ScribdReviews 883

Very deceptive. This is not an unlimited service. After you listen to 2 audiobooks during a billing cycle you are cut off. After you are cut off you can see the title and the date it will be available. I researched this and found countless reviews with the same issue. They were told that they "throttle abusers of the system". I am not sure how paying for a service and then trying to use it can be considered abusive. Very disappointed since I prepaid for a year. Will be requesting a refund. Audible may be a little more expensive but they are upfront about their service, offer discounts and you can purchase more books if you'd like. With Scrid you just have ti wait.

In my view the service unacceptably misleading. Prior to logging in I
Search on the webpage shown to all (members and non members) for a
Number of books and find them shown as being available. I then log into
My new account and find the books are not available. Equally, I have
Found that some books shown as being available on not immediately
Available. When I send an inquiry I receive a response that the book(s)
Will be available the following month. I have written to service a
Number of times to obtain clarification but the responses are ambiguous
And never really respond to the question raised. Why advertise books that aren't offered when advertised?

No stars - BEWARE! Especially if Scribd has taken money from your account continually. A policy of no refunds after 30 days. Scribd returned one payment and when I emailed asking about the second payment, and also got upset, Jerry refunded it only as a courtesy. I am just waiting for it to appear in my account and then I will be scrapping my card.

Although their standard response will be "We're sorry that certain specific books are temporarily unavailable to you right now...". The truth is that they will throttle you after one audiobook. I started to read one book, downloaded others but never read. Today, for the s3cond month in a row they DELETED the books from my device remotely and I can only access them the day after they get another payment from me. I cancelled last time when they started this and was stupid to believe they had changed, They claim to have an unlimited service. They do not. They offer a few cheap, old and publicly available books unlimited and the rest are 1 or two a month. Just saving a book to read later counts against you.

They refuse to admit to how many books you are limited to and frame it like the publisher has limits. It's not true. My sister could log in and access the books but because I had listened to one audiobook, I could not. Each time, the books are miraculously available the day after I pay them again and I have to redownload after they process the payment. This is false advertising. Their responses on here claiming books are unavailable to you for any other reason than money are false. This "unlimited" shtick was a ploy to bring back everyone who left after their last escapade. Now I read their was a data breach at the end of November and "only" our usernames and emails were accessed. ONLY?! You can't tell the truth about unlimited books and I should trust you on that?

In addition, they remain in violation of the court settlement for blind readers. Their app and website are still unusable more than a year after the deadline. They could easily work with publishers and the NLS and maybe even get credit or a write off ala book share with publishers by allowing the blind access. Nope!

The bottom line? Do not buy the bs. If you have, cancel and run from this company. Go and use your local library and Libby or overdrive. It's free, has prompt honest service you can depend on.

I joined Scribd quite a while back because I listen to about 5 or 6 audiobooks a month. Scribd seemed like the perfect option for me. $8.99 a month for unlimited reading and listening. Sounds almost too good to be true, well, that's because it is! They post many MANY books that are going to be available in a month's time. They make those books "available" for a very short time (less than a day) then take them away and say they will be available in another month. And this just keeps happening. I can't tell you how infuriating it is to listen to an hour or two of a book, go back to the site only to find that it's gone. I will not fall for their tricks & lies any more. I would tell anyone thinking of joining, don't do It! They get your hopes up month after month only to let you down every single time.

I got a call from a Number *******475. When I answered it all I heard is a sound - ping. Later 5 mins after I checked my account and there is a charge of $8.99. I called the number it's from a Tom Spring. His linked said he works in IT and is a writer too. I called scribd. No real person answered said refer to website. It will force you to enter ur account log in. I saw their materials. It's like libtards writings. Like book about obamas. Hate against trump.

Like other angry people on here have mentioned, these people are thieves. I never started a "membership", only signed in with my facebook for a one time use type of situation because it was quick and easy. And this is exactly how they get people! I don't even use their website, have never uploaded my credit card info, yet somehow they have my credit card number on file and have been charging me for MONTHS. There was never any email about starting a membership or the charges, and when I try to remove my credit card info, there is no option to do so! What in the absolute $#*! is wrong with this company? Have you no morals? AND WHAT'S WORSE? THE SAME THING HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO MY BOYFRIEND WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE FOR 5 YEARS! 5 YEARS! We are students living paycheck to paycheck THAT IS A LOT OF $#*!ING MONEY YOU ARE ROBBING FROM US FOR SOMETHING WE NEVER WERE NOTIFIED WE WERE BEING CHARGED FOR AND WE ARE NOT USING! CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING MILLIONS OFF OF UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE. Absolute monsters. I would very much like to be refunded, as would my boyfriend. My email is *******@gmail.com though I am thinking no one will actually follow up on this issue...

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