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Usenet.nl Reviews Summary

Usenet.nl has a rating of 1.6 stars from 138 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Usenet.nl most frequently mention free trial, credit card and customer service. Usenet.nl ranks 175th among Downloads sites.

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4
returns
5
quality
6

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Israel
2 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Disgrace. Cheaters.
March 12, 2019

Stole my money after registration.
Never in my life had I encountered a such low trust service.
The official engagement conditions stated
That I would get 14 days trial usage.
Which didn't work since their apps don't function.

Date of experience: March 12, 2019
Mexico
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Awful
February 22, 2019

I tried to cancel before the of the trial. Then I guess it didn't cancel, and I got charged. Awful customer service. Bad, bad

Date of experience: February 22, 2019
Romania
1 review
6 helpful votes
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usenet.nl SCAM!
January 18, 2019

This is a scam! Take Care! I get a message that I would have to pay the annual subscription anyway.

Date of experience: January 18, 2019
Czechia
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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SCAM! Don't go there
January 14, 2019

Usenet claims to have the correct Open Software or even Generic free licensed firmware but you need to get an account. Yeah, free for 30 days (trial) and you can stop the contract.
Guess what, the software isn't there.
But here it is, you can try stop your trial account within the 30 days, they will only respond after the trial period and then you have to pay. You can complain but then they will use a dept collection agency on you. No service what so ever, they only want your money under false pretences.
Please, do not make the same mistake I made, you are warned!

Date of experience: January 14, 2019
Egypt
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Thank you guys
December 8, 2018

I was in the last step to subscribe to this scam, but i related it to check on its reputation, then i find you, and read most of your reports, so thank you to rescue me, today they send me mail inviting me to complete my subscribe, offering 30 day trail in the mail subject but the mail says its 14 day heheh, even the trail offer they are lying in it. When i have free time i will be sure i f.ck them laying by their cards and rules :)

Date of experience: December 8, 2018
Washington
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Good morning everyone! I had the same experience of you, I joined the trial period, I considered it not interesting for me and I immediately canceled.
I received an email from them with the cancellation ok.
After months I get a message that I would have to pay the annual subscription anyway.
I replied by saying that I had canceled, but they say I still have to pay anyway.
Since Usenet.nl is based in San Marino, I then contacted the CSdL - Confederazione Sammarinese del Lavoro (http://www.csdl.sm/sportello-consumatori/ - Tel. (+378) 0549 ******* Fax (+378) 0549 *******) who put me in touch with their lawyer, to whom I explained everything and gave him the evidence.
The lawyer filed a complaint in my name against Usenet.nl, intending to suspend any payment request against me.
After a few days I received an email from Usenet.nl telling me the final closure of the contract.
Since then I have not received any payment requests.
I advise you to do as I do, the more you will be and the Usenet will stop using these methods.
Greetings to all

Date of experience: December 1, 2018
Malaysia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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They simply charged me USD99 without providing any notice. It is mentioned there is cancellation right for the contract and they will refund accordingly. But after I request for cancellation properly, they just simply terminate the contract and mention that they cannot refund my money. Such a scam, liar and thieves company.

Date of experience: November 12, 2018
Saudi Arabia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Thieves
November 12, 2018

I did termination for my account before end of trial period and they didn't reply to me then they charge me for 99 dollars they don't have emails that u can contact directly be aware of them they are liars

Date of experience: November 12, 2018
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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**Sitejabber is having me do this report for a third time**

Usenet.nl states on their website that they have the movie or song that you're looking for when in reality they don't. They are liars.

I received an email from them saying that I was going to get charged $99.00 five days ago. I immediately responded to the mail saying to cancel my subscription and they still charged me today.

So I sent them another email copying the original email I sent them last week to remove the charge as I had stated to not charge me anyway. They haven't replied either. Usenet is a company that doesn't respond to emails and just moves on as if they have great products and effective customer service.

They are the worst

Date of experience: September 3, 2018
Viet Nam
1 review
4 helpful votes
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SCAM & fraud
August 30, 2018

Oh my god, this is really scam site usenet.nl - i start my trial but everything was useless as sh1tttttt. I cancel my trial process then the site asked me to call a number. Oh my god. Instantly i found these reviews and make a call to the bank for lock my visa. This site was taken me 1 usd when i registered.
If you show your card information to the site, you should lock your bank account instantly!

Date of experience: August 30, 2018
Ireland
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Scam
August 13, 2018

I had the same problem, go to Paypal or your Credit card and cancel them through that (cancel vendor). Usenet.nl is a SCAM!

Date of experience: August 13, 2018
Singapore
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
August 2, 2018

A very bad experienced that i was deducted 99usd eventhough i cancelled my subscription. What a waste of money using this site!

Date of experience: August 2, 2018
Canada
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Scam and fraud
July 21, 2018

Do not even try to use it. It is impossibble to cancel their "service".
They claim when you register - you sign a "contract" with them, which is a bull$#*!

Date of experience: July 20, 2018
Philippines
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam
June 30, 2018

Did not subscribe to their site or service. Don't even know what UsenetNL is did not hear of this company until recently my bank called me and told me I was debited the amount of USD99.00 by a certain UsenetNL. How can I get debited when I did not even subscribe to their service or anything?

Date of experience: June 30, 2018
Philippines
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I tried their site and used my paypal account they sent me an email saying they cannot verify payment so I stopped insisting and then just yesterday i received a txt message from my bank that they took $99 and I was really surprised because that wasn't the card I was letting them to hold the amount. I cancelled pre-approved payment thru paypal but usenet won't allow me to cancel on their site and that I need to call. I sent them an email. Just received a response from them today that they won't process any refund because I missed the timeframe to cancel. I am just a 20 yr old kid and I need those for college!

Date of experience: June 11, 2018
Thailand
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Thieves
April 29, 2018

Just found out that these people also tried to "steal" money for a subscription where I ended their "service"

Meindert

Date of experience: April 29, 2018
Portugal
3 reviews
29 helpful votes
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USENET.NL make spam adverts that abuse author copyright making people think books are available as PDF for a 14 day free trial. Then you sign up, as I did, to see if my book was there and it was not. I did NOT use the service. I cancelled Paypal subscription but this does NOT cancel Usenet. Then debt collector wrote and said they wanted 115 euros because I used the service. I ignored it, problem went away.

Date of experience: March 24, 2018
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Do not use
March 17, 2018

Please do not use this site. I am a writer and have just found one of my books advertised on this site. I have not authorised this. If they genuinely have this book - which they probably do not - they have obtained it illegally. I repeat, do not use. They are ripping off readers and writers alike.

Date of experience: March 17, 2018
GB
1 review
14 helpful votes
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UPDATE! To... (pirates & thieves etc)
March 5, 2018
Updated review

After informing them in a final email what Paypal had said and they would get absolutely nothing from me... I haven`t heard from them since! So don`t pay anything they are just seeing if you cave in and give them money... DON`T!

Date of experience: March 5, 2018

SCUM... SCAMMERS. PIRATES. THIEVES. DO NOT JOIN EVEN! THEY TOOK MY MONEY... BUT DID NOT SEND ME ANYTHING NOTHING... NADA... 'NO HELLO WELCOME TO OUR SITE BLAH DE BLAH!' NOTHING AT ALL... NO 'WE ARE GOING TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT'... I FORGOT I HAD EVEN JOINED TO BE HONEST!

I HAD A PAYPAL PAYMENT TAKEN OF £65.00. I DISPUTED IT AS I HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE... PAYPAL SAYS YOU HAVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SELLER AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE MATTER. I SENT THEM AN EMAIL THROUGH PAYPAL ASKING WHO THEY ARE YOU & WHY THEY WERE TAKING £65.00 FROM MY PAYPAL.?... NO RESPONSE! PALPAL TOO INTERVENED NOTHING. SO I WAS GIVEN BACK THE £65.00. BY PP. THEN I READ ALL THE SCAM STUFF ABOUT THEM. I`M THINKING LUCKY ESCAPE!... UNTILL A DEBT COMPANY GETS INVOLVED SAYING I OWE £135! I HAVE SENT THEM A SCREEN SHOT PROVING THAT I HAD QUERIED WHO THEY ARE AND THEY SAID IT WASN`T GOOD ENOUGH! THEY BAREFACED LIED SAYING THAT THEY HAD NEVER HAD ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM PAYPAL AT ALL!

They continued to send me letters each time upping the amount.

I have just today spoken to a Paypal adviser. Who said.`Don`t worry theres nothing they can do!. Paypal have jurisdiction over them!. If Paypal decides they are fraudulant theres nothing they can do...! BRILLIANT!

If they continue to harass you`ve got to go to the police and ask for a harassment form... ignore them DEFINATELY don`t pay ANYTHING TO THEM! So get lost usenet.nl... you scamming scum!

Date of experience: May 4, 2017
Lithuania
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Stay away from usenet it is a scam!
They will not let you cancel their account until they have charged you.

Date of experience: January 22, 2018