Did not order, but receiving billing on line for 1 yr of issues
Had nothing to do with ordering House Beautiful magazine at all. Did not do it, do not want it. I am part of a class action suit against Hearst Magazine Corp.
After considerable difficulty and after reporting to Internet Crime Complaint Center, and then finally being able to reach the unreachable House Beautiful Magazine, I recd confirmation that this bogus subscription would be cancelled. I contacted Ekornes (Stressless furniture), who were extremely upset to hear this had happened as a result of their contest. They advised me that I was the 2nd person to complain and that they would look into the responsible marketing company. That company is Hearst Magazies Marketing. After a couple days, Hearst sent me a weakly worded email, not claiming responsibility of course, but advising me that the magazine subscription had been cancelled. I wrote back that YES I knew that already since I had done it. I think that any company who uses Hearst and is already knowledgeable about their scamming techniques should not receive our customer support. I am hoping that Ekornes - Stressless will discontinue all dealings with Hearst. I don't know how reputable House Beautiful Magazine is, so I won't expect the same. However, I will never purchase from or participate in any dealings or contests who are run by Hearst ever again. I went to an incredible amount of trouble to have this scam exposed and not to pay House Beautiful subscription that I never applied for. I can only assume that Many people haven't been able to do the same and have been scammed for at least one year's subscription fee.
Hearst Marketing is not reputable and scammed me. Please do not trust Hearst Marketing unless you wish to be scammed.
Ekornes - Stressless is / was one of their customers for a contest through which Hearst was able to obtain private information.
As a result, House Beautiful Magazine was making money through unauthorized subscriptions.
1) If you are scammed, report to Internet Crime Complaint Center.
2) Contact [email protected] (House Beautiful) who will not be helpful.
3) Contact Ekornes (Stressless), IF scam was done through one of their contests: email: [email protected]
Ekornes (Stressless) is a very ethical company and WILL help. Representative Beverly Kastel was extremely helpful and had no idea this scam was going on through Hearst marketing.
Hearst Magazines Reviews
Did not order, but receiving billing on line for 1 yr of issues
Had nothing to do with ordering House Beautiful magazine at all. Did not do it, do not want it. I am part of a class action suit against Hearst Magazine Corp.
After considerable difficulty and after reporting to Internet Crime Complaint Center, and then finally being able to reach the unreachable House Beautiful Magazine, I recd confirmation that this bogus subscription would be cancelled. I contacted Ekornes (Stressless furniture), who were extremely upset to hear this had happened as a result of their contest. They advised me that I was the 2nd person to complain and that they would look into the responsible marketing company. That company is Hearst Magazies Marketing. After a couple days, Hearst sent me a weakly worded email, not claiming responsibility of course, but advising me that the magazine subscription had been cancelled. I wrote back that YES I knew that already since I had done it. I think that any company who uses Hearst and is already knowledgeable about their scamming techniques should not receive our customer support. I am hoping that Ekornes - Stressless will discontinue all dealings with Hearst. I don't know how reputable House Beautiful Magazine is, so I won't expect the same. However, I will never purchase from or participate in any dealings or contests who are run by Hearst ever again. I went to an incredible amount of trouble to have this scam exposed and not to pay House Beautiful subscription that I never applied for. I can only assume that Many people haven't been able to do the same and have been scammed for at least one year's subscription fee.
Hearst Marketing is not reputable and scammed me. Please do not trust Hearst Marketing unless you wish to be scammed.
Ekornes - Stressless is / was one of their customers for a contest through which Hearst was able to obtain private information.
As a result, House Beautiful Magazine was making money through unauthorized subscriptions.
1) If you are scammed, report to Internet Crime Complaint Center.
2) Contact [email protected] (House Beautiful) who will not be helpful.
3) Contact Ekornes (Stressless), IF scam was done through one of their contests: email: [email protected]
Ekornes (Stressless) is a very ethical company and WILL help. Representative Beverly Kastel was extremely helpful and had no idea this scam was going on through Hearst marketing.
Hearst Magazines tricked me into a 1 year subscription to Popular Mechanics. On a sweepstakes
promotion run by Popular Mechanics on Sept. 14, 2016, I clicked on an agreement to get one
free trial issue of Popular Mechanics. Below this agree button, I had not read a "fine print" clause
that said by clicking the 1 free issue button, they would then automatically send me 12 issues
of Popular Mechanics, and bill me for it. They also sent me an email informing me that I had
signed up for a one year subscription (a lie and a trick!). Also, I am unable to cancel this
one year subscription until after 4-6 weeks, after they have "Processed the subscription".
This type of tricky, deceptive, underhanded, unethical sales should be stopped - it is as
frustrating and unethical as those automatic subscription renewals that rip off millions
of consumers. I entered no credit card information, so I hope they don't have access to my current
credit card, somehow.