i couldn't find anyone to contact about blender, but i wrote to a TV station.
here's a copy of the letter:
i want to report about a website called
www.thinkall.com, they sell cds and they have a promo where you choose one free cd and you get 3 more free and you only pay for shipping. i thought" this is cool" and so i ordered. i got my cds on June 28th, i think, and just today i received a letter from wells fargo of a charge from thinkall for 49.00 for the cds. my bank didnt have funds at that time so i also got an overdraft. i didnt know what the charge was for until i called thinkall( 1800-462-8144) and they said that the 2 cds were for a 10-day trial and if i didnt return it, the price is 24.95 each. i was thinking, how could that be, so i checked the site again and found out that when you finalize your order, there was a box you needed to check saying " i have read and accept the terms of this offer". it didnt prompt you to read the terms of service before you finalize your order and there was no link to the terms of service. it turns out that the terms of use is found below the page when you scroll down. ok so i made a mistake, but i thought that it was misleading so i did a search and sure enough, i found a forum warning people about thinkall (
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2083.0). it turns out that i was right, a lot of people were mislead by their ordering process.
i also found this review by the better business bureau-
http://www.dallas.bb...rt.html?bid=90024470 but what concerns me the most is that when i tried one of the cds, the "animation studio", it was blender, a free program you can download at
www.blender.org another link to it saying its free:
http://www.blender.o...neral.196.0.html#487 and on their site they claimed that the retail price is 79.00 ( i attached a screen of the page). and on the forum, somebody said that all the other cds they are selling are freeware or crappy programs.
so i think this is just wrong. i don't know if someone is already doing something about it, but i wrote this just in case. i hope that they are stopped if what they are doing is wrong.
thank you and more power
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