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Computer Software

Wolters Kluwer

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Complaints

Customer Complaints Summary

  • 50 total complaints in the last 3 years.
  • 27 complaints closed in the last 12 months.

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  • Initial Complaint

    Date:01/19/2023

    Type:Billing Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    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.
    We tried a portal product for one year and paid for the billing that year. The next year we decided not renew the product. Two years removed and when we tried to move account and realized they won't allow it because they automatically added bills for the portal product to our account without our knowledge. The bills were not mailed or emailed to us. They added them to our online account that we would have to log into to find and there was no other notice of them being due just that we have to pay them now to be able to move. One if for a past tax year when we didn't use the product and the other is for the current tax year 2022 that we haven't used yet. We have spent hours on the phone and have still not even been able to get the current years removed. They are deceptive and unresponsive. Signing up for autopay is one thing but this is a bill they are adding behind the scenes without letting us know the bill even existed.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:01/17/2023

    Type:Customer Service Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    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.
    On January 4, 2023 I purchased a book for my law class on Wolters Kluwer's website. The description stated it would be shipped within 3-5 business days and I paid for expedited shipping. However, when I called for an update, the representative mentioned that this book was "made to print" and it would take **** business days to process. Nowhere on the book's description page did it mention it was "made to print." Because of Wolters Kluwer's misleading description, I have yet to receive the textbook two weeks into the semester. Due to this, I have not been able to prepare adequately for class, which may potentially hurt my grade and standing with the professor. I am very frustrated and unhappy with the description and hope that Wolters Kluwer will be more honest with its descriptions in the future.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:01/06/2023

    Type:Billing Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    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.
    Wolters Kluwer is charging me for a CPE subscription for my CPA that I did not authorize. I have lists of all of the classes I have taken to keep up with my continuing professional education (CPE) for ****** which proves I have not used this product and did not sign up for this. I did take two classes in 2018 and at that time entered my company credit card to take the classes. They used that to try and subscribe me for 4 years (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022) after those two classes. This was done without my knowledge. I am disputing these charges and they continue to say I owe the money.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:09/30/2022

    Type:Customer Service Issues
    Status:
    Unresolved
    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 contacted Wolters Kluwer on July 27th to get a reconciliation of our account because we needed them to accurately apply credits to our account. I've exchanged phone calls and emails with 7 representatives at their company, but no one is able to provide me with a reconciliation of the payments we've made to them and the invoices that they've applied each payment to. I provided them proof of the payments we've made (copies of payments to them that have cleared our bank account) and requested that they accurately apply the payments to our account. They keep promising that someone will respond to my request by a certain date, and then failing to respond by the date given. They have closed my support case three times now, without providing any response or explanation, and I have to keep reopening the case. They are now levying late fees on our account. I've written a letter of complaint to their **********************************, but they still have not responded to me. Can you help me, please? It seems that they do not have a functioning accounts receivable department.

    Business Response

    Date: 11/08/2022

    Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/10/20) */
    The complaint was received 10-18-2022 and the company has begun the process of evaluating the complaint and reaching out to the person and company that placed the complaint.


    Consumer Response /* (3000, 7, 2022/10/24) */
    (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.)
    The company's response is incomplete. On Tuesday, October 19, 2022, I was finally contacted by a sales rep at Wolters Kluwer asking me what the issue is. After I forwarded her the attached response and documentation, the late fees were removed from our account. However, the July invoice is still showing as open on our account, and the credit of $2,034.56 still needs to be applied to this invoice (see attached). Also attached are: my emailed response to the sales rep dated 1-19-22 and the documents that I sent to her (Final summary of payments and invoices, list of invoices on our account as of 10-19-22, and Letter of complaint). I would like our account to be updated AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, since this issue has been open for almost 3 months now.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:09/29/2022

    Type:Billing Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    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 purchase my first software with this company on April 29,2022. I canceled with a representative on the phone the very morning, as soon as the business opened. I was told by the representative
    ***************** that he would be out of the office on until Tuesday. I sent an email to customer service on April 30,2022 and also an email to the Rep on April 30, 2022. The rep kept calling me to get me to keep the software. I had to contact my credit card company to dispute the Transaction because the wait time on hold is forever. I request to cancel again on May 2, and May 10, 2022. How many times do you have to make a request for cancelation. It is now September and I received an invoice on software that was not used and I will never used It. I still have an open invoice and they will not cancel it. I have all emails and phone records to prove my request to cancel. Cancelation policy is within 30 days. I request to canceled more than once in a 30 day period. If i requested to cancel more than 3 times why would you continue to contact me and harrass me to keep the software. This company will not close my invoice and are trying to charge me past the cancelation policy. This is against the law. As a customer I should not have to beg to cancel anything or request a refund.

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