ACTIVE PERIODICALS Mgr lied about "freezing my acct" to scam me into new acct. HATE THESE PEOPLE! Deerfield Beach, Florida

Started an account years ago; never understood that when they called to "check up", they were starting the acct all over again.  This was never explained.  As I neared what I thought was the end of my payment period, I discovered they had scammed me, and I owed them $685 to make them GO AWAY. Didn't work - they called me incessantly (sometimes more than a dozen times a day).  Yes, I'm on the do-not-call list, and I have told them angrily many, many times to NEVER call me again.  They sent me dozens of magazines I did not want, and created a huge trash problem.  My mailbox was always stuffed with this junk. 

When they called on Sept. 3, 2009, I again told them to go away and never call again.  A man who identified himself as a supervisor (very hard to understand -  heavily slurred words) told me there was a technical problem my acct, and they couldn't close it out.  However, this could be done if I signed up for a temporary dummy acct so that he could process the acct closure properly.  He promised me not a cent would ever be taken from my acct, and he would be able to "fix things" by the end of the week.  I spent more than half an hour going over this with the woman who prompted the recording and her "supervisor", reiterating to both of them that I do not lie, and I was very uncomfortable with this solution.  When I asked to speak with a manager, I was transferred back to the man I refer to as "supervisor".  After many promises that this was not a new sign-up, I did agree, with great hesitation.

A few days later, I received a letter from them that I had signed up for 4 new magazines - three I don't want and never mentioned, and one of the three I payed completely for in the spring.  I checked my acct, and found they'd charged me $41.90.  I immediately closed this acct, requiring me to change all my auto-pays to a new acct.  I'm still staightening out that mess.

Now I receive frequent calls from their collections.  I am again screening all my calls because of them.  If I hadn't had my phone number for 30 yrs, I'd change that too.  I'm filing this report with as many organizations as I can find, and I want to join a lawsuit(s) against them.  They have harassed me endlessly, and the least I can do is cause them as much trouble and expense as I possibly can.