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Are Free Auctions Really Free?

by: dkjsr49( 258Feedback score is 100 to 499) Top 10000 Reviewer
3 out of 3 people found this guide helpful.
Guide viewed: 412 times Tags: free | auctions | money | fees | fraud


Beware Free Auctions

After trying to find a way to save a few bucks, I decided to search for a cheaper way to sell my items with other auctions.  Beware the ad's for FREE auctions.

I read the online user agreement that poped up on their website from top to bottom, I thought , nowhere did it state there would be a fee, great thing I decided. I registered and the next thing I know, a $29.95 Fraud prevention fee was charged to my account. How the heck did that happen. I contact the company and basically I was ripped off for $29.95. No refunds, even though I immediately requested a refund and that they cancell my account. I contacted them by phone, of coarse the guy said he is not the one to talk to and I would have to deal with it over the internet by contacting them via the email. Boy would I love to have the opportunity to verbally comunicate with  the rude little valley girl I had to deal with over the email system. After my 4th attempt to resolve this issue, I agree, it may be partially my fault for not reading all of the links that were hiding here and there on the site, and I learned  a lesson. Was this the fraud they were talking about? Where was the fraud here? Well, maybe it's not really fraud, but, It's very sneaky and in my opinion, pretty darn close to a scam tactic.

Learn from my mistake and stay away from the so called, FREE auctions. There is a catch. It's your money in their pocket.

What's the point in all this? It is my fraud prevention campaign and I've only just begun. 

After all I did pay for it, and I'm going to persue it.


Guide ID: 10000000000085943Guide created: 12/03/05 (updated 03/05/08)

 
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