08-25-2005, 11:19 AM
Quote: Many consumers complained that AOL personnel ignored their demands to cancel service and stop billing.
http://www.theregister.com/2005/08/25/ao...ice_probe/
Quote: Many consumers complained that AOL personnel ignored their demands to cancel service and stop billing.
Quote:I think customer service, in general, has gone out the window.
Quote:A lawsuit seeking to potentially cover hundreds of thousands of America Online Inc. subscribers accuses the Time Warner Inc. unit of illegally billing customers by creating secondary accounts for them without their consent.
The lawsuit, filed last month in St. Clair County Circuit Court on behalf of 10 AOL customers in six states, claims the company confused and deceived customers about the charges, stalled them from canceling unauthorized accounts and refused to return questioned fees.
Quote:AOL has agreed to cough up as much as $25m to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the giant ISP "wrongfully billed consumers".
According to a statement issued Friday, the settlement covers claims that AOL "wrongfully billed consumers for online services, such as additional and 'spun-off' AOL accounts, and other services and products, such as AOL Desk Planner, without first receiving consumers' consent or authorization".