Customer Reviews

Kids Discover

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

I have been searching for a good magazine for my kids, and this is by far the best I have seen. The articles are in depth, and the pictures and photos are very high quality. Best of all - there is no ads to confuse your kids!! Since I read so many bad billing reviews about this magazine, I decided to get it from my local library. Again, this is a GREAT magazine you don't want your kids to miss!!

We had a subscription to this magazine and it's a pretty good one for the kids, albeit woefully thin. I found it too expensive for the few pages the magazine has and did not renew it. After ignoring the standard renewal pleas, yesterday I found in my mailbox a letter (with subscription invoice attached, of course) stating that my account was "seriously past due" and that "further action is pending" on my "delinquent" account. For those getting similar notices, I found this number to call:
1-800-825-2821
The lady I spoke with said she cancelled the 'unathorized order'...we shall see if I receive any other notices.

It really is a shame that the tactics of the subscription services overshadow the actual product.

Recently KIDS DISCOVER has been "repeating" issues -- that is simply reprinting ENTIRE issues it has previously published -- this wouldn't be so bad I guess but they are not even updating the content.. the result is that they are printing old information that is more than just out of date and it's just plain wrong... I guess they are doing it to save money but they've lost my family's trust..

We've never received this magazine, but we just received the bill with a message that we are about to be turned over to a collection agency.

BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY

I have been dealing with this company for 2 years to have them remove my name from thier collection agency. NO luck..I would not recommend!

I just received a first-time correspondence from Kids Discover threatening referral to a credit agency for copies of a magazine that we didn't order and haven't received. There is no telephone number to call and only a p.o. box to correspond with. I suspect many people just pay the bill in order to avoid any trouble. I sent a notice to the Consomer Complaint agency in the states involved in order to get this fraud on record.

After receiving our first issue of this mag..and finding what I consider a brochure NOT a magazine (there are only like 5 pages).I decided it definitely wasn't worth my time or money (national geographic kids is so much better) I ignored my chance to renew. I didn't renew and now nasty letters keep coming to my home saying they are sending the account to credit bureau and threats to take legal action..OVER a magazine worth about 50 cents..hummm..I would NOT order from this company or have anything to do with this..and if they LIKE legal action they are going to get it if they put anything on my credit report!

I am surprised this is happening to others and wouldn't have known if I hadn't read all the reviews. BUYER BEWARE!

Beautifully done, Kids Discover issues are packed with information on one specific subject (ie: volcanoes, the Civil War...). My daughter is 8 and a good student. She uses these magazines as reference texts more than as casual reading material. I think these magazines would be enjoyed most by parents and students between the ages of 10 to 14.

I had been getting National Geographic Kids and I was looking for something the next level up in terms of age and learning. The example on the website for Discover Kids looked like the right learning level and like it was put together well. I didn't realize that the 10 page example was the WHOLE magazine. I almost threw this out when I received it because it was so thin and looked like a piece of bulk mailing. The magazine is literally 10 pages long (double sided) and much of the space is taken up by large pictures and a full page of credits. Content is very minimal--$26.95 for 10 issues is definitely not worth it. I will be canceling my subscription and trying to get my money back.

My 8 yr. old son waited and waited for his first subscription. What a disappointment when it finally arrived. I thought it was a brochure and almost threw it out. It is only 7 pages long. My daughters received subscriptions to American Girl and Discovery Girls and he was expecting his magazine to be comparable, but about Science subjects. On top of that they are telling me that his subscription is up in October when he only received his first one in February. I feel like we have been scammed. >:(