I'm adding my name to the growing list of those ripped off by these a*holes. Search this company and you will find 300 complaints, mostly fitting into the same pattern.
I signed up because of all the free stuff that was promised, then I found there isn't really anything free so I gave up. Every time you click on a link for something "free" it is a come-on for something that costs $5 a minute or so. That part doesn't really bother me.
What bothers me is that I signed up for a FREE membership. The screen I registered on said "If you are at least 18 years old, complete this brief form now for FREE, instant and unrestricted access to iFriends". The button to submit the form says "Begin FREE membership".
Then I was asked for a credit card number which it states would be used for age verification only and would never be charged without my prior authorization (except for a $1 charge used to confirm the card).
I checked my credit card statement and found an $8.95 charge, which was reversed when I called them. How many people are they ripping off who don't notice the charge? Read the reports, their standard response is that the cost was clearly and conspicuously displayed, absolutely FALSE the only thing that was conspicuously displayed was the word FREE! Also they say it is an unlikely scenario, well if it's so unlikely why does it appear on this site so frequently? And that's just the tip of the iceberg, obviously not everyone who is RIPPED OFF by these folks reports it on this site.
I guess somehow they manage to maintain a satisfactory rating with BBB because all the complaints are "resolved", meaning those who catch the charge and complain are reimbursed. If they really cared they would correct the problem at the source instead of after people complain. They could start by not representing the membership as FREE if it's not.
What's really telling is that when you call their toll-free number one of the main options is for disputed credit-card charges. Obviously they know what they are doing and are deliberately RIPPING PEOPLE OFF.
I don't know if the AG of wherever they are located can do anything or not but they should be stopped.
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