It sounded good for $3.89 which I understood included being listed in the Stanford Who's Who registry, a rather exclusive type directory of professionals. Not a bad way of getting some business exposure. After speaking with a representative, the membership information comes fast and heavy, with no clear mention of the payment amount. I guess at that point with the platinum and gold, and all the other upgrades to another package deals, and the fact that she seemed to be trying to accommodate me, I fell for it... But for only $3.89! I believe there was some mention of a monthly fee but I figured I would be getting some paperwork on it and check it then. At no point was the $389.00 amount made plain to me as a charge for this service. Unfortunately, they wasted no time debiting my account for $389.00. My computer was out so I wasn't checking my bank balances until some time later. I immediately called Bank of America and filed a complaint. They are so slick that they snowballed the bank and sounded like they were the injured party.in fact, the bank stated that their investigation showed that "no error had occurred in this instance." After checking their letter, I found that they completely misspelled my address, as well as my zip code. Their "Finance Department" stated that "this is purely a case of buyer's remorse and an attempt to not pay for services provided, as he knows the benefit to him cannot be taken away." The latter is obviously a ploy to deal with banks that try to settle the claim with them showing that they would be adversely affected. I believe because of the economy many people, especially artists, would fall for this scam because with the market flooded, name recognition is important and that's what they used to interest me. You want to separate yourself from the pack and this is one way of doing. I have still to receive anything and would be surprised since they couldn't even get my address correct but they sure got my credit card number right!
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