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In The News Wall Plaque 800-548-3993 inthenewsonline.com Tampa Florida 813-882-8886
In the News Inc sends wall plaques to victims written about in local newspapers, then sends bills & collection notices

This is a warning to watch out for these guys. They are taking advantage of people who pop up in the newspapers. If these people target you, they will cause a lot of aggrivation in your life. I waited to tell this story, until we were able to get away from the collection harrassment. I will post this in several places, to warn others.

A charity that I assist had an article in the minneapolis paper. The sales people from a company called In the news Inc from Tampa Florida called EVERY person mentioned in the article and ALL the sponsor companies listed in our advertising. They told each of us that we should buy a permenant copy of the article as a secret, surprise gift for the committee chairman. I told them I would think about it, and look at the web site. Http: www.inthenewsonline.com

10 days later this big, huge box showed up on our loading dock. That's not "policy", so it sat in the warehouse supervisors ofc, until he thought to
call me.

Here is the trick that makes me mad. Without ordering a product [for $250 by the way] they sent it to what they knew was a wrong address, but the bills started coming in the mail to the correct address.

By the time I saw this wall plaque thing, it was past the 10 days "return period" and they wanted me to pay for it. A very polite, but inflexible lady in customer services tells me I have no choice new. She doesn't want to hear about not ordering or sending to a wrong address... Her response was, well you said you saw the plaque, so it wasn't a wrong address. Very, very tricky scam.

Remember I said they called everyone. Here's how I know. At the next meeting, 4 of these wall plaques showed up as gifts, NOT including mine. For a total of 5 wall plaques @ slightly different prices too. Ha ha ha

It turns out the chairman did like one, so he personally paid for it and we just finished the harrassing process of getting these people off of the members back about bill collectors. I wonder how many people just pay to make the collection calls stop, or how many they sell to people who say, why not, it was a once in a lifetime newspaper article on me.

Be warned, In the news Inc will turn you over to some rude telephone bill collectors. I don't know, but I'll bet they get a % of that money too. Just say NO... If anything comes in the mail or a wall plaque arrives in the shipping, call them immediately and start the complaint process.

The Better Business Bureau in Tampa Florida is worthless. One member here, tried to have our Minneapolis BBB call on our behalf. They all operate
independently. No luck.

Now that we are all disconnected from these people, I waited to warn others... I will post this on several complaint sites.



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