*notice..!! This ripoff has nothing to do with Google search engine - many rip-off businesses use the Google name to fool consumers.
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I get an email offering a cd with information regarding earning money online with Google. (That should have been my first clue.) I know Google is a successful internet business, so I think, "maybe this is worth checking out, it's less than $4, I can do that." I follow the link to a professional-looking website. It all looks and sounds as good as the email promised. I even make sure I follow the link to the Terms of Service and skim through the lengthy amount of fine (and I do mean small/fine) print. (Mistake number two, I should have gone over that sucker with a fine tooth comb, no matter how long it took.) Everything seems ok, and even if it's bull, I'm only out a few bucks, right?
Wrong! Because, overlooked in all that small print was this - the cd is only the intro to a service subscription that is completely non-refundable. Nice, huh?
Sure enough, one week later the-oh-so-evil-not-Google company charges my account an additional $72.21. Which, of course, I don't learn about until my bank sends me an overdraft notice, because (wonder of wonders) I'm seventy-some dollars short on my account. How did that happen? I used a one-use only card number generated by PayPal's oh-so-not-handy browser plug-in.
Turns out one-use secure card only means one-use sometimes. Turns out a "subscription service" doesn't count because it creates a type of pre-authorization status to whatever company you gave the number. That's a nice fact to know after the fact. Shouldn't that be pointed out somewhere noticeable before you agree to a charge that has that effect on your account?
I'm just saying.
Well, that's how I got screwed by GooglePro/InternetIncomeInitiative/TwoPartInvestments. Hope my story helps keep some of you from being screwed in the future.
Candy
Tulsa, Oklahoma
U.S.A.
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