Thanks everyone for the replies Conniff ... I did all the research of the company before I took up the complaint with Trading Standards, even the British Virgin Islands Telephone number is a non answerable one. DX100UK ... Many thanks for the advice, the recurring transactions have now been stopped albeit by telling the bank that the cards were stolen. Made a formal complaint to the bank concerning their refusal of a chargeback However, every email that they reply to (100% certain that it is automated) state "This has now been resolved" Now considering getting the police involved

Hi I thought I would let the people out there know about a website called wippy.com This website is an auction site similar to Ebay where you bid for items you wish to purchase. When you first open the page it states (or stated) "Free Bids" but you have to register to be able to use this site and before you complete registration you have to scroll down and tick the agreement box. Unless you scroll down you cannot tick the box and you cannot tick the box if you scroll through the T&C's too quickly. However with my free bids I bid for a green/yellow 4Gb iPod which, according to the site I won with a £2.00 offer. They took the £2.00 from my bank account and I was also charged £1 overseas transaction fee. Two days later on checking my bank account I noted that there was two transactions for £34.99 each against my debit card for this site. I read and re-read the T&C's and could find no reason for these charges and made enquiries with wippy.com who stated that it was the costs of the free bids that I had used. I immediately sent an email to them requesting a refund as this was not in their T&C's and was informed more of less "tough, you bid you pay" I requested from wippy.com the following information as the bids were supposed to be free: Date of transaction Transaction ID Name on Debit Card IP Address of transaction Proof of delivery I was then informed that they required my full name, address, email address and bank details to investigate and that there was TWO accounts - NO CHANCE WHATSOVER OF GIVING THEM THIS INFO I complained to their customer services and I have been playing email tennis with an idiot. Their response is "This complaint has now been resolved" I Informed the website that I would be requesting a Chargeback as this was a fraudulent transaction and that I would be taking this up with the Trading Standards I requested a Visa Debit Chargeback from the bank who flatly refused to do so immediately stating that I had to wait 15 days to see if it gets delivered. Well obviously after googling wippy.com I found that there were many complaints about being ripped off by this site After writing to the Trading Standards I received the usual trash that I had to report this to the CAB online and if they thought it was worth the complain they would inform the Trading Standards This is STILL on going but I thought that I would let anyone out there know about this rip off By the way Intervest are registered in the British Virgin Islands