Steer clear of WScripted
I found a few posts on here when I was trying to check if were legit and opinions were mixed so thought I would let the community know my experience so no one else has to endure the mess I'm stuck in.
Made an account on WScripted to sign up for their Cannes List contest. You had to sign up to a paid account to do so, but there was a code to get that part for free, and there was no charge. All good. As it was early entry, they also had a promo code for an early entry fee. For some reason, it didn't stick so I ended up paying full price, so reached out in all good faith to see if they would refund the difference, given that I was well within the early window. I got a couple of stock answers that were very clearly from an AI chatbot (even referencing the wrong contest to what I'd applied for) and pushed back to talk to a human. They said someone would follow up shortly and gave me an AirTable link to provide details of what I needed help with. This was Feb 3. Given the frustrations I was having, I deactivated my paid subscription at that time (that I'd gotten first month free for) and changed it to a free account.
A month later, my card is charged for the paid subscription. I went back to check my account. All the account billing is on a Stripe-powered page where it clearly stated that I was on a free subscription, $0.00 monthly. The invoices section also said $0.00. But I'd been charged $10.00. I emailed them again and charged back the card immediately, knowing I was unlikely to get a response from them (I never did, btw). To be double sure that this couldn't happen again the next month, I deleted my payment information from the account page.
Now, Apr 3. MY CARD IS CHARGED AGAIN, $10.00. Even though I literally took my payment information off their system. I have emailed them again, charged it back again. I'm like, okay, screw it: I was going to keep my (free) account until the contest results but, at this point, I don't even care. I hit the Delete Account button. It brings a pop-up asking if I'm sure. I press Confirm. It returns to the main page. And. Nothing. Happens. I can't even delete my account.
At this point, I'm not sure what I can do besides cancelling my credit card to stop them charging me. More fool me for thinking there must be some legitimacy attached when they have MUBI as a partner/sponsor, I guess.
Anyway, this isn't a pity-me story, I just wanted to flag so that hopefully no one else gets stuck in the same situation because it's not a whole lotta fun 🫠