| Prepaid Legal
Services F*&^ing ripoff Ada Oklahoma *Consumer Comment ..My
take on PPL |
Company
Prepaid Legal Services
Address:
Ada, OK
Ada Oklahoma
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
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I joined Prepaid Legal Services
almost a year ago. I signed up for the Identity Theft Protection
and Casualty Protection which cost $9.95 and $17 a month
respectively. Since then I've had 3 major legal matters for which
I've needed a lawyer. The so-called provider attorneys are mostly
freaking worthless. Paying $27 a month for these lawyers to write
letters, review contracts and make idle threats is a waste of
money.
The first matter was with the military unit I worked for that
tried to charge me $23,000 for alleged missing equipment which was
not missing but not properly accounted for. I called the provider
law firm assigned to my state and the lawyer that I spoke to knew
nothing about military regulations. I got out of that one by doing
my own research.
Second, in May this "video e-mail" company happened to
get my credit card number (I don't know how in the hell they did)
and started billing me $40 a month for 3 months. When I called the
company, they had no record of my name, (maiden or married) or my
husband's name therefore they could not give me a refund even
after I faxed them my credit card statements where I was billed.
That company was VMDirect.com by the way. So I called my provider
attorney and they wrote a letter to VMDirect ordering them to
refund my money. About 2 weeks later they eventually did.
Whoopti-freakin'-doo.
Third, and worst of all, 8 months ago I was defrauded $8,500 for
this fraudulent real estate mentoring by John Beck (see his 30+
entries at ripoffreport.com.) So I called my provider law firm
(they are Demming Parker Hoffman Campbell and Green) and they
assigned me this lawyer that sounded like a fraternity boy who had
partied all night before. I asked for another attorney and she
sent a letter to John Beck threatening litigation if they did not
refund my $8,500 by Sep 30th 2004. Oh, and I would get a Title V
discount of 20% off her fees. September 30th came and went and
John Beck did not refund my money. So I called my attorney and she
said she "cound not take this case but she would refer it to
the other attorneys." A week later I got a letter from the
law firm stating that no attorney would take my case and basically
told me it sucked to be me but I was on my own.
Prepaid Legal is all talk and no action. Their membership is a
waste of money and a scam and you're better off without them.
Stephanie
Columbus, Georgia
U.S.A.
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