"Loren" wrote in message ...
Good Grief, I got hosed by an internet company.

In this day of trying to find bargains because of money is tight, I got
taken.

I was looking for restaurant coupons on the net, I came across a company
called Restaurant.Com
http://www.restaurant.com/index.asp?prti=4252&raid=1150&s_kwcid=restaurant.c om|2647596287

Looks to be legit, right?

So, I printed off a couple of coupons, one of them cost me $10.00 for a
$25 coupon, and one for a pizza shop near me cost $3.00 for a $15.00
coupon.

It's a month later, and I notice on my Discover card, a charge of $14.95.
After the wife,daughter, & I could only see it had to be an internet
company, since the charge was from a different state, we started a search
on Google for the company.

Well, whatcha know, the company comes up in droves from Ripoff Report. It
appears somewhere in fine print, even after boasting they don't sell,
give, etc. your information away, they end up billing you by the month @
$14.95 per month for using restaurant coupons. I suppose this would be a
deal, if you go out to eat often. Being on a tight budget, we go out to
eat, maybe once a month, and it's not at an expensive place.

So now, I have to file a dispute, and will contact our State Attorney
General.

Anyways, just wanted to warn anyone buying off the internet, it's not
always what it appears to be.

I had a similar experience when I purchased wallpaper online. I saw a charge
labeled "Entertainment" for $9.99. I called my credit card company and they
took one look at it and knew immediately that it was a scam, because it had
happened to a bunch of other people that month. They were able to determine
that it was the wallpaper site which triggered the charge, since the scam
works by automatically signing you up for this "entertainment" membership
which supposedly entitles you do discounts on movies, etc., although they
never sent any info about this membership. The charge that appears just
before the bogus "entertainment" charge is the site which boosted your
credit card info. The scam works because there are lots of people who don't
review their credit card bill or who just don't notice a recurring charge of
$9.99. Interesting that the wallpaper site is gone now, although it was
legit. The wallpaper I got was great quality and a great price.