A sales consultant put unauthorized charges in the amount of $3000 on my Visa without my consent on a staggered payment plan as I had numerous other payments. He then tried to credit it just on paper but not with Visa to make it look like a complimentary service. When I found out, the company did not refund my money but said they refunded it to other services when in fact I had already paid for these same services. Now I have to dispute all this complicated trail of paper through the company with Visa. Trafford won’t give me the dates and the amount of the transactions to give to Visa to dispute the charges.
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Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
author beware trafford publishing does business under 13 different names all at the same address and same president. There main goal is to scam millions of inocent authors in any way they can self publish it is the only way to do it, publish an ebook through amazon and you won’t get ripped off else wise burn your book it is nothing but a hassle with this publisher if they want money up front there crooked a good book you won’t have to pay for and scam artists like trafford publishing uses it to there advantage to rook you and my dad as they did to him of millions. There names are word clay, authorhouse, iuniverse.inc, xlibris, trafford publishing inc, balboa press, westbow press, legacy keeper, palibrio, author learning center, abbott press, inspiring voices, content distributors inc, and finaly responder media . All these names can be viewed at www.bbb.com by doing a company search.
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I contacted via email to Trafford Publishing few months ago (Feb 2013) to enquire on publishing a book. A filipino woman called me to offer me some help and discounts if I were to publish books with Trafford. Since, she has been calling me as many as 20 times a day and sending lots of emails. Her persistent attitude tells me something is fishy. I did not publish any books with them though I had given to her my credit cards details. I called my credit card compony and warn them of unauthorised amount from Trafford if any. This woman called herself Charrise Atkins, sounds like an American but the truth is she is a filipino lady. I tried to calling the main line of Trafford Publishing that is listed on their website and the lady who answered is also a Filipino woman. I had lost hope since. The issue now is, this woman Charisse Atkins has been making nuisance calls to my phone. She even created an account on LinkedIn and tried to add me. I rejected her request. Many weeks ago, I did a google on her and no results came up. But just a while ago, I did a google on her and guess what, she just created a FaceBook account with the name Charisse Atkins, with only 4 friends. She is trying to convince me that she exists. I am no fool to believe this as I am an IT specialist. I have done many business in Philippines and we are all aware how low Filipinos could go to rob anyone out of their money. This time by Trafford Publishing. Such a shame Trafford is under Penguin Group. I had just made a Police Report a while ago regarding the nuisance calls and the authority will definitely take action. Nevermind if we cannot find Charisse Atkins as she is not real. But we will definitely get Trafford Publishing. So everyone please be careful if you would like to publish a book. Do not approach Trafford Publishing. They are a bunch of scammers!
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I have just received my 50 ordered copies, When I was sent the first proof to approve, all seemed okay I had constantly been at them to correct and a number of issues. In this second despatch, I see that they have more errors than within the first. It looks as though I have not bothered to address these concerns. I was in a writer’s group and we self published and our editing was spot on. I always get an apology but that isn’t enough any longer. I paid $3000 AU. Is there anyone who actually represents perople such as I at a fair price againstcompanies such as Trafford. I wanted these books to sell and for Christmas presents. I am totally amazed at the hard sell, false promised, sloppy editing and the fact that the phone is not serviced.
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I have published a (flimsy, poor quality) children”s picture book with Trafford and can now only warn others NOT to do the same. The long process was very disappointing and the overall impression is that you are dealing with young, poorly paid, uneducated or unprofessional people (not from US and with poor grammar and spelling in their correspondence – obviously English as a second language) who couldn”t care less. What bigger warning signal could there be? I knew I was doomed from the start, but had paid my money and so carried on fighting and struggling to get the best possible result. Your “Senior Book Consultant” is no different and once your book has been published, he will try to persuade you to part with your money since your book is “excellent” and he”ll rather innocently try to make you believe you will be famous and rich like JK Rowling among others. It was actually quite insulting to think that anyone might think I would believe him. The speech is so poor and monotonous that he actually repeated the same examples on two different calls. He called himself Craig Logan. The poor guy might be better off working at MacDonald”s. To add insult to injury, I ordered 30 copies of my book after it was published and still haven”t received them 3 months later. So what does that say for anyone else out there supposedly buying a copy?! Needless to say, I doubt I”ll every see any royalties. Please also know that I published my first picture book with Authorhouse and they”re EXACTLY the same and sister company to Trafford. So don”t go there either. Be warned. I feel a fool for publishing my book with both these money-grabbing companies.
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I published a book with Trafford under their “Webblazer” program that was offered at a considerable discount. Everything was pretty good up until proof reading time: They have a very sloppy printer. When I sent in my list of changes, it came back with even more needed! Whole paragraphs were suddenly in the font of different point size. Some of the changes I asked for were so botched that they had to be redone. Now that I’ve accepted the book – there are a dozen or so typos still in it – they are not honoring the final part of our deal. I am supposed to have a number of paperbacks sent to me, and they haven’t been. They no longer answer my emails. There are better publishers than Trafford out there.
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
i published the above book with trafford publishers in 2008.later trafford sought and got permission from me to publish an ebook copy of the book. i noticed they linked it up to amazon.co and even permitted other publishers to publish it on theirplatforms.but for Donkey years now trafford has not paid any royalty and i am agrieved and wants to know why. please reply to [protected]@gmail.com ben ijeoma adigwe Esq
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I received a charge on my credit card which is linked to my checking acct. I noticed this $295.00 charge on my bank statement. It was a charge that I had not approved. I went to my bank to file a fraud case. Turned out that it was Trafford Publishing Company subscription renewal that I had no idea of.
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I recently sent my manuscript to trafford. I paid for basic editing. I was making weekly payments. They wouldn’t even look at the manuscript untill all payment was done. I paid for basic editing. Now they tell me i need content editing which is over $300. 00. Now that is paid for. They’re saying i need content editing plus whice is $700. 00 more. I feel they should have looked at the manuscript first and than quoted me a one time price. This is not a company i would recommend to anyone. This company will not work on your manuscript until they receieved all payments. It seen once i pay off for one service they tell me i need another. I ask for my money back. They said no refunds. I did not read this in their contracts. I feel like this company is a scam.
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I simply can not get anyone to respond to my e-mails on a book I am publisihing with the company. The company says my book has already gone on sale, though they are obligated to provide me with a sizeable number of free books for my book launch – they have not and are not responding to e-mails. Where should I appeal. I needed to have those books so that I can launch my book before year 2009 ends Paulinus
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I spoke with Lawrence last week about him sending me a copy via email of my late father’s contract. The name of the book is titled Diabetes Epidemic & You, Author Joseph R Kraft, MD. I also spoke to a different person about getting the cost basis for author purchased books (the quantity discount rates) and I did not receive that information either. I tried calling [protected] and it does go through. The operator says I need to check the number and try again. Which I have done several times. Please respond to [protected]@gmail.com with a non 800 or 888 call back number. Regards, Mark Kraft
Trafford Publishing Reviews & Complaints
I took my first package in 2010 and the second one in 2013. Nothing happen from that, I did not received any loyalties and it affected my happy feeling about my first book. It has been a terrible experience with Trafford. They had called me all the time to get my money and then, nothing positive for me. I like to know if they sale the book and don’t give loyaties ? or I request a refund ! It iseems like a scam for new writers, they suppose to help them and not take adventage of them ! Please help if you can and for the new don’t do the same !