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  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  1800 41st St Ste 300 Everett, WA 98203-2355

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  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  PO Box 130 Kent, WA 98035-0130

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  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  19351 8th Ave NE Ste 106 Poulsbo, WA 98370-8710

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  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  18322 Bothell Way NE Bothell, WA 98011-1924

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  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  8213A State Ave Marysville, WA 98270-3405

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:01/12/2025

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I am being charged for something I didnt sign up for. I cant cancel it because I have no idea what this is.

  Business Response

  Date: 01/17/2025

  Our customer service team has reached out to Mr. ***** and resolve this issue.

  Mr ***** was not familiar with the name on his invoice for his subscription to the ******************* as the invoices are generated by the parent company Sound Publishing, Inc.

   He subscribes digitally to the ****************** and wishes to continue his subscription. Mr ***** will do what he can on his end to make sure the BBB knows it was his mistake in not recognizing the invoice.

  Thanks,

  **** ********

  President

  Sound Publishing, Inc.

   

• Initial Complaint

  Date:01/19/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I lived at my house for many years. The Kent ******************** has been told to stop throwing the papers in my driveway and to not deliver. Every now and then they need a reminder. Within the last month or two i have called them three times to get them to stop. They have thrown multiple copies in front of my house in the gutter in the driveway. A few were ripped to shreads. They are thrown throughout the nieghborhood. Sides of houses, middle of the street and it looks very trashy. They often end up in my yard. In the street gutter. Under my cars in the bushes. I have a bad back and i have further strained it picking them up. They dont seem to care and continue to do it. I expect that they stop delivering them and stop throwing them all over so they dont end up in my yard.

  Business Response

  Date: 01/22/2024

   

  Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

  ***************************** contacted us on Friday night as well.

  We have subsequently discussed the delivery issues with the carrier directly. We also put a permanent stop delivery on ********************** address.

  We've also decided to cease delivering to the 10-house cul-de-sac, which ****************** resides, so there should be no newspaper deliveries in the future.

  Thanks,

  *************************

  President

  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 01/26/2024

   
  Complaint: 21171843
  
  I am rejecting this response because: they gave this solution on monday. It is fridayagain and 
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *****************************

  Customer Answer

  Date: 01/31/2024

  I reject the solution because they did not fullfill the fix they said they would do. They delivered again. That is the issue. They do not follow through on what they promise. This time i hurt my back picking it up.

  Business Response

  Date: 02/08/2024

  See attached picture - our circulation manager confirmed that no paper was delivered to ***** 117th PL SE last week.
  
  
  The carrier has stopped delivering to the entire cul de sac, so there's no further papers being delivered to his street.

  Thanks,

  
  

  Customer Answer

  Date: 02/08/2024

   
  Complaint: 21171843
  
  I am rejecting this response because:i have a few issues. A photo of my driveway showing my care and its place is posting personal info and is no proof of no delivery. Yes the second **** they did not deliver. So thank you. As far as a statement that the whole cul de sac has been stopped is a lie. So it is sad that this has all come down to lies for something they have done that they should have stopped. I have talked to some of the nieghbors and they thanked me for filing the complaint, they also donot want it and i know one nieghbor whohas called several times and was also ignored. I will only accept this when i actually see it stopped like they promised, once they stop lieing and appologise for the entire experience.

  
  Sincerely,
  
  *****************************

  Customer Answer

  Date: 02/12/2024

  I would like the picture that sound publishing posted ****** with my address and a picture of my car and liscense plat removed. This niether prooves or disproves anything and it ties personal information together. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:01/11/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Subscription Information **************** Subscription ********** Start *******/07/2023 $104.95 I cancelled a few days after this digital access began and she said no problem, accounting would issue a refund in about 48 hours. Nothing happened, so since then, she gave me many other stories to include a check was mailed, but nothing showed up. Now they have stopped communication.

  Business Response

  Date: 01/23/2024

  Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

  The refund check process was cancelled and accounting processed a credit card refund instead. Credit card refunds take 3-5 business days to be back onto the customer's card.
  
  
  

  Thanks,

  *************************

  President

  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 01/31/2024

  Please keep this case open as Sound Publishing tried to charge my credit card yesterday, although I'm sure this is illegal.  I received alerts about this on email and text from the bank. 

  In addition to their BS stories about mailing a check (nothing arrived), then they would do a card refund, they finally did do a card refund about a week ago, then promptly re-started communications by calling non-stop, asking me to close my dispute with my bank.  They said I had two refunds and that I had stolen from them!  My bank has an auto schedule and I cannot alter it as I have tried before.  They see the refund and will take back the funds from my account.  ******************** is a strange group that has no issue with fudging the details or using folks credit card information to take extra funds that don't belong to them.  

  Business Response

  Date: 02/01/2024

  
  After contacting ****************, the first time on 1/23/24 at approximately 10:30am we connected for a few minutes and the call was dropped. I am unsure of all he heard during our phone call before it was disconnected as I only had started to explain the below information.
  I explained that we cancelled the refund check (it had not been mailed yet as our refund process takes a total of 4-6 weeks) The time frame from Mr. ******* cancellation and his first complaint of not receiving a check was approximately 4 weeks. (Cancellation processed 12/13/23, and complaint to BBB was 1/12/24)
  If an agent told him 48hrs for the refund; we apologize that this time frame was incorrect.
  
  Our accounting department immediately sent a refund back to his card the same day of my first call (1/23/24). A few hours later we received the chargeback paperwork from his bank that he had disputed the charge from Sound Publishing.
  I did proceed to try and contact him multiple other times on different days during the week to talk and go over the situation and come up with a resolution regarding the refund he requested from us; as well as the refund he was going to receive from his bank.
  A few days later our accounting department had suggested we charge Mr. ******* card to get our money back since he was going to be receiving one through his bank since he disputed the charge through them.
  I then proceeded to get permission from *********************** to charge the card; which the card declined on the day we had tried. (1/30/24)
  I did leave messages days before that we would be charging his card for the $104.95 so he would not be receiving double refunds.
   **************** ignored all my communications through phone and email to try and straighten this out.
  We were not taking extra funds that did not belong to us. Simply tried to ensure there was no double refund Not once was it mentioned that **************** was stealing from us 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:09/26/2022

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I purchased two 1-year print subscriptions of the ******************. I have not been receiving the subscription so I tried to get a refund for these subscriptions. They said I'm not able to do so, even though they stopped mailing me the subscription. They also claim that I owe money on a 2-year subscription. When I told them I didn't make this purchase request for a 2-year subscription, they weren't able to produce any documentation that proved that I made this purchase.

  Business Response

  Date: 09/28/2022

  Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

  Unfortunately we created two accounts for this customer, and only one was paid, but the customer expects two refunds even though only one subscription was paid for. 

  Our customer service manager, ***************************** has reached out to the customer to better explain the situation in hopes of getting this resolved.
  
  
  We'll keep you updated on the end result/resolution.

   

  *************************

  President

  Sound Publishing, Inc.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:09/09/2022

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  My daughter, *****************************, is my P.O.A. She called for me on May 31, 2022, to cancel the newspaper on 6-2-22. My wife passed away last December and I was moving so no longer needed it. She was told I had a credit of $119.59 and that it would take up to 12 weeks to receive. She called 3 times this week with a status update and each day was told someone would get back to her regarding the refund and no one did. The account number is *********** would like my refund!

  Business Response

  Date: 09/12/2022

  Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

  The refund was issued on 06/24/2022. The address: ************************************************** 98363.

  The check was cashed on 07/06/22, so it appears that they received their refund.

  Thanks,

   

  *************************

  President

  Sound Publishing, Inc.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 09/12/2022

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***********************