Thursday, August 6, 2009

Color me pissed

I don't even know what color that would be, but whatever.

So the same day my sister gets a refund from her bank for getting hosed on a 'trial offer' that lasts about I wanna say 20 seconds, I log in at my bank and find a charge for $69.95. For what, you may ask. Well, let me tell you. It was a trial offer for a federal grant database.

I did the trial offer on 7/28, and on 8/5 I took the hit. I promptly called my bank's fraud division. You see, several days ago I relocated the site and attempted to cancel any further charges. Every link I clicked was dead.

Today, this. The fraud department was very helpful. They put the money right back.

So, word to the wise.

http://www.mysearch4grantsandfunding.com/

http://www.thegrantexpress.com/

Both URLs were given me by the customer service person that I was actually able to track down after I spoke to the bank. Both are useless.

The actual link that I finally located to use phone service to cancel was

https://grantexpress.secureauthority1.com/

How the HELL would anybody even find it?? That's not even the name the actual customer service rep gave me!

Oy.