Progressive Business Publications

[To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed Administratively Resolved] Complaint: [redacted]I am rejecting this response because:
I told the young lady on the phone I was not interested in the newsletter.  She told me she just needed by date of birth to verify that she called me and that it was not to verify a sale. 
When I got the first issue and invoice, I responded to cancel as directed.  Then when I got the second invoice, I wrote cancel and sent it back.   It did however get cancelled finally by phone call (after receiving a letter that we would be turned into collections)  to them after I contacted the Revdex.com. 
I am satisfied that the issue is resolved but do not appreciate their trickery that brought this to this point.Regards,[redacted]

October 30, 2014
Dear [redacted]:
Thank you for your email of 10/30/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received...

on 10/29/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the person’s birth date and asking for the person’s email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.
Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], H/R Mgr., placed an order on 3/19/14 for our What’s Working In Human Resources publication and she provided us with birth date information as 6/21, as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the book, newsletters and invoices over a 5-month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as "undeliverable". If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
When [redacted] called on 10/29/14, she did confirm that all the information we require to start a risk free subscription was With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that and the book to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after 5-months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 10/29/14 as she requested and we advised the collection agency to cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found many “risk free” subscriptions had been accepted before; 2-paid in full accounts while others were cancelled as we instructed without issue except this account.
We have initiated a request on the same day that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of Companies who place "repeat” orders due to their continued Satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted].Thank you.
Cordially Sylvia N. Dir. Of Subscriber Services

April 17, 2014
Dear [redacted] :Thank you for your email of 4/17/14 regarding the above referenced complaint that you received on 4/15/14. After review...

of our detailed electronic records we would like to respond to your letter with the following explanation.Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the address, asking for the month and day of the persons birth date and asking for the persons email or fax number so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours, as well as to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that needs to be made. -Regarding the specifics of this situation is that this is the only account we found for this complainant; therefore, please note that [redacted], Nursing Dir, placed an order on 2/21/13 for our Quality Managers Alert publication. We were provided with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletters and invoices over a 1-month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows on this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests.With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that needs to be done is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return it to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industrys general custom.As a courtesy we cancelled this account on 4/18/13 as they requested via U. S. Mail. There is no money due or owing on thePlease advise us if this is not the account in question and we will gladly research another account. We will need an account number to aid with our research.Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.All of our contact information is in our newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.Please feel free to contact the Customer Service Department if you have any questions at [redacted].Thank you.

August 14, 2014
Dear [redacted]:
Thank you for your email of 8/13/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on...

8/5/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the person’s birth date and asking for the person’s email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.
Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Service Mgr., placed an order on 3/30/12 for our Customer Service Advantage publication and he provided us with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletter and invoices over a 5-month period of time.Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as "undeliverable". If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general Custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after 5-months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 8/11/14 as they requested the same day they called us and advised them to cease collection and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found a few trial subscriptions had been accepted before and were cancelled as we instructed without issue .
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of Companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted]. Thank you.Cordially,Sylvia N. Dir. Of Subscriber Services

July 10, 2014
Dear [redacted] :Thank you for your email of 7/9/14 regarding the above referenced complaint that you received on 7/8/14. After review of our detailed electronic records we would like to respond to your letter with the following explanation.
Please note that our...

primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the address, asking for the month and day of the person's birth date and asking for the person’s email or fax number so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Sfty/Security Asst, placed an order on 2/24/14 for our Keeping Your School Safe & Secure: A Practical Guide book and its companion newsletter. We were provided with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked, cancellation policy. Our computers show that the Confirmation went through without any problems.The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the book, newsletters and invoices over a 2-month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows on this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that needs to be done is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return it and the book to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom .
As a courtesy we cancelled both the newsletter and book on 4/11/14 as they requested via U. S. Mail. There is no money due or owing on the account.
We initiated a request on 7/9/14 that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found a few different trial subscriptions had been accepted before and those accounts were cancelled as we instructed without issue. Our records show that we were only contacted once on 5/19/14 @10:13 AM (EST) regarding the account in question not four times as [redacted] states in this complaint and we sent a "Postage Paid" label to her at that time.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All Of Our contact information is in our newsletter and it Contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact the Customer Service Department if you have any questions at [redacted]. Thank you.
SYLVIA *. N

[To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed Administratively Resolved]
 Complaint: [redacted]
I am rejecting this response because:
This information sent to you is NOT correct. The "trial" subscriptions they describe "ordered" by me, [redacted], is absolutely not correct. I agreed to review ONE subscription, and one ONLY. When the invoice arrived, I wrote cancel on it and returned the invoice. I started then receiving many, many other newsletters, none of which I agreed to review. After writing CANCEL on four subsequent invoices and returning to them, I still kept receiving newsletters in the mail. I finally stopped opening all of their mail and trashed everything that came because I could not stop them even after cancelling the subscription. I was then harassed and threatened by their very vicious collection staff. I ended up sending an email to their company president threatening to turn him in to the Federal Trade Commission if the harassment did not stop. If you google this company's name, you will see many, many similar complaints. Last year, unaware of this company's tactics, one of our staff, [redacted], also agreed to review one of their newsletters, but said she never received the first newsletter. In fact, she did not even recall the conversation until they started threatening her the same way they did me. She paid the invoice with her personal credit card only because they had her scared to death. That is how intimidating their collections people are.
Regards,
[redacted]

[A default letter is provided here which indicates your acceptance of the business's response.  If you wish, you may update it before sending it.]
Revdex.com:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID [redacted], and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.  Although they have made statements that are false. We have not done business with them in the past. I am sure of this given that I have been the executive director at [redacted] for twenty years.  They have never been part of our vendor list. However, I am glad they have taken us off their computer systems since we have not and would not want to enter into business dealings with them.  Thank you for your assistance in resolving this matter. 
Regards,
[redacted]

April 10, 2014
Dear [redacted]:Thank you for your email of 4/8/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on 3/31/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.Please note that our primary method by...

which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer.Our computer system sent the newsletters and invoices over a 5-month period of time.Thus the goods were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as "undeliverable". If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.If the newsletter's information is not helpful all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry's general custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after 5-months,2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 4/8/14 and advised them to cease collection and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account.While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found many trial subscriptions had been accepted before; 1-paid in full account for our "Information Technology Alert" for 4-years; also, [redacted] has had 3-other trial subscriptions before that he cancelled without issue. We found that all other accounts were cancelled as we instructed except this account.Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who regularly place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour/7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at ###-###-####. Thank you.

May 5, 2014
Thank you for your email of 5/5/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on 4/18/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is...

by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the persons birth date and asking for the persons email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours, as well as to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], HR Mgr., placed an order on 3/25/14 for our Whats Working In Human Resources publication and she provided us with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletter and invoices over a 1-month period of time.Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industrys general custom.
As a courtesy we cancelled this account on 4/21/14 as they requested. There is no money due or owing on this account.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found 1-different trial subscription for [redacted] (all the information she gave us for that account matches the current account that we just cancelled) and the company has had trials before, too, but those were cancelled as we instructed without issue.
We have initiated a request on the same day that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of Companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it Contains Our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour 7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted]. Thank you.Cordially,

January 15, 2015Dear [redacted]:
Thank you for your email of 1/13/15 regarding the above referenced complaint that you received on 1/12/15. After review of our detailed electronic records we would like to respond to your letter with the following explanation.
Please note...

that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the address and asking for the person’s email or fax number so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Principal, placed an order on 11/4/14 for our Private School Law In America book and its companion newsletter and she provided us with her fax number ([redacted]). Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked, cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.
Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletters and invoices over a 3-month period of time.Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows on this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, On-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that needs to be done is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return it and the book to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom.
As a courtesy we cancelled the newsletter on 1/14/15 and the book on 1/15/15 as requested. There is no money due or owing on the account.We initiated a request on 1/15/15 that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too. Enclosed is a “Postage Paid" label so that she may return the book to us free.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place “repeat” orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in our newsletter and it Contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of Calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Feel free to contact the Customer Service Department if you have any questions at [redacted].
Thank you.Cordially,Sylvia N. Dir. Of Subscriber Services

Thank you for your email of 1/12/15 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on 1/12/15. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the - following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method by which we secure Orders is by...

telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the person’s birth date and asking for the person’s email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that Ms [redacted], Program Dir, placed an order on 4/9/14 for our Foundation & Corporate Funding Advantage publication and she provided us with birth date information as 6/19, as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through Without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletters and invoices over a 5-month period of time.Thus the goods that were ordered by Ms [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as "undeliverable”. If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after 5-months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.
As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 1/12/15 and advised them to cease collection and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account. - - -
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found many "risk free” subscriptions had been accepted before; 2-paid in full accounts while others were cancelled as we instructed without issue.
We have initiated a request on the same day that the company name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive - - - another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too. Please be advised that we do make up our labels in advance, So if she receives another newsletter please keep it with our compliments.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place "repeat” orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour/7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at 1[redacted]
Thank you.
Dir. Of Subscriber ServiceSEN/dh

August 28, 2014
Dear [redacted]:
Thank you for your email of 8/26/14 regarding the above referenced complaint that you received on 8/25/14....

After review of our detailed electronic records we would like to respond to your letter with the following explanation.
Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the address, asking for the month and day of the person's birth date and asking for the person’s email or fax number so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.
Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Program Dir, placed an order on 6/19/14 for our Communications Bulletin For Managers & Supervisors publication. We were provided with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked, cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the Conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same Computer system sent the newsletters and invoices over a 2-month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that needs to be done is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return it to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom.
As a courtesy we cancelled this account on 8/25/14 as requested the same day they contacted us. There is no money due or owing on the account.We initiated a request on the same day that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of Our contact information is in our newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of Calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact the Customer Service Department if you have any questions at [redacted].Thank you.
Cordially,Sylvia N. Dir. Of Subscriber Services

[A default letter is provided here which indicates your acceptance of the business's response.  If you wish, you may update it before sending it.]
Revdex.com:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID [redacted], and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.   I do, however, continue to disagree with their practices.  Although having a person's birthdate may prove a conversation took place, it in no way reflects what the actual contents of that discussion were.  At any rate, it was a lesson learned by my employee that not all companies operate ethically.
Regards,
[redacted]

April 2, 2015
Dear MS ButtS:We received your email dated 4/1/15, regarding the above reference complainant.In order to respond to the complaint we require further information:
1. What is the name of the person who is receiving the publication? We can find nothing under...

complainant's name.2. Did they receive an invoice? If so, what is the Account number and name of the publication?
If you can obtain that information, please send it to us and we will respond to the complaint immediately.
Thank you very much for any assistance you may provide.
Cordially
Sylvia N.
Dir. Of Subscriber Services

October 23, 2014Dear [redacted]:
Thank you for your email of 10/23/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on 10/22/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method...

by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the person’s birth date and asking for the person’s email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Superintendent, placed an order on 3/24/14 for Keeping Your School Safe & Secure : A Practical Guide book and its companion newsletter and she provided us with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no Questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the Confirmation went through without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the book, newsletters and invoices over a 5-month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as `undeliverable”. If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that and the book to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after 5-months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.
As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 10/23/14 and advised them to cease collection and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of Our cancellation policy. We found [redacted] accepted a "risk free” subscription before and cancelled the account properly and did return the book; we, also, found 3-paid in full accounts for this school. We are enclosing a “Postage Paid” label so that she may return the book at her convenience.
We have initiated a request on the same day that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place "repeat” orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted].
Thank you.
Cordially Sylvia N. Dir. Of Subscriber Services

[A default letter is provided here which indicates your acceptance of the business's response.  If you wish, you may update it before sending it.]
Revdex.com:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID [redacted], and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.  
Progessive Business Publications should use their voice recorded phone solicitations to verify all sales people are explaining there will be billing after the initial 'trail' period. 
Regards,
[redacted]

December 18, 2014
Dear [redacted]:
Thank you for your email of 12/18/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on...

12/16/14.
After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the person’s birth date and asking for the person’s email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.
Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], EHS Training Mgr., placed an order on 6/2/14 for our Supervisors Safety Bulletin publication and he provided us with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletters and invoices over a 5-month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as “undeliverable”. If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after 5-months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.
As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 12/18/14 and advised them to cease collection and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found many "risk free” subscriptions had been accepted before; 2-paid in full accounts while others were cancelled as we instructed.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place “repeat” orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it Contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted]. Thank you.Cordially Sylvia N.
Dir. Of Subscriber Services

May 12, 2014
Dear [redacted] :Thank you for your email of 5/9/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on 5/8/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.Please note that our primary method by which we...

secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the persons birth date and asking for the persons email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours, as well as to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Principal, placed an order on 10/2/13 for our Private School Law In America book and its companion newsletter. He provided us with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the book, newsletters and invoices over a -month period of time.Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as undeliverable. If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that and the book to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industrys general custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after -months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.
As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 5/9/14 and advised them to cease collection on the book portion and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account. We did receive a cancellation on the newsletter portion of the account on 11/22/13 and that was done, but we still have not received the book as of this date.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found several trial subscriptions had been accepted before; 3-paid in full accounts while others were cancelled as we instructed without issue.We have initiated a request on the same day that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour 7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted].Thank you.

April 24, 2014
Dear [redacted] :Thank you for your email of 4/28/14 regarding the above referenced agency complaint that you received on 4/24/14. After review, we would like to respond to your letter with the following detailed explanation.
Please note that our primary method by...

which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the mailing address, asking for the month and day of the persons birth date and asking for the persons email address or fax so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours, as well as to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that **. [redacted], Safety Officer, placed an order on 8/19/13 for our Safety Compliance Alert publication and he provided us with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same computer system sent the newsletter and invoices over a -month period of time.
Thus the goods that were ordered by **. [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows in this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests. It does not show ever receiving a cancellation request or mail returned as undeliverable. If we had we would have cancelled the account immediately.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that is required is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return that to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industrys general Custom. However, if neither paid nor cancelled after -months, 2-warning notices, plus an additional 30-day wait period the account may be turned over for collection. That is what happened in this instance.
As a courtesy we contacted the collection agency on 4/28/14 and advised them to cease collection and cancel this account. They have assured us that this will be done. There will be no ramifications due to this account going for collection and there is no money due or owing on this account.While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found many trial subscriptions had been accepted before including others for **. [redacted] and all the information he gave us to start another trial subscription matches the 1st account. He had another account, too, that went to collections for nonpayment or cancellation. That account has been resolved; other accounts were cancelled as we instructed without issue.
We have initiated a request on the same day that the company name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.All of our contact information is in the newsletter and it contains our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour 7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.Please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department if you have any further questions at [redacted].Thank you.

August 4, 2014
Dear [redacted]:Thank you for your email of 8/4/14 regarding the above referenced complaint that you received on 7/25/14. After...

review of our detailed electronic records we would like to respond to your letter with the following explanation.Please note that our primary method by which we secure orders is by telephone solicitation. In such cases, our representatives take orders with a 60-day right of cancellation to a 1-year subscription to one of our newsletters, books or on line programs. We have very stringent quality control procedures regarding our representatives making this offer. These include verifying the address, asking for the month and day of the person's birth date and asking for the person’s email or fax number so we can send written confirmation of the order within 24 hours. This serves to encourage contact with us if there are any mistakes or changes that need to be made.
Regarding the specifics of this situation, please note that [redacted], Quality Supervisor, placed an order on 5/8/14 for our Supervisors Safety Bulletin publication. We were provided with birth date information as [redacted], as well as an email address. Within 24 hours of the discussion, we sent a confirmation letter that clearly restated the offer discussed, including the liberal 60-day, no questions asked, cancellation policy. Our computers show that the confirmation went through without any problems.
The birth date information is obtained, in part, to verify the conversation took place. Once the order was placed, the same Computer System sent the newsletters and invoices over a 2-month period of time.Thus the goods that were ordered by [redacted] were sent to the same address that shows on this complaint. This computer system records and tracks all confirmations, invoices, on-line programs, books, periodicals sent and cancellation requests.
With all telephone orders placed, if the ordering person does not find the information helpful, all that needs to be done is to write CANCEL on the invoice and return it to us or advise us any other way and the subscription will be stopped with no payment required, as is the publishing industry’s general custom.
As a courtesy we cancelled this account on 7/25/14 @ 10:24 AM (EST) as she requested the same day she called us. There is no money due or owing on the account.
We initiated a request on 8/4/14 that the name, address and telephone number be removed from our computer files. This action takes approximately 30-days to process. In business we hesitate to say the company will never receive another mailing from us. If any company information changes our computers may not recognize it and something may go out. If that should happen, simply call us and we will remove that version, too.
While researching this complaint we did find that this company has done business with us in the past and is aware of our cancellation policy. We found 1-different trial subscription had been accepted before by [redacted] and all the information to - start a trial subscription matches the account in question. That account was cancelled as she requested without issue.
Please know that we do business regularly with thousands of companies who place repeated orders due to their continued satisfaction and our excellent customer service.
All of our contact information is in our newsletter and it Contains Our toll free telephone number. We, also, have a 24 hour /7 days a week voice mail system due to the large amount of Calls we receive daily from our coast-to-coast subscribers.
Feel free to contact the Customer Service Department if you have any questions at [redacted]. Thank you.