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Ohio Charges AOL, Compuserve With Deception

Posted by timothy on from the you-don't-say dept.

Polyploid Pimp writes "The Buckeye State has filed a complaint against AOL and its CompuServe subsidiary. Ohio claims that AOL is deceiving consumers with the ever familiar "Free Trial" cds, as both ISPs charged consumer's credit cards/bank accounts after cancelling the "free" service. The state is seeking $25,000 for each alleged violation plus refunds for the consumers. Check it out at The Register and the official press release."

3 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. hmmm by Speedy8 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So will the states get the money or the customers that wehre decieved?

  2. In other news by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ohio's cable system, operated by Time Warner, apparently went down last night for unknown reasons...

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  3. Signed up for AOL once by jgoemat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I signed up for AOL once, CompUSA was giving $200 off the laptop I was buying for trying out AOL for 30 days, no-risk. I think I was a little late cancelling (I forgot) and was charged once, but when they saw I hadn't even signed into the service once they credited my card back.