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Paula Linn
Country: Canada
We received a latter from Handyman Club of America demanding that we pay "our past due membership fees". Our balance said $470! I've never heard about this company.

The letter didn't have any invoice number or phone number I could use to call them. I couldn't find their phone # anywhere including their website to dispute this matter so I e-mailed them asking them if they had any records of us signing a contract with them and of course I got no response.

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    SCAM
    | 3 replies
    Beware..  I was sent to collections for a $24 charge from this company.  They claim that I owe them for past due membership fees.  I never signed up for this, nor have I ever recieved anything from them except past due bills- which I promptly threw in the trash.

    There has to be something we can do.. Consulting a lawyer first comes to mind. Isnt this defamation? They are ruining credit scores for something people never signed up for. Class action suit?  I think im going to check this out...
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      Mike S replies to SCAM
      | 2 replies
      yeah I just recieved a bill for 24 dollars from a RMCB collection agency, forget get this club. I'm not paying for this seeing all of the scams on here, I never even signed up for this, I checked the box not interested or what ever it was and now they send me this? I guess next time throw junk mail in the garbage
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        tj replies to Mike S
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        Collection agencies sleazy enough to "collect" on fraudulent accounts often know exactly what they are getting involved in, and may damage credit as part of their shakedown scam.

        Send a dispute of the alleged debt to the collection agency, and file fraud complaints with FTC, yours state Attorney General, and the US Postal Inspector.

        If they continue to harass you over this fraudulent "debt", providing no proof you owe it, you can sue them for violating FDCPA.  You can find a consumer attorney in your state through www.naca.net
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          tj replies to tj
          Let's see what this RMCB collection agency is up to.

          Complaint after complaint, collection attempts on fake "accounts" for products or magazines never ordered, over and over again.
          http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/search/RMCB

          We got another fraudulent "chicken biller" here.

          File fraud complaints with FTC, and your state Attorney General.
          File mail fraud complaints with the US Postal Inspector.
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    fellow handyman
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    I have been a life member of the Handyman Club for many years. I was lured in with the benefits promise of becoming a life member. I was deeply offended when my benefits stopped, and they promised to give me even better benefits if I signed up to become a master life member. Recently an acquaintance told me that she used to work for the Handyman Club, and that it was a common practice for she and her coworkers to send the free tester products to their friends and relatives rather than to members. I used to enjoy the Handy magazine that I received in the mail, and kept them as a reference I could look back at when working on a project. Since they changed it to an online magazine, I haven't been able to view the magazine online because my computer is older. It takes forever to load, and more than 5 minutes just to turn the page online. It could be useful if they sent out a PDF version of the magazine that I could view offline, but there is no option to download a copy.
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      NICK replies to fellow handyman
      I've had that problem myself.  What I've resorted to is "printing".  Once the printer screen pops up, I hit the pdf button and it downloads to my desktop.  This is with a Mac.  I think with a PC you'd have to hit save as a pdf file.
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    Jan F.
    I received a skillet
    in the mail that was
    dated for payment on
    10/28/14. I received
    this item on 12/2/14
    my question is why
    is my due date a month and a half before if received the product?
    And why can't I get
    a phone # to call
    about these problems
    If you what my business you should
    make it possible to
    get in touch with your company. Please
    call me at 702 397 8053 if you can't
    reach me by phone then use my e-mail
    success166@yahoo.com
    my account # is
    30283214 please contact me.
    Jan F.
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    jim
    I am a life member and haven't received a  magazine since 2013 looks like they don't care, all they want to do is send you stuff to buy & buy and don't like it when you say NO
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