I’ve been charged $79 for something I don’t remember that I asked for!!!
Is it internet fraud? I panicked! It turns out I have signed up for the free trial to Amazon Prime and after the trial period has lapsed, Amazon automatically enrolled me to an annual paid membership to Amazon prime. And oh yes, if you look back at the free trial and the fine prints that follow, they did say they would charge me. Grrr…
I GOOGLED for people who had the same problem. Alas. I’m not alone. I saw plans to sue Amazon and discussions on how unfair it was that Amazon was doing this. A lot of people even said that they will never transact with Amazon again.
The bottom line is that I don’t want to have Amazon Prime. I don’t want the yearly $79 charge…
SO WHAT CAN BE DONE? Amazon Prime Membership can be cancelled easily… and as quite clearly stated in Amazon Prime’s FAQ, the $79 bill can be refunded. HOW?
1 SIMPLY, go to
https://www.amazon.com/gp/subs/primeclub/account/homepage.html
and click cancel account. DONE! You will get your refund in 2-3 days if you didn’t make any Amazon prime purchase in the period you have been automatically enrolled to the Amazon Prime.
2. You can CALL the number:
+1(866)5572820
(I called the number using Skype)
Press
7
And you just give them your email address and request that the Amazon Prime membership be cancelled and your $79 be refunded.
No questions asked. You’ll have your money back.
AND NEXT TIME, read the fine prints
Entropy's Order
AMZ Prime Club,
I had the same problem. They must be desperate at Amazon.com for stealing a little bit more money from they customers. Thanks a lot for your tips
Greetings,
Alvaro
By: Alvaro on May 26, 2008
at 11:43 am
thanks god there is a website for this cause those thief’s are good for nothing i am so glad i actually looked this number up thank you so very mux for the site who ever created it and yes listen to this site and read the fine print
By: william on January 30, 2011
at 8:46 pm
i tried to cancel it but when press on the ” cancel membership ” icon it takes no action.
By: weng on October 2, 2012
at 7:42 pm
I had the same problem this week. I can’t thank you enough for your advice. I called the number you provided, Amazon just cancelled the account.
I am not sure if I will trust Amazon again. I feel a little disappointed: I really thought such a company didn’t need this kind of trick!
Anyway, thanks again, I appreciate your help!
By: Chantal on August 30, 2011
at 10:36 pm
I too had this problem…so glad that I looked it up and that you had blogged about it. Called customer support and they were extremely helpful and cancelled my Amazon Prime with no problem. I actually had read the fine print and was planning on closing my Amazon account before the free one month trial of Amazon Prime was over, but had forgotten about it. Amazon Prime has been taken off my account and my refund is on it’s way! Thanks again for your help!
By: Amazon Member on October 8, 2012
at 4:15 am
Just a f.y.i. Amazon did not scam anyone, 9/10 you wanted free 2-day shipping, which signs you up for prime. which it tell you it will, when your trial ends and then a annual fee will apply. in your account you are even able to cancel prime after trial with a single click off a check box. I didnt know what this charge was either, but i wont sit here and claim there con artists. For someone who buys stuff online ALOT, this would make my life easily, just not the case for me. AMAZON is great, price and service wise. just didnt need prime. AND THEY REFUND SOON AS YOU ASK SO DONT JUST EMAIL CALL OR CANCEL THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT. ITS NOT A SCAM.
By: People blame everything else besides themselves, yikes on March 15, 2013
at 4:31 pm
It may not be a scam but there is some fishy business going on. Don’t assume we don’t read the fine print I did not order anything with two-day shipping for the very reason I did not want to join Prime. The last order I made was in February and it was MP3 music with my gift card. That doesn’t require ANY shipping, just a download. I never signed up for a free trial. To make things worse when I saw the charge and checked my Amazon account, it said I wasn’t even a member of Prime. So evidently I paid for someone else.
By: Fed up with fraud on April 23, 2013
at 3:40 am
CANCEL MY AMZ PRIME CLUB MEMBERSHIP WHICH I DID NOT ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND CREDIT MY ACCOUNT!!!!!
BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL NOT BE ORDERING ANY MORE ITEMS THROUGH AMAZON.
By: LORRAINE MIESCKE on June 13, 2008
at 7:27 pm
What a bunch of BS! I am cancelling my account COMPLETELY with amazon. I cannot beleive the schemes these big companies use for a few extra bucks. To top it off I had no money in my checking account when they did this so even if they refund my account, I am still out 27.00 that the bank charged! I hate misleading deceitful practices! For people with a big checking account this is not shit and they probably won’t even ask for a refund but for people in my situation this is a total drag!
By: Louie on March 2, 2012
at 12:16 am
Actually I have the same problem.I’ve been charged twice 79.00 for no reason. I’ve just wrote Amazon customer service to let them know. We need to find a way to stop that.
By: clorin on July 28, 2012
at 12:47 am
thnx for the help dude…u saved my hard earned money
By: naveen on June 14, 2008
at 6:12 pm
Thanks man, you saved my hide, I really need the money nowadays with gas prices so expensive.
By: Takriminos on June 21, 2008
at 5:06 pm
Very glad to help folks
By: silverfork on June 22, 2008
at 2:11 am
I had exactly the same problem!
Thank a lot for your help!
By: Tatiana Prutskij on June 24, 2008
at 12:04 am
I received same, at this motnh credit card bill.
I followed your instruction and cancelled membership. How will I get refunded my amount? Since I am not residing at the same address given to Amazon earlier. Please help me.
By: Thanuja on June 24, 2008
at 4:39 am
I have the same problem!!
Should I sign in the account then cancel it ?
Thank you very much!!
By: Aaron on June 28, 2008
at 3:36 am
Yes. Login to you amazon account. Then do the above outlined steps.
You will have to wait about 2-3 working days though to have it the refund reflected in your account
By: silverfork on June 28, 2008
at 8:35 am
Thanks for your help!! You are a life saver, I got my bank to look into the subject for me, but luckly, I can call them Monday to stop the invst. You are awesome! I am going to use your link now to cancel.
By: rgminnie on June 28, 2008
at 9:02 am
Thank you!!!
Waiting for my money back~~
By: Aaron on June 29, 2008
at 11:55 pm
I have exactly the same problem. I wrote amazon service by email just now, and they replied in minutes, it must be prepared, and they charge on purpose. I’m just wondering if there is any way to reach everyone who have ordered things at amazon to remind them this cheat?
By: alva on July 15, 2008
at 7:13 pm
Thanks Man
It had happened same to me also. I had canceled it now. I am yet to receive many.
Thanks it helped a lot.
Its shame to Amazon. I think, we should SUE Amazon for this ugly things
By: Ragavendra on July 17, 2008
at 7:53 am
yes, sue them!!!!
By: jia on April 13, 2012
at 11:57 am
There’s no CANCEL MEMBERSHIP BUTTON!
By: nsh on July 17, 2008
at 3:30 pm
Phew! Thank you very much for the tip! You’re a lifesaver!
By: Sam Hockey on July 18, 2008
at 11:03 am
I didn’t even notice it is being charged for enrollment. Otherwise, I rather paid delivery fee straight away. Now it turns out 1 CD cost me 89USD .. What a fool am I ? It just happened on me like what Alva mentioned above…..
By: Mei on July 21, 2008
at 7:24 am
thanks man!
I will never by from them, bastards. thank u a lot for the informations.
They grabed from my account the money and I went in negative so I have been charged again fro that. It costed me over 100$. I wish them to go bacrupted!
By: ion on July 23, 2008
at 10:31 pm
CANCEL MY AMZ PRIME CLUB MEMBERSHIP WHICH I DID NOT ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND CREDIT MY ACCOUNT!!!!!
By: luis paulo araujo on July 27, 2008
at 3:34 pm
So glad you did this post… did a search on “amz primeclub” after seeing it on my online bank register, and your post was right there. I’ve cancelled and hopefully I will get the refund (did not order from Amazon since I got whacked so I should be ok).
Thanks so much!
By: Mike Sutyak on July 29, 2008
at 11:45 pm
Thanks a lot for the tip ! just read my statement and saw the AMZ PRIME and got into panic mode :p
Just cancelled my Prime Membership so i hope i´ll get the refund.
Tnx
By: Berdy on August 2, 2008
at 3:52 pm
They did it to me too, and I live in WA, where Amazon is based, and we are a state where you have to be NOTIFIED IN WRITING before they can charge you for stuff like this. Hello? Anybody at Amazon actually pay attention to the laws in the state they are founded in? Guess not. I used the cancel membership button and I am also writing a strongly worded letter to Amazon about this shady practice. Sheesh. They’re getting to be as bad as AOL (and I don’t even want to talk about how I’m still trying to get my money back from those shysters!).
By: Paula N. on August 4, 2008
at 9:49 am
Same here! I did NOT sign up for a free trial….when I called to get this cancelled, they informed me that a recent transaction made me ELIGIBLE for a free trial. If I had not had issues with my bank account that created a need to closely review my account, i would have never noticed this $79 charge!!!! Unbelievable SCAM–think of all the people they will get this $79 from (without their permission!!!!) simply because they will not see it on their account. Seems illegal to me?!?!?!
By: Carol on August 6, 2008
at 6:52 pm
türkçe bilen varsa lütfen yardım etsin amazon 79 dolarımı almış nasıl geri alacagımı bilmiyorum
By: selçuk on August 10, 2008
at 1:49 pm
alabildiniz mi ben aldim da eger sorun yasiyorsaniz yardimci olayim
By: EMRE OZTURK on July 10, 2011
at 5:11 am
sadece siteden iptal ettirmek yeterlimi acaba ??
By: selçuk on August 10, 2008
at 1:50 pm
Hi Guys, I’ve been conned like you all too. Got to know only when I managed to view my online statement. Being charged US$79 = S$120 even if I’ve not made any transaction. This is DAYLIGHT ROBBERY man. Have cancelled my membership and now wondering if Amazon could refund my money.
Thanks GUYS.
Hope WE ALL will get our refund
By: Mel Hash on August 11, 2008
at 4:01 am
I had same problem, I’m following your steps now
Thank you
By: Arun on August 14, 2008
at 6:28 am
Wow, I had followed your instructions, and hope the money back soon. Thank you for your help!!!good luck!
By: Jenny on August 14, 2008
at 6:43 pm
Thanks. Same thing happened to me today. Called and cancelled and told him that a lot of people are not using Amazon now because of these shenanigans. I don’t think he cared.
By: Joanna on August 14, 2008
at 7:59 pm
THANK you very much for this information. Using your instructions, I accessed my account, located the prime membership information, and cancelled it.
By: C. J. Owens on August 15, 2008
at 11:50 am
I just checked my checking account and seen I was charged $79 and didnt make in purchase recently…
By: Barb on August 16, 2008
at 11:47 am
thanks for this very helpful post… i just called up the number which silverfork posted, they were very polite obcourse and said they will cancel my account and refund my money.
thanks again silverfork.
By: canus on August 17, 2008
at 2:59 pm
Thank you so much for your tips. I just cancelled my account as well and I hope I get the money back. As a poor, panicky college student, I don’t need Amazon pulling this crap on me.
By: Miss Kitty Fantastico on August 18, 2008
at 6:52 pm
Hi All! Glad to help you.
Just to reassure you, I did get my refund smoothly when I did the above steps
By: silverfork on August 18, 2008
at 7:11 pm
Hi, All I had the same problem.
I was cheking my account and notice $79 AMZ*PRIME CLUB 866-557-2820 NV.. i just call them and he apologize and he said 2 or 3 days my money is back… we need to be more careful!!!
By: ritalfred on August 25, 2008
at 3:52 am
Dude! Your the best!
By: Engel on August 26, 2008
at 12:54 am
OMG! I have never know until I clicked the link you mentioned. I have been changed twice, one is for 2007 & one is for 2008!! I didn’t recognize the charge for 2007 I have paid for it until today! Lucky that I have cancelled the one for 2008 just now. Thanks a lot
By: Cali on August 29, 2008
at 10:28 pm
I just solved the “AMZ prime club” problem through this website, thank you for your help and I really appriciate it.
By: MingJin on September 2, 2008
at 10:23 pm
AMAZON IS BULLLSHIT! i should SUE THEM!!!! assssholesss
By: Pynki on September 5, 2008
at 12:56 am
oh yeah.. THANK YOU FOR THE HELP because i was like WTF?????? but yeaahhh.. =) Thanks a lot.
By: Pynki on September 5, 2008
at 12:57 am
Thanks!!!
they were taking my money for three years!!
By: Riky on September 5, 2008
at 2:06 am
THANK YOU!!! FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT AMZ PRIME CLUB…
By: MINERVA on September 5, 2008
at 2:59 pm
Silverfork, You are a lifesaver. Thank you.
By: KT on September 7, 2008
at 3:44 pm
I am going crazy about this.
I did intent to sign up for free trial, but I didn’t have any license that Amazon required.
But I was still enrolled…what a crazy~
Now I was charged $79, and no refund, because I buy a nose clip for free shipping~~
and on the next day after I was enrolled( I didn’t know I was already on the board), I still paid nearly $8.00 shipping fee for other items, therefore, I certainly didn’t think that I was a prime membership already, because I still paid the shipping fee and didn’t receive my items in one week. So….How could I know that I was a Prime Membership at that time?
I have no idea about the whole damned thing. All I know that I lost $79, and I have to work for 10 hours on campus to get them back( I am an international student)…..I won’t buy any books and other items from Amazon anymore ……
By: Julianna on September 8, 2008
at 5:43 pm
Good News~ I had my money back~~
But watch out~~Don’t be traped again~
By: Julianna on September 10, 2008
at 11:04 pm
YEAH THEY JACKED ME TOO. LETS ALL GET TOGETHER AND SUE THE HELL OUT OF THEM. I CANT EVEN GET A PERSON ON THE PHONE TO TALK MY 79.00 BACK. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW AMZ YOU SUCK. YOUR AN ANTI AMERICAN COMPONAY AND I HOPE YOU GO OUT OF BUSINESS
By: BRAD on September 13, 2008
at 6:23 pm
CANCEL MY AMZ PRIME CLUB MEMBERSHIP WHICH I DID NOT ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND CREDIT MY ACCOUNT!!!!!
BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL NOT BE ORDERING ANY MORE ITEMS THROUGH AMAZON.
By: roberto mendonca on September 15, 2008
at 8:46 pm
Silverfork you rock!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot, you’ve been really helpful!!!!
Hope to get my money back, I cancelled my “membership” according to your instructions..
I’ll just have to wait and see
thanks again pal….
By: KonstantinosV on September 17, 2008
at 7:01 am
Please cancel – and return – my quite undesired
AMZ Prime Club membership.
I cannot recall making any such application.
Your cooperation would be much appreciated.
By: B.McStay on September 17, 2008
at 3:02 pm
I look forward to hearing from you.
By: B.McStay on September 17, 2008
at 3:04 pm
They continue doing it until now!! I am a Brazilian resident, who could never use this Prime Club for an international shopping, and even so, they charged my Credit Card. Now, I cancelled my account there and don´t intend to buy anything from them again!! And, of course, I needed to have my Credit Card cancelled to avoid future problems!
By: Celia Tunes on September 17, 2008
at 8:22 pm
I just got my credit card bill and wondering when did i bought sometime. thanks for your assistance
By: Cherice on September 19, 2008
at 12:57 am
Thank you. It was very usefull. I was desperate because of the charge and reading this made me fell a little bit calm. I already called Amazon and canceled everything. I imagine how much money they earn from people than do not control their account.
By: Mary on September 19, 2008
at 1:35 pm
I never bought anything from Amazon with my credit card. I would like to know how they got my number to charge me…. They are doing an inquiry to be able to give me my money back…They said just the inquiry will take at least 48 hours..Wonder how many more people are going through this as well…
By: Mouse on September 21, 2008
at 10:11 pm
Alright everyone! i checked my bank account this morning and the naughty little blighters have charged me £50.!!!
Followed the instructions and await the refund…
Thanks a million for posting.
Rob, UK
By: humbini9 on September 23, 2008
at 7:30 am
WICKED! Thanks for you help!. Maybe we should all actually read the small print – our own faults really
By: katanaabbott on September 24, 2008
at 2:35 am
gosh.. i was so upset/suprised when i found that i had been charged..i brought something whilst i was on the membership tho..so does that mean i wont get refunded?
Im so upset by this- i cant afford to pay for something I havnt intended to get!
By: :) on September 24, 2008
at 5:52 pm
I had the same problem. I was tripping outtt… i didnt even know what AMZ was so i googled it also and i found your blog. Thank you very much. It made me so relief
By: susan on September 25, 2008
at 1:29 am
Thank you–I was so surprised to see the charge and I did not know what it was. I googled this co. and got your site–I called right away and just as you instructed I called and they took the charge off.
Thanks for taking the time to give us these easy instructions.
By: Anne Seidel on September 25, 2008
at 12:15 pm
Thanks man !
God dams AMZ !!
If AMZ wants to continue its business, don’t try to do this stupid thing with the customers.
Anyway thank you very much, I hope I can get back my money (~_~)
By: T on September 26, 2008
at 4:29 am
I just want to say big thank you for letting discover where the problem was from.
I just called Amazon and they are going to give me back my refund.
Thanks again,
By: donnay on September 26, 2008
at 3:39 pm
Thank you!!! I had no idea where this charge came from and I just googled the charge and this link came up. Such a scheme on AMZ’s part, really disappointed in them, at least they’ll refund it.
By: KC on September 28, 2008
at 4:47 pm
Thanks so so much silverfork, I will ever never shop there again.
I think they should be sued collectively so we can donate the money to a good cause!!!
By: ellron on September 30, 2008
at 1:42 am
After a long 12-hour shift of nursing I came home to my husband asking, “What did you charge for $79.00 today?” THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
By: aimee on October 1, 2008
at 1:37 am
Thank you so much!!!!!!!
no more amazon for me too…
hope we will all get our refunds back
By: monica on October 2, 2008
at 3:17 am
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! U SAVED ME SOOO MUCH SLACK!!!
By: SImon on October 2, 2008
at 6:53 am
I’m so glad to see i wasnt the only one stung like this. Thanks for creating this forum, saved me £50. Cant believe a supposedly reputeable site like Amazon would try and do something like this. Oh well I’ll be buying my future books from a small independant book store, if there are any left out there!!
Thanks again
By: Tommy on October 3, 2008
at 9:14 am
cheers mate,
this is so helpful, I was so shocked by £49 quid suddenly being taken out of my account, and i didn’t expect it so much that I actually cancelled my card because I thought that someone had my account details and was randomly spending my money!
thanks so much, between all of the people here ^^ you have saved us all a bomb, I know it don’t seem like that much to some people, but I’m only 15 and that £49 I had saved up for aaaages!
thanks alot
Em
xx
By: Emily Oliver on October 8, 2008
at 6:11 pm
Thank you!!! Just got the refund myself. I’ve loved Amazon ever since I started buying from them, many years ago. But this….???
By: Miriam on October 9, 2008
at 8:14 pm
thank you \(*_*)/ i freaked out when i saw the $79 charge on my credit card statement. thank god i found this webpage
By: nicky on October 11, 2008
at 9:36 pm
This is becoming a common theme with online sites, Amazon got my Dad just today. Watch out especially if you use things that also offer “services” like credit watches or reports, my Dad also got signed up to some schlock service to monitor his credit, I was standing right behind him and the opt out was designed to actually opt in!! He had to actually cancel his bank account and start a new one just to stop the charges and the bank cautioned him that they may actually attempt to attach it to his new account!!.
By: JohnnyGTO on October 15, 2008
at 6:41 pm
Thanks a lot!! I now found out that I Amazon charged me in 2007 and 2008 already although I haven’t ordered anything!!
By: Frany on October 18, 2008
at 9:51 am
A month had passed and I just noticed “$79.00 from merchant AMZ*Prime Club AMZ*Prime” charged to my card…I kinda freaked out a bit, and at the same time wondering what was going on. Made a quick google and stumbled upon this wonderful information….THANK YOU!
By: Charlie on October 18, 2008
at 10:11 am
thanks again^^” i now got my $79 back
By: nicky on October 20, 2008
at 12:35 am
Yeah thanks a lot! We got charged too… but we may have made purchases in that time; can’t remember. But thanks anyway for the REALLY helpful information!
By: Kashi on October 20, 2008
at 1:55 am
Phew, I had the same thing, I thought someone had stolen my credit card and brought something xD your post really helped me
Thanks a bunch! ^-^
By: Angela on October 22, 2008
at 5:44 am
I too was facing the same problem. Seriously thought that somebody else was misusing my card. Thanks a ton for the info. I have got my money back
By: Binesh on October 22, 2008
at 2:01 pm
thanks for the help, was freaked out
By: mike on October 27, 2008
at 12:43 am
I face the same problem. I noticed a 79$ transaction on my account i googled it and find your post. just canceled my registration hoping to get the refund soon… thanks for your post
By: Ali on November 5, 2008
at 3:10 am
Thanks pal. The same thing happened to me. I’m glad I have Internet banking so I could see the transaction long before the monthly statement arrived. I just Googled the phone number that was on the transaction and found this blog entry.
Canceling was easy. I just hope they automatically credit my account.
What annoys me about this is that I went looking in my Amazon account for the transaction and it didn’t list it. So the only other way I could have figured this out would have been to contest it to my bank.
Thanks again!
By: Stew Stryker on November 8, 2008
at 3:30 pm
Thanks for your good info which helped me.
By: Hamid on November 8, 2008
at 4:06 pm
I looked up that account on Amazon.com and it looks like they charged me in 2007 and 2008. Is that possible? I don’t remember signing up for a free trial. Once in a while I order scripts from Amazon.com.
I don’t know how to get back my $ from 2007. I can’t find the charge in my checking account.
By: Oritte on November 14, 2008
at 2:07 pm
Thanks for the info!
By: MaTT on November 15, 2008
at 4:41 am
Thank you very much. I had the same problem. It is useful tip for me.
By: Hsin-Yu Liu on November 17, 2008
at 11:38 pm
THANKS!
By: JK on November 18, 2008
at 10:09 pm
Well, then they have made 150$ out of my account during the past two years, with me not knowing what I was payin for. I wish I had activated the online notifications earlier.
Welcome to America Mohammad!
Thanks for the tips!
By: Mohammad on November 21, 2008
at 5:23 pm
Thanks so much! I googled the phone number and this site was the first thing that popped up!
I had no trouble canceling the membership then I called to make sure I was getting my refund AND she told me to make sure that it doesn’t autorenew on your account every year. You could be charged $79 EVERY YEAR. How infuriating! I’m glad I called to double check.
By: Deana on November 26, 2008
at 8:15 pm
thank you many times, I am one of several people like you from whom $79 is usurped. I canceled my membership today and have to wait and see if they are going to refund the money
By: vishwanath on November 28, 2008
at 5:29 am
thank u again!!!!
I got my $79 back after the calling cancel next day!
But i talk with AMZ for long time on the phone!
Coz I’m not aware of that i”ll be charged over use 2 months.
Hello from Amazon.com.
You can cancel your Amazon Prime membership and receive a refund of
the membership fee if you or your registered guests have not made any
eligible purchases.
Your order history indicates that you have used your Amazon Prime
benefits prior to requesting cancellation.
Because of the circumstances, I made an exception to our policy. I’ve
canceled your subscription and requested a full refund of $79 for your
Amazon Prime membership fee.
By: JJM on November 30, 2008
at 8:40 am
sue them, I support you!
By: DP on December 10, 2008
at 3:16 am
Thanks so much for this post! I was like what the hell…I didn’t spend 80 bucks at amazon. I searched the number and found this post.
What a great help! Thank you
By: Matthew McManus on December 19, 2008
at 4:31 pm
Thanks alot man I just so this transaction today and I was wondering when did I asked for something like that…
By: AJ on December 26, 2008
at 3:23 pm
When I saw that I have been charged $79, I had no idea what are they charging that for.
Thank god I will get my money back.
By: sushma on January 12, 2009
at 3:37 pm
Great bro, thanks for all the helped i almost cancel my credit card and tell them to use the fraud insurance that im paying to get that money back .. this is fu*** incredible i wish i could sue them but im too far away “_”
By: gustavo PTY on January 13, 2009
at 7:15 pm
Thanks a lot for the help and for taking the time to share your advice
By: Mark on January 22, 2009
at 7:27 pm
thanks!
By: x on January 26, 2009
at 8:02 am
thank you so much!
SHAME ON AMAZON!!!!!!!!!!!
By: Roberto Chellet on February 4, 2009
at 10:50 pm
Just noticed this charge on my card last night and thought someone had got ahold of my card info, was ready to cancel my card. Thanks for the info, have canceled this bogus membership. I don’t order that often from amazon (maybe once every year, or two or three) to be charged $79 for a year. Amazon should be ashamed of themselves!
By: LaVerne on February 16, 2009
at 2:14 pm
I have ordered from amazon regularly for many years and have never had this problem.
By: DDS on February 20, 2009
at 7:14 pm
THANKS!!!!
By: Paola on March 3, 2009
at 2:53 pm
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~MUCH! I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!!! AT FIRST, I THINK MY CARD INFORMATION WAS STOLEN!!! THANK YOU!
By: LI on March 4, 2009
at 7:38 am
thank you for your post. i just noticed it this morning on my cc – thank goodness i checked my account today or i probably wouldn’t have caught it in time. i did a search and found your post. you saved me a lot of time and phone calls.
By: tiffany on March 6, 2009
at 5:07 pm
THANKS! That was great info. I just can’t believe how they can get away with these kind of business ethics – but I guess it’s a little like book clubs and the like. I didn’t think amazon would fall so low.
By: jakjak on March 9, 2009
at 5:40 pm
thanks a lot, now waiting 4 my money !
By: matthieu on March 14, 2009
at 5:25 pm
Thank you so much!
I just found that $79 is added to my VISA bill.
I don’t know what to say, I used to trust Amazon and bought a lot of stuffs.
They are really made me down this time.
By: Terry on April 17, 2009
at 5:05 am
THANK YOU SOOO MUCHH!!!!!!!
By: molly on April 20, 2009
at 12:41 am
I too was taken in by this scheme. Saw the $79 charge on my VISA and had no idea what it was for. Googled the phone # and found this post. What an eye opener!!
Shame on Amazon, I always thought it was a legitimate online firm. Honest firms do not have to trick their customers with hidden fees buried in legalese.
Called and and the operator i reached said the membership would be cancelled.
By: Dave on April 20, 2009
at 6:29 pm
You are a life saver, I just got charged by Amazon as well. Thanks so much for this page, and by the number of responses its obvious Amazon is surprising ( in a bad way) lots of us.
By: Dalila on April 21, 2009
at 12:05 pm
Thanks so much!!!! You saved me 79 bucks. First time I’ve ever had a bad experience with Amazon.
By: Justin on May 3, 2009
at 10:39 pm
What a racket!! I did not sign up for this, nor have I even been logged into Amazon recently! Bad Amazon! Unfortunately for them, I may not use their services again.
By: H on May 7, 2009
at 3:34 pm
I just want to thank you for organizing this website and for helping all of us to get back this 79 dollars charge… i don’t understand why amazon should do this to us … i have to say that part of my trust to Amazon company has being severly damaged…
By: terry on May 17, 2009
at 6:13 pm
Thanks a lot for your help, I am brand new in these things. I really appreciate your help. Kind regards
By: alex on May 21, 2009
at 12:25 pm
Thanks for researcing and posting this info – just saved me a bunch of hassle!
Much obliged…
By: Mark on May 26, 2009
at 8:38 pm
That was pretty underhanded on Amazon’s part. I do not like businesses who deal underhandedly. I do not think that I will ever order from there again (unless I positively have to!)
By: Frank G. on May 27, 2009
at 12:25 am
Thanks for the information. I just googled the number and got your post.
By: Abhishek on May 31, 2009
at 10:19 pm
Wow, thanks for the info. Had the exact thing happen. Was freaking out about a $79 charge. Googled the number and found your post. Wacky stuff.
By: Dave on June 5, 2009
at 9:24 pm
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
Now I can spend $79 on something useful.
By: Kacey on June 5, 2009
at 11:20 pm
Bloody hell, I wondered what this was in my bank account and googled it to find this! What a lifesaver. Im based in the UK, is this how they do things over in the US?!
By: Tim Fox on June 17, 2009
at 5:35 pm
Thanks so much, silverfork!!!! You provided an incredibly useful public service. I googled the number, found this page, called AMZ and requested a refund of $79.
The lesson is well taken: uncheck all unwanted items and always read the fine print. It’s good advice. What a racket – amazon is pretty foul!
By: Naima on June 21, 2009
at 5:22 pm
We live in Denmark but use the UK site and have been caught by this scam !
When we got the email saying they were giving us free delivery in the UK for a month we thought that was good service, even though we would never be able to take advantage of it here in Denmark.
We just happened to check our bank account and noticed money had gone missing, we searched the net using the details on our statement and found it was Amazon – neither of us could remember buying anything for the amount and though someone had our credit card details!
The email fills a laptop screen just nicely, the small small print is about another half a screen depth below the advert – very clever.
Gonna follow the advice of all that have gone before us and try to get our money back.
Has anone not been sucessful ?
Thanks to you all for sharing.
By: Geoff DK on June 22, 2009
at 9:15 am
sorry for the typo…
I meant to write “has ANYONE not been successful”
Still ranting from last night and falling for the scam and the Amazon book of dirty tricks.
But its cost them two customers for sure….. and I’m gonna tell every email contact I have !
By: Geoff DK on June 22, 2009
at 9:29 am
Thanks a lot. Had same problem. I was very surprised when saw $79 charge on my account.
Hope this will help also to the others.
By: Pista on July 21, 2009
at 9:52 am
Thank you so much for this! I saw the transaction on my bank statement and googled the transaction and this page came up and i immediately fixed the problem. Thank you soooooo much!
By: Fred on July 25, 2009
at 4:32 am
We got our money back, many many thanks for the advice.
Amazon also emailed us for feedback on our experience…….. needless to say they got a bit of a negative one about the scam they are pulling.
By: Geoff DK on July 29, 2009
at 1:54 pm
When I press Cancel Membership the next message appears: “You do not qualify for a refund and will not benefit from canceling your Prime membership at this time. You have already chosen to not have your membership renew automatically. You can to continue to enjoy your Prime benefits until your membership expires, and your membership will not be renewed.”
WTF???
By: Panos on August 1, 2009
at 7:51 am
Hi Panos
have you used amazon recently, if you have used it since the prime membership was set-up then they will not refund you
By: Geoff DK on August 3, 2009
at 8:01 am
SOB’s. I just canceled my AMZ Prime subscription, without a refund. It appears that my enrollment period was “almost over” so a reimbursement was impossible. Oh, and that was the SECOND $79 period, since my original charge goes back to 2007.
Total activity on the AMZ Prime service? Zilch.
Great value for the money, Amazon. And a great way to win loyal clients, assholes.
By the way, I only stumbled on this situation because I tripped over it in a year-old credit card statement. Good work jerks.
By: John DeFayette on August 3, 2009
at 1:37 pm
Thak you very much. If haven’t you. I don’t know….. May be, I make pay free.
Thank you.
By: prayfa on August 9, 2009
at 2:39 pm
Thanks pal.
You donot believe that Amazon sucks, do you?.
By: Randomizer on August 11, 2009
at 1:35 pm
You totally saved me. I was about to call the visa company and have the card canceled.
luckily I found your post can got everything sorted out correctly.
Once thing to note though is, if you use the prime shipping (not realizing it) and then want to cancel the membership you will NOT receive the refund.
By: Emma on August 20, 2009
at 4:52 pm
Thank you so much!!! I was charged yesterday, and I was freaking out, thinking that someone had stolen my identity.
Then, I just googled the phone number that was on my statement, and, thankfully, it lead me here.
Thanks again for printing this!!
By: Nick on August 21, 2009
at 7:43 pm
I googled the number too and ended up here, glad you provided this info. Your blog though says “next time read the fine print” What frustrates me is that I did read it all and after thinking about how unlikely it was that I would remember to cancel before the trial was over, I elected to pay the shipping rather than enroll in a free trial. I was charged for shipping AND enrolled and charged this $79. It is unfortunate that Amazon, a seemingly reputible company, is pulling a scam like this. I sort of think since they apparently enrolled me into this free trial that they should not only refund me the $79 but also the shipping costs that I paid, but who has the time for the battle. Hopefully I will be receiving ,y refund tomorrow. Very inconvenient to be without this money for three days.
Thanks for providing the info, as well as a place to vent.
By: Laura on August 28, 2009
at 3:10 pm
Thank you for this, this was a bad idea they had! I was wondering what that charge was and looked it up, and found this website.
THANK YOU!
From, a college student needing my money back
By: Cranks on September 9, 2009
at 6:26 pm
Thank you so much!!! It was very helpful!
it is ANTI-AMERICAN company!! They did not even let me know they were going to charge me!!!!
By: Marya on September 14, 2009
at 1:58 pm
I called CitiBank and told to do something to refund the money, they called Amazon in the conference and solve the matter. They claimed that they charged for amazon account.
Actually i bought a book creating a free Amazon account and according to their rules, they charge $79.00 for account bocs free account is for one month. When i told that i did not know and where u mention that stuffs ? then Amazon told that they are refunding money in 2/3 business days !!
Lets see how long will it take to get the money back !!
By: Sabbir on September 16, 2009
at 5:14 pm
yep:) Welcome in the real world!
Today I found out I was paying $79 since 2007, WTF?
Start yelling at the customer service, didn’t helped… I wanted a refund for all the years they charged me for… Apparently they couldn’t give me a refund because i bought 2 items that in total probably don’ cost $79 and got free shipping…
By: Adelina on September 24, 2009
at 2:24 am
My mum had the same problem, without your help we would have been at a lost, so thank you very much.
Kind Regards,
James & Jo
By: Jo & James on October 22, 2009
at 8:10 am
Hi – I just found the same thing on my bill, and apparently have been paying it since 2007!!! This is complete bull. Thanks for your help.
By: Rich on October 22, 2009
at 4:01 pm
have just opened my credit card and noticed a 79$ ‘Amazon AMZ Prime’ transaction on Nov 4, 2009, certainly I have no idea about it, a Google search and I ended up here, followed you instruction and I am waiting for the refund in the next 2-3 days (hope so)
this is unacceptable with a big company like Amazon!
By: Loc Nguyen on November 6, 2009
at 4:55 pm
great thanks, regained 79$
Rafał, Warsaw, Poland
By: Rafał on November 8, 2009
at 3:56 pm
I have the same situation！I have cancel the membership of the amazon. Shit, amazon!
I will never buy STH in Amazon！
By: long on November 23, 2009
at 11:42 pm
I searched amazon prime and your site came up. Thank you so much! I am a broke college student and I need all the help I can get! thanks
By: ashley on November 28, 2009
at 3:50 am
thank you very much! I have the same problem and now i know how to do!
By: ltfox on November 28, 2009
at 8:52 pm
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! I just came back from a Thanksgiving Day holiday trip and freaked because I thought someone had stolen my credit card info. THANK YOU AGAIN!
By: Jennifer PA on November 30, 2009
at 3:16 pm
ANOTHER VICTIM: Thanks for the information, it was very useful and helpful. I canceled the membership and was able to receive my full refund.
By: Will - NYC on December 2, 2009
at 10:42 pm
thanks!!!!!!!!
it is helpful!
you saved me!!!!!!!
By: another victim 2 on December 3, 2009
at 8:17 pm
DAMN. how pathetic. a site as huge as amazon has been scamming folks for 2 years, huh. rather unsavory… well, they sure are quick to reverse the transaction when you confront them and respond blankly when you mention there are several forums on the web dedicated to their ongoing scam. figures…
By: well well well on December 4, 2009
at 2:55 am
thank you for your help!
I was so confused and worried when I deposited money into my account and found out I had a negative balance….because they took the $79 out of my account I was unable to pay my car insurance and had major overdraft fees on my bank account. I looked into it further and found out this wasn’t the first time amazon took money from me without me knowing it. Thank you for these steps and I hope they will give me a full refund. Every penny counts in times like these.
By: shur on December 6, 2009
at 4:42 am
It’s such a shame Amazon did that. I just found out about the charge. I was so mad!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting the note. I’m waiting for my refund now. We need to do something to stop them from doing that!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: rui zhang on December 6, 2009
at 9:38 pm
thanks, this is SHAME on amazon, will never shop on amazon anymore
By: pj on December 7, 2009
at 5:46 pm
i new saw the $79 fee when i signed up for free shipping. This is a deceitful tactic by a huge company like amazon…i’m shocked their doing this. This will definitely hurt amazon. i’m not buying from them anymore, and i’m spreading the word to all amazon shoppers.
By: rex on December 15, 2009
at 5:59 pm
Thanks man! this is really annoying and it makes me not only to despise Amazon but also lose confidence on any online transaction.
yea Amazon should be sued and banned
By: abduselam on December 19, 2009
at 3:59 am
Thanks a lot for the help!!!!
By: Vivian on December 28, 2009
at 1:39 pm
Thanks. I at least will get back $72.00 +change back thanks to you. I had an item shipped after 1 month free period. l have request email of the original offer. I told customer service rep after reviewing it I will decide if I will take any further action. At the minimum I think I should get full credit.l I will also then evaluate if I will order anything in future from Amazon. Thanks again !!!
DickMcG
By: FROGMAN? on December 28, 2009
at 7:09 pm
Supplementing my message datted December28.
They now have agreed to give me full credit. I received a copy of the original offer. It was obviously written by a very clever Attorney. I did’t fully read the original message and now find we all should have done so. All the options of action to take were in the original email. In my opinion the email should have been structured differently. I have written them and told them so. I also told them the clause and handling by them was below their usual standards. We all were all so happy with the offer that we didn’t read it with a magnigying glass.
By: FROGMAN? on December 29, 2009
at 8:55 pm
Thank you very much..
I had the same problem.. but got fixed simply by your instructions.. Thanks again
By: Samuel D on December 30, 2009
at 7:00 am
thank you very much, you save me from going crasy. Why such a company do somthing stupid like that. I really lost my trust on amazon.
By: whitewolf on January 12, 2010
at 3:09 am
same problem and will never do business with them plus I’m going to tell everyone I know not to do business with them
By: gc on January 12, 2010
at 1:36 am
thanks man for posting i was just looking my stament and amz prime and i was like wtf but i cancel my membership let hope i get my money back
By: oli on January 13, 2010
at 8:39 am
Thanks for the advice, I was charged as well, so I called the number you posted and the membership was canceled, I’m just waiting for the refund show in my cc statement
By: peter on January 13, 2010
at 4:35 pm
Got it! Cancelled. Thanks for the easy advise..
By: Rebeca B on January 13, 2010
at 8:54 pm
Thanks so much for the advice and caring enough to help other people, my husband and I really appreciate it.
By: Melinda on January 16, 2010
at 4:19 am
Thanks For the help
i called and they canceled the subcription and will refund $72, which is fine 
i was shocked and thinking what did i buy on this days.. since i didnt buy anything then i saw the prime tel . number on the transaction so i called and all good 
By: layhan on January 16, 2010
at 4:33 pm
this is totally dishonest. I remeber reading about the shipping plan, but i never requested it since i rarely shop on amazon.
I cancelled using the link, however I have not received a refund and i have not been able to get through to the contact number.
By: Kimberly on January 16, 2010
at 6:44 pm
You are awesome! Thanks a lot. I was confused where I spent this $79 on amazon and what this Amazon prime was. All I remember was buying a kindle for my sister.
I immediately cancelled my membership and I hope I get my money back. Thanks again.
By: Gowtham on January 17, 2010
at 5:53 pm
You are a star. Thanks so much for your help.
By: kate o'hara on January 19, 2010
at 7:00 pm
Thank you very much. I just got the charge and freaked.. but googled the number/charge and found this. Thank you,
By: Jeffrey on January 19, 2010
at 10:55 pm
Definitely lost sleep over what the heck this $79 charge was on my bank card! Thanks for this info. I already cancelled this and WILL NOT ORDER FROM AMAZON EVER AGAIN…JUST because of this shady transaction! Lost my business for good and I will BE SURE to share this info with ALL of my book club gals!
By: BGann on January 20, 2010
at 1:21 pm
Thank you for your information on how to get a refund on the Amazon Prime subscription! It was very helpful!
By: Jennifer Spagnolo on January 21, 2010
at 1:44 am
Te agradezco mucho tu apoyo mil gracias, y que todo este bien contigo, mis mejores deceos
By: Jose V. on January 22, 2010
at 5:47 pm
Thank you so very much SilverFork! your post saved me $79 in spite of making Amazon prime purchase in the period.
Guys listen -> Incase this happened to you.. cancel the membership immediately & then fire a mail threatening & low balling them with clear indication of suing them. Do not be abusive though!
I initially got refund for $65 which was followed by remaining amount
By: Shankar on January 27, 2010
at 2:19 am
I had the same problem, I use the link to canceled the membership, I’m just waiting for the refund show in my cc statement.
Thanks for the advice,
By: Gracehskuo on January 27, 2010
at 3:57 am
i had no idea! thanks a lot, your post helped a lot financially and psychologically
By: esin on February 10, 2010
at 7:21 am
Thanks for the info. I had forgotten all about putting in for this. Saved 79 bucs.
By: David Strafalace on February 11, 2010
at 3:34 pm
This website information is very helpful. Thank you so much. I called and the girl on the other end said I can receive 79 dollars refund in 2 to 3 business days. I am waiting for the refund show in my bank account.
By: Yin Wang on February 12, 2010
at 10:14 pm
thanx so much man! i looked at my checking acct online and i was overdrafted. i was freaking out and i didn’t why i was charged $79.00. so i did as what you said and will be gettin my refund soon enough.
By: Kam on February 21, 2010
at 7:32 pm
Thank it was quite clear information about the problem, it help me a lot. I had also overdrawn charge due to this $79.00. I hope I can solve that problem too.
By: Coskun on March 5, 2010
at 10:53 pm
Thanks for your help. Iam very happy.
By: Valeria on March 6, 2010
at 3:11 am
Thanks for showing me what to do. I’ve very disappointed in Amazon for this sneaky marketing.
By: Cathy on March 13, 2010
at 8:46 pm
Just want to say thanks for the information. I’m just glad I checked my account when I did, or I’m sure it would have resulted in an overdraft. I’m seriously considering dropping amazon altogether. And I also wanted to point out that it’s been nearly two years since it happened to you, and it’s STILL happening.
By: E on March 16, 2010
at 3:28 am
thank you so much for your help!
By: Kristen Gray on March 18, 2010
at 3:01 pm
Thanks – You Rock! I just so this charge this morning in my bank account. I was wondering what was that and I Google it. I just canceled my account. They send me an e-mail saying that they’ll refund my money in 2-3 days. Hope they do.
By: Sila on March 18, 2010
at 6:18 pm
When I just check my account in this morning, I was so confused about $79 and tried to call my bank to ask about it before I google it. Wow… I didnt know the important thing. You saved my life!! Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!
By: Saerom on March 23, 2010
at 3:08 pm
hope you don’t mind that I joint the club. To hell with AMZ!!!!!!
By: kevin on March 26, 2010
at 12:39 am
thanks, had no idea why I had a $79 charge. Googled the phone # on my account and found this thread. Very helpful, much appreciated!
By: bfitz on April 9, 2010
at 4:35 am
I just fixed this problem for me following your tips. Thanks a ton! You da man!!
By: Manu on April 17, 2010
at 7:51 am
I closed my account with Amazon over 2 months ago and I look at my bank statement today and they STILL took the $79.00 out of my account. Now that’s illegal! I will NEVER order anything off of Amazon’s website again. Nor will I EVER order anything from another website that links with Amazon.
By: Katie on April 19, 2010
at 3:03 pm
Great websit. I just called and got my refund. What a scam. Amazon should be ashamed of themselves.
By: Jeff Carter on April 22, 2010
at 2:16 pm
Thank you so much!!! I had no idea what it was and I searched what was on my bank statement and if you didn’t have this I would have NO IDEA what it was! THANKS SO MUCH!!!
By: Ann on April 24, 2010
at 8:02 pm
thank you so much for your help!!!… im in PERU right now and i would have freaked out if i didnt saw ur tips.. it helped a lot!”!!!!
By: nohelia on May 3, 2010
at 6:42 am
salamat tol! di na ako gagamit ng amazon.. i-boycott!
By: noypi on May 4, 2010
at 4:10 pm
Thank you sooooooo much! That was $79 I could use elsewhere! Thing is I voluntarily signed up for Amazon Prime and knew it’d eventually charge me, but I completely forgot to set the reminder on my phone to cancel the membership so I’d avoid the charge. It wasn’t until I checked my bank statement and Googled the phone number that it all came back to me
So very appreciated.
By: Renee on May 5, 2010
at 4:15 pm
i need help. i was charged $79 on my bank account, but when i go on to the Amazon Prime website, it says that I don’t have a subscription. what’s the deal? i’m so freaking mad!
please help.
By: iamblueprint on May 6, 2010
at 5:58 am
I also had teh same thing. But thanks dude for your help, and honestly I called and they instantly responded
By: abdullah on May 10, 2010
at 4:40 pm
wtf they have never charged me before , this is for the first time , what a fucking skumbacks i never gonna buy stuff true amazon anymore , cuz of them i didn;t get my car parts , which i needed quck
By: nabso on May 11, 2010
at 7:38 am
thank you thank you so much!!
internet is so tricky !! we r lucky to have this kind of forum to counter attack it!!!!
By: lafage on May 13, 2010
at 2:14 am
Thanks!! I had the same problem and i didn’t sign up nor see anything about it!!!
By: Keith on May 21, 2010
at 1:45 am
Thank you guys!
I had the same problem with Amazon Prime and now it’s solved. After cancellation, this was what I received: “Your Prime membership was successfully canceled.Since you have not used your membership benefits, we are refunding your membership fee.”
By: Ayad Derbal on May 30, 2010
at 8:15 am
i also was hit with the 79.00 charge.
i had ordered a dvd thru amazon, and used the “free trial” of amz prime to save shipping on the item i purchased, then promptly forgot to cancel it within the 90 day trial period (as was clearly stated in the TOS when i signed up for it) and all i needed to do was as you directed, and i also received from the website:
“Your Prime membership was successfully canceled.Since you have not used your membership benefits, we are refunding your membership fee.”
thank you for this info, and as another poster stated, READ the TOS, and REMEMBER to follow the instructions in it.
SOOOOOO many times, when an item is bought on the internet, there are conditions to the purchase that must be followed to the letter to prevent situation like this from occurring, and people forget to follow the instruction, or are in a hurry and skim thru the TOS without reading it completely, then get mad and threaten to sue, or not do business with this or that anymore, when it is their own fault for NOT following directions, not the site the purchase was made from.
on a side note, during the time it took me to type out this thank-you response, i have already received an email from amz prime verifying the cancellation and pending refund of my 79.00.
have a good day!
By: Dan on June 1, 2010
at 5:47 pm
I can’t believe they are still doing this crap to their customers. I ordered a xbox 360 game on there and I decided to go with the free shipping, didn’t read the TOS got a $79 charge to my bank account 2 weeks later. Did a google search and found this little gem of a page. You saved me $80, thanks man! Never buy from amazon again.
By: Bert on June 4, 2010
at 6:42 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL NEVER EVER BUY FROM AMAZON
By: ashraf on June 22, 2010
at 7:57 pm
Thanks a lot, i just was recharge for $ 1 but I see on Amazon thaht on august Im gonna be recharge with $ 79 thats so insane…omg I hate Amazon…but I following all your steps, thxs again
By: jamie on July 1, 2010
at 2:36 pm
Thanks for the info on this!! Used my father’s account one time a year ago and my card was listed in his account…when they went to charge his cards, they bounced (sigh) and then they illegally charged MY card (even though it has a *different* name) without asking. Idiots. Got my money back quickly and easily.
By: Matt on July 7, 2010
at 4:10 pm
Thank you so much for your great information!
I also got same problem….
Now I live in Japan, so I panicked very much….
But just now I canceled the membership, I hope I get money back ASAP!!!
We’d better sue Amazon…..
By: Hana on July 12, 2010
at 2:12 pm
I got the same $79 charge, I called my bank cause i knew nothing of this purchase, they gave me the 866-557-2820 number which i searched on line , this is the web site i got back in my search, not only did I copy and paste the website on my search bar, but I called Amazon stating how upset i was that they debited my account for something that I did in fact cancel, I did follow the steps and cancelled again, in my conversation with the rep I requested a full refund and confirmation that the refund is in fact go back into my account. I suggest , cancel at the above website, then call them to confirm that the cancellation did in fact go through, then have the rep e-mail confirmation, This is FRAUD and they need to be put in the same situation as they put all the hard working people whos money they are stealing, $79 was not deducted from my register and I pay bills to, my bank still charges a $39 nsf charge if funds are not there, Its a viscous cycle and AMAZON should give warning if their going to put a guy in debt….PRICKS!!!! hope their CEO reads these horror story’s….
By: Rich on July 16, 2010
at 8:41 am
I only purchased one item from AMAZON and was planning on purchasing a couple more items, after this i changed my mind, Ill stick with Wal-Mart or Target, i learned a valuable lesson, I will never shop on line again, Thanks alot amazon, You lost my business and im sure plenty more people think the same thing!!
By: Rich on July 16, 2010
at 8:49 am
Thanks. That was extremely helpful. I just cancelled my membership and they sent email that they gonna refund within 2-3 days. That was a good lesson…phew!
By: Rizvi on July 29, 2010
at 4:10 am
Hi all…
I saw my UK bank statement today n it was the same issue :
INT’L 0055610480
Amazon Prime
866-557-2820
USD 79.00 @ 1.5154
They deducted my 52.13 Pounds. When I googled Amazon Prime 866-557-2820. I got hell of a lot number of pages with the same issue. It is a recurring issue right from year 2008. If they not gonna stop this then we the E-users must screw Amazon… Plz mail all yo friends about Amazon Prime n about its pressure.
MIK.
By: MIK on July 30, 2010
at 11:47 pm
I just found out the same problem.. but I’ve already ever had FREE TRIAL two-day shipping…
I just sent the e mail about the problem…I’m not sure the refund thou…
thanks for the infos anyway
By: lees on July 31, 2010
at 2:03 am
ohhhohh I got an email about the refund!
I think I can get the refund for charging
By: lees on July 31, 2010
at 2:04 am
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By: Si compras en AMAZON.COM (Entra Aqui) on August 2, 2010
at 3:38 pm
Thx a lot…just cancelled as mentioned above and waiting for refund…
By: Sumanth on August 2, 2010
at 9:24 pm
i bought this book online and chose 2days shipping but i just checked my account and i am NOT subscribed to the club. and today i just got my payment letter and i was charged with $79 wtf!?
By: asy on August 2, 2010
at 10:43 pm
Thank you very much. Man!~ I was like “Where did I use that money” and pondered for like 10 minutes. Then I got curious and copy pasted “AMZ*Prime Club 866-557-2820 US”
on Google.
There, I found this great site and a great person who can help me out!
Thanks alot man!~ Saved dozens of people.
Someone really need to make a site like that.
A site where people can deal with daily problem such as Amazon’s $79 hard worked money taking program using fine fonts. :]
By: SYM on August 7, 2010
at 7:28 am
Thanks so much Man!!!! you saved me as well
By: Tommy on August 7, 2010
at 1:54 pm
I had the same thing happen to me, only it took money from my debit card and I only had about $20 left in my savings account. Basically amazon completely screwed me. I went and cancelled it right when I found out (yesterday) and it had appeared to clear up my issues with the overdraft on my debit card.
Just checked my bank account again today and the charge is back on it and I’m once again over drafted. Really getting tired of this BS from amazon. I’ve been a very loyal member of Amazon.com for almost 4 years now, ordering tons and tons of products through them, but this is getting old FAST.
I hope it clears up within the next two days or I’m going to explode.
By: Dave on August 22, 2010
at 1:25 am
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. I WOULD HAVE JUST HATED MYSELF IF I COULD NOT CORRECT THIS ISSUE. WHO WANTS TO SPEND$80 ON SOMETHING THEY WOULD NEVER USE?
THANKS AGAIN!
By: Daedra on August 29, 2010
at 7:52 pm
those sons of bitches
By: J on September 3, 2010
at 5:51 am
Thank you for the information. i though amazon was safer than e-bay but i guess i was wrong
By: F on September 8, 2010
at 5:39 am
Thanks so much!!!
You just saved me $79.
I can’t believe amazone would even charge that!
So stupid.
Thanks so much…
By: lisa on September 8, 2010
at 9:19 am
I reached to this when googled the ref. no. and I followed the advise to cancel. I hope I will get refund of $79.
Thanks A lot it was indeed very helpful.
By: rajesh on September 13, 2010
at 8:48 pm
Thank you very much! I just found that I was charged $79 by Amason, but I did not know why. Googled “Amazon Prime 866-557-2820 NV”, found your blog. Followed your direction, and hoping to get my money back soon.
Thanks a lot for your share!
By: sophie on September 15, 2010
at 7:21 am
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
worked right away. One of the easiest refunds I have ever done. your link saved me a lot of time. Best of luck in all of your future.
By: AEG on September 17, 2010
at 8:04 pm
thanks. i called my bank and they’ve returned my funds.
i’m not ordering from amazon ever again.
By: kataliya on September 24, 2010
at 4:59 pm
i have never find so easily any solution to any problem Thanks a ton .May God bless you!
Abhi Sony
By: Abhinandan on September 27, 2010
at 12:18 pm
Thank you very much indeed!
Your assistance has been a great help!
I really wonder why amazon is using tricks like this.
By: Angelika on October 2, 2010
at 10:29 pm
BEST BLOG POST EVER.
Amazon fails. That’s the last time I buy my crappy required college reading from them. Pfft.
By: roflcopter on October 4, 2010
at 5:21 am
Thank you so much.. You have saved my 79 dollars…
By: Prashanth on October 24, 2010
at 2:57 am
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WORKED
By: casta manola on November 10, 2010
at 3:46 pm
Thanks a lot…i’ve cancelled it today, I hope they give my money back
Cata
By: cata on November 11, 2010
at 8:33 pm
I looked at my credit card statement and saw a charge from amazon prime, which I then googled, because i didn’t even know what that was. I don’t remember signing up for the service and don’t think I’d even heard of it before. So I followed your website advice; and cancelled my account, called in and got my refund, thanks!!
By: jon jenkins on November 30, 2010
at 7:16 pm
this really help me solve my problem, thanks very much!
By: Naomi on December 11, 2010
at 3:33 pm
WARNING: Beware of the seller called any_book on amazon.com On other sites he is known as More Books and More Media. Any_book is a dropshipper, Bootlegger, Scam Operator & pirate book seller operating from Hialeah, Florida. any_book has set up a business (RACKET) in U.K. as well. Next stop will be Somalia.
By: Vicky Smith on December 21, 2010
at 2:26 pm
Thank you so much man. I was wondering what is this $79 charged for. Following your direction, hope to get my money back. I am not rich! Shame on Amazon!
By: Geng on January 2, 2011
at 4:47 pm
Thank you so much man. I was wondering what is this $79 charged for. Following your direction, hope to get my money back. I am not rich! Shame on Amazon!
By: Max xu on January 8, 2011
at 4:53 pm
Thanks so much!!! We should sue the company, everybody is having the same issue with them…
By: Alejandro de Castro Mazarro on January 9, 2011
at 11:44 am
THANK YOU!!
By: ivy on January 12, 2011
at 8:42 pm
I had the same problems. Thanks a lot for the post.
By: Songling on January 13, 2011
at 5:52 am
omg thank you so much for this!!!
i didnt have any money in my account when they charged this either and looking at your account with a negative number really has a way of freaking a guy out. ^^;
By: Alex on January 14, 2011
at 1:49 am
Very glad to help
By: Jenny on January 17, 2011
at 3:23 am
Thanks mate, what a joke. Probably reduced an hour of frustration for me, whilst i tried to work out what it was.
By: Catherine on January 17, 2011
at 3:28 am
Thanks a lot buddy, really helped. Would anyone if amazon sends the refund by mail or do you get refunded electronically?
By: Marc on January 19, 2011
at 6:41 am
Thank you… Yes another victim….. Im glad I had enough money to pay my important bills… Hopefully I get my money.
By: Frances on January 22, 2011
at 4:54 am
Thanks! Gonna get back $79 that I can’t afford to be without right now! You and Google saved my life!
By: Brent on January 22, 2011
at 11:41 pm
WOW! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! IS SO HARD TO EARN THAT MONEY! I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, I HOPE THEY WILL REFUND IT! GOD BLESS YOU FOR GIVING US THE ANSWER TO ALL OF US!! I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED IF DID NOT REFUND!
By: yuliana on January 25, 2011
at 12:21 am
Thanx! it was very helpfull.
By: Oleg on January 28, 2011
at 9:13 am
Wow! I can’t believe that this has been going on for YEARS! Shameful. Thanks so much for your instructions. I just called and they told me I would be refunded 100% if the $79.
Crazy!
By: Jay on February 3, 2011
at 5:59 am
I just can’t believe that Amazon can also do things like this to cheat loyal customers. Thanks for the post it was really helpful, I just called the number(866-557-2820) and to my surprize it went directly to a customer representative. I told her about this $79 charge to my credit card, she apologized and happily agreed to refund 100% of the amount.
This looks like a big scam going in for a while and there are lots of people who even doesn’t bother to look credit card statements….Hope someone would go legal against these crooks….
By: Anuj on February 9, 2011
at 2:33 am
Thanks God for people like you.
By: Mr.O on February 10, 2011
at 3:49 am
eu nao consigo camcelar me ajuda esta me cobrando 299,99 me ajuda
By: juliana on February 11, 2011
at 4:45 pm
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! I had the exact same problem. I called the number and they gave me a refund. It took like 3 minutes and it was simple. Thanks! I would have had no idea what to do!!
By: lauren on February 22, 2011
at 5:58 pm
Thank you for your helpful post. You saved me a lot of trouble.
By: sorezanejad on March 5, 2011
at 6:59 pm
Awesome stuff, I got ripped off too¡ thanks for the tip
By: Mario on March 10, 2011
at 10:01 pm
AMAZON is a cheat. Ripped me off 79 USD.
Credit card in itself is a problem, which are worsened by these creepy sites.
Really, internet has bestowed more worries than done good to us. Things were much simpler and straight forward without them. It has to be be these so financial GURUS who are smart ass I know it all types, who are paid a HUGE salary to rip other people off theirs.
Shucks…
By: Rajat on March 14, 2011
at 6:54 am
Thx a ton for this explanation. I had no clue of what this charge is. I just did a google and found the solution.
By: Raju on March 22, 2011
at 12:10 pm
Thank you so much for the website. I really appreciate it. I just hope to god that everybody gets their refund.
By: Rachel on March 24, 2011
at 10:38 pm
thanks for the info! i was shocked when i checked my credit card account online just now and saw my billings. it never daunted on me that i have been billed for the last two years without my knowledge.
your information really helped me. hopefully the amazon people will refund me for the said deductions they billed me for the last two years.
By: lala on March 30, 2011
at 2:09 am
That is probably the most sneakiest thing ever!!!! Damn you Amazon. I just cancelled!! God Bless u
By: Jenine Weekes on April 3, 2011
at 5:57 pm
I bought a video game a while back and signed up for the free trial right after. A week ago I noticed the charge on my bank account and immediately cancelled the trial. How long does it take to get the refund? Should I call them or email them? What address should I email to?
By: manu183 on April 11, 2011
at 1:08 am
Thanks for a such a useful information. I am lucky i searched and found your post. I was surprised to see the deduction. Thanks again.
By: Lalit Goyal on April 11, 2011
at 4:37 am
omg thankyou so much i thought someone had hacked my bank account i was well guted when i sean wot had happend. glad i found this site and realise wot had really happend thankyou so much just need to ring them now asa i carnt ring on my house phone on that number dont know y but again thankyou.
By: Roxanne on April 11, 2011
at 11:58 am
again thank you so much i have just gotten of the phone to them and it as bean cancelled and i have gotten a full refund well ill get it in 2 to 3 days but am geting it back thank you so much i can now still go get my daughters bday precent lol.
By: Roxanne on April 11, 2011
at 12:15 pm
thanks, great info, I was stung by Amazon as well
By: mila on April 17, 2011
at 3:22 am
I had the same problem, and this solution worked perfectly, thanks for taking the time to post it. It’s much appreciated.
By: Rob on April 29, 2011
at 12:35 am
Done with Amazon….no more loop hole filled ordering where they can pull this stuff.
By: Kyle on May 5, 2011
at 3:11 pm
Thanks a lot for the information. This is total bullshit. I thought Amazon leaked customers’ card information again…
By: Jason on May 8, 2011
at 1:39 am
OHMYGOD. thank you so much. i about shit my pants when i saw all that money gone. you saved my life haha.
By: christa on May 8, 2011
at 2:19 am
I had the same problem, and this solution worked perfectly, thanks for taking the time to post it. It’s much appreciated.
BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL NOT BE ORDERING ANY MORE ITEMS THROUGH AMAZON.
By: Geng on May 12, 2011
at 2:12 am
Thank you so much!!!! I was so stressed when I saw this $79 missing….I was so upset…..but easy fix. Hope I get my moolah soon!!!! Thanks again!!!! Have a great summer
By: Jinna on May 16, 2011
at 6:01 am
Thanks for this information. I too had no idea where my 79 dollars went. Luckily I stumbled onto your site and now I will be getting my money back in a couple of days.
Thanks!
By: Jarrett Cooper on May 31, 2011
at 8:54 pm
This should be sticky post in the whole Internet.
3 years and still the same fraud from Amazon.
Thank you!
By: Yanis on May 31, 2011
at 9:59 pm
gracias por esta valiosa informacion amazon , pense que me habian hecho accionista..quien regula estas IRREGULARIDADES????????
By: rocio arango on June 4, 2011
at 3:28 pm
Thank you so much for posting this!!!! Madeit much easier to find out what the charge was, I have now cancelled my membership!
Thanks again!
By: Elizabeth on June 15, 2011
at 12:48 am
I didn’t know where I spent my $79. Thanks god. I am glad that I find it immediately, and I hope it doesn’t happend to me again. I wait for my money back as soon as posible.
By: Willliam Jin on June 16, 2011
at 5:33 am
I didn’t know where I spent my $79 and I am glad that I find it immediately. I hope it will not happen to me again. I wait for my money back as soon as posible. Thanks God.
By: Willliam Jin on June 16, 2011
at 5:45 am
I didn’t know where I spent my $79 and I am glad that I find it immediately. I hope it will not happen to me again. I am waiting for my money back as soon as possible. Thanks God.
By: Willliam Jin on June 16, 2011
at 5:47 am
too bad for me. can’t refund my $79.
grabe talaga. hay.. T T
how can amazon people sleep with this fraud?
so inhuman.
By: Alexis on June 16, 2011
at 7:03 am
Thanks dude……, i couldn’t figure it out where the hell this charge came from! just trying to search by every single items, by the way what they are doing is fraud since not all people noticing that or even can search like us, they are making millions and they know they doing wrong, when i called them to above number they already knew what i am calling about….. See if an old lady credit card charged and…. SORYY for amazon…. no purchase from amazon any more ….
By: Houman on June 16, 2011
at 7:49 am
Thanks a lot, a lot for ur tips, but my account bank is processing, can my money refund?
By: Tram on June 18, 2011
at 7:11 am
Thaks a lot dude… This hide charge of Amazon Prime involved me in a big problem with a bank, because I hadn’t funds in the account… So they had to add me in blacklist of the financial system or something like that.. Because I didn’t want to pay until I read this post… I thought I was ripped off with a clone credit card or something like that..
So, I have only one thing to say: Thank you!
By: Luis Diego Ruiz on June 28, 2011
at 12:32 am
Thanks a lot … Amazon you have to shame on you … I cancelled it … I will not use anymore
By: EMRE OZTURK on July 10, 2011
at 5:13 am
I almost had a heart attack when I found this on my E-statement. Google-d the number listed and found this page. Thanks so much for the info!
By: Caillee on July 10, 2011
at 7:00 am
Thank for sharing this information. They charged from Bank a/c as well as from Credit Card. Seems they are cheating with the customers.
By: Ashish on July 12, 2011
at 8:47 am
I had the same problem, and i will buy no more at amazon,
i hv a question, do i hv to call or just cancel the membership?
By: karen on July 18, 2011
at 12:30 pm
Hah, i signed up for the free fast shipping, and I totally forgot to cancel. thanks for saving me $79!
By: Claire on July 20, 2011
at 6:06 am
Awesome!!! thank you a lot for info, good blog, i´d thought that anyone had the same problem
By: taitemo on July 20, 2011
at 5:37 pm
Thank you very much for your very informative, concise and straight to the point post. Have a great day!
By: Doug on July 28, 2011
at 10:56 pm
Thanks mate.I have just cancelled it.
By: Andy on July 29, 2011
at 8:00 am
Thanks mate.I have just cancelled it. now i’m waiting for my money back.
By: fred on August 3, 2011
at 7:43 pm
props for helping with this.
By: J-Leiv on August 15, 2011
at 12:20 am
so many people have the same problem. Amazon is so suck, I will not touch it again. ………………………
By: Gavin on August 17, 2011
at 8:33 am
I would like to add many thanks to the already thanks given above
.
Thanxxxx.
By: mohfem on August 20, 2011
at 7:31 am
very glade to help me in this situation………….
By: susheel on August 23, 2011
at 2:58 pm
Thank you for your post! I was panicking when I saw the $79 charge and now I’m just waiting for my refund.
By: Suu on August 28, 2011
at 3:30 pm
Hey Thank you so much for information.today i saw $79 being deducted from my bank acc.i wondered how come $79 charge, i checked my orders on Amazon ..no orders to be paid existed.to know further I copied the description of my bank statement “AMAZON PRIME 866-557-2820 NV $79″ and yippe got your post
….immediately canceled Prime membership also called customer care asking for refund. Now they have confirmed will be given. I have given them feedback – automatic renewel of prime membership should be mentioned on Amazon site while shopping , its like goofing customer.!
By: sonali on August 30, 2011
at 6:06 am
WOW!!!
! was just checking my international cred card account and I saw this debit.
So I coppied the (Amazon Prime 866 557 2820 NV) that appeared on my extrat and called to. They had canceled this debit.
By: Jose on September 5, 2011
at 10:03 pm
Thank you for the information. You spared me a trip to my bank and a whole lot of run around. My account was debited as well and I think that it is really unfair. A reminder should be sent to customers. I learnt to make sure and READ THE FINE PRINTS cause everyone wants to take your hard earned money
I’m really disappointed in Amazon and will not using this service again.
By: kay on September 14, 2011
at 11:57 pm
Thanks for the post. You made it easy for me to detect what I consider a con by Amazon! I discovered that I have actually PAID FOR THIS EVERY YEAR SINCE 2006
I don’t think I signed up for it and don’t think I have ever used it. I sent them an email asking for the money back or a credit towards my future purchases. I wonder if they will own up.
By: danielkovnat on September 17, 2011
at 11:57 am
Thanks very much…I will never buy in this fuck amazon…i hate them..
By: george on September 25, 2011
at 4:29 am
Thankyou Very much for this kind information!!! I think we should Sue them !!!!
By: Sammy on October 9, 2011
at 6:15 pm
Thank you so much for this info, it is truly helpful. Million thanks to the person who created this blog!!
By: mabonnaud on October 15, 2011
at 7:54 am
OMG thank you so much!!! I am so glad I looked at my online credit card statement today (almost got a heart attack, since somebody recently got a hold of my ATM number and went on a shopping spree and now I’m seeing a very suspicious deduction from my credit account, geeeez) and immediately searched for the number on the statement (866-557-2820, NV) – and I am so thankful for your post, Silverfork!!!
By: Victoria on October 16, 2011
at 5:47 pm
thanks so much………….!
By: linh nguyen on October 19, 2011
at 4:38 am
I will never buy in this fuck amazon… !
By: linh nguyen on October 19, 2011
at 4:46 am
Thanks man!
I canceled, I wait for the refund.
U rule!
By: Vasilica on October 21, 2011
at 3:57 pm
Thanks! Very useful !!
By: Alex on October 26, 2011
at 3:41 am
Thank you so much. Thanks to Amazon I got an early christmas present. Don’t think i’ll be buying anything from them anymore. Just gonna stick to ebay. I just charged for that crap and don’t even remember asking for it. If they keep this up they’re gonna loose a lot of customers. I use to by stuff from them all the time to. But there’s always ebay.
By: Glen Warner on October 30, 2011
at 5:48 pm
THANK YOU, THANK YOU ,THANK YOU, YOU WILL BE LISTED IN MY PRAYERS. EJC NOV 6TH 2010
By: Earl Caouette on November 6, 2011
at 8:27 pm
wow amazon can suck it. thank you!
By: snadf on November 15, 2011
at 3:37 am
THANK YOU FOR YOU USEFUL INFORMATION!!!!
By: Mary Gonzalez on November 21, 2011
at 10:23 pm
May God bless u for this post,it was really helpful!!!!!!!!!
By: Fanny on November 23, 2011
at 3:16 am
thank you so much!!
By: okjai on November 25, 2011
at 7:30 pm
OMG!! i had the same ploblem but now i already cancled it. Thank you so much for yr information. No more amazon. Hope i will get my money back soon!!!!!
By: nicky on November 26, 2011
at 11:20 am
I don’t have a prime club account on my user but I still got the charge reported it to my bank as fraud which is what it is.
By: Robert on November 28, 2011
at 4:33 pm
Seriously thank you so much, this frigging thing almost pout me in the red. I emailed my bank to say i do not remember his transaction but in the mean time i googled the location of the transaction and it took me here. I have cancelled that bloody membership and hopefully will get my money back. Thank you so much again!!
By: Ruth Seaborne on December 24, 2011
at 3:38 am
So I got charged into my bank too, 3 days before New Years Eve, I NEED THAT MONEY FOR DRINK. Thank God i googled this number
thanks to google it bought me here.
By: VuVu Duong on December 28, 2011
at 11:04 pm
Tried calling the # u leave thou but getting invalid #
By: Tess on January 8, 2012
at 3:11 am
Holy crap they got a lot of people! In any event I just wanted to thank you for the information. I was able to cancel successfully thanks to you. You’ve done me a great service!
John
By: John on January 18, 2012
at 9:12 pm
CANCEL MY AMZ PRIME CLUB MEMBERSHIP WHICH I DID NOT ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND CREDIT MY ACCOUNT!!!!!
BECAUSE OF THIS I WILL NOT BE ORDERING ANY MORE ITEMS THROUGH AMAZON.
By: Oswaldo Jose Alvarez on January 20, 2012
at 1:29 pm
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!
By: Bretagne on January 21, 2012
at 12:44 am
We were debited as well… I googled it, and one part is video streaming. It’s possible we tried Amazon on our Roku (streaming movies,) and got this FREE trial offer, not knowing what it was. Luckily it seems easy enough to get out of the membership. Overall I’ve found Amazon a decent place to do business for plenty of things. But my daughter also used Amazon to get textbooks, it is possible she signed us up unknowingly.
By: Robin in AZ on January 23, 2012
at 5:42 pm
Thank you for your information. God helped me to find this web page. Anyway, Amazon will refund me $79 and overdraft fee as well.
By: Hanna on January 24, 2012
at 4:36 pm
Thank you very much for your help!
By: Sergey on January 28, 2012
at 2:30 pm
I appreciate it.
By: GH on February 9, 2012
at 8:20 pm
Thanks a LOT
Georgia Caucasus
By: Otooto Oto on February 11, 2012
at 12:28 pm
I got the free trial when I ordered a TV. I saved over $30 in shipping costs and got it in 2 days, and now anything I get from Amazon is delivered in 2 days for free, and never have to pay for Standard shipping.
That could save me WAY more than the $79.
I get access to movies and TV shows online…..but I’ll get my money’s worth just from shipping savings.
I think alot of these posters signed up to get the shipping discount on their order, and forgot to cancel before the charge hit…..and now it’s all sour grapes.
Not Amazon’s fault that you forgot.
By: ripsawww on February 16, 2012
at 5:49 pm
THANKS DUDE WHOEVER U ARE IM WAITNG FOR MY REFUND. I CONFUSE IF I STIL USE AMAZON??
By: ROOBEN IAN CARL on February 22, 2012
at 1:24 am
Thank you very much, my friend !!!
Can we accuse amazon for their stealing?
By: chris on February 27, 2012
at 8:42 pm
Very upset about this!!! My daughter purchased a book in Jan 2012 for a college class. Now in Feb 2012 I am getting charged for a “Student Prime Account” that neither she nor I signed up for. I called and spoke with a rep,
after I stated that I was going to file fraud charges if I was not refunded my
money the rep was very happy to refund the money to me. This is whole
issue has been very frustrating and we will think twice before we use Amazon again.
By: B Harris on February 28, 2012
at 10:26 pm
I was very upset too! I bought a book for a university vlass and now I’m getting charged for a Prime Account…!!!! It was my first and last experience with Amazon. Thank you so much Silverfork!
By: Kim on February 29, 2012
at 6:00 pm
I can not cancel the account, the web page tell me that im not have prime membership, but i have been charged in my credit card
By: Alex on March 5, 2012
at 3:19 pm
Thanks for the help, just called amazon and they cancelled the membership. After reading a few replies, I don’t know why people are cancelling, and never ordering from amazon again. It happens all the time, and at least amazon is kind enough to cancel, and give a full refund.
Thanks again!!!!
By: Mike on March 8, 2012
at 1:06 am
Thank You! Information really helped me. It took just 2 minutes to cancel it.
By: sathish on March 8, 2012
at 6:05 pm
Thanks for this…very helpful!
By: Good Naija Girl on March 13, 2012
at 3:51 am
THANK YOU A LOT.
There wont be any necessary to visit AMAZON again, honestly.
By: Jiandong Yu on March 21, 2012
at 7:03 am
Thanks for this.
By: alex s on March 22, 2012
at 10:00 pm
thanks a lot i came the same problem as u.
By: hff on March 23, 2012
at 7:21 pm
Thank you!!!
By: Gaya on March 29, 2012
at 7:15 am
thanks a million for your tips. i spent an hour yesterday with the bank telling them that i have not purchased anything from amazon in the last two weeks and today thanks to your info, i followed the steps and got an email from amazon saying that they will refund in the few days.
seriously, why dont they inform us or send us an invoice via email for the charge… im not happy with amazon
again, thanks a bunch.
T.Vo
Sydney, Australia
By: wrongreality on April 5, 2012
at 10:16 pm
thanks a million on sharing this tips. I was in shock when found I’m charged for $79 when I knew I didn’t buy anything. Thanks to the keyword “Amazon Prime 866-557-2820 NV” which link me to this useful tips! Just cancelled the membership and i hope i’ll get the refund soon.
By: lynn on April 9, 2012
at 8:57 am
just happened to me, i’m grateful you had an easy response. thanks!
By: gwb on April 18, 2012
at 3:34 pm
Thanks!
IM DONE WITH AMAZONE. THAT’S DISGUSTING.
Period.
By: Vova on April 25, 2012
at 10:42 pm
Thanks!
By: yanghui on April 27, 2012
at 4:31 pm
Hey This is Crazy they charge me $79 on mach 17 and Im been calling them like 4 times and Im still watting for my refund and almost in May I going to cancel my account now.. they going to loose everybody for some stupid $79
By: Rafa on April 28, 2012
at 2:13 am
Bunch of Crooks!!!
I am out of Amazon for goo
By: CJE@cje.com on May 4, 2012
at 12:03 pm
omg thank you so much for this. i was freaking out.
By: Camila on May 9, 2012
at 6:36 pm
Thanks a lot for this information…..it was very important for me and my girlfriend. We gonna drink beer with this money when it refund. The first drinks will be for you.
By: Well on May 12, 2012
at 8:50 pm
I can’t thank you enough…but as you said….we should all read the fine print.
By: Sally on May 18, 2012
at 5:05 am
I recently found a $79 charge from Amazon on my VISA card statement . Apparently somehow I “joined” Amazon Prime. I have cancelled my membership as a result of finding this posting http://silverfork.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/amzprime-club-866-557-2820-us/.
I too must have been misled or missed the fine print as I had no intentions of joining any club.
Other than this I have been very pleased with my dealings with Amazon.
By: tim on May 18, 2012
at 8:42 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I saw the charge on my creditcard online statement and started sobbing as I CANNOT afford that charge. I just followed your advice and canceled the account and should get a refund.
But seriously, if I hadnt seen this post I’d be so screwed so once again THANK YOU! haha
By: Allie on May 27, 2012
at 12:42 pm
Thank you!!!! I didn’t even order anything or even do the trial! I looked at it to see what it was,say the fee,and closed the page.Didn’t click on anything for it,yet was charged $79! I called them after canceling,just to be sure I was getting my money,and they said I would get it. No problem. Still,what about all those people who might not notice,or don’t check their statements regularly?
By: Meagan on May 31, 2012
at 9:11 am
Thanks a lot dude… You saved my money..
By: Arun on June 24, 2012
at 2:25 pm
I cannot believe they actually did the same thing to me!!!! I followed the post on canceling the amazon prime and got a confirmation on refund. Thank You.!!!!
By: susan on July 5, 2012
at 1:50 pm
I first googled Amazon’s 866-557-2820 and found out I am not alone. Then I called My credit card, the rep frustrated me and told me to resolve with Amazon first.
So I called Amazon, the rep refunded me promptly (will email me to confirm the refund within 2~3 business days). I suggested her to voice to her superior stop this kind of practice which is not promoting their image.
I do not normally check my statement. The charge of $79 can easily sneaked through. What a wicked trick. Can you imagine how many people were charged like this without realizing?
By: wons on July 23, 2012
at 7:21 am
Thank you thank you thank you for making this post!! I was totally freaked out when I saw the $79 charge and was thinking wtf, I haven’t signed up or made any purchases with amazon recently!!! And the charge made me go over my credit limit so I phoned the 866 number to complain, and they said they can issue a refund for the over draft charge with proof from my credit statement. I’ll be emailing them as soon as that thing comes in!!!
By: kara on August 4, 2012
at 11:20 pm
I feel your pain. I never had any luck whatsoever with this stuff, either.
So relieved to find out I am not all by my lonesome!
By: Makrand Morar on August 10, 2012
at 2:30 pm
Happened to me just now. I saw the $79 in my payments list which I never explicitly remember doing.
Thanks for your post, I called the customer service and canceled my Amazon Prime membership and requested the $79 to be refund.
By: Horia Berca on August 10, 2012
at 8:50 pm
Hi there just wanted to give you a quick heads up.
The text in your article seem to be running off the screen in
Chrome. I’m not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with internet browser compatibility but I figured I’d post to let you know.
The design look great though! Hope you get the problem resolved soon.
Many thanks
By: Manasa Majumdar on August 11, 2012
at 9:42 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!! I LOVE HOW EASILY GOOGLE IT AND IT HELPED ME GET MY MONEY BACK!!
By: Nancy on August 31, 2012
at 4:19 pm
I love google!
By: silverfork on March 18, 2013
at 2:17 am
My son was charged also $79 for something he did not order. I will be calling Amazon and requesting a refund online also. Thank you so much
By: bj on September 1, 2012
at 7:25 am
Thanks a lot! It was very useful.
By: Sandor on September 9, 2012
at 3:30 pm
Thank you very much. I had the same problem and solved it with your tip.
By: Masoumeh on September 11, 2012
at 2:13 am
Ditto! Thank you so much! I just canceled the bogus “membership” online and received an automatic reply that $79 will be credited in my next cc statement.
By: Amy on September 14, 2012
at 12:23 am
Thank you so much for this post!!! I got 85$ taken out of my account and i also freaked out! Your a life saver. thanks again.
By: David on September 20, 2012
at 11:50 am
haha thanks man i had this exact same problem bbut now ive been able to stop it thanks to u , they say my money should be coming back in 2 to 3 days now
By: Alistair on September 26, 2012
at 12:44 pm
Thank you so much for this information!!
By: macreative@hotmail.com on September 26, 2012
at 10:33 pm
As a heads up, before you cancel, Amazon gives you a little box that will tell you whether or not you are eligible for a full refund (ie you haven’t purchased anything with Prime). Read the box carefully before cancelling or whatnot.
By: kikuneechan on October 6, 2012
at 11:06 pm
Thank you! My problem has been resolved through your method.
By: zy2light on October 17, 2012
at 1:52 pm
Do you have to call or do you just have to cancel?
By: Soe on October 24, 2012
at 9:09 am
Really Glad I saw this blog before going up and arms against Amazon. I was able to cancel my Prime membership over the phone thankfully, now I have to wait 2-3 days for my refund. Thanks a bunch!
By: Anna on October 25, 2012
at 8:07 pm
As late as 2012 they’re still doing this. I immediately cancelled my credit card thinking it was cloned or something, and it was just a scam from a site from which I never even bought anything! VERY unprofessional.
By: solfi on November 8, 2012
at 12:18 pm
I’m with you solfi; just today got scammed. bastards!
By: silvia on November 9, 2012
at 12:42 am
THANK YOU
By: Rick on December 4, 2012
at 5:18 am
Just received my bank credit card statenent for Oct 2012. Lo & Behold there was $79 US deducted from my account payed to Amazon Prime, for what reason, I do no know, Anyhow I followed your instructions and called them immediately, and after some checking, they were very appologetic and promised to close my so called account and REFUND me $79 US to my credit card account. Thanks again for your unselfish act of sharing your experience and expertise in helping others to reclaim the hard earn cash.
By: Leroy on December 6, 2012
at 3:54 am
I was paying my Credit Card and I did’t know I had this crazy $79 charge for something that I never did, How is this possible? But well thanks to You I googled the code and here it is the solution.- I am glad that I canceled and make me feel better, Thanks for post this, You are helping a lot of people and I guess is tons of people that don’t realized they have this charged in their credit cards.
By: Pao on December 6, 2012
at 2:52 pm
Wow, I can’t believe how many people this has happened to. I never even signed up for Amazon Prime (that I know of) but I have an Amazon account. Maybe I was doing something and accidently hit it or made some kind of purchase and there was a note on the bottom that was automatically checked for “Upgrading” that I didn’t see… whatever it was, I had no record or notification that I was even signed up for it… so yeah.. bit of a panic. Thank you so much for the tips. Hopefully I’ll see my money back in a couple of days.
By: Chris on January 21, 2013
at 11:23 pm
Amazon is amazing !!
My credit card had this credit, i didn´t know that meant this debit :
Amazon Prime 866-557-2820 NV. $79
Thanks to you, I have my money back, the next day that I made your recommendation.
Wowww It´s amazing how many people have done this, the same thing, I didn´t read the little prints, i don´t know, what happens… but I’m happy now.
I know it was my fault, but I think Amazon should send a email notifying this debit immediately, because, I didn´t know that they did this debit, after a month, with the statement bank.
Thanks again, you´re a angel !! =)
By: Jenny Pandolfi on February 15, 2013
at 1:26 am
OMG i had the same issue today, i was going through my bank statement ans was charged $86.11 for no reason. I was so mad because I like tracking my money and also transactions. I called them AMAZON.COM and they were being so nice and kind to help me. Be patient and call them of you have this type of problem .
By: Manuel Zitle on March 5, 2013
at 8:18 pm
Thanks writing about this. I didn’t know why I was charged until I googled the phone number and came across this page.
By: Captain Planet on April 20, 2013
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