***AUTOMATED DEAL DEAD AS OF June 2008***
***By speaking to live person, deal is still good***
As of Oct 02, this link is not working. I simply went to http://www.privacymatters.com/ and chose the Free Credit Report, followed the cancel steps as described, and was given the 1 year offer for $29.95.
UPDATE:
12/17/2008
1 pull per 30 days. no B***.
07/24/2008
from see post. Had to actually speak to a real person in order to get the $29.95/year deal
01/09/2008
from VanceWade. Had to experiment a bit to get the retention offer. The steps are different from those posted below, as I believe they changed their menus.
called the 1-877-993-6264 number
* Pressing 1 to cancel my service resulted in a request for my member number and then an immediate request to confirm my cancellation (no retention offer). I hung up.
I called back.
This time I pressed 2 for "more information on any of your benefits".
I pressed 1 to enter my member number. It said to get me to the right representative, please choose from options. I pressed 1 for questions about my monthly fee. Then it offered me the option to cancel service, and when I picked that, it offered me the $29.95 for a full year which would automatically cancel at the end of the term. I confirmed to accept the offer and authorize the charge to my card. It thanked me twice and the call ended. I was in.
09/22/2007
Here are the modified steps first posted by Trinidon2k:
Pasted this link into IE
https://www.privacymatters.com
Signed up by clicking 7 day free trial on bottom left
Submitted name and stuff
Submitted CC (virtual card) info
Clicked No Thanks to whatever the offer was
Got my membership number (mine took over 2 hours to come via email)
Called 1-877-993-6264
Pressed 1 and entered my membership number
Pressed 1 for questions about bill
Pressed 1 to cancel
Got message about $29.95 for a year that will automatically cancel on Sept. 21, 2008.
Pressed 1 to accept
The automated lady voice thanked me twice and that was it
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SavingSmart/Privacy Matters 1-2-3 link
Please do not go b* crazy with this service as the underlying service is still though TC, and cancellations of service have been documented here.
Rundown: (executed morning of 8/29/07, e-mails received afternoon of the same day)
You can sign up with the SavingSmart/Privacy Matters 1-2-3 link above. To 'cancel' and get the $29.95/yr offer, place a call to their automated toll-free number. You may do this a few minutes after you get the on-screen confirmation with the PrivacyMatters 123 membership number.
The option to cancel w/ the $29.95/yr one-time fee offer w/ no recurring charges was available by calling the automated toll-free number. From there, choose the option of: 'If you had a question about charges or fees' and then choose the option to 'cancel service'. Once you attempt to cancel, it offered me the special offer of $29.95/yr. I will dump the regular Wa1Mart Tru3Cr3dit $11.21/mth for this rebranded service.
To cancel SavingSmart immediately as well, call their toll free number. Pick the option to get your membership number. It will ask you for either the phone number or credit card number used for signup. I chose phone number. Once you have the membership number using the automated system, hang up, and call back the same automated line. This time, choose the option to cancel, which asks for the membership number, and to confirm prompts for the zip code used for signup. After this, it confirms cancellation.
After cancelling SavingSmart, you will get a cancellation confirmation e-mail. Note that in my case, because I cancelled so fast, the cancel e-mail came before the actual membership confirmation e-mail.
I also got a membership confirmation e-mail for Privacy Matters 1-2-3 shortly after the SavingSmart e-mails.
[edit] shortcut for loggin in: http://privacymatters123.com/XIA/login.aspx?C1=YOURMEMBERID&C2=YOURZIPCODE&NR=1 (substitute your member id and zip code where the capital letters respectively are).
Offer Details:
Simply click "Submit" on the next page to activate your trial membership in Privacy Matters 1-2-3 and claim your Free 3-in-1 Credit Report and Triple Credit Score! To activate your trial membership to Privacy Matters 1-2-3, you will be charged/debited a $1.00 refundable processing fee and then you can immediately take advantage of the exciting savings Privacy Matters 1-2-3 has to offer! After your 7-day FREE trial period, it