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    Business ProfileforThe State Media Company

    Newspaper

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 11 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    60 complaints closed in last 3 years

    12 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    This company offers newspaper publishing distributed statewide.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    1927 Thurmond Mall Ste 102, Columbia, SC 29201-2387
    BBB File Opened:
    8/1/1983
    Years in Business:
    133
    Business Started:
    6/1/1891
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Number of Employees:
    275
    Alternate Business Name
    • The State Newspaper
    • McClatchy Company
    • GoGamecocks.com
    • GoColumbia
    Business Management
    • Ms. Vicky Amparan, Customer Experience Manager
    • Ms. Maria Ravera, Sr Director Subscription Strategy
    Contact Information

    Customer Contact

    • Ms. Vicky Amparan, Customer Experience Manager
    • Ms. Maria Ravera, Sr Director Subscription Strategy
    Additional Contact Information

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    Website Addresses

    Customer Complaints

    60 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    04/24/2024

    Complaint Type:
    Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    On 4/5/24 I Paid for a monthly subscription to The State newspaper for my father, Jack T*****. Address is 2038 Lake Murray Blvd., Apt #5-102, Columbia, SC 29212. The account was under his son's name, Kelly T*****. The monthly subscription was $43.29 for digital and hard copies of the newspaper. The newspaper was to be delivered 6 days a week (no Saturdays). The paper was not showing up when they said it would. The paper would show up 3 editions at a time, 3 and 4 days late. I then noticed that they changed the delivery schedule from 6 days (which I paid for) to only 3. So I called on 4/15/24 to cancel. I was told they would only give me $34.40 credit and that I needed to wait 10 days. I called again on 4/24/24 to see where the credit was and they told me it had not been cancelled and that the money I paid was NON-REFUNDABLE. So I paid for 6 days a week, didn't receive them, and then they said it was NON-refundable. This is unacceptable and I want the full amount refunded to my account of $43.29 for not only not receiving the paper, but the time and aggravation that I've spent calling them. I've attached a copy of what was on their website when I signed up that was 6 days, and what my current account says, which is only 3 days.
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    Customer Reviews

    11 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Betty Y

    1 star

    03/07/2023

    I had a subscription with The State for many years. I paid annually for many years. There was a paper missed occasionally but I overlooked that. In 2021 I paid for a full year to end in 2022. I made multiple calls to The State because I was not receiving any papers. Each time there was an apology and they would have a manager to call me to resolve the problem. I never heard from anyone. Over the year I received 6 papers. Then, I received a bill for another $57.30. I did not pay so they sent it to a collection agency. I called the collection agency and told them why I did not pay. I did not receive any papers. They said to file a complaint. I also called The State. She was very rude and was trying to blame it on me for not canceling. I asked her why I would think I had to cancel something I was not receiving and what about the year I had paid for and received only 6 papers? She was unrelenting. Later, I called back. Again, I was chastised by not doing the right thing. He did say he would put in a request to remove the collection. We will see.

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