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    58 Customer Reviews

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    • Review from tony l

      1 star

      06/28/2024

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    • Review from Leesa N

      1 star

      05/29/2024

      Bait and Switch Scam - they offer the higher price plan where you receive actual textbooks - THEY DON'T HAVE ACTUAL TEXTBOOKS - - -each book you request "out of stock" - - - when you call to complain "it will be in stock next week". We are going on five weeks later and amazingly enough someone just now told me "it will be in stock next week"
    • Review from Steve J

      1 star

      02/27/2024

      Absolutely horrible experience. My college uses cengage for their online and physical books. The online system seems to have been built 20 years ago and is very clunky. The physical book ordering process took over an hour on the phone and they entered an address that does not exist for my address. When I pointed it out to them they said I would need to pay an additional fee to have it corrected. Whatever you do, find a different vendor rather than work with Cengage.

      Cengage Learning, Inc. Response

      02/28/2024

      Your feedback is unusual for us and not in keeping with the high standards we hold for ourselves.  Please contact our Support team at ************ so we may assist with any issues you may be experiencing.

      Best,
      Cengage Support
    • Review from Kasia K

      1 star

      02/20/2024

      Every time I order from cengage not only is their customer service horrible in their communication is completely lacking, this is the second time I've ordered from them and clearly I had forgotten about the first time because it's exactly the same, they always leave the pending charge on your bank account for weeks after it has been paid therefore holding up my funds for absolutely no reason at all. I've already received the product it was paid weeks ago yet I still can't use the funds and they do not respond to me and then just send me an email telling me thank you for using their service my case has been closed? No response, no communication, the problem still exists but it's closed? I don't recommend this company simply for their horrible customer service and communication and the fact that I still as of this moment cannot use my funds even though they've already been paid. I guess I was expecting that they would fix the problem after the first time seeing as it's such a huge inconvenience for most people but clearly they don't really care about their customers.

      Cengage Learning, Inc. Response

      02/23/2024

      Hello,

      I apologize for the inconvenience authorizations can cause.  It appears you used PayPal as your form of payment and may have missed the messaging we include at checkout regarding how long PayPal authorizations can take.   

      "If you use PayPal, you will see a charge and a duplicate pending charge, but you will not pay twice. The duplicate pending charge will not leave the pending state but will temporarily affect your available balance. This pending authorization should resolve itself within 30 days".

      You opened a case with us on 2/15/24 to question the authorization. A reply was sent the same day advising there was only one charge and to let us know if you needed additional assistance.  After five days with no response the case was automatically closed.

      Best,

      Cengage Support

       

    • Review from elizabeth w

      1 star

      02/12/2024

      Takes away books they charge you to access before the time you paid for them.
    • Review from Yisroel D

      1 star

      02/02/2024

      Horrible labs. Just a plain living h*** to work with.
    • Review from Brooks M

      1 star

      01/29/2024

      Horrible company. I pay for my class and then I have to pay an extra $130 to access it? It's a scam
    • Review from Quyen T

      1 star

      01/27/2024

      Imagine charging you $118 for a rental book and online homework that accounts for 12% of your grade.
    • Review from Samantha C

      1 star

      01/18/2024

      This company is misleading. Either their online material barely works. You cant access it or they double charge you for product with authorization charges. Majority of the people who purchased from this company are college students so personally i think that it is unacceptable to charge double the amount and tying up peoples funds. **************** is hit or miss. Good luck.

      Cengage Learning, Inc. Response

      01/18/2024

      ***********************,

      Your feedback is unusual for us and not in keeping with the high standards we hold for ourselves.  Please contact our Support team at ************ so we may assist with any issues you may be experiencing.

      Best,

      Cengage Support

    • Review from Miranda M

      1 star

      01/09/2024

      The $140 authorization charge to verify I could also purchase my $140 textbook ******** my bank account. Now I have to wait for this to resolve.

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