For a long time I’ve written stories about Direct Buy and the unreasonable behavior the old version of the DirectBuy company had. You can see past stories here. But following a recent story I heard from Dylan Astle, VP of Member Experience at Direct Buy. From conversations with Dylan I’m happy to give Direct Buy …
Question: Dear Steve, My mother and father signed a contract with DirectBuy. Now, my father has since passed away and my mother can no longer afford the payments. Also the store at which they signed the contract has since closed, so there’s no place for my mother to go to buy anything anyway. Is there …
Consumer Statement: I was pressure into getting DirectBuy account and never used it. I paid up to a point and called to cancel the account. They cancel the account when I never used any services. Now I find that it is now on my credit report and Beta Finance never call me about anything. Transunion …
“Dear Steve, Some time ago you wrote to Rosie about Direct Buy. I am in a very similar boat. Fell into financial hardship and can no longer pay this. I found out that they don’t report to the bureau, but after reading this they will send you to collections. Could you expound on exactly what …
Consumer Statement: We joined Direct Buy here in Chattanooga Tn almost 2 years ago. We were pressured into buying the membership by telling us we had to join at our visit then rather than going home to review. We were advised of what the writing meant on the contract at the same time we were …
Date This Problem Happened: September 26, 2009 State You Live in: Louisiana Race/Ethnicity: Black or African American Age Range: 21-35 Total Amount of Fee Paid: Company Name: DirectBuy of Shreveport Bossier Company Address: Company Telephone Number: 2940 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport, Louisiana 71118 Website of Company: directbuy-shreveport.com Consumer Statement: My wife and myself are …
“Dear Steve, After my husband died suddenly in 3/2011, I took half of his small life insurance monies to invest in our house which needed at tremendous amount of work. I joined the expensive Direct Buy Clu in Fishkill, NY with part of the membership fee financed by their finance company, Beta Finance. I went …
Sometime in September of 2010 I saw an ad on TV about Direct Buy, and coincidentally I received an invitation to visit the “Wholesale” company at around the same time. The invite said they would show me how to save on a variety of purchases for home items, construction, etc. I thought I would take …
I’ve written about DirectBuy before the the trouble some have had in getting out of their memberships. Now the WV has sued DirectBuy for deceptive practices. Attorney General Darrell McGraw recently filed suit in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County against DirectBuy, Inc., headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, and its local franchise, DirectBuy of Charleston-Huntington, and …