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Report: #93783

Complaint Review: Integretel - Internet

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  • Integretel Integretel.com Internet U.S.A.

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When I received my Bell South telephone bill, I found a charge for residential voice mail for $14.95. There was the name Integretel, Inc and a telephone number for billing questions listed on my statement. The billing date was 4/28/2004.

When I called this number, I was told that the service they offered was voice mail through the computer and that this service had nothing to do with my telephone. I was told I had ordered it online. I stated I did not order nor would I pay for residential voice mail. After repeating this they did offer to discontinue the service and no longer bill me. I told them this wasn't good enough and that what they were doing was against the law. They finally did say they would credit my account for all charges.

A voice mail service continues to answer my home phone. It is a computer generated voice and says, "Please leave your message after the tone." How can I get rid of this voice mail service?

Michele
Franklin, Kentucky
U.S.A.

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 06/05/2004 11:03 AM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/integretel/internet/integretel-signed-me-up-for-residential-voice-mail-but-i-never-ordered-it-i-cant-get-ass-93783. 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. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

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#5 Consumer Comment

Coupons? spam senders

AUTHOR: Darren - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, September 18, 2004

TJ,
Coupons huh? Hmmm. Sounds to me like it was from one of those pop-ups or from some FREE MERCHANDISE sites. Is this the case?

Those sites offer freebies and all other sorts of nonsense things and decptively sign the consumer up for something.

This is done with free erectile dysfunction pill samples, Girls Gone Wild videos and those silly checks you get in the mail for $40 (that if you cash them they switch your phone company).

Sadly, because so many companies have a reputation for this type of behavior and there are so many spam senders... I would probably ignore or delete e-mails from companies I wasn't aware of.

If you did refund the money then that is great! That shows a responsiveness to the consumer that should be lauded.

However, if there is deception about what a person is actually signing up for (please all, remember, nothing is free!) then this is a good place to educate the consumers.

Thanks,
Darren

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#4 Consumer Comment

Coupons? spam senders

AUTHOR: Darren - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, September 18, 2004

TJ,
Coupons huh? Hmmm. Sounds to me like it was from one of those pop-ups or from some FREE MERCHANDISE sites. Is this the case?

Those sites offer freebies and all other sorts of nonsense things and decptively sign the consumer up for something.

This is done with free erectile dysfunction pill samples, Girls Gone Wild videos and those silly checks you get in the mail for $40 (that if you cash them they switch your phone company).

Sadly, because so many companies have a reputation for this type of behavior and there are so many spam senders... I would probably ignore or delete e-mails from companies I wasn't aware of.

If you did refund the money then that is great! That shows a responsiveness to the consumer that should be lauded.

However, if there is deception about what a person is actually signing up for (please all, remember, nothing is free!) then this is a good place to educate the consumers.

Thanks,
Darren

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#3 Consumer Comment

Coupons? spam senders

AUTHOR: Darren - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, September 18, 2004

TJ,
Coupons huh? Hmmm. Sounds to me like it was from one of those pop-ups or from some FREE MERCHANDISE sites. Is this the case?

Those sites offer freebies and all other sorts of nonsense things and decptively sign the consumer up for something.

This is done with free erectile dysfunction pill samples, Girls Gone Wild videos and those silly checks you get in the mail for $40 (that if you cash them they switch your phone company).

Sadly, because so many companies have a reputation for this type of behavior and there are so many spam senders... I would probably ignore or delete e-mails from companies I wasn't aware of.

If you did refund the money then that is great! That shows a responsiveness to the consumer that should be lauded.

However, if there is deception about what a person is actually signing up for (please all, remember, nothing is free!) then this is a good place to educate the consumers.

Thanks,
Darren

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#2 Consumer Comment

Coupons? spam senders

AUTHOR: Darren - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, September 18, 2004

TJ,
Coupons huh? Hmmm. Sounds to me like it was from one of those pop-ups or from some FREE MERCHANDISE sites. Is this the case?

Those sites offer freebies and all other sorts of nonsense things and decptively sign the consumer up for something.

This is done with free erectile dysfunction pill samples, Girls Gone Wild videos and those silly checks you get in the mail for $40 (that if you cash them they switch your phone company).

Sadly, because so many companies have a reputation for this type of behavior and there are so many spam senders... I would probably ignore or delete e-mails from companies I wasn't aware of.

If you did refund the money then that is great! That shows a responsiveness to the consumer that should be lauded.

However, if there is deception about what a person is actually signing up for (please all, remember, nothing is free!) then this is a good place to educate the consumers.

Thanks,
Darren

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#1 UPDATE Employee

Residential Voice Mail: that your paying for through bellsouth that you didnt know you had?

AUTHOR: TJ - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Residential voice mail is a toll free 800 number that is not only filled with all the glorious features of standard voicemail but also places an electronic copy of the message in your emailbox that can be retrieved listened to and saved from any computer(how cool is that!?) that YOU requested when you visited our marketing website.

You submitted a two page order form (that stated terms/cond's/charges for the service) requesting services from our company and possibly grocery coupons as well. we then sent you 3 emails with opt out instructions before charges were made, none of which you responded to. we resolved the issue and credited your account so please do not make negative news about our company, we have done you no wrong.

as far as your "voice mail service that continues to answer your phone", it has nothing to do with Residential Voice Mail. We simply offer you a voicemailbox on our system, that you can access via your email, or by dialing your personal 800 #, then entering your box # and PIN.

So what we have here Michele is one of two things:
1) your answering machine
or....
2) voicemail that your paying for through bellsouth that you didnt know you had...and u point the finger at us. hmmm

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