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Find a Location

Lycos, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Lycos, Inc.

      880 Main St Fl 2 North Waltham, MA 02451-8500

    • Lycos, Inc.

      18 Shipyard Drive, Suite 2A Hingham, MA 02043-1670

    Business ProfileforLycos, Inc.

    Email Service Providers
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    Lycos, Inc., offers internet services such as website hosting, domain and email for purchase and online games.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Lycos, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Lycos, Inc.

        880 Main St Fl 2 North Waltham, MA 02451-8500

      • Lycos, Inc.

        18 Shipyard Drive, Suite 2A Hingham, MA 02043-1670

      Location of This Business
      880 Main St Fl 2, North Waltham, MA 02451-8500
      BBB File Opened:
      10/28/2004
      Years in Business:
      29
      Business Started:
      1/1/1995
      Business Started Locally:
      2/1/1996
      Business Incorporated:
      6/1/1995
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      59
      Contact Information

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Dan Prior, Manager of Customer Service
      Additional Contact Information

      Email Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      2 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      11/17/2022

      Complaint Type:
      Billing Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      The issue regards a Tripod website (through Lycos) that was shut down some months ago (May 2022?) without my knowledge, for which company continued to charge my credit card.See supporting information.

      Customer Reviews

      2 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Amelia B

      1 star

      10/15/2021

      ****.lycos.com refused to connect.lycos does not exist anglefire does not exist I had a website that they billed me in 2013 for a lot of money the annual fee was debited monthly and I had to cancel my card and change banks,somehow they have gotten onto my paypal. I am still to this day billed for a company that doesnt exist.I cannot login, there is no contact page and I cannot for the life of me get away from this.they have stolen thousands its also in USD funds and I am in *********..not only is the conversion rate higher, but I get a **** from PAYPAL for a conversion fee and the bank ofcourse takes another fee for international transactions.My website was never online and I am still being scammed ..8 years in the making.I want a refund!!

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