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lk2fireone (0)
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I would be very hesitant about making a large payment to any porn site, such as the $239.40 for a year.
The reason is: I paid for a Sinemia membership for 1 year with a Discover card.
I was supposed to get 3 movie tickets per month for 1 year.
I tried using the cell phone app to get tickets, was never able to get a single movie ticket.
I disputed the charge to Discover.
Told Discover I was never able to get a single movie ticket after trying many times.
When Discover told Sinemia I was disputing the charge, Sinemia suspended my membership. When I tried logging in to the Sinemia app, I got the message: Access denied!
Discover ruled against me, twice: Discover told me the merchant stated:
" The merchant is willing and able to provide service. They state that users can use the app to purchase tickets while they are waiting for the physical card to be delivered?"
I sent Discover the email from Sinemia stating that my membership was suspended. And I told Discover many times that I was never able to get a single movie ticket, after paying $179.88 for the membership plan.
But Discover ruled twice, that the transaction was valid.
Discover did give me a $50 credit on the transaction, so I lost $130 on the membership.
I was surprised Discover ruled the transaction was valid, after I kept repeating I never got a single movie ticket, and that my membership had been suspended, and I told Discover the Sinemia customer service ignored my requests for help getting movie tickets.
I was very disappointed in Discover. But they have the final say, unless I hire a lawyer, which makes no financial sense, for a $130 charge ($130 after the $50 credit from Discover).
So if you charge something on your credit card, it appears that the credit card company will treat it as a valid charge, even if you don't get what you paid for.
I'm not a lawyer, but I thought I had a strong case. But Discover told me, in writing, that the merchant was willing and able to provide service. (Even though I kept telling Discover I never got a single ticket, and that the merchant had suspended my membership. And I gave Discover proof my membership was suspended with the email from Sinemia.)
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12-20-18 11:48pm
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rearadmiral (0)
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Thanks for mentioning this. I'll look around and see if I can find a deal. Obviously I've avoided joining Naughty America since they started messing with their memberships so now might be the time to rejoin. It baffles me why in a time when piracy is rampant and causing huge losses a site would fuck over the few people still willing to pay for porn.
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12-21-18 07:01am
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rearadmiral (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - lk2fireone :
The only time I had something similar was a few years ago when I was joining a Playboy site. There are several of them and I don't recall which one it was. It was utter crap though. (I didn't know that going in.) I intended to join for a month but due to some deception (that, admittedly I should have seen had I been paying more attention) I ended up buying a full year. I immediately discovered this after joining and contacted the site and biller. I purposely didn't view or download anything while I was trying to get a refund. The staff at TBP intervened too but nothing worked. The attitude was 'we have your money and we ain't giving it back.' The lesson I learned was to pay more attention.
Fuckers...
I have bought annual subscriptions before that and since and been happy with them. I once bought an annual membership to Amateur Allure because that site was and remains in my Top-5 favourites and because it was a great deal. If AA offered a similar deal I'd jump at it again. (Are you listening Amateur Allure?) I also signed on to Hookup Hotshot for an annual membership. That too is a favourite site and the deal was too good to refuse. I have a great deal now on a recurring monthly HUHS membership so I just let that keep running.
I guess I have no idea what point I was trying to make other than I empathize with you.
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12-21-18 07:11am
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PinkPanther (0)
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REPLY TO #3 - rearadmiral :
It's the age-old story. There's ethical vendors and there are unethical vendors, whether it comes to porn, movie tickets or whatever. Once of the worst, most hypocritical companies to deal with porn-wise were the people who did Mystique Magazine, in all its various forms. They would offer these awesome deals, like "every DVD produced for a lifetime" and they'd discontinue their DVD production as soon as you paid, or they'd bill you for renewals after they'd promised no billing for renewals - and it was up to you to find the original offer and the original receipt to prove to them that they were ripping you off - at which they would - very grudgingly - refund you. Meanwhile at the same time that they acted like the biggest bunch of grifters business wise, they would promote their product as "the utmost in classy sophistication". Fucking weasels! The amazing thing is how much more ethical and above-board many porn businesses are than mainstream businesses such as airlines, or clearly movie ticket distributors and major credit card companies
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12-21-18 06:30pm
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mike55q (0)
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The flag of surrender has not been raised for me. I bought a 1 year membership last fall, they locked all the channels in December, and they are still locked for me.
Fraud.
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04-09-19 07:05am
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PinkPanther (0)
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REPLY TO #5 - mike55q :
Strange. I recommend emailing their support. I got a 1-month deal around Christmas or so and I have full access to everything, old and new, aside from their "extra" sites like "Tonight's GirlFriend"
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04-09-19 07:02pm
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