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Missouri
1 review
8 helpful votes
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UPDATE: they do not cancel your membership even after you have cancelled, and they claim to PayPal that you authorized payments that you did not. I have used many apps and this is a first. They initially stonewalled & refused to refund, but after I sent several insistent emails & filed a formal case complaint with PayPal they did finally issue me a refund. There is something shady going on with their use of PayPal tokens though---they somehow are able to keep pulling out money w/o any previous authorization of recurring payments, etc. from you.

So when you cancel, make sure to call and get a written email of them confirming your cancellation. Also, change your PayPal password and notify PayPal about them. I am still spooked they were able to take out charges from my PayPal without any type of authorization from me (yes I know about preapproved recurring payments and this was not that). I have been using PayPal for 11 years and this is the only time it has happened.

Date of experience: August 23, 2017
Nicholas C. Audiobooks Rep
over a year old

Hi Bex. Please check your DMs for more information on what we can do to make sure this is resolved for you.

Canada
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Horrible Customer service
September 21, 2020

I found out my card got an unauthorized transaction for 27 dollars from Christian Audio books which is related to Audio books. I never used my card to buy an audio book, I spoke to Colin the manager and he's honestly horrible at helping customers. Replies very late and when he would reply, he didn't provide much information. Like someone used my debit card to buy your stupid service. And speaking to the associates it's like they weren't trained to do much. It's quite sad and they need to be trained properly.

Date of experience: September 21, 2020
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Unfortunately, i have been extremely disappointed with services provided. The only reason i subscribed to this website was that they had a book i was looking for, but after i subscribed it appeared that the book wasn't available in Australia. :( Beside that when i refer to the support team with questions, i was only only answered one question out of list of questions i had. Plus i find $14.95 is expensive for ONE book!
Unfortunately, didn't work well for me.

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
Nicholas C. Audiobooks Rep
over a year old

Hi Nara, we want to get these questions resolved for you. Please check your PMs for more information on how to proceed from here.

Georgia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I was sort of hopeful at first, thinking this could actually be a useful and honest site for listening to books, but of course not. I tried to get the free book advertised STRONGLY in all the ads for this site but as soon as I put in my email and other information it was like a labyrinth had been erected around me. There was absolutely no way to find ANY more information about the free trial or free book and I am still lost, without an audiobook and about to move on to a more reliable audiobook site. Very displeased.

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, use or sign up on this for any reason. They are just another scam website trying to get your credit card info and then leave you in the dirt.

Date of experience: June 19, 2018
Nicholas C. Audiobooks Rep
over a year old

Hi Olivia, we've sent you a private message and I hope that we can resolve this quickly for you.

South Dakota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My app on my phone never worked and no matter how many times I called in, they told me the same steps. I got charged for the membership that was suppose to be canceled after the free- trial due to the app was not working and was told it was my fault. However when I called customer service again and spoke to a gal she was the rudest person! She was snarky and flat out rude, it's not my fault that the app was not working and instead of working with me she blamed me. Really! I will go back to reading books the old fashion way at least when I purchase a book I don't have a rude customer services rep telling me it's my fault and then say " I canceled your memebership like 5 minutes ago if you would just look" nobody needs that and I will warn everyone on social media about your company.

Date of experience: December 10, 2019
Slovakia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Wrote email about canceling acc 4 times. Always got the same freaking ans. All over again. Doesnt matter what i wrote. Just same stuff from them. And i cant find that magical cancel button. I swear to got i will find unicorn sooner than this. Just want to cancel that sh*tty acc so they wont charge me for nothing

Date of experience: May 30, 2017
Nicholas C. Audiobooks Rep
over a year old

Hi Michaela. We definitely want to do better. Can you check your DMs for more information on how to proceed.

North Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Not completely honest
March 17, 2017

Dcrabtree. I had the same experience as Nicholus C. 7 months ago I couldn't find a account cancel button on their website and they kept billing my 85 year old mother's credit card account $14.95 a month since last year. I remember trying to do this earlier last year and was frustrated! I went on to their website today and magically, there was a cancel button.

Date of experience: March 17, 2017
Nicholas C. Audiobooks Rep
over a year old

HI David, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Please check your PMs for more information on how to proceed from here.

New Hampshire
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolutely LOVE this app
January 21, 2015

Absolutely LOVE this app. Whether while I'm at work or in the car I can't imagine not listening to my Audiobooks daily. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy listening to books but honestly I wonder what took me so long to discover Audiobooks.

Date of experience: January 21, 2015
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Omg I love this app
January 22, 2015

Omg I love this app. I have always loved books. But I have a reading disorder and getting hard cover books is really hard for me to read. That's why i turn to audiobooks. But not all the libraries have all the books I want on audio. But with audiobooks.com I have acces to lots of books that I didn't even know we're on audio. So let's just say that my library is full and eger to read more.

Date of experience: January 21, 2015
District of Columbia
4 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I just have couldn't have enough of it. I read in the library and listen to audiobooks while communiting. At $14.95 for a book a month it isn't enough for me. I get over with a book in around a week. I usually prefer short books.

Date of experience: May 13, 2015

Overview

Audiobooks has a rating of 1.6 stars from 96 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Audiobooks most frequently mention free trial, customer service and credit card. Audiobooks ranks 74th among Audio Books sites.

service
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value
18
shipping
10
returns
9
quality
14
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