Comments on: Beware “Free” Trial Offers for Net Teeth Whiteners http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/08/03/beware-trial-offers-for-net-teeth-whiteners/ Exposing the strings and catches in advertising fine print. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Angela http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/08/03/beware-trial-offers-for-net-teeth-whiteners/comment-page-1/#comment-204343 Angela Tue, 25 May 2010 13:05:22 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=1606#comment-204343 Hi have been reading about the tooth whitener scam, afraid I fell for it too, tried to find the website for the housewife who tried this and how amazing it was but cant find it, I sent away the postage and got the free trial and then forgot about it, wasnt until a couple of weeks later I say something on television saying to watch out giving bank details for free stuff because if it is free you shouldnt have to pay any costs, tried to find email from company but must have deleated it and cant find website, called bank and they told me that I have been charged £62.62 from Everwhiteskit. I asked them what I could do and they said they would write to the company cancelling any subscription and would try to stop further charges being withdrawn from my bank card. I also cancelled my visacard and will recieve a new one with a new number, they also give me a phone number to cancel any subscriptions which is 0018888692674 but when I ring there is an answering machine saying to phone back in office hours, guess this is because it is an American company and I am in UK. Cant tell you how upset I am about all this, I can honestly say I never saw any small print about terms and conditions and thought I was only paying for the postage of a free trial. If anyone can help please get in touch. Hi have been reading about the tooth whitener scam, afraid I fell for it too, tried to find the website for the housewife who tried this and how amazing it was but cant find it, I sent away the postage and got the free trial and then forgot about it, wasnt until a couple of weeks later I say something on television saying to watch out giving bank details for free stuff because if it is free you shouldnt have to pay any costs, tried to find email from company but must have deleated it and cant find website, called bank and they told me that I have been charged £62.62 from Everwhiteskit. I asked them what I could do and they said they would write to the company cancelling any subscription and would try to stop further charges being withdrawn from my bank card. I also cancelled my visacard and will recieve a new one with a new number, they also give me a phone number to cancel any subscriptions which is 0018888692674 but when I ring there is an answering machine saying to phone back in office hours, guess this is because it is an American company and I am in UK. Cant tell you how upset I am about all this, I can honestly say I never saw any small print about terms and conditions and thought I was only paying for the postage of a free trial. If anyone can help please get in touch.

]]> By: Karla http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/08/03/beware-trial-offers-for-net-teeth-whiteners/comment-page-1/#comment-201725 Karla Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:33:07 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=1606#comment-201725 I can't beleive I fell for this! I havent been charged anything yet and still havent received the initial trial however am trying to avoid all these charges and cancel but can't seem to find a number to do this at? can anyone help? My card was charged for the inital shipping fee from dentapearl. If anyone knows contact info for this company it would be very much appreciated! I can’t beleive I fell for this! I havent been charged anything yet and still havent received the initial trial however am trying to avoid all these charges and cancel but can’t seem to find a number to do this at? can anyone help? My card was charged for the inital shipping fee from dentapearl. If anyone knows contact info for this company it would be very much appreciated!

]]> By: April http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/08/03/beware-trial-offers-for-net-teeth-whiteners/comment-page-1/#comment-195233 April Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:31:47 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=1606#comment-195233 I also fell for this ridiculous scam! Now I am being charged by 5 different companies! I've been charged over $200 for products I haven't even opened since I returned everything I was sent. I was told I would get a refund from Dazzle White but have received nothing back and it's been over a month since the product was returned. I normally don't sign up for promotional offers and will definitely never do it again! I also fell for this ridiculous scam! Now I am being charged by 5 different companies! I’ve been charged over $200 for products I haven’t even opened since I returned everything I was sent. I was told I would get a refund from Dazzle White but have received nothing back and it’s been over a month since the product was returned. I normally don’t sign up for promotional offers and will definitely never do it again!

]]> By: Oranns http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/08/03/beware-trial-offers-for-net-teeth-whiteners/comment-page-1/#comment-195124 Oranns Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:46:53 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=1606#comment-195124 Florie Alandt, why go under all the trouble to get a partial refund? Call your credit card company tell them you have been scammed online by this fake company and let them do the investigation. Mean while, they will freeze any additional charge coming in from that "teethwhite" company and your credit card company should be able to give you an initial refund. Addtional precaution: make sure to keep the return tracking number for the package, so that you can prove to credit card company that you have returned the item but not getting refund back. I'm sure if there are this many complaints on this here, them credit card company has probably put "teethwhite" company on their scam radar. Anyway, I have this happen to me once before, I called the company and they say they don't even know me, so I can my credit card company told them I have been scammed online. GoodLuck Florie Alandt, why go under all the trouble to get a partial refund? Call your credit card company tell them you have been scammed online by this fake company and let them do the investigation. Mean while, they will freeze any additional charge coming in from that “teethwhite” company and your credit card company should be able to give you an initial refund. Addtional precaution: make sure to keep the return tracking number for the package, so that you can prove to credit card company that you have returned the item but not getting refund back.

I’m sure if there are this many complaints on this here, them credit card company has probably put “teethwhite” company on their scam radar.

Anyway, I have this happen to me once before, I called the company and they say they don’t even know me, so I can my credit card company told them I have been scammed online.

GoodLuck

]]> By: Paul http://www.mouseprint.org/2009/08/03/beware-trial-offers-for-net-teeth-whiteners/comment-page-1/#comment-194191 Paul Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:20:24 +0000 http://www.mouseprint.org/?p=1606#comment-194191 I'm embarrassed to say that I fell for this with CleanWhites. I read the fine print after the second part of the order. Each part would charge $79.95 a month after a 14 day trial. When I called to cancel the woman was very nice and told me no charges would be applied. In answer to the person saying beware if they ask you for a credit card, they did need it for shipping charges ($0.99 and $1.95). The only smart thing I did was use virtual credit card numbers from my CitiCard MasterCard. I generated two new numbers online and put a $10 max on them. So the worst case for me is to lose $20. I’m embarrassed to say that I fell for this with CleanWhites. I read the fine print after the second part of the order. Each part would charge $79.95 a month after a 14 day trial. When I called to cancel the woman was very nice and told me no charges would be applied. In answer to the person saying beware if they ask you for a credit card, they did need it for shipping charges ($0.99 and $1.95).

The only smart thing I did was use virtual credit card numbers from my CitiCard MasterCard. I generated two new numbers online and put a $10 max on them. So the worst case for me is to lose $20.

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