I was contacted at work by "Pat Agbuis" a representative of what I now know as Publishers Business Services, on 4/29/04. She purported to have a survey & asked me to participate as it would only take a few minutes. I did. Mistake #1. Then she quickly moved on to the sales spiel. I ...
Publishers Business Services called my home in Fairfax, VA in November asking if I would participate in a short survey. After completing the survey they said they would award me with 5 free magazines of my choosing and all I would have to do is pay the shipping and handling for the magazines. I ...
Like others I was duped, by their deceptive opening stating that they "just wanted to do a survey". I knew I should have hung up but being the nice (foolish) person that I am I also believed that these magazine subscriptions were a "gift". Now that I want to cancel my ...
Publishers Business Services (PBS) will initially call you (especially if you just started a company, like myself) pretending to do a brief survey. A friendly but fast-talking rep will let you know that you will receive some magazines as a 'thanks' for answering the survey. A few days later you ...