National Magazine Exchange
Reviews and Complaints

just like all the other customers who have been a victim of nme mags frauds and scams, i also was did in the same manner. i was lied to about what i so-called "won". then i was told i purchased these mags when i hadnt even recieved a single item period. i called the company and they gave me four diffrent numbers to call to cancel. the same day i called and cancelled on every aspect possible that they gave me. the rep lady told me everything was cancelled and the would send me a offer sheet for if i ever changed my mind. THAT WAS A LIE. instead in the mail i received a sheet saying " if you do not send 80.00 dollars for the mags you will be reported to a collection agency." HOW? i never recieved anything, and i never agreed on anything, and i never sent a payment, in fact i cancelled. FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD IF THERS ANY LAWYERS OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OBVIOUS FRAUD CASE< CONTACT ME @ [protected].

Today 06-27-2010 I called [protected] and gave my Sweepstakes ID Number: [protected] to enter a $45, 000.00 sweeepstakes. No purchase is required, supposedly. Then I was PRESSURED into subsvcribing to 3
magazines. I chose Baseball Digest, Popular Science, and Cat Fancy. I was offered a man's and a Ladies' diamond/crystal watches "free".I was then offered s "free" prepaid gift card, a "free" $25.00 coupon from Restaurants.com. Also I was told National Magazine Exchange (NME) would throw in 2 or 3 more magazines for "free".
All Of this for 48 months for $1.29/ week to be paid in installments of $33.54 per month for X months (I cannot reemember the specified months) but the math does not work out.
I want this order cancelled imediately. I do NOT want ANY magazines, free gifts or ANYTHING from NME.
IF it's true that "No Purchase Is Required" then leave me in the sweepstakes. If it's a lie than that's more fraud.

Morris Andrews

CORRECTION TO MY COMPLAINT OF TODAY 06-27-2011
CORRECT DATE IS 06-27-2011

MORRIS ANDREWS

persuiant to my complaint of today 06-27-2011 National Magazine Exchange has already debited my account for $33.54. I want this refunded to my account IMMEDIATELY.

MORRIS ANDREWS

On a scale of A+ to F from BBB is D . Yes Devil

http://www.bbb.org/west-florida/business-reviews/magazine-sales-departments/thinkdirect-marketing-group-in-largo-fl-10292

I received the same notice in the mail today and decided to do a search and found this rewarding information. I am throwing out this, STRIKE IT RICH VII SWEEPSTAKES, offer and not to get involed in such a scam. Who knows, they may have already ordered subscriptions in my name and I could be getting calls from the collectors within the next three months.

Sincerely,

Terry Montgomery

hey thanks guys, I was going to call the # but i thought I'd google it first, thanks for your comments. You guys saved me a whole bunch of money and head ache.

There is a legitamate winner and it is announced on or around 2/17/2010. Every one is pitched the sale ofcourse. This is marketing. NO ONE is obligated to purchase anything whatsoever. Everyone who calls in is entered into the sweepstakes and they are a legitamate business. They provide a good service for a very reasonable amount of money. What else do you want to know.
Pretty straight forward. This is a America and we are here to sell to the consumer as it should be. If you don't want the magazines go thru the pitch and decline until the salesperson has done their J.O.B. no problem and the entry is made. We are currently experiencing a recession the likes of which I have never seen in all my years of employment. Most all of these sales people are just like me...a mother of four who must feed, shelter and provide by doing what is available to do in a state with astronomical unemployment issues. At least you can say I am not sitting on my ### taking money from the government collecting unemployment like millions of others who are too damned lazy to even make an effort to go outside their comfort zones and be as assertive as required to be to make a living. Get real and stop being a whiny little baby. Be a grown up and walk the walk.

National Magazine Exchange?...Agora Marketing Solutions, Inc.NME..National Publishers Exchange..National List Exchange..Clearinghouse Magazine..National Clearing Exchange.. Million Dollar Sweepstakes..Strike It Rich 2 Sweepstakes..One Switch..N.M.E. Magazine Services..NME Prize Disbursement...Fantasy Riches Sweepstakes..Agora Marketing Solutions...Non of which are accredited by the Better Business Bureau...and DO NOT appear to practice good business or customer relations. Who, exactly are these "businesses"? They certainly use enough different names & have quite a number of complaints listed with the Better Business Bureau, about them. Some people might say the complaintants were a bunch of whiny babies, but I don't believe all people who enter complaints to the Better Business Bureau about any company, corporation, etc., are whiny babies...I believe any person who takes the time to file a complaint with the BBB has a ligitimate complaint. Since the BBB investigates complaints, follows through by providing their findings, etc. and they don't focus on only the negative side of things...Let's just say NME...or whoever they might be, with all those names, does NOT appear to be the type of business the majority of people would deal with, as a customer, if they were aware of this company's history and background! As for the previous comment posted by "Smarty"...he/she sounds quite defensive...is he/she employed by this company..or companies, whoever they might be?
As for the person making the complaint, send an email to everyone you know and let them know about your experience with this company and ask those people to forward that email to everyone they know, etc., etc., etc., ...you may save someone else from getting taken, which is a good thing, but even better, you'll keep a little money out of their pockets & wouldn't that give you a little satisfaction? Be sure to include all the names they use for "Their Business". And last, BUT NOT LEAST...you can check out any business, or anything else, on the internet. That could be very helpful in the future.

THEY let your kid use the card? Ummm who is the parent here? I know I wouldn't expect NME to lookout for the welfare of my kid and neither should you. You are probably one of those people who boycotts a tv station because they put something on you find offensive instead of just changing the channel. Here's some advice...be the parent instead of the baby!

Does anyone ever really win the GRAND PRIZE momey or is that the main way to suck people in.
I know with me they asked me if I was a current credit card holder to qualify for the FREE sweepstakes.
What a scam. Thanks for posting this info, I pulled it up online while on the phone with the solicitor.

Trust me, they weren't cancelled. And frankly I'm surprised they let you even say the word "cancel" before hanging up on you. If I were you, I'd go to your bank and tell them about your situation and have your account "frozen" so this company can't take anymore payments from you which they will if you don't act fast. Did they also offer you a 4 free magazine subscriptions and 2 gold watches to go along with your order? Go to edumacation.com/magazinesalesscams to see if any of that information applies to you.

Why did you provide your card # in the first place? If you stated that you did not want your card charged clearly then our Quality control which monitors all calls would have cxlled the order. The extra magazines were all in the (1.29 wkly) price already agreed! The problem is that alot of people do not listen but what we say is scripted so we do not mislead customers.

Yes I must agree it is a rip off I tired canceling mines no they told me the same thing. They promised that i would recieve a told of 5to6 magazines.Finally I recieved a magazine, "yes only 1 magazine" which was months later. That 1 magazine was the only 1 i recieved for up to a year. "Yes we the people need justice" because i dont need petty s*** like dis on my credit. There has to be a loop hole somewhere! Besides the bank card was old cause i figured it was a scam but they are still sending me delinquent notices. They charged me for all these magazines and i only recieve one so why so i pay when i didn't get what i order so that's them not keeping their commitment to thier end of the contract.

I tried to cancel and they won't let me, so I cancelled that bank card and now they are sending me delinquent account notices. Will this ever end!

First of all, to the previous guy before me. You need to shut up because until you've walked a mile in someone else's shoes, you have no right to judge anyone else. Secondly to the original poster, just have your account "frozen" so National Magazine Exchange can't take any more payments from you. You'll be sent to collections of course but who cares. The Collection company will eventually give up. And don't worry, you're not the only one to fall for this scam they have running in Clearwater, Florida.

Sorry but most of you people are just plain dumb! You were LOCKED into magazines? O.k. they may be scammers but YOU said yes and YOU gave them your credit card number. I know someone who works there and I can tell you that you are told how much they are and YOU have more than one opportunity to say NO. Here's some advice...think before you speak and don't give your credit card info and personal info out to anyone. Here's some better advice...forget the sweepstakes...play lotto...you don't have to buy magazines to win.

I have the same problem and ill find an answer ... they cant make you buy something you dont want .changing magazines when you complain wont work i keep getting others i dontlike.. im canceling the bank draft and let them deal with it ... if you go to your credit card company and fill out a complaint against them and list it as not what you asked for ... the company will stop them ... im doing that if i can find out where im being pinged.. good luck

I was on the phone with them when I read everyone's posting about National Magazine Exchange. I'm so glad I didn't take the magazine. The supervisor I spoke with sounded as if she was totally pissed off when I decided that I wasn't going to go through with the "deal" She told me good luck and I just hung up on her.

I recieved a letter to that I should activate my prize winning number and I never get an email or a letter stating if I am still eligible to win the money I won for activating my entry number before June 5th even tho I canceled my order for magazines. I want to know did I still eligible to win the $2, 100, 000.00?

I, m writing about the offer of a watch and magazines i never received, but still i get bills.I am not paying for something i never received.

I too was taken in by the misleading information submitted by Publishers Clearing House and The National Magazine Exchange. It will be the last time.

Why are Americans so gullible? The minute I saw this envelope, I knew it was a scam. The minute I opened it it confirmed that it was a scam. Yet, people see the dollar signs and make the call. People... get real! "Why is it that Darryl and his other brother Darryl are always the ones standing in the lottery line?" - DaveRamsey.com

You can't get your money back that I know of but you can "freeze" your account to stop them from charging you $67 a month. Of course they'll send you to "collections" although I question whether they even send you to a legimate collection agency. Hope this helps.

This is a link to the Clearwater BBB;

https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/GetStarted.aspx

I would strongly advise to request a new Credit or Debit Card number from your bank. NME WILL
use your CC info whether or not you give them permission.

I live with my parents and a sweepstakes prize notice came in the mail to my father. He asked me to call about it for him. Boy, what a mistake! The person I talked to talked so fast and started telling me about these magazines that I could try as a free trial. I told them that we weren't interested in most of the ones they were offering, so they kindly started listing a bunch more. At the end of the call I understood that the cost would be $7.60 per month. When my mother got her bank statement it was $67.60, I called and told them I would like to cancel the subscription to all the magazines and they said we had ordered them. I was put on hold and the person came back on and told me that he had been given special permission to just charge my mother's account for $67.60 for two months and that was all and we would still receive the magazines. I told him we didn't want them, we hadn't heard of several of them either, but he said we did order them.

I'm just thankful one of my parents didn't call, it's hard to tell what they would have talked them into buying as a "FREE TRIAL" I'm stilling trying to get the magazines stopped and get some money back. If anyone has any ideas to try please let me know.

Thanks,
Glenda

Hi there. This is ### and i know it. I do not know where bbb is located but can you tell me if there is a way to block them from my account? They have already scammed me of the $67 dollars after they agreed with me that it was a free trial. Please please please get back a.s.a.p.

Thanks so much,
Krystal

The address is

National Magazine Exchange
16120 US Highway 19 N Ste 400
Clearwater, FL [protected]
Telephone: [protected]
Fax: [protected]

Talk to your credit card company and Contest the charges.