Usenet.nl review: usenet - commiting fraud on a daily basis and they think its ok.. 25

lol, you're kidding right? You openly admit that you forgot to cancel and STILL you are trying to blame Usenet.nl for that? When you sign up for something it is YOUR responsibility to see to cancel it in time, not that of the company. It's not their fault if you're not at home or having connection problems!

So they actually have the fullest right to not refund the money, because this is what you signed up for. Did you ever take the time to read the TOS or even the short sentence on the registration site that says: "During the trial period, you can choose from two different pricing models. If you do not choose a package and do not cancel, your membership will be automatically extended to Usenet Relax at € 8.33 per month (12 month term – Total of 99.99 €)." It took me two seconds to read that. And saying that they stole the money from your kids is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. But then, in fact I feel very sorry for them. Because they seem to have the dumbest parents around the UK.

Dear missjustice,

We would like to apologize for any inconvenience you had with Usenet.nl.

To make sure it is clear what our service is all about we would like to explain what Usenet.nl is and how it works. Usenet.nl is a usenet provider which comes with easy and safe software to enter the worldwide network of the usenet. It is fairly simple to gain access: all you have to do is signing up on our website and you can start. The first 14 days, the so called trial period, are completely for free and you can check out all about our program. After that period, if you do not cancel within 14 days, you enter the full membership depending on what package you chose (as mentioned during the sign-up process as well as in the TOS). You can cancel anytime by using the cancel button or by sending us a Support inquiry, which both can be found in the member area.

It is not our intention to give incorrect or untruthful information on our website or hide anything referring to the trial period or the contracts. If you had any problems with our service, if there is something you would like to mention or if you have any suggestions on how to improve the transparency on our website, please contact us at mediarelations@usenet.nl. We will gladly come back to you.

All the best,
Your Usenet.nl Team

Is pointing the finger at others all you can do? This is not about me, but about you not being able to take responsibility for what your own actions. Oh yes, it is so easy to blame someone else...

Says someone who needs to put up his own children as an excuse for his stupidity...

Miss Justice, I have had a nightmare of a time with this fraudelent company usenet ... but my story is slightly different. I did cancel my trial within 2 days of signing up, because their service was nothing like described and the website was unstable. I got confirmation but they still went ahead and charged my paypal account for a 12 month contract and now they have refused to refund me. I raised a dispute with Paypal and usenet have made very negative comments in their response and still refuse to refund.
How did you get your money back ... any chance of sharing this info?
By the way I do not agree the stupid idiot comments 'Freeman007' has made and his/her insistance on attacking you personally. I too am a UK resident and take offence at the comments made. He probably works for the usenet theives anyway... why else would he find this amusing.
This complaints board is for making legitimate complaints, not for unecessay, unhelpful, persoanl attacks.
I read T&C and stuck to the rules, but it seems that usenet dont like to stick to their own rules.
Without a shadow of doubt USENET IS A FRAUDULENT OPERATION AND NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT DELAY.
I have heard that if you report these companies to their hosting company they will suspend their account. But on doing some research I have found that they have their own hosting companies originating in Germany and they also trade under many other different names.
There are too many complaints about this company to ignore and I agree missjustice that something needs to be done..

Usenet.nl is a real scam. I have dealed with paypal for several times and I was informed that I could get my refund back yesterday. However, I wonder that Paypal still do business with usenet.nl since it is obvious that usenet.nl is a real thief when so many people who try the free trial service from isemet.nl have become viticms. Although I did get the refund back from paypal finally, I think that Paypal should stop proceeding any transactions regarding usenet.nl who do business without ethics.

Thank You, to all of you, for takeing the time to warn other potential victims, from this vermin. Thank God, that last night, while I was unknowingly signing up for this scam, I decided to investigate them, before entering any of my financial information, because I read most of their so called contract, and found it very strange, how they completely benefit themselves, at the cost of their victims. Thankfully, these posts confirmed my suspicions, and at least I won't have to deal, with these theives!

MANOFTRUTH; You state "I have found that they have their own hosting companies originating in Germany and they also trade under many other different names"

If you could post all their "different names", I for one would be interested in knowing, all, and any names by which these theives go by, so that we could all avoid, each and every one of them!
And maybe a Class Action, can be started, by all the victims, and at least have these vermin put behind bars!

two weeks ago Feb 12, 2012 I started the usenet trial version. Without any notification to ask if I am happy with the trial one, Feb 27, 2012 yesterday, it automatically withdraw the yearly 100 euro from my paypal account. When calling Service desk, they were very rude saying this is the rules and terms, cannot be reversibile. I feel really frustrated and cheated. I never saw such rules and terms, unless saying authorizing them to do so, they chose to jump to 100 euro (yealy) rather than 10 euro (monthly) for the own best benefits without any agreement with me. I can hardly image this is legal in this current society ...

This company is ridiculous. They scam the crap out of you because I cancelled my trial within two days and good God i should have screenshotted the confirmation on the screen because then I got no email about it. A few weeks later it charged me $99 that I need back ASAP. I then got charged $38 by my back for insufficient funds. I feel like choking the crap out of the people that work for this company. I told her I'd like to speak to a manager and she said she will forward the email to someone in the office but I doubt the little ### actually did that because 10 minutes later I got a generic email about how they don't issue refunds.

so I fell for this scam also, I"m trying to get the cancellation via the support form, but being the control freak I am I also called their GB hotline. What do you know, the person on the other end did not have the slightest idea what I was talking about and when I told him got the number from the website that listed it as their hotline he was very surprised and thanked me as they had received a number of strange calls recently and now he probably knows why. I checked the number I dialed three times and I did dial it correctly. So the only chance I have to cancel this crap is the support form. Fingers crossed!

Clearly not the most ethical or trustworthy company. But probably within the law due to the way they operate. what interests me is that a company called Teschinkasso is used to collect their debts ( which they incur doing to misleading innocent students who can't afford to pay).

This company is ultimately owned by Pemira Funds a supposedly respectable investment company. Do they care about the ethics of their client and they are complicit in unfairly taking money from innocent students?

Here is an interesting fact. After trying many times to find a way to cancel and failing. I knew they were going to charge my card for another year so I canceled the credit card connected to usenet.nl. Months later when they attempted to charge my credit card and it was denied they sent me an email asking me to renew my credit card info on Paypal. I responded by saying I did not want to renew and to please cancel my account. Here's the rub. When the credit card charge we denied they created an internal bill and billed me in spite of the above. Now they are saying I owe them for a whole new year in spite of the fact they know I did wish to renew and wanted to cancel. Now their collection department is attempting to extort money from me. They are adding interest and late fees to the bill they internally created.They say my cancellation will not take effect until the end of this billing cycle which is one year from now. What happened to cancel anytime and prorating after the cancellation? They do not even cancel when asked to do so. These people are crooks using a TOS to fleece people. Someone stop them!

An expensive way to learn about some [censor].
Same thing: free trual cancellation didn’t work. Was charged this morning with no chances of getting money back.

I can't believe I'm here almost a decade later -_-'

Usenet is still doing the same thing, I signed for a Trial I tested and in less than 5 minutes I cancel the free trial. It sent me to a very confusing page, I confirmed that I did not want to continue the trial. This was Sept 11, on Sept 26 they sent me an invoice and they bill $99 to PayPal, I went to PayPal and cancel the subscription, the only thing I could do was to inactive the automatic annual payment. I made the claim to PayPal and they told me that I will have to wait until October 7. I went back to Usenet and they came back and said they was not going to refund me. I tried to login the site con cancel the subscription. The password was not accepted, I reset the password and tried again. They are a Fraud company, people have spread the news . People are being robe