ComplaintsforHonorSociety.org

• Initial Complaint

  06/25/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I received an email from this organization stating that I was accepted into the honor society but I would have to pay a small fee. I paid the fee and also gave them an additional +$300 for a honor society ring as well. I never received the ring nor anything stating that I was apart of the honor society. When I emailed them regarding the issue they informed me that they would need for me to pay an additional +$300 in order to receive the ring. I was unaware that this company was not affiliated with my school at the time and I am unsure how the managed to receive my schools email address. This company continues to send me emails after I have requested for them to stop. Please help me recover my funds from this company.

  

  Business response

  06/25/2024

  We apologize for the confusion, the customer should have received a code to redeem the ring included in the membership. Since the charge was nearly a year ago, we are not able to refund it electronically, we will send a check out for $299 to the address listed in the complaint. Let us know if there are any other questions.

• Initial Complaint

  06/25/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I received several emails from this site, prompting me to activate my account. I don't know how they got my contact info, and since I was a part of National Honors Society, I thought it was related to that. I gave them some personal information before realizing that it was not part of **** I would like to request that all of my information that I gave them when signing up for an account be deleted.

  

  Business response

  06/25/2024

  Thank you for reaching out, we will make sure this user does not receive further communication from us. Let us know if you have any questions.

  Customer response

  06/29/2024

   
  Complaint: 21897419
  
  I am rejecting this response because: the business acknowledged my request to not receive any further contact but did not respond to my request that they delete my personal information. I ask that they please delete my personal information. 
  

  

  Business response

  07/08/2024

  Thank you for getting back to us. The profile of the user will be deleted as well.

• Initial Complaint

  04/11/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Date of transaction: March 15, 2024 Amount charge electronically from **** credit card $100.00 Business failed to disclose that this was a yearly membership that required two payments every 6 months of $100.00. Signed up for the honor society in March 2022 and thought this was a one time transaction. Never received an email confirmation on supposed membership requirements after signing up, never agreed to reoccurring payments and was never informed that membership would require reoccurring payments that would be automatically withdrawn from my credit card every 6 months. Luckily, I recently stopped utilizing the **** credit card this year and paid it off and it had a zero balance and this is how I discovered that the Honor Society has been charging my credit card every 6 months since 2022. Most companies send out a reminder for upcoming payments but I have never received such notification from this company because they intentionally hide this practice from unsuspecting customers. I have since canceled my membership as of today 3/24/24 and plan to reach out to company and request a full refund of $400.00 for unauthorized transactions on my credit card that I was unaware of.

  

  Business response

  04/11/2024

  Thank you for letting us know, we have refunded and canceled the account. Please let us know if there are any other questions or concerns.

• Initial Complaint

  02/05/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  Of the 130 dollars I was scammed out of they only gave me ***** back I'm filing this report to get the ***** that I paid on July 31 2023 at 3:59 pm to enter the membership.

  

  Business response

  02/05/2024

  Thank you for reaching out to us, our refund policy allows customers to refund payments up to 90 days. We however will make an exception and refund the original charge and will issue a check to the address listed. Let us know if there are any other questions.

  Customer response

  02/15/2024

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  X'***********************

• Initial Complaint

  01/25/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  I was charged $65.00 on two separate occasions without my approval or awareness, on the dates 07/24/2023 and 01/22/2024. I have been receiving constant emails from this business for over a year despite not remembering enrolling in their program. I understood the business to be a program offered through the University I am currently attending, but this doesn't seem to be the case as it's not even based in the same state and has no visible connections to any University from what I'm able to tell. I attempted to resolve the matter by contacting honorsociety.org, but I'm unable to get in contact with a human representative and was instead met with multiple emails sending links and directing me to "verify my email account" via a 3rd party authenticator asking for a password, which I find suspicious. I find this business and the way it presents itself is intentionally deceptive, and would like to stop receiving fraudulent charges and unrequested advertisements from them, as well as a refund for the money they've taken from me without my permission.

  

  Business response

  01/25/2024

  Thank you for reaching out, we have gone ahead and issued the credit to the customer. Upon further review, we see that the customer contacted us via our chat system, our agent attempted to confirm the account but the customer disconnected. Let us know if there any other questions.

  Customer response

  01/25/2024

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***************************

• Initial Complaint

  01/11/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  This entity began issuing debits to my credit card without authorization in ***************** until an internal review alert identified it at my bank. When I attempted to get information on it and stop it, I was sent in a continuous referral loop by telephone referring me to cancel online and none of my 3 emails had any notices of initiated service with this company. Moreover, none of my emails using forgot password function on their website sent anything to any emails I own. Their own website says you won't receive an email if there is no account. How can you be billing me when you have no account tied to any of my 3 emails. Seems highly fraudulent and I want to know how your company obtained and started billing my credit card without my knowledge or consent.

  

  Business response

  01/11/2024

  Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention, per our terms of services (*************************************), we have refunded the last charge and canceled the account. Please let us know if there are any other questions.

  

  Business response

  01/11/2024

  refund receipt attached

  Customer response

  01/26/2024

  Please advise me  how and when did you request my response as I couldn't find a way to retrieve my complaint on your website and the closure email seems like the first email I received regarding this issue ?? ?? ?? ?? 

   

• Initial Complaint

  01/03/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Sales and Advertising Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I was very skeptical when I saw that emails from this organization kept popping up because I had been through a similar situation and paid money when I was at another college before transferring. Turns out my skepticism was right. After reading other students complaints, I agree that this is completely fraudulent. I looked on my universities website and honor society wasn't even listed! I want my name and personal information removed and emails stopped immediately.

  

  Business response

  01/03/2024

  Thank you for letting us know about request. We will ensure there is no further communication from ** to the user. let us know if there are any other questions.

• Initial Complaint

  12/01/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Without my awareness or approval, honorsociety has been charging my credit card for many years for membership fees. We recently discovered this during a credit card review. I did not enroll in any membership with them, give them the right to store my credit card information, or renew automatically every six months. I was not aware of the existence of such a membership and did not even know what they do! This is pure theft. For God only knows how many years, they have been stealing money from me. Our credit card statements on file showed four recent charges: 5/13/2022 ($50), 11/13/2022($50), 5/7/2023($65), 11/7/2023 ($65). There is not even a human person to talk to when I tried to call. I had to contact my bank to lock the card for a replacement to get out of their preying business. Looking at the reviews, this is not their first time doing this to college graduates. If you have any honor at all, please search your records and refund my hard earned money, all of them unlawfully taken away over the many many years! The 90-day limit should not be applicable because you took money without my approval or awareness.

  

  Business response

  12/01/2023

  Thank you for reaching out, Membership dues are billed on a semiannual basis (Once every 6 months). This information was provided during the application process, as well as in our terms and conditions. We understand the customer did not understand the terms and will issue the refund. Let us know if you have any other questions.

• Initial Complaint

  11/27/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Sales and Advertising Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  This company has been sending me unprompted emails begging me to sign up for their service ever since I graduated. I never signed up for these emails or even visited the website, plus I graduated from a small private school, making me wonder the legitimacy of where they found my email. Seems incredibly scammy and under the table. From what I can find online, they are taking advantage of students, charging an exorbitant amount of money for very little in return. I would like to be removed from the mailing list and be told how they found my email.

  

  Business response

  11/28/2023

  Thank you for reaching out, we will make sure the user does not receive further communication from **.

  Customer response

  11/29/2023

   
  Complaint: 20918331
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  I explicitly asked how the company found my email, and I find it extremely suspicious that they didn't even attempt to answer the question. How was my email obtained and how many other unaware students are being pushed into this blatant scam?

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***********************

  

  Business response

  11/29/2023

  Thank you for the response, the complaint filed requested us to cease communication to the user. We have complied with this request, the additional questions were not part of the original request. Our invitations are generally initiated by information provided by schools and educational institutions, and/or trusted educational and professional partner organizations that you have interacted with.

• Initial Complaint

  10/10/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I subscribed to this company with the intention of receiving scholarship information, but I never gave my consent for them to debit a monthly amount of $65 per membership from my bank account. Therefore I canceled my subscription and demanded a refund, but I only received $65 and they still owe me $65, because they arbitrarily debited my bank account for said amounts, which I consider a fraudulent billing practice. It should be noted that I am from an immigrant family with limited economic resources and I subscribed to said website with the purpose of receiving information that will help me obtain scholarships, but I never authorized any automatic deduction from my bank account, they should investigate this company since They play with the hope of working families.

  

  Business response

  10/10/2023

  Thank you for reaching out, our membership is billed every 6 months. Due to our refund policy, we are only able to refund the latest charge which has already been processed. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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