Auction Monster I though I was signing up to a once only payment of $2.80 for info. which turned out to be $69 Aust. dollars charged to my credit card. I have made attempt to contact the company and the phone number is for the USA only... USA Internet

Not saying that you didn't get scammed, but from being a member of a GPT site, where this was an offer in the past that I have done, I know you have to read the Terms carefully. It is clearly listed in the Terms that the original charge is only for shipping on the product, and you are signing up for a free trial and will be charged again if you do not cancel or return the product within the specifies time frame.

This is copied directly from the current terms and can be found here: https://auctionmonster.securemediacenter.com/terms.html

Fees and Pricing
Subscription Fees for Affiliates of Auction Monster are assessed monthly. Affiliate agrees to be billed a monthly fee of $59.95 for Auction Monster's Web Builder and Hosting service. Affiliate expressly agrees and states as follows:

"I UNDERSTAND I MAY BE LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF FUTURE GOODS AND SERVICES UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF I FAIL TO NOTIFY THE SUPPLIER NOT TO SUPPLY THE GOODS OR SERVICES DESCRIBED."

Trial Period and Billing

By agreeing to the terms of the Agreement, Affiliate automatically receives 10-day trial to the Program. Affiliate has 10 days to try the Program and decide whether to accept the Program full-time. Prior to the expiration of the 10-day trial period, Affiliate may cancel its subscription by calling Auction Monster's toll-free number at 1-800-609-5118 or writing to Auction Monster, 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958. Should Affiliate fail to cancel its subscription, its Subscription with Auction Monster will become active and Affiliate will be billed $59.95 on the 11th day after its trial begins and every month thereafter. If Affiliate's payment is not submitted either by credit card or check within 30 days of the due date, Affiliate's web site and services will be suspended. If Affiliate wishes to cancel and not be billed, Affiliate must call 1-800-609-5118 or write to Auction Monster, 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958. Affiliate also agrees to monthly billing. Affiliate expressly agrees to honor all charges and fees due.

I must disagree with the other rebuttal. If you go to https://auctionmonster.securemediacenter.com/ you'll see that the contract they are trying to establish with you is a simple product purchase. For a set amount of money you will receive a physical good. In this case, a "starter kit".

Instead, later on in terms and conditions they spell out that you are really purchasing a subscription. The small text that explains that they will charge you again are "below the fold" of the page. That is, on most monitors you would have to scroll down to even see those. They don't even list this great subscription as part of the 6 items you will receive with your "starter kit".

It's bait and switch, and seems very likely that it's fraud.