Smart Savings Center review: UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES 38

For 2 months in a row now after purchasing books through amazon.com, our credit card was charged without authorization for services by smartsavingscenter.com. I called them to have the charges reversed and to have "our membership" canceled. We never authorized any membership. This happened to us about a year ago and I had to go through the same process.

Rip off's. Don't fall for their scams. I have to change my bank account now so they can't scam me again. Please don't fall for it, be careful. They alure you by offering a amazing discount and then they don't provide the discount they offer, plus they charged me a $29.95 membership fee.

Very similar suituation, i ordered book for $9.99 and smartsaving charged me 3 times, first one is $1.00, i have no ideal what's one dollar for? Second is 10.81, i thought that is the book price and tax. Just after a weekend, i saw my online statement, there is a big surprise charge $29.95 from Smartsaving, who i am suppose to call, does any one know smartsavingcenter phone #?

One thing i don't understand, i saw lots of complaitns on line, why like such company still there?

their number is [protected]. Great i just bought a book set from a completly diff. site and it says I have 7 days to cancel both the smart savings and the membership.I hope I dont run into all these problems but their address and phone number is the same as this smartsavingscenter.Now Im nervous

Smart Saving took out addtional charges on my credit card for a video i bought in december. I was billed for the video 22.15 on Dec 13. then on Dec 18 i had another charge of 29.95. The original bill was supposed to be 22.15. I dont understand why i have an additional charge here.

I made a purchase at smart savings center. com for $4.08 and now they had charged my account for $29.95 without my authorization and I am asking for my money back.

I DONT THINK YOU SHOULD CHARGE MY ACCOUNT FOR 29.95 W/O MY AUTHORIZATION.ALSO 1.00..I DIDNT GET ANYTHING FROM THIS... I WANT MY MONEY BACK.. DONT TOUCH MY ACCOUNT..I TRIED TO CALL YOU NOT LONG AGO.. YOU PUT ME ON HOLD TOO LONG...I BETTER HEAR FROM YOU.. YOU BETTER REFUND MY MONEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... THANKS
MY E MAIL ADDRESS IS lluther1@carolina.rr.com..thanks Louise

By placing an order with Hot movie sales.com your credit card will be billed $29.95 for a bogus membership to something called smart savings center. The charge is hidden and you won't know about it until you receive your credit card bill. Good luck in trying to get this charge taken off your bill. I am still trying. You will have to try and contact Smart savings center to have the bogus membership canceled. Again good luck on getting someone to answer the phone at this scam operation.

I have been billed $29.95 for "membership" for each of the last two months. These charges were never authorized. I never joined any such organization.

i did not give you permission to charge my account 29.95, you did this without my permission, and my husband is a lawyer and he said you better put my money back into my account, and do not ever take anymore money out again.if you do not put the money back into my account or refund me the money ASAP. he will be taking legal action against you for doing this without my permission.i better hear from you very soon, or he is going to start actions. my email is shuie57@gmail.com.thanks i will be waiting for your message on my email or a check in the mail very soon like this friday 2/20/09. or else !thanks sharon you will be caught from doing this to anyone else like i have been reading.

i am very upset with these people, i am tired of being used and ripped off and i want to put a stop to it. that is my attitude! and i have made copies of everything i have written to you.

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My account with your company was terminated as of January 22, 2009. Spoke to rep. Ray and given cancellation reference # [protected]. As of this date no other charges should have been taken from my debit card. A $1.00 charge was taken out of my account on February 3, 2009, WHY IS THAT? Please rectify this situation as soon as possible. Thank you very much. Sincerly, Vicki Brooks

I recently purchased a book for $ 12.97 on 2/6/09 and on 2/12/09 my checking account was debited for $ 29.95 plus $1.00 on 2/5/09. I don't know how they manage to put this in without people realizing that it is a SCAM. I just hope my account is not charged $ 29.95 a month. Buyer BEWARE!

my wife is a school teacher and she wanted a specific movie for use in her classroom. I found a goood deal on the internet, so I ordered the movie . I later received an email stating it had been back ordered . Approximately a month later I received another email stating they could no longer get this movie but I'm being charged a membership fee anyway.

bought 1 dvd and now my bank account is overdrawn cause they have charged me 3 times 29.95 this is insane and unlawful

ordered movies from hotmoviesale.com and was charged for membership with smart saving center. Did not authorize.

Fraudulant charges made to credit card account. I am working with credit card company to resolveas soon as possible.

i can't rmember what i ordered, but i cancelled this account and i was charged 1.00 this month on my credit card. please credit this to my account ASAP

thank you
sharonh hooks

You are going have to call the company and cancel. Get the persons name who you spoke with and a confirmation number. If they say they will send it in an email, don't let them! Get it from them! They will keep charging and the amount will go up to 29.95. File a dispute after you cancel...not before! That's the only way they will stop. I've canceled two cards...but they kept charging me!

The same thing happened to me, I was charged one additional dollar upon processing, and an additional dollar every month even after I had canceled the membership, I had to call a second time for them to “really” cancel this time. Don’t fall for this scan!

The Same Thing Happened To Me. I Can't Get RiD of These People.

I fell for the same thing. As did many others by looking at [redacted] online. It is classic case of phishing online. There are those who do read the fine print and cancel the subscription prior to the 7 day grace period. Unfortunately for me I did not catch it before being charged (which increases with time). SMARTSAVINGSCENTER is associated with XACTI.COM
BEWARE!

REGARDING THE SMART SAVINGS CENTER.I WORKED FOR THE PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 3 YRS NOW. THIS IS A DEEP COVER UMBRELLA PROGRAM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PREVIOUS CUSTOMERS WHO SIGNED UP UNKNOWINGLY TO THE PROGRAM. LET THE BUYER BEWARE AS THE ADAGE GO. BUT THE CENTER IS NOT A SCAM CENTER PER SE, THIS IS A LEGIT COMPANY WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY AND THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FOR ABOUT A DECADE NOW. I AM A SENIOR ANALYST WITH THE PROGRAM. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT JUST EMAIL ME AT TREADSTONE08@AOL.COM. THE NAME CONKLIN.

This company has been charging me $30.95 per month for a "membership fee" since January. They claim that I requested a membership when ordering a DVD from Amazon.com. I have called and been assured that I would get a full refund and my "membership" would be cancelled. They are still charging my credit card each month. This is a sleaze-ball company.

They pulled the same scam on us. I'm going to notify Amazon of this fraud, and I suggest you do the same.

Hotmoviesale.com is what got me. A $5 dollar discount apparently signed me up for their membership. They only ended up charging me a dollar a month for the past four months but it still makes me mad. Getting your money back is simple enough. Just call the number on the charges. Don't do the automatic cancellation, get put on with a representative. When I asked the lady about the charges she told me I had apparently already cancelled the service, just a few days ago in fact so I didn't need to do anything more. I asked to be reimbursed and she said I already had, apparently for the 1st payment during the trial period. She seemed to be unaware that their were additional charges and when I told her their were she asked me how much I was charged as if they don't have a record of that or something. It felt like I was just throwing out a number and she was hoping I missed a charge somewhere. She then had to check the system to see if I could be given a $4 reimbursement which I was and that was it. Its not a lot of money but I don't want those scammers keeping it.

Unauthorized charges to card.

I got charged 19.95 ny this people and I've never been to thier site.

My name is Amanda Shipman and a charge on my American Express Credit card each month for $12.00, Boca Raton, #MCS201RP. I would like to cancel this charge since I am not aware for the reason of the charge.

Immediate attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated.
My telephone is [protected]
e-mail: 2nashipman@att.net

I bought a curious buddies dvd for my daughter from Smart savings center and got an excellent price and fast shipping on it, however they did not say that my account was going to be charged $20. everymonth from there on out, it was no where in the fine print even! Then today I found they had gone ahead and charged my credit card all kinds of fees etc. This is a Rip off! I highly discourage anyone to buy anything from here!

I ordered a book from Amazon through their website. In a day or so, a charge appeared from Smart Savings Center. I have not consciously approved or authorized any charge from this entity. Today a second deduction ($19.95) appeared. How do I get rid of this monthly charge and get my money back?

I agree with the other complaintants. I recently purchased books on Amazon and just discovered that I was being charged for a monthly book club which I did not sign up for and did not want. When I called the number on my charge card, the call center representative argued with me, refused to let me speak with a supervisor, refused to cancel my account and refund my money! When I asked for the corporate office information, he said he did not know it until I pushed and finally he gave it to me. I pulled the company name up on the Internet and saw all of the complaints. I would never recommend anyone do business with any of their companies and run if you see anything related to Smart Savings Center or www.discountbooksale.com. THEY ARE THIEVES, just as the previous person said.

my wife ordered a book thinking she was saving some money. she never received the book and was billed $19.95 three months in a row. she cancelled last month, asked for a refund for the book and is continuing to be billed.what can we do.

While in the process of paying a credit card bill, i noticed four consecutive payments of $19.95 billed to my account from a company called smart savings center. I have no ideal who they are, what they are, or how they got my credit card infomation.

So far I haven't been charged anything unauthorized, but I also ordered a DVD from hotmoviesales.com and when I recieved my shipment, the invoice said "Thanks for signing up! Your Smart Savings Center membership is active and you can start saving right away!". I had no idea I had signed up for a membership. I called and cancelled it immediately.

I got scammed by by this organization. I found charges on my Visa even though I DID NOT give them my Visa #. I reprted this to local Police and sent them an Email telling them about my Police report, demanding a reversal of the charges, which I did receive. What scares me, is how did they get my Visa number?

Cancel your card and request a new one from your bank.