Jan 14, 2014
I received a call from 475-422-7112 earlier today. The caller "Becky" was calling to confirm my magazines were arriving on time and in good condition. Almost five years ago I fell for the "scam." It took me almost three years (and $$hundreds) to finally get it stopped--so I thought. The original sale was two school kids, door-to-door, fund raising for a school club trip. I filled out the paperwork and a call from "Reader's Services of America" to make payment. I chose my credit card. The original signup was for five magazines for $4.99 a month, each. Apparently, that was the first month trial. I started getting charged $69.99 a month for the next couple of years. All said, the contract was for 60 months for $1,400.00. I didn't pay that, but it did cost me hundreds before I found out about the whole scam.
Once I found out about the scam (about six months into the ordeal) I tried to cancel. I called the number on the credit card statement and end up talking to everyone that couldn't do anything because I was under contract and had to pay. I made many threats about going to the Better Business Bureau and even said I had a lawyer. After making payments for almost three years my credit card expired. I cut up the replacement card and called the credit card company and reported it lost or stolen from the mail. I received a new card (different number) and was informed that I needed to informed all of the new number.
I thought I was finally done with the company. They call me and said I was being sent to the credit collectors, but I had an option to buy out the rest of the contract at a one-time discount price. Wanting it to be complete, I paid around $400 to them to finalize it. That was with Readers Services of America. Since then I have received calls from America's Choice Reader Service, American Preferred Readers Service, Americans Readers Service, and the latest, America's Reader Service (475-422-7112). They all have had that original credit card number on file, and they all have had the list of magazines and my address.