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raspberry ketones - £3.48 TRIAL sample, is a rip off scam, do not buy
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sparky1220
Posts: 4 Newbie
I know this was already posted to the forums in the past, but unfortunately I'd not read it and I was ripped off by the current raspberry ketone scam. I first read about raspberry ketones in a very small article in one of the UK newspapers. It gave very little information, and only stated one could buy a trial of this "all natural raspberry ketones and lose weight fast", naming celebrities that had lost weight i.e. allegedly Dawn French, etc. so for the trial of £3.48 I thought, what the heck and I submitted my card details to try it.
NO WHERE in the small advert did it mention that by giving our card/payment details, we would automatically and without being advised or authorised, have £94.97 (!!) deducted each month, until one cancels it. Yet, this is what they did for two months!! I'll be reporting this scam to the UK Consumer watch office IF I don't get a full refund of the sum of £189.94 they took from my bank account without my authorisation/knowledge, as this was never stated anywhere OR I would not have participated in it. I've not even tried them yet, and I won't do so, as I'm unsure and don't trust the product, after such a scam of a rip off experience.
All that I ever saw, was on the despatch note (which is ALL I received) it gave no indication of these rip off charges to be incurred, nor did it give a website address or ANY information, except for an 0800 phone number which is answered by a robot, then you are put on hold listening to musak, waiting and no one came for over 1 hour when I called yesterday and today at 11.00 and 1200 uk time!! I had to pay £6.95 to post it back to them and I've rang to give them the tracking number, as they insisted I do, although it would help if they answer the phone, but they do not do so. Vicious circle of a con company, stay far away!!
I'm writing this to let everyone else who may be considering this to NOT fall for this scam, unless you've won the lottery or you want to throw your money away. This is an American company and they should be closed down immediately, as they are ripping innocent people off with these 'hidden charges'. It's a scandal that they are allowed to continue operating and should be stopped.
I've never fallen for a scam like this in my life and If they'd written their 'terms and conditions' on the newspaper article, I would never have submitted my card details. I just want to help others before they are also ripped off.
Has anyone else had a similar experience they'd like to share and did you cancel and try to get your money back with success hopefully, like I am trying to do now? Have you got any tips you would like to kindly share with us?? Please vent your anger at this scam and injustice here, thank you! PS And no I'm not stupid, I paid what I felt was a fair amount for the 'trial' sample, and although I did not and will not now even try it, no where in the article did it refer to being charged these outrageous amounts for further supplies which I do not want and did not request.
NO WHERE in the small advert did it mention that by giving our card/payment details, we would automatically and without being advised or authorised, have £94.97 (!!) deducted each month, until one cancels it. Yet, this is what they did for two months!! I'll be reporting this scam to the UK Consumer watch office IF I don't get a full refund of the sum of £189.94 they took from my bank account without my authorisation/knowledge, as this was never stated anywhere OR I would not have participated in it. I've not even tried them yet, and I won't do so, as I'm unsure and don't trust the product, after such a scam of a rip off experience.
All that I ever saw, was on the despatch note (which is ALL I received) it gave no indication of these rip off charges to be incurred, nor did it give a website address or ANY information, except for an 0800 phone number which is answered by a robot, then you are put on hold listening to musak, waiting and no one came for over 1 hour when I called yesterday and today at 11.00 and 1200 uk time!! I had to pay £6.95 to post it back to them and I've rang to give them the tracking number, as they insisted I do, although it would help if they answer the phone, but they do not do so. Vicious circle of a con company, stay far away!!
I'm writing this to let everyone else who may be considering this to NOT fall for this scam, unless you've won the lottery or you want to throw your money away. This is an American company and they should be closed down immediately, as they are ripping innocent people off with these 'hidden charges'. It's a scandal that they are allowed to continue operating and should be stopped.
I've never fallen for a scam like this in my life and If they'd written their 'terms and conditions' on the newspaper article, I would never have submitted my card details. I just want to help others before they are also ripped off.
Has anyone else had a similar experience they'd like to share and did you cancel and try to get your money back with success hopefully, like I am trying to do now? Have you got any tips you would like to kindly share with us?? Please vent your anger at this scam and injustice here, thank you! PS And no I'm not stupid, I paid what I felt was a fair amount for the 'trial' sample, and although I did not and will not now even try it, no where in the article did it refer to being charged these outrageous amounts for further supplies which I do not want and did not request.
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sparky1220 wrote: »Has anyone else had a similar experience they'd like to share and did you cancel and try to get your money back with success hopefully, like I am trying to do now? Have you got any tips you would like to kindly share with us?? Please vent your anger at this scam and injustice here, thank you!
Yes, plenty more people have made the same mistake.
See here:
Why not join them and 'vent your anger' there, rather that starting yet another thread?
There are also tips on how you might go about getting your money back in that thread.
And here's another lengthy thread with some good advice in it:0 -
What is this "UK Consumer watch office" you speak of? I have never heard of such an organisation.0
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hi sorry if it doesn't exist maybe it should? Martin does a great job at this too0
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