[vip_students] Re: avast question for paul or others

  • From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:18:27 -0000

Well said Flor!

You know, always be vigilant out there!

Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:04 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: avast question for paul or others


> Vincent,
>
> Here's my take.  I think if i were you I'd do a few things.  One might be
to
> ring paul working.  Another would be to have someone expert visit you and
> your computer and see what was downloaded, and what's going on now.  If,
> after all the computer expertise available has been consulted, you still
> feel that you have a case of having been ripped off, have the credit card
> holder get on to their bank and ask the bank to help them claim a refund
> from the credit card company.  (This may be difficult, or impossible to
> negotiate, at this stage.)  But the first things to do are to find out
what
> exactly you downloaded.  (It sounds to me as if you downloaded  - and
> unwittingly agreed to pay for - something else  - a firewall, anti-spam,
> RealPlayer Premium, that sort? - besides the Avast antivirus program.)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "vts" <vts@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 5:58 PM
> Subject: [vip_students] avast question for paul or others
>
>
> hello
>
> can someone tell me please. I was told from Paul to use avast for my
> computer which I did. I downloaded it and was using it the last few weeks
> with no problem. I paid ?80 subscription at the end of the payment page it
> said this is a once off payment only. the problem im having now is I used
> someone else's credit card and two months of ?12  was taken out of the
card
> from a company call download .com which I did not agree to. and they
wanted
> to take ?12  every month. its not the money that worries me its the fact
> that I was told there was only a once of payment to be made.  so I rang
them
> and canceled it he told me on the phone that I would be not entitled to
any
> more upgrades for my avast so I agreed it was not my credit card. now my
> avast has stopped working and my computer is open. now I paid the money
for
> avast and I am being told that I have to pay more. how is this I feel
ripped
> off. what can I do is there a free version of avast or what will I do.
> please help many thanks.
>
> regards
> Vincent
>
>
>


Other related posts: