From the I Never Saw This Coming Dept - Mike Huckabee's History For Kids Company Accused Of Scamming

[TheBlackAdder]

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Gee, I never thought this was possible, from such a pious man!

Learn Our History’s $1 gift promotion comes with a hidden (and costly) catch.

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Learn Our History, the company that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee co-founded in 2011 “to make it fun for kids to learn American history,” has spent the past week funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into Facebook ads promoting a “no-risk” deal. The two-time presidential candidate’s firm said it’s giving away its educational booklets — such as “The Kids Guide to President Trump” — for free, or just $1 per item, in a “patriotic bundle” special.

“The mainstream media doesn’t want your children to know the truth about President Trump and his achievements in office,” declared the recent ads for “The Kids Guide,” a new offshoot of Learn Our History that has also ramped up its Facebook spending to push the promotion. “That’s why Mike Huckabee’s team created ‘The Kids Guide to President Trump,’ and that’s why we’re making it free.”

But the offer is far from free. Parents across the country described a bait-and-switch scheme that they said duped them into signing up for $20-per-month subscriptions without their knowledge. Many said that Learn Our History ignored their repeated requests to cancel the subscriptions, leaving them locked into payments for products that they never wanted in the first place — all so their children can learn Huckabee’s version of history, which critics described as “pretend,” “kiddie propaganda” and “full of Christian nationalist revisionism and right-wing political propaganda.”
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“I have tried numerous times to cancel a ‘subscription’ to this, ... but no one responds to my emails or messages. I was not aware I had subscribed to anything, and I keep getting billed $20.90 a month for something I do not use or want. Buyer beware,” one woman posted to the ‘Kids Guide’ Facebook page. “Do not debit any more from my account,” another pleaded. “I sent a message, but no one responded.”

So much more at the jump:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-history-kids-company-scam-parents_n_5f0f2d39c5b6df6cc0b46c1c

People should watch the play, Tartuffe, before they invite charlatans and imposters into their homes.

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[msongs]

1. joe stalin would be proud...and cancel any card being billed b y this nt

[Maru Kitteh]

2. What kind of idiot gives him their credit card info for a "free" product?

The kind of idiot that deserves to be scammed by Mike Huckabee.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Check out how much they act like scumbags by burying the fleecing of these people.

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The non-scrollable text conveniently cuts off right before telling customers that they will automatically receive a subscription to Learn Our History’s “Kids Guides” that come “around once a month for the low price of $15.95 plus $4.95 [shipping and processing] per set, billed conveniently to your credit or debit card on file,” as well as an additional subscription to EverBright Kids magazine for an extra $5.75. All of that information is hidden from customers unless they notice and click on the small gray text in the gray box leading to the complete terms and conditions.

Many people have reported that once they signed up for subscriptions through Huckabee’s company — whether they wanted them or not — they were unable to cancel the subscriptions.

You have to actually drill down into the TOC to see that you're automatically subscribed to other services.

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[NCjack]

3. Suckers! Suckers! Suckers! Thanks for my sign-off tonight. nt

[hatrack]

5. They signed up for Gov. Hucklenuts' "history" course for their KIDS?

They deserve to get fucked, good and hard.

All done with Dumb, and I have zero sympathy left for them. None.

[Nevilledog]

8. +100000

[oasis]

10. Love it.

[COLGATE4]

6. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly and

scammers gotta scam.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Sometimes the only way to escape is to cancel your credit card.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Pious man?

You're talking about the guy who released Maurice Clemmons early because he believed he found Jesus. Clemmons went on to murder three police officers in Lakewood Washington in cold blood.

Fuckabee has always been a phony piece of shit.

[TheBlackAdder]

11. I was being sarcastic. 🙂

[Cha]

12. Fucking Anti-Christ Scammers.