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I wrote an earlier post about being scammed out of $204. Freeshipping.com and Proflowers both contacted me. Free shipping.com DID refund my money. I will still say, read the fine print and it should be OBVIOUS when ordering from ProFlowers and signing up for a rebate that your are PASSED to Freeshipping.com But... they did make this right. Good for them.

I ordered books from Earlymoments.com and was charged a shipping fee of 4.99. I was directed to this website Freeshipping.com and was told the shipping charge will be eligible for a cash back rebate. It is such a scam, and there is no mention of a menbership fee of 12.97/month until I received the email, which has teeny tiny letters mentioning the amount in the bottom of the email, which I missed. They charged my credit card 12.97 to give me back 4.99. WOW... what a scam. Please stay away from both Earlymoments.com (that is another book club scam that charges 19.99 a month for childrens' book) and Freeshipping.com

I'm in the middle of a divorce, so I am buying a lot of things in a short period of time. Bed, stereo, furniture, lots of items from Walmart and Lowe's for my new (smaller) house. So far, in about 30 days, I have racked up $200 in cash back. The truth is yet to be told though, because the payout date is not until mid-October on these purchases, but I am not pessimistic.

I have not tried the rebate portion, because you can honestly get either free shipping to your home or to the store from most places. I did make a toaster purchase from best buy yesterday that I will try out the rebate on and let you know. -RJ Craddock

UPDATE - Still using this service. I saved $70 on my XBox One Purchase on Black Friday from Best Buy. I have received all payments, totaling over $400, so far.

I have joined many online shopping rebate clubs and they all have their perks. This is the first one I have ever paid for. I wondered how long it would take me to earn back the monthly fee and decided that as long as I made more than I spent I would keep using it. I joined in September-ish of 2014 and even though it took me a few months to save a substantial amount of money, I can honestly say that this is the best rebate site I've ever joined, even with the monthly fee. The max you can "earn" per year on % rebates is like $1000. And the most you can claim for shipping refunds is like $500. I will certainly hit the $1000 maximum and will definetly claim almost $250 in shipping refunds. I've used the return shipping a handful of times and that is probably worth about $100 today. Then, with the price guarantee, I received a refund of almost $100.

So - for $156 a year membership, I have received this year alone about $1400 - $1500 in savings. It's work but it seems worth it to me!

My only complaint is that sometimes, I follow all the requirements for a rebate to a "t" and every so often it doesn't get recorded for a rebate. Trying to dispute it is a waste of time, they won't hear you at all and just send a form letter saying basically "sorry but you are SOL" That makes my blood boil. If another company offered the same program and had a better tracking system I would join it in a hearbeat.

I almost signed up for the $10.00 rebate until my credit card information was requested, I then immediately went to research the site (which I normally do for anyone requesting credit card/bank information). In reading some of these reviews which is mostly negative (from what I have seen/read) this seems like an awful waste of time and aggravation just to get a rebate for a few bucks. I am not saying that this is a scam but definitely Not Worth It!
--Amanda

From the reviews I see here it sounds like a lot of people didn't realize what they were signing up for - the company needs to do a better job of ensuring people actually intend to purchase the product and know how to use what they have. I've had a membership for a LONG time (like maybe 10 years if I remember correctly) and I've received more in rebates than I paid in membership fees every year. (I pay annually, about $100, and usually get at least $300 back.) It works for me because I do a lot of shopping online, regularly shop at several stores that participate, am in the habit of clicking through the freeshipping.com site to shop, and have time to fool with the claims process.

I really had to fight to get my $15 rebate for the item I ordered from Walter Drake. The claim was categorically denied (although I only learned this when I called to see where the rebate was), and the woman with whom I spoke was trying to "explain" to me why it had been denied: she said that I had neglected to put a specific reference number on the claim (I'd filled out COMPLETELY the form that freeshipping.com generates online, and I'd received a confirmation that the claim had been successfully submitted). The funny thing was that I had never even been GIVEN this "reference number" until I'd called time to ask about the status of my claim! They are truly a bunch of thieves. In fact, I later called the Walter Drake and explained to them that this company is ripping off Walter Drake customers. The short review? STAY AWAY FROM THESE SCAMMERS! If you've already "signed up" for their services, report them to your state's Attorney General. UPDATE: The response from freeshipping is nothing more than smoke and mirrors The ONLY reason I got my $15 was that I had every intention of reporting them to New York State's Attorney General. I am an intelligent person, and there was NO "misunderstanding." All of the complaints you're reading about freeshipping aren't simply fabricated by people who have nothing better to do with their time!

These guys are scams and crooks. I ordered a Television online from Walmart. I did this to hold the item in store. They must have been a pop up with misleading information. I don't know why I gave them my info, I must have thought it was to hold the TV. I never noticed I was getting charged $12.95 a month for over seven months. The charge is small so I over looked or thought it was another family member using the service. Never received any info electronically or by mail. I called rep today, said that I had not asked to cancel but would stop charging me. I may have to cancel card to prevent further charges.

Wished I would have saw where this POS company was taking money out of my account since May. Just because I bought something from Parts Geek.com. I paid the shipping then. Don't know how this company got my debit card number. But I will never buy another thing from Parts Geek if they can't protect their customers better than that. Me and my son live on my disability check and we can not afford someone to do this. My bank sent a letter today saying they couldn't get back my money. I will be closing my accounts with them tomorrow. I already canceled my debit card and gotten a new one.

I became a member of this website because of the supposed 10% cashback.
It was all piling up nicely, until it came time to pay out.

They demanded that I show them transaction receipts, actually, here is the email...

"It has come to our attention while reviewing your purchasing history, that you may be using your freeshippingdotcom membership for business purposes.

Freeshippingdotcom is intended for personal, noncommercial use, and to ensure that you are in compliance with these terms, we request that you provide the order confirmation for the purchases you placed during this quarter. Only purchases made for personal are eligible for any type of rebate or Cash Back promotion at Freeshipping.com

Additionally, if the backup documentation for the orders shows multiples of the same items, or are being shipped to multiple locations, a brief explanation will be required so we may determine if these purchases are eligible for the Cash Back program.

Until this matter is resolved your account has been locked from further use.

Thanks and have a great day!

Mike
FreeShipping.com
Customer Service Supervisor

They even stated they will need to contact my customers! What?

I use multiple other cashback sites with no problem at all, as a matter of fact, the more times I use their affiliate link and they are compensated, they are very happy about it.

Freeshipping does receive compensation and this is their way of keeping the entire compensation received from the retailers and not paying you!

They even charged me for another month of membership on the same day that they "locked" my account from further use.

They did refund that, how nice of them after they made hundreds of dollars off of me!

Complete bull$#*! mike procaccini!

Today as I checked the internet for the most recent charges on my credit card account, I was surprised to see a charge from freeshipping.com. Don't remember ordering anything from them. So, I checked it out and found that un-beknown to me "Wind and Weather" had a free shipping offer button to click on when I ordered a lawn spinner. Little did I know when I "clicked" what irritating trouble it would bring. To make a long story short, I demanded freeshipping.com remove the fraudulent charge of $12 from my charge card account. I also communicated with "Wind and Weather", telling them to get freeshipping offers OFF their website because it was fraudulent and deceitful! I will not shop on any website/catalog that has freeshipping.com buttons!