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Review: Avoid the Academic Singles scam!
These website offer is completely misleading and against fair trading act.
Their quote was 6 month, 14.39 NZD (22% discount included) . The first impression is that you choose 6 month premium membership you have to pay 86.34 in total
I clicked on this option and they asked for card information. I entered my card information and then another page opened from my bank asking me to authorize the payment of 345.36NZD by entering the 4 digit code they have just texted me. That was the first time I saw the total amount and of course I didn't want to pay such money for this premium membership and I decided to cancel the payment.
But, before I even open that message from my bank the money was gone. It has never happened before with any other website. I explained to my Bank the issue and they advised It's a fraudulent transaction when their website bypassed the final code I needed to enter, before the money can be transferred to them.
That is not right. It's simply misleading and stealing money. After that , immadiatly, I received an email from Academic singles website that the payment was done and on my profile page I needed to activate my premium membership by entering further details to continue activity as a premium member. I do not want to pay such a high amount for this service I have not activated my premium account and I am not willing to. I contacted them to refund my money and close my account completely and they refused. It's very frustrating. If I have activated my premium membership and used it , yes , they could refuse to refund my money, but I didn't.
Be aware of this website. Making money at cost of misleading customers and get hold of it , when the decieved customer has never used the service is not align with fair trading act and it is not ethical either.
The advertisement was misleading. I did not activate my premium account and I only asked to cancel the whole thing which they refused to do so.
I want my money back and I am not interested in such dishonest attitude.
I hope my review helps other people to not fall into their trap.