I contacted my bank today as my account balance was much lower than it should be and I was informed by them that I have been charged £97.95 by Dead Sea Beauty, a charge I did not authorize, and that this is meant to be a monthly payment! I am shocked that such a charge has been enacted without my consent or authorization! In re-checking the order form for the sample kit I received from Dead Sea Beauty on Mar. 28th, I only just realized that below the details of the order itself that it says that I must send the sample kit back within two weeks, to avoid 'further billing.' It never says how much I would be billed, how often, or when and there was no mention of such an arrangement when I ordered the sample kit! If I was aware that I’d need to send the kit back, I wouldn’t have known where to send it anyway, as it arrived in a plain package with no address. Though it may be beside the point that I am not a person of means, rest assured that in any event, I would not have ordered this sample kit if I'd known up front that afterwards, I would be at this company’s mercy as they plundered my bank account without my consent! In actual fact, I was not at all impressed with these products, as I developed some scaling on my skin after trying them for a couple of days, so I had to stop using them! If you think about it, sending a sample kit back to whoever you purchased it from doesn't even make sense anyway, as it’s as good as admitting the products don’t work! I tried to ring Dead Sea Beauty several times today, on a number the bank gave me, which they could, apparently, see on the details of Dead Sea’s impending rip off on Apr 27th, but their line goes dead after it asks who you want to speak to, without offering you any options (i.e. as companies do - offer options and tell you which numbers to press for each) answer anyway, as you don’t have anyone’s name! I contacted Maximiles, who this offer came to me through via one of their regular e-mails by phone to inform them of the unfair way I have been treated by Dead Sea Beauty, in that my bank account is being tapped without my consent, and the fact that the aptly named ‘Dead’ sea have a dead phone line instead of customer service as any reputable company would. Their answer? ‘We don’t know anything about the companies themselves, we just deal with marketing people.’ My bank told me the funds for Deep Sea Beauty’s ‘first payment’ of £97.95 have not actually come out of my account yet, but will do on April 27th, at which time I need to ring them and ask them to help me again, and, hopefully, get the funds back! I consider this whole business to be not just inconvenient but illegal. Surely there must be something consumers can do to stop such shysters in their tracks and make them refund those they have shamelessly misled and subsequently, ripped off. I noticed someone else in London posted something to this site a few hours ago about Dead Sea Beauty ripping them off as well, and there were other complaints from Canada and elsewhere too, before my malarkey started today, so I also intend to follow up by contacting Watchdog TV and whatever consumer advocates or bureaus I can locate here. In looking at the complaints about this company ripping off customers here, I’ve also noted that one woman who was charged for a second 'beauty' pack without her consent finally managed to track Dead Sea Beauty down and get a response, after trying various e-mail addresses. She was told that the products must be returned unopened and unused within 30 days, which goes against what you’re told after the fact about being able to try the sample kit, then send it back and stop further deliveries. How can you try a product without using it???? I will post any outcome of anything here as I continue to pursue this, and on other consumer sites, like Martin’s Money Saving Expert, as I’m pretty sure I first discovered Maximiles who offered me this ‘deal’ through that site. I also need to add here that I received no warning whatsoever, i.e. the aforementioned 'billing' was not accompanied by a 'bill.' The saga continues…Please don’t allow this nightmare company to mislead you!!!!
if u write a bit on facebook and warn people wot is going on and ask if they would repost also so they dont get coned just like we did
I too have been scammed by the DEAD SEA Company. I received another unexpected parcel of 3 Face creams!!!!
Which I was not aware of that I had ordered. This made me then check my account. They had taken £97.95 out of my account that I was unaware of. I am MORTIFIED.
I have sent to emails to this company to inform them that I DO NOT want anymore of their products.
I have heard nothing as yet. So I have been to my bank and informed them of the situation so no further money will be obtained from this company.
that £8.90 was for postage
:upset The same thing has happenned to me, I thought I was paying for a free sample at £8.90 and then they took payments of £97.82 and £97.95 My credit card company are looking into this and have frozen the payments, I complained to the company and they reduced it to £56 each, I refused, They reduced my daughters to £47. What a rip off, They said they can only be returned if not open, how are we supposed to try them and what is the £8,90 for, i hope they are stopped.
they have also taken money out of my account i got in touch with the bank an they are putting the money back in my account and will get it back off them it made me over drawn an iv been making myself ill with worry they should not be allowed to do that to people a free sample should be a free sample and not charge you £97.95 i did email them and told them it did not work also dont send anymore and not to take any money out of my account but my bank was very good and they had several other ladies phone with the same problem please ladies we must do something to stop them good luck
that has happened to me also
The company are operating very poor dishonest processes. They want chucking in the dead sea !!!! IT DOESNT WORK ANYWAY !!!!
RIPPED OFF :(
Action Fraud are working on my behalf, they are very helpful. Their number is 0300 123 ****.
that has happened to me also