Complaint Review: Galaxy Member Benefits - Palm Harbor Florida
- Galaxy Member Benefits 3438 East Lake Rd #14 PMB#602 Palm Harbor, Florida U.S.A.
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- Category: Credit Card Fraud
Galaxy Member Benefits Unauthorized Debit Card charges Palm Harbor Florida
*UPDATE Employee: Let Us Make It Right
My dad, who is a senior citizen of limited means and abilities, living in a senior citizen facility in Oregon has been attacked by this company. The initial contact apparently was by phone, however we have not ruled out an on-line source for this initial contact. His account has been drained (with an initial $29.95 membership fee and subsequent charges) and his bank has frozen his assests.
I am currently working long distance with the bank, state and local authorities to try to figure out how to deal with the situation. Any information from others will help us. Thank you.
James
Somerville, New Jersey
U.S.A.
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#1 UPDATE Employee
Let Us Make It Right
AUTHOR: Suzy - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I am a customer service manager at Galaxy Member Benefits, and I am here to make our wrongs right. A common misconception throughout the complaints I have read is that Galaxy Member Benefits contacts customers. We do not. We don't have a sales division, so we use 10-20 third-party marketing companies to contact customers and offer our membership on a trial basis. The orders are sent to us, and we review every verification recording to make sure the customer was interested (if the customer sounds confused or too hesitant, we do not allow the order to process). I am aware this does not totally pass the blame, so we have had conference calls and training classes to explain the seriousness of misleading customers.
We are also considering developing our own sales division to have more control over how customers are being contacted. If we become aware of any marketing company misleading consumers, we immediately halt sales and investigate. We have terminated agreements with marketing companies that we believe were not representing us in a fashion we desired. Previously, we were using a third-party mail house as well. They would provide us with shipping dates for all customers and we would calculate how long we allow the trial membership from that date, including time for the mail to be received.
In any case we received something back in the mail, we would cancel the customers account without billing them. We found this method to be insufficient, so we supply our own fulfillment now. We send out every welcome letter from our office now, and verify addresses before sending them. We have also updated our customer database, eliminating the chances of double billing and deleted cancellations. We do apologize for the inconvenience through our previous methods, and are more than willing to rectify any negative experiences. We have also extended our customer service hours, making it easier for customers to reach us. We are here from 9am-8pm Mon.-Fri., EST. at 1-800-974-7913.
Thank You and let us make it right,
Suzanne
Galaxy Member Benefits
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