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Comment on Wine Club Mistake by Robert Jaworski

Robert Jaworski — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:51 +0000

I agree. I have been ripped off by this company also. They increased the price of the club- under shipping and handling by 15% and never notified me about it. The wines are very mediocre and at least double the price they should be.

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by Mo

Mo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:49:45 +0000

I too was just ripped off by this company (Vinesse Wines) They charged me $69.90 on July 8th, I wasn’t expecting the charge but decided to wait for the shipment and cancel the membership right after, but on July 14th they charged me $30 for an unknown membership fee, I tried to dispute it but they told me they’d apply this “bogus” voucher I’d received to next month’s shipment, but on July 20th they charged me $110.95 for next month’s (same six cheap bottles of wine as before) shipment, even though I was told I’d get it every 45 days, and I haven’t even gotten my shipment for July yet! The phone rep was very rude and told me to refuse the UPS shipment if I want a full refund! I don’t know what to do if they even arrive: keep to avoid further rip off, or return and possibly lose the money and wine…..

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:23:43 +0000

I too have been a victim of the Vinesse scheme. Cheap and very ordinary grocery store wines, significantly higher prices than advertised, shorter unpublished intervals of automatic shipping and NO COMMUNICATION. They would not even respond to emails – even though their website said I could send a notice of cancellation that way. I finally got out after coughing up about $60 of shipping and handling after refusing the last two shipments – which were sent monthly and received at least two weeks after my credit card was charged. They were supposed to be no more frequent than 45 days. What a rip-off!!! BEWARE of this outfit!

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by eric

eric — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:23:07 +0000

Didn’t think so! Any current Vinesse member, try googling any of the brands/vineyards on the bottle. The only results you’ll get are Vinesse’s website. Very fishy/fraudy.

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by eric

eric — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:12:35 +0000

Can the Vinesse Customer Service respond to the fact that the vineyards on the labels don’t exist?

I’m convinced that Vinesse just buys wines by the tractor trailer full (like a huge tanker full) and plasters various fake labels on the bottles.

Any response guys, other that “our crap is guaranteed”?

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by Rozanne Crowner

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Comment on Wine Club Mistake by allyenw

allyenw — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:28:03 +0000

Right on Jet!

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by Jet

Jet — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:19:21 +0000

I just cancelled my membership with Vinesse because I will not support any industry in California that does not subscribe to the Constitution. California’s boycott of the State of Arizona for defending their borders is unconscionable and I will now boycott California.

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by allyenw

allyenw — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:34:10 +0000

I am so glad that Susan avoided the mistake that a lot of us have made by trying the Vinesse wine club scam. I checked the Vinesse report on ripoffreport.com and was not surprised by the 10 reports very similar to our experiences here. Check out the reports here, http://www.ripoffreport.com/Search/vinesse.aspx

The ripoffreport site actually has responses from employees that are very similar to the one on my blog. The employee does not actually attempt to defend the quality of the wine, they just hold up the money back guarantee as some great benefit. If I was an actual viable business that wanted to please customers with a great product, I would do more than just keep referring to my “money back guarantee” as the key selling point.

Please let your friends and acquaintances know about the scam that is Vinesse. We have already benefitted many consumers but must keep up the message.

Comment on Wine Club Mistake by Susan

Susan — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:13:35 +0000

I almost signed up for Vinesse today until I looked into it a bit more, using Google to look up some of the names and finding nothing. I spoke with a customer service rep who could not convince me that these were not all from the same winery with different labels. I can only assume that this is the case. I checked ripoffreport.com and found several entries on them.