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Pigeonly Reviews Summary

The company has garnered significant negative feedback, primarily due to persistent issues with unauthorized charges and inadequate customer service. Customers frequently report difficulties in cancelling subscriptions, resulting in repeated billing despite attempts to halt services. Many express frustration over unresponsive customer support, including disconnected phone lines and unhelpful email interactions. While some users appreciate the concept of the service for maintaining communication with incarcerated loved ones, the overwhelming sentiment is one of dissatisfaction, highlighting a critical need for improved operational integrity and customer care to restore trust and credibility.

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Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Mail
October 1, 2021

Sent fast and hopefully it will not get returned because the website knows the rules for mailing inmates letters

Date of experience: October 1, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Sarah,
We're glad to know that you are fully satisfied with our mailing services. We value your business with us, and we ensure to give you a quality service to stay connected with your loved one. Thank you and keep safe always.

Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Service is great
October 1, 2021

This service helps connect you with your loved ones and keep you connected. I know because I had it.

Date of experience: September 30, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello, we are happy to hear you chose Pigeonly as a way to keep in contact with your loved one, If you ever need assistance, don't hesitate to call us at 1-800-323-9895 Monday- Friday 8am-5pm

Maryland
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great price
October 1, 2021

Your love one can Receive real photos of you and your families the only downfall is I wish they had an app to make it more easier for us to get to

Date of experience: September 30, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Mary, thank you so much for your review. We are glad to hear you and your loved one are enjoying the services. We appreciate your feedback, we value you opinion and what you recommend. If you ever need assistance, don't hesitate to call us at 1-800-323-9895 Monday- Friday 8am-5pm

Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It great
September 27, 2021

It's ok. Think it makes it easier to look up what you need to. Like video visits, commissary, phone mins and etc.

Date of experience: September 27, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Darcey, thank you for your review, we appreciate you using Pigeonly

Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Amazing Site
September 9, 2021

I have not found a better site then this to use to send my husband postcards with. They show up in a timely manner and are of good quality. He loves waiting to hear his name called to see what his post card looks like this time. Easy to use.

Date of experience: September 8, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Tanya,

We appreciate your feedback and glad to know that you're satisfy with our service. Your suggestion is very much appreciated. Thank you for choosing Pigeonly. Keep safe!

Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Amazing site to keep in touch with your loved ones, the site is so simple and organized, I love everything about this site, I keep in touch because of this site

Date of experience: September 2, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Teetee,
I am glad you enjoy our service, Pigeonly is committed to helping family members and friends stay connected in an easy and affordable way to keep you connected with your loved ones. We are pleased that you love the service and are delighted that you are a customer of Pigeonly.

Wyoming
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I found that using Pigeonly was so easy to use unlike other sites like theirs I have used before! It offers many different services all in one place and have been very prompt in getting the letters and pictures that I have submitted processed and sent out with no delays or issues! I look forward to using their site much more due to the pleasant experiences that they have currently provided!

Date of experience: September 1, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Diana,
Hearing you've had nothing but an excellent experience with Pigeonly is music to my ears! Reviews like this one, make it easy for us to stay committed to helping you keep in touch with your loved ones. Thank you for choosing Pigeonly, please call us if you need any assistance at 1800-323-9895.

Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great
September 2, 2021

There website was great the only thing is they need to update there jail addresses but other then that there website was easy and simple to use.

Date of experience: September 1, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

We are grateful that you took the time out to leave us a review. Your feedback on updating our facility addresses helps us to improve service for everyone we will make sure to keep an eye out on things like this for the betterment of your experience with Pigeonly. Thank you for giving us a shot.

Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Kids pics
August 30, 2021

I was able to send my son pictures of his children 3 and 5 year old. They don't understand where their Dad is and thought it would give him the incentive to do right.

Date of experience: August 29, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Juanita, thank you for choosing Pigeonly as the best way to keep your family in contact. We are happy to hear you are enjoying the services!

Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quick and easy
August 29, 2021

It was quick and easy and I would recommend it to anyone who has a loved one locked up and wanting to send them pictures

Date of experience: August 28, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hi Sarah, thank you so much for your kind review and recommendation! We are grateful to know you are loving the convenience of using our services!

New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very Professional
August 24, 2021

They are always there to help you and your love ones. Give you the best cheapest rates for you to stay in touch with your love ones who is incarcerated and they do great photos my husband told me today they was wonderful photo. Try them out best offers

Date of experience: August 23, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Kayla,
Thank you so much for your great review. Here at Pigeonly we take customer satisfaction very seriously, so we are ecstatic to hear we have helped you and your loved one stay in touch and that you are loving the service we provide!

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cool
August 24, 2021

Kinda impressed. 7 day trial period that actually appears to work. Will update when I find out whether my bf actually received

Date of experience: August 23, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Ashley,
Thank you so much for your review, we hope you do enjoy using our services, but if you ever need assistance please don't hesitate to call us at 1-800-323-9895 Monday- Friday 8pm-5pm

Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stealing
July 29, 2021

Canceld after 1 day, didnt use none of ther services, thy said thyd refund my debit card, but did not. Instead thy have charged my card 3 differnt times. Thy wer supposd to refund 24.99 on march 8th, never did. Thn charged my card$19.99 on march 23&march 30. On july 22 charged $26.06 on my card, all unauthorized! Customer service is crap, cant get know one to answer me back, or refund me my money thy keep taking. They steal and lie, thy shuld b shut down! Im thinking class action lawsuit against this company. I hav all the proof on my phone, transactions on my card account, and email reciepts.

Date of experience: July 29, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Debbie,
Thank you for telling us about your concerns, unfortunately, I was not able to find your account with the information you have provided us please call us at your earliest convenience at 1800-323-9895 mon-fri 8am-5pm PST. Please ask to speak with an account manager to clarify any miscommunication in regards to your refunds if you were incorrectly charged. I also apologize if you believe you were not given the best customer service you deserve let us recitfy your concern by reaching out to us. We look forward to assisting you.

Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I called on the 13 of June, but when I learned they could only do phone deposits I canceled, they took my money from bank will not refund it and I canceled on second day. Do not use this site.

Date of experience: July 27, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Nita,

Thank you for reaching out, based on what you have mentioned, sounds like there may have been a misunderstanding of the services we offer, and if there was a charge please allow us to have this issue corrected for you. Please Do not hesitate to call us at 1-800-323-9898 Monday to Friday 8am- 5pm pst We look forward to assisting you.

Germany
4 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Fraud!
June 30, 2021

Pigeonly is guilty of multiple counts of fraud. They did not provide the inmate location service that I paid for (gave me incorrect information). Then they billed me several times a month randomly, for no particular reason (they just wanted more of my money, I assume).

They would not stop billing me, even after I told them several times by email and messages on their website to cease. That was in April-May, 2021. It continued until I had to cancel my credit card to get them to stop.

But WAIT - these guys simply won't give up with their scam!. Today I received notice from my bank that Pigeonly again tried to charge my cancelled credit card!

The people behind this fraud need to be in prison themselves.

Date of experience: June 29, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello James,
We appreciate your feedback. I apologize if you feel like we did not get back to you in a timely manner. We take every claim of unauthorized charges very seriously and make every effort to rectify the situation. Due to the complicated and sensitive nature of your accounts, it would be best handled via phone in order to get your ordeal solved once and for all if you haven't already. Feel free to contact an Account Manager M-F 6-6 1-800-323-9895 in order to discuss in detail how we would be better able to serve you. Thank you.

Arizona
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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DO NOT GET SCAMMED!
June 27, 2021

This is a joke!;! Signed up for monthly service on 6/20. By the 25th it still had not sent my letter, card, postcard or photos. It was a 7 day trial but they scam you. It says they are sent right away for their 19.95 monthly fee but all they do is take your money! NOW WHY WOULD ANYONE PAY FOR THE MONTHLY IF NOTHING WAS SENT DURING TRIAL?
DO NOT SIGN UP! COMPLETE SCAM!

Date of experience: June 27, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Kimberly, I apologize for the inconvenience, usually our orders are shipped out within 3-5 business days, but since we had such a high volume of orders due to Father's day, it caused a bit of a delay on the shipment of our orders. We will make sure to send your letter as soon as possible and make this right for you, and please feel free to contact us at 1-800-323-9895 Mon- Fri 6am-6pm pst if you have any other questions or concerns. Thank you for your time and understanding.

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible service
June 16, 2021

To pay 19$ a month to send pics and letters sounded like a convenient and good idea but it takes about a week sometimes longer then that for pigeonly to even print and then takes a couple more days to mail your pics. I can go and get my pics printed and mail them myself alot faster and alot cheaper. The letters also take the same amount of time. Also the phone funding extra 26$ on top of the 19$ a month... I put money on and they take it out of your bank instantly but it takes 3 days! For it to hit the account so your loved one can call you! Unacceptable! Any other company like icsolutions etc it's instant. The wait time to even speak to someone is long, and when you do speak to someone they tell you they fixed the issue when they do not. I was on hold for a total of an hour yesterday, spoke to 4 different people about my phone funds and all 4 people told me they would put the funds into the account so my fiance could call me and it never got done! I put it in about 5pm on Monday. Called all day Tues to ask what was going on, and then wens at 1030am the money was finally put in. Will never use this service again!

Date of experience: June 16, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Rachel,
I apologize if there was a delay in your order we truly understand how important it is to have your orders delivered to your loved one in a timely manner. Our operations may have been affected due to the overwhelming response and current volume as our services are unlimited. Normally it will only take 3 to 5 business days to deliver the orders via regular mail but rest assured it will be delivered to your loved one location. You will automatically receive a text message as well as an email notification when your order is delivered to your loved one’s facility. We have been doing the best that we can to provide the best customer service we can on the phones and adding phone time but there has been a limit and restriction on manpower. We’re hoping for your understanding. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Their claiming the monthly service which was 19.99 would allow me to send unlimited greeting cards. So I signed up. Picked a card and dent it. About 5 days later I wanted to send another. Well, when I tried to send it Pigeonly didn't allow it stating I needed to wait for the first card to be shipped before I could send the second card. How is that unlimited. Clearly that is a limit they have set. When I contacted cust Serv they replied with this be. They said the reason is because they don't want the jail to end up returning or reject the cards just in case there are limits as to how many cards, sent separately mind you, an inmate can receive so they are protecting me. That's nonsense. First of all they should know all jail and prison mail regulations. As of today they have not cancelled my service which I requested, and are repeatedly attempting to get payment from my account. This is a bogus service and ate not professional at all

Date of experience: June 13, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Janine,
I apologize for the inconvenience of only being able to send one item per order until received by the facility. Again this is a precaution to ensure no mail is rejected, keep in mind not all facilities are the same as some may have limitations and others do not. We advise contacting the facility of your loved one directly to inquire about their mail restrictions. We are sincerely sorry you feel like you didn't receive great service and will make sure to provide more training to our agents to help better this concern. I would also like to include your account has been canceled as requested, please let us know if there's anything else we can do for you.

Have a nice day

Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Paid for 2 months, postcards were returned to me, I tried to call and email them to cancel no answer in over 4 weeks, I had to call the BOA and put stop payment. After looking at the postcards I sent to my dad in jail... the pics I put on them were printed on a dark blue card could not even see the pics... what a waste of money using this company would be throwing your money away. And their customer service is some of the worse

Date of experience: June 11, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hello Kirk, sorry to hear you were displeased with our service, and that you had to wait so long for a response. You can always call us for a faster resolution at 1-800-323-9895 Monday-Friday from 6am-6pm. Since I don't have access to your account just based on a first name bases I cannot see what the postcard looked like, but I apologize it did not meet your satisfactory expectations. Thank you for your feedback, this allows us to better our services for our future customers, please give us a call if you want to express any other concerns or opinions.

Utah
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Rip off! They charge $19.99 for "unlimited access" to there services but they only allow one per item to be sent until they're delivered. Only at that point can you attempt to send anything else. Below I will attach photos of when I first sent some thing on May 10,2021 and it is now June 2,2021 and I'm still unable to send anything further because they haven't marked everything as delivered yet. They offered me a free phone line provisioning for a phone number(that my loved one CAN'T EVEN CALL because the number doesn't work) and then charged two times ($26.06 fora total of $52.01 in two days) for something I didn't authorize! And I tried to chat with them first, and on multiple occasions and it always said that they were off-line. So then I had to call and wait for a callback because they are never available. Once I finally got a callback on two separate occasions I had to explain the situation and they reassured me that they would refund my account. I received A refund three days later BUT they charged it back to my account the next day! I did not, in any way, shape or form authorize this and now I'm waiting for yet another callback to deal with this rip off company! My loved one has received only a couple of things in the month that I've sent through this site and the first letter that was mailed from them got denied because of an unknown substance on it! I called the company and they said they would reset my letters for the week and never did. This company is RIP OFF so be forewarned! I found much better apps and sites for Communication with my loved one that are much quicker and a lot less expensive! And these other sites actually help other families that are in need. Unlike Pigeonly that basically steals from people and doesn't deliver!

Date of experience: June 2, 2021
Cortnei H. — Pigeonly Rep
over a year old

Hi Lisa, sorry to hear you are displeased with our services. You are able to send more items at one time, you can send an order a photos, and then another order of letters, postcards, etc. at the same time, but we do ask to allow time to have the first order to be shipped out, then the system will reset itself, but if you call us we can have this reset for you so you are allowed to send more on the same day. I apologize this was not done for you by one of our agents when you called. In regards to being charged $26.06, we take these unauthorized charges very seriously and we will issue a refund. If you are having issues with our best rate number, please call us to have this resolved for you asap. I would like to have these problems resolved for you now, but since I only can see your first name, I'm unable to locate your account, please call us at 1-800-323-9895 so we can better assist you. Thank you for your time and feedback this will help us improve service for everyone.