Bizrate

Completed survey that was prompted by telling me I was selected to receive $100. AFTER completing survey and giving ALL my information I find out its for $100 worth of (4 free) magazines. To add insult to injury... after picking 4 "free" magazines they ask for a credit card to process my "FREE" order. So basically they got what they wanted and I got JACK. NO MAGAZINES LOSS OF TIME AND ENERGY COMPLETING THEIR SURVEY. Despicable business practices! TERRIBLE!

I recently purchased a Gaggia Titanium coffee machine and it did not work. I had not even had the machine for 24 hours, it costs $700 and when I called to say I wanted to return it the service rep told me that I should've read the fine print. I have to pay for the original shipping costs and new original packaging (which has to be ordered from them) and then pay for return shipping. All this for a machine that won't work with any oily beans, which they never stated in their video about the ease of use of this machine. So if you like Starbucks beans just know it won't work with this machine. We have done business three times with this company wholelattelove over the past 10 years only to be treated like our business doesn't matter and that they make a habit of stonewalling people who are unhappy with their purchase. This company does not stand behind their products and are rude on many levels. I will never do business with them again.

Recently I purchased books online, and suddenly an online survey appeared, offering $25 for taking the survey. Initially I thought the site belonged to the reputable book company, but realized later that it was BIZRATE, ROGUES I HAVE AVOIDED SINCE SEVERAL YEARS. I started to get suspicious after I noticed that the survey was combining what seemed like 'legitimate' questions, with a lot of unnecessary personal details that BIZRATE UNDOUBTEDLY IS SELLING CUSTOMERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER SCAMSTERS/MARKETERS FOR LARGE SUMS OF MONEY-TO FILL OUR SPAM FILTERS. There have been too many reviews like this on this site, and it is time government authorities penalize BIZRATE and take them off the market. I will not be surprised if they come back with a different name in that case--with the same or similar mode of operation!

I bought something on Estee Lauder this morning, when I finished my purchase it appear the survey, I (foolish) took the survey, but I didn't accept the "reward" (the magazines) my surprise was 3 hours before, when my credit card notified me that a $ 493 purchase had been made with my credit card, the same card I used with my Estee Lauder purchase. This is the first time I have a problem like that with my card so I really think this site has something to do with it. BE AWARE!

This website will ask you to give reviews and comments on your recent purchase from another website. Doesn't matter you give a good or bad reviews, they won't post or care about it. I don't know what's the purpose of this website.

I even emailed them my problem with Gifttree.com. They said this is not what they look at. Well, look at their website and still advertising for Gifttree, I know the whole thing is fake.

Most likely just get your email and let you fall into those give crappy gifts but they charge you processing fee. Don't even waste time to do their survey or review. Useless.

After you buy something from some sites bizrate offers you to take a survey for a free gift $100 value. After the survey they offer you to pick a year worth of subscription for up to 4 magazines, on a next screen they tell you that they actually will charge you $2 per each magazine and ask for your credit card info.

I purchased 2 Ameriglide stair for my mothers house. The site was official and the price was good. You are not buying from the factory, but the nearest distributor. Installation was a disaster, the job was not complete, the lower chair was wobbly, and the installer did not want to dispose of the many cardboard boxes. We contacted the site wiith our complaints, and were told by the sales department that when you buy something at walmart the box is yours. WOW! We did pay for installation. We also complained that the lower chair was wobbly and needed additional support. We were told that the installer only had to do minimum supports, We also had a problem with the lower chair intermittently stopping from the beginning, and after 2 months was able to finally get their service/installer out to the house at our expense. The needed lower support was installed, and we were told nothing was wrong with the chair. Meanwhile the chair continued to give us problems, until finally 6 months later it completely quite. The chairs are 10 months old now). We contacted the official site where we bought the chairs, and waited over 1 week for a response to acknowledge the issue. It has now been two weeks since the chair quit, and we have yet to receive a appointment for repair. Know my mother has to walk the lower stairs at 90 years old, trying to get around the obstruction of the dead chair.
I would recommend you find a local lift chair company, even it it cost 25% more. And do not buy from AMERIGLIDE.

Made a similar mistake as many others on this message board. Made the mistake of giving away information for the '$100' for my online store experience. I think I even thought it was for the store I had made a purchase at. They directed me to another site where I was to pay for $2 per prescription for up to 4 magazines. Was a narrow selection, not to mention the seemingly independent website which I was to Pay for my Free $100 gift. I thought this was ridiculous so I exited the website. After making another purchase a few days later, I was offered a free $25 gift for a review of my purchase. I don't think they need any more of my personal information. This appears to be a scam, and it worries me that its being linked to online vendors. I've read some reviews from others who did the Nigerian prince/air crash/relative-like thing and they did get there magazines (for the $2 each) but could not cancel.

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!

We placed a Clinique order on-line and thought the $100 gift for completing the survey was going to be in Clinique products. As we completed the lengthy survey and got to the end we saw it was magazines, with automatic renewal and shipping costs so we backed right out. Guess what happened -it still went through even we had not completed the survey and backed out. This verges on fraudulent activity.
We called Clinique as that was the only source for credit card info and even their Corporate Office could not help. Clinique stated we would have to Google Bizrate as they have no phone number and take it up with them. We explained this survey was part of our order with them and they should be taking care of it. Clinique refused - they have lost a customer of 35 years and should be ashamed.
As far a Bizrate -stay as far away from their surveys as you can.
Disappointed customer -Kelowna BC

Unless you are ok with companies receiving your credit card information and being charged yearly for multiple magazine subscriptions without advance notice to opt out of the renewal charges, DO NOT participate in any of these surveys. I made an online purchase last year through a "reputable" company, and figured I'd give them a good review via the Bizrate survey at the end of my purchase. BAD IDEA. The company i purchased from gave all of my information to the company that offers the free magazine subscriptions, and one year later, I get slammed in the bank account to the tune of over $160. What a scam. How is this even legal? Most people can't remember what they ate for lunch yesterday, let alone cancel a "free trial" offer from over a year before. Not only will I avoid Bizrate, I will now avoid any transactions with the company I made the purchase from. Shame, because I really liked that candle company. Damn Yankee.