Absolute Marketing
Complaint 25144 Details

Friendly kid came to door, claiming to sell magazines to be given to wounded vets, while he'd earn points for his American Legion baseball team to go play in Hawaii. He claimed to live right around the corner and named the street. He also named a neighbor and said she'd bought a subscription. He promised he'd cut my grass (on Saturday), if I'd buy a subscription, so I did, for $49.00. No lawn mowed, of course. My receipt says I must cancel within 3 business days, and won't accept phone cancellations. Claims I'll be liable for bounced check fees, and stopping my check would be illegal. (I stopped it anyway, but don't know yet if I stopped it in time.) Note that the receipt says they have 120 days to send the magazine to the veteran, which means that if they had any intention of doing so, they'd have ample time to cancel the subscription and so not incur any damages. So the 3-day window to cancel is ridiculous--and costly; it means you'd need to send a notice by FED-ex next day service to have any hope of arriving within the window. Far as I'm concerned, the lawn mowing inducement is fraudulent. Stay away from these guys!