Anonymous
map-marker Richmond, Virginia

Not getting magazines

This is horrible I am not getting the Economist I ordered and I wanted to talk with someone. I need help
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Anonymous
map-marker Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Magazine not being renewed

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They called and requested me to renew People and TV guide magazines with them back in June... My TV guide subscription has expired, it hasn't been renewed and they have already charged me for it. I have called them 3 times and they keep saying it takes 60-90 days...well, 60-90 days have passed. Now I'd like to get a credit back to my credit card, but can't seem to be able to get that accomplished either. I will NEVER do business with these people again.
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User's recommendation: don't do business with them

Anonymous
map-marker Portland, Oregon

I wouldn't do business with them again.

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I haven't received any magazines andit has been 3 months.I wantyoney back or I'm callin the Federal District Attorney and I will sue you
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Lee V Vwr

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| map-marker Chattanooga, Tennessee

Cancel subscription

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Cost is to high. Cancel subscription please. I thank you for your service but I need to save money at this time.
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Anonymous
map-marker Brooklyn, New York

REPEATEDLY CALLING AND HARRASSING

Very unprofessional company. Keeps calling and harassing us. Very rude reps. Will never do business with again!!!
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User's recommendation: Stay away!!!

Delores S Ogs

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| map-marker Colorado Springs, Colorado

What's your problem, some times I get the magazine on time and than it is always late or not at all, other than this I like your service sometimes.

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Updated by user May 24, 2022

It hasn't developed at all, no magazines, missing one from the 9th and this week also. This is not good, as I have paid for entire year.

Original review May 23, 2022
Sometimes your magazine is on time and other times it is always late or not at all. So what is your problem? Maybe next time I will just order from the magazine it's self.
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Anonymous
map-marker Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Scammed my elderly 93 year old aunt

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This company got my aunt to but 2 different tabloids by calling her home. She is now in a nursing home. They refused to cancel the subscription because she is paid until October. It took me 4 phone calls to figure out this was the company that had the subscription. They kept putting me on hold and I kept calling back. I reported them to the FBI magazine investigation website. I found it on the AARP website. This is a total scam, preying on the elderly.
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User's recommendation: Block calls, warn your elderly relatives.

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| map-marker Erie, Pennsylvania

Stay away

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Updated by user Feb 16, 2022

still in dispute with credit card

Original review Feb 14, 2022
Total Magazines Alexis constantly called to renew and so many subscriptions were ordered by forgetful elders that they were backed up to 2024! Said that the email cancelation was not valid! Avoid this company!
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Loss:
$70
Pros:
  • Perhaps lower price
Cons:
  • Continues to stack subscriptions onto subscriptions

Preferred solution: Full refund

User's recommendation: Order direct from publisher

Anonymous
map-marker Lakeland, Florida

Liars Cheats and Thieves

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When I called the company last week, I inquired about my mother's TV Guide subscription. A rep from Total claimed she had renewed it in August of last year.

The company contacted my mother about the renewal via phone, and she paid via her credit card to extend the subscription for one year. But, the magazine stopped being delivered in Nov. of last year. TV Guide confirmed with me that no renewal was purchased.

It seems that Total pocketed the money. My mother may have been overcharged for other subscriptions totaling thousands of dollars. This is credit card theft and fraud and an all too common experience that customers of Total have complained about on this site and others. The two people that I talked with at the company were very evasive.

They both said they would get back to me in a couple of days, but they never did. They lied to me. My mother is entitled to a refund. One person was belligerent and verbally abusive when I asked her questions concerning my mother's TV Guide subscription.

She was really nasty, and her unwillingness to listen let me know in no uncertain terms that she did not care about customers. She constantly talked over me and yelled at me. When I mentioned to her that there were numerous complaints about Total online, she told me that all the complaints had been resolved. That was another lie.

The company does not have a website. It does not send out confirmation notices for the phone orders it claims to execute, and it does not disclose its physical address. The address that it states online is a UPS store. It hides.

It conceals.

In my opinion, these people are liars, cheats, and thieves. They prey upon the elderly and should be prosecuted for their crimes and put out of business.

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User's recommendation: Stay away from this company

Earlene Aix
map-marker Anchorage, Alaska

Cancelling subscription

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Have been trying to cancel my subscription and they make it difficult with zero call back or anyway of getting to speak with someone.
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Anonymous
map-marker Orlando, Florida

They harass small businesses. After we said please don’t call they continued to call and harass my front desk staff.

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They harass customers, trying to force them to re-subscribe. They called my business over and over and then even called my personal cell and were rude to me. I would never do business with this company.
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Eliora Oom

Forwarded my mail and haven't received any magazines

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The lady I spoke to was helpful and said she would look into it and call me in a few days. She also suggested I call the post office
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Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

JPeter R

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Price

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Total has charged me $136.97 for a one year subscription to National Geographic. I can get National Geographic for just under $25 per year on their website. Beware of these ROBBERS!
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Loss:
$111
Cons:
  • Fraud
  • Lowest rating possible fraud

Preferred solution: Price reduction

User's recommendation: Stay away from this company

RexCampbell C
map-marker Houston, Texas

Duplicate copies - help from TMS

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I called several times without results. I am still getting two copies of two different magazines. i have been told they would get the changes made and call me back - nothing occurs.
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Loss:
$600

Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered

User's recommendation: avoid this business.

Francis G Ydh

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Cancel subscription

Was told your price was cheapest for subscription. It was not. Want refund.want refund. Want refund want refund. want refund.
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Loss:
$80

Preferred solution: Full refund

Anonymous
map-marker Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Cancel subscription

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Caller told me the subscription price they offered was the cheapest I could get, which turned out not to be true.
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User's recommendation: Check around. Avoid this company

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