Last spring I ordered a couple language CDs from Pimsleur Approach for $9.95 on a lark. This was an email solicitation and an introductory offer. (They incidentally seem quite dated - more geared toward early 90s dating. There is nothing about the written language or grammar, so ultimately quite ...
I ordered the $9.95 Greek beginner course and a few months later I get more courses with no bill! I thought it was part of the promotion since it said on the bill I owe nothing. I then got a letter a few months later saying that I need to pay $256.00!!! I called customer service the moment I ...
Bait and Hook marketing. You sign up for a $9.95 introductory cd, then you get sent $449 worth of cds you don't want. And they just won't take them back or credit your account. Whatever the merits of their product (I personally found it useless, but others have found it very good) don't buy it ...
I ordered a trial of language instruction CDs in March. The instructions said that I would be billed later and have the opportunity to return them. I never received a bill or any other correspondence until Dec. 1 when I received a threatening invoice in the amount of $448.00 for the CDs. This was ...
I was surfing the web when I came across a really engaging web-commercial on a page of an e-zine that I was reading. The kind where as they are talking, it's showing graphics like someone drawing pictures to go with the speech, on a white board. It really draws you in. It explains who Pimsleur ...
Ordered a sample disc for japanese, never followed up and got a huge heavy package in the mail unexpectedly, no email advising of the shipment incase I forgot or wanted to discontinue. Sent it back, never got a refund, another just arrived. Now I have to discontinue my atm card to stop this. I can ...