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Poland
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February 3, 2025

They took me money for nothing!
Be careful this app is connected with a few others, and will take your money, if you subscribe "free trial" on more then one. They won't even inform you about it, I saw it when I checked my account ballance xxx
Subscription is not even worth it, they have nothing in offert, some random pages in pdf, not even sure if they are exacly from books you are looking for

Date of experience: February 3, 2025
Massachusetts
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Scribd admits to using inaccurate and deceptive language to describe its latest "upgrade" offer. You are not purchasing access to new material, just a revamp and downgrade of their prior product.

Date of experience: January 24, 2025
New York
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I paid $11.99 to download a pdf manual of an older version of Adobe Photoshop. After paying, the download wasn't functional. I sent a message to their customer service describing the issue in detail and demanding they not process the payment or issue a refund. Never heard back from them and the charge showed on my ccard via PayPal. First and last experience with Scribd, hasta la vista baby!

Date of experience: November 14, 2024
Turkey
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Never give them your credit card details!
First of all, the advertised FREE one month trial is a lie. You are told you will have ad-free previews of books, and be able to download for a month. So you give them your personal and financial information. Then they tell you actually, you only get 3 free downloads, oops. But that is also a lie, it doesnt let you download more than 2 documents before your pay the whole subscription fee. After you sign up for a free trial to supposedly get an ad-free preview of the books, adverts are still appearing every couple of pages, and you must wait for ages to be allowed to skip an ad. This makes the site impossible to use. So, no ad-free views, no downloads. This is Scam number 1.
After that, you decide, okay maybe I will pay and try the service. You pay the subscription fee. While you search for PDF books, in turns out that most things shown on Scribd are audiobooks from Everand (I did not go to Everand, it is probably as problematic as Scribd and does not include the titles it advertises). So, as you search for hours, you realise that they actually have hardly anything useful. Most documents and "books" are summaries, portions, couple of pages, someone's random comments on the book, or they have horrible unreadable quality. You try to find something usable among hundreds of useless random documents. No real readable good quality books on Scribd then. This is Scam number 2.
After battling with all this and finally accepting the sunk cost, I decided to cancel. After having been unsuccessful at cancelling my subscription on their website, I had to contact my payment provider and cancel it through them. Okay, but they took the next month's payment anyway. This was annoying, I thought, maybe it is my mistake, I should have cancelled WAY before the deadline to give it time to be processed. So I thought alright, I will try to use it for another month then, since my request to have the payment refunded was rejected. And this is where they go full crazy. If you dare to cancel through your bank, and not accept your fate, they actually, seriously, literally ban your e-mail address from accessing the saved titles, your account information and everything else, leaving you unable to do anything at all. You cannot log back in. Seriously. They ban you from the website. So, you are stuck having paid for yet another month, and unable to access the website. And this is scam number 3.
Oh and don't forget, you cannot contact them! There is no contact option. You cannot complain, you cannot get support. Faceless company.
If you still aren't convinced, do go read the "Dark side of Scribd" for other unethical and ridiculous things they do. Just stay away. It is not worth the stress.

Date of experience: January 11, 2025
Australia
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This site seems to offer a 30 day free trial but even if you *think* you've cancelled within the trial period, apparently you haven't and they will continue to charge you. I was charged for two months before I noticed and have only been successful in getting one month refunded so far. I hope now my account is closed and that PayPal will come through with a refund for the other month. I've wasted a lot of time trying to communicate with them, they are slow to respond and the chatbot function will just send you in circles.

Date of experience: September 12, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hello, and thank you for bringing this to our attention! We are very sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused as it does sound like the charges were linked to an unsuccessful cancelation. Since you have already contacted us and may have an open support ticket, could you please update your review here and provide the 7-digit ticket # that you received? Once we receive that information, we'll gladly have someone follow up with you right away. Thank you again!

Belgium
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Eleven months after my "free trial" subscription, which this scammers hit my card. They don't have phone support, so you must go through their email to inform them of erroneous charges. They wrote back and requested a ridiculous amount of info in ordder for you to get a refund. Each subsequent email I received from them was from a different person, yet the reply address was always the same - "*******@scribd.com". I contacted my bank with the proof of cancellation and filed a dispute with VISA, who found in my favor and refunded me. However be advised that if you file a dispute like this, VISA must issue you a new card. I did one better on this and I filed a complaint with the FTC, as I think that not only are they low-life scammers for this practice - which apparently is a common occurence, but they are also guilty of copyright infringment for selling access to copyrighted material.

Date of experience: December 11, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hello Dennie, we appreciate your feedback! Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for the inconvenience and for any frustration this may have caused. Our support team has responded to your ticket #5172534. In short, we believe we locate the account. Please continue to respond via the ticket going forward. Thanks again and have a great rest of your day!

Kuwait
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After cancelling my subscription, I found they have continued to charge me. I tried to get in contact with customer support but they have not replied despite claiming to be available 24/7.
Do not pay this scam website! They are fraudulent!

Date of experience: November 21, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hello Andrea, we're sorry for any delay in following up with you! Since we cannot bill you for a canceled subscription, it sounds like the cancelation was unsuccessful or there may be a duplicate account linked to the charges that you received. Either way, we can definitely look into this to ensure there are no further charges and provide any available refunds. If you've created a support ticket with us, and it's still open, please update your review here and provide the 7-digit ticket #. Otherwise, you can create a new support ticket using this link, http://bit.ly/social-support-help, and we'll have a member of our support team get back to you as quickly as possible. Thank you, and have a great day!

New York
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Joined Scribd/Everand a month ago. Their "free trial" is not free. They charged my account twice within that 30-day free trial period...once after two weeks of the trial and then at the end of it. I canceled my subscription and notified my bank of the fraud. Not only am I disputing the charges but a
Have had the bank remove the card from my account so they can't continue to steal from me.
I had hoped this subscription would be good...it seemed so at first. Then, I found out that not only are they fraudulent in their charges but there's a limit on how many books you can read in a billing cycle.
Initially, when you search online for a good ebook subscription, Everand seems like a good choice until you actually have to deal with them. The complaints about them outweigh the good reviews and all seem to have a common thread - deceptive business practices.

Date of experience: March 18, 2024
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
12 months ago

Hello there, thank you for bringing this to our attention! We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you, and our support team would be happy to look into not only those duplicate charges, but also address any questions you may have about book availability. If you currently have a ticket open with us, please update your review and provide your 7-digit ticket number so that we can locate your case right away. Otherwise, if you could submit a new ticket using this link then we'll follow up with you as soon as possible: http://bit.ly/social-support-help. Thanks again, and we hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

New York
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You will be scammed
September 3, 2023

I was charged for a free trial and was told I would be refunded. I knew I was eligible for a refund because their policy stated so. I contact support and was told "I've reviewed your account, and I see that you've filed a chargeback for the transaction you want refunded" when I didn't do a charge back. I disputed with another Useless App called PayPal which ruled "The case was closed in the seller's favor as the transaction was canceled after the authorization date" but Scribd policy is if you haven't used the subscription and it's been under 30 days you'll be refunded.

No refund, scam app

Date of experience: September 3, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hello, I am sorry to hear about your refund. I would like to look into your account and review your refund request to see if we have any other options available to us. May I have your support ticket number or the email you use for your PayPal account? You can also submit a ticket through this link and your request will be escalated straight to my inbox: bit.ly/social-support-help
Thanks! LC

Pennsylvania
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Scribd is fraud
September 5, 2023

I have canceled my subscription and I received an email to that effect. I am still charged from May till now. You can't get to customer service or support service. While chatting with customer support, they will refer you to contact support( There is no phone number to contact support). There is no phone number. Scribd is fraudulent. Don't get caught up in this scam.

Date of experience: September 5, 2023
Scribd S. Scribd Rep
over a year old

Hello Omolara, I apologize for any inconvenience, however at this time we do not offer phone support. We are more than happy to help you via email. If you received confirmation your subscription was canceled it was either renewed or there is a duplicate account causing these charges. I will need to look into your account to be sure it is canceled. Please submit a ticket through this link and your request will be escalated straight to my inbox: bit.ly/social-support-help. Once we confirm it is not causing the charges I will help locate the account responsible.
Thanks! -LC

Overview

Scribd has a rating of 1.1 stars from 881 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Scribd most frequently mention free trial, credit card and customer service. Scribd ranks 185th among Ebook sites.

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