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I have a monthly charge to my credit card. When I log into Scribd, though, I'm being told that I don't have an account with them and they don't have any payment information for me...then how is my card being charged?

Date of experience: January 26, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thank you for informing us! It sounds like you may have a duplicate account, one subscribed and one that is not. That said, no worries! Our support team can help. I located the email you sent us and responded again, so please check your inbox (and spam) for our reply via email and we'll wait for your response so we can assist you. Thanks! -EC

California
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I'm very disappointed with Scribd. I liked the product, but the billing service is terrible. Even I wasn't login much for the past year, but decided stay on the autopay. Until last week, I found out that I was double charged for 8 months. They looked into it and said that I have two accounts. Apparently, one time, I entered a different e-mail address. There you go, they signed me up for it! Okay, I'm not going to dig further as why I was signed up again without knowing. I just wanted the refund for the double charged portion. They did refund me, but only for 6 months. When I requested for the remainder 2 months refund, there was no response. Basically they forced me to cancel my membership. Now, I'm concerned that they may continue charge me even after the cancellation. It's really too bad because I was going to continue keep them even though I've not use the service much lately. I will consider getting the subscription in the future if they can resolve this matter now.

Date of experience: October 4, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thanks for reaching out to us here and I am truly so sorry for any frustration. Please know, we are always willing to do what we can for our customers. 6 months is the maximum amount of refunds our payment processors permit, however, I can absolutely help review your account and assess if it is eligible for any additional refunds. Please be sure to update here with your ticket number, and I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible to help.

New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I joined Scribd to have unlimited access to Audiobooks. It seemed great so many choices. I went to get a new Audiobook and was shocked to find I had very little options. I though there was an issue with the website until I tried the next day and got the same. I tried to search for Janet Evanovich No Results when I was logged in so I logged out and searched and there are 77 choices. See my attached picture. I did send 2 messages to them and have not heard back

Date of experience: January 29, 2019
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Nannette - I'm really sorry for the inconvenience with temporarily unavailable titles not coming up in your search results! Our search system does "hide" titles that are not immediately available, however it's designed to show "top results" so if you're searching for the exact book title it should appear in the top results row. If you have further questions or need help with anything, please send us an email to help@scribd.com. Thank you!

Colorado
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3 helpful votes
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Horrible
July 9, 2016

Horrible customer service. Book credits were lost because I had a family emergency and did not use them and customer service would not restore them. They take weeks even months to respond to you and the library does not specifically label what books you own and which you do not.

Date of experience: July 9, 2016
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Ricky! I'm so glad that our support manager Allison was able to assist you with this and resolve the issues you were experiencing with your credits. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. Thanks again! - Zoë, Scribd Customer Support

Spain
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Refund
June 19, 2020

Very bad, I could not contact with due to my payment problem, really really bad.

I did a wrong payment, but when I realized this I contact them immediately, try to solve it as well as cancel my full membership, but instead of answering me, they ignore me, I did not receive any reply from them, I tried to contact with them many times. As I read the policy, I can take a refund within 30 days since they day that is charged
So frustrating!
Maybe I lost my money from them.
I just want to receive email from them to explain about it, and get my refund

Date of experience: June 19, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Anna, we're so sorry for the cancellation troubles and delay in responding. We've recently received a higher than normal amount of ticket requests and are working through them as fast as possible. With that being said, please update your review with your ticket number and we'll be able to locate it and get this taken care of for you right away. Thanks!

Australia
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Enter at own risk
July 2, 2011

Enter at own risk. According to Norton Safe-web, McAfee SiteAdvisor & WOT the site is unsafe. The site has many ethical issues (illegal copyright content), malware and it does spam. I have also had my own problems with this site, thus I don't recommend it.

Date of experience: July 2, 2011
Turkey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I had to close my US bank account, and all of a sudden they charged me and the bank charged me with an overdraft fee. When i looked closer to my transaction i have noticed that they have been charging me for 14 months! I contacted them, so far they only refunded one months subscription. I contacted them again, no answer yet. They literally stole my money, i even didnt use their service. I want my money back, they should have been restricted doing this to people, earning money is not easy! Ticket # *******

They refunded 4 month out of 14 months fee, all of which is taken from my account without a notification. I ask for a full refund, i still ask for 80 dollars more, this is really unbelievably annoying. Please refund me fully. I never used your service.

Date of experience: January 31, 2018
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Pel - I'm very sorry to hear this. It looks as though the agent has responded and provided you with an additional 90 days' refund. If you have any further questions, please reply to the agent's email.

Nebraska
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I, too, signed up for a free trial month. I canceled my account BEFORE the 30 days was up. Then I got charged anyway. I tried to email them but I can't contact them without signing into my account, which I canceled. I am lucky in that I signed up with my Paypal and could go in and cancel the recurring payment. I'm still out the $10 bucks they already charged me, though. Such a pain.

I see the responses that Scribd has made to similar complaints. Your response is worthless, you can't do anything without signing in and we can't sign in if we've canceled the account.

Date of experience: March 28, 2022
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

We apologize for any confusion. You can absolutely contact us without an active subscription. If you need to email us, please do so via this link: https://scr.bi/assist otherwise, thanks for your time and have a good day -EC

New Jersey
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I have sent two emails to them in regards to getting a refund for a charge on a monthly subscription that I for sure thought I had cancelled. I still haven't gotten a response and I am getting very frustrated. I simply cannot get a response and if we MUST contact them within 30 days, my time is thinning and so is my refund. I understand they get swamped with emails, but this is not okay and my patience is drawing a line.

Date of experience: May 11, 2016
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Cheyenne, I'm happy to see that your refund was issued on Thursday May 12th, 2016. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. Thanks again! - Zoë, Scribd Customer Support

Maryland
1 review
12 helpful votes
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I really hate how confusing it is to cancel their membership. You think you've cancelled but it takes two more steps after choosing cancel membership to make it work. Really feel cheated by this company.

Date of experience: June 9, 2016
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Was enticed to join after reading a couple of chapters of a book on their site for free and wishing to continue. Turns out the rest of the book isn't on their site. What a con.
Now I'm going to go to Paypal and make sure no payments come out as it was allegedly a free trial. And as to your answer to my complaint I just don't buy it. It appears your server locked on to my search for this book then lured me in with a couple of chapters. I mean who would go to the bother of sticking two chapters of a book online and nothing else?

Date of experience: July 13, 2016
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi John! I'm sorry for the trouble here, it sounds like you accessed one of our documents uploaded and maintained by a member rather than one of our books from a publisher. We're more than happy to ensure that your free trial is canceled! Please email us at help@scribd.com and we can assist. Thanks! - Zoë, Scribd Customer Support

Missouri
1 review
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Unauthorized charges
September 18, 2020

I haven't used scribd in a long time since 2019. I cancelled my subscription in 2019 and this month September 2020 l realized l have been getting charged for services l no longer use. Since May 2020 till this month Seotember they have been charging me. I have asked for my refund they said they can't find my info. They asked for more info abd l sent them screen shots and all they asked for, then after that they went silent. I have realized l am not the only one who has gone through this and I want you guys who have once used their services and cancelled to check your bank statements you might be shocked that they are taking money out of your bank account too. I need my refund and l will keep complaining because this is not right you can't take advantage of people like that.

Date of experience: September 18, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thank you for letting us know and I apologize for any delay from support! We are currently experiencing an extensive backlog of tickets, which is delaying our response time from support. However, we can absolutely escalate your ticket forward to get you a faster reply. Please update here with your ticket number and we'll help you find your account ASAP

Pennsylvania
1 review
6 helpful votes
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What a joke.
March 27, 2018

I can't believe Scribd wanted me to pay for a manual for my gas stove. I downloaded it for free from another site. It's like this site steals content then wants you to pay for it. I will write as many negative reviews as possible.

Date of experience: March 27, 2018
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Brian - I'm very sorry to hear about this and I would like to get it resolved for you ASAP. Please send us an email to help@scribd.com with the subject line ATTENTION: JAMES and I will personally resolve this. Thank you!

India
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I want my account cancelled. User name is *******@rediffmail.com. Scribd has been charging me without my consent. I have cancelled my account twice in past four months, but still got shocked to see myself being charged yet again! Why do you guys have like 6 step process for cancellation and only 1 button to resume cancellation? This sounds like an elaborate scam process to me.

Date of experience: April 25, 2017
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Nidhi. I'm sorry to hear about this. I've located your ticket and have responded with more information regarding your account and refunds. Thanks! Donni, Scribd Customer Support

India
1 review
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I can't understand the negativity here - Scribd is absolutely amazing and I have referred 4 people who have purchased the subscription. The price is extremely fair for value, unlimited ebooks and unlimited books, high-quality newspapers and magazines, and it's an invaluable research source. I cancelled once and it was easy. I wasn't charged for cancelling or after it. I couldn't stay away and re-subscribed only two months later. Thank you Scribd for helping book lovers like me access thousands of books at a very fair price.

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thank you for the kind words, Kevin! We're so glad you're enjoying your time on Scribd. Happy reading & listening!

Myanmar
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I did the 30 days trial and canceled within 30 days. Now I even can't log in at all on the website but i'm still charged! So my account been deleted but they still suck money from me! Absolutely unacceptable.

Date of experience: June 22, 2018
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Anne - I'm so sorry to hear about this unexpected charge; most likely you created two accounts unknowingly or did not fully cancel your subscription. Not to worry, please send us an email to help@scribd.com and we can absolutely locate the charge and issue a refund. Thank you!

Illinois
1 review
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Total scam
June 26, 2020

I have been getting charge monthly for the several months after canceling my service. With no option of customer service contact. They refuse to acknowledge that they are still charging me no response to the emails I e sent. Now I have to go get a new card AGAIN

Date of experience: June 26, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thank you for contacting us, and we are so sorry for the delayed response! While we’re excited that the Scribd community is growing as rapidly as it is, we’ve admittedly not been able to reply as quickly as we’d like to. We're working to improve this moving forward and, in the meantime, we are more than happy to help in any way we can.

That said, you should have received a ticket number email when you contacted us. Please update this comment with that number and someone from our support channel will get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks for your time!

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I did a free trial for scribd and forgot about it it has been over a year now and it continued to charge my account. I agree that this is my fault for forgetting but they did not even send me email regarding this subscription after the free trial. If I am paying for this stupid subscriptions the least they can do is send me emails regarding it if not give me my money back! This isn't right!

Date of experience: January 12, 2019
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Bella - I'm very sorry to hear about your unexpected charges. Please email us at help@scribd.com and we will absolutely locate your account and issue a refund. Thank you!

Maryland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The book I was in the middle of reading was removed from my library and marked "for purchase only". After almost a week of emails, they refused to refund me or allow me to finish the book! I wouldn't risk joining Scribd as there's nothing worse than having the book pulled out of your hand when you're in the middle of reading it! No fun to pay to read the first half of a book. I'm canceling my membership since I gave them a chance to make it right and all they offered was "apologies for the inconvenience."

Date of experience: June 10, 2015
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Kerri! I'm so glad we were able to resolve this issue through further email conversation. Please do not hesitate to reach out in the future should you have any other questions or concerns. Thanks again! - Zoë, Scribd Customer Service

Kenya
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Scibd ain't a scam
November 17, 2017

I had previously given them a one star but their Customer suppport proved me wrong. They actually refunded the money they had charged me for a free trial. Finally, to scribd, you should have asked whether we wanted to fully subscribe after the free trial. I also don't understand why you asked for our bank card numbers if the trial was free. For now, I give you a benefit of doubt.

Date of experience: November 17, 2017
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi David, I'm so sorry to hear this. Can you please respond to this with your ticket number and I'll make sure we issue your refund? Thank you! -JF

Overview

Scribd has a rating of 1.1 stars from 881 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Scribd most frequently mention free trial, credit card and customer service. Scribd ranks 188th among Ebook sites.

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