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Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:09 pm  |
Last summer I ordered about 15 or so different home design magazine titles from various online discount magazine vendors (which I found throughwww.magazinepricesearch.com). It wasn't until we moved into a different rental home (while we rebuild our own home) and had to change our mailing address with all the magazines we subscribe to that I realized that I hadn't even received three of the titles I ordered yet. I looked through my records and found that the three titles that I have not received were purchased from the same online magazine vendor:www.magsforless.com. I contacted each publisher and they have no record of my name on file. I HAVE SENT SEVERAL EMAILS TO MAGSFORLESS.COM IN THE LAST MONTH AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES. I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE MY BANK STATEMENTS SHOW THAT I WAS CHARGED A TOTAL OF $69.72 FOR MY ORDERS WITH THEM.  I even emailed magazinepricesearch.com's "Customer Service issues with a listed merchant" email address a week ago to ask them for help and advice but have not heard back from them.
What should I do? Do you have any suggestions about what I should do since they are not responding to me?  The only way I can contact them is through email because they do not have a phone number. Otherwise, I would try calling them. |
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:54 pm |
I just checked the website and coudn't find a phone number anywhere -- not very reassuring.  Can you still dispute the charge on your credit card? |
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:10 pm |
| tam wrote: |
| Can you still dispute the charge on your credit card? |
That's what I was wondering... but I used a debit card with my bank. Do you think you can you still dispute a charge? |
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early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:13 pm |
| Is it the kind of debit card that can also be used as a credit card? If so, I think that you can. |
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:27 pm |
| tam wrote: |
| Is it the kind of debit card that can also be used as a credit card? If so, I think that you can. |
Yes, it is. I'll have to give my bank a call tomorrow and find out for sure. Thanks.  |
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early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:28 pm |
| I hope that they will refund your money. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out. |
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:42 pm |
| Magazine companies can be quite shifty. I have paid for quite a few subscriptions that I have never received or were never received by their intended subscriber. Several were gifts for others, so imagine how embarassing that can be! |
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:56 pm |
i order elle magazine through magforless.com
and i never received anything from it.
this was 6 months ago. sad. |
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:17 pm |
| raindrop921 wrote: |
i order elle magazine through magforless.com
and i never received anything from it.
this was 6 months ago. sad. |
You too, eh? Did you ever attempt to contact them about it? |
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early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:31 pm |
i did. I emailed them and I got a customer service response thatthere was a delay and i should click this link if i want my refund back or to wait for the magazine. Iwanted my money back but i never received it. THis happened to my friend too, we ordered it at the same time and he didn't get his magazines either. It was funny, because we order the magazine on that website, the opinions were spilt half and half. Half of which said they received the magazine and it was awsome blah blah blah and the other half was how slow it was and how soime never got it. So i guess my friend and i just took a gamble...
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:31 pm |
Update.... I called my bank and I was advised to fill out a dispute form at my local branch. Only it might not be accepted since the charge to my account occurred over 60 days ago  . The lady I spoke with said that under my circumstances they might go after it. So I guess I will go ahead and fill out the form and hope they help me get my money back.
I wonder if there is any way to report this magazine vendor company? Does a business have to belong to the Better Business Bureau in order for someone to report it to them? Or can you report a business to them regardless? Or is there another organization that oversees business practices?
I'm so sick and tired of people cheating others for their own benefit. |
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early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:56 pm |
| Hopefully, the bank will go after it. It's just not right that the magazine company could get away with just stealing your money. |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:34 am |
MAGSFORLESS.COM
14200 Jewel Ave
Flushing, NY 11367
Original Business Start Date: 1/1/2003
Principal: Joel Simkhai, President
Phone Number: (800) 470-8820
Additional Phone Numbers:
(888) 259-8401
(888) 720-6298
(888) 720-6298 |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:35 am |
| Hope that will help! |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:01 pm |
| fishzebby wrote: |
MAGSFORLESS.COM
14200 Jewel Ave
Flushing, NY 11367
Original Business Start Date: 1/1/2003
Principal: Joel Simkhai, President
Phone Number: (800) 470-8820
Additional Phone Numbers:
(888) 259-8401
(888) 720-6298
(888) 720-6298 |
Wow!  Thanks, fishzebby! How did you manage to aquire all that info? |
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early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:20 pm |
| I always read about finance or buying info in fatwallet.com. the site has been like a dictionaty for me for the past two years. Hope it helps, otherwise we might go with consumer complaint. |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:28 pm |
| btw, I also saw a posting complaining the same problem about this seller in fatwallet. |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:30 pm |
The same thing happened to me with Blue Dolphin -- I ordered a ton of magazines and never received most, certainly not after the first month or two.
In my case, though, I figured I wouldn't read the 5 million magazines I signed up for, plus I guess I'm kind of lazy, so I let it go, too. But I commend you for following up, and good luck. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:17 am |
| I've bought all of my magazine subscriptions on ebay. Great prices and I've never had a problem with not receiving them. I've even done a renewal on my Lucky magazine subscription. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:28 pm |
| tam wrote: |
| I've bought all of my magazine subscriptions on ebay. Great prices and I've never had a problem with not receiving them. I've even done a renewal on my Lucky magazine subscription. |
Tam, do you have a particular seller? I had NO idea you could get magazine subscriptions on eBay! Well, I suppose if you can get a kidney on eBay, magazine subscriptions aren't so out of the ordinary now are they?!  |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:42 pm |
Kidney?! My word...
I had no idea about the mag subscriptions on ebay either. It makes sense that you wouldn't have as many issues receiving them since a huge part of a seller's success is based on their rating which is determined by their customers. I'll have to check this out!
Btw, I still gotta give this company a call since someone supplied their number... |
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early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:12 pm |
| MermaidGirl wrote: |
| tam wrote: |
| I've bought all of my magazine subscriptions on ebay. Great prices and I've never had a problem with not receiving them. I've even done a renewal on my Lucky magazine subscription. |
Tam, do you have a particular seller? I had NO idea you could get magazine subscriptions on eBay! Well, I suppose if you can get a kidney on eBay, magazine subscriptions aren't so out of the ordinary now are they?! |
MermaidGirl, you can get GREAT deals on magazine subscriptions on ebay! 
I went through my paypal records to find the two sellers that I've purchased from (for a total of 5 subscriptions) but neither of them is a registered user any more.
What I did, was to look at the feedback and choose a seller. Then I ordered one subscription and waited the 6-8 weeks (or whatever it was) for it to arrive. Once I received the first issue, I felt much more comfortable with the whole process and then went ahead and ordered more from the same seller. I would never pay the regular subscription rate again! |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:54 pm |
I tried eBay for a subscription several months ago. The whole year was about $4-5 USD -- much cheaper than my usual magazine broker I was previously using (with excellent results). I figured not the worst thing if I tried this route and never got the issues. Well, my first issue arrived quicker than the seller quoted in the listing! I will check out eBay at renewal time (I subscribe to several different mags).
The broker I've used is http://www.magazinepricesearch.com/index.html -- I've always gotten my magazines, but some went into effect more slowly than others. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:43 pm |
| MermaidGirl wrote: |
| tam wrote: |
| I've bought all of my magazine subscriptions on ebay. Great prices and I've never had a problem with not receiving them. I've even done a renewal on my Lucky magazine subscription. |
Tam, do you have a particular seller? I had NO idea you could get magazine subscriptions on eBay! Well, I suppose if you can get a kidney on eBay, magazine subscriptions aren't so out of the ordinary now are they?! |
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| Kidney?! My word... |
A very reliable person (an attorney I used to work with) told me that yes, indeed, there was a human kidney placed up for auction on eBay. The bids got quite high until eBay shut down the auction. Its usually the story people tell when they say these words "You know, if it can't be found on eBay, it probably doesn't exist - you can find ANYTHING there!" and someone else says "ANYTHING?" and the first person says, "Oh, yeah, even a human kidney. One time on eBay ... blah, blah, blah ..."
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A kidney fetches $2700 in Turkey. According to the October 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, this is a high price. An Indian or Iraqi kidney enriches its former owner by a mere $1000. Wealthy clients later pay for the rare organ up to $150,000.
CBS News aired, five years ago, a documentary, filmed by Antenna 3 of Spain, in which undercover reporters in Mexico were asked, by a priest acting as a middleman for a doctor, to pay close to 1 million dollars for a single kidney. An auction of a human kidney on eBay in February 2000 drew a bid of $100,000 before the company put a stop to it. Another auction in September 1999 drew $5.7 million - though, probably, merely as a prank. |
Here's a link to information on the story:
http://samvak.tripod.com/brief-organ01.html |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:54 pm |
| MermaidGirl wrote: |
| MermaidGirl wrote: |
| tam wrote: |
| I've bought all of my magazine subscriptions on ebay. Great prices and I've never had a problem with not receiving them. I've even done a renewal on my Lucky magazine subscription. |
Tam, do you have a particular seller? I had NO idea you could get magazine subscriptions on eBay! Well, I suppose if you can get a kidney on eBay, magazine subscriptions aren't so out of the ordinary now are they?! |
| amnis wrote: |
| Kidney?! My word... |
A very reliable person (an attorney I used to work with) told me that yes, indeed, there was a human kidney placed up for auction on eBay. The bids got quite high until eBay shut down the auction. Its usually the story people tell when they say these words "You know, if it can't be found on eBay, it probably doesn't exist - you can find ANYTHING there!" and someone else says "ANYTHING?" and the first person says, "Oh, yeah, even a human kidney. One time on eBay ... blah, blah, blah ..."
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A kidney fetches $2700 in Turkey. According to the October 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, this is a high price. An Indian or Iraqi kidney enriches its former owner by a mere $1000. Wealthy clients later pay for the rare organ up to $150,000.
CBS News aired, five years ago, a documentary, filmed by Antenna 3 of Spain, in which undercover reporters in Mexico were asked, by a priest acting as a middleman for a doctor, to pay close to 1 million dollars for a single kidney. An auction of a human kidney on eBay in February 2000 drew a bid of $100,000 before the company put a stop to it. Another auction in September 1999 drew $5.7 million - though, probably, merely as a prank. |
Here's a link to information on the story:
http://samvak.tripod.com/brief-organ01.html |
Wow! Didn't realize that....
| marci65 wrote: |
I tried eBay for a subscription several months ago. The whole year was about $4-5 USD -- much cheaper than my usual magazine broker I was previously using (with excellent results). I figured not the worst thing if I tried this route and never got the issues. Well, my first issue arrived quicker than the seller quoted in the listing! I will check out eBay at renewal time (I subscribe to several different mags).
The broker I've used is http://www.magazinepricesearch.com/index.html -- I've always gotten my magazines, but some went into effect more slowly than others. |
www.magazinepricesearch.com is where I found a good deal for magazines I ordered through magsforless.com.... |
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