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Beware: magazine subscriptions on-line

lostinNaas · 2010-01-07 11:42:13

A relative of mine recently went to buy a National Geographic sub on-line. When they Googled, they made the mistake of clicking a Google Ad instead of the Nat Geo official site. The ended up paying €44.55 for the 1-year sub from a company called ESS European Subscription Service Ltd. The actual sub for Ireland from Nat Geo…

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07-01-2010 12:42pm

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lostinNaas

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A relative of mine recently went to buy a National Geographic sub on-line.
When they Googled, they made the mistake of clicking a Google Ad instead of the Nat Geo official site. The ended up paying €44.55 for the 1-year sub from a company called ESS European Subscription Service Ltd.
The actual sub for Ireland from Nat Geo direct is €29. Watch out.

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#2 07-01-2010 12:44pm
RoadKillTs

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Happens all the time

Beware: Sponsored links on Google

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#3 07-01-2010 1:08pm
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TBH, this isn't a Consumer Issue.

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