Reader's Digest Reviews

I will be all done with Reeder‘s Digest after all these years. I come from the blame always goes to the top so someone needs to figure out that. If you look at their other reviews, they are pretty much horrible. At least the ones I’ve seen. I have tried calling twice, and send a letter to change my address because nobody seems to be able to handle that I have three copies left. I told the people where they come to keep them. I’m all done. Should not have to waste all this time for something that simple. I keep getting the Philippines for help.

I was never sent my second copy, February's, of Reader's Digest. This was the first time I had ever subscribed to them. When I contacted customer service, I was told my next edition would be the March/April issue. When I replied & said you did NOT address my issue, I never heard from them again. This is why they "auto-renew" your subscription, because that's the only way they can guarantee subscribers. Waste of money even if the cost is a penny! Would not recommend.

I am frustrated with the billing practices Reader's Digest (RD) uses to try to trick me into renewing my subscription earlier than needed. I paid for a new 1 year subscription in April, then got a panicky looking "3rd notice" of exploration pending in September. If I didn't keep good records I would be tricked into renewing again. I've been a subscriber with RD for many years and notice this happens a lot. I would like these "offers" to show my actual exploration date somewhere.

After they debited my Bank Account for $29.98 /2 yr. Subscription/, on June 20, 2025, they sent me TWICE/!/ the Renewal letter, telling me that I have Only 3 Issues left! My attempt to reach their Customer Service failed, because they Do Not Recognize the Account Number!! Already Previously I Had Problem with their Automatic Renewal of their Condensed Books /I was holding 2 jobs, and Could Not find time for reading/.

RD has been auto-charging $45. (2x in April) my card for 2 years w/out my permission. $90 for a year subscription!! I get coupon cards inside the magazine for $12 renewals. Anyone else have this problem? I’ve contacted RD 4x for a refund and NO response whatsoever. What to do next?

I enjoyed the magazine so much many years ago. I saw a special offer and signed up for it. Then I received an special offer for a book at a discount and purchased it. I expected advance notice and the price in advance before receiving any additional books so that I could decide if I wanted it but that didn't happen. Another book arrived and I wrote refused return to sender on the unopened box and returned it at the post office. I was billed for it anyway and that's how I found out the price of the book.

BEWARE - they will continue to bill you for renewals long after you have cancelled your subscription. I just got "dinged" for another $30.98 renewal fee (when their advertised price is $10 for a year). They are unethical cheats, so I warn you to avoid anything to do with Reader's Digest.

This is a sorry excuse for a periodical. So thin and uninteresting, ridiculous. The publisher should be ashamed and embarrassed. Does anyone need a fall vaccination guide. May as well read AARP for Pete’s sake.

I have been a customer of Reader’s Digest for many years. I had a book accidentally sent to me (which I did not remember ordering), and the Customer Service Dept. replied in an email promptly, kindly and efficiently. They made sure that the outcome to my request was satisfying. If I did not order it, I would not be charged. They updated my account, and facilitated it immediately. They were really wonderful to deal with, and I had no issues whatsoever. Since they made it right, I will be a customer for years to come.

Conned us.. Paid 999 through online portal and received first copy after two months and numerous e mails.. And that's it.. That's that.. No monthly copy received since August and the customer service lays in slumber. You guys literally maligned my memories with Reader's Digest. Never buying one again.

I enjoy reading Jason Buhrmester's columns. He is new to Reader's Digest. I look forward to reading his columns in the future. I enjoyed the picture of him and his two sons too. I hope they can look back on it too as they get older! Welcome to R.D. Hope to be hearing from you a long time!

I purchased a gift subscription to Reader’s Digest Canada for a family member, and the family member received the issues up until I was sent a renewal email. I clicked the renewal email and input all of my payment information, but the issues stopped appearing even though I’d renewed the subscription. I phoned customer service, and their representative apologized for the error on their end and let me know that I would get an additional month added to the subscription, but that they couldn’t send me the old, missing issues. We waited. The new issues didn’t appear.

After taking money for a year, they are not going to deliver any magazine. They are big-time cheats. I subscribed for this magazine and paid the full amount. Despite number of reminders they have not send even a single copy.

I read at least 100 jokes and with all these jokes. They contained jokes that not even my brother would laugh at. These jokes... were jokes themselves. For the people who created these jokes. Y'all need some kinda training. Even walking into a bar jokes were terrible. Usually, they give a good punchline but they gave depression and sorrow for the people that were brave enough to upload these online.

Innocent customers are warned not to fall in trap of yearly subscription of RD magazine by getting lured of emails for lucky draws and petty gifts. RD is a cheat group in such cases. They only have mission to mint money from people like us and then they will rarely respond to emails, or on customer care numbers, nor will they deliver the magazines or gift. Persons working there named Nidhi/Sunil/Priyaranjan, and others who if by chance take your call on customer care, are just trained robots and they will be of no use. Beware of subscribing to such road side magazine. People operating it in India are crooks and nothing else.

My subscription id is **. I have booked the subscription for Reader's Digest and I have not received even single copy yet. I tried calling the customer care number but it is useless. Queries are not handled properly.

I have subscribed magazine in August 2019 and informed them to send magazine from September onwards. They said everything OK. But the magazine is not receiving monthly and then I am making call to customer care. After making the call only they are sending it in courier. One of the worst experience..and it's facing each month...

The expiration date on my subscription has been corrected.

Dear All, My family used to be a Reader's Digest fan 30 years back when I was young. In fact all my childhood I have read all the issues, but today it is more of a money making business rather than a good magazine company. I would like to bring to notice to all that the Reader's Digest monthly issues delivery process is in a mess OR they are doing this on purpose. I paid for the issues 2019-2020 subscription and they are still sending me mails for the 2018-2019 editions in order to pay so that I can be eligible for a car and Rs. 1500000 as per their sweepstakes in my account which I feel is a total fraud.

I called Reader's Digest, to cancel my online edition. I told the person I was speaking to that I wanted the home edition. She said no Problem and refunded my PayPal account. She then said I would be charged for the home Edition, which I paid by visa. Today I called to check on my service, and the woman told me I canceled my service. I asked if I could order the home Edition again, since my first order was tossed. She proceeded to give me a hard time. Because I love the stories and information RD provides I ignored her rudeness. My advice avoid their customer service department.

Magazines are not delivered. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED MY COPIES OF READER'S DIGEST MAGAZINE WITHOUT WRITING THE REMINDER MAILS. And now since last 1 month, Reader's Digest is not even responding to the mails.

It's very disgusting that my first issue has not come till now. I am very dissatisfied by Reader's Digest. When it will come? Answer my question. Pls give my edition to me. It's very bad that you are not answering our phone calls also.

We did not even get the first issue. Emailed and they wanted me to do all the work. No apologies. It was a product I bought and paid for and yet they wanted me to find out why it was not delivered. We had this magazine years ago and it was amazing. It is a good magazine but the customer service is poor. They did want to extend the subscription by 1 month. All I wanted was my first issue. Oh, it comes as 2 issues. Sept./October. Will send you Sept. first but it will take 3 weeks. Ok, do the math. I am getting that issue anyway so in 3 weeks I would be getting the issue I was owed is what they offered. No apologies or effort. This was a gift for my 89 year old mother. Sad that a good product does not come with better service. Cancelled my subscription. Was only 12.00 but, still expected good customer service.

Tried to call Reader’s Digest to cancel a subscription. When I finally got to talk to a person after calling the number on the website which was a wrong number then trying to get through the robo answer service find out that I need to call country-magazine. Total idiots but think I got my subscription cancelled although I doubt it.

I ordered my father's large print Readers' Digest order ** since 2016 and for one year subscription until Dec 2017. Every 3-4 months I have received IMPORTANT - LAST NOTICE TO RENEW because order was due for renewal. Even in March and June 2017. In October 1, 2017 I renewed supposedly until Dec 2018 with Chase Bank check # **.Today 12-28-17 I received another IMPORTANT ORDER NEEDS TO BE RENEWED notice saying that my order was only until Dec 2017. The Reader's Digest.com site is only to order or renew - NO AREA to contact somebody nor 1-800 number to speak to anyone. My impression is that they do it on purpose to overbill seniors like my father (he is 92 and does believe that it needs to be renewed every time he sees those notices 3-4 times a year). If a subscription is for one whole year it should be sent a bill once a year.

I didn't receive the copies of February, March, August, September and December. I wrote several emails. RD care but no response. Also, I want to cancel my subscription, please don't renew. A few suggestions to Reader's Digest: Please ensure you have a good delivery team, to track if copies are sent to the readers. Please ensure you have a good support system. Your customer service number never works. Please ensure your website works well, I have many a times requested for address change, but it does not work.

I go online to try and send a funny story to what happened to me when I went to Europe and I keep saying Reader's Digest Canada... Submit a funny story or joke to Reader's Digest Canada... but I keep getting the one from the USA and or Australia. It all goes good until it wants my Zip code and because I give it to them because I live in Canada it will not complete my request because they want one from the USA or Australia. I then will go to my browser and type in... Submit your Joke, Funny Story or Quote to Reader's Digest Canada or Reader's Digest Canada and here we go again. It will go to either the USA or Australia website.

A decent medium sized magazine which is convenient to carry and read as it is not too detailed and are a good combination of happenings around the world and many things. It has been there for a long time and still continues to improve one's information and entertainment.

I made payment on 19-03-2017 on 17:39:50. Total payment of 761 (711 (50 shipping)). They handed me a book and after that not even one books is couriered to me on time. Today am writing a review (26/7/2017) and only a have is a copy of May is with me, which was delivered to me, when I told them return my money back. HT media + reader digest is the worst service I have ever seen.

On June 27, 2016, I enquired about my Subscription status by emailing rdcare@intoday.com. On July 1, 2016, I get a response from Kabita saying "We regret to inform you that your payment made by you through online has not been realized from the bank". In other words, although my Credit Card was charged after making online payment, they are not going to send any issues because of some internal problems.

I think of Reader's Digest with fondness because this magazine could usually be found around our home as common reading fare. Although some serious readers say that digests like RD giving shortened versions of books deprive readers of the much richer reading experience of going through the complete book. On the other hand, they could serve as stepping stones allowing a brief glimpse of the featured book so that readers can get the full book if they liked the abbreviated version. Digests can also serve as trainers for beginning readers to develop the reading habit easily.

I love Reader's Digest to death... Reader's Digest makes me more knowledgeable of what happens at all over the world. I also love the funny anecdotes and the vocabulary games. I will definitely recommend Reader's Digest to anyone who likes reading.

I super love the Reader's Digest. I grew up borrowing my mom's collection for the Laughter the Best Medicine section... Then All in a Day's Work, Life's Like That, Word Power, Quotable Quotes --- until I started reading the more lengthy sections. It has taught me to love reading and I am glad that over the years they did not disappoint in giving me information that made me more educated about different cultures all around the world, religion, psychology, etiquette --- you name it - Reader's Digest got it.

I am subscribed for Reader's Digest. A week ago you told me you will send a subscription copy and free gifts along with a Reader's Digest copy. Still now I have not received any copies. Probably your courier man has not identified my address properly. In case of I not receiving any copies I would consider this Reader's Digest subscription and sweepstakes as fake and I am may lodge a complaint against this. Please be honest and sincerely give my free gifts as I was ready to pay my 761 Rs cash.

I got a phone call from a sales person in Reader's digest and agreed to pay an amount of AUD 60 (approx) on my credit card for a year's subscription and a book. Not having received a single issue of the magazine for 3 months after that, I left a complaint with their customer service online. They emailed me, promising to re-send issues of the magazine and the book. No magazine issues of the book appeared in the mail for another 2 months, so I lodged another complaint, getting no reply this time. Another month later, I disputed the transaction on my credit card and successfully reversed it.

I have not received the refund of Rs.579 from your end against the cancellation of Subscription No. ** and please pay the refund amounting to Rs. 579 as early as possible. I had given repeated mails to the customer care of Reader's Digest & they had mailed me that they had send the money by money order & on 08.01.2016 they mailed me the following: "Mr. **, This is with reference to your complaint for the non-receipt of refund. Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused to you. We would like to inform you that, we have already processed the refund via money order and you expect the same within 7-10 days time."

I paid for a year's subscription for Reader's Digest a few months ago for the first time, and still have not received an issue. My credit card has been charged months ago. Any word when I will receive them?

I have subscribed for this ** Reader's Digest book few months back. My subscription id is : **. They had taken all my yearly subscription charges online. They never send copies until and unless you send tons of reminders. Sometimes I even came across things like "despite of continuous reminders they never respond to your emails." But no ** from Reader's Digest had sent me copies so far.

My Grandmother subscribed to this magazine for many years and as a child I loved reading. I was always excited to visit my grandparents house and could not wait to read the latest edition of RD. It was a wonderful experience. Fast forward to a few years ago when she had a stroke. Her subscription ran out and then the bullying began. She began receiving "Overdue" notices and threats to turn her over to "Collections". She was almost in tears when she showed me the "Collection Notices" and asked me what she should do. I returned ALL of the correspondence with a note to cancel the subscription. It continued for quite a while until they finally stopped. I believe based on her subscription period they knew she was in the later stages of her life and susceptible to these attacks. Never again will they receive money from me or my family!

I started the select editions in 2013 and in one summer I read 22 books which included some ancient condensed novels. Last year not as much as time DID not allow. I look forward to again this year spending time on our patio swing reading with great enjoyment and sipping limeade. Thank you Reader's Digest.