"I placed an order for Real Simple magazine on February 21, 2006. After three months, I did not receive my first issue so I tried to contact halfpricedmags.com. They do not list a phone number on the site, so I sent a message through their customer service web form as well as e-mailing ****@****. The e-mail went unanswered, and not *all* my messages via web form received an answer. They claimed that the publisher did not process their order.
I went ahead and filed a complaint with the New York Better Business Bureau because according to the Whois info, the domain was registered to a NYC address. Halfpricedmags.com did not respond to BBB's attempts to contact them and the BBB had no choice but to close my case.
I contacted halfpricedmags.com for the final time through their web form demanding a refund and they never responded or issued a refund. I have filed a complaint against them with the Federal Trade Commission and will file one with the New York Attorney General's office.
If you've been ripped off by this company, please take the time to file complaints online:
FTC: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
NY Attorney General: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/complaints/complaints.html
And beware because it looks like these people run the similar businesses under different names."
"Do not order from them. I placed my order on June 23. It is now Aug 22nd , and I still have not received my magazines. when I looked at my order last month the account said my magazines would arrive by the 18th of this Month. Now my order says that my magazines could arrive between the 8/18 and 9/15."
"I ordered a subscription to People magazine on March 18, 2006 As of this date I have not received a single issue. The website has no phone number to contact. I have emailed five times and have never received a response. This company is definitly a fraud and they should be investigated."
"In August of 2005 I renewed 3 (THREE) magazines thru HalfPricedMags.com whose subscriptions were going to end in Dec. 05.
Since then I emailed and left messages to HalfPriced. When I finally got a reply they told me to call the magazines directly, which I did. The magazines told me they had NEVER received the renewals from HalfPriced.
As far as I'm concerned, this website is a big scam! DO NOT renew thru them!"
"VERY DISHONEST and I just found out they are the same people behind MagsForLess.com. I ordered a 1 yr sub. to the magazine "Entertainment Weekly" .They charged me but I never received any issues. They told me it's up to me to contact the publisher and that they MAY help me. They told me to go to www.publist.com to find the publisher. I wrote them back and told them that since they took my money, it was up to them to follow through and either get me the magazine or refund my money. They have not replied to my last 2 contacts. I am filing a dispute with my credit card. BUYER BEWARE."