I was called by a vendor from a company calling themselves bicycledirectory.com - The spiel was that they would send us a packet including a $30 check in order to review the information and make use of the 30 day trial. The trial was to allow us to use a login and password to access the site and publicize our website.
As a skepticist, I asked multiple times whether or not my account would be charged if I did not cash the check or login to the software to begin the trial. The voice on the other end assured me I would not. Beyond all my better judgment, I agreed and wrote the mandatory COD check (cash would not be accepted) when the packet arrived.
After reviewing the information, I immediately decided to opt out of the program. Not only did I not cash the check, but I never logged into the program online. Ironically, I would not have been able to login even if I had planned to since the website was not available. As a matter of fact, their own homepage was unavailable. Now more worried than before, I tried calling the phone number listed in the information packet. The line rang for several minutes before simply disconnecting. I experienced this multiple times throughout the day.
I now currently have a processed charge for $294 on my account and unable to speak with the bank until tomorrow morning. I felt compelled to write this report after I read this story here: http://usacomplaints.com/sporting-goods/power-sports-data-cy/power-sports-data-cycledata-632w4.htm - They are the same proprietors of the folks I am having an issue with, so it's disturbing to see they're running this "business" in other areas as well.
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