Shopping Essentials reviews and complaints

A $9.95 charge appeared on my credit card in the January cycle for Shopping Essentials. I assumed it was some small item purchased over Christmas. But when a second charge appeared on the next month's statement I investigated and found this company, Shopping Essentials, has been fraudulently putting these charges on credit cards. I disputed the charge with my credit card company as well as calling Shopping Essentials and demanding they credit my account. One $9.95 charge was credited. As yet the second charge has not been credited.

I have recieved a Large Clean cotton candle for Christmas and It does not smell. I am very disapointed in it. I know what they are supose to smell like and this one smells like burnt wax. Very little smell when taking the lid off. Do I have my son return it where he bought it from or what do I do? I love the tea ones though I have some of them too. I live so far from him I hate to not be able to burn this candle or just throw it away. Please help me. They are not cheep and If you could Id like you to send me a replacement for this candle if possible. That has the smell of Clean Cotton. I love that smell lingering in my home. Thanks and hope to hear from you soon> Val

charges are being made for a "membership " that I did not request or authorize...charges were made for sept., oct., and nov...only after reviewing the statements and searching the internet did we find that the company is involved in widespread fraudulent charges to credit card numbers to which they somehow have gained access. My credit card company can cancel the lates charge but I am stuck with the others.

Dear sirs; I have been trying to call Shopping essentials .com for 2 days now, to cancel the program that they say can be cancelled at any time, this is a major fraud scheme. I called american express and they gave me another number to call 888 999 o557 . I have called two other numbers One that Pyramid Collections gave me, Pyramid collections is the co I purchased a dress from, They are the ones that are promoting shopping essentials .com the number they gave me is [protected], and another number that they give you is [protected], all bogus numbers, what they do is keep a answering record on saying they are busy helping other customers at this time . so I kept on line for hours, I do not want them to credit my credit card for any $ 11.95 amonth, I did not give them the right to do this . but I am very worried because I had used my credit card to purchase the dress, ( which I have now sent back to pyramid collection .com also called pryamid book, can you help me with this problem as I am distraught with anxiety over this after reading about Shopping essentials [redacted] the number for Pryamid is [protected], They are promoting this as a way to entice people to buy the bogus program and then they will charge peoples credit cards, or bank statements once they get your credit info, which people give when they purchase items like I did . . This is quite a bad scam deal, hoping to hear from you ..I am really thinking at this time it appears that pyramid is somehow resposible also, for this . anyway right now all I want is for not to be charged by shopping essentials .com for any bogus $11.95, respectfully elaine devroy

Before Christmas my wife purchased a book on line from a large, well known company. In January and February of this year she noticed two charges from her debit card from MOV. At first she wrote it off as something she purchased while traveling over the holidays but then realized the charges were the same amount and one was made while she was no longer on the road. Further investigation revealed the charges were from "Shopping Essentials" a well known fradulent company who apparently hacks unsecured web sites and steals debit and credit card numbers. She immediately contacted our bank's securigy office who in turn cancelled her debit card and refunded the money to her checking account. In the meantime the Citrus County Sheriff's Office has turned this case over to the Florida Attorney General's Office for prosecution. The CCSO's Seniors Against Crime organization has also been informed of these scammers.

Upon checking my bank statement closely, imagine my surprise at seeing a $19.95 Shopping Essentials charge Who or what is Shopping Essentials?

Upon closer review, I discovered a continuing charge for the past 6 months from the same organization. After doing a little research on this company, I came upon this web site. After realizing that this is most likely connected to my Classmates.com membership I tried like others to discontinue my membership, no luck getting a live person.

Subsequently, I contacted my bank and cancelled my bankcard which will ultimately solve the problem. The bank is also investigating fraud. The bank informed me that the best way to deal on the internet is with your credit card which allows you to dispute charges easier, and more routinely. At any rate neither classmates.com nor this group will charge anything to me again.

shoopping essentails+ stole my credit card # when i bought 2 airline tickets on line they charged $40.oo to my acc.but they will never get paid and the state d.a. office is looking into th matter some one has to stop them if i can help cirby24#yahoo.com

I BOUGHT TWO AIRLINE TICKRTS ONLINE AND THEY STOLE MY CREDIT CARDS NUMBER AND CHARGED $40.00 TO MY ACC SO THEY THINK

I had the same thing happen where I made a purchase from Restaruants.com and this company charged my account $14.95 a month with no authorization. How can they get away with this?

I had the same thing happen where I purchased something from restaraunts.com and they have been charging my account $14.95 a month. How can they get away with this?

OMG...can you people READ

I just purchased certificates and the last page clearly states "YOU WILL BE BILLED...for the monthly service if you fill out the questioneer

Did you ever get a check in the mail..that when you sign the back your agreeing to purchase a service?

Jeez...everyone wants $10 off..no one reads HOW

I agree. SHopping essentials is a scam company. I purchased some gift cards from restaurants.com but I never clicked on the button for the discount and still this company was able to obtain my credit card information and charged my account for $14.95 without authorization. I am disputing this charge now. Let see what happens.

Shopping essentials is the most fradulent company ever. There has to be a way that we can all complain to a higher consumer authority or something. We have to hold them accountable or they will keep doing this to people. I'm sure there are hundreds out there if not thousands that are getting scammed by this company.

Same thing happened to me. They've been billing my account for 19.95 for 10 months. I only found out about it last month. My last statement had only 3 charges on it, one of which was shopping essentials. And that's how I picked up on it. I usually have more than 20 charges on my monthly statetments. Furthermore, shopping essentials never sends you anything by mail. They never send you any statements. They never send you a membership card, or a document of the terms and agreement. And therefore it usually takes a while before you realise that you are getting scammed by them.

Shopping Essential scam just happened to me too. Did anyone get their money back?

On Oct. 13, 2010 at 13:74 P.M, i received an SMS from my bank informing me that there is a transaction for USD 19.95 from MVQ*SHOPPING ESSENTIAL+ [protected] US, and i didn't order anything from this site and i don't have a registered account with them, so please i need my money back and don't transact any cent from my account again.

thanks
sally mufeed

Went online to check my bank statement (which I do every three days) and I see a charge for $19.95 to shopping essentials. I have never heard of them let alone authorize a charge! I immediately called my bank and had my card canceled and will file a fraud report. In the mean time I called Shopping Essentials and asked who they are affiliated with because I had never even heard of them. The lady said 'We are affiliated with many websites'. I refused to give her any of my information because I said I had already called the bank and was filing a fraud report. Has anyone had any problems with any Amazon affiliates? I bought a few supplements recently, as-well-as something from Home Shopping Network.

About three months ago I noticed a fraudulent charge on my credit card from SHOPPING ESSENTIALS for 14.95. So I got a new credit card and filed a claim against the charge. Now I noticed a fraudulent charge from VISTA PRINT on my new credit card. How do they get your info this easy?

ATTN: Lawyers email me because I'm sick of them trying to get over and using private information to benefit themselves. Let's do something to stop it from happening again.

I was looking up my new statement online with my bank and notice that there was a charge for $32.45 from a place called Shopping Essentials. My bank told me until they pay them can I report a Fraud charge against them, of course in the meantime, because of taking this money out I am not overdrawn at my bank and they are charging me $34.00 every day till they get something back from these people, of course the more I read about these people and the fake 888 number with people that dont speak English well, I just figured that someone even in the banking system might of stolen my debit card, or any place... So now I am facing all these overdrawn fee's and the Fraud People at my bank are taking there own sweet time to get my money placed back into my account.

How'd they do it? I did not sign up or give my cc info. Yet I was charged $9.95 per month for eight months before I caught it. I have filed fraud charges with VISA. Supposedly I contracted for 10 bucks/month for 2 years?! To check my credit score monthly. Absurd. I have a credit rating in the 800's, have for a long time, am 60 years old, do not need such a dopey service. How did they rip me off? How many others have they ripped off? Someone needs to get to the bottom of this.

Shopping Essentials billed my credit card for a membership that I did not authorize. When I called them, they could only tell me it may have been linked to Classmates.com...or Southwest Airlines. I'm trying to get a refund and Discover is working well with me. I'm trying to find out how to contact Classmates.com but they don't even have a "contact us" button! I have to do the "online chat"...we'll see how it goes.

I contacted Shopping Essentials as soon as I realized they were charging my card and got very little satisfaction from the 2 people I spoke to. When the supervisor I spoke to refused to let me speak to her supervisor and refused to consider that I really never got an email, or authorized charges, I told her I would be filing bank fraud charges on the unauthorized charges. When I checked back on Saturday to make sure my account was indeed canceled and a credit issued, I found out that they credited all 3 months. I just checked my checking account and the 3 refunds were in fact there. I still intend to file a report with the BBB and the attorney general against shopping essentials and the company whose umbrella they and about 30 other companies fall under, because they have to be stopped.

Last week I found that I have been charged twice in a month by Shopping Essentials $14.95. I have never heard of this company and have not ever purchased service or merchandise from them. I have asked my bank to give me information about how to contact them as I have been unable to find any way to call them and 'read them the riot-act' for stealing from my account.

I have never approved of them taking money from my bank account and want to know how they appropriated my financial information. I did not give it to them.

A 19.95 charge was debited against my checking account without my permission or knowledge which caused a $35.00 overdraft on my account. I was told when I received a phone call from this company I believe in September that information pertinent to the company policies and etc. would be mailed. The next time I hear anything from them is the $19.95 debit from my account. What I would really like to know is how they were able to get my Routing number and my Checking information.

Sincerely,
Betty L. Lilllard.

This is my first time to post a complaint about a "business" (term used loosely), EVER... And I agree with all other postings that this is most definitely a SCAM.

Last Nov when Holiday shopping online, I was offered $20 back on my order if I agreed to a survey. Now, months later they have suddenly started charging my account, stating that I agreed to a free trial membership, and after the initial period, a monthly charge of $13.95. NOT TRUE!

I placed my order with a credible company; one from whom I have ordered in the past with no problem, and the $20 discount seemed to be an offer directly from them. All I needed to do was fill out their consumer survey. I do not understand how Shopping Essentials linked up with them.

BEWARE OF DISCOUNTS offered when ordering online... NEVER AGAIN...