- Report: #838171
Complaint Review: PC Tools Inc
| PC Tools Inc 350 Ellis Street
Internet United States of America |
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PC Tools Inc SCAM DON'T PURCHASE WILL BILL YOU IN SPITE OF CANCELLING THEN REFUND DAYS LATER! Internet
*Author of original report: Remedy to stop them from auto billing
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On 1/20/12 before it came time to renew, I received an email telling me that I should stop my auto renewal if I don't want my subscription to renew. I canceled out of the automatic renewal on 1/20/2012. I have paperwork showing that my cancellation was successful. Today, on 2/12/2012 PC Tools sent me an email saying that they deducted the money fron my account automatically. This was an unauthorized transaction. The amount was $39.99. In spite of my cancellation over a month ago, PC Tools took it upon themselves to still remove the money from my bank and now they emailed me saying it will take up to 14 days to see a refund. This is illegal and they need to stop this.
Product Name: PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus
They make sure no matter what link you click on, they will not give you a phone number for customer support. You go in circles trying to find out contact information. This company is nothing but a big fraud. The phone number I got was from whois.net.
PC Tools tells you phone chat is available to those who have a license. When they automatically renewed my subscription, they give you a link to cancel. This should have never been sent to me, because I canceled my auto renew on 1/20/2010.
My cancellation paper work says that "my subscription will expire on March 4, 2012 unless I renew via the link on My PC Tools to continue receiving uninterrupted use of your software." I am not happy that I have to wait 2 weeks for a refund for a withdrawal that I canceled.
They need to be investigated and need to stop this fraudulent activity. They unlawfully removing money from people's accounts when they do not have the authority to do so.
I reported them to the California Attorney General's office and the BBB.org.
This is the public information I found out about them from whois.net...
Registrant:
Symantec Corporation
Domain Manager
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
US
Email: domains@symantec.com
Registrar Name....: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
Registrar Whois...: whois.corporatedomains.com
Registrar Homepage: www.cscprotectsbrands.com
Domain Name: pctools.com
Created on..............: Wed, Dec 06, 1995
Expires on..............: Sun, Jun 01, 2014
Record last updated on..: Thu, Jan 06, 2011
Administrative,Technical Contact:
Symantec Corporation
Domain Manager
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
US
Phone: +1.6505278000
Email: domains@symantec.com
BBB gives them a C rating
66 complaints closed with BBB in last 3 years | 64 closed in last 12 months
Complaint Type
Advertising / Sales Issues 11
Billing / Collection Issues 34
Problems with Product / Service 21
BBB says Additional Complaint Information
Our complaint history for this company shows the company gave proper consideration to some complaints presented by the Bureau. Although in some cases the company failed to respond to complaints.
Prior to February 2011, this company's complaints were handled by the BBB in Oakland, CA. During their three year reporting period, up until February 2011, they process 117 reportable complaints. The complaints no our record only reflect those filed after Februray 2011.
THIS IS OUTRIGHT THEFT!
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Remedy to stop them from auto billing
AUTHOR: Peggy - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, February 12, 2012

