Progressive Business Publications

Same deal as everyone. They call to give free preview. I said okay. They start invoices. This appears to be what I call a lottery business. There must be enough companies that just pay the invoice to make this worth their while. I received an invoice today. There's no phone number on the invoice, how convenient for them.

For the past 3 years, this company has bombarded us with invoices for publications we did not order nor did we wish to receive them. We continuously send back the invoices with notes on them that we did not order and will not pay. On one occasion, one of the invoices slipped by me and we started getting collection phone calls. There is no explaining to these people and they are rude. I wrote them numerous letters asking them to "cease and desist" sending mail to our company, but they pay no attention. They are a big scam!

Progressive contacted me by phone and offered a free subscription to their publication. They said they had to verify the conversation took place by verifying my date of birth. So I furnished it. Six months later, I am receiving harassing phone calls over a service that I have not asked for or ordered. They say that I did not opt out so I am liable for the payment. They have unscrupulous business practices. They have sent things in the past many years ago to my company with the same claims. Companies like this need to be shut down. Just because someone verifies a phone conversation with their name and birth date doesn't satisfy the claim of a binding contract agreement. Devious underhanded business practices are at the core of their business practice. They say an email went out to let me know the subscription would continue. My company has automatic spam blocking software in place that restricts items from certain vendors. I am not paying for something that I did not request or use. Solicitation calls of this kind give good businesses a bad name.

I have just received a phone call from a woman named Kathy with ICR. She was extremely unprofessional from the start of the call regarding a balance I owe of $199 from newsletters that I received against my request. My receptionist threw out the newsletters as they were received, as she is instructed to toss out any junk mail. She obviously considered their newsletters junk mail.

Regardless, ICR of NY is claiming we owe $199 and told me that I would go to further collections if I did not pay the balance within the next hour. I was also told my name and date of birth would be proof that I told them I would not pay it and that I was the reason it is going to further collections. When I said that was not the way this needs to be handled, I tried to be civil and work something out, she told me to stop playing games. I told her I would give her a call back by noon, it was 10am my time. She said, "I'll give you one hour." She said she would contact the owner of my company if I did not pay today.

Obviously, based on all of the websites, this company is a scam and has many complaints behind them. I am just worried, as my company is a new business, I do not want to have a bad credit report due to $199! At the same time, I am not comfortable paying for something that I did not order, and have no product to show for! Can you please let me know what will happen if I do not pay this? I want to believe there is no way for them to do anything to us, credit-wise, as they are not a legit business. I am just so mad right now at the way I was just talked to by this woman and I don't know what to do. I was as nice as could be and she was so disrespectful and rude.

Nine months ago, PBP called me and asked if I wanted to subscribe to their newsletter with a free trial. I said no, but they still went ahead and sent me publications, followed by invoices. I had to look their number up on their website, as it's not provided with the invoices, but I was able to get through to someone called Jen. Jen told me many times that because they had sent me an email with the offer details and I had not responded to it, that I was liable for the payments. Ridiculous! What proof is there that the email was ever sent by them, never mind received (and read) by me?! I stated many times that, unless they could provide some sort of proof that I had ever requested a subscription, then they needed to cancel the account and provide confirmation that neither they nor the collection agency they had referred my account to would be chasing for any payment. They finally agreed and cancelled the account and associated invoices. What a hassle. I guess they hope some people will just pay the bills to make this pathetic scam worthwhile for PBP.

Where will these people stop? I've been solicited and was recently sent a bill for these publications. If I get a phone call, the person on the other end is going to get a mouthful from me.

I was sent an unsolicited subscription for "Communication Bulletin for Managers and Supervisors" and an invoice was included. I believe this company did this, assuming a certain number of their "victims" would pay the bill without researching it. I consider this unethical.

One year subscription to HR Training - This is the second time the company has been billed for subscriptions never ordered. Last time I dealt with this Progressive Business Publications, it was not pleasant. Our HR Department is on guard with solicitations such as this. Our course of action is to notify them first by phone and then in writing informing them of nonpayment for services not ordered nor provided.

We have received an invoice indicating this to be our 4th notice "supposedly we received" for a product we never ordered, never solicited, etc. This Invoice was sent fraudulently in the hopes that we would just pay it, without checking out the validity of such a billing. We check everything! This company needs to be put out of business for misuse of the postal system sending these fraudulent billings, for misrepresentation, general harassment against potential businesses and fraud. I contacted the phone number I had to Google because they do not list a phone number on their invoice. I advised them to cancel this invoice immediately.

Our office continually has been receiving "renewal notices" and "continuation notices" for subscriptions that are unwanted and never subscribed for. I have already faxed cancellation information of one notice just last week and received 2 more just yesterday for the exact same thing I sent the cancellation for last week!

In addition, approximately a year ago, I had the exact same situation with another manager in our department; and when I called to cancel and tell them that we never ordered and did not want the subscription. They proceeded to give me a very hard time and informed me that yes we had and that we needed to pay the $299. We ended up paying for that but informed them at that time that we would never do business with them nor had we requested anything from them. To this day, this manager continues to receive mailings from them. How do we make this end for everyone?

I have the same complaint as it seems everyone has with this company. I received 2-plus copies of "bulletins" that were never ordered. Then, I received harassing "invoices" for $299.00 each for these useless "facility manager" and "environmental compliance" bulletins.

Subscription billing - Probably a rehash of the other 18 pages. An unsolicited newsletter arrives by mail. Shortly, a continuation notice arrives. Returning with payment allows you to continue receiving the newsletter. If you take no action, your trial will expire. Then more notices asking for payment. Then International Credit Recovery calls, threatening turnover to collections. The BBB covering Malvern, PA lists 1803 complaints. Googling "Malvern PA scam" yields PBP as the second listing on the first page.

Progressive Business Publication is a scam. Same issue as everyone else, they are trying to weasel money from NeuCo saying we owe them for a subscription. We never signed up for any type of subscription. They keep harassing us claiming we owe them $299 (or settle for $130)! What a joke. Beware, ignore their calls or call the BBB.

False Subsciptions and Invoices: I received two packages full of about 30-50 bulletins from this company along with an invoice in the second package. I had never ordered these items and have absolutely no need of them for my company. I called the company only to be placed in a VOP system forever and then dumped to voicemail. When someone finally called me back several days later, I told them the situation and the rep tried to tell me I spoke to someone at their company on a certain date. I told her I speak to several vendors a day, but talking is not agreement of an order. I asked her to send me my signature or a copy of an electronic receipt even a copy of the conversation I had with her company to verify I placed an order. She said that it was just a noted discussion in their system and she would take my cancellation now, just send the items back and write cancellation over the invoice. I told I would write cancellation, but I'm also writing and making a copy stating, "Item was never ordered."

That was over two weeks ago. Today, I received another package full of useless bulletins! This is so repulsive and shady of a "publication" company to pull this type of scam, especially given their specialization communication advice! I nearly laughed aloud seeing the title of the cover page story of this flimsy bulletin: "3 Stupid Reasons People Get Sued - and how you can avoid them - A realistic approach to reducing legal risks. Seriously?! The Editor-in-Chief, Maureen Gorman and Managing Editor, Carin Ford, need to do a bit of better job editing and have their company walk the talk before printing this stuff. I will say the rep I just spoke to again today seem a bit more gracious then the other one spoke to weeks ago and I just hope I never see another "communication" from this company again!

I never ordered a product. They say I did not return it. There's no answer for the publication and they turned me over to a collection company.

About a month ago, I received a call about a subscription to Supervisors Safety Bulletin from a salesperson explaining that under the law, I had to be informed regarding safety in the work site. She wanted to sell me a handbook and some bulletin regarding that subject. I told her that we did not have the need of safety handbooks or bulletins in a law office. Today, I received an invoice claiming that I owed $94.56 balance to my subscription, which was overdue. The invoice claimed that I had received 4 issues and had access to SupervisorsSafetyBulletin.com for 8 weeks. In reference to the invoice claims, all of the above is untrue. Beware of this firm.

I received an invoice (late notice) from Progressive Business Publications yesterday (March 26, 2012) for $299. It was for an HR Book. Of course, nobody at my company ordered this book, plus it was never received! I searched and finally found an 800 number for this fly-by-night scam company. I called and spoke with Jennifer ** (probably not her real name). She tried to say someone ordered this book and we owed this money. I decided to call my brother, who just happens to work for the Attorney General's office for Texas. Guess what? This company has so many complaints and there is an on-going investigation being done now! Please continue to file those complaints folks. I called again this morning and spoke with a "manager". Her name was Nicki **, again, probably not her real name.

I mean come on, these people know they are working for a scam company. Do you really think they are going to give their real names? In any event, she did tell me she was canceling out my account and would receive no more bills. But that's not good enough. I have a new goal in life now. They messed with the wrong guy. I will now continue to press this issue and file these complaints with every department I can. I informed my brother with the AG's office that I will volunteer my free time to pursue this complaint with this company! I want them brought down and I will not stop until they stop this scam. I welcome anyone else to join me if they desire, but rest assured this company will regret the day they ever tried to harass me. That much is certain. Have a nice day!

They are sending publications and invoices for products I never ordered.

Progressive Business Publications kept billing me for newsletters we never ordered. I am still waiting to hear from someone.

I received an overdue invoice in the mail for $240 (4th notice) for an annual subscription I did not order. There is no phone number on this invoice to contact via phone or email. I read through so many complaints on this company. The company Progressive Business Publications is sending a 4th notice for a service I did not approve and they are sending my info for my organization to a collection agency. We are a non-profit organization. No product has ever been sent to us. I have been working here 5 years. I hope no one will fall in the trap of this company.

My company is being harassed by "representatives" at International Credit Recovery (not a legit collection agency, not a member of any reputable collection bureau group). They claim to be working on behalf of Progressive Business Publications who has no documentation that I agreed to pay $299 for any "subscription". Their phony "marketing" report gets sent to you under the guise of a "free trial" and then International Credit Recovery hassles you. They called my company looking for me and were told I was in the hospital with my wife who was giving birth and they called me anyway and tried to scare me that my own personal credit was at risk.

Bottom line, any legit publisher would require a CC# before sending me my "trial" subscription. Then, if I don't cancel by such-and-such date, they charge my card. This company never got my card because they had no intention of doing things properly. I just hope I would pay them off to stop the harassing calls. Once we told them to contact our attorneys or we would call the AG's office, the calls mysteriously stopped.

I was just sent an invoice, as a 3rd notice, and not to my knowledge ever received a 1st or 2nd, which is irrelevant since I never order a subscription to whatever it is they are selling. I have no idea who they are and would never spend $299 for a marketing report. There is no phone number on the invoice to even complain. This is terrible and I am furious after reading all the other companies they are trying to scam. I hope you can do something about this behavior.

I received an invoice with Progressive Business Publications for $230.00, which I did not order. I spoke with a person named Melissa (I did not get a last name.). I asked who was in charge of their marketing department. She said there were many. She also said that came from the order department. She would be able to help me out, and she said that this was a free trial back in February for 2 months. I did not order any publications at any time. I said if she was not going to help me out I would pursue my complaint to the authorities. She said she would take care of it for me. As we were speaking on the phone, she said she is cancelling it right at this minute. This is a scam, and I don't believe a word she said. I was adamant in my voice to her that I do not want to see this invoice again.

We too, have been sent an invoice that states that it is a continuation notice; however, there is no phone number on the invoice to return a call to. No one at my company ordered this publication, and we have not been receiving anything from them. This is a total scam, and I have written a stern letter telling them to cease billing me immediately, and to cease sending me any further notices. This has been going on since 9/11, and I got another one yesterday!

I received an overdue invoice in the mail for $240 (2nd notice), for an annual subscription I did not order. There is no phone number on this invoice to contact via phone, email. I read through so many complaints on this company. I think they need to be reviewed and shut down. I appreciate the info I did read as I was able to contact someone in customer service and inform her of this scam. I was told I did agree to do a trial (which I did not agree to). I was scammed and spent my morning trying to figure out who to call and getting so angry on the phone with the person that did help me. I was told my order (which I never received or agreed to order) will be terminated as well as the person that took down my information (as she got my birth date wrong!). What does that have to do with invoicing me for something that I do not want, need or asked for? I was informed I would get a confirmation via email in a week stating this account was closed, no money is owed and that's it. I really appreciate all the write ups that everyone did on this company and if I can help with getting their so called business closed, please let me know.

I, too, have been sent an invoice that states that it is a third notice; however, there is no phone number on the invoice to return a call to. No one at my company ordered this publication and we have not been receiving anything from them. This is a total scam and I am writing a stern letter telling them to cease billing me immediately or I will contact the BBB and Attorney General in our state.

This is a scam, stop calling now. This company will not stop calling. They say they are looking for the sales and marketing rep and they keep calling even when we have asked for them to refrain. If you hang up on them, they very rudely call back as though they are an official client and demand to speak to someone. They keep sending their newsletters to my company of which we do not wish to read. If they do not stop, our company plans to seek legal action on them. All they are is a huge scam! The number they are calling from is ** and a Jamie ** called today.

I have received a publication "Administrative Professional Update" sent to me at my place of employment. It was addressed to me with my name spelled incorrectly first of all. Then, I received an invoice in the mail telling me this was the 4th monthly notice that has gone without response for payment of $195.50. The invoice has no phone number to contact any one, so I mailed the invoice back marked did not order. I have just received another invoice claiming this is the 5th monthly notice gone without response for payment, and that unpaid bills are referred to a collection agency. Stating that shipment had already been made on 10 issues, I've received one and 2 invoices! In fact, I never received notices/invoices 1-3, but I'm on my 5th notice according to this last invoice. I did not order it and I am not paying for it! If I have to go to the attorney general or whomever I need to, I most definitely plan on it. This is an absolute scam! This company needs to be put out of business.

I was contacted by Progressive Business Publications, who wanted me to purchase a subscription for "Keep Up to Date on Payroll". I told them that I was not interested. They said they would send a few "trial" magazines, of which I had no obligation to purchase. I told them no, that I was sure that I would be slammed with the product and invoice. Sure enough, they sent the magazine (which was just a small, cheesy newsletter) and an invoice for $230.00. This will not be paid.

Few weeks ago, I receive a phone calls and a lady forwarded me this Administrative Professional Update. My computer was down. A week later, I received this invoice of $195.50 for an invoice. They have no phone number attached to the email or mail and it is impossible to get in contact with them. They are billing me!

I just got a call from a collection agency that is waiting to collect $299 for a publication I did not order. I tried to explain to the agency, but they did not want to hear it (it's not their problem.). Then I decided to look this company up on the internet and found hundreds of companies involved in the same scam. I called back the agency and told them what I had found and that I was not paying and to show me some proof that I ordered anything from Progressive publications. I hope the Better Business Bureau gets wind of this scam.

Apparently, I ordered a publication from them. First, I would never subscribe to a printed newsletter in today's electronic environment so unless I was swindled, I didn't order it. They called me repeatedly with collection threats, going so far as to threaten others within the organization. Trying to just be rid of them, we paid the bill. Today, I called to cancel, which required an account number that is not evident anywhere. I spoke to a live individual who stated I was paid up for three more months and that she would make a note to not renew. What? This is a business that somehow tricks you into committing to something and then makes it nearly impossible to cancel after they treat you like a criminal.

I received a phone call from Progressive Business Publications offering an internet marketing newsletter. I rejected the solicitation, but they sent it anyway. I then received invoices and late notices. They have now sent it to a collection agency, but they have never supplied any proof that I or anyone else in the company accepted the terms of their agreement.

Scam! Do not send money! We did not order the newsletter but that does not stop them from sending an invoice.

I received a phone call from Progressive Business Publications offering an HR handbook. I told them I really didn't want it but they sent it anyway. I am now receiving invoices and late notices for a book I never ordered and I am not paying postage to send it back!

Progressive Business Publications is operating a phone scam. They phone your office offering a free newsletter relating to your business field. Soon you receive a newsletter and an invoice to the tune of $250. The invoice states that you have already received 2 newsletters. The invoice has no phone number for the company. Further research on the internet about the company revealed numerous complaints from other companies about the same scam detailing aggressive collection calls that follow, etc. I have written the company a letter advising them to cancel the subscription due to misrepresentation and fraud.

I received a call from a person with Progressive Business Publications 370 Technology Dr. Box 3019 Malvern, Pa. 19355. They were offering a free sample of a news letter about safety. I said I would look at but never agreed to subscribe to any service. I am getting a bill for $94.56 now.

A salesperson called our facility under the guise of being a survey type agency. The employee, who is not authorized to order such items to begin with, figured it was a sales type call, didn't pay attention to the company name and basically just said yes, yes, all the way through to their questions. Unbeknownst to him, through the process, this started the sending of a certain publication and at the end of the phone call, all they said was, "You have 30 days to cancel." He didn't even know what he had unknowingly signed up for or any company to contact. When the publication came, he wrote Return to Sender and cancel on it and sent it back. Their wonderful invoices for past dues don't even include a phone number. I looked it up on the web and you get a wonderful answering machine and hope that what you request gets done. They are a total scam! Don't pay!

I want to warn others who are threatened by this company. Do not pay! We received invoices it says, "Thank you for your order. Your account is past due. Unpaid bills are referred to a collection agency." Somehow they got some names from our company and made it look like it was ordered by that person. We never ordered anything from them. However, they keep sending free copies that we don't even want or read. We shred them as soon as we receive. It is happening on and off and I even called them before. This company is tricking people and it is a felony. It is intimidating and very upsetting to see their invoices. I hope someone stop them from doing this.

Received a call that they would like to send a free copy of the publication and then received a bill for $253.00 before even receiving the free copy. On the bill, there is no contact phone numbers or website addresses so I have to waste my time to contact them. I talked to other people that are in my same position and they have also received the same bill.

I received a phone call from Kelly *** claiming that an employee had ordered The Nonprofit Board report by phone. I asked her to provide a signed application or document with the employees signature requested said publication. I received an invoice instead and another phone. I told her that we would not be paying this amount since we did not order it. I put this in writing along with FYI that they had complaints on this website and I would be contacting our state attorney.

I received a second notice invoice for a "Keep Up To Date on Payroll" newsletter that had my HR manager's name on it. No one ordered this and I'm not paying it. Scam.

I received an invoice for an order that I am 100% certain that we did not order. They even put one of my employee's name on the invoice. No one orders anything except me. We did not order this, so therefore, I will not pay this invoice. It is a scam! There are no contact numbers on the invoice, but I found it online. I have called numerous times, but I can't get a live person. I faxed the invoice with "cancel immediately.We did not order this". Hopefully, this will work, but I am not certain it will.

I have dealt with these people for years. Whatever you do, do not pay their invoices. Also, the so-called collection agency is them.....same company. Don't pay for anything, and there is nothing they can do, including affecting your credit. I see people paying these invoices out of fear of the impact on your credit. It will not hit your credit.

I was told I could cancel at any time. I did so twice. I returned the invoice, with cancel on it, along with a letter requesting the subscription to be cancelled. I've called several times leaving a message to cancel my subscription. I just received the third invoice today stating my account is overdue. I called and could not get anyone to answer any questions or to provide information on who to cancel the order or anyone who takes complaints. I'm not very happy with this experience!

The Call center asked for sales manager. I told them he can't accept any calls. They kept talking, I told them no, and don't call again. They still call and send mail and publications. We didn't authorize and gave no pertinent information.

I received a call stating I would receive the monthly issues but I never received them. I was told I could cancel at any time, I did so twice and then again after each invoice sent. The third invoice arrived today and again I called and could not get anyone to answer any questions or to provide info on who takes complaints or disputes.

For those having a hard time, contact the company. Try: 800-220-8600 (business) and 610-408-9906 (fax). Lisa ** at ** said she's been working there for 9 plus years. Also, don't hesitate to file a complaint with your state's attorney general and send a copy to the fax number.

This is the second year in a row that I have received an invoice for something that I did not order. They were told last year to remove me from their mailing list and now I have to deal with this again.

I have been billed for publications that I did not order. The company claimed that I ordered their publication and insisted I pay an outrageous fee for their publication. They mailed trial issues of their letter and billed me for them, even though I never ordered it in the first place. I disputed the invoice. I was told it was a mistake and it would be cleared up. Several months later, I got a call from a creditor who said the invoice was submitted to a collections agency and they could not understand why it had yet to be cleared up. I would recommend to anyone contacted by this company, to file a complaint immediately. They are just another scam.

They called The National Judicial College asking if we wanted to advertise in their Nonprofit Board Report. I said no thank you. We began to receive invoices, past due notices, etc. Today, for the 2nd time I am sending a "never ordered" response noting that I have copied Consumer Affairs.

Received a call offering free subscription to safety and compliance information for the health care industry. I was told I could cancel at any time and that I would not be billed for the first month. After seeing the emails sent, I responded to cancel since they had no connection to my industry and were nothing more than info I could find on the internet at no cost. I also clicked on the "if you do not wish to receive these emails" on each one sent. They continued to be received.

After about 3 months, we received a bill at the company for full year subscription that was past due. We also received a call from them and told them we had cancelled the subscription in the first month. Received a call yesterday from a collection agency threatening to send me personally to collections and report me personally to the credit bureau. The person on the line was the rudest person I have ever spoken to and actually had the gal to tell me I was uneducated.

I do not want my credit impacted so I am going to pay for the invoice. I am currently involved in a home purchase and do not want to have this annoyance affect that. If not for that, I would sue them for even threatening me. The whole thing is a scam. Their tactics are unbelievable. I have never been more rudely treated in all my life. To think that things like this can happen appalls me. Someone needs to take this company out of business along with the collection agency they use. For anyone to say to someone on the phone "we have your name and date of birth and will make your life miserable" is criminal.

I did not order this publication, and I am not paying this bogus invoice. I find it amusing that they do not provide a place to mail the invoice back to them. If they can provide a taped conversation of my voice ordering this rag(which they can't because it doesn't exist), I will pay it.

I did not order your product. You have no POR number, which is SOP at our company. You need to resolve this matter ASAP. I did not like it when I called 2 different numbers, and could not talk to any one. I can see that this is a problem that you are having. We need to resolve this one. We will file a complaint with the BBB and let the lawyers deal with this problem.

This company claims that we owe them for multiple employees. They also have a collection agency, ICS, who works with them threatening to send us to collections. Absolutely disreputable business practices. They claim to have your birth date, which could be obtained other ways using list of employees from our website.

I get calls on a regular basis from Progressive Business Publications and I agree to an email just to get them off the phone. I have also told them not to send anything to me ever again, yet I continue to receive their literature. Then after 3 months of trashing it, I receive a call stating I owe money. I bet I have paid them over $1,000 in publications I never ordered.

Like others here, I received an unsolicited sales call for this free trial. I agreed for them to send me an email in as much to get them off the phone as anything. Email sent was immediately suspect, so I wed researched the company name and came here. I replied to let them know I will not pay any invoice and to have me removed from their list.

Judging by the contact to CRM, it looks like this is a new round of scamming they're attempting as my organization has a similar name. I will update if I receive further communications from the said organization, hoping I'll never hear from them again and wonder why so many people are so hostile to salesmen.

They billed CRM for products/services that were not ordered. They sent CRM to collections.

They have sent several invoices in different people's name at our company, most spelled incorrectly. We keep sending replies, denouncing making requests.

These guys will not stop sending me publications. I have repeatedly called them to cancel but they ignore my messages. They continue to bill me.

We started receiving some silly newsletter not even related to my industry, then they wanted to charge exorbitant prices for their worthless rag. I contacted them and told them to discontinue sending it. We do not like it or want it. We will not pay for it.They informed me I had to pay or they would ruin my company's credit rating. I agreed to pay and told them to stop sending the dumb worthless paper to me.

They continue to send the newsletter to me, and bill my company after 2 written demands and 1 verbal message to stop. They are crooks!

Someone called from this company and asked if I would like to review an online service on administrative professional update. If I didn't want this service, I could cancel in 30 days. I looked at the online program and cancelled that very same day by email. However, I still got monthly updates--I didn't open any of them. I sent them another email and said "cancel." I received a notice that says "past due." I am not sure but I'm not going to pay this. Today, I will try to call and send them my response. This company should not be allowed to continue to operate.

This company called our company and suggested a "free trial" of a newsletter or such. We said, as we say to most unsolicited sales/marketing pitches, that if they wanted to send us some information, we would go from there. We did not agree to pay for anything! Now, they are threatening us with some "collection agency", that we didn't pay $255.60. They stated that in some e-mail, that it was our responsibility to "unsubscribe". This is one of those unethical businesses that plays this game, rather than acquiring/earning business the right way.

As stated before, we never agreed to paying anything or signing up for anything. It was basically an unsolicited sales pitch by them to us. We said send info basically to be somewhat nice, but at the same time get them off the phone. And then, the unsolicited e-mails we received from them were deleted, unopened. We, like most companies, get 1000's of unsolicited e-mails. If every company did this type of unethical business scam, we would have to hire a legal team just to answer e-mails. So, we will find out if there was some contractual obligation being forced upon us, not to mention the man hours wasted to police this nonsense. I'm not sure what happens from here. But I hope this information helps in putting this company in their place.

I would put negative stars if they were available but it would not take my information.

I was called many times by this company and I kept saying no. I received a bill for $795, which I would never have approved! Now I am trying to get them to cancel it. They do not even list their phone number like a real company would.

Beware, it is a scam.

They sent bill for unsolicited publications. Someone in the company went online to research what they had to offer, but did not place an order. The bill stated that it's a third notice and that 7 issues have been sent. It's not my problem, these were not ordered. This is not the first time I've dealt with issues just like this. This company is slimy. How do they stay in business?

This company, again, has tried to take me and my organization to the cleaners for their services. They contact you for a 30-day subscription, send you nothing, don't remind you that the 30-days is expiring, then bill you for a year of service.

When you don't pay, thinking you never had the service, they actually send you to collections. Nasty and angry people then call 5 to 10 times to get you to pay, yet they deliver no services. Terrible!

United Foam (my employer) is receiving invoices for a publication that says I ordered, which I did not. Somehow, this company got a hold of my name and is now trying to collect money for a publication that no one here ordered or wants.

Someone called us to offer a free newsletter. After seeing only one newsletter and finding it not even worth our while, we got a bill for $94.56. It's junk mail, and we have now received another bill saying that we are 90 days overdue. There was no indication if anyone needed to cancel, they just send you a bill out of the blue and expect you to pay. Such a scam!

PBP obviously gave their "file" on me to their collection agency. We never ordered their internet newsletter but they stated we owed them $299.00. I kept getting invoices for this that we never ordered. I called their collection agency (if that is what they were) to no avail. Finally, I told them I was filing a complaint with the FBI for fraud and they then said "oh well, we better take you off this list and close the file". Yes, I thought they would say something like that. I am still going to file a complaint with the FBI. Every piece of email or letter in the mail that I received constituted wire fraud. Tell them the same thing to get them off your back. This is a scam of the first order.

I received a call from an obvious telemarketer who needed to speak with our marketing or IT rep which we do not have either on site. When asked where they were calling from, they hung up the phone. Hello, doesn't that just prove they were up to no good? Then they called back and were extremely rude and demanded to speak to a manager, stating that they were hung up on--which they had not been.

However, this company Progressive Business calls all of the time and tries to send their newsletters to our company, and nobody wishes to speak to them or read what they are sending. They are not interested, and they still insist on calling. They kept calling and calling, and after the fifth time, we just hung up on them because nobody cares to deal with these telemarketers.

So because we hung up on them, they tried calling back, stating that they wanted to report the person or people who keep hanging up on them and get them fired because they were very rude and they need to speak to the manager. Well, no manager wanted to speak with them and asked for them to please stop calling our company.

I received a phone call from a credit recovery service which stated I was past due on an invoice from Progressive Business Publications. I did not order a subscription; I did not receive a communication bulletin nor a previous invoice that I could use to cancel one. The mailing address is not correct. The city is incorrect, and my name is spelled wrong.

As with the others, I received a call about a free publication and was assured it was. This is not something I need or want, but they pressure you by telling you it's free so you'd accept. The problem is because their so-called newsletter is a free thing, it looks like junk mail and I just tossed it. I have never opened any of the letters that showed up.

Last Thursday, I received a call from a collection agency and I was totally baffled. I told her I didn't even know what she was talking about and then it dawned on me that she must be talking about the "junk mail" I've been tossing. I told her I refused to pay and I never agreed to purchase this and would never have agreed to something that my boss would have to pay for. This is an out-and-out scam and they need to be put out of business.

I got an invoice from them noting "Second Notice" for $198.00 for a year's worth of monthly newsletters called Primary Care Coding and Reimbursement. It says we are overdue. We never ordered it. We have never received it. Their invoice doesn't even have a phone number or an email on it. Larger practices might fall for this because it might slip through the cracks, especially at this time of year when new coding data comes out. But I have a billing staff of one and she did not order it. We never got it but her name and our group's name are on this bill. I don't think we ever even got an "initial" statement. I think the first communication is marked as a second notice to encourage people to just pay it. What a great and inexpensive way to scam people out of their money.

Someone called me at work offering Administrative Professional Update free. They assured me it was free so I agreed. I started receiving the publication for about a year and then they stopped. Today, I received a call from someone claiming to be from a collection agency stating I owed $195.50 for the publication. I told her I never ordered it but she said I had 30 days to cancel after receiving the bill but since I didn't cancel, I owed the money. I paid the money because I did not want a creditor associating something I owed with my company.

They started sending the publication "Administrative Professional Update". I wrote cancel on the invoice and forwarded it 2 times. Yesterday, I received a call from someone claiming to be from a collection agency thatt if I gave her credit card info today, I could avoid additional fees. I refused because I did not order this publication, do not want it, and do not believe that I was talking to a real credit agency after researching the tactics this company uses.

I received a call from a collection agency for $518.40 a so-called subscription that I failed to pay. Our organization never received the publication and it was never requested in the first place.

I received a bill after this company had their sales people call and get our Branch Manager's name. The bill I received had the company name spelled wrong.

Someone called and offered "free only" publication for their administrative professional update. I agreed only if it is free, they assured me it was. I got an invoice to pay $195.50. I called and left a message that I did not agree to this and will not pay for it.

I was contacted by a sales representative via telephone last year (2009) and was informed about a managerial safety publication. The sales representative was informed by myself that I was not the decision maker or authorized party to commit to such subscription but was informed the publication came with a free sample, for which I agreed to have free sample sent at no charge. Upon arrival of sample publication, an invoice was attached, for which immediately I contacted the 800 number and left several messages indicating cancellation of subscription, as well as several faxes sent with cancellation requests.

As of April 12, 2010, we have once again received an invoice for the quantity of $253 as a second notice of overdue payment. Telephone salesman/representative had figuratively stated that should an invoice arrive with sample publication, one needed only to cancel or call, which was done and for which no formal cancellation confirmation was issued. After sending via fax the cancellation requests, no publications were furthermore sent with the recent exception of the newly issued overdue invoice. It is customary for such calls to be recorded for which a transcript should be provided by defendant.