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Anonymous001:
Hi all! This is my first time posting and I'm hoping for some help or at the very least, support. I can't believe I'm admitting this, but over the period of about a year I spent thousands of dollars on Keen due to a very messy personal situation and medical issues. This is money that came out of my own earnings and that I couldn't afford to lose. Readers took full advantage of me and would keep me talking to them on chat for hours at a time, multiple times a week and sometimes in a day. I easily spent hundreds of dollars in single sessions talking about nothing new. I was wondering if anyone has any idea if I could recover any of the lost money? Luckily I have a good job and haven't been financially ruined by this, but I was still taken for thousands upon thousands of dollars which at the bare minimum is a major ethical breach. I don't want any trouble and REALLY don't want to get a lawyer involved but think what happened to me falls under criminal activity, especially because I read with many of the same readers repeatedly. I think it's also worth mentioning that I currently have no desire to use Keen anymore (and haven't in a long time) so it's not like this would ever happen again. Thanks for any advice you can give.

marciamia:
I think you’re just gonna have to suck it up as a loss and a lesson learned. No one put a gun to your head to spend that amount of money on what you chose. Plus the terms and conditions of all of these psychic services specifically state they’re for entertainment purposes only. You won’t have a leg to stand on in court.

Kate:

--- Quote from: Anonymous001 on April 13, 2022, 01:14:06 AM ---Hi all! This is my first time posting and I'm hoping for some help or at the very least, support. I can't believe I'm admitting this, but over the period of about a year I spent thousands of dollars on Keen due to a very messy personal situation and medical issues. This is money that came out of my own earnings and that I couldn't afford to lose. Readers took full advantage of me and would keep me talking to them on chat for hours at a time, multiple times a week and sometimes in a day. I easily spent hundreds of dollars in single sessions talking about nothing new. I was wondering if anyone has any idea if I could recover any of the lost money? Luckily I have a good job and haven't been financially ruined by this, but I was still taken for thousands upon thousands of dollars which at the bare minimum is a major ethical breach. I don't want any trouble and REALLY don't want to get a lawyer involved but think what happened to me falls under criminal activity, especially because I read with many of the same readers repeatedly. I think it's also worth mentioning that I currently have no desire to use Keen anymore (and haven't in a long time) so it's not like this would ever happen again. Thanks for any advice you can give.

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Your situation is no different to many of us here.
Talking to psychics is a little like taking an emotional pain killer. 
All here seek help and spiritual assistance when going through difficult times, and many of us have lost thousands talking to advisors that are really not that talented - or worse still - frauds.  We learned the hard way.

But there is no way to get the funds back
You have to chalk this one up to experience.
If you read in the future - stick with the very few that have solid reputations and will not let you binge read, or charge you a fortune - I'm talking about readers like Kisha, Yona etc.
Just pray thanks that you are not underwater financially.
If it helps - think of it like a bad trade.
You invested badly, and lost...
It's great learning experience - you are stronger, and wiser.
Hang in there.
Xoxox

pfizer:
i dont think you can take your money back.
but the positive side is; you will never make same mistake again



--- Quote from: Anonymous001 on April 13, 2022, 01:14:06 AM ---Hi all! This is my first time posting and I'm hoping for some help or at the very least, support. I can't believe I'm admitting this, but over the period of about a year I spent thousands of dollars on Keen due to a very messy personal situation and medical issues. This is money that came out of my own earnings and that I couldn't afford to lose. Readers took full advantage of me and would keep me talking to them on chat for hours at a time, multiple times a week and sometimes in a day. I easily spent hundreds of dollars in single sessions talking about nothing new. I was wondering if anyone has any idea if I could recover any of the lost money? Luckily I have a good job and haven't been financially ruined by this, but I was still taken for thousands upon thousands of dollars which at the bare minimum is a major ethical breach. I don't want any trouble and REALLY don't want to get a lawyer involved but think what happened to me falls under criminal activity, especially because I read with many of the same readers repeatedly. I think it's also worth mentioning that I currently have no desire to use Keen anymore (and haven't in a long time) so it's not like this would ever happen again. Thanks for any advice you can give.

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applecheeks:
There isn't a way to get those funds back, because you were not forced or billed without your permission. You picked the readers, made the choices to talk to them, controlled the amount of funds you loaded to spend. You had the ability to end the calls with them at any time. It was all in your control, so no crime was committed. Something also to consider, the readers have a punishment of sorts if they are the ones who end calls. Not only would they risk bad ratings for hanging-up on clients, but they lose ranking, and get graded on it and other stats by keen. I have had readers remind me to end chats (when we have concluded, and to keep me from being charged another minute) for this reason, because they can't end it themselves without taking a hit of some kind from the company. As much as it sucks to lose so much money, it is important to have personal accountability. That is also a big part of addressing why you called them so much, and will help prevent doing it again. The reader's job is to take the calls, and the control of the time and money spent is really on us. The only exception to that is in cases of like spell and energy scams. In truth, it is like any other addiction. A cake doesn't force someone to keep eating it.

It may help to consider that you could not sue a bakery because you liked their cakes and bought a lot of them, and then regret the money spent and weight gained. It is the same thing with making the personal choice to spend money on any service or item. Cannot sue someone else for your own choices.

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