Scam/overpricing warning!

[Rachy_B]

Ey up peopley peoples!

About 15 days ago, a lovely friend of mine directed me to a website which was offering a cheap trial of e-cigs. The website is:
E-Cigs Electronic Cigarettes or
Are E-Cigarettes Better For Your Health?

I have telephoned them to cancel the £75 a month of 20 cartridges (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) today and they tried to charge me about £70 for the kit itself...or £20 if I continued and they'd sell me the cartridges at half price! This really wasn't communicated at the point-of-sale and it was a total waste to try and get it for my family to see if they'd like it.

I'm going to have to check my bankstatements very carefully for the next couple of months but PLEASE don't be sucked into this.

It's my own daft fault- if it's too good to be true, it DEFINITELY is.x

 

[Ghostrider]

This has been going on forever. All of the "free trials" are scams.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-information/65772-do-not-order-free-trials.html

 

[Rachy_B]

Ahhh... my bad! Still, we learn from our mistakes...x

 

[RosaJ]

Chalk it up to experience. I'm sorry you have to go through it though. These types of scams have been going on since time immemorial even before the internet. Tooth whitening products are such one of them, now ecigs. Best of luck!

 

[Chrissie]

I'm also sorry to hear you have been caught out by this scam, Rachy I've got a thread pinned about it on AAE-C UK & it still saddens me when I hear about anyone being conned by the so called "free trails"

 

[DizGrizz]

I have heard that these scamsters will sometimes re-enroll you later (some months later) without your consent and will then claim to the credit card company that you re-enrolled yourself. If I were you, I would report the card you used as "lost" and get a new card (with a new number).

EDIT: P.S. Thanks for the reminder to the new members this is not a pleasant experience (sorry).

 

[Rachy_B]

Thanks DizGrizz! That's really good advice! I'll get onto that in the New Year...it'll have to wait until then as I'd be without a card otherwise... This means I'll have to change all my Amazon/Dominos details too...sad times!x