11/17/2008 03:17:58 AM EST

classmates.com

posted by cgates007

I'm sure everyone in here has seen advertisements of this site or even been sent an email from them.  I always ignore crap like this and I'm really glad I did.

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http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs /null/110622

Above is an article about classmates.com. I read the article and then I went to the link in the article. The link goes to a page full of complaints about classmates.com. I read a lot of them and it seems that classmates.com will send emails out trying to get people to sign up. When you get to their website there's always a deal that says you get 3 months service for 15 dollars but what they don't tell you is after that 3 months they will keep charging 15 dollars every month. Doesn't seem that bad except the website makes it almost impossible to cancel membership. Many can't even find a telephone number and when they do a lot of people have a hard time actually speaking to a person. Those that have spoken to actual representives said they tell them they will cancel it but they don't. I figured I'd post this to warn people before they get trapped like all their other customers.

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Caveat emptor (none / 0)

I am always in favor of punishing companies that lie in their advertising, and I'm glad that Classmates is being sued for their somewhat dishonest come-ons.  But I'm never sorry for people who fall for lines like "Your high school sweetheart is searching for you!"  I mean, puleeeeese!  You've got to admit, it's a great sales gimmick, and if you fall for it after getting 500 other spams from Classmates, it's on you.

Classmates did help me find a couple of people with whom I was close friends in high school, and it was a nice trip down Memory Lane.  The $15 bucks was worth it, and when I was done, I just deleted the credit card from my account by going to the (wait for it...) "My Account" page -- it took me maybe 90 seconds.

There is no doubt in my mind that a lot of people have found Classmates.com a fun and useful social networking site.  They could be a little more honest in their advertising, and automatic payment schemes ought, by law, to default to "No".   But Classmates.com shouldn't be held responsible for the inexperience of their users.  After all, my high school isn't responsible for my education.

I am.


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by EveningStarNM on 11/17/2008 10:38:05 AM EST

My wife and I (none / 0)
connected with our classmates for free. Facebook.

by hazmat on 11/17/2008 10:51:49 AM EST

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yup (none / 1)

Facebook and MySpace are good for that.

I got at least two emails from a friend that seemed to be promotions for classmates.com. Now I wonder if this was something sent automatically to his contact list when he signed up? I am always highly skeptical.

by desertpear on 11/17/2008 02:34:32 PM EST

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It worked out okay for me (none / 0)
I didn't have to take any action, I just let my 3 month period expire and that was that.  

We had our 30th reunion this past summer and it was a perfect place to organize and hook up with old friends I had lost contact with.  I don't do myspace or facebook or any of that stuff so there's that.

I still get teaser e-mails about someone signing my guest book and oh, don't I just want to pay up again to find out who it was?  I trash them, like any mail I'm not interested in.  No problemo.

SAM: What's new, Normie?
NORM: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer.

by Spinny on 11/19/2008 10:42:09 AM EST

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