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Texas
1 review
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Fix this now, Scribd. I am filing a complaint for this unauthorized transaction with the Federal Trade Commission. ReportFraud.ftc.gov This is elder abuse.

Date of experience: October 22, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi there, it sounds like you have an active subscription for us. We're more than happy to help with a cancellation and refund, so please follow this link to create a ticket and connect directly with our support team: https://scr.bi/assist
Feel free to update your review with your ticket number as well for a faster response -- thanks!

Iowa
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I paused my subscription to Scribd within free trail month (Ideally in pause condition you should not be charged), it notified that the account would be activated again on 7th August 2018. I have since then still been charged for their services! Scribd overdrew my account, ultimately my account was closed by the bank and I am being charged high penalty fees! I rarely use that bank account and got to know about it much later. Scribd do not even send a single email notification telling you that they have been billing your account. I am very careful about my subscriptions and paused their service while going outside the country. I haven't used their service and have cancelled the subscription today. They do not even have customer service representatives to attend calls of aggrieved customers! Terrible company, awful services. I would not recommend it to anyone. I have never been treated this disgracefully before. I have raised a dispute request with my bank against Scribd as I am not the one who should pay the penalty.

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

Hi Supriya - I'm so sorry to hear that you were charged after you paused your subscription! When this happens, usually the subscription was not paused correctly or you have a second account with us that you've forgotten about. Not to worry, please send us an email to help@scribd.com and we'll get to the bottom of this and issue a refund!

New York
1 review
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I was charged for 4 months of subscription with no authorization. I emailed them after the first charge requesting them to refund me for the charge and make sure I was not to be charged again. I was charged another 3 TIMES after this. I just emailed them AGAIN and have had no response to my emails to their support team. I WANT A REFUND ON MY 4 TOTAL CHARGES!

Date of experience: October 21, 2021
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thanks for informing us and we apologize for the delay from support. Let us know your ticket number and we can help escalate your case -EC

Romania
1 review
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This is the worst site I have ever opened!
You can't even download stuff from them anymore. And customer service is so bad, they can't even answer to a simple question. Worst site ever!

Date of experience: August 3, 2022
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hello, we are sorry for any difficulty you have experienced. We would love to make things right and assist you with the issue you are having. If you have already submitted a ticket to our support team, please provide your ticket number. If you have not, please submit a ticket to our support team here: https://scr.bi/assist. Thank you, we look forward to assisting you. - MR

California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I already sent three messages to Scribd to refund me, still no answer. They say it's the Netflix of books, but the charged me four times in a row three books, I feel fooled.

Date of experience: April 12, 2016
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Roberto - It looks like one of our support reps refunded your charges for the audiobook credits on April 18,2016. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns via support@scribd.com. Thanks! - Zoë, Scribd Customer Support

Netherlands
1 review
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I just cancelled my free trial and I know you guys are about to start stealing from me... I will sue you if you don't cancel my subscription asap... My ticket id is #*******

Date of experience: May 11, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Sam, we have already resolved this for you via email in ticket #2688231. You will not be charged and your account is cancelled. Thanks!

Louisiana
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FRAUD ALERT. Scribd is definitely a "cash grabbing" site. They stole my money and charged me for 6 months of service after I cancelled my subscription. Their website notes the date of my cancelled subscription and the last date they say I paid for service. Yet their site does not reflect the following 6 months as they continued to charge me. I am not able to log in and use the service as the site says I have no subscription! SO They STOLE MY MONEY AND they REFUSE TO REFUND IT! This is FRAUD and they are clearly doing this on purpose KNOWING people wont notice right away. When I complained they said they have a 30 day policy and won't refund anything past 30 days. This is clearly set up to take advantage and steal from people. This is FRAUD. The authorization I gave them was to charge me for a service, when I cancelled that service that authoriation is removed. I want my money back. They also have no phone number and no customer service personnel. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE!

Date of experience: October 3, 2021
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Christine,

We sincerely apologize for the experience you have had. We would love to have one of our specialist to look into this further. To better assist you, submit a ticket via this link: https://scr.bi/assist. Once the ticket is submitted, your request will be escalated to a specialist who will follow up with you via email.

Please address any further questions with the specialist directly via email to ensure your concerns are addressed in a timely manner. Thank you! - MR

Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Continued charging
January 16, 2020

I canceled my membership right after it began as Scribd didn't have the book I needed. When I saw my card has been charged the next month I tried to email and call multiple times but no response. My card has continuously been charged for 8 months now and I can't contact anyone at Scribd. DO NOT GET THIS MEMBERSHIP.

Date of experience: January 16, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Lindsay, we're truly sorry to hear of the difficulties and would be happy to look into this for you. We do not offer phone support at all, however please update your review with the ticket number associated with the email you sent us and we would be happy to follow up and look at your account. Thanks!

Washington
1 review
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Received a gift subscription and was unable to use it. Tech support is a minimum two weeks delayed. Refunds require you to login but it doesn't allow me to login. What a joke.

Date of experience: January 6, 2022
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention here. Our general support team is encountering a high amount of requests after the holiday season, however, we would be happy to get this escalated for you. Please update this review to include your support ticket number and we'll get you a response within 24 hours. If you haven't been successful in creating a support ticket, you can do so here: https://scr.bi/assist -AR

New York
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Invoice ID: **************

1) Do not use the website services and keep yourself away as further as possible
2) Do not register at their website and do not provide any bank cards and/or Paypal accounts details
3) Even if you cancel your free-trial membership on the same/next day, the company will not send you a cancellation number and any emails. You can see on the top of the web page the message "You still have 29 free days left of reading. If your subscription ends, you will lose access to all books, audiobooks, and documents"
4) Regardless of any cancellation the website will charge your bank cards and you should contact to a bank support to cancel the transaction. Because the website didn't provide any cancellation number, you have no chance to prove that you cancelled your subscription/membership.
Also, only after you contact about the fraud transaction either to your bank or Paypal, and do cancellation of a membership request over again, then the website is going to send you just email about cancellation without any numbers.
5) Read books only at reliable website, aka Kindle, Learning Oreily, Apress, Litres.

Date of experience: July 6, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thanks for your comment here - I am so sorry for the frustration with this charge! Please know, as long as your account is canceled before your next payment date, you will not be charged on the following date. That said, if you were charged after canceling, this was likely due to a failed cancelation or a duplicate account. However, again, please do not worry! We have a team of experts who can help you with this and refund you. Just contact our support team at help@scribd.com and update here with your ticket number. We'll respond and assist you as soon as possible. Thank you for your time.

Idaho
1 review
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I never sign up for automatic payments!

So somehow, they misled me or tricked me into an automatic payment scheme.

BEWARE of this kind of trickery!

AVOID this company!

Date of experience: March 17, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi John, we'd like to connect you with an account specialist to look into this and refund any unwanted charge. Please email the details to help@scribd.com and then update this review to include the ticket # you receive so that we can connect asap. Thanks!

Serbia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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PLEASE DELETE MY ACCOUNT
February 18, 2018

Hello,
I've seen many bad reviews here, and I have to say I'm scared. Just to say, I DELETED MEMBERSHIP, GOT A CONFIRMATION MAIL FOR IT, GOT PAYPAL CONFIRMATION ABOUT CANCELLING MEMBERSHIP ALSO, I WANT MY PAYPAL MAIL DELETED FROM SITE SYSTEM, ALSO DONT YOU DARE STEAL MONEY FROM ME (I ENTERED SUBSCRIPTION TODAY, AND CANCELLED IT TODAY ALSO), MY TICKETS ARE #******* AND #*******.
JUST MAKE SURE TO REALLY CANCEL MY MEMBERSHIP.

Date of experience: February 18, 2018
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Danilo - Thanks for reaching out to us! April has confirmed that your account has been deleted and you will not be charged in the future.

Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scribd membership
November 6, 2021

I have just noticed that I am still charged for a membership after cancellation. I have cancelled a long time ago. This is so disappointing and a fraud case.

Date of experience: November 6, 2021
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Nurin, it sounds like you have an active subscription with us as we're unable to bill otherwise. In order for us to assist you in resolving this, please use this link to connect with our support team directly: https://scr.bi/assist
Thanks! -VG

Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I was asked to provide 5 pdf files for one of there's they took my five pdf flies and when it was my turn to receive my file in trade for my 5 files they crashed and the screen said it was no longer available JERKS

Date of experience: March 29, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thank you for informing us. We apologize for any trouble you're having receiving our incentivized download and any problem with reaching support. Our support team is available to assist you via email, however, we're not seeing any emails in our queue from you. If you did email us, please update your review and provide your ticket number. Otherwise, email us via this link: http://bit.ly/social-support-help
Once this is done, one of our agents will be able to assist you shortly. Thanks! -VG

California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I have been charged for months and customer service can not locate my account. Customer service is awful and have been dealing with this issue for week. Have to create a fraud alert!

Date of experience: May 16, 2019
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Apologies for the troubles Susan, we would like to escalate your case and help you with this! Please email us at help@scribd.com, then update your review with your ticket number and a member of our team will reach out to you shortly. Thanks!

France
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scribd trap!
May 18, 2017

I fell for the scribd trap!
I cancelled my membership but I'm still charged
It's not a free trial.
My user name is bnk4simoes. Can you take care oh this issue?
My email is *******@gmail.com

Date of experience: May 18, 2017
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi there. Thank you for providing your email. I've sent you an email regarding the account associated with the username (bnk4simoes) addressing your questions and concerns. If you have any other questions/concerns, please reply to that email. Thanks! -Donni, Scribd Customer Support

Brazil
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Literally $#*!
February 3, 2019

You can't see $#*! and neither download them because you need an account
And if you try to create an account, you need to put in your credit card info

Overall: don't even go near that degeneracy

Date of experience: February 3, 2019
Viet Nam
1 review
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I canceled my subscription a month ago, but today I get charged 8.99$. WTF is going on. And this is what I found, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CHEATED THIS WAY! Are you guys trying to rob every customer like this?

Date of experience: July 29, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi there, we're sorry for any confusion here. It sounds like the charge you're seeing is actually tied a duplicate account, as its impossible for us to bill a canceled subscription. We'd be happy to look into this with you and make sure you're not billed further. Please submit a ticket through this link and a specialist will follow up to assist right away: https://scr.bi/assist

We look forward to getting this resolved for you. Thanks!

North Carolina
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I love the app, however I decided I didn't have time to read much, so I set the app to stop at the end of the first free month. I'm getting charged and not looking for a renewal.

Date of experience: April 13, 2015
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hi Joel. I'm so sorry to hear about the unwanted charge! We'll be able to figure out what happened and make sure you're compensated for unused time on the site. If you haven't done so already, please send a message to us at support@scribd.com and we'll be happy to help. Please include the email address you used when you registered on Scribd as well as the order number for the membership if you still have it. We look forward to hearing from you! -- Jerry, Scribd Customer Service Manager

South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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If they treat you like me, they will steal your money once they have your credit card. Do not let them have it.

I wanted to look at one book they had available, so I took them up on their free offer. I took that look, then canceled the service. Months later, I realized there was a recurring charge on my credit card that I did not expect. I tracked it down to them and notified them that they failed to process my cancellation. They offered to refund one of the months, but were slow to respond to my complaint. They never refunded that month. When I contacted their customer support, they explained we were so close to the next month's charge that they just decided not to charge me for that next month rather than issue a refund for the prior month - despite the service already being canceled, so no additional charge being authorized. They CLEARLY just want to get your information to start charging you and will do whatever they can to keep charging you, using unethical delays and 'system failures' to justify continuing to charge you.

Date of experience: December 1, 2020
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Thanks for reaching out to us here, John - please know, we want to ensure we are doing everything we can to assist you. So we can ensure we are helping you to the best of our ability, please update this comment with your ticket number and we'll be there to assist you ASAP.

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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