Family Readers Club Charged our debit card after we said NO, called back and hung up on us!!! Plattesburg New York

Family Readers Club called to speak with my husband Sunday, Dec 9, 2007 and I told them he was not home- they said it was just a courtesy call. They called back last night (Dec 11) and he answered. Being a nice guy, he didn't lie and say it wasn't him, so he got sucked in.

She told him he could renew his subscription to 2 magazines that we don't receive anymore for only $3.95/ month. Suddenly after he gave her our debit card info that number jumped to $49.95 a month!!
Of course we told her NO we absolutely did not want to go through with the transaction any longer, and to NOT charge our card.

You can see where this is going. I checked our bank acct. info this morning online and there was a pre-authorize charge from Family Readers Club New York for $49.95.

We had no contact info, so I searched online and found this site. Thankfully it had contact info, but I called their corporate office and they said it's too soon, they don't have a record of him yet, to call back tomorrow. Sure.

I called my bank and had them cancel our debit cards- list them as stolen, so the charge shouldn't go through, but that was our only option since it was a debit card, not a credit card. If anyone like that ever calls DO NOT use a debit card!

So that's where we are now, I will call the coroprate office (I spoke with Alana) back tomorrow, and see what they say.

Angrymom
Mound City, Kansas
U.S.A.