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Find a Location

Coastal Subscription Agency has 2 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforCoastal Subscription Agency

    Magazine Sales
    Multi Location Business

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Alert:
    BBB files indicate this business has a pattern of complaints concerning delivery and refund issues. Complainants allege Coastal Subscription Agency, LLC fails to provide consumers with magazine subscriptions as promised. In addition, complainants allege the business does not respond to refund requests after payments for magazine subscriptions have been received. BBB contacted Coastal Subscription Agency, LLC regarding the pattern of complaints. The business did not respond.
    Alert:
    On February 1, 2017, BBB requested Coastal Subscription Agency substantiate or discontinue offers to sell through door-to-door solicitations. 

    According to BBB Code of Advertising 1. Basic Principles of the Code; 

    1.2 Advertisements which are untrue, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, falsely disparaging of competitors, or insincere offers to sell, shall not be used.

    BBB has received information indicating that consumers fail to receive advertised products after they have submitted payment in full. BBB requested Coastal Subscription Agency substantiate their offer to sell by providing documentation that shows consumers have in fact received their orders. If they were unable to substantiate, BBB requested the business discontinue this offer and any future offers like it to adhere to BBB Code of Advertising. The business did not respond to BBB concerns.

    Additional business information

    Additional Info:

    BBB has received information Coastal Subscription Agency, LLC solicits consumers door-to-door while attempting to gain empathy, which encourages consumers to help the independent contractors of the business who are young adults looking for business opportunities. In addition, many consumers inform BBB they do not receive the magazine subscription they have paid for. Upon contact with the business to inquire about current business practices, Coastal Subscription Agency, LLC did not respond to BBB.

    Consumers who wish to request a refund from the business must contact the business in writing, as the business website at www.coastalsubscriptions.com/faq.php states:

    “We are unable to accept cancellations online or by phone since it can take 7 to 10 days before your order information has been received from the independent contractor and entered into our systems.

    So we require all notices of cancellation, which can can found on the back of your sales receipt, to be filled out completely and mailed to the address provided on the receipt. 

    All mailed cancellation requests must be postmarked within three business days from the date of sale to be eligible for cancellation and to receive any potential refund.”


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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2.33/5stars

    Average of 6 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    23 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Coastal Subscription Agency has 2 locations, listed below.

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      Location of This Business
      123 W. Happy Ave, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
      BBB File Opened:
      7/3/2013
      Years in Business:
      10
      Business Started:
      7/2/2013
      Business Incorporated:
      7/2/2013
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Alternate Business Name
      • Coastal Subscription Agency, LLC

      Customer Complaints

      23 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      12/12/2022

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      Two young men sold me $120 worth of magazines. It has been 4 months and no magazines have showed up. I have receipts. This is a scam.

      Customer Reviews

      6 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Lisa F

      1 star

      11/04/2022

      They use young people to get you to sign up for incredibly overpriced magazines. Using any compassion you have for others against you and young people's desire to travel as see the world against them. They are the lowest of the low. It's hard to find ethical people trying to lift up others especially when worldwide conditions are at a low. Unfortunately, they are like cockroaches and will be the last things standing if all else ceases. zero star

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