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Find a Location

United Readers' Service, Inc. has 30 locations, listed below.

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    • United Readers' Service, Inc.

      13400 Madison Ave Lakewood, OH 44107-4705

    • United Readers' Service, Inc.

      PO Box 771747 Lakewood, OH 44107-0067

    • United Readers' Service, Inc.

      1991 Crocker Rd Westlake, OH 44145-6969

    • United Readers' Service, Inc.

      PO Box 360449 Strongsville, OH 44136-0008

    • Mid Atlantic Data Services

      PO Box 434 Bridgeville, PA 15017-0434

    Business ProfileforUnited Readers' Service, Inc.

    Magazine Sales
    Multi Location Business

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Pattern of Complaint:
    BBB files indicate that this business has a pattern of complaints concerning cancellation, billing and collections issues.  There are also misunderstandings of what company representatives are saying during the sales presentation and the consumer's recollection of that conversation.

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 6 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    68 complaints closed in last 3 years

    27 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    United Readers' Service, Inc. offers magazine subscriptions via the Internet and telephone sales.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    United Readers' Service, Inc. has 30 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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      • United Readers' Service, Inc.

        13400 Madison Ave Lakewood, OH 44107-4705

      • United Readers' Service, Inc.

        PO Box 771747 Lakewood, OH 44107-0067

      • United Readers' Service, Inc.

        1991 Crocker Rd Westlake, OH 44145-6969

      • United Readers' Service, Inc.

        PO Box 360449 Strongsville, OH 44136-0008

      • Mid Atlantic Data Services

        PO Box 434 Bridgeville, PA 15017-0434

      Location of This Business
      13400 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107-4705
      BBB File Opened:
      1/1/1974
      Years in Business:
      52
      Business Started:
      1/1/1972
      Business Incorporated:
      12/12/1996
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Alternate Business Name
      • Easy Readers Service
      • Liberty Readers Service
      • Members Readers Service
      • Baysand Financial
      • Paramount Readers' Service LLC
      • Midwest Readers
      • VIP Readers' Service
      • Quality Readers' Service
      • Primetime Readers Service
      • Mid Atlantic Data Services
      • Readers Service
      • VIP Readers
      • Quality Readers' Service, LLC
      • Ultimate Readers Service
      • Empire Readers' Service
      • Popular Readers Service
      Business Management
      • Mr. Tony E Anthony, President
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Tony E Anthony, President

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Tony E Anthony, President
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (216) 228-4264
        Primary Fax
      • (440) 614-0548
        Other Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Customer Complaints

      68 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      11/10/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Billing Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      On May23 2023 **** was contactd by phone by Primetime readers service. Their phone is 800 8607323 address po box 771747 lakewood ohio 44107-0067 He answered questions on a unsolicited call that was taped, but didn't understand that he would only get magazines they sent not his specific choices . He also didn't understand that he couldn't cancel and would have to pay the full 2 year no matter what. He gave them his credit card which was hacked the next month so no automatic payments from then on. We paid 3 x 39.99 for 3 mo. We did not send them a new card number. On Oct 3 when we realized the cost **** called and wanted to cancel . They threatened collections. Yesterday recieved a bill for 89.80$ what they say we owe for magazines we have never wanted. ***** called 11/ 9 and spoke to Delano L****** at 11:15. She played a tape of the May 23 th call when **** replied yes to a bunch of questions . On the tape the seller said she understood he was in a hurry and let's get this done quickly. **** says he did not understand that he couldn't cancel and he had to pay for the full 2years no matter what. When ***** called she offered to pay the 89.80 if the service would cancel the rest. Delano said no that the full 803$ would have to be paid. We do not believe that was clear from the rapid fire questions. We don't want and would have never chosen any of the magazines they sent us. We ate willing to pay the 89.80 but no more and we do not want any more magazines thru this company.
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      Customer Reviews

      6 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Alicia C

      1 star

      11/13/2023

      I was pressured into a contract with United Readers Service contract in March of 2023 and have been trying to end the service agreement with them. Every I spoke to a representative of theirs I was treated extremely rude and decided that I needed to make sure all my conversions with them were recorded in some way so I emailed their customer service team explaining that their staff has been extremely rude and unprofessionally and I did not want to be contacted via phone because of this and to please email me back and let me know how to end this service immediately. They would not email me back and called me a few times. Once I received a voice mail from a senior account manager named Deirdre I called her back, I got permission from her to record our conversion and have saved this recording for my records. She told me there was no way to end the contract and my only options were to change what magazines but I pointed out that in the recording it does say they would work with me on the payments if need be and I insisted that they work with me due to the fact that I have lost my income and that they have been extremely rude to me and threatened to send me to collections. I finally got her to agree to pay off the account early and end the contract. The discount is pathetic but it is a discount. The balance I owe is $758.10 and she said I could pay $720.00 to pay it off but that the magazines would continue to be sent for the full term of the agreement. I will be paying this off and watching my accounts to make sure that they do not charge me again. She says that sense the magazines do start off delayed that they should stop May 2026 but might take as long as June 2026. Anyone struggling to end their service with this company I would recommend calling Dierdre at eight hundred, eight six zero, seven three two three Ex 447, you will be told you have to pay it off in a lump sum but you can end this nonsense.

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