Gulf Coast Readers reviews and complaints

I use to work there too they r a total scam, I quit cause I couldn't lie to people anymore, I only worked there a week, and it was a sucky job with crap for pay unless u scan enough people to buy their scam everyday... They need to be shut down

I was called by this Gulf Club reader place and i was talk to by Eric and was ask if i was satisfied with there buisness and i was confuse for multipl, e reasons beacause first of all what the hell i never had abything to do with them prior to this call and also when i told them that i never had receive anything from them they proceeded by saying " oh really were soory, i think your one of the cities where were having postal issues" i told them i city and they supposely looked it up and said "oh yeah ur city is in the list " i was like what a dam coisedence thats were everything started feeling like a scam .Then through the call the other things that were strange was that they had my account number even though i had never given it to them ...The told me i was gonna have 10 day to cancel from the day i receive the written report and the list of magazines to choose from, i never got the list and the wriiten report i had no number to call too i looked for the web site they didnt have one i googled and found tons of scams and they manage to find a # i called they hang up 3 times then when they finally answer the guy who did was SO RUDE N IGNORANT they didnt allow to cancel now they keep calling and everytime they do its unknow caller or private and they leave rude voice mails and threatning also they charge me 70 dollars so I CANCEL THAT ACCOUNT IN MY BANK..so dont fall for this its horrible they are RUDE and not willing to help and resolve anything ...We have to do anything we can to bring them down...Go too BBB.com

THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS UPSET. I AM A DAMN COLLEGE STUDENT TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, "YOU HAVE WON A $500 WALMART GIFT CARD BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE FEES OF THIS MAGAZINE. WELL IM NOT STUPID. PAYING MORE FOR A MAGAZINE THAN MY PRIZE MONEY. HELL NO! I CALLED AND CANCELLED AND SENT THE NOTIFICATION IN WAY BEFORE TIME AND THEY STILL STOLE MY MONEY. IT WAS ALL THE MONEY I HAD LEFT IN MY ACCOUNT. WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO FOR FOOD THIS MONTH. THATS ALL THE MONEY I HAD FOR FOOD. I HATE GULF COAST READERS AND I HOPE NO ONE WILL FALL FOR THEIR DIRTY CONNIVING TRICKS.

I am a current victim of this company. They are not willing to assist in making their mistake correct but my bank (US Bank) has heard of them before and where willing to refund my money. Had to report it as fraud which it was and got my money back. This entire situation was very frustrating and I really hope that this company goes down burning. We are in a recession and it makes me want to take a trip to 1327 Lafayette St Ste A Cape Coral, FL 33904 and act a fool on whoever is sitting in there office and making all these crazy transactions on people. Please make a complaint to the BBB and hopefully we can get them shut down. I was not going out for a lose of $59 dollars. Damn that is too much money. Hell that is 4 hours at work and i be darn if I am just giving them my hard earned money. This has to stop.

i worked for gulf coast readers and they were the worst possible job set ups.
i was treated like ###. and we do scam people out of there money.
look if any one calls and says congradulations uve been entered into our 2009 or so all cash sweepstakes hang up imediatly dont even try to get on the do not call list because they will never leave you alone! ever.
my name is cory brown and i have nothing to hide on this company
u can personally call me and ask [protected]
to hell with gcr and kevin swoliak the writer of the sale pitches.
the magazines we sold will kill your credit card with bills trust me i know

Edward Epps personal cell phone # is [protected]

its not that gcr scams people they supply a ligitamate service. if you dont want to buy something then dont. if your not willing to pay for something that you order and agreed to you just expect a company to be out of money because U didnt listen to the facts they state to you

I feel that I was victimized by Gulf Coast Readers because I received a phone call for a refund that this company owed me at [protected] and spoke with a person by the first name of "Eric". He said that I owed him money on mazagines that I ordered. I told him I only deal with a magazine company out of Montana that I originally signed an agreement with. But I do not want Gulf Coast Readers magazines. Then he played a recording and said that I made a payment from my bank account and still owed money for magazines. Eric stipulated that if I didn't make any more payments that he would turn me over to a Third Party Collection Agency. I told him that I did not make that recording and that I do not want his magazines. But he refused to listen and commenced to verbally threatening me.

I live in Washington state and don't feel that these type of harassing and scamming companies should be allowed to operate such deceiving businesses in any state.

I will refuse to my nickname as 'DOT'. I completely agree with Lindsey. WE DO WORK HARD FOR OUR MONEY AND THESE SCAMMING BUSINESSES NEED TO BE STOPPED.

I Have also been scammed by this comany! PLEASE GO TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND FILE A COMPLAINT! It takes maybe 15-20 minutes and anyone can do it! They said they will submit the claim to the company in 2 days. WE CANNOT LET ONE MORE PERSON GET RICH OFF OF HONEST HARD WORKING AMERCANS MONEY! We have to do whatever we can to shut them down. I know they already had several complaints. When trying to cancel my subscription the woman told me I couldn't speak with her manager because she was the manager then she hung up on me! what ligitimate business does that? I also went to my state attorney general's website and the FTC website. DO NOT JUST LET THEM HAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY! go to https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/GetStarted.aspx. It is well worth the short amount of time it takes to file this complaint!

We decide to cancel our subscription. I sent in the paper verifying that we wanted to do this. Three weeks later I get a bill saying they're going to deduct my account. They has as of yet not returned my calls either. I will be calling my bank and putting a stop to this effective immediately. Buyer beware do not ever do business with GULF COAST READERS.

would like to cancel. no one will answer the phone now or return my calls

I had a call from two different personnel about magazines which I did not order and do not want. Please delete this order as I do not want them.

Milton Appelhof
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This company called me and said that I won a $500 gift card that all i needed to do is to get some magazines. So that is what I did. I asked the lady on the phone could I cancel She asked why would I do that and I said that five magazine for five years was a lot for me being that I don't get any now and she told me that I could just call and they would take care of it. When I did not get the gift card I call them(they had sent me a letter) according to the letter I had seven days from the day I got the letter to cancel. When I call they told me that I could not cancel because I had to cancel within seven days from the date that they had called me. I told them that I would let every one I know know not to use them. They keep calling me and I told them that I did not have an account with them andhung up. Every time a magazine comes in I just take to the post office an send it back to them. Also I am emailing all of the magazine to let them know what is going on and to stop sending the magazines.

My daughter tried to cancel this less than 24 hours after she inquired on the internet. We have paid in full and have NEVER received any magazines. We have called repeatedly to wich they reply that we have not changed the address on the subscriptions. This is just untrue. The constant calls and bullying are inappropriate. I want a full refund. I will be contacting the numbers listed here.

I am in a mess with them also. They call me up, and tell me that I will receive a $1000.00 Walmart gift card, never got my gift card, then they tell me it was just a scam, they are trying to get the money out of me, and said they recorded the phone calls, all but the first one. I said why not the first one where they lied to me. They couldn't answer that one. They need to be sued. They are scam artists

I never signed up for the magazines. I have been receiving 4 of them. I received a call from a very persistant and rude girl telling me it was time to renew. I told her I had never signed up and asked to cancel, but she said I couldn't and would still charge me for them. I told her I WOULD NOT PAY FOR THEM and I would take them to court.. Our conversation ended abruptly when the girl hung up the phone on me. I haven't heard back, but it has only been about 5 days.

Contact 1800helpflorida.com

I have a horror story about GCR, bad customer service, harrassing a.m. Phone calls, refusal to cancel membership ect... I contacted the BBB and 1800helpflorida.com, filled out a formal written complaint that went to state attorney general. They contacted GCR who tried one last attempt to extort 200 dollars from me to cancel my account. I refused and the following week recieved a letter from GCR informing both the Florida attorny general and myself that they had cancelled my account and I had no more financial obligation.

This company has been causing me problems since February. It is now mid-May and I've only gotten two of the magazines I asked for plus a bunch of ones I didn't ask for. I canceled my debit card they were billing me from, and I also filed with FTC and BBB. If anything persists, I am getting a lawyer. I'm homeless right now, and I can't afford to buy these magazines, especially when they aren't sending me them in the first place.

i had the same issues in 4/11, didn't know anything about GCR, i tried to call and cancel b4 the 7th day and a manager said no to me too, i jus got a letter in the mail saying they were gona debit my acct in a few days and i'm going to the bank tomorrow and try to take care of this mess...shame on all of us for getting ourselves into this, there has to be a way out of this crap! thanx all...