READ When you order a magazine subscription; on your own; your name automatically goes on a list with your address, which magazines etc. Say you order a National Geographic subscription, for 2 years- that goes in a system with National Geographic, you then have 3rd party campaign companies who BUY these lists from whichever magazine companie, and then they will call and call and call to renew your subscription; whether with a discount or a "gift" (Gift vouchers, Gift cards...or whatever they have to offer).
So, when a few of you who have called "National Geographic, orGolf World", whichever, and they told you it's a scam-they're the ones' lying, they don't want you to know that they SOLD your information to a 3rd party company. They ALSO, use the 3rd party companies to market their magazines. So, the actual company (National Geographic) not only SELLS your information, they also continue to profit from the 3rd parties, as they receive money for the magazines themselves.

I have dealt with these people before. I do order subscriptions, but I am fully AWARE of the entire operation, as I didn't (like everyone here) want to get screwed.

Basically, if you like to read magazines; like to keep them coming; some companies allow you to change them without charge, and provide you a list of what they carry.
SO, have them explain the entire service to you, SLOWLY, have their supervisor explain the service. UNDERSTAND your rights: The entire conversation is recorded; as by law, electronic payments by phone HAS to be recorded, and you HAVE to agree to the terms and conditions in order for the contract to be legitimate. You are initiating a CONTRACT by phone, so understand the entirety of the service before agreeing.
This is the magazine callers operation in its entirety. This is EXACTLY what they do, how they obtain your information and how they operate.
I am in no way excusing the S*** customer service some of you are stating on their end.
Just want everyone here to be able to make an educated decision, and to go from there.

Thanks,

Before you are deceived by these people like I was, take a look at the mailing label on the magazine in question, and find out when the subscription expires. I didn't, and now my husband's Street Rodder magazine doesn't expire until 2022!

Since there is a civil suit pending, they may be in violation of the law if they are still calling people, or sending renewal notices in the mail.  We received a notice in the mail from them today, which I will be forwarding to the Colorado Attorney General.

You can read a copy of the 64 page court document at the website below. (their scripted sales pitch starts on page 29)

http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/sites/ ... mplaint_web.pdf

See also Colorado Better Business Bureau:

http://www.bbb.org/denver/business-reviews/ma ... 8838#govtaction

Add:

Class Media, PO Box 740344, Arvada, CO 80006-0344, (877) 575-1281
Incorporated: August 2010, CO
Primary Contact: Mr. Robert Makutura (Owner)
Business Category: Magazine Sales by Telephone

Making calls as of 08/15/2011 with a Caller ID: "Nevada" & "1-702-478-3222" (a "not in service" number).

File complaints through the FTC (https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2), the Colorado BBB, and possibly www.colorado.gov

I was Recently Employed by interstate readers league of Atlanta i worked there for two hours and walked out. DO NOT BY IN TO THIS BULL**** you do get ripped off all the "gifts and prizes" are fake false crap, it doesn't matter who u are or when they call your conformation number doesnt change from the previous caller! they promote harassment of the people call and write it off as aggressive sales.if your wondering about the $25,000 thousand dollars they promise your entered to win don't be. the script they had us read, well you can clearly see all they did was white out the year instead of printing new ones, the watches, eh buy your next watch at Wal-Mart it will last longer and you will get to wear. as far as contracts go they barely care about who they sell too you just have to have a way to pay they don't keep records of who buys what other then what you write down at your desk. The subscriptions can not be canceled ever. and the interview process is total crap....my suggestion don't answer and if you do tell em where to stick the scrap paper they are writing your credit card number on!

Calls my wife's parents house and asks for me, and when they say "Can I ask who's calling?" they just hang up.. The calls come 5-10 times a day.

They call about two or three times a day.  We have caller id and will not pick up the call. I am on the no call list and will forward a complaint.

calls 4-5 times a day everyday. when answering machine picks up they hang up.

Also on the Do Not Call list, I get 4 - 5 calls a day from them. I've never answered and they won't leave a message. I figured only a jerkoff telemarketer would call 5 times a day and not leave a message. This website confirmed my suspicion.

Called 4 times on same day.  Answered last call @ 8: 30 pm and got silence.  Went to "Do Not Call" Registry and filed complaint.

I get the Rocky Reade calls too.  I tell them my name is Fred G. Sanford and the G is for 'go f**k yourself'.

i have been recieving multiple calls from this number recently.  Sometimes multiple times in the same day. The same thing happens where there is a computer at first and then a guy saying my name a couple of times. Most telemarketers have the decency to call me "Mrs M" instead of by my first naem.  I put in a complaint with the DNC List.

Calls 10 times a day with a recording playing. hangs up when the machine picks up no message

Called three times today, my wife finally answered they tried to extend US Weekly.  My wife told them we don't subscribe to the magazine.  They then said they were sorry and their records showed we subscribed to US Weekly, then hung up.  Let see if they call back.

WOW!!! I am scheduled for an interview tomorrow with these people....i am so glad that i do my research before i go on interviews...thank you guys for the heads up.

They call several times daily.

Began calling several days ago, called about every two hours stopping at 9 pm and starting at 8 am. Never left a message.  I finally answered today, a woman came on asking for me by name and said she was from TV Guide calling about my subscription (I don't have one). The background was very noisy. Before I could tell them to take me off their list, they hung up without another word. I am on the do not call registry and this the first telemarketing call I have received in many months.

These people call my phone often, when my parents answer they apparently ask for me, yet when I answer they hang up. They call several times a day but today I called back and left a message telling them to take me off of their list.

These calls have just started within the last week for me.  Several times a day.  I am stopping on the way home form work today to buy a loud whistle, if they are going to inconvience me, I am going to return the favor!!!!

I get calls from this number every day 3 or 4 times a day and I never pick up but it is annoying me to death how can I get them stopped?

THIS COMPANY CHARGED MY VISA ACCOUNT 64.00 THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY CALL.

Accidental disconnections always happen. It sucks. I know. Try being on my end when that happens. Equipment is rather old and sometimes if you accidentally bump the cord the wrong way it will cause the headset to not work properly. Sorry for your inconvenience. Reps do their best to work with to cords as quickly as possible to reestablish a good connection. Its not only inconvenient to you but to your rep as well as they loose a possible sale.

answering machines: earn an A for answering machine. Which means your number will be dialed again. Until removed from list. Reps are not allowed to leave messages on answering machines. Have to have a live person. Not to mention it takes up too much time. And reps are able to keep their jobs by making a quota. If that quota is not filled. The company cannot afford to pay to someone who cant make the money. Yes if the rep makes that quota they are given a small reward for that pay period. Which here it is every week. We have to have 9 capped (completed) sales. The company don't see why they should have to take away from other sales reps who are able to make the quota just to pay someone who can not.

I'm sorry to inform you of this but at least here in the United States. It is not harassment if you are not "put on the do not call list". And once you let your rep know those exact words. it still takes about 3 full business days to back fully taken off of just that one location's call list. The "Do not call list" is then faxed to all sister companies. And they remove your number as well. Your telephone number is then so to speak "blacklisted" for 90 days. Then it expires off of that list. If another call is received after that time period, it's because your number was added again to a list that is being sold to different telemarketing companies. The blame for that is usually one of two possible actions. One you applied online for something, such as a credit card or anytime that requires your phone number. Or your telephone company has sold it. I've gotten calls that were place to people that had their phone just activated 2 hours prior to receiving the call. So please do not chew/cuss out your reps that call. Just tell them you're not interested and ask to be "Put on the do not call list". It is not the reps fault. And being yelled and screamed at every time does not help anyone. And neither does just hanging up. That just earns you a temporary refusal code in the computer and your number could be dialed again in 2 seconds or 2 minutes etc.

All calls are dialed by a computer. The reps do not have anything other than a keyboard, a screen and a headset. If you weren't called back. Call back yourself and ask to speak to the first line supervisor or manager. Here in Atlanta his name is Berry. I'm positive that he'll be more than happy to help you fix the error. If there was an error. If you had any past due payments and funds weren't available at the time of your scheduled payment then what happened was that the whole past due amount was taken while the funds were there. If you do not pay your payments on time or payments can not be taken due to lack of funds. They you will be reported to a collection agency.

Actually if you bothered to stick around you would know that the reps do NOT write card numbers down. And as far as the subscriptions, it does end at the end of the 48 months just as promised. The subscription will automatically stop. The publishers may or may not send a form to customers to ask if they would like to renew their subscriptions. But that is all on the publishers. As for the prizes awarded in the sweepstakes, again if you bothered to actually stick around you would have seen them. And let me guess you didn't make the encouraged amount of sales thus you were asked to leave. If that is the case then you need to get your head out of the clouds and own up to your own personal failure. Selling is the hardest part yes. Especially now with the economy the way that it is. And IRL Atlanta does not just take people's money. There is a strict approval. If you make less than a certain amount the customer's order will not be accepted as to not take away from things that should be priority, such as feeding families and paying bills. If the customer is on any sort of disability or unemployment or just child support checks, the customers are not accepted for the same reasons as listed above.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience working there. But you shouldn't bad mouth what you don't have any real idea about. And it takes way more than just 2 hours time to learn and understand the procedures.

Was going to interview for a job here.  Not sure I want to now... but, I will check it out and let you know what I found out during the interview, if interested.

Thanks.
To be determined...

If you call 1-800-925-7130 and ask to speak to Raymond Makatura they will be very helpful in resolving your problem.  Also be sure to say you got Raymond Makatura's name from the Rocky Mountain Better Business Bureau site (where it is listed).

They call here atleast 4 times a day and ask to speak to my husband. When I tell them he isn't here they say oh well we are calling about his guns and amo magazine subscrition.  I say he doesn't get that magazine.  Get this.....they say oh well lets verify your credit card info and we can find out why he isn't receiving it.  I said ok....go for it, you tell me his credit card info, of course the guy said oh no ma'am you read his info to me and I will verify it.  Can we say BU***HIT???  They called back 3 more times today I told them if they call me again I am reporting them.  He of course hung up.

Calls to ask me to renew baseball Digest.  My subscription is good thru 2012. Baseball digest prints a message in their magazine saying they never solicit by phone and to refuse phone calls seeking renewal.  When I mention this to the caller they say they got my name from Baseball Digest but hang up anyway after a brief discussion about the matter.

called here first time this morning and again just now at 2 p.m. i answered the second call and heard background noise. I said hello twice then they hung up.
Lets report them to the federal trade commission.