About a month ago I joined the Ifreinds netwrok for that $1 dollar charge... Whcih I was told would give me access to free chat with people. I thought this was pretty cool and chatted witha couple people... One of them was pretty cool so I joined his fan club which I didn't mind paying the $6.95 per month charge.
After that I chatted with another guy in Europe about very mundane topics... Never anything sexual or anything. I would enter what I was told was a public chat room and I along with several others would chat with this indidviual... After the first time I chatted with this person which last a couple hours... During which he left several times to do private chat with other people (which he said they were charged for) I hung around the public room so he and I and other could continue our chat which was about world issues and the news.
I really enjoy the chat that night and though this was a cool service... The next day I tried to use the Credit card which I registered with the nite before and was told it was over limit... I was sure all I have been charged was the $1 dollar and maybe the $6.95 charge.
But when I checked with my credidt card company I was toldthere was a charge for over $40 on my card. I contacted Ifreinds to find out whatwas up and they said there was a $300.00 charge waiting to post to my card.
Theysaid the public room Iw as in was indeed a public room but the host had been charging me... Unknown to me or anyone else.
They said they would cancel my account but the $300 charge would continue to try my credit for the funds and that if I didn't pay than the host wouldn't get paid... And that I would be in bad standing with the company.
What annoys me is that there was no notice that Iw as being charged a fee for being ina public room with others also chatting about just current affairs... It wasn't a private room it was very public with people coming and going and no indidcation that there was any charges being accumulated.
I am not sure for how long they try to post the amount to my credit card but I am contacting my credit card company tos ee if there is anything I can do... People need to be made aware of charges and this is really a sham that you join a site like this and than get charged without any warnings or anything... I hope the law enforcemnet agencies take a VERY close look at companies like I Friends.
I know I will be forwarding my experience to the proper authorities in the United States.
Justin
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
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