was for consolidation where in fact i had applied for a home improvement loan . I am furious with my self for being so gullable but i think its terrible that any company could get away with such blatent fraud .

I was charged 149, 99! No loan, obviously and the phone call went exactly as described in other complaints. I must thank nosheen hussain because this is the only complaint that offered us a telephone number to ring to [protected].
I already did it and someone at TLG loans told me I would be refunded in the next 7 to 14 working days... Today is the 7th day already... What do you think... will I see the colour of my money back in my account?
I will keep you up to date concerning this.
Meanwhile on that phone call I was given another phone number, which is [protected].
Any ideas on what to do if not refunded?
Thanks,
Silvana

Hi I have had the same happen to me, 99.99 was debited from my account and I have no paperwork or phone number to contact these people on, how do I go about getting my money back this is terrible

Hi

I think iam yet another idiot omg cant believe this i have done exactly same they ask for my card details etc!
saying it was for the all paper work they have to do etc another words give us your money cos there is no loan
company we are just going to rip you off i wont let this lie ill get my money back one way another, there has to be somethink done here.

Gill.

TLG has already took my money without sending any paperwork...I've contacted my bank regarding this and they ensure that I'll get my money...Finger cross.

I think we need to report this to watchdog or trading standard...Those ### will just change their company name and ripp off somebody else.

JUST AN UPDATE. I HAVE JUST LEFT 2 MSG'S ABOVE STATING THAT IT IS FIXABLE...

I THINK THIS IS REFUNDABLE.

I HAVE NOT YET GOT MY MONEY BACK, BUT WHAT I HAVE SOUNDS PROMISING.

I HOPE IWILL BE GETTING MY MONEY BACK.

SO DO NOT WANT TO MISLEAD PEOPLE UNTIL I ACTUALLY GET MY MONEY BACK...

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACTING ME THINKING YOU WILL DEFINATELY GET IT BACK, IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK FOR ME.

BUT I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. AND AM NOW ABOUT TO SEND SOME DETAILS (NOT ACCOUNT DETAILS AS THEY CLEARLY ALREADY HAVE THESE) TO GET MY REFUND ... HOPEFULLY.!

for all concerned with this case please contact me on

x_simzy_x@hotmail.co.uk

I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY MONEY BACK AND CAN HELP YOU ALL WITH GETTING YOURS BACK.

PLEASE REMEMBER, I AM LIKE ALL OF YOU AND HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF FRAUD, SO ANY RUDENESS BY ANYONE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

AS I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU ALL GET YOUR MONEY BACK (IF I CAN GET MINE BACK TOO I WILL RECOMMEND THIS)

THANKS.

OK GUYS, WE ALL NEED TO TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND RELAX!

THIS IS FIXABLE. I AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY FOR THEM TO GO ABOUT IT.

OVER A WEEK AGO TLG LOANS HAD WITHDRAWN £49.99 FROM MY ACCOUNT, OF WHICH COST ME IN TOTAL OF £79.99 AS THE BANK DECIDED TO CHARGE ME £30 FOR GOING OVER MY ACCOUNT LIMIT. THE PAYMENT TO TLG LOANS WAS NOT AUTHORISED BY ME SO AS ALL OF YOU I WAS FUMING, BUT REALISED I COULD EITHER CONTACT THE POLICE AND FILE A CASE FOR FRAUD (WHICH IT IS) OR I COULD READ MORE ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT I COULD DO MYSELF.

THAT CHARGE BY THE BANK IS NOT REFUNDABLE BUT I HAVE CONTACTED A NUMBER GIVEN TO ME AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY MONEY BACK.

I MAY HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.

AS SOON AS I HAVE MY MONEY REFUNDED TO ME I WILL BE IN TOUCH TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THE PROCEDURE. AS IF THEY GET TOO MANY COMPLAINTS IN ONE GO THEY MAY CANCEL MY REFUND!

I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH ALL CONCERNED WITH THIS LOAN COMPANY ASAP!

I JUST BEEN 2 THE BANK AND TLG HAVE TAKEN 49.99 OUT OFF MY ACCOUNT WITH OUT MY PERMISSON I AM MAD AS HELL WHO DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE HOW DO THEY SLEEP AT NITE

YES DO NOT HESITATE
WATCHDOG NEED MORE PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

TLG Loans,
They have taken 150 pounds fee but they have not given me a loan? why

Mr Sonda Mvula

Am i to contact watch dog for this?

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SCAM! The Loan Supermarket/The Lending Group SCAM!

AKA: CARTER AND CARTER

I had £99.99 taken from my bank account.
If anybody has applied for a loan through this company. You have probably had from £39.99 - £349.99 taken out of your bank account for a one off 'administration fee'.

All the people they 'rob' off are asked to give their bank details - long digit on your card number and your 3 digit security code. You are told this is for 'security' OR 'validation/verification'

After giving these details - which most people do not question to give out - which is understanding - as the websites of the company look legitimate and very professional. You are then told there is an administration fee ranging from £49.99 to £149.99 which they take off you as soon as you put the phone down. I do not know how they work out how much your 'application' will cost to process but the most they can get the better. (Commision based) - even if you change your mind after giving details of your account or you want to have a think about the loan you have applied for. They will STILL take your money.

They send you NO paperwork
If your loan has been declined you are told you are entitled to your money back. And you have an every right as it is your money.
No matter how many letters you send or phone calls you make you will never get your money back. The people on the phones are not there to help you but to simply make money out of you and others.

This is theift and it needs to be stopped. Thousands of people are getting robbed and 'fobbed off' when they try and do something about it.

STOP wasting your time and money on phone calls and letters and go to BBC's watchdog, consumer direct, police.

WAYS TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK

Another option may be to approach your bank. They may be able to do an IMDEMNITY CLAIM and refund your money, then their retail fraud team would investigate and claim the money back from the company.

Their is ALOT of negative feedback on the internet about theloansupermarket many people have contacted watchdog, and from what I've read there has been interest from the BBC to investigate what is going on here. If enough people do this maybe it will push them to take action...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/ ...just click on the 'Got a Story' link to tell them what has happened to you.

The Office of Fair Trading also has a tool to uncover scams...https://secure.consumerdirect.gov .uk...follow this link and tell them your story.

the more people that do this SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.

HOW STUPID AM I?less then 39 mins ago i just had a convo with a THOMAS, who assured me they wanted details just to verify the account and i idiotically gave them my card details, i rang barclays afterwards within 2 mins and he said that 7 MINS before, so as i was talkin to him and listening to him assure me it would be taken out f my loan amount!, was stealing £99.50p out of my bloody account! im furious how the hell they get away with this huh?ive called police and am now going to contact trading standards..there needs to be an investigation into this company and may the woman who called me from tlg and the guy(underwriter who sounded foreign)have a good nights sleep because what goes around comes around! im so angry that i was stupid enough to fall for this but they rang me and had ALL my details so they are obviously looking somewhere etc! arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!

nat

Hi Sarah and Wesley. This complaint about TLG loans has already been submitted and they did the same to me. The complaint that has already been made has been replied to by at least 20 something people. I had money take out a few days ago by this company and I never even authorized this. It looks as though it's a big scam and people are complaining by the day. If you type in TLG loans in google you will find 2 results for this complaints board. The second one has loads of comments from other people who the same thing have happened to. Hope this is useful to you.

I have been charged by TLG*GREATFUN for more than a year now. I just learned about it last week. Due to the current crisis, I just wanted to check my transactions and learned that there is a charge I received from a merchant I never heard of and never had any business in any form or shape. I went on checking each of the back bills and learned that I was being charged by this company for just over a year! I am ready to fight. Any one has any idea how to go for this?

I have a debit charge of $15.99 that I did not authorize and I do not know what it is for or how my card number was acquired

This charge appeared on my credit card. When I called the 800 number, their systems were down and unable to help me. I was instructed to call back in 10-15 minutes. You bet I will.

have been charging our credit card since Sept. for 11.99

Charge against credit card without my consent. Never contacted company. No idea what they sell.

I don't know what to do, the take until now 105.90$.

Simply call the toll free number on the back of your card and report the unauthorized use of the card. They'll charge back that amount and give you a new card number...

I did not authorize withdrawing money from my acct.

I was charged $35.99 and didn't buy anything. I was snatched off my page @ Columbia House DVD Club. My computer notified me of the false page, but they already had the CC#.

I can't find that we ever purchased anything from Miles Kimball, however, that is how Great Fun claims to have received an authorization to charge my credit card. Same situation. Thank goodness they only clipped me for 3 months @ $12.99 and was able to get one month back. This is a major scam by Miles Kimball and suggest that all boycott them as a result.

Some one needs to do something about this company for taking money out of someones account with out there say. I am going to my bank to make a report about this company and try to get my money back.

Did you find out anything about this company. I just looked online at my bank and there was money taken out for this company. They got 14.99. What should i do about this. i am going to go to my bank on monday about this.

I submitted a complaint, then went back to my email account and found the email TLG Great Fun sent me, and realized that it was my fault I was charged. They told me since I had joined something I would be charged for it automatically after 30 days, which I didn't pay attention to. So, TLG Great Fun, I'm sorry about that! Please forgive me! My bad.

Lately my debit card has been charge of $12. 99 unathorized i would like to have it refund or have it back. . A. S. A. P please! (Not cool)

dont know yet I have unauthorised draws on my bank account

dont have one just need to resolve this matter

Took 12.99 out twice on the same day for no reason. I've never spoken with the people, purchased anything from them . How are they allowed to take money from me?

unauthorized taking of money 14.99 x 3 mos, have never used this company, have refused to return money taken