Oh wait I was just interuptted, the cleaning lady here was asking me some questions because I need her to represent me in my position with a client. I hope they understand spanish. Such a joke.

That should tell you how legit they are, they had my phone #/email, any reputable company, would have called and inquired about the invlaid card. So I was out the shipping cost of the trial, which I eventually got. thats it.

SwipeAuctions Reviews: Man behind it. Refund advice
http://hubpages.com/hub/SwipeAuctions-reviews-refunds-safely

Quote from pennyauctionviewe
From Canada
“From my understanding with Service Alberta, if the server is based in Alberta, the laws of Alberta apply. If this is still true, type in Fair Trading Act and Internet and Service Alberta. Look for “Internet Sales Contract Regulation.” Look under 6(1) of the Fair Trading Act. You have 7 days to cancel with exceptions. You also have up to 30 days under certain conditions (See Section 2 of the Fair Trading Act) Look under 8 (3) and you will see you can cancel by email. Under 10 (1) of the Fair Trading Act, the merchant has 15 days to refund money as long as no goods or services were received on your end.
One good thing to know is under Section 4(1) of the Fair Trading Act, a contract or agreement is void if your contract does not have an address on it. Check your email copy sent by swipeauctions.com to see if their address is on there. It needs to be an Alberta Address that is true and accurate. If it is not there, any agreements are VOID. Please see the Fair Trading Act for details and confirmation.”
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http://www.swipeauctions.com/content.php?content_id=NA==
18. DISPUTES GOVERNING LAW
This Terms of Use Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in Alberta, Canada and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Alberta, Canada (without regard to conflict of law principles).

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Swipebids.com

JustThink Media
Corporate Head Office
Suite 204, 85 Cranford Way
Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA T8H 0H9
Phone: 780.416.0211
Fax:780.416.0218
Careers@justthinkmedia.com
Corporate@justthinkmedia.com
Legal@justthinkmedia.com
customerservice@justthinkmedia.com

Company Owner: Jesse Willms

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contact and let everyone you know of the scam
Where to complain:

The Internet Crime Department of the FBI.
Website: http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx
Complaints can be filed online

The FTC – you can file a complaint online at:
https://ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en

or by phone: http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/contact.shtm

If you are in the United States you should also file a complaint with the Attorney General of your state:
http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php

Please check it out and contact the lawyers listed on the site.

Please wait for a site operator to respond.
You are now chatting with ‘Alexa’
Alexa: Thank you for visiting SwipeBids. We are here to help you win auctions, save money and have a great time. Who am I speaking with?
you: John T.
Alexa: Hi, may I have your email address and zip code please?
you: jtbalzey@gmail.com & ***07
you: gmail
Alexa: Please wait while I check your order details in our system.
you: Hello?
Alexa: Ok, how may I assist you?
you: Alexa, I was a charged a membership fee and I did not know.
you: When I was entering my card number I did not know I was 150 dollars worth of bids.
Alexa: One moment please.
you: I recieved an error message saying that the card was invalid.
you: I left the site and re-entered tried to start over.
you: I will wait.
Alexa: You’ll only get the refund, if you don’t win anything and don’t have any bids in your account.
you: When I tried to start over it said that account was already in use so I thought, “oh, it put me in.”
Alexa: Yes, you have charged for 1 year membership.
Alexa: The charge of $150.00 was for our exclusive Membership that you signed up for on Swipebids.com. As stated on the Membership Sign-Up! page, under Membership Details, the membership fee of $150.00 was processed as one payment for the full membership term. Upon completion of the registration page, as you selected to START BIDDING, the membership was activated and your 300 bids were deposited to your account for immediate access.
you: I tried the name and password I used the first time and my account pulled up showing I had 300 bids. I thought they came with openning a new account to get started. I was never given an opportunity to see that I purchased it because I nver would’ve bouhgt it.
Alexa: $150 charged is clearly stated on the signup page.
Alexa: http://www.swipebidscs.com/service_enq2.php
Alexa: Kindly click on the above link, you will find the charged you concerned about.
you: As you can see on my account I won bids and only purchased the $1 offers. I cannot afford the $150.
you: All I wanted to do was set up an account. Not buy 150. It says the membership is 150 but it is misleading, to me, on the 3rd sign up page.
Alexa: The Membership offered since April 23, 2010 is a onetime charge of only $150.00. The full membership is charged upon signing up and as stated, 300 bids @ .50 cents each are deposited to your account upon signing up to allow you immediate access to the bidding site.
you: I promise you if I had know this was automatically going to pull then I would never have done it.
you: I found this site from an advertisement and it said the get 300 bids free with a code. I entered the code and it said it did not work even thought it said the code was good for 6/30.
Alexa: I am sorry for all the inconvenience, $150 charged is clearly mentioned on our website.
Alexa: There is nothing to mislead, I request you please through our sign up page again.
you: I did not know it charged me. Like I said I was given an error message saying the card was invalid. So when I entered the account it apparently set up there were already 300 bids on it like the code was supposed to give me.
you: When I saw my account I set up another card because
you: I thought the other card not going to work.
you: If I need to close the account that is fine. I did make purchases for bids won and that is fine but the 150 is not fine.
you: It has been open for only 3 days.
Alexa: You have already charged $150 once you had registered.
you: I know but I did not know it.
Alexa: You can cancel your membership at anytime by contacting us here at live chat service.
you: I need to get my refund though.
Alexa: You’ll only get the refund, if you don’t win anything and don’t have any bids in your account.
Alexa: You were charged $150 for one year membership, It’s one time fee where you have received 300 bonus bids for immediate bidding. I can assure you that you will not be charged any further until you buy more bids or won action.
you: Will i get the 150 back?
Alexa: sorry, you can not.
Alexa: I am sorry, You are not disqualified for refund as you have won 20 auctions.
you: There has to be some kind of right of recison. An error was made on your part and now I an being charged.
Alexa: I am sorry, You are disqualified for refund as you have won 20 auctions **
you: Again, I thought the 300 bids were free.
Alexa: No, it’s not error from our end. We have clearly stated the charged on signup page which you have read before enter your credit card information.
you: I put a code in for 300 free bids that said it was good until 6/30.
you: Then I put my card number in and it said that card was invalid.
Alexa: I said, you were charged $150 for one year membership.
Alexa: And you have received 300 free bids along with your membership.
you: I am telling you, your system said my card was invalid.
you: how can an account be set up with an invalid card?
you: You even have a section asking if you see a clitch and I have found one.
Alexa: The attempt you made to place an order did go through and you were charged $150 for one year membership once your complete your registration process.
you: I know that now but it told me there was an ERROR.
Alexa: You should have to contact us that time.
Alexa: I can see that your registration was completed on Jun 30, 2010 02:38:49 PM
you: Is the card on the system the card used to open the account. It is not because there was no card information when i logged in becasue of the error.
you: I had to put another card in because it said the other card was invalid.
you: I would have called earlier but I did not know I was being charged.
Alexa: You have been charged $150 on your card within ending with 4558.
Alexa: which**
Alexa: http://www.swipebidscs.com/service_enq2.php
Alexa: Please click on above link to see membership fee on signup page.
you: Then why is my checking account charged with 150? it ends in 0221. I am telling you there was an error.
Alexa: One moment please.
Alexa: You used this card ending with 4558.
Alexa: And charges on that.
you: Then I will report fraud with my bank for your company debiting my checking account for 150.00.
you: i will pull up the transaction
you: hold please
Alexa: As you have used your another card (4558) and your attempt went through that’s why you have been charged $150 for one year membership. I said.
you: SWIPEBIDS.COM 866-389-3870 UT auth# 78829 06-30-10
Alexa: One moment please.
you: I tried to put in my debt card first with the “special code”
you: It gave me an ERROR.
you: I come back to the website an it says i already set up an account but there was no card in the system so I entered the other card ending in 4558. LIKE I SAID.
you: I am not an idiot but mistakes can be made.
Alexa: One moment please.
you: I need my money credited back to my account ending in 0221.
Alexa: We apologize for the inconvenience. There was clearly some confusion with this purchase. We do not want to see our customers unhappy. We will issue a refund to the credit card it was purchased from. The refund will be processed at our end immediately, but may take 5 -10 Days to show on your credit card statement.
you: I should get a refund from the whole experience. I didn’t know it was charge to the other card either.
Alexa: No, This charges with your 4558.
Alexa: ** card
you: You sure aren’t treating me like a customer. I will be calling someone in person. I explained this from the beginning. Is there a confirmation number or something showing my refund?
Alexa: You can send copy of this chat to your e-mail by clicking send to e-mail link. Your confirmation # is 1249148520
you: Look, I hate to rude but this is very frustrating and I am not the kind of person that would make this all up.
Alexa: i have refunded $150 and it will take 5-10 days.

Their latest scam is a penny auction site called Swipebids:
http://www.scamraiders.com/forum/topics/swipebids-are-scam-artists
http://www.pennyauctionwatch.com/2010/05/swipebids-jesse-willms/
http://www.pennyauctionwatch.com/2010/02/swipebids-penny-auction-review/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/SwipeBidscom-is-a-Bloody-SCAM/129080260459443

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Latest venture from Nolan Paquette and David Cornish is called Done Right Media:
donerightmedia.com
Phone: (780) 990-6756
106 Charlton Crescent,
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
T8H 1S3

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@gman – he is in Sherwood Park:

Just Think Media / Terra Marketing Group
Suite 204, 85 Cranford Way
Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA T8H 0H9

PS: Just finished spamming their chats xD