Active Periodicals
www.activeperiodicals.net
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Active Periodicals has 1.0 star rating based on 1 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
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Consumers are not pleased with Customer service and Website. The price level of this organization is high according to consumer reviews.
Anonymous
Pearland, Texas
Active Periodicals - Magazines In General Review from Pearland, Texas
Sale for magazines , changed ya i got the tablet . Wow , i got took , for something i tryed getting out of . 3 weeks after . Payed for, and yes i went to the lower payment . i am the only one working in my house . On top of that no one can spell my name right. You say weeks , in there right mind , going over this , can any body really know , and add real quick the weeks up by years . And i don't get the magazines no more i told , they were pyling up in my house and giveing them away . Such a bad company . And you known , been telling dont get took by this company . rip off
Reason of review:
Pricing issue
Pierson Oea
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Review in Periodicals & Publishing category from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
They told me i qualify for a free tablet but they having problems sending it because they keep sending a letter and it was return back to them from sender yea right this happen this last pass week on friday April 1, 2016 so I decided through the weekened to look these people up and I come across all these reviews so now I'm really pissed I want to get all the people that been harras scam by this scam and demand a refund through the social media I mean these people should be exposed to give the people they promise a free gift their free gift and those that feel they did not agree to no magazines a refund and the only way to do this is everyone coming together with the news and. I know a laywer is going to jump on this case to get them for all they got I'm going to give them a call monday April 4th with the warning of calling the news and exposing them to the media with their dirty scam and I welcome everybody that wants their momey back to join me because 66 voices is better then one I will be putting it up on here all the information we will need to take them down. So lets get together people enough giving these people our money for nothing enough is enough
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Anonymous
Union City, Georgia
Active Periodicals Subscription Review
Worst company in the world. Want me to pay over one thousand dollars for magazines that never arrived. Told them to stop calling me and not to send magazine. All of a sudden, magazines started to arrive. Sent back most of them. Letter came today threatening collection proceedings and subsequent reporting to credit bureaus
Reason of review:
Problem with delivery
Anonymous
Licking, Missouri
Magazine Subscription Service Review
They are trying to billme for somthin i did not want and now i get charged for it
Reason of review:
Pricing issue
Yohana Rmu
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
6 months of ongoing harassment - King of Prussia, PA
They contacted me regarding magazines and a free gift. I was at work so I said yes to shut them up and get them off my phone. I attempted numerous times to cancel but they mysteriously have no record of me calling within the 3 DAY cancellation time. 3 DAYS! Are you *** joking me!? They called me 5 or 6 times a day for the first few months. Now they call at least once a day in an attempt to collect money from me which I am not going to send them. I have never received any product from them and I refuse to send them money, knowing full well its a scam. I do intend to have my lawyer send them a love note regarding their constant harassment.
Reason of review:
SCAM
Preferred solution: To leave me alone. Stop the calls. Cancel all service as requested. Leave me absolutely alone.
Anonymous
Holiday, Florida
Constant phone calls
Rating Details
this company calls me at last 4 or 5 times a day and want me to pay over $200 for magazines I never received and I will not be scammed out of my money. I have also told them that I have family issues and these jerks don't seemed to care about that only wanting to get there money. I want these calls to stop or I will file an harassment suit. I will not be taken advantage of by anyone so please stop with the calls. I only live on a certain amount of money and cant afford this.
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
Shelbyville, Indiana
Active Periodicals - Magazine Review from Shelbyville, Indiana
They said I ordered the magazine for 4 *** in years of service and never agree agree to any.how I found out I was being charged 39.99 a mo for 13 mo.i lost my bank card and they contact me said I haven't paid for service I never agree to. Who has ever heard of magazines for 4 years.omg.they call at least five times a day.how do you find them to file a complaint. I've block and block numbers they won't stop wanting to settle. Omfg whatever are you serious. What a scam.. Stop *** in harassing me give me my money back.you sob
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Guest-1245053
Fine fraud with your bank that's what I did!!
Anonymous
Getting magazines I never ordered !
Ive been getting magazines that I never ordered. They call me and tell me there billing my credit card which I haven't had in 2 years. So they told me there billing someone's credit card and I was getting magazines for free. I told them to cancel all magazines that were coming to my house' now I'm getting 10 different ones. They told me then we will send it to a collection agency to pay for them. I've spoke to them at least 15 different times and told them to cancel! I feel bad for the person's credit card there using! There a bunch of ***'s who listen to anything I have to say!I don't know how many times they told me they were going to send me a letter to sign to cancel them. I never received one.
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Preferred solution: Full refund
Anonymous
Hephzibah, Georgia
LIERS AND FULL OF BS
about a year and a half ago periodical magazines called me out the blue and said that I could get a free trail subscription for magazines. I gave them my bank card number and with the free trial the also said i would receive a watch which never came. So about three days in i decided i wanted to stop the trail i didn't want the magazines nor did i need them. i called and cancelled and then about two weeks later i started receiving magazines. after that i took matters into my own hands i went to the bank and had that account closed. After about 6 months they started calling my phone saying that i owed them money and that they were sending me to a collection agency and the still continue to call i've changed my numbers multiple times and some how they continue to get them so finally today i told them to stop calling my phone and they weren't getting a dime from me. WHAT EVER YOU DO IF THESE PEOPLE CALL YOU HANG UP IMMEDIETLY OR THEY WILL SCAM YOU INTO GETTING MAGAZINES THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE OR A FREE TRAIL THAT ISN'T FREE AT ALL THEY ARE *** ARTIST LOOKING TO DECIEVE YOU.
Cambri Akv
Glendale, California
Fraudulent Charges
Several years ago (approx. 2010) I was suckered into agreeing to a month's subscription by a persistent sales rep who called me at work. Misunderstanding the terms and origin of this call, I gave them my debit card information. After realizing this call to my place of work, a Children's Hospital, had nothing whatever to link it to a charitable donation, and adding the carefully hidden costs of the subscriptions in question, I took immediate steps to cancel the transaction. This involved multiple steps, including deciphering intentionally misleading directions, with a written request to cancel, sentby registered mail to 3 addresses within 48 hours of receipt of their confirmation. I was able to successfully cancel, and received a letter from Active Periodicals confirming the subsciption cancellation. A few weeks ago I received a phone call from a sales rep stating that my "magazine account was past due". I responded that I did not have a magazine account. She said "you mean you don't have any magazines?" I responded that I had no "magazine account" that was past due. She muttered something like "This is a mistake". and hung up. This morning 5/17/2013 I saw $140.00 charge posted to my checking account from "Magazines". I called the 800 number and stated that an unauthorized charge appeared on my account linked to this number. After holding briefly, the rep said "yes, you're in our system". I responded that no order had been placed, and no charges authorized for this amount with any company involving magazines. She said she would have to check. I asked the name of the company and was told "Active Periodicals", so knew immediately who/what I was dealing with. I informed her that any account that had existed in the past had been cancelled. The charges posted were unauthorized and therefore fraudulent. I asked why they had been made. Her response again was that "well, you're in our system." She started to talk about "looking into this", and I told her that I wanted the charges removed immediately. She persisted in wanting to "explain." "If you'll let me talk...", she said. I responded that there was no legitimate explanation for posting unauthorized charges on a cancelled account and that they were a criminal organization. She hung up on me. I've filed several complaints, and will file a police report. I'd happily travel to Florida from Los Angeles to assist in prosecuting this predatory and unethical group of opportunistic criminals.
Loss:
$140
Anonymous
Denver, Colorado
Active Periodicals & Your Source Magazine
I scammed from this company - not sure which one it is. I have been dealing with this company for almost three years with them getting more and more rude and threatening each time. I canceled this magazine order and never received a magazine from them. After I cancelled I was charged - I called my credit card company and this charge was reversed. After the company contacted me again I explained to them that I was not a customer, never received a magazine from them and did not want any magazine(s) from them. It was suppose to be taken care of only to have them call back in couple of months. Again I explained the situation over and over again. I was called a liar, told my neighbors were ripping off the magazines when I was at work, etc. Again after several minutes on the phone, speaking to a supervisor again was told that I was getting the magazines. I thought it was taking care of only to have them call again and again. Today was the worst call yet. They wanted me to settle on a price. When I explained (I was rude this time) he threatened to turn me over to collections, call the credit bureau and make sure that I would have a collection on my credit score. He indicated that he knew I had a good credit score and he was sure that I wouldn't want that score affected. Again I asked for written proof that I owe this money. He then indicated that I was being difficult and my file says I am difficult to deal with. I just want this company out of my life. I don't owe them a dime, but I am afraid of the damage they can do to me.
2 comments
Guest-597498
I have been in the same situations as you. They called me cause my credit card complany issued me a new card and I didn't give them my new number.
Finally after 2 years of arguing with them about wanting to cancel I got told that I could settle for an amount.
This was the first time in 2 years someone had told me that and I had only been getting 2 magazines for months. I don't beieve that we are in contract cause we never signed anything legally and sent it to them.
Gianmarco Pll
Chicago, Illinois
Periodicals
Called my wife who just came to US for first time, a fast talking sales rep suckered her in this magazine deal thinking one month charge to credit card only. Now they don't listen. Stay away from this fraudulent company. I have attempted several phone calls and spent hours but they are threatening with legal action if payments are stopped. I have since contacted my credit card company for help. They also recognize them as having many more customers with similar fraudulent deals. Be aware Periodicals in Hamilton, Montana as a fraud. I will contact attorney for advise and also local news media for help. I will also contact local Hamilton, MT. state rep to call on this company.
Loss:
$500
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Guest-589251
i have nothing left to lose with these people... i'm pissed off too, they told me they had a good deal of magazines for me and well they didn't i paid for the first month and they told me they were going to send me a brochure of the magazines i could pick from instead they picked the one magazine not the two they promised each month....
they called me and i tried to tell them i didn't want them they said i was in a contract with them and i said bull *** that i wasn't paying. they have since continued calling, i have never recieved a magazine from them aside from the first one. nor have a paid them anything yet they are demanding money. i'm not paying for what i haven't received.
is that against the law or can i fight it? mikomarie27@***.com
Anonymous
Boston, Massachusetts
Active periodical magazine
this was a magazine scam! the call came in as active periodical magazine services and there was a intro offer to try magazines for a limited time. If at the end of the trial period they would bill me. the trial period was not over and I did not recieve one magazine under the trial period, in march 2012 I saw on my bank statement two chargers for $35.11 and $50.00 I called the original phone number of 1-80*-533-****. This was now what I think was an adult talk line! going online and putting in the quarry of active periodicals magazine service ,I called and spoke with a represenative of the company yms formerly apm services. They said that I had spoken to a sales represenative and that upon explaining the question and asking that my money be refunded from my bank account that it be returned. A new charge for $50.00 appeared as a cancelation fee for the magazines I never recieved There are two offices that I found the other is in deerfield beach florida. same company under a" new banner" what should I do? or who should I talk to, to get my money back, and a would hope too stop this thing from happening to others.
Anonymous
Rochester, New York
Charged my checking twice , same date 28.95
i did not ever ign up with these bastards but here they somehow charged "two$28.95" charges on my checking account and kindly left me with $5.00 for food for the month . i don't know where they came from, how thet got my debit card and would like to have them in my reach right this minute. i get 901 dollars a month , and they just took $57 of it like it was theirs. these peoplke should be hung by their balls , if they have any. you say describe more about them . inever had a email or word with them
herzoar H
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Active Periodicals - Fraudulaunt terms on telephone
They called me about 6 months ago and said that I could receive top named magazines at a fraction of the price. The specific terms relayed to me on the phone was 16 months worth of payments @***.95 a month, billed quarterly. I told the guy that it was too much and he explained that it only equated to 5 payments of $39.95 which broke out to be $9.99 a month for alot of magazines (dont remember exact quantity). Plus I would receive a $1000 shopping card for paying with a VISA card. When I received the paper work in the mail, the terms said 16 monthly payments of $49.95 a month. Which odviously I would have never agreed with. So I never signed and returned the paper. It only took them a few minutes after I gave them my card information to bill the account, so I was charged the first fee. Because they had my account number, I changed accounts so it would not be charged again. I pressed charges against the company with my bank and chalked the payment up to my own stupidity - promising myself that I would never listen to people on the phone again. Well now I am receiving calls that threaten to submit my account to collects for over $800.00. Is that even legal?
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Guest-402999
I just emailed the customer service department and the BBB so I'm hoping to get some results through them but i also talked to my bank and they said that if they send you anything do not open it just take it to the post office and tell them to return to sender and they can't bill you for something you don't want supposively, haven't tried that one yet cuz i haven't gotten anything, idk what else to do though.
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Patricia S Jfi
Saint Louis, Missouri
Threatened to being taken to court
I have tried to cancel my thing with active periodicals and they told me that I can't cancel my account. So I took matters into my own hands and changed my credit card number that they were charging on. Now they claim that I owe over $800 and even contacted some lawyers office and threatened to take it to small claims court if I don't pay the fees. Now this lawyers office has a credit card number and I'm thinking of canceling it too. Has anyone else had an issue similar to this in where they threatened taking you to court? My account is closed now with them at least but please someone please tell me what they did in this type of situation.
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Guest-502251
Same thing is happening to me. I'm 23 years old.
I can't afford to get a lawyer to fight these people in court.
The only reason I told them yes was because I was running late for work and they wouldn't let me get off the *** phone. I'm calling the collection agency today to try and rememdy this but I am not going to court over so *** magazines I didn't even want.
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Post here please I agree one of the billing ladies called me today with the worst attitude ever. I'm in the hospital due to a horrible asthma attack from which I almost diedand I told her that Ima in the hospital and really don't have the time to deal with a company that is fraudulent....
she told if I was in the hospital on my death bed I wouldn't have answered and then she hung up!
So I call back and result with same rude lady from30-45 minutes because she wouldn't listen to any I had today I talked over me ... the of course she accused me of being the one who's talking over her