North American Fishing Club is a SCAM!!!!!!!

Just thought I'd pass this along.

I joined this under theguise of being a "product tester" First they sent me five poor quality fishhooks as a gift. I was underwhelmed. Then they send me a book and the letter says I have to either BUY IT or return it. When I called the operator said it was sent as a free preview. What it comes down to is that the consumer has to either buy the thing or go through the trouble of returning it. It's a racket.

It was a very nice book, but not something I wanted to buy. Had the company/ "club" been forthcoming about this practice I wouldn't be mad, but they weren't, & I'd read the fine print.

Further research showed that the North American Fishing Club has been billing people for unsolicited services/products/memberships for years, and then sending these "debts" to collection agencies, tainting the credit of consumers. I found a complaint from a guy that doesn't even fish!

So, buyer beware. Just thought I'd share this.

THANK YOU, good to know!

Good think I never joined, I actually thought about it at one point.

Thanks for the heads up!

Been there, done there, still have some books to "buy".

But that free sticker looks great on my truck!!

You mean now I have to buy a bunch of stuff?!?

yup they got me two.

the sent my my free " gift " and then when i wasnt able to pay for a subscription i started getting letters saying that i owe them for the free gift and all the issues of magazines i got ( i never got one magazine)

I joined and put my son's nam e on the membership. A few weeks later he was eligible to win 1 million dollars and he's ten. They will solicit the heck out of you and the testing gear is crap. Just watch the TV show for free.

They also promise "semi private" fishing spots.....
1. there not really private
2. the good one that are.....you CANT get a spot

Exactly like the hunt club with a similar name

I got snookered also. I got the same offer & then came the books! the first one at $12.95 was not bad, general knowledge but maybe useful so I took it. The 2nd one then went up to $27.95 so I returned it. They are still haunting me about payiinng for that book. I have the return reciept so like heck if I am going to pay for it.

That will be the last thing I buy from them. I have also got 2 packahges opf 5 hooks & a pack of 3 swivels. Wow! What a deal! Live & learn I guess. Just the rest of you becareful & learn from our mistakes.

Keep a tight line & I will learn on my own how to fish.

yea 15 yrs ago,i got hoodwinked into this driving iron, that owned the world record drive ,with an iron. i ordered it.satisfaction gaurented ,or just return it ,if it didnt improve your golf game by 10 strokes.no questions asked.no charge.trying to return it was a nightmare.when they sent an extra one ,with a higher degree rating(2 iron),and was free, even if i returned the orginal 1 iron.they told me they were going to make sure my credit rating would be affected if i didnt pay for the other one.at that point you dont want to know my answer.never did i ever fall for these fishing or golfing gimmicks.like the old saying if it sounds to good...

I almost fell for this scam. First they tell you the membership is only a dollar something a month or whatever, then they send you an invoice for like $30 for 2 years, you can't pay month to month like they lead you to believe. I got my 5 free hooks which weren't very good, and I just sent back their third bill with CANCEL in big red letters. "cancel anytime and get a full refund", so I canceled before I sent them any $$ thank god! Any time you get some fat envelope with some cheap free stickers and "exclusive membership benefits" promised to you, it should go immediately into the incinerator.

same thing happened to me field tester what a joke I can't stand there membership or there show too bad
theres no such thang as a gaint toilet to flush them down it. sending books to you and having to go to trouble
of sending them back ripoff

Once in a while I'll get a brochure to sign up. Don't recall if I signed up for a year or not. If I did it didn't relate to west coast fishing. Your first impression are the hooks they send you. Not even quality or stuff sold in tackle stores. Your other clue is North America. Southern CA lakes don't have walleye and northern pike like they catch on the tv show. So technically their magazine won't do me any good.

I've subscribed to Bassmaster Magazine for over 10 years now. They will mail you a yearly planner and pros pointer book. The trick is not to open the cardboard package. The package has an envelope (glued to top) with instructions and a return to sender label. If you choose not to take or buy the books you can mail it back at no charge. You can only wonder how much money they spend mailing these items out? And then paying again for return to sender. At least Bassmaster does it the honest way. I've had zero billing issues with them.

They reeled me in too! They sent me a pack of hooks and swivels as a "free" gift. They've sent me a sew on patch, a sticker and a keychain also. Then they sent the bass book . A magazine came after. Then the bills started comin. "you owe this much for the subscription"...(huh??) "Dont forget about the gifts we sent for becoming a memeber (patch, sticker and keychain)...(wha???)

Yeah, it reminds me when I got dup'ed by Columbia House.

BAM, i get a Michael Jackson Thriller CD for a penny in the mail and the next thing I know, I gotta buy 15 CDs in the next year at $20 bucks a pop.

:-(

wait its the same people of the show north american fisherman but i love there knot wars segment guess i have to stop waching now

I've been a lifetime trophy member for two years and I disagree totaly with the scam part. I get the magazine as promised and all club benefits. (free gas!!!) If you don't want to receive the books call and tell them. Also the return postage is paid by the club.
I got a free Minn Kota trolling motor from the testers program. A bunch ad free rods, reels, tackle, line extra....
For me the club is awesome!

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Originally Posted by Gator (the real one)

I've been a lifetime trophy member for two years and I disagree totaly with the scam part. I get the magazine as promised and all club benefits. (free gas!!!) If you don't want to receive the books call and tell them. Also the return postage is paid by the club.
I got a free Minn Kota trolling motor from the testers program. A bunch ad free rods, reels, tackle, line extra....
For me the club is awesome!

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You gotta be joking! One post and you expect anybody to believe you when there are multiple negative testimony's from long time FNN members? Posts said they returned books and they are still being harrassed.

Lifetime trophy member huh, I am truly impressed.

Can't stand scams!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Gator (the real one)

I've been a lifetime trophy member for two years and I disagree totaly with the scam part. I get the magazine as promised and all club benefits. (free gas!!!) If you don't want to receive the books call and tell them. Also the return postage is paid by the club.
I got a free Minn Kota trolling motor from the testers program. A bunch ad free rods, reels, tackle, line extra....
For me the club is awesome!

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this makes it more scamish to me hahahahaha there show sucks ( other then knot wars) and i always assumed there membership would too but didnt realize it was a sceam to make penny's off anglers!

Lifetime trophy member :LOL:bahahahahaha so priceless!!

My MaMa always said, "If it sounds too good to be true....."

Did more research, just about everywhere you go the same story, books if you don't pay they may even send you to collections even if you've returned them!

Free 20 bucks of gas, fillet knife and some other bs but you have to join for 3 years, then come the books.

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Originally Posted by Gator (the real one)

I've been a lifetime trophy member for two years and I disagree totaly with the scam part. I get the magazine as promised and all club benefits. (free gas!!!) If you don't want to receive the books call and tell them. Also the return postage is paid by the club.
I got a free Minn Kota trolling motor from the testers program. A bunch ad free rods, reels, tackle, line extra....
For me the club is awesome!

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This guy has shill written all over him.

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Originally Posted by Gator (the real one)

I've been a lifetime trophy member for two years and I disagree totaly with the scam part. I get the magazine as promised and all club benefits. (free gas!!!) If you don't want to receive the books call and tell them. Also the return postage is paid by the club.
I got a free Minn Kota trolling motor from the testers program. A bunch ad free rods, reels, tackle, line extra....
For me the club is awesome!

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So This fishing club now hires people to scan forms for bad press and then make fake accounts to say how awesome it is? Lol... this fishing club is stupid.... at least make a few fake posts before vouching....

what do i do about this....??

i gotta letter from the RMCB Collection Agency. I got some hooks and the sticker and some catalog thing.
They are telling me to send a check or money order for $24.00 made payable to Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc.

If you do not respond, you will be subject to additional collection efforts.


What do i do about this??

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Originally Posted by Skyler

This guy has shill written all over him.

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Check out when this clown joined FNN 3-19-2013. People on here know me, you probably disagree with me all the time. (Which is Kool) But, I do not try to be rude to anyone. However Skyler is right on this guy. So when I say to Gator the real one, "Get the - outa here you dirty -astard," that was only for him and never for any of the regulars on FNN.

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Originally Posted by elfarolitojr03

what do i do about this....??

i gotta letter from the RMCB Collection Agency. I got some hooks and the sticker and some catalog thing.
They are telling me to send a check or money order for $24.00 made payable to Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc.

If you do not respond, you will be subject to additional collection efforts.


What do i do about this??

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i'm not an attorney, so you may want to check the facts, but there are laws that protect the consumer. Unless you agreed to accepting mailings, if they mailed you a book without your approval and you didnt return it, i believe you are not responsible for it.

They tried to get me too, luckily I was too lazy to mail anything back or anything. What i would like to know is how they knew I liked fishing and what my name/address was...

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Originally Posted by CrownTown

They tried to get me too, luckily I was too lazy to mail anything back or anything. What i would like to know is how they knew I liked fishing and what my name/address was...

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Been to the Fred Hall show, sign up for any give aways or trips? Same as any tournament you may have gone to or maybe trout unlimited or etc.... You get on the database they sell that info. out, I get crap all the time fishing related wanting me to join some orgaization that I never had any dealings with. The reason why I never sign up to win anything anymore.