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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Who the Hell is Eli Journals/New Hill Services?

Whoever they are, Eli Journals, or New Hill Services, as it says here, should be investigated by some authority. They sent me an invoice for $97.00 for a magazine called Inside InDesign, which is a program I use and like much better than its competitor Quark. That would be fine, except I never ordered the magazine and have never even seen a copy. They had, for quite a while, been sending fake "invoices" to get me to subscribe... and some said that they hoped I liked the ones I had received... when in fact they'd never sent any.

And then this bill comes. I called the 800 number and the lady I spoke to said that this program of billing was standard operating procedure for this firm and that it embarrassed her! I still don't know who the hell these people are, but they're never going to have me as a subscriber to something that may not even exist... and I think that they should be checked out by the authorities, as I mentioned.

Thanks, I'm OK now...

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Jim Berry said...

Our experience with Eli Journals / Eli Research centers around Spam - Hundreds of Thousands of email spam received over a period of several months. This abuse has cost our small company time and money. We've now created a website detailing our story. Read Our Story

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Anonymous said...

I recieved a bogus invoice from this company. I have filed formal criminal complaints with the State of Montana Consumer Affairs, State of Montana State Attorney Generals Office and the Better Business Bureau in Philadelphia, PA.

In addition a criminal complaint has now been filed with the Flathead Indian Nations Federal Court pursuant to the Fair Indian Traders Act of 1896 for non-licensure, dealing with Native peoples without a Federal BIA License to do so.

In addition a complaint has been filed with the Federal Trade Commission in Washington DC as well. I would suggest others do the same if enough complaints are filed then they will take action.

A Strange Lad said...

Thank you all... go get 'em! You'd think just those complaints... and the hundreds or thousands of others... would be enough... well, keep up the good fight!

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