unauthorized charge to my credit card

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richard sammons
Country: United States
Have a charge of 19.95 on my Master card dated 1/19/09.  I have no clue what this is for, and am in the process of disputing through my bank, and researching WC Homeplay via the Internet.  It appears that several folks have had similar problems.  Please get back to me with info as to what is occuring with this WC Homeplay crew.  
Thank you, Rich Sammons (845) 255-4358.

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    tj
    Any unauthorized charge beginning with "WC" or "WC*" is probably Provell.  They appear to get consumer billing information from various online merchants, and particularly some "advertised on TV" merchants, claiming consumers have "joined" their "discount club" or "membership club".

    There are many consumer complaints of unauthorized charges against this company.  Some indicate that terms authorizing the charges were buried in fine print on other companies' websites, sometimes at the bottom of long pages, or only findable by following links, or that even though consumers unchecked their authorization to join, they were charged anyway.  

    Some claim they have no idea where this company got their account information, or that when they noticed these small charges, they found they had been charged for months or years.  

    The above reports, along with reports of fsst-talk sign-up scripts from callers placing orders for products "advertised on TV", indicate systematic use of deception in claiming to obtain "authorization".  BBB shows them as "BBB acredited" (subject to periodic BBB review) , and that they have agreed to "BBB arbitration", which may indicate that they had attracted enough regulatory interest that they had to show they were doing something to deal with their "billing problems".  

    Note that almost all of their BBB complaints are in the categories of "Billing or collection issues", "Refund or exchange issues", or "Sales practice issues", all categories consistent with consumers disputing unauthorized charges.

    http://minnesota.app.bbb.org/report/1530
    "...
    Additional DBA Names: Homeplay
    Budget Savers
    Damark
    DMK Vacation Passport
    Value Plus
    Membership Services
    Essentials for Home
    Explore USA
    Value Plus Grocery Savings
    ..."

    http://columbia.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=48&bbb=0663&firm=34004176
    "...
    Additional DBA Names: WC Budget Savers
    wc*value plus membership services
    Damark
    Value Solutions, Inc
    ..."

    https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/ZkctXY8ZaABchgjLP16LZg
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    Carolyn T.
    WC VALUE PLUS has been charging our credit card account for the past 9 or 10 months.  Because we have made no other purchases since then, we have not been checking our statements for charges. When my husband ordered something online, this other company somehow signed him up for their discount stuff.  He has no idea how.  He certainly would not have signed up willingly.  I am in the middle of trying to fight it, but they are not cooperating.  Scam, Scam, Scam
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    Sharron Tugwell
    My elderly mother has the same charge on her Bank of America Card for $19.95.  I believe this is the 1st and I am on hold right now trying to get back to the billing dispute department.  I am cancelling all our cards but one and not going to use it unless absolutely needed.  These are scams and I feel so badly for those caught up in them..
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    Rosa Guardiola
    I have had 2 charges each for the past 3 months from homeplay and budgetsource.. i have no idea what these charges are. they were both ran for 24.95 !!

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