Should Have Checked with Trust Pilot First
On 6th April this year I paid for a One Year subscription to Le Monde through Uni Presse (subscription no. 260406154055W) . I was told it would take two weeks to be processed which was a bit odd because it was digital but nonetheless I waited. After three weeks I had received nothing so I logged on to find that some time after I had paid, my subscription had been terminated for no reason and with no explanation. I sent off an email to Uni Presse (in English which I thought was justified because their website is in French, English and Spanish) asking for an explanation. I have never received an answer to that email. After a few weeks I sent off an email in French. After a lengthy period of time I got a vague and irrelevant reply. I then sent off an email to FEVAD and was told to wait three weeks. I waited six and then sent off a second to which I was told to wait three months. This is bizarre because here in New South Wales, the Department of Fair Trading would deal with something like this in a matter of days. So it looks like France does not have effective regulation of it's eCommerce. Judging from the other reviews, Uni Presse have being doing this sort of thing for quite a while. I had a One Year subscription for Le Monde with Uni Presse about four years ago and everything worked fine so something must have changed. Management perhaps? Anyway, looks like I've lost my $600 so the lesson is "Always Check with Trust Pilot" before handing over your hard-earned.








