- Report: #946644
Complaint Review: SAVEOLOGY
| SAVEOLOGY 5259 Coconut Creek Parkway
Margate, Florida United States of America |
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SAVEOLOGY MAGAZINECO They lied to you even for $4.95 Margate, Florida
*Consumer Comment: Saveology is scam and referred by COMCAST customer service
*Consumer Suggestion: I experienced the same from Saveology "Redemption Center"
*Consumer Comment: I had the same experience
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I called to redeem a vouchor purchased from http://www.saveology.com/ then this guy tried to talk me into paying $4.95 to get $100 credit on a website selling dining gift cards. He said I can use that credit to purchase gift cards for many restaurants even chain restaurants like subway. I am very cautious person so that I kept asking questions like "whether I need to pay some money out of my own pocket in order to buy gift cards", "do I need to order minimum in order to buy/use gift cards...etc".
He said no and sounded to me like I only paid $4.95 to get $100 dollars value of gift cards... Only after I gave him my credit card number and at the end of the conversation, he told me that I would receive an email from a "magazine" company, which would offer me this magazine subscription.... only $39.99 in three payments... "Wait" I interupted him, telling him that "I don't want to subscribe to magazines!!" He told me that I don't need to subscribe to magazine. "It's "just an offer'".
However, after hanging up the phone, I received a confirmation email from MAGAZINECO company saying that I subscribe to 4 magazines (listing 4 magazines titles that that guy never mentioned over the phone), and that $100 dining credit is only an bonus reward "due to my subscription to the magazines". That email doesn't even tell me how much I am going to pay for those 4 magazines.
I quickly called back to SAVEOLOGY, asking to cancel that order and a refund $4.95, but was told I have to call that MAGAZINECO (looks like I already subscribed to the magazines so that I have to deal with that company now even though the purhcase that guy talked about is dining gift cards, not magazines). I called MAGAZINECO using the "customer service" phone number SAVEOLOGY offered me (saying that customer service can help me with refund). That lady's attitude was terrible. She said she cannot help me but have to get another person to handle this.
She asked me for name and phone number and asked me to "wait for the call" as she said, someone would call me "within 24 hours". I was busy and cannot kept waiting.
I just called my credit card company. I will talk to SAVEOLOGY and MAGAZINECO the next 2 days, and if they still give me hard time to get refund, I will ask my credit card company to not to pay.
I just don't understand. If they want to sell me magazines, why didn't they just tell me clearly? They should at least give me a chance to pick the magazines I would like to read, right? They listed BETTER HOMES & GARDENS,GLAMOUR, SHAPE MAGAZINE, as my subscription, which are the magazines I like the least.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/25/2012 07:05 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/SAVEOLOGY/Margate-Florida-33063/SAVEOLOGY-MAGAZINECO-They-lied-to-you-even-for-495-Margate-Florida-946644. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Search Tips#1 Consumer Comment
Saveology is scam and referred by COMCAST customer service
AUTHOR: Simone - ()
SUBMITTED: Friday, April 12, 2013
I found their phone number from some other site. I called them the agent asked me to email my cancellation request to customerservice@magazineco.com This email bounces back. I called her back, they never response. I think once you call for cancellation, they are marking your phone number, then when you call from the same number they never response, you are just listening their music for 12 minutes or so then dead silent.
THEY are not reachable. I am not able to cancel my account with them. Only solution is cancelling your credit card associated with your Saveology account.
#2 Consumer Suggestion
I experienced the same from Saveology "Redemption Center"
AUTHOR: Dover - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Friday, November 09, 2012
#3 Consumer Comment
I had the same experience
AUTHOR: Ravi - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, October 20, 2012
I was like being cheated by the person I was not informed about any magazine before I pay money . I checked my email it was magazineco subscription . I called them they said they can't refund money . In order to avoid 39.99$ deduction at end of the 30th day . I have to call them once again after 10 days to cancel subscription . I don't understand what to do now . I am a international student and I am worried that they might again cheat me and take all money in my account . Please anyone suggest how to go about this .

