What a buy! For $7.89, I got my wife an electronic teeth whitener with a two months supply of special formulas that would make her teeth sparklingly brilliant. Satisfaction is guaranteed with a no risk, money back offer. My bride’s teeth are beautiful and white enough but as a trained husband, I know when to deliver. On line to Cleanwhites.com, I captured the stuff with my debit card.

Cleanwhites.com terms include a continuing supply of their product, cancelable at anytime. Returns are guaranteed at 100% refund. Just wanting to test the product, upon arrival, I cancelled the ongoing account. I’d been ripped before by continuing purchases that never quite cancel.

Gevalia Coffee continued sending their coffee for three months after cancellation. Gevalia debited my account for two months after I told them stop. My banker scissored my debit card so they couldn’t do it again. Gevalia sent me a bill for another order. I refused it. Federal law allows you to refuse to pay for merchandise you didn’t order.

Gevalia is a scam but only minor say DEFCOM 2. Good product but lousy customer service.

Youthology.com sells a concoction that tightens crow’s feet. My bride saw an ad on TV. Youthology.com sells their magic potion at two payments of $39.99 plus shipping and handling. To get that special price, you have to sign up for another continuing supply, delivered every sixty days. I flatly refused to buy.

The Youthology.com Sales Manager called the next day. He really wanted my wife to try this amazing new product. He agreed to sell me a sixty-day supply for a one-time price of $59.99 with no continuing obligation. That was August. My wife tried it, said it didn’t work. Oh well.

In September, Youthology.com shipped a new supply, debited my account for $49.99, and argued that the call from the Sales Manager never occurred. After a marathon discussion, we agreed on no future shipments or charges but since they had already debited my account and their terms clearly indicated that I had to pay for anything that was already shipped, I allowed the $49.99 debit for September.

My mistake. Never reward a thief.

In October, they debited my account $39.99. Youthology.com argued that I was just paying the other half of the sixty-day supply that they had shipped in September. In November, they debited my account again, without even the pretense of product shipped. I went back to my banker who scissored my debit card so they couldn’t do it again. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. The BBB sent a nastygram and Youthology.com coughed up the last $39.99. They got $189 for a useless product and refunded $39.99.

Youthology.com is a serious scam, DEFCOM 6 - bad product, tricky accounting, outright lies. Thieves.

Cleanwhites.com’s product is the electronic whitening machine. Looks like a flashlight in a football mouthpiece, two silver tubes of clear, and two syringes of blue stuff. Upon receipt, I went on Cleanwhites.com and cancelled the future purchases. This time, I confirmed my cancellation and got an acknowledgement in return by email. Then Cleanwhites.com said that since I canceled the forward obligation, the real price of their product was $79.95 and they debited my account.

Within a half hour of the debit, I was in the bank filling out the paperwork to reject the unauthorized debit. My banker killed another debit card and rejected the unauthorized debit. This time, I was watching and documented Cleanwhites.com lies.

Cleanwhites.com is a dangerous scam at DEFCOM 10 – the worst - bait and switch pricing, bad product and outright thievery, planned and executed with precision and surprise, no refund.

If you’re too busy to watch your bank account on line or to object in time, Internet Grinches can steal your money. Multiply each little theft by millions of consumers and you see why. Report these folks to the Better Business Bureau so others can avoid a bad experience.

I learned my lesson. Shop locally with a neighbor Alaskan who will treat us right.