Progressive Business Publications Reviews

First of all, I am grateful for all the reviews found on Consumer Affairs. I too had the same experience - Nonprofit Board Report calls me in the middle of a workday in July, asks if I want a free newsletter, I said yes. Few weeks or month later, we get invoices that we just throw away because it's free, right? I get a phone call from the company a little while after that, asking how I liked the subscription. I said we didn't read it or want it and we are a small non-profit and we're not interested in paying for a subscription. Fast forward a few months later (January), a phone call from a collection agency arrives saying we owe $250 because we didn't cancel the subscription. One (1) email with directions on how to cancel were apparently emailed to me in July. How unethical to scam on non-profits, especially small ones like ours where $250 is a big deal.

Just received a call from their collections department saying we owed $249 for a subscription to the NON-PROFIT BOARD REPORT. I recall getting a call and after repeatedly saying I did not want their service, they said they were mailing it just so I could see it. Apparently I was supposed to cancel within 30 days, but I wasn't aware of that. They are SCAMMERS.

I have also received an invoice for a subscription that was never ordered in the amount of $299. I have tried to call but only get voice mail, I was able to get the name of the "Customer service manager", his name is Matt ** , if anyone attempts to call, press 9 then enter ** , that will ring his extension, but good luck getting him to answer.

I have called them and faxed them to stop sending me faxes and they continue, the fax says that bill W talked to me..... which is untrue. I have never spoke with anyone from this company - other than to tell them to stop faxing me.

International Credit Agency calling about overdue $265, but will settle for $110, if paid today. All about a supervisor subscription to a newsletter I did not know I was even getting. They claimed I agreed to receive it by giving my birth date which of course anyone can get off the internet free :) They have been calling me several times a week. A new person each time suggesting it has escalated and if it came to trial I would be liable personally. I am very stressed about this because I never agreed to such a thing. So I am going to call them for the 4th time and do what one of the reviews here suggested cancel after choosing option to make a payment.

Salesperson caught me on the phone in the middle of doing 18 different things offering a "sample" for a Keep Up To Date on Payroll newsletter. I hurriedly answered questions to get them off the phone, and was given the impression that the information that I'd be receiving would be at no charge. Six months later, I'm now receiving multiple calls a day from International Credit Recovery claiming that I owe $230 for a newsletter that I never agreed to pay for. We've never received an invoice prior to ICR contacting us, or an actual "newsletter" to be honest. Now, I'm stuck dealing with an overly aggressive ICR and their repeated phone calls for a debt that our company does not owe.

I received several phone calls and a pretty useless newsletter in the mail from Progressive Business Publications. The telemarketer told me they would send our organization copies of a newsletter for a free trial. I told them that it was fine to send free copies. I do not recall anyone saying that I had to call and cancel or else I would be charged for a subscription. I remember several calls and the telemarketer being aggressive and just telling him to send the trial copies to get him to stop calling me. Several months later I believe the controller at our organization showed me an invoice for a newsletter subscription. He asked if I ordered it and I said no, I didn't order or agree to order anything. So I assume he disposed of the invoice. That was the only invoice we ever received and I never received any emails. This week I received a call from a "collection agency" telling me that we ignored several invoices and emails regarding our subscription and it was handed over to this collection agency.

I received an invoice today coming from our accounts payable and was so surprised that I owe $295 subscription that I never sign and remembered agreed upon. They said it is a fourth notice. The problem is I don't even received the 1st notice nor sign for this to begin with.

They are nothing but tricksters. Was told about a free publication, for which my email ID was collected. Within few months got a call from a collection agency demanding money for subscription of service. It is my opinion that this publication needs to brought to justice by all of us collectively.

Called my business. Said they would send free subscription to "The NONPROFIT BOARD REPORT". Then 1 month later I get an invoice for $249.00. Says it's their 2nd notice and payment is overdue. They never sent the first invoice and the subscription was free. No telephone number to call to speak with a company representative - given only PO Box as an address. I am sending a cancel my subscription letter to their company and go from there.

I got a call from them 5/9/14 about their CFO&Controller Alert asking if I wanted to give it a try. It didn't sound too bad and they said I could get trials and then choose to subscribe or not. Then I started receiving many email "newsletters" and sporadic paper "newsletter" here and there. When they kept on sending them to me after few weeks, I thought maybe I should call them and ask them why they keep sending them to me. I tried calling their number found online, but they would only say to leave a voice mail with my account number, which I could not find anywhere!

So, as the other reviews are stating, I also received an invoice of $240 for a publication I never signed up for. I spoke to a girl about 2 months ago about a free trial and told her it wasn't my say on what we subscribe to, but insisted it was easy to cancel and I would just receive one complimentary issue, so I gave her my email address to hurry up the phone call. I never received any newsletters or anything, until I just got the invoice. Luckily I am 11 days before my "60 day" free trial and did everything to try and cancel the subscription and waive the fee. I wrote cancel on the invoice and faxed and mailed it to the office, and left a message and email to cancel it.

I got a call from 'collection agency' named International Credit Recovery, Inc.on behalf of Progressive Business Publications that we were way overdo on an invoice for $230. They claim that an employee at my company had verbally confirmed an order for Keep Up To Date On Payroll on 9/25/13 and that the employee's birthday was provided as confirmation. Moreover, they claim an email was sent around the same time to the employee's email address confirming the order. They also said that if we had wanted to cancel we would've had to have written 'CANCEL' on the first invoice they sent. The problem? We never received any invoices (they claim they sent 5) or any newsletters (they claim they sent 10). There was also no email sent to this employee. ICR, Inc said they had no phone number for Progressive Business Publications. ICR said we had until close of business on 5/22/14 to pay or else it would move 'forward', whatever that meant.

We were sent a "second notice" from Progressive Business Publications for a one year publication subscription that we NEVER approved. This publication was not even related to our business. When I spoke to Nicki in customer service, she stated our billing supervisor had approved this publication and had used her email (public information) as "proof" that she had approved this order. When I asked to listen to the recorded phone conversation, I was told by Nicki that they don't keep the phone call logs very long. No kidding. What a waste of time this company causes Other companies, who are actually providing a REAL services!

We have received invoices every month and every month we send them back "return to sender". We have called and left messages. We get no return calls. I am ready to call the Better Business Bureau and see if something can be done. I am sending another invoice back today with "cancel-not interested nor have we ever been interested" all highlighted in yellow. I would like some feedback on what my next step should be. As of today I will be saving them and sending them back all at once.

I add my voice to the chorus of "Fraud!" I cancelled this "trial subscription" by e-mail and by phone, after following these charlatans' instructions for cancellation failed, repeatedly. They do not cancel... they just invoice over and over again.

I was solicited to receive a newsletter some time ago and then come to find out that I owe $299 for a subscription. This was not disclosed. I did not find out until I was called for collections. Supposedly, I had invoices sent for 5 months - I did not receive any invoices.

I have no idea who this company is, but now I am getting invoiced for 5 months, and have never seen a publication. They said it may look like junk mail, and we could have thrown it away!

Like all other complaints listed here, my business has been subjected to collection notices and calls for a service we did not request or authorize. After some research, it appears to me the best course of action is to file complaints with the Southern Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Attorney General's Office of your state. I also filed a complaint with Pennsylvania's Attorney General's Office for good measure. There are thousands of complaints logged against this company every year. Also beware of International Credit Recovery of New York, their "collection agency." Most importantly, as we are aware we are being scammed, we will not pay them a red cent!!

This company is a fraud and really needs to be investigated by department of justice or have a class action law suit filed against them. This company will research your employees, call one person and then pretend you've ordered newsletters with them which you don't receive until mths later. Then they pretend they've billed you and you get a call from a collection agency (who appears to be same company) threatening to report you to collection for non payment. You can attempt to call them but they will not refund your money. Even though there is no proof that you ever ordered anything. We've posted notices at all our businesses to hang up the phone when this company calls and filed a complaint at Better Business Bureau and plan on pursuing legal action against them.

Same story as everyone else on here. The guy from collections is repeatedly calling me although after I told him to not call anymore. He is creepy.

Like the others, I am receiving these publications that I did not ask for. The CEO from my company called and told them to stop sending us these publications. She told them that this was a scam. The lady kept denying it and got loud and nasty with my boss. My boss also said that there was a baby crying in the background which didn't make her case any better. This is a scam.

As almost every other review that I read on here, I was receiving bogus e-mails and calls about postings that had nothing to do with my job. I had tried to unsubscribe from this service multiple times over the phone and on their website, but with no luck. Today, I was able to talk to a live person at 1.800.220.5000, extension **. So hopefully, the calls and e-mails stop and hopefully this will help others out as well.

Progressive Business Publications, beware. Our organization received past due invoices for publications that we never ordered or received. When I called to dispute the invoice, the customer service representative was rude and aggressive.

I received a phone call from a salesperson requesting that I sample publications. I was in a hurry to get this individual off the line as there was work I had to attend to. I agreed to sample some of the publications at no charge. Six months later, I started receiving invoices from the company. I thought that this was a mistake as I never agreed to purchase any service. I disregarded the letters (along with the articles). PBP sent me to credit collections for the amount of over $200. After several attempts, there was no way of getting out of paying. This company should be ashamed for the line of dishonest work that they do. I felt extremely taken advantage of and will broadcast this scam so that others do not fall into the same trap as I did.

I am receiving calls to collect for publications that my employee cancelled on several occasions. This has happened several times with my company to other employees. What can we do to stop this from happening in the future?

I wrote a review of this company many months ago about their fraudulent attempts to get my money. They were at it again. This morning, I received an email that was targeting me to get OSHA logs from them, to fill out for my company since I'm the safety manager. They knew that it's the time of year when all safety professionals have to fill out their OSHA logs. So, they were targeting us so we'll click on the links they provided. This time, their emails were concealed as "PB Compliance". They also provided a "priority code" which was code for, "You've just subscribed to our publication." Beware of these crooks! They're sneaky and if your guard is down, they'll get you.

I have made several attempts to stop the billing of a service/publication that I never approved of: CFO Controller Alerts. I am not the CFO or the controller of our agency. This is a bogus agency and let me tell you that the publication for the cost of $299.00 is not worth the paper that it's printed on.

This company called and said they were the legal team representative and before turning our company over to collections, we could settle without the extra charges. We had never received an invoice from this company nor had we received the publications. So to avoid problems, I decided to give them a credit card number to resolve. After the call, I went online to find numerous complaints about this company. How can we allow companies to scam and fraud hardworking individuals out of hard earned money and there be no repercussions for this company? Please help!

I remember getting a call from a company asking me for some free newsletters. I didn't think anything of it until several weeks later - I get a letter stating that I owe for some newsletters that I did not receive. I now have a bill for $195.50 stating that my account is overdue. I searched online about this company when I saw the bill, because it has no phone number to contact them. I'm not paying this.

I used to work for Progressive Business Publications and just want to warn every one of some facts. When I worked with the company, we were just a roomful of people with headsets on, which automatically called one person after another. We were told to ask for the person in the company that the BS newsletter have us try to push for hundreds of dollars. These calls were all recorded; they showed us how to operate a little recorder that was hooked to all the computers. We were instructed to do all we could to get the month and date of anybody's birth, because as stated, that was what they said they had on record that they basically claimed was with your signature, and that you agreed to ordering their crappy newsletters.

Our commercial & industrial painting business has received several mailings from this company that appear to be invoices due and other mailings that appear to be warning about not being 'safety compliant'. Luckily, we are a small business and only two of us in the office, so we know what is an actual invoice due and what is not. I can see how a larger business Accts Payable dept. could let one of these invoices 'slip' through and get paid. There is no telling how much money this company makes in error. This company keeps sending these false invoices claiming the following: "Thank you for your order for a one year subscription to injury prevention & cost control alert." Then it goes on to layout the supposed subscription terms and says in capital letters, "YOUR ACCOUNT IS OVER 90 DAYS PAST DUE”, and states "Unpaid bills are referred to a collection agency”. I assure the public - no one here has ever ordered anything from this company, went to their website, or spoke with them. This is all false and I don't see how they can get away with this.

We began receiving invoices from this company for subscriptions that were never ordered. When I was finally able to get a hold of someone in the customer service department (which proved rather difficult), they were unable to produce any proof that these subscriptions were ever actually ordered. They simply told me that they were given verbal confirmation over the phone (which I know to be untrue). Not to mention the fact that the rep was extremely rude and insisted on speaking over me as I tried to clarify the situation. To further the situation, they had supposedly been sending emails to an email account that doesn't even exist and furthermore is not even associated with the company (meaning not sharing the company domain name). We hadn't received any of the "newsletters" they claim to have sent, and despite this, they are still trying to charge us for a partial subscription. Beware of this scam!

Progressive Business Publications contacted me at my last company I worked for and they just contacted me last week at my new place of employment. I filed a complaint with the FTC back in 2010 against them. I did so again today. They sent me lots of newsletters (12 copies) that I didn't order. Then, they tried to bill me $900 for them. I ignored the requests because I didn't order the newsletter. Our company was sent to collections. I settled with them for about $180 to make them go away. Now, they contacted me again and I haven't received any kind of newsletter from them and asked them back in 2010 to be on their Do Not Contact list. I called them yesterday and told them this story and was very harsh in telling them to not ever, ever, ever, under any circumstance, never, ever, contact me ever, ever, never again. I told them I know what they're doing and what their scam is and that I would be reporting it soon.

We received a call from International Credit Recovery, Inc. stating we owed $299 for the "Environmental Compliance Alert", which is a news source for air, water and waste issues for "environmental professionals". First, this is not our line of business, and second, we did not order this publication. They told me that they needed my month and day of birth to remove me from their list. Now they say that by giving them that, I was confirming the order of the publication, and they say they have that recorded. I have yet to receive the recording. ICR has been calling our staff daily and harassing them asking for me and our CEO. When I asked them for the number for Progessive Business Publications, they refused to give it to me and got very nasty telling me they could cancel the publication and I had no reason to contact PBP. This company is scamming people all over the country. Something should be done to stop it.

Janice in Reading, MI stated exactly what just happened to me. International Collection called and left a voicemail. I returned the call and Amanda said Progressive Publications had turned over my account to them for collection. She said I accepted their offer to provide a 30-day free trial for their subscription with a 30-day cancellation period in February of this year. I did not cancel and had received the publications. I politely told her I had not received any publication and did not order any publication from Progressive since I was trying to eliminate all publications for the last two or more years. She then stated she had a recording with a birth date of October 6 on file when I placed and accepted their offer. I told her that the birth date is wrong and not even close. I asked to listen to or get a copy of the recording she had on file. She then accused me of lying to her and she would contact Progressive and hung up. This is a scam and everyone should be aware of Progressive tactics. They are rated as F from the BBB. Before you even listen to the solicitor state, you do not want the free trial (which I did) and do not send any material either by post or email.

Phone tactics – They call to confirm an address. Most of the time, they are talking to someone who has no authority to purchase anything on the company’s behalf. Then, you receive invoice after invoice. And then after invoicing for a number of times, they threaten to send you to collection saying they have a recording confirming the order when, in fact, the person was just confirming the address. What a scam they have going on. I have asked to have the company’s phone number and address removed from their list, only to get more invoices. The last time took me almost a year to get the threats stopped. I do not have the time to keep up with all the scams going on today. Shame on Progressive Business Publications.

Out of the blue, or even if they have called and I said I didn't want the publication, I receive the publication and then get billed for it even though I send a note back saying I didn't order the publication and don’t want it and I am asking them to cancel it. Multiple times with multiple publications! I don't want to sue anyone, but if you need to talk to me about this company, please call me.

I received an email add from "What's New in Benefits & Compensation" on 8/12/12. I received a bill and one issue on 9/11/12. I have no use for this publication. I did not order it. Their invoice said they sent 4 issues and I had access to their website for 8 weeks. All news to me; obviously this is a scam! No email address to contact them. I called their 800-200-5000 subscription number, told them I didn't order it, don't want it, don't need it, and that they should cease sending it.

Invoiced for product not ordered - I received a call offering a free trial, which I rejected. Having been in this position in the past, I knew the best thing to do was to say, "No, thank you." I don't hang up on phone marketers, because that is their livelihood; but as a practice, I tell them that I already receive plenty of information here and I'm a member of a professional organization that provides the same information. I always stop them before they go too far down the road and say that I don't want to waste their time and that they would probably have more success with the next person on the list. I received a few copies anyway, and then suddenly, a third notice came. No first or second notice, just the third notice. I looked them up online and sent an email to customer service simply stating that I did not order the product and to cancel immediately. I recommend sending an email so you have written confirmation that you cancelled.

I am receiving invoices for a one-year subscription to Facility Manager's Alert that was never ordered. Of course, there’s no contact info (phone or fax number). Currently, it states the balance due is $253.00. It will not be paid. I am sending this to the corporate office and will let them investigate.

We received a second and third notice invoices for a publication that we had never asked for and never received. We have not been able to locate a phone number or email address for Progressive Business Publications, so we have sent them a letter by mail refuting the charges.

I received a call from International Credit Recovery, Inc. about an overdue invoice from Progressive Business Publications for a one-year subscription to Foundation & Corporate Funding Advantage that had been turned over for collection. I told her I was unaware of any such subscription and that I had never received an invoice for it. She then proceeded to tell me that the copies of the magazines and invoices were confirmed delivered by the USPS and that I had never contacted PBP to cancel, so therefore, I was responsible for the debt. She also stated that she had my birthday as confirmation, but then she gave me the wrong birthday. I agree with the other complaints that this is a scam, and I will not be paying the invoice, and I will be reporting this to the YMCA of the USA to warn our other Y's.

No Subscription Requested For Unnecessary Info - I am receiving invoices for a supposed subscription to a magazine that will "keep me up to date on Accounts Payable". What kind of malarkey is that? I think I may have seen a sample of this so-called periodical and it was about like the flyers you get for those training seminars from Skillpath, certainly not a $299.00 magazine. I contacted them to cancel; but I am on my third notice requesting payment, so we will see where it goes. I’m reporting them to the BBB as well. The only use our company would have for this is toilet paper!

Progressive Business Publications first sent random mailings in the mail to my place of work, addressed to my (then) boss. We tossed the many follow-up envelopes after reading the first envelope to arrive, as it seemed to be junk mail. One day, we started receiving bills in the mail for this company. Progressive Business Publications alleged us (my boss and company) of partaking in a subscription we did not agree, nor speak to anyone about beginning. And to have a bill sent to us for $200 (round about), we were appalled and as a large company, continued to ignore it and throw it in the trash (knowing we did not agree to anything). Finally, collection calls began. We reached out to our corporate offices regarding payment to find collections calls were being routed there as well. In the end, we paid the $200 or so to stop all collections.

I was contacted about a free trial. I declined and said I do not buy anything over the phone from solicitors, especially if it is an 800 number. The rep said, "I understand. Thank you for your time. Just to verify that we spoke and so I can take you off the mailing list, can I have your month and day of birth?" I said okay, hung up and forgot about it. I didn't realize that I had just been scammed. Apparently, they started sending me the Keep Up-To-Date on Payroll Publication. I never opened the envelopes because it looked like junk mail and threw it away. What I didn't know was inside the envelopes were invoices!

Scam - I was phoned on 08/17/12 by a debt collector about an alleged subscription they said we ordered from Progressive Business Publications. We did not order this publication. The collector threatened both the company and me personally with an adverse credit report. They somehow had my birth date, which I would never give out. The collector said that this "business" was located in Beloit, Wyoming. I have filed a complaint with the attorney general of Wyoming.

I received a call from a lady who wanted to check on the company's address and make sure we continued to receive our monthly publications. I told her the information was correct and she proceeded to tell me we would receive a one year subscription to Supervisors' Safety Bulletin for the low cost of $237.12. I told her we had no desire to avail this subscription. She continued to talk about it and I told her no and hung up on her. I have received 2 notices of payment due and have received no publications. This is obviously a scam of some kind. I have called the number and talked to a machine a couple of times and the invoices continued. Their company's name is Progressive Business Publications at 370 Technology Drive, PO Box 3019 Malvern PA 19355. My account # **. I will not pay this bill since I have received no publications from them. This type of company that runs this type of scam should not be allowed to remain in business.

I received a phone call from Lindsey at ICR. She called to say that because we (SCF) did not pay an invoice for $240 from Progressive Business Publications (supposedly invoiced in Dec 2011), she was going to "file a collection notice" against us. **? We never ordered anything and we never received anything. Lindsey said that she was calling to give us the opportunity to pay up because we have a clean record. We think ICR is involved in this scam with PBP. After 10 minutes of questioning her, she could not tell us what was going to happen because we were not going to pay. We called it a scam and told her to tell PBP that we think they're scamming. Oh yeah, the phone number we received, they called from Endicott, NY ** and the number Lindsey gave me to call her back was **.

After receiving a telemarketing call for a publication I did not want and did not order, I received what I thought were complimentary trial copies, followed by an invoice for an annual subscription. No phone number was included on the invoice but through an online search, I found the company and cancelled the alleged order by phone.

I agree with the earlier complaint. I, too, received an invoice from Progressive Business Publications asking for payment. I never had contact with this company ever. They are fishing for payments from companies that are not paying attention to what bills are being paid.

I received a telemarketing phone call asking me to sign up for a subscription to the Non-Profit Board Report publication. I told the person that I was not interested! She tried and tried to get me to say yes. I was very firm with her and then said, “Do not send me anything. I am not interested.” Today, I received an invoice for $249.00 for the subscription to the publication. There is no phone number to call as I expected. All the telemarketer was doing was getting paid for another subscription to the publication that was not ordered. I see many other complaints about Progressive Business Publications on the internet when I entered their name to try and find a phone number for them. That's when I decided to add mine to the list. This is the first time I ever did this, so I hope I did it right.

I received an invoice from Progressive Business Publications. I have never and will never order anything as I do not have the authority to do so. I can find no phone # to call these people. They also have me working somewhere, other than my location, and in a department I have never worked in.

I received a call from Bobbie at International Credit saying that I had to pay a bill from Progressive Business Publications dated February 2012. She said that I had agreed to this Newsletter back in December of 2011 and that it was my recorded voice that had approved the mailing along with my date of birth. I never approve any trial subscriptions because this is what always happens. She continued to tell me that I had agreed to the newsletter and that I had a certain amount of time to call and cancel it. I could never find a phone number on their paperwork to even call them. I'm not sure, but I may have even mailed them something saying I did not approve of them mailing these to me. I told her that I would not pay the invoice until she let me hear the recorded conversation. She said it had already been filed and they did not have access to that anymore. I told her I would not pay unless I heard it. She also tried to convince me that I had received 5 invoices that had been mailed to my accounts payable department, but I open all of the mail myself and had only received the 1 invoice back in February. I told her to do what she had to do, but I was not paying for something that I did not authorize!

Our company has been receiving invoices for a number of years. Our phone system now allows us to block their calls, which has seemed to greatly reduce the number of invoices we are receiving. Back when we were unable to block their calls, their major tool of threat was verbal harassment. They would have a name, department, birth date (FB?) as "proof" of PO. When payment was demanded, I responded that since we did not order, we will not pay, but if they send packaging and a shipping ticket, we would be happy to return their mailings, still unopened. I just let them stack up, and never received any postage. This company's invoices also went on the break room BB, with a note of explanation.

We were called by Kathy of ICR stating we owed $199 for newsletters from Progressive Business Publications. She stated it was reduced from $299 because we returned an Employee Law Book. However, we never received an Employee Law Book (and don't want one) to return. Furthermore, she advised it was ordered by a specific employee in LA; however, that employee resides in another state. Kathy claimed to be with the collection agency, ICR, yet if I didn't pay, she was going to file for collections saying she has proof we ordered it. We don't know who these people are and we have never received a newsletter. This appears to be a total scam so beware.

I received yet another invoice today stating that this was their 3rd attempt to collect $299; with a note to get it paid to avoid service charges. Finally, I was able to obtain an 800 number for them. There is no number on the invoice. What companies out there send out invoices without a phone number? I talked to Peggy, a representative with their company, and stated I wanted to talk to someone in their accounts receivables. She said she could help me. She asked for our account number and then asked what she could help me with. I explained to her that this was a bogus invoice and that I had sent a letter to the Malvern, PA police department stating that this company was giving their beautiful town a bad name. That shut her up real quick. Her final comment to me was, "Well, I guess we need to take you off our list." So anyone out there that cares to get them off your back, send a copy of the bogus invoice and letter to the Malvern Police Department and let them know you did so. Let's see if we get another one.

We received a call today that is similar to all of the other complaints listed here. They said that an employee who no longer works here had committed us to an annual subscription. They stated they had a recording of her commitment and that we were legally obligated to pay for the subscription. They reported we'd received 5 issues and multiple collection bills (none of which we've seen). At first, the woman was courteous, saying she wanted to protect our credit since we were a non-profit that helped people. But progressively, she became more of a bully as I refused to pay the annual subscription of $240 and then later the pro-rated subscription for $100. The call ended with her being very irritated and telling me she would turn our company over to collections and ruin our credit for the full $240.

My story is the same as all the other posts on here. I have been receiving a bill almost every week. One says I owe $299, another one says I owe $499. I have never ordered a thing from this company and I have never received any from them other than bills. Is there a valid phone number for this company since they did not include it on their invoices?

I just received an invoice addressed in a former employee's name who no longer works here. It says "Thank you for your order" on the top line along with the terms. A few lines down it says "2nd notice-payment overdue" and that we have been mailed four issues (which we have not). The person they so called say ordered it has not worked here in years. They need to do a little more research on how big our company is and who does and does not work here before they try to scam me. I have sent this invoice to our onsite attorney who can take legal action against them.

I received an invoice from Progressive Business Publications for $299 and I never agreed or confirmed anything.

It's pretty much the same thing as everyone else on the list complained about. I honestly don't know if I ever spoke to them or not. They sent a collections agency after me yesterday and the woman there (I think her name was Heather) claims they have my birth date and that I ordered the subscription in January. I did not receive any invoice until about 3 months ago when it was 60 days overdue and it didn't come to me. It went to my company's Accounts Payable dept thinking that since we were such a big company, they would just pay the bill. Fortunately, Accounts Payable forwarded the invoice to me asking me to approve or write the reason for rejection.

This is the second time they have called and said to our service manager they would send a link to look at. Our service manager never looked at it or authorized to purchase this publication. Then, they start mailing these newsletters and we have returned them unopened. Now we get a bill for $299 for what. We already have a safety program in place. We don’t need theirs, never requested theirs. I think they just call, get a name and email address, then start sending. They don’t even print a contact phone number on any of their paper work. The information they provide is a joke, you can get it for free off the internet. Beware, stay away from this scam! When they call just say no, hang up!

This company harasses you to get you to sign up for a "free" subscription to publications. Then, the company bombards you with invoices, and although you continuously send back cancel notices, they do not respond. Eventually, they send you to collections. This is fraudulent.

I have received several invoices requesting payment for services I did not request and have not used. I find this to be very bad business. Fortunately our company is very detail-oriented when it comes to accounts payable and did not pay for these outrageous charges. I have sent PBP an e-mail to cancel immediately.

PBP is an unscrupulous business. They call and high pressure you into taking their lousy newsletter for a short time period and then send you a bill. They tell you that if you don't want the product, then write cancel on the invoice and return it. When that is done, they hold the letter in the mail room until the date on the bar code passes, and then tell you that you didn't cancel in time. If you don't pay up, they send you to collections. This is about as close to extortion as you can get and still be legal. The newsletter is mediocre at best. You can find most of this information just cruising the internet which is probably what they did to get their info to start with. Don't go near these crooks!

I was contacted at my business by a rep. He told me that I could try their free trial. I said no. He said, "Well, you can cancel anytime." I said, "No, I don't want to deal with it." He said, "There's no risk." So yes, I caved. I asked him if I could just cancel to right when I get it, to get him off my back. Now there's a $300 charge in the mail and a book that I have no use for. I am scared if this will have any effect on me regarding credit or what not. I haven't paid for anything, but I have heard it's a scam. I'm still very worried that my credit score can get messed up. Does anyone know? I don't care if they call me or harass me. As long as it doesn't mess up some as crucial as my credit score, I am perfectly fine.

They sent me to collections once and we had a new staff whom they called and she said she wasn't interested in paying for anything and we just got a bill for $432, total scam! Hang up as soon as they call - don't utter a word - they record it.

I just received a call from PBP stating that I had ordered their publications back in February, and as in some of the other complaints listed, they told me they had my date of birth to prove it. Somehow they do have my date of birth but I never remember speaking to anyone from this company or ordering anything. I would never order anything without clearing it with my CFO first, as I do not have the authority to order something that will be charged to the company. Anyway, the woman was telling me that we owe $240 for the year which I told her we would not pay in any way, shape or form. What **!

I also received a call from PBP urging me to take advantage of an online Safety Training Toolkit. I have many resources readily available to me and I declined. I thought it was a done deal, until a month or so later, I received a letter telling me I owe $495. Of course they have no phone number - I had to Google that. Then, I couldn't get a live person on the phone, but an email address to follow up from. I also told them in the email to remove my name and contact information from their database. A horrible way to do business.

HR Practices Handbook - I received a phone call from PBP last week and was asked to review this book and newsletter for 30 days. I clearly said, "No, thank you." They sent the stuff anyway, along with an invoice for roughly $300. I am returning the whole package.

We received an invoice from Progressive Business Publications (with no phone number) stating our one-year subscription, that we keep up to date on Primary Care Coding and Reimbursement, which was overdue, and that we owed $198.00. I have never ordered this publication, nor had I heard about prior to receiving 3 newsletters over the last several months. This is totally a scam.

A woman named Kathy called from International Credit Recovery, New York stating that we owed $240 for a publication called Foundation & Corporate Funding Advantage. She was very aggressive when I said that I never ordered this. She said, "We have your birth date confirming." I found an email from them in October 2011, but no personal information was included. No one ever ordered this publication from the Progressive Business Publications. Guess this scam usually works for them. These two companies are completely unethical and work in tandem as everyone states here and elsewhere on the internet.

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.

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!

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.