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Complaint Review: Readers Servicees - Ft Meyers Florida

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  • Reported By: acorn74 — Atlanta North Georgia United States of America
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  • Readers Servicees Ft Meyers, FL Ft Meyers, Florida United States of America

Readers Servicees - Unethical business practices including unauthorized credit card charges, magazine order scam, and calling do-not-call numbers Ft Meyers, Florida

*Author of original report: Update - phone call about complaint filed

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Over the past few months I've received several calls (to a number registered with DO NOT CALL) from an agency wanting to "verify I am receiving the magazines I ordered." My standard answer was, "I didn't order any magazines, take me off your list."

 On 15-Jan-2012,  I received a similar call from a "Nicole" at "Readers Services" (number on caller ID was 1-800-555-1212) asking the same thing. She said I had signed up for a set of magazines including GLAMOUR, ROLLING STONE, SHAPE, ELLE, and others, for 5 YEARS, and a monthly charge of around $69. I told her I never did that. She said she could reduce it but not cancel it. So she said she put the reduction through, agreed to send me all the details in the mail (she said it would come from Ft Meyers, FL) and sent me to "John" her supervisor.
John asked me to verify my credit card number; he gave me the expiration date of 2013 but none of my cards have that expiration date. He said he could not verify my identity or process the "reduction" without a valid card and without a valid card they would report me to a collections agency. Then he passed me to his "bookkeeper."

 The bookkeeper proceeded to ask me a number of questions to put the reduction through. He kept starting the questions over since he was "recording" and my answers "exceeded the time allowed." (I did not want to agree to anything he said!)  I finally refused to answer a question about my income; he said he needed a number so I said $100/month. He said he couldn't process my reduction if I was going to "play games." He was very rude about it. At that point I told him I did not have to answer his questions and I hung up on him. I then called my credit card company and learned that they had charged me $59 (though they said the first payment would not be charged until the 1st of next month). I put a freeze on my card and will dispute that charge and any future ones.
Then I filed complaints with the FTC, BBB, Do Not Call, Atty General, and others. 

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Update - phone call about complaint filed

AUTHOR: acorn74 - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, January 19, 2012

On 18-Jan-12 I received a call (I was occupied so it went to voicemail) from a Heidi(?) at _MA Marketing saying something to the effect that her office had received a complaint and she wanted to speak with me to get the issue resolved. She said she could be reached at 1-800-_ _6-8130. I cannot call her back because the _ symbols above indicate unintellible portions of the voice message, and caller ID indicated the call came from the number 249 which obviously did not work when I tried to call it back. Calling the original number, 1-800-555-1212 gave unsatisfactory results as it simply takes me to  directory assistance. Now I am dependent upon her calling me back. 

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