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What happened to my Handyman Club of America membership. I am a paid up Master Life Member #[protected]. I originally joined the Handyman Club of America as a charter member #[protected] in 10/93. My life membership #009744 was issued to me in 1993.

What is going on? I was never notified of any changes to your company. You took my money and I never noticed that my magazine quit coming.

What legal authority can I contact? your address was P.O.box3526, Hopkins MN 55343

Member number [protected]

I am not receiving my magazines at 943 Bunker View Drive Apollo Beach, FL 33572 My former address as 43340 Royal Burkedale St, South Riding VA 20152, I paid for lifetime membership and I am still alive. Either send me my magazines or return my $1, 000 lifetime membership fee.

I paid for a lifetime membership and I expect to receive the membership benefits offered to me when I paid the fee of $1, 000. I want my magazines and the opportunity the receive items to test just as I was promised in the initial deal.

please send me my handy mag my lifetime membership number is [protected] and my name is Richard Sharp 502 Lone Oak Ct. Exeter, California 93221
don't take me for being for getful because my mind is not as sharp as it was when I was younger. I haven't got the mag for several months now so if you can please send me back issues if you can I really do enjoy reading the mag

I just came across my Handyman file while reviewing cabinet files and was reminded that I haven't seen or heard boo from them since ~[protected]! So decided to check their website and discovered they don't exist anymore?

My "Certificate of Lifetime Membership" was issued March 20, 2012, signed by a Larry Okrend, Executive Director; Life Member Number [protected].

Is this all there is?

I've been a handyman lifetime member for many years. About 5 years ago, I stopped receiving magazines, except for a single issue I received about two years ago. I thought that my membership was restarting but, I never received anything else.

I also have a cordless drill with "Handy Toughest, " the handyman logo and " Life Member" stamped on the case. There is no other information either on the drill or the charger, except for the model number, CFC - HT 03 ON the charger.

The battery is dead. I have no way of finding out how to get another. Please advise.

I am still alive, why drop my Life Membership. I see where this has happened to many members. Need reinstating for [protected] member since 84 still around

Why are you not mailing the magazine to your Life Time membership people? We, in good faith, joined your membership and hoped it WAS for a lifetime. I have been a member since 2002 and up to about 3 years ago, you turned yourself into [censored]. Are you still operational or not? If not, please let us know so we can file our complaints with the BBB.
Below, please find a copy of m membership.

I am also a lifetime member of Handyman and the Cooking Club. I have not had any magazines or online communication from them in years and just recently have tried to look into it. Both numbers listed for their contact are not in service. I plan to file a class action suit to try and recover lost membership.
member number for handyman [protected]
I still have all the copies of magazines I have received and refer to them when needed. I also have kept many copies of the Cooking Club of America magazines.

As with others, I bought lifetime memberships for both of the 'entities' and have received nothing from them for about 14 years. no magazines, correspondence, test products, they seem to have disappeared. I cannot even find their websites anymore. Is there anyway to track both 'clubs' down and see if they did, indeed, disappear rom the face of the earth, took our money and ran, etc?

Handyman Club membership: #538729
North American Hunting Club Member Number: [protected]

Thanks for any info you can provide,
Stephen Crowell

I've been a life member since 2002 why am I not receiving my magazine or even the site for the ditigal version. I can't even find the website any more, how can get this resolved and get my magazine back again. Also I used to be able to participate in product testing and reviews I no longer get letters telling me of any products to review, it like handy man club of America is longer active

Never a word and I will need to search my records for the acct# but same as my cooking club of america lifetime membership the benefits simply stopped and it takes awhile to really understand and recognize you aren't receiving the magazines and benefits you were promised years ago in a lifetime membership program. Perhaps they thought instead of being an adult of 35 they thought I was 70, sorry I shall live much longer yet and I deserve my magazines, my benefits monthly as promised or my money back.

When I lived in NH, I became a lifetime member, and if my memory serves me right, that is a lifetime of your magazine.

4 years ago, we moved from NH to NM, and never gave it a thought until now.

George Rollins
email - [protected]@comcast.net
Address - 29 Lowell Rd #35, Salem, NH 03079, or 35 Marigold Rd, Salem, NH 03079
Landline - [protected]

When moved to NM, this is the current info.

George Rollins
Email - [protected]@gmail.com
Address - 96342 Jacks Creek Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
No landline phone - Cell [protected]

While in my shop I needed a chisel, and found my Chisel set with the Handyman Club of America life member embedded it in and light dawned over Marblehead about the magazine.

Attached is a pic of the case.

Thanks,

George "Skip" Rollins

I applied for a lifetime membership to Handyman Club of America on September 5, 1998. I received the magazine for a number of years, but it stopped a while back, with no notice. Has the Club gone out of business? Has it changed names? Has it been absorbed by another company? Has it gone digital? I should have been notified. Apparently, I am not the only one who has been left out in the cold. One person mentioned a class action lawsuit. Anyone interested in this? I have a Certificate of Life Membership signed by the Club Director, Tom Sweeney. I suppose they can say it is THEIR lifetime that determined the membership length. I think that they owe me some reparations for cancellation of the membership!

I joined the lifetime membership after I had been receiving the magazine for about a year. The tools I received as a result of the $600.00 I spent were second rate, not the high quality advertised. I haven't received a bi-monthly magazine for some time now.

A couple of years after joining the lifetime membership, I received a letter which would let me join the advanced lifetime membership.

I too am a Life Member of the Handyman Club of America. After reading some old "Handy" magazines last night, I decided to look for the online version that came available when Scout took the magazine over.
When I searched the site (www.handy.scout.com.) today, it wouldn't come up. I did a couple of searches and found over a hundred complaints about the club. I have come to the realization now that the long time club has gone away. I don't remember when I joined but I believe it was sometime in the 90's. If the magazine owners don't come up with an offer on their own, I would consider joining a class action against them if one is ever formed.

You can contact me at [protected]@gmail.com. My member number is [protected]. As a consumer we have rights to be made whole.

Jim

I have been a Life Member of the Handyman Club of America, member Number [protected], since March 2002. I have not heard anything form the Handyman Club of America for years. I would like to continue being a Life Member. Can you Please reactivate my membership? Why do I even have to reactivate it it? Why haven't I heard anything for years from the Handyman Club of American? I would like to have my magazines, and anything that Handyman of American owes me.

I was one of the first to sign up for a lifetime membership back in the early 90's. Got the "free" leather jacket and received the magazines for a few years each month along with some test items to keep. Then about 10 years ago no more magazines or test items even after updating my information 4 different times. Like everyone else I would just like to get what I paid for. What started out to be a promising service has not become a joke on all of us.

I have been a lifetime member for many years, I don't have my membership number, but over the years I have kept my info updated, I updated my info over 3 yrs ago when I bought my place, why haven't I received any of my magazines and products to test, if the club doesn't exist anymore, I think some kind of refund should be given, I sign up as a lifetime member for this to be lifetime, answers would be nice!

I amLifetime Member # [protected]. Same as everyone else. Paid A LOT of money and haven't received anything in many many years. Not since May 2012, when I paid the balance of my life membership balance dues, and received the credentials portfolio. Just recently came across it and was wondering, oh yeah... what ever happened to my lifetime of benefits ?!

Was cleaning out my wallet today and found my Handyman Club of America Life Member ID card, [protected] and realized I had not heard anything from or about this group in a long time. Did a search on the internet trying to find info and was led here. Tried calling the telephone numbers shown but neither is operational. Based on the number and nature of the complaints I see here I am forced to conclude that this club no longer exists and my membership dues are lost. In the event that anyone does initiate any legal action I'd be interested in learning more and can be contacted at [protected]@outlook.com