Help I am devistated.............?
I signed up for a thing called "online surveys" with my old yahoo acount ...I gave my real name & address, Now i am getting magazines after magazines in my name that I have to pay....I called magazine companies to Stop and fix things, But now i get more from other magazine companies. One time i got a porn maazine Im only 15, My parents Flipped! I canceled my yahoo Mail account, And now i got another Magazine. What do i do to stop it? I heard my credit can get ruined. I just turned 15. help!
2007-06-11 12:56:59 · 5 answers · asked by mij_luis15 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Magazines
Have you talked to your parents about it yet? Maybe someone is using your name and address now. You and your parents may have to look into this to see if someone is using your information. In the meantime, continue calling all the magazine companies to explain the situation.
Good luck, you'll need it.
2007-06-11 13:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by Cruisin'=^_^=Cat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk to the Post Office. I think you can write "Refused" on the label (don't open the mag) and put it back in the mail. The PO will return it at no cost to you. After awhile they'll get tired of wasting their money and take your name off their list.
Record everything you do, including the date.
Record the website, if you still remember it.
If they are sent to you w/o your ordering them, they are "unsolicited gifts." You can keep them, throw them away, whatever, and they can't do anything to you (at least not legally) for not paying for them. Talk to your postmaster for more information.
If you get porn again, file a formal complaint with the post office. That's illegal. did you put your correct birthdate on your signup form?
Calling the mag companies probably won't help. What happens is, ACME Unscrupulous buys a bunch of mag subscriptions, then they send them on to you. You have to cancel with ACME. But first you have to find out who ACME is, which is all but impossible, so it's unlikely you'll be able to stop them at the source. (I know because that happened to me once, but only w/ one mag, and it was only a small problem. After a couple of months, they called me. I gave them a piece of my mind and the mags stopped. But I was so po'd that I didn't get their name--if you get such a call, make sure you write down their name and contact information before you tell them off!)
So if you write "Refused" on it, I guess it will go back to the mag company, not ACME. I don't know how ACME will find out.
If you know which site you signed up on, complain to Yahoo. Not much chance anything will happen, but at least you'll have done something.
2007-06-12 11:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by Maryfrances 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you need to be carefull in looking at what your signing up for but Generally those people are sneaky and will send them to you ...and ask you to pay later ...they will only send you a cple (2 or 3) and once they see you are not going to pay they'll stop...I know b/c I was very young and beleived some of the stuff that was sd on the net too... I am 24 now and I am VERY carefull with my address and the internet but anyhow ... It should stop and they ask you to send a payment to continue... I say be careful !!! but you'll be fine
2007-06-11 21:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by faithee 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let your parents handle this.
It's hard to say because you didn't say exactly what you signed up for as a survey. But, if you are in the US, one thing is clear. Being a minor, you are not able to enter into any contracts. That means, companies can not hold you to anything you said or signed.
Your credit can not be ruined. You don't have a credit to begin with. (minor can not have credit because they can not be held liable for anything - legally that is)
2007-06-11 20:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont Worry About It If you dont pay they'll stop sending them. jUst keep calling and stuuf. BUt if they don keep asking for you to pay then you just get free mags.
2007-06-12 03:36:50 · answer #5 · answered by Via 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋