I was contacted by a rep from Distinct Advantage offering me the free gas. I was busy, so I was half listening and decided that it would be worth my while to get the information sent to me. When the rep had to transfer me to his "manager" to confirm and record my agreement to receive information, and they asked me to confirm my bank account information, I got cold feet and backed out. Especially when I was able to get them to tell me what they had for my routing and bank account number.
The "manager" started to get nasty with me for wanting to back out. Then I really knew I did not want to deal with this company and refused to confirm my bank account info.
Because I did not finish the process, they kept calling at all hours of the day for the next few days. Finally, I answered the phone and it was a whole new rep calling to try to get me to record my yes. She kept insisting it was for my protection, and that I could cancel this as soon as I wanted to, the next morning even. So I confirmed.
I called the next morning, but they needed 24 hours to update the new account. So I called the next morning, and things with Distinct Advantage were cancelled with no problem.
I was still mad about the whole thing, though, so I sent two letters to their address. I had been told by the customer rep who cancelled my account with Distinct Advantage that that was the only way to find out how they had gotten my telephone number (which is on the Do-Not-Call Registry) and my bank account information. The other letter was a verbatim copy of the first, addressed to the Business Owner. I still have the Word Document on my computer.
However, later that month, a charge for $149 from FreedomGLD showed up in my checking account.
I am glad I've found your website. My bank is very friendly, and they are sending me the form I need to report this fraudulent activity.
I will be contacting Freedom Gold later today when their offices open. How convenient that their office doesn't open until 10 am EST. That was sarcasm there, in case it doesn't come through in the written word well.
I will teach my children from today onward the economics principle of TINSTAFL: There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (or gas, for that matter).
Michelle
Lewisville, Texas
U.S.A.
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