Neither the Better Business Bureau nor the yellow pages at
Switchboard.com has a listing for a "Community Reading Club of
Virginia, Inc.", which may mean that the corporation was formed quite
recently. However, 460 Investors Place in Virginia Beach (ZIP code
23452) is the address of a company which sells magazine subscriptions,
the International Marketing Association. This company is a member of
the Better Business Bureau, and participates in the BBB's mediation
and arbitration programs.
"International Marketing Association
460 Investors Place Ste. 102
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
General Information:
Original Business Start Date: May 1994
Type of Entity: Corporation
Principal : Mr. Daryl DeCroix President
Phone Number: (757) 490-9860
Fax Number: (757) 490-0716
Membership Status: Yes
Type-of-Business Classification: Magazines & Books
...The company has been the subject of customer complaints alleging
non-receipt of ordered magazines, miscommunications of cancellations
procedures and delays in refunds after customer cancellations. The
company has responded to all of these complaints by sending the
magazines, explaining their position concerning the cancellation
procedures and forwarding the refunds as requested. Our file
experience shows that this company has a satisfactory record with the
Bureau."
Better Business Bureau, Norfolk, VA
http://166.70.32.196/~norfolk/commonreport.html?compid=10000986
While it is possible that Community Reading Club has no relationship
with the International Marketing Association, it seems to me that
there is little likelihood that two unrelated magazine subscription
firms in Virginia Beach would share a common address.
I suggest that, on Monday morning, you contact the International
Marketing Association at the number listed above to verify that
Community Reading Club is affiliated with them. If this is the case, I
would consider Community Reading Club to be "legitimate," since the
IMA has a satisfactory record with the Better Business Bureau.
If the IMA disavows a connection with Community Reading Club, I would
suggest caution in dealing with Community Reading Club, since they
seem to be a recently created company with no track record.
After I determined that "community reading club" brought up no useful
hits on Google, my search strategy consisted of visits to the Better
Business Bureau and switchboard.com.
I hope this information is helpful. If anything is unclear, or if the
link does not function, please request clarification; I'll gladly
offer further assistance before you rate my answer.
Best wishes,
pinkfreud |
