'Does anybody have an idea if Creative Home Arts Club is a good one to join'

Does anybody have an idea if Creative Home Arts Club is a good one to join

I received in the mail an advertisement for a company called Creative Home Arts Club in Minnetonka Minnesota. They are offering a membership in their club for $10.00 a year which includes the cost of their magazine Today's Creative Home Arts.

In their offer, they claim they will send you free crafts to try at home and you have to simply fill out their questionnaire for each one for an evaluation. They also make some other offers.

I am just wondering if anyone has had any involvement with this club. Are they legitimate, or is it more like one of the companies that get you to join their club and have to send back the stuff each month or pay for it instead?

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DO NOT JOIN CREATIVE HOME ARTS CLUB. They are a scam.

I wondered the same thing, so I googled the club name and found several sites indicating this is a SCAM, and to avoid it...

here is just one... http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/321740/creative_home_arts_club_scam_dont_fall.html

Needless to say, I won't be joining!

I am glad that I googled this. I received a Dues invoice in the mail today. It was thanking me for activating my membership which I never did. I went to their website and clicked on contact us which then told me I had to sign in - just to contact them! Needless to say, I did not sign in so they can't use it against me when I do find their number and say, "What the heck is this?"

Don't join! To my regret I did join. I got the first magazine and have not received another one since. I also got my product to review. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!!! They called it a topper. It looked like a bookmark with France printed across the top. They said it was a 75 cent value. Free was too expensive for this mess. Oh yes, they also try and hook you into a book club. You bet they are a scam.

Actually I'm in this club and I think it is pretty cool. The magazine is great and I've never felt like I had to buy books or anything else.

Danger! Danger! Will Robinson!

Be sure to Google "Creative Home Arts Club" before you respond. Read what other's experience has been.

The magazine is okay if you don't mind being harassed for several hundred dollars if you decline the Lifetime Membership Offer. The promised Membership Benefit of Product Testing is available only with additional purchases (books etc). It may not be a scam in the full sense, but it is predatory and there are numerous complaints. It is NOT possible to contact this company by telephone and the "Contact Us" option on the web site will only offer you the opportunity to register with them.

Wish I'd researched the company more before 'joining.' If you have not yet, please spare yourself months of frustration and avoid them! Once they have you, they own you! (I still have over a year left of my 2-yr subscription and cannot cancel because they ignore my letters - plural, as in at least 7 times!).

However, in a listing of complaints about this company, it appears that several people have received invoices demanding payment although they have NOT joined the club, or do not receive magazines for which they have paid. So there may be no escaping them once they have your name and address!

With some research online, I found a phone number for the address listed for Creative Home Arts Club. Here it is:

(952) 936-9333

North American Membership Group owns several similar 'clubs' all at this address/phone number. I have not attempted to call yet. They ignore my letters.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. I'VE RECEIVED ONE FREE TEST ITEM. IT WAS BOGUS AND STUPID. WORTH LESS THAN A DOLLAR. HOWEVER THE MAGAZINE IS OK AND HAS AN OCCASIONAL GOOD CRAFT PROJECT. I JUST ENTERED MY FIRST CRAFT CONTEST TODAY. WONDER HOW THAT WILL GO. FOR THE PRICE IT'S OK. THEY DO HAVE GOOD DEALS ON SOME BOOKS AND STUFF. SOME STUFF OVERPRICED BUT SHOP THE SPECIALS. WITH A CRAFT MAGAZINE IT IS CHEAP. AS ALWAYS YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. I DON'T FEEL HARRASSED BY THE FREQUENT MAIL ABOUT JOINING THE LIFE MEMBERSHIP. I JUST THROW IT AWAY. THEY HAVE NEVER CALLED ME. THEY OFFER NUMEROUS "FREE" GIFTS IF YOU JOIN. YOU MAKE PAYMENTS FOR ONE YEAR. HOWEVER, IF YOU FIGURE IT OUT THE $75 TO $100 IN FREE GIFTS ACTUALLY COST YOU ALMOST $400 IN MEMBERSHIP FEES OVER ONE YEAR. THEN THERE IS NO MORE COST. SUPPOSEDLY AS A LIFETIME MEMBER YOU'LL GET LOTS OF QUALITY THINGS TO TEST AND KEEP. I FEEL THE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND I WOULD NEVER JOIN IT.

THANKS, CAROLYNN, FOR THE PHONE NUMBER. MAYBE I'LL NEED IT SOMEDAY.

Big rip off. I am in the process of reporting Julie Stephani and her Arts Club to the Attorney General's office in MN. She promised full refund and I want MY full refund. The magazine is useless and I never got any of the FREE JUNK in the mail. I do get books I do not want that I have to mail back and other useless offers. I am now getting offers for some cooking club who promised to send me "Everything" for the kitchen "Free", just for trying it. At least I was smart enough to avoid that one. :-)

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