On Jan. 13 I received a phone call regarding a $200 gift certificate for WalMart. All I had to do is look at their products for 30 days.information on all products and services would be mailed to me and I could cancel any product or service within 30 days before any would charge my credit card.
The only information we received was for an Identity Theft Protection program - which we looked over and ultimately cancelled. We NEVER received ANYTHING from Discover Enterprises - nor did we ever receive any WalMart gift certificate.
On Jan. 30 a charge was added to our credit card statement for $39.96 from Discover Enterprises (well within the 30 day limit to cancel) Because of my husband having major surgery during the first part of February, I really didn't pay close attention to the charge. When the second charge came, I called the company. When I asked to cancel the product/service (at this point I didn't even know what it was) I was told that by agreeing to the WalMart certificate and not calling back and cancelling within 10 days of the original call, I had somehow 'agreed' to a two year contract at $39.96/month (a total of $959.04) for a magazine subscription! I have yet to receive any magazines and don't even know what the magazine or magazines are!
I DO NOT want ANY magazines and told the girl that. She told me that to cancel the order, I would have to pay a total of $383.62 - or 40% of the total. To add insult to injury, the girl threatened to send my account to a collections agency even though no mention was ever made of stopping payments!
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