- Report: #507711
Complaint Review: BOINGO WIRELESS
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BOINGO WIRELESS Cheating customers with incorrect charges to credit card, Internet
*UPDATE Employee: Response: Boingo Account Concerns - Premium Charges
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Recently, I was in Paris and Brussels ...and, as it always does where there is a hot spot, a pop-up window told me that this was a Boingo hot spot and I looged on.
Now they claim, that that was a PREMIUM SPOT and the charges there are some 12 cents/minute. They claim that this was in the fine print when you agreed to the terms. NO WHERE DOES IT WARN YOU THAT THE CHARGES WILL BE HIGHER AT THIS LOCATION.
This is simply CHEATING THE CUSTOMER. There is no polite way to put this. I cancelled my account with them.
This shows the dangers to giving a credit card to an on-line provider - no matter how big the company. Most companies do business with an honest display of their services/products. Unfortunately, Boingo is not one of them.
I would caution anyone about signing up with them.
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Response: Boingo Account Concerns - Premium Charges
AUTHOR: Boingo - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I'm very
sorry to hear that you've had a negative experience with us. We work hard to
provide our members an excellent customer experience, and as such, we'd like to
try to make things right.
It looks
like you signed up for Boingo Unlimited (our subscription plan for Wi-Fi across
the Americas). During sign-up, we provide a clear description of the selected
plan before charging your credit card. The description you were presented with
states: "Enjoy Unlimited Wi-Fi access at thousands of Boingo hotspots
throughout the Americas for only $9.95 USD each month. Please note, charges
recur each month, but Boingo is flexible, so you can change your plan at any
time without penalty. Wi-Fi connections made outside the Americas will be
billed an additional $0.12 or $0.18 per minute, depending on location." We
understand that it's possible you were in a hurry and simply missed this point.
To ensure that our customers have a clear understanding of their Boingo plan,
we also send a "Welcome" email that outlines their plan once again.
I
sincerely regret that you found our service description confusing. Would you
please email me at lsanyal at boingo dot com with your username and email
address? I'd like to take a look at your account to determine exactly what
happened. Then, we can try to reach a satisfactory solution together. Thank you
for giving us feedback that will help us improve.
Best,
Lauren
Sanyal
