Oprah Circle of Friends Subscription Try & Keep Item Review

signed in February or March of 15. Had such a hard time getting started. For months I received notices to send payment which was sent when I signed. friend never received magazines. Filled out form sometime June or July asking about receipt of articles and if I wanted to cancel. Said not before my Birthday in August. Promised gift for completing form came in August. Or this might have been birthday gift. Called about Card, received one in Sept. Only use Lipstick, Nail polish and hand cream now. Enjoyed Test & Keep.

Wow, I just called to cancel my membership too. (After getting no response from emailing) It was amazing how quickly the customer service rep changed her tone once I told her why I was calling. She became very short with me and rude. When I asked to make sure there would be no auto renewal she snapped at me “of course not.” Such a letdown…hope the refund comes through.

Hi!
I work at O’s Circle of Friends and just came across this site and have gone through all of your comments. I want to make you all aware that I am here, listening to you, and most importantly, ready to help you all.

If you have specific questions please send them to me directly at [email protected] and I will do everything I can to answer them and, most importantly, make your membership what it’s supposed to be…wonderful.

Look forward to hearing from you.

I just called the number (866-399-6820) and asked that my subscription be canceled and to ensure I would not be charged another $199 dollars with an automatic renewal. I was told the system is not set up to do this and I will be contacted before an auto-renewal takes place via email. How can others get refunds, but I cannot?

I had a good laugh after all the hype and you scroll down and see the Burts Bees package. Lol

Hi everyone, I just called and cancelled and they are going to issue me a prorated refund. They are not sure what that is going to be but I wanted to let you know because I think it would be better for people to do that then to let them keep all of your money. If you want me to give you an update of how much I end up getting I can do that too. They asked why I was canceling and I basically told the customer representative what we have all been saying…. but they should be able to figure it out on their own.

My O-list item were earrings worth $29.95 on the web. My test and keep was also the Burt’s Bees set worth $13.00. Then I called Oprah’s 800 number (866-399-6820) to ask about the 2nd promised test and keep item. (I made a copy from her website in October which showed 2 test and keep products.) I was told that they were only sending out ONE test and keep product and I was done. I expected more from anything with Oprahs name. WHAT A RIP-OFF!!!

she’s not rich for no reason peeps! >.<

Does it strike anyone else as funny that Oprah is mass marketing her friendship as something you can purchase, and at three different price points, no less? lol

You can cancel by calling Customer Service at 866-399-6820.

Wow. Subscription boxes can risky and disappointing at times but this one is just awful. Sure, the picture says “for illustrative purposes only” but the text says members will get to “preview new products.” The Burt’s Bees set, in addition to being of very low value, is not a new product. This set has been on the shelves of Target and drug stores for at least the past year, maybe longer. The sub completely misrepresented the value and types of items that would be sent. I hope those of you requesting cancellation and/or refund are successful. O needs to make this right.

So they are putting a $106 value on a birthday card, the O list planner and 2 test and keep items? The next item better be spectacular!

Has anyone actually recieved the bday card? Is it actually signed by Oprah TO YOU, or just printed or a generic “Oprah signed 500 cards one day” thing?

Never thought O would do the ole bait and switch. Thank you for letting us know. I love your reviews, I check here before I subscribe.

I am glad I did not sign up for this box and am so sorry for everyone that did. I am shocked reading these comments and what has been received. Popcorn! I hope that there is a positive outcome from the complaints. Unfortunately it sounds like they do not care but I hope I am wrong.

Wow this is truly awful! I would absolutely insist on being refunded. I can’t believe some of you got popcorn omg. They really ought to be ashamed.

My experience has been much different than most of you. I am a Premier member and subscribed the very first day. Here is what I have received.
2 VIP tickets to Oprah’s tour value $2000, a an O Circle member who attended the tour a free pair of LisetteL pants value $120, a photo and reception with Oprah at the tour Value Priceless, O List Gift a small bag value $29.00, Winner in OMag Circle of Friends Twitter Contest at Christmas time. value $499, and The Burt’s Bees kit value $13. So far I have received over $2600 in goods, services and joy for my $199.00
Yes I was disappointed in the Burt’s Bees kit to test however, I think for me it was the best $199 that I ever spent!

That burts bees set is on clearance at my work for 6.99 thats such a joke sorry you guys got screwed 🙁 glad i never subscribed . so its pretty much 200$ for some magazines

Oh no! I read the terms and conditions and we automatically get billed. If we cancel now, is our second “mystery” gift going to be worse than if we wait and cancel after? This is worse than the social bliss box. I never thought I would say that but I guess never say never.

I don’t want to crush the hearts of any who still happens to worship O as this unicorn of all beings predominately based on an enormously successful run as one of the most revered, beloved talk show hosts of all time. Especially at a time when the production powers that be discovered how hugely beneficial both financially and influentially it was/would become to use their programming as a indulgently sweet (albeit somewhat deceptive in cases) catalyst to cross market products (mostly perceived as higher end, luxury brands) to the masses, whether they were conscious of it or not. Hugely strategic win for brands (prouct placement), for their star (gains mega influential power and commission kickbacks for conveniently mentioning/gifting random products ever so coincidentally) and for ratings (you get a car, and you get a car, and… gosh, maybe if I tune in, I’ll get a car?). You couldn’t plan it better, it was magic and no one realized because O had become the new and improved Santa. Regardless of whether she truly used or believed in the product, sales

I’ve been fuming about O’s Circle of Friends since December. I signed up because Oprah normally doesn’t do anything that isn’t classy or first rate. I signed up in October 2014 and received my luxury box in December. My box was a used pink Glossy Box with three items in it. I called their customer service and told them I wanted to cancel because of the box that I received. I got my charge card bill and they charged me $56 for the two months that I was a member. I contacted them to find out what was worth $56 and they told me the box that they sent, use of the website for two months and the subscription to O Magazine that they stopped sending in January. I will never order anything that Oprah is attached to.

I’m very bummed about this subscription too. It was a total leap of faith as I’ve never considered spending that kind of money on a subscription before. I really thought there would be a lot of value in it with Oprah’s name on it. My special gift months ago was Footnanny Foot Cream (which granted is better than the notebooks many people got). When I got my Burt’s Bees kit I knew for sure I had made a mistake signing up for this subscription.

I didn’t think this subscription renewed on it’s own – if that’s the case I need to cancel it before another $200 gets wasted.

I received ROC Deep Wrinkle Serum (1 oz.) $16.18 on Amazon

Yikes, what a rip off, I hope you all get refunds!

Not cool. I’m kind of speechless by how wrong this subscription is on so many levels.

When a company puts pictures of jeans, a swimsuit, and other items known to be in the $50-100 range and says they are for illustrative purposes only, still sounds like bait and switch to me when they send out a $10-13 product. (A little harder to make this case with the $40 thermometer.) Notice they didn’t happen to put any “illustrative” pictures of items in the $10-13 range. Why not? Hmmm… maybe because people would not opt for the Premier level of this subscription which is twice the cost of one level down. Of course this is not an accident. They can’t possibly believe someone would be happy with this.