Comments on: Yellow Pages shady online billing practices

By: Alisa

Alisa — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:56:02 +0000

I’m not sure what happens if you don’t pay, but I haven’t paid it for quite awhile and the bill has not gone up at all yet. Don’t want to! They have called, however. Really rude people. Made the exact same mistake as everyone else because some of our info was wrong.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:51:54 +0000

Question—-what happens if you never pay the bill? I have one from Yellow Pages United. I mistakenly signed up for one last year and mailed the bill thinking it was legit. I have never renewed anything but keep getting bills now. Do they ever sue for amount due? Can it be ignored? Does ignoring them affect your credit rating? Since they are a scam I would think not, but would like to hera other opinions?

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:38:53 +0000

Does anybody know anything about phone calls from Yellow Pages Online? They just want to verify your company info but then they won’t give you any info in return. I called Online Yellow Pages and they said they don’t make phone calls.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:37:19 +0000

They just called me and said they were the ‘American Yellow Pages’ and wanted to verify our information since they were renewing our account.

If you search American Yellow Pages - it comes up with Brightpages. I pay all the bills for a nonprofit so I know we don’t advertise with them and when I said that we weren’t interested in being in their publication the guy said he was ‘renewing’ our current account.

I searched their site and we’re not on it.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:30:36 +0000

I feel like such an idiot. I just today realized that the brightpages was a scam. I received my credit card bill and saw a charge on it for the brightpages.com. In reviewing my past statements I found out that I have been billed over $1300 dollars since April of 2007. I went on line and cannot even find an advertisement for my business!! I recently received a letter from the New York Attorney General asking if I would like to be part of the suit against them and did not think it applied to me. I lost or misplaced the information. If anyone has the address or information regarding this settlement agreement with brightpages please forward it to me. I cannot believe I fell for it.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

By: Exsposed

Exsposed — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:58:24 +0000

Is this the same Ben Croxton that is CEO of World Energy Solutions in Saint Petersburg, Florida 1-727-525-5552

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:15:29 +0000

Looks like the Attorney General has dealt with BrightPages.

http://www.buffalonews.com/businesstoday/localbusiness/story/346397.html

By: John

John — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:08:13 +0000

I got suck in by this scam artist also and I would like to get some help from the bloggers in creating a complaint letter that I’m going to send
to attorney general in NY and FL where this people
is located.

Also if you can I would like to receive some sample letter to request my refund of $1200.

Than You,

John Patel

By: The end 08

The end 08 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:46:40 +0000

Call Shannon Mabry at their NYC office (646)329-7399

I’d invite others to contact New York State Attorney General Andrew M Cuomo for them to take action against BPLLC & GLOBAL DIRECTORIES INC/ Ben Croxton

BrightPages
20 Warren St.
Apt. 2
New York City, NY 10007
US

Domain Name: BRIGHTPAGES.COM

Global Directories
2000 Corporate Square Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32216

Domain Name: US-YELLOW.COM
GLOBAL DIRECTORIES INC.

Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
Croxton, Ben
gdidomains@yahoo.com
20 Warren St.
Apt. 2
New York City, NY 10007
US
Phone: 877-576-1599

By: Ben Crawford

Ben Crawford — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:54:41 +0000

I got sucked in by the “walking fingers” logo on the promo - thought it was an info update - and, of course, received a bill. Can’t believe I was so stupid! I know such scams exist. Called BPLC to complain and each point I made about unethical misrepresentation was met with “it’s legal.” So, I jumped on the NY Better Business Bureau web site and filed a complaint (it’s easy). They also had a record of BPLC as having an unsatisfactory record. Included was a table of complaints disposition. Surprisingly, 80 out of 83 were resolved to the satisfaction of the complainer. About two weeks later I received a letter from BPLC cancelling my account and reducing it to $0.00, but still reminding me of the legality of the promo. I also submitted a compaint to the FTC Consumer Protection Agency and wrote my congressional representative.