bwnbwn
msg:4355667 | 8:02 pm on Aug 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Reported to BBB complaint going to put it on ripoff were else can I do some brand advertising for them?
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Freedom
msg:4355671 | 8:04 pm on Aug 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
This is typical for business practices in the United States these days. They are getting super aggressive like little marketing storm troopers to get/keep your money.
Very typical and normal I am afraid. A sign of out of control desperation and sick determination. Online and offline marketing is aggressive to the point where it's really like dealing with the criminal underworld.
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Hoople
msg:4355677 | 8:52 pm on Aug 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
If their billing is via a credit card have your bank issue you a new CC # on your bank account. They won't be able to charge a closed CC number.
A bit evil but it effectively blocks their billing you anymore :-)
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bwnbwn
msg:4355682 | 9:27 pm on Aug 26, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Hoople I did that 3-4 months ago we are getting mailed bills to the office. Last one we paid this was all suppose to be behind us, well wrong again got another one in the mail.
After my not so nice rant with customer service (I really was fine until I was informed the account has to be closed in writing... I kinda had a Mt. St. Helen, well not kinda did) I pretty much told customer service they could take that bill and put it were the sun don't shine.
Intresting I went into rippoff and did a search on them. Looks like they have quite a history of this type of pratice. I just added to the list.
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wheel
msg:4355858 | 12:28 pm on Aug 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| They won't be able to charge a closed CC number. |
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This is incorrect. Been there, done that.
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J_RaD
msg:4355873 | 2:44 pm on Aug 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
^ hmm really?
worked for me...not that I did it on purpose but a new number resulted in lots of failed charge emails and eventual account closing. Didn't plan it but it worked out nice.
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herb
msg:4355895 | 5:50 pm on Aug 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| This is incorrect. Been there, done that. |
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I to would like to hear how that can/could be done.
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wheel
msg:4355957 | 10:43 pm on Aug 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Got that from a credit card company directly. You think 'cancelling the card' is some magic out of any charges they decide to stick you with? Really, we all know what the credit card companies are like, nobody should be surprised by that little trick by them.
You cancel. They send you an invoice for a charge. You protest. Yeah, you know how that's going to play out. Don't pay, enjoy the credit rating hit from the card company.
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onepointone
msg:4356015 | 7:12 am on Aug 28, 2011 (gmt 0) |
No, you cancel the card, not acct., & get a new CC#. The blankety-blank co. can't charge the CC# since it no longer exists. :)
Of course you are still responsible for all previous charges. This just stops new ones. [edited by: onepointone at 7:24 am (utc) on Aug 28, 2011]
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viggen
msg:4356016 | 7:23 am on Aug 28, 2011 (gmt 0) |
...i would have long ago let my attorney answered their bill....
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bwnbwn
msg:4356107 | 10:02 pm on Aug 28, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Yes we cancelled the card. It was being charged to the card. I canceled the card and then we started getting the bills mailed.
Not worth an attorney like I said it was on 15 bucks.
The point is the whole stupid deal I have spent a solid day on calling these morons up to cancel this account.
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lucy24
msg:4356124 | 10:53 pm on Aug 28, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Canceling a credit card is no different from closing a checking account. It doesn't absolve you from paying new bills; in some circumstances it may even bump a civil dispute up to a criminal offense. So at a minimum, don't do it unless you can prove absolutely that you have taken the required steps to close your account with the vendor.
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bwnbwn
msg:4357342 | 8:44 pm on Aug 31, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Update from my posting to various places. I got the attention of the company. Got a call from the head of customer services and got the charges taken off.
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tangor
msg:4357396 | 10:51 pm on Aug 31, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Diligent persistence generally pays off! Glad to hear the happy resolution.
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