its not the kind of popup your thinking of. there are many ways to get around popup blockers. such as user action like clicking a button or link will allow a popup to present itself. the popup was legitamate and came from the lw.com site. it was prolly just a marketing ploy.

(even though i am a firefox user, i still know that i can recieve popups if i take action to see it. (such as clicking a link can create a condition that the browser will think its a legitmate action by the user, and the user wants to see this.)) etc...

Hobo

People should not hurry purchasing goods or services online, if things go wrong then it's their own fault.


UK Bob

I've learned a lesson the real hard way.
Yes I was in a hurry, kids chasing me to download and not really paying attention to what I was clicking. Lesson 1.
Don't fill any forms out before you find out about the companys refund policy (none existant at limewire). Lesson 2.
So dear readers, lesson slearned, how do I ensure that the people who took my money in the first place don't take any more?
I've contacted my card supplier and informed them of the names of the companies involved and that I've tried to contact them to ensure I don't get billed again. Or is that to be lesson 3.
Why can't somebody, anybody, fom limewire just give me an assurance that they won't be taking anymore of my money instead of telling me what an idiot I've been..... I already know that.

And yes UKBobby, I'm sure all those who have degrees from the University of hindsight agree with you. However, in the real world, some of us do make mistakes and, as I am in this case, do pay for them.
It is dead easy to sit back and mock, its a lot harder to actually be constructive and help.

Gary

Like you, I am a family man and I know what those pressures can do but to accuse me of mocking you is very wrong.

First, from my dealing with Limewire I have found them to be OK and certainly not people who will rip you off. Their technical support, in my experience, is not as good as it could be but I have gotten more help from this forum.

Now, if as you say you only have LW Basic when you have paid for LW Pro then contact LW from here:

http://sales.limewire.com/support/?

You have said:

However, looking back on this thread I have tried to be helpful and, I believe, you have even taken some of my advice.

If my tone, in some of my postings, seem mocking to you please note that they were not aimed at you. It just that there are lots of newbies with credit cards that go charging kamikaze-like towards scam sites without any thought about what they want, what they are doing and what is being offered, and my alleged "mocking tone" was aimed at them.

As I said in my first posting to you, you sound like a reasonable person.

Good luck in sorting out your problem with LW.



UK Bob

Oh, I too have joined the ranks of the scammed.
www.download-it-free.com/limewire2/
is where it all began, with a big add to download limewire that looked like the real thing to the neophyte downloader .

I too fell for the 7 day cancellation period. got a billing confirmation with additional charges. Their chat link is closed. No humans on the phone. hmm. Yep scammed.

I have emailed their support insisting on a cancellation- but of course i'm notified the email is undeliverable. I've also contact my cc company, who can't do anything until Monday, when I can dispute the bill.

I'm pissed. So please no one chime in with the condescending remarks like some of the ones I've read. They don't help.warn other people, and pass on any helpful info or suggestions you've got.

Look into making a complaint with the FBI internet crime centre
In fact maybe some one at Lime wire would like to do this, if they haven't already.

Allright people, come on now, why would you go ANYWHERE else, aside from www.limewire.com? Logical Progression says that: Any site that says, %p-for-free.com, is gonna mess you over, next time, don't go to ANYWhERE but LimeWire.com, not even www.lw.com or www.lmewire.com or anything like that, as you will in fact be scammed. The only legit "other than limewire.com" downloader is www.download.com, and thus, just stick with the real deal.
P.S. Note that the sites provided, have nothing to do with limewire, if perchance they do have to do with limewire, stay away.