I have read many reviews and I agree with majority of those reviews they are inexperienced the employees are not properly trained at all most of them cheat on their test give each other answers just to pass and get the title. When it comes to preparing a tax return they are clueless. They should not be classified as tax professionals which are no where near that! Their a joke to be testing for nothing. It's unethical to hire people like that. I hate to have someone like that handle my monies. Some of them are also felons and do not let anyone know bad company to do business with. Who can you complain too when the Corporate Office is aware of this and won't do anything about it so it doesn't make a difference to call you can never talk to a person who cares or who will do anything. So anyone who has had a bad experience with H&R Block I agree with what your expressing
I have used PIA for years now and they have been constantly making improvements and investing in the software/hardware to improve their service. It has always been a great privacy centered company, but now their software is getting much better. I have been please with them for a while and haven't even bothered checking out other recently. Why fix what isn't broken.
Their prices are extremely reasonable for the service your getting and their customer support has always been top notch and personalized. They even have MFA to protect your PIA account!
Overall their server speeds might not be the fastest but their are plenty of options and they are now including proxy service with it.
They charged me a second time on the 28th day of service. When I asked to cancel on the 29th day, they said only the last payment can be refunded. See screenshot of my dialogue with the representative. Proof of purchase has also been attached visible by sitejabber staff only. Stay away!
First and foremost, if you value privacy and need security, PIA may not be your best choice. PIA is based in the USA and at any time, the government can invoke the patriot act and monitor what you do. And, yes the NSA has ways of tracking you and what you do. Not directly, but indirectly. Once upon a time, PIA did keep logs for "product improvement," but has since stopped... or so they say.
Personally, I like PIA for the service. The connections are fast, the customer service is average, the security is somewhat questionable, and the pricing is more than reasonable. I always worry about companies that offer rock bottom prices to attract business. A company's reputation should be the main factor in attracting business. For the average person that just likes to keep their lives a bit more private, PIA fits the bill for the most part.
Two minor annoyances... Until recently, the iPhone app was useless. It would always error out and say the internet was unreachable. I'm told this changed, but I wouldn't know at this point. Second... there are far too many sites that block PIA's IP addresses. You'll know because you'll get a 5004 or "403 Forbidden" error on your screen stating that the site has blocked your IP address. Also, Netflix, Amazon prime video, iPlayer are all blocked. I have not found a location that would allow you to access these sites and watch videos.
Answer: PIA is legit. However, they have recently been bought by another VPN company that had legal and logging issues in the past, so this could change.