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My husband bought into the prepaid legal scheme. It looks good from the outside. Legal services are something everyone should need. However, I had some reservations. Especially when I found out that they would be automatically deducting the premium from our bank account.

At that point, I told my husband to cancel the service. He did so verbally with his associate. We thought everything was done. Then they withdrew the money for another month. I wrote an email to the company telling them to cancel the service completely. We thought everything was understood.

Then they deducted another month. Apparently, we also have something called Identity Theft Shield. Since I didn't specify to cancel that, they charged us for a whole month for that. I had to send a second email. I called and was assured that everything was cancelled. In that phone call, which was recorded, I informed the associate that they no longer have access to our bank account. Any other charges that come from them will be declared fraudulent with my bank. Once again, we thought this was over.

Then I check the mail today. We have a letter in the mailbox from the Identity Shield that says that we must sign this letter and send it back in order to cancel the service. What the heck? I have tried to cancel this service numerous times and they just wont let us go. I'm also filing a complaint with the BBB.

Monetary Loss: $150.

Location: Eatonton, Georgia

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I called North Carolina Bar and asked for a referral to a good lawyer in N.C. because my 88year old Mother was robbed by my niece who Mother had foolishly given P.O.A.and robbed Mom for over$80.000!

The N .C. bar gave my number to Legal Shield who instead of changing me $50 for a consultation charged me $300 for a "lawyer" who doesn't even have an investigator! Within less than 24 hourcardsI called my credit card company and told them to dispute the charges.

All of the cases Legal Shield says they are helping you with you don't need a lawyer just go to Office Max or office supply stores and pick up a copy of the form that you need. Have them notarized and save yourself some money!

Guest

In the late 90's, I worked at a large law firms in which some of the attorneys started to accept Prepaid Legal Services clients. The attorneys would NOT take their calls or take them on as clients, they said they realized it was a waste of their time and money and wouldn't deal with them!

A few years later, I signed up with some pre-paid legal service at work, can't remember the name of this joke company, but they swore they were better than Prepaid Legal Services and I would never have trouble speaking to an attorney. Yeah, I think you know where I am going with this.

No matter the legal situation, no attorney wanted to take my calls and a couple actually hung up on me. Conclusion: these prepaid legal services are all a waste of time and money!

Guest

Just call your bank and tell them you are protesting the charges and they will credit your account while the bank works with the company. I have done it. anything else does not work.

Guest

I have found these type services to be useless...I worked for a law firm that contractually signed up to be a part of this. But then when clients covered under the plan would call and try to retain services, the attorneys would not take their calls or allow appointments to be scheduled.

They said they were not full paying and didn't want to deal with them. Flip side of the coin: some time later, I had prepaid legal coverage through an employer. When I needed legal advice, none of the participating attorneys in the plan would assist me.

I even had a couple hang up on me, but mostly no one would talk to me at all.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1136220

I just posted about having had the same experience myself! They hung up on me too!

Guest

I agree I'm so fed up with them

Guest

They told me first thing that if I wanted to cancel I needed to do so on paper which is common practice. Maybe this was a lack of communication?

Guest

PRE-PAID LEGAL, AKA LEGAL SHIELD, IS AN ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA

COMPANY, WHO HAS MADE $300,000,000 ( THREE HUNDRED MILLION

DOLLARS ) BY PERPETRATING A MONUMENTAL HOAX ON THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE BY A CROOK NAME OF HARLAND STONECIPHER, A MINI-

MESSIAH, HOME-GROWN RIGHT IN ARDMORE, OK. THEY MAKE, BUT

UNFORTUNATELY NOT EARN, THEIR DOLLARS SELLING PHONY MEMBER-

SHIPS IN THEIR PHONY "CLUB". THEY HAVE THESE SCROUNGY LITTLE

SALES AFFILIATES IN MANY, MANY STATES, WHO TELL YOU ANYTHING

TO GET IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT!!!! THEY TELL YOU THAT ONCE

THEY GET YOUR MEMBERSHIP DOUGH, YOUR "PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED".

NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH, SPORTS FANS.

I HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED AS A "MEMBER". THIS IS STRICTLY

A SCAM. THEY HAVE "RULES" THEY CALL "TITLES". THESE TTITLES

ARE HOW THEY SCAM YOU. DON'T BUY INTO IT. I AM TELLING

YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S A SCAM....THEY PLAY WITH PEOPLE'S

LIVES. LEGAL FUNCTIONS CAN MAKE YOU, AND THEY CAN BREAK

YOU. THE MINI-MESSIAH, STONECIPHER, HAS NO CARE AT ALL, FOR

THE MISERY THAT HE HAS BROUGHT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. ALSO,

THIS IS A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY. I PERSONALLY FIND IT

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT THE N.Y.S.E. HAS NOT SHUT THESE

CROOKS DOWN. THEY MAKE MOVIES ABOUT MR. ALPHONSE "AL"

CAPONE, ONE OF THE MOST VICIOUS AND BRUTAL EXTORTIONISTS

IN HISTORY.... STONECIPHER AND HIS CREW, MAKE CAPONE

LOOK LIKE KIDS PLAYING IN A SCHOOL YARD !!!! YOU JUST

BETTER BE AWARE OF THESE CROOKS. BE VERY AWARE. :(

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-717244

I have had LegalShield for 6 months now and have had nothing but wonderful experiences with my provider law firm. They call me back immediately, have gone above and beyond and saved me thousands of dollars.

I'm so sad to see so many unhappy people and it is my hopes that LegalShield corporate's customer relations or PR department has also received your well constructed, constructive complaints. A company cannot know that it's doing anything wrong if they're not told.

Guest

bob brown you are and every person like you are a scourge to these times of high unemployment its not whining when the services suck @$$holes why are you even posting on this when its for pissed off consumers while your obviously a happy pyramid scheming *** artist maybe paid to *** with blogs so potential consumers cant be informed how *** your services are i hope you eat a ***, choke...slowly and see if that is covered in your associate membership prepaid legal (ppl) services is a scam DO NOT PURCHASE OR SIGN FOR ANY SERVICES from them for your own sake

Guest

you can tell the above comment from Shellisa is not very intelligent.People type how they talk...her grammer is terrible.

ex." The ones making the most money is the lawyers".... "is"?????????

are !!!

hmmmmmm.

ghetto!!! :grin

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-256774

ON THE OTHER HAND, YOUR SPELLING COULD USE SOME

IMPROVEMENT. IT'S "GRAMMAR".

NOT GRAMMER. HAVE YOU

LEARNED ANYTHING ?

HOPE SO. :roll

Guest

I agree with Bob. People have been informed of their membership arrangement with Pre-Paid Legal.

It is a month to month. It is unfortunate that some of the members were not properly informed of the procedure on how to cancel. Most importantly, they were not properly informed of the true value of their membership. Why do people pay for their home insurane, life insurance, health and auto insurance?

For just in case situations, right? However in order to access the benfit of these coverages, bad things had to happen. Unlik our legal plan, it is a now benefit. My legal plan helped me with my landlord issue worth $1,400 and on my labor case worth $10,000.

How much is my membership? $400 a year!

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-142585

jojo dadivas: YOU ARE A CROOK DEFENDING CROOKS, AS YOU HAVE BEEN PAID TO DO. YOU ARE MORALLY AND ETHICALLY BANKRUPT; AS

MORALLY BANKRUPT AS YOUR PHONY MINI-MESSIAH, STONECIPHER.

YOU CAN BLAB, AND TALK, AND MAKE FUN AND CALL NAMES, YOU

*** BUT YOU ARE PERPETRATING A HOAX ON FINE, DECENT

PEOPLE. YOU ARE ***, TRYING TO MAKE A PIECE OF TRASH

LIKE STONECIPHER LOOK LEGITIMATE....AND NOTHING WILL DO

THAT...NOT EVER. KEEP YOUR *** GOING...SOMEDAY VERY SOON,

WE WILL RECOVER WHAT YOU OWE US IN A CLASS ACTION. YOU

JUST HIDE, FOOL, AND WATCH US GO !!! YOU ARE FILTH. :zzz

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-717249

First rule of when one is losing an argument is to yell...by the way, ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, when typing, means that, yes, YOU are yelling.

Guest

I was able to cancel, but should have canceled a LONG time ago. I was convinced that I was going to need the services but realized I didn't.

I didn't want to keep paying for their services for years without any benefits.

I worked for them, and I was spending more than what I wasw making. PPL is kind of a scam because they make you pay for leads, go to THEIR MEETINGS, and etc. The ones making the most money is the Lawyers, the ones that speak at the meeting, etc.

No one really want PPL so they try their best to convince people that they do need it. We can live without it.

Lets jus get a lawyer when we NEED one.

Lets jus protect our Identity by making smarter choices. Lets not pay a monthly fee for something we probably wont use.

Guest

When signing up for this service, members are provided with paperwork containing explicit instructions on how to cancel their policies. I'm so sick of hearing people whine because they can't follow instructions. Here's yer sign!

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-71306

bob brown: IF THAT IS REALLY YOUR NAME, BECAUSE YOU ARE

AS PHONY AS YOUR MINI-MESSIAH, H. STONECIPHER. YOUR ARDMORE

OKLAHOMA GIMMICK WAS A SMART MOVE !!! YOU PEOPLE MAKE

THE CARLO GAMBINO NEW YORK CRIME FAMILY LOOK LIKE STOOGES

AND LITTLE KIDS IN A SCHOOLYARD. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A

CROOK, AND A SHYSTER, PURE AND SIMPLE. YOU'RE TRASH. YOU'RE

NOTHING, AND WE WILL CLEAN YOUR CLOCKS, ONE DAY, SOON,

WITH A CLASS-ACTION THAT WILL ROCK YOU. YOU ARE FILTH.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-717261

You are so immature, it's hurting my brain to read your comments

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