I have been trying to have fraudulent charges removed from my credit card account for the past several months in the amounts of $79.99 and $69.99. I was charged for something called a "frequent shopper club membership" by ThirdFree.com who is part of classiccloseouts.com. First of all, I only made one purchase with them and that was in 2002, so how can I be called a "frequent shopper, " secondly, I DID NOT make the said purchase. My credit card company had removed the charges, but then put them back on when they received a letter from ThirdFree.com stating that I made the purchase, although ThirdFree.com did not have a transaction number, a date, or even my email address included in that letter. These are bogus charges and I refuse to be responsible for them. I see that there are many other victims of this scam, and with any luck, together we can all shut them down for good.

I made a one time purchase at Classic Closeouts.com in June 2008. I paid with my debit card and received my product, no problem. On July 30, 2008 I discover an unauthorized transaction of $79.99 and the next day a pending unauthorized transaction of $69.99. I emailed customer service and call and leave a message and then continue to call to get a live person. No response. I had to call my bank and file a complaint and cancel my debit card. Thanks to my bank the pending transaction was cancelled and the $79.99 credited back to my account. I filed a complaint with the New York Better Business Bureau.

I wanted to add my voice of complaint with all the others. Checking my bank account to balance I came across a strange debit charge of $69.99 posted on July 10, 2008. Upon investigating and talking to my wife we have concluded this company, classic closeouts.com has made an unauthorized charge on our account. I have tried calling their customer-service phone number and only get voice-mail. I have tried sending e-mail and no response or reply. Their website does not show a customer-service phone number or addressd. The only way to make contact via their website is by e-mail and they do not respond or reply to e-mail.

On further investigation I have found 3-phone numbers to this company. The phone numbers are 866-422-6397; 516-371-1123; 516-538-1616. All three number connect to voice-mail to leave a message and someone will contact. Unfortunately after waiting for a week I have received no call-back from a customer-service representative.

Upon doing a phone reverse check an address is connected to 516-371-1123. The other two phone numbers do not list an address. The address noted is connected to a company by the name of "Internet Value Group" and I assume is connected or associated with Classic Closeouts.com. The address is: 110 West Graham Ave, Hempstead, NY, 11550.

I find it highly irregular and unusual a company would not provide an address or phone number for contact. I have also taken the step of bringing up my account with this company on their website and deleting my charge-card information and closing out my account with this company.

I have only ordered from Classic Closeouts once, 4 years ago, the quality was seriously lacking and I never ordered again. This past week I had an unauthorized, fraudulent charge against my bank account for 69.99. I made several calls to the company and they go unreturned. I have this charge in dispute with my bank. I have filled out a form with the New York States Attorneys office regarding this company: www.oag.state.ny.us/online_forms/compaint_alert_action.jsp

I would advise all to do the same. If you perform a search online for Classic Closeouts unauthorized bank charges or any search similar, you will find a huge amount of complaints.