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This is the Solution From Cable Providers? Don't Miss Out. Join Today. Sign Up. They send you enticements to check your account and you find out it was all a con. I set the account to manual renewal and they charged my paypal account twice. My only option may be to close my paypal account. Dont waste your time. Dont know of any other websites but this one is not it. When it started in , it seemed like a good place to find friends from schools.
That ended in , when it was acquired by PeopleConnect, which uses Classmates. Here's the user experience: You enter your schools, and they will display the classmates from your years there. The problem is that Classmates does not have your classmates in their database unless those classmates have registered on classmates.
You will wait at least 5 minutes while watching progress bars telling you that the service has found them, and compiling their criminal record, family members, residences, financial history, social media. If they ever get your email, they will bait you weekly with "one of your classmates says hi". Then say click to see who checked on u. Then only names are blanked out only way to see is to pay more money! Then looking fkr someone in another school, I'm in that school section but then wants me to enter the school, location info all over again!
Can never find a fellow student just seems to come up randomly! Search is a vicious circle! I purchased a three month trial membership and there was no email to request continued membership or notification of renewal date. I found a charge on my bank statement, the same day the draw was initiated. I immediately contacted customer service for a cancellation and refund request.
No response. I sent a second request, no response. I contacted the BBB and filed a complaint. Only then did I receive a response with a statement: "we are issuing a refund. In fact, they stated this was a voluntary "one" refund.
Even Paypal would not refund because it appeared as a auto renewal. Tip for consumers: Beware of "auto-renew". They charge for the year, and their stated policy is no refunds. At its inception classmates. Five stars at that time. Fast forward Facebook and other online gathering places eclipsed Classmates -- leaving it in the dust.
All the while Classmates started asking for more and more money while growing too gimmicky. Now one star. I rarely if ever use it at this time. However I will average the two ratings of five stars plus one star for a rating of three stars for old time's sake. Classmates, you were a trailblazer Scammer site. It was so disappointing and such a waste of time.
They store your personal info even though you have not officially joined and are just receiving emails from them. As an attorney, I find this site performing illegal practices including invasion of privacy, deceptive trade practices, false advertising. Join Classmates.
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What reviewers want you to know Positive highlights No positive highlights yet. Critical highlights no prior notice before billing your credit card , and from what I read, no refund once they have.
Top Positive Review. Top Critical Review. Rating 5 stars 3. Other Verified purchase. Even though I never authorized the automatic payments, PayPal refused to file a dispute. Calls to Classmates resulted in being on hold only to be disconnected after 15 minutes. Three times! Emails have been ignored. I went to my profile page and wrote the complaint to let anyone viewing my page they are thieves and totally ignoring me.
PayPal would not cancel transaction. Were not upfront about what the whole thing entails. Basically they take your money and run. I ordered a yearbook from them. I was quite excited. I thought that the yearbook on their site was an example. I received the yearbook. To my dismay it is a yearbook from Mount Vernon, Ohio.
I contacted Classmates. They don't give refunds or do exchanges. I am totally dismayed and upset. My suggestion. Don't go on their site at all. Sign up to receive our free weekly newsletter. We value your privacy. Unsubscribe easily. Are you this business? Save Saved. Live agent Are you this business? About Classmates.
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