351, Report:
#16820
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2002
Consolidated Media Services Unsolicited sweepstake entry - beware! Bakersfield California
Just wanted to add some information to the reports of others. The company obviously moved their mailing addresss to Bakersfield. Read other reports to find out more about their scheme.
I received their postcard (we're going nuts trying to reach you) today (03/14/2002) and have no...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
352, Report:
#16514
Posted Date:
Mar 11 2002
CMS, Consolidated Media Services They'll send you to collections dirty SOB's Atlanta Georgia
Yeah, I got myself ripped off by CMS too. I tried and tried to cancel...I even quit depositing money in my bank account so they couldn't charge me again. So instead they sent me to collections and I STILL have to pay for these magazines I didn't want in the first place.
I could j...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
353, Report:
#14358
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2002
Consolidated Media Services Rip-Off
I returned a letter to CMS on 10/11/01 that they had sent to me. The letter had two boxes that could be checked. One box was to pay the magazine subscriptions in full. The other box was to pay $289.50 and cancel everything. I chose to cancel and sent a personal check for the $289.50...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
354, Report:
#12825
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2002
Consolidated Media Services-CMS ripoff
Jan 2002- I received a call from a telemarketer ,they say 1-5-02 ,their confirmation packet says 1-7-02. The representative was very fast talking & I thought it would be a trial subscription that I could cancel if I wasn't satisfied. I work odd hours & alot of overtime so my days o...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
355, Report:
#11645
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2002
Consolidated Media Services big fraud to consumers
Amazing!!! Thank god I am not alone in this situation. I received a call for subscribing for magazine which I never received and was charged $66.65 for two months. I did not understand where they got my information from.
I called and wanted to cancel, they said that they woul...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
356, Report:
#11483
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2002
Consolidated Media Services CMS Billing ripoff Tacticts
I recieved a call telling me that i could buy magazines a discount. I was told there would be a one time charge of $66.55 for my subscriptions, in which i thought was a steal. They failed to inform me that the charge was for every magazine. I now have a bill of over $600.00. They ma...
Entity
Categories: Media
357, Report:
#10341
Posted Date:
Jan 01 2002
Consolidated Media Services tried to rip me off! Thank you Ripoff Report
I am glad to see I was not the only person who got caught up in this scam. I recieved a card in the mail that said, We are going nuts trying to find you, please call us.
I Thought this was strange and so I called them and it was a magazine company. They also said that I would ...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
358, Report:
#9729
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2001
Consolidated Media Services ripoff ..very deceived by CMS
I was contacted by Consolidated Media Services for a magazine subscription. After they received my subscription I was mysteriously signed up for a long distance service that I had never heard of. Money was deducted from my bank account. While I got the money back I felt very dece...
Entity
Categories: Mail Order Services
359, Report:
#8579
Posted Date:
Dec 04 2001
Consolidated Media Services Rip off keeps charging my credit card
I have recently gotten some subscriptions from Consolidated Media Services, and i was to charged $66.65 for twelve months. I later recieved a phone call from somebody else, i was to be charged $77. 75 for the next 9 months, i was charged both times.
i want to know how i can stop...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketing Companies
360, Report:
#8222
Posted Date:
Nov 27 2001
Consolidated Media Services RIP OFF!!!
I got ripped off by Consolidated Media Services because a friend used my credit card to get the magazines and now I am still recieving magazines that I don't want and that I don't even read. And you know what the bad part is that I moved and I just now figured this out but Consolida...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
361, Report:
#7598
Posted Date:
Nov 07 2001
Consolidated Media Services Atlanta, GA Magazine ripoff scam
I see I am not the only one who has been attacked here. I got a notice from my bank that my account was overdrawn. I was bouncing checks. I checked my statement and discovered I was charged $63.26 for magazines. I contacted the company and cancelled my subscription....so I thought. ...
Entity
Categories: Media
362, Report:
#7416
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2001
Consolidated Media Services violating Federal Law *Consumer Suggestion
Here's the text of an e-mail I attempted to send them that's pretty self explanatory--except the e-mail link on their site goes to an invalid address. If you wonder why this violates numerous federal laws, visit www.fcc.gov and go to consumer telemarketing laws (or visit privatecit...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
363, Report:
#7058
Posted Date:
Oct 10 2001
Consolidated Media Services Magazine Rip-offs
on May 25, 2001 I received a telephone call at my place of employment from as the other lady put it a rapidly speaking individual. I was told by this person that I was a runner up in a contest to win a free trip. He gave me a big speach on his company and the word free came out of t...
Entity
Categories: Media