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Complaint Review: SpeedyPin - Internet

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SpeedyPin, Www.speedypin.com, Fraudulent billing, deceptive advertising, non-disclosure of information Internet

*UPDATE Employee: Our 100% Phone Card Guarantee

*Author of original report: Found company info on the BBB website

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Speedypin is a "distributor" of many different discounted calling cards. I have been using their calling cards for about one year. Although I realized some time back that I was not getting the amount of minutes advertised, I neglected to do much about it. However, as of late I started paying attention and logging my calls to see how much I was getting screwed. I noticed that they use the same scamming practice for all the different cards that I tried, so it not limited to just one or two different ones.

I looked for the cards that had the cheapest rates to the country I was interested in calling and made sure that it stated "no connection fee; 1 minute rounding (some do 3 minute rounding); no other fees". Pretty clear what I was getting, right? Well, not at all. Forinstance, tonight I did an experiment and placed a call to Costa Rica and hung up as soon as I got through. Then I called back and hung up after the recording told me how many minutes I had remaining for the call. Although my call was less than one minute, I should have been charged one minute according to their information. However, I was charged 6 minutes for the one minute call I made! I called to complain and of course the guy on the phone played dumb and I kept going until I got a supervisor to speak with. He explained to me that the rates are based on "one single call". In other words, if you use all the minutes on the card in one single call (my card had over 5 hours worth of minutes of credit), then you get the advertised rate.

Once you hand up you get charged other fees (remember they say no other fees). I went over the website and there is absolutely nothing to indicate that this is how the card works. Therefore, at best they are guilty of not disclosing the true details, but as far as I am concerned it is blatent FRAUD. I am torn because I want to use the cards for the cheap rates, but I hate being screwed.

Jeff
Phoenix, Arizona
U.S.A.

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#2 UPDATE Employee

Our 100% Phone Card Guarantee

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

POSTED: Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Dear Jeff & Audience,

My name is Eric, and I am the Marketing Manager at SpeedyPin.com Phone Cards. Email: eric@speedypin.com Phone: 1.877.746.6322 ext 102.

On behalf of the Company, I'd like to invite SpeedyPin.com Phone Cards customers to contact me concerning unresolved issues stemming from the purchase of a prepaid phone card offered for sale on our website. We stick by our 100% Phone Card Guaranteeperiod!

Our Guarantee reads as follows:

We want you to shop at SpeedyPin with confidence and be totally satisfied with your purchase. In the unusual event of defect or failure of phone cards sold by SpeedyPin or unsatisfactory carrier resolution, we will intervene on your behalf and promptly replace the cards(s) or lost minutes.

We believe that it is important to help Jeff and anybody reading this post to better understand how SpeedyPin.com fits into the online prepaid phone cards industry. Education is an ongoing learning process for our customers and for us as well. We're always open for suggestions to improve our business.

What you should know about SpeedyPin.com.

1) We are not a carrier.

2) We do not own or operate our own switches.

3) We strive to work only with trustworthy carriers and vendors.

4) We grade our phone cards on a daily basis.

5) We grade our carriers and vendors on a daily basis.

6) Poor performance of a phone card, carrier or vendor constitutes removal from our program.

7) We will continue to seek opportunities to bring new phone cards to market that offer an ideal combination of rate and performance. Not all products are winners.

8) We advertise phone cards sold on our website exactly how they are presented to us by a carrier or vendor.

9) We demand from our carriers and vendors an immediate notification of rate changes, and/or changes of taxes or fees so we can update our site.

10) The Carrier is always the customers first point of contact should a card perform in any way less than what is advertised on our website. Why? Because they own and/or manage the switch on which the PIN resides and can therefore, add money to a PIN.

11) If the carrier is unable or unwilling to satisfactorily resolve a complaint made by one of our customers, we will intervene. Customers should contact us immediately by calling 1.800.483.3805 for assistance. This is where our guarantee kicks in.

12) Regarding non-existent customer support, it's simply not true. We employ our own in-house customer support team and they are available by phone, email and live chat. There was, however, a period of time that some of our customers had to endure a sub-par level of customer support. A new phone system purchased mid-2005 performed horribly. Unfortunately, many important calls and voice messages were lost.

In July we installed a vastly, superior new phone system and we're again able to service our customers at a level they expect and deserve.

If you want to learn more about our phone cards, commitment to our customers, industry experience, or industry longevity, please visit our website.

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#1 Author of original report

Found company info on the BBB website

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

POSTED: Tuesday, April 11, 2006

SpeedyPin
480 N Magnolia Ave #107
El Cajon, CA 92020
Telephone: (800) 483-3805
Fax: (619) 401-9134
www.speedypin.com
www.1st-usa.com

Original Business Start Date: January 1997
Customer Contact: Mr Bruce Salzman Owner
Principal: Mr Bruce Salzman Owner
Customer Contact: Mr Bjoern Ismit C

Additional DBA Names:

Phonecards, Inc.
1st-usa.com
1-877-Phonecards

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