Magazine Service Center Inc.

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6125 65th Avenue N, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Phone number: 763-537-6122
www.magazineservicecenter.com

Magazine Service Center Inc. Reviews

whiteboy543455 April 19, 2010

Scam scam scam, stay away

These people are pure theives. No questions, no sugar coating, they will rip you off, threaten you, and laugh all the way to the bank. If you have an offer to get cheap magazines from them, DO NOT DO SO.

The most disappointing part of this whole situation, in my eyes, is the way I got hooked up with these crooks. I was buying something off of Amazon.com, and during checkout I got the offer to recieve 4 different magazines for one year at the price of $2 a subscription. It sounded like a good deal and since these people were hooked up with Amazon, I figured it was legit. Boy, was I wrong on that. Their calls are coming in weekly now. It is annoying to say the least. The last two have been particulary...flustering. Last week (about April 14th, 2010) they called to "inform me my subscription was running up soon, but they just wanted to make sure I didnt get my magazines somewhere else first." I informed them I had already cancelled my subscription with their company. (The stated cancellation took 2 seperate phone calls to complete.) This is where the story gets good... This jagoff on the phone then tells me that his company has a "no cancellation policy" because the company "covers many costs for me, up front, and if i cancel now they will lose money." Well, thats too bad for you isnt it? Then this guy starts talking about if i cancel they will send the account to collections and blah blah blah. This didnt scare me, it did push my button though. first off, how can you send something to collections against someone when you have no social security number? All they have is a debit card number that I cancelled when I lost my card at a football game. So, keep trying to charge that cancelled card, please. And go ahead and send me to "collections" you scumbags.

My story doesnt have the multiple charges that the others on here are talking about, but I was actually fortunate to lose that specific card when I did. Otherwise I would have been charged their outrageous prices for a renewl of a subscription. This company was nice enough to mail me a letter stating they were going to charge my card and when they would do so, but in reading what it would cost, it would have been over TWICE what it costs to simply pull the little card out of the magazine and send it in. Thats why I cancelled early.

Anyway, the point of this rant is that you need to stay away from these people. They suck at life.

April 16, 2008

Terrible experience!

Recently our bank account was debited for four automatically renewed magazines. my husband subscribed through this service a year ago in March. it was a special deal. 4 magazines for a set price. One year later with no notification. Our checking account was debited. My husband insists that if there was an automatic renewal feature he would have passed on the original deal. I believe him because we have been burned before on this kind of shenanigan.

After dealing with the increasingly annoying automated voice system, I was able to cancel three of the four. The fourth magazine insisted I sign up for a free gift. Since I didn't want ANYTHING from these people, it took more answering of inane questions before I finally succeeded. Three of the four charges have been credited to my checking account, but I am still waiting on the fourth.

Thanks to Shar from Atlanta who also complained here I was able to obtain all of the info I need to complain to the corporate headquarters. These things are such rip-offs. How much money do they make because people just give up. Talk about endless loops that messaging center is it. Each magazine had to be canceled separately. Necessitating four separate phone calls. never thought to say order new magazines to get an ACTUAL person, but knew that even if I had a live one on the line they would not be able to help me because of corporate policy.

The checking account debited is one we use only for automatic monthly deductions. The four unsolicited debits caused the normally self-sufficient account to cascade into a spiral of overdraft charges. I intend to pursue getting the $156 back from this corporation. I am certain that they have not signature on file authorizing automatic deductions from our checking account for renewals.

I have also been receiving renewal notices in the mail on these magazines. I wonder how many people send a check and get a debit as well. No problem, we will give you another year and a half. What a rip-off.