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Usenet.nl has a rating of 1.6 stars from 138 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Usenet.nl most frequently mention free trial, credit card and customer service. Usenet.nl ranks 183rd among Downloads sites.

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India
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Big scam
July 7, 2017

Yesterday, i start free trail and provide them my cradit card details, and today 64 Rs are deducted from credit card without any OTP... i thought they can not get money from my cradit card without OTP... But 64 Rs are gone... i am tensed now... what shold i do... Please help... how to cancel this free trial... it is not a free...

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Pritesh shah
India

Date of experience: July 7, 2017
New York
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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0 ratings- scam artists - will coerce you into using their free trial then make it impossible for you to cancel so that they bill you later on represented by a service called Inasako and then demand 164 euros.

If this has happened to you contact the FBI internet fraud branch and submit a formal grievance against the company entitled Fradulent Inducement.
Let us put an end to scams such as these.

Date of experience: June 29, 2017
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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If I could give 0 stars I would. I signed up for a trial which I cancelled as realised after signing up it wasnt for me or what I was looking for. Unbeknown to me I was still being charged but it turns out for some reason I had two accounts created and listed under one email address. The customer service was not very helpful. I dont know how many emails I have sent backwards and forwards asking why Im being charged for a service I dont use. Its only taken them 3-months to tell me that my email address is listed under two accounts, which is why Im being charged and as I hadt cancelled second account during trial (which I dont even realise I had), I was automatically upgraded to 1-month subscription. I would not recommend this service to my friends. I wouldnt want anyone else to go through hassle I have and all for just cancelling an account.

Date of experience: June 28, 2017
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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UseNEVER.nl
June 21, 2017

This is a scam! Never sign up for this service. Whatever you think you need it for... trust me you don't. I signed up for the free trial and after doing so I realized they did not have the sheet music I was looking for, and then cancelled it (or so I thought). My subscription was not cancelled even after four attempts, and consequently I have been recieving invoices for the subscrption that I have never used, and to my knowledge cancelled. Also if you live in the United States and need to make phone calls to the hotline keep in mind that their business hours are different. In our time it is 3am-1pm on weekdays, and 3am-11am on Saturdays.

Date of experience: June 21, 2017
Kansas
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Simply scammer.
June 9, 2017

I was searching an e-book online and found this website. I thought they had it. Then I installed their client and signed up an account. Unfortunately, I didn't find my content, I then cancelled the service (in free-trail period of course), But After a month, I received a mail, which said I owe Usenet.nl 165 euro, wtf...

Date of experience: June 9, 2017
Texas
1 review
36 helpful votes
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I gave them 5 stars so my review is easier to find. Though the other reviews on this site suggest its nearly impossible, its very easy to cancel your usenet.nl free trial within the trial period without having to make any overseas phone calls. The user agreement states that you are entitled to cancellation within your 14 day trial period, and is effective immediately upon receipt of your request to cancel using their online cancellation form. If you are still under the free trial period, these are the instructions on how to cancel your trial: Log in to your usenet.nl account on their website using the login info they sent you in your free trial confirmation email. Click on the "My Account" tab near the top right of the page. It will direct you to the "My Subscription" page. There should be a redish-orange button near the bottom right of this page that has the word "Termination" on it. Click this button, select the appropriate reason for cancellation, and submit. Its as simple as that. If you did this you will be sent an email confirming that they received your request to cancel which, according to their user agreement, is sufficient for ending the trial period. The email also states that your subscription will not be extended after your current (free trial) term is expired. This is their legally binding promise to not charge you for services past the free trial period. They will only charge you if you fail to cancel before the end of the trial period through their official means of cancellation. The user agreement clearly states that deactivating your payment method does not constitute or represent cancellation of services, and you will still be bound to pay for services until you officially cancel with them directly.

Date of experience: May 28, 2017
Israel
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Usenet is a scam
May 20, 2017

I downloaded one small piece of music from their website. I got charged 99 USD via paypal. The charge is per month. I have never in my life been charged such an amount for one month. Paypal sent an email "billing agreement cancellation confirmation". I hope this is the end of it.

Date of experience: May 20, 2017
Azerbaijan
1 review
3 helpful votes
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It is a scam
May 19, 2017

I once have been visited the site, even I did not know I have subscribed. A few days later, I lost my 99 $

Date of experience: May 19, 2017
GB
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Great service
May 6, 2017

I'm not sure why there are so many negative comments on here. They have terrms and conditions you clearly sign up to but I love the service. Been using it for years with now problems at all.

Date of experience: May 5, 2017
Oregon
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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CROOKS
May 3, 2017

This is a scam site. I have written our Washington State Attorney Generals office registering a complaint. I have received a collection letter from them even though I cancelled. Others in a similiar situation as me have noted that the collection letters escalate in intensity to threats of lawsuits and threats against my credit history.

FIRST DO THIS:. They generally use Paypal to setup your account and bill through Paypal. Go to your paypal page and cancel your subscription with them to ensure they do not steal any money from you... IF and only IF you get a collection letter from them write your State Attorney Generals office and register a complaint detailing your situation... send the scam collection agency a copy of the letter you have registered

Date of experience: May 3, 2017
GB
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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My opinion of usernet is nil. Point. I have a copyright query to take up with them but their much advertised DMCA email address is non-existent. They always get returned as non-deliverable or 'address doesn't exist'. I think that is how they get away with it! Another domain connected with them (expense-software.com), I have tried to contact via DMCA address, has an unanswerable CAPTCHA question. These guys are really smart!

Date of experience: May 3, 2017
Philippines
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Oh dear. I checked on this site too late. I have subscribed to a free trial and when downloading the newsreader kept on failing, that's when I searched online for SOS. Now, how do I unsubscribe? Their website is no help at all.

Date of experience: May 1, 2017
Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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USENET.NL Complaints
April 26, 2017

Respond to these crooks by registering a complaint at FBI Internet Crime Complaint (https://www.ic3.gov/about/default.aspx) and Interpol (https://www.interpol.int/Forms/Access-blocking). Maybe if enough registered complaints, will drive these maggots underground?

Date of experience: April 26, 2017
Rhode Island
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Nasty crooks
April 19, 2017

Sell you a subscription for something that did not work, then won't let you cancel
Rating of 0. Now they're adding costs for refusal to pay

Date of experience: April 19, 2017
Canada
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Same story here. Tried to cancel my subscription online but realized I had to call them oversees and so forth (how convenient!), so I canceled the Paypal payment. Then got a letter from them asking that I pay them 110 EURO or else they would pass the outstanding debt to their partner on site.(credit recovery company). And of course, they made sure I could wire transfer the money directly to their bank account out of fear.

What a bunch of low life, useless worms. Please people do not give in to these clowns. PLEASE IGNORE these thieves. I actually find myself quite idiot to have even registered for a free trial of pure s*h*i*t. They can send me crap letters as much as they want, I'll use these rags as toilet paper or to start a bonfire. (btw, can I put negative or at least ZERO star. One star is actually way too much.)

Date of experience: April 5, 2017
India
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Total Scam
April 1, 2017

Blood Idiots took my money. Don't even believe this site. Without entering the password they took the money.

Date of experience: April 1, 2017
Oregon
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Total Scam
March 27, 2017

I sign up for 15 days free trial and only use for 1 day before I cancel it. Now the usenet.nl charge me 2000 dollars for 3 months of service. Wtf. They do not even have
Subscription cancellation on their website when I first sign up. 1 day of use barely one day of use and they charge 2000 dollars. Why not rob several banks. If I can rate a negative on this it be negative infinity.

Date of experience: March 27, 2017
NL
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Scam company
March 24, 2017

I registered for their 14 day trial and cancelled through paypal yet it still received a letter threatening me to pay 110 EUR or report me to credit services. First of all this company's services is just pure junk. Anything you download from them is filled with viruses and malware that will compromise your pc. Beware of this sleazy company.

Date of experience: March 24, 2017
Switzerland
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Very easy to register, very difficult to leave! Don't go there! Just, don't! I couldn't even use the software to download the files I wanted. So I wanted to leave immediatly after registration.

They have your credit card number at that point, and to leave, you need to click several times on a small "continue" button which does not obviously lead you to the cancellation page your are looking for! In the end, after several "continue" clicks, they ask you to call them by phone (!)... at certain opening times... Last and not least, you need to type your Personal ID in the phone! And this ID is DIFFERENT from your username! X_x

Date of experience: March 11, 2017
GB
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Has anyone got a copy of this cancellation email we are supposed to get? I can't find one. Not sure what it should even look like

Date of experience: March 9, 2017