VistaPrint scam!

[DimPrawn]

I've fallen victim to a scam run by VistaPrint.

This explains how you end up losing £9.95 a month for life if you buy from them.

http://chiswickken.typepad.com/ringtone/2006/12/vistaprint_a_wa.html

DO NOT BUY FROM VistaPrint.

I'm still trying to sort this out, months after it started.

The banks can do nothing to stop them billing and you can never stop the charges to your account.

 

[Churchill]

DP, sorry to hear this.

Looks like "Martin Lewis" he of the "MoneySavingExpert.com" fame has got a bee in his bonnet about these people too.

There's obviously a link between "VistaPrint" and "VPRewards"...

Thanks for the advice and hope you sort this to your satisfaction.

Failing that, I believe Mr Molotov has a good invention for just such an event...

 

[scooterscot]

Barstewards - It's like somebody dipped into your pocket unawares and helped themselves.

 

[Cliphead]

I was kinda shocked to see this and spent some time Googling the scam. I had used VistaPrint in the past without any problems and was about to place another order, thanks for the timely warning.

 

[miffy]

Can't you just stop the card you used to purchase with, or did you (now regrettably) provide them with your bank details?

I won't buy anything from them again after seeing this post. Thieving gypos.

 

[TimberWolf]

Looks like theft and fraud to me.

 

[OwlHoot]

I've fallen victim to a scam run by VistaPrint.

This explains how you end up losing £9.95 a month for life if you buy from them.

http://chiswickken.typepad.com/ringtone/2006/12/vistaprint_a_wa.html

DO NOT BUY FROM VistaPrint.

I'm still trying to sort this out, months after it started.

The banks can do nothing to stop them billing and you can never stop the charges to your account.

Thanks for the warning. It sounds like a variant of the ring tone scam reported a year or two ago, whereby people who bought a ring tone were automatically subscribed at vast expense to some junk "newsletter".

Can't you just phone the bank and say you lost your credit card and can they issue a new one?

I think it's increasingly worth doing that *anyway* every few months, or after returning from holiday, to wipe the slate so to speak.

 

[blacjac]

I was kinda shocked to see this and spent some time Googling the scam. I had used VistaPrint in the past without any problems and was about to place another order, thanks for the timely warning.

I have recently placed an order with them, and will never use them again, not for this reason though (I will be monitoring my credit card statement now!).

I ordered some 'premium' business cards, top whack price. The quality is piss poor in my opinion, only marginally better than the quality of the free ones.

 

[Cliphead]

I have recently placed an order with them, and will never use them again, not for this reason though (I will be monitoring my credit card statement now!).

I ordered some 'premium' business cards, top whack price. The quality is piss poor in my opinion, only marginally better than the quality of the free ones.

It's been a couple of years since I last ordered cards and stationary and I was impressed by the quality back then. It looks like things have changed so I'm off to find a local printer.

 

[RichardCranium]

I've been using VistaPrint for years without a hitch.

However, when you place an order, you are given the chance to participate in another special offer. That is this tenner a moth malarkey.

I read the small print the first time I saw it a few years ago and decided it looked not worthwhile so never bothered.

But if you don't read the small print, it is a very attractive offer.