Claradoon wrote:
In May I ordered a free sample of acai berries + $5 shipping. Like an idiot I gave them my credit card number. They charged the $5, then fifteen days later they charged $75, and in June they charged $80. Each one of these is billed by a different company name.
I have received nothing from them, not even the free sample. My credit card company says that I'm bound by the Terms & Conditions, which stipulate that 15 days after they send, they are entitled to monthly charges on my credit card.
Did you look at the terms and conditions before you ordered? Do they mention this monthly charge? Do they mention which company you have an agreement with? If you get bills from companies you didn't sign an agreement with, then you should be able to refuse those bills, and perhaps get at the original company for violating the Terms and Conditions.
Contact your local post office, or if you are at home when your post is delivered, ask for assistance. Whoever delivers your post may not remember whether you got any parcels or not, but might be willing to make a note when you do get a parcel. Or the post office may even have computer records of what they received. Then if the company claims to have sent you something but you can prove you have received nothing, you can perhaps show they have broken the agreement, and get out of it and perhaps get your money back.
What has your credit card company said about you not getting anything?
Have a look at these links:
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/01/08/bbb-warms-of-acai-berry-weight-loss-scam/
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/acai-berry-free-sample-c128348.html
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/392/RipOff0392327.htm
You can probably find more examples. My search term was "acai berries free sample shipping". Add the word "scam" to the search term, and you get more specific information. The first of the links I listed includes the Terms and Conditions.
Send an email to cancel, print out, and also send them a letter by recorded delivery, so you can prove they got your cancellation. That should at least stop them.
Last edited by Gromit on 05 Jul 2009, 7:03 am, edited 1 time in total.