Okay. This story is embarrassing.
SO embarrassing that I really don’t want to tell it. But as much as I don’t want the world to know that I could be this stupid, I NEED to tell the story so I can help prevent someone else from making the same mistake.
I’m not saying you’re stupid – that wouldn’t be nice – but you may know people bordering on the stupid persuasion.
Now I’ve done some online shopping and, truth be told, I’m not a fan. Probably because I’ve had my share of surprises – costly surprises. Surprises like not being able to get shipping fees back on returns or having to pay duty on items that I didn’t know were coming from the US.
This blunder was a bit different which is why I didn’t see it coming.
I saw an article somewhere on this supplement. The name of the product is not important and I’m not about to advertise it because I’m certain this scam was no accident. I can say with a fair degree of confidence that I am not the first one to make this blunder and that they are counting on it.
Anyway, on with the story.
So I went to the web site and there was a big banner shouting about the free trial that they were offering. Hmmm. Free trial? There’s no harm in that is there?
Try it Free for 14 days and, if you’re not completely satisfied, just let us know and you don’t pay.
Sounds easy enough.
Of course, the free trial was only for the product, not the shipping and handling, but the cost for shipping and handling was only 3 or 4 bucks. A small price to pay to check out this interesting product.
So off I go and order the product and input my Visa information.
The product arrived a couple of weeks ago but I haven’t had a chance to try it yet. I wound up sick and on medication and I didn’t want to start these supplements until I was better which is today – the day I am writing this post.
This is also the day I checked my banking online and I saw the charge for this “free trial” product on my Visa statement. Huh? I was certain that this was a Free trial.
Confused, I headed back to the website and read the fine print.
It was then that I saw that the Free Trial was for 14 days only. If I was not satisfied with the product, I had to let them know within 14 days of receiving the product. If I did NOT contact them within 14 days, they would assume that I was happy and proceed to bill me for the product.
What the F…..?
That can’t be right! How can they do that without my permission? Well, I’ll tell you how, you dummy – you didn’t read the fine print and you gave them your bloody credit card information!!
Now they can do anything they want and you are the one scrambling about trying not to get bamboozled any more than you already have.
Before you ask, I did call the company and got the quintessential “I’m sorry, there is nothing we can do.”
The very polite gentleman told me in no uncertain terms that the fine print was clear and there was no way to get my money back but he will cancel any further shipments if I wish.
But wait! He is so convinced that I will love the product that he will give me his 50% employee discount for the product going forward.
What a deal!
he says with great enthusiasm!
Of course he’s enthusiastic, I’m probably the 20th caller he’s had today and if he can sell me on continuing to pay for this fantastic product (even at half price), he will increase his chances of winning that top salesman trip to Daytona Beach or The Grand Canyon.
All I can say is that if I make any more of these stupid mistakes, I won’t be heading to Florida or Arizona any time soon.
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