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Bookwhirl.org

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Customer Complaints Summary

  • 2 total complaints in the last 3 years.
  • 0 complaints closed in the last 12 months.

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  • Initial Complaint

    Date:12/03/2023

    Type:Order 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.
    Date of Transaction: 11/27/2023 **************** ** is the name on the credit card charge, however, Book Whirl, is the name of the firm that contacted me.Date of Dispute filed with my bank: 11/30/2023 Receipt Date: 11/27/2023 Refund policy statement: up until ********************************************************************************************** to complete required me to do all the legwork I expected from them. The expected date of the ****** Book Fair is March 12-14-2024.I will not pay for professional services that I am forced to provide myself.*****************, the Representative, misled me regarding the services to be provided. Regarding the forms she requested, I would have to complete almost the entire book. Based on the above statements, I demand a refund.

    Business Response

    Date: 12/13/2023

    Please see attached.
  • Initial Complaint

    Date:08/11/2022

    Type:Order 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.
    COMPLAINT AGAINST WWW.BOOKWHIL. ************************************************ I am a ******** author of several books, some of which are on Amazon.com A little over ten years ago, I received a call from staff of Bookwhirl.com Book publishers while I was in ******* imploring me to let them publish my book titled THE SURE REFUGE. After much persuasion I agreed. They asked for the payment of $2,000.00 which I paid. Thereafter they published some of my books and I personally bought several copies from them. They sold my books to other people too.In 2013, they requested me to pay them a little above $2,000.00 to take my books to Bookfair in ****** and I did. The officer of the Company who was communicating with me was one *************************** who was their marketing Fulfilment Officer. Their telephone lines are ********************** and **************. I have some of his e-mails e.g his mails of June 4, 2014 and March 26 2014.My complaint against this company is that up till today they have not paid me 1 cent as royalty. They refused to respond to my mails in which I make specific requests for royalty.I need your kind assistance for this unfair business dealings by Bookwhirl which is an American Company.Yours Faithfully.********************************* Author.

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