How many of you have ordered something from Amazon.com? You see a list of books some with incredible prices, or no shipping or handling; so you order from the LOWEST price!Wow! Great prices, huh? Then you notice several prices charged to your Credit Card from some company you have never heard of before. You call them up only to find out you ordered a book, or other item, and they Say you signed up for a "Temporary Membership" of seven days(7) or so and they sent you an email to see if you wanted to cancel but you never answered, so they have charged you every month.

Only now several months have gone by and the charges are close to one hundred dollars! It's only $9.95, or $19.95 a month, so it's like a mouse in the cupboard, a nibble here, a nibble there. When you finally notice it's,

"Hey, what the _____, is going on here?!!?

So I call the company, and get someone in the Philippines, a very nice someone, who obviously has had this problem before. She allowed that we needed to cancel the "Membership" and to refund a 'Portion' of the money back.

"I told her that's like picking someones pocket, and saying, "Here's your change, Thank You."

So I'm wondering if any one else has had this experience before?

This has happened to me and my daughter, the only times we have ordered from Amazon, and consequently from a 'third party' provider on their list, so I know that it's not that uncommon. Amazon says that any agreement that I(you) get into with a company on their list is Between You and that Company. They don't have anything to do with that!

Oh Really? Do they make any money from that company whatsoever? Like when they put that company on the top of the list? I know how these agreements work, The Company pays Amazon a percentage of the sales generated from their site. That's business!

But what Amazon doesn't say is that they are culpable to this Fraud perpetrated by their providing the very companies that are defrauding their Customers with access to their customers, and then give their Customers NO Recourse, NO way to Voice their Grievance, AND They allow these Companies to Continue to pilfer their Customers Bank Accounts! 

That Is Not Right! I find that kind of behavior reprehensible!

If you as a company are going to Recommend another company, they aught to at least be as Honest a company as Yours is, if not more so, and if that company does anything that is Not Ethical, or could be conceived as Unethical, You should  allow for Your Customers to have a way to address these problems they are having with the Companies You suggested! 

Any One?

I wish my blog went around the world, and that Everyone would get a chance to see this BEFORE Christmas Shopping, especially from Amazon! So Be warned friends, as you Merrily shop this Christmas season, or anytime. Watch out for those "Great Deals" with "No Shipping Cost!" The cost may be greater than you think! And if they will do it to Me, and Mine, they will Do It to You and Yours, think of the $Money$ they are getting from this kind of Business Practices! It's Shameful! and I dare say there Probably is a Law or two Broken here. Especially since it crosses State Lines, and even International Borders, to perpetrate this Fraud. 

Let me know;

IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU?

WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?

DO YOU STILL SHOP AT AMAZON?