Conned

[gategrrl]

I guess I'll have to admit I was snookered by a conwoman back in November. This girl in her twenties came to our door, selling magazine subscriptions for some reason or other. At this point, it hardly matters. And even though I had a niggle in the back of my head, especially when she tacked on an extra $15 to the amount, I should have said NO. But I didn't, and now I'm out 60some dollars. Every once in a while, Mermaid asks me when she's going to get her magazine, and when I still had the reciept, I called it last month, the woman I spoke to on the phone said the mag wasn't started up yet.

Yeah. Right.

It's been four months. The magazine. It ain't coming.

I'm perplexed with myself. I don't usually get sucked into scams like this. And it WAS a scam. You'd think I would have listened to the inner niggle telling me it wasn't a good idea.

*figuratively kicks conwoman in the ass*

Update: upon clearing my desk up of mess, I found the receipt. It's 6pm here in LA, and it's a Sunday. I'm going to call them up tomorrow morning. Any idea what I should say in order to get some results?  It would appear that the first time I called, I was told to call back in APRIL. I paid them on November 11 2009 of last year!

Dynasty Technology, Inc.
PO Box 1060
Kitteridge, CO 80457
(303) 674-8252

"Allow 150 days for delivery of your subscription"

Buh? Doing the math, that comes out to exactly 5 months (of 30 days each).  I wonder if the long lead-time is so that people who give them money forget about it, or lose the receipt and the phone number!

Comments

Not great advice

[ndmzero.livejournal.com]

If you're going to call - threaten federal -- interstate commerce; mail fraud --Civil RICO (they were presumably going to mail you the mags - that's federal; if they use the mail to commit a fraud conspiracy, that's RICO = I don't know what it will accomplish, but if you follow through, it may make them sweat. Call the local Federal Trade commission and turn over (copies) of docs and file a report with the local and state Better Business Bureau - and let them know - It may help someone else, if nothing else.