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A young man came to my door on March 20, 2010, claiming that they were selling magazines door to door for school to earn a trip overseas, I am so upset now I dont even remember where he was claiming to go. I bought $194 worth of magazines because I felt bad for him. That and he sold a good pitch but when it came down to it, they were really very expensive. Against my better judgement I went ahead with the sale. As of today June 17, my daughter, significant other and myself still have not recieved our magazines. I am beyond upset. How can someone take advantage of other people especially when times are so tough? I only did it because he led me to believe he was in need! I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Some one needs to contact me ASAP!
Winston-Salem NC.
Two kids came to my door, one with a lot of tattoos the other claiming to be military. They were obviously not legit. Played me for my not needing of magazines and said they would give them to sick kids at St. Jude's. I bought in not realizing that they never wrote down any of this information. Just a receipt that is pretty much blank.
2 guys came to my door today selling books for a hospital and i being a social worker fell right into the story of helping young people. after they left i really looked at the receipt and saw the cancellation policy was very shady and the fact that there was no phone number to the company was a big red flag. i google searched the company which led me to an endless supply of scam reports. luckily they were still outside talking to my neighbor convincing him to go to the ATM and pull out cash. i interrupted and told them what i found online and asked for my check back. they had no intention of giving me my check back and called their manager who i was able to speak with who also did not want to let them give me my check back so i pulled the local police departments phone number up in case it was going to come to that. they did end up giving me my money back but not without a few choice expletives towards me.
Totally just got scammed. Saint augustine, fl is where they are at right now. Had. Been drinking and celebrating New Years when I got a knock on my door ( red flag?) I let the two guys in and they even had a drink with me! Their pitch was they were going to go to cancun or win a grant and also it was a tax write off. I donate as much as I can even though I really am not financially stable I just know that I could be in a worse spot. Dude was such a smooth talker even tried holding my baby as I looked at the list of magazines! I wrote the check. My husband befriended him and they added each other in Facebook which is sooo funny he said he was going to school ( yet he's 26) but yet his occupation on FB is Midwest communications! And on it he gives details as to " where his work is letting him travel next!" So right now they have started in Daytona and are hitting the coast line ALL THE WAYTO PALM BAY! I filed my check as cancelled also alerted the police dept but they didn't seem to care too much. Just a heads up everyone. Also I will release the contact name on fb if needed. Just ask. Sneaky sneaky
January 5, 2013 They are in Columbia, SC going around college apartments claiming to be a fellow student working on an assignment for a class.
1/6/2013 - They are in Charleston, SC. SCAM. A young man gave me all the same comments as noted on this complaint. It was for charity and the subscriptions were to be going to troops overseas. They said they were doing it through their school, to try to get trip overseas to Germany. Even during the receipt process he mentioned it was for tax purposes. The receipt is partially filled in, but I got suspicious when I found my address in the "Address to where the magazines will be sent'" field on the receipt. If they're going to troops overseas, why would my address be in that field? I put a stop on my check, and lesson learned.
Its so funny how people over react when they have no idea what your talking about . the only one scamming you is the person that lies or the company's that aren't clearing orders which is only some mag crews and deff not all . you make it look bad even for the ones who are telling you the truth . not every kid lies about the charity or where the money goes . I tell people straight up what it is and why I'm doing it and I always leave my own PERSONAL phone number with them in case they don't get it or want anything else . I've only ever had one person call me back and it was only because they moved and wanted to change the address . so stop making it look so bad and instead of blaming every company just know what's up and see if the agent at your door tells the truth and base your buy off that .
2 young guys just came to my door. (The woodlands, Tx) this company is a BIG SCAM! One of the boys did all the talking saying he needed to earn points to get a trip overseas or something like that, , the way of getting points was selling this magazines, magazines that were not going to be delivered to me but for kids or people in need, he mentioned a kid's association. He told me he was related (nephew) to my neigbors and they had told him to come to me. Yes, I fell for all his lies, yes, I made a check and he gave me a receipt and a dumb sticker saying "awesome was here!" He mentioned check was tax deductible. What kind of caught my attention was that he said my neighbor was from Idaho, , well, she is not! By this time he dad already my check in his possesion. When he was making my receipt I saw my neighbor's receipt without a signature and without check info and on big letters it said "VOID" so I asked him "oh ur family voided the transaction? He started talking bad about them saying that they are family but really don't get along, , they rushed to leave my house and something just didn't feel right, after 2 min I went to my neighbor, she told me they r not related, I looked for them in the neighborhood and found them, I asked him for my check, he refused to give it to me, I told him i will call police if he doesn't give me my check, I snatched it drom his hand. HE was already talking to other neighbors when I took my check back... Another thing, the other guy that didnt talk asked me to come inside my house to use my restroom, I didnt let him come inside! 2 guys, very loose pants, blonde hair, wearing a hat backwards... Please they use different stories, , , be careful and avoid SCAM!
I was just scammed by these con artists on 7/6/14. I mean they're good. Their fine print is down to the T: "Checks deposited immediately" yeah, no kidding. I just had $98 taken out of my account and it's only four days later, even though I was told the company had to call me in order to process the check (I never got a phone call). I filled out and sent out the cancellation form on the back of the receipt the very next day but even their cancellation policy is phenomenally well-written. It says "If you cancel, any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within ten business days following the receipt of your valid cancellation if it has not previously been deposited. Otherwise, please allow 4-6 WEEKS for refund after proof of payment has been provided." Since they deposited the check the second it got into their greasy hands, I now have to wait a month and a half for a "refund, " a refund that probably will never come. Why should I have to wait a month and a half for my refund when they didn't even wait one day to deposit my check? I'm just shocked that I fell into this trap. But I'm thinking about taking them to small claims court.
ordered on May 24 2015 have never received any issues
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCBMA591n5k