Barbara E.

Last March I reviewed a product after purchasing it on the Bizrate form that popped up. They said that they would give $100 in free gifts, if I did. (Oh foolish me!) It turned out to be 4 magazines, which they said they would send free. All I had to do was pay $2.00 processing fee for each one. I, unfortunately, did that. Before the year was over, I received renewal requests. I informed them that I did not want to renew and to cancel them. I saw on my Amex bill that they had charged me $45 for O magazine and 32 and 32 and 37 for Simple, Dwell, and Cooking Light. I looked up my charge and found that the vendor was Time Subscriptions. I called the number and all I got was an automated message. The only options I had were to subscribe again or get a refund and get 2 free months. There was no option for a full refund of what I didn't even ask for. I finally found their website: TMESUB.com and called that number. The woman told me that I had no options to get a full refund. She said the same thing that the automated line did. I told her that she could either give me a full refund or else I would dispute the charges with Amex. She put me on hold and said that she could do all but O magazine, because the publisher had already cancelled that one and had prorated my subscription charges. I called Amex and disputed the charges. When I looked on the little strip that is on my magazines, it says they don't even expire until March 15 and it was February 27 when I called her. I just looked up the price of O magazine on Oprah's site today and it is 2 years for $25, not the $45 which this place charged me. It is a scam. Beware!