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Star Press, The has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Star Press, The

      345 S. High Street Muncie, IN 47305

    • Star Press, The

      P.O. Box 2408 Muncie, IN 47307

    Business ProfileforStar Press, The

    Newspaper
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

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    Star Press, The has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • Star Press, The

        345 S. High Street Muncie, IN 47305

      • Star Press, The

        P.O. Box 2408 Muncie, IN 47307

      Location of This Business
      345 S. High Street, Muncie, IN 47305
      BBB File Opened:
      2/27/2008
      Years in Business:
      27
      Business Started:
      6/19/1997
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • The Star Press
      • Muncie Star Press
      Business Management
      • Mr. Gene Williams, Executive Editor/General Manager
      • Ms. Nancy Umbach, Finance Director
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Gene Williams, Executive Editor/General Manager
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      Customer Complaints

      4 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      01/03/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I signed up for home delivery for the Muncie StarPress around March of 2022. I ordered and paid for a year's subscription with delivery 7 days a week. I paid $500.00 for this service and even paid a $50.00 tip for my carrier. Well, I have had nothing but trouble with their service.1) when I first signed up, I was told that our carrier would bring a "paper box" and put it next to our mailbox. This NEVER happened. The paper was thrown on the ground, sometimes in the side ditch. I will say that it was normally put in plastic, so most papers were readable, but there were several papers that were too wet to read.When I called customer service to inquire when our paper box was coming, I was told "it will be there within 5 days". I was told this for three months, finally gave up on ever getting one.2) I missed receiving several papers through early November. I would call and they would give me credit, but now, I have not received a paper in 6 weeks!! I have called their worthless customer service line and assured each time that they would report my issue to the delivery people and it would be handled. To date, I have called about 30 times, and still do not have a paper. I have tried calling all kinds of phone numbers to try to speak to someone who might possibly "care about their paying customers", but nothing has happened and no papers have been delivered for 6 weeks. 3) I tried to go in person to speak with someone to no avail. They are not located at ********************* any longer, they are on North Walnut Street in downtown Muncie. I recently went there and there was only one person at this location and he was behind locked glass doors. When I knocked, he pretended like he did not hear or see me. I tried calling an ************ Gannet paper as I know they own the Muncie StarPress. When I got half my sentence out of my mouth, I was transferred to the worthless customer service number.I would like my newspaper, the one that I paid for, delivered.

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Amanda Y

      1 star

      04/02/2024

      I have tried to cancel my subscription for 2 months online and VIA chat and kept getting charged. I called today they told me I cannot get a refund for the 2 months because it wasn't canceled. I unsubscribed in February 2024, it gave me an error on my screen then went on to another screen after stating unsubscribed. Got charged. Chatted on their website beginning of March they said it was done. Got charged end of March. Messaged back end of March they stated again they would cancel my order. Charged again. Called today spoke to ****** in CS she stated no refund, asked for a supervisor or manager she stated there is not one. How is this? Had to go to my bank today to stop payment. This was a huge mess and bad business. How can they say they are canceling subscription but keep charging you and saying they don't do refunds. This sounds like a set up to me.

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