PDF Guru Reviews

Summary: PLEASE BE CAREFUL I don't want hard working people like myself to be scammed in this manner. Ok its $50 and much worse scams take place on the internet but I think we must stand up to this kind of thing. ALL reputable sites give you the option to cancel and don't just take a FULL subscription.

Positive: Used it for merge function and can't really bring myself to write anything positive as it's deliberately misleading people.

Negative: BE CAREFUL DELIBERATELY MISLEADING.

This company has just taken a monthly $50 subscription when I paid for $.99 for a single day.

I saw the option on 'pdfguru' was not free but I could 'use today for $0.99. I paid for this with my card thinking this was the last I would hear. Even if I'd accidentally signed up ALL reputable companies give you the option to cancel a subscription as it's obvious this type of thing happens.

Over a month later - so I don't where they can suggest it was a 7 day trial - I was debited $50 monthly subscription! Cheaper to get the full adobe suite!!!

Summary: Not happy that I have been signed to an annual subscription. No positives that I can speak of with this company.

Positive: No pros for me - used them once and didn’t want to use the service again. Now I’ve been charged for an annual subscription.

Negative: I was signed up for a subscription instead of a 1 week trial. What a dodgy company so I have lodged a complaint with my bank to cancel the transaction and my card. What a stuff around. Don’t touch this company!

Summary: PDF Guru is a website where I have made a translation, i have paid for it and after, they made a subscription of 50 euros per month for which I haven't agreed. There was no message that I will make a subscription, after I have put my card details they have taken 50 euro. Why somebody would pay for separate a product that is included in a subscription and after making a subscription?
I have contacted them but they said I agreed and there is no way to make a refund. That is not true, there was not such a message that I will subscribe.

Positive: What can I like if they have stolen my money? it is a scam!

Negative: They made a subscription without my consent stealing from my account 50 euro .They would have continue each month like that . The customer service insisted I have made this subscription which is not true and refused to make give my money back. They take your card details , you pay for one thing, after they make this subscription which is a fraud.

Summary: I signed up for a trial with PDF Guru and only authorized a 1.99 EUR payment, fully expecting to cancel the trial before any further charges were applied. However, without my knowledge or consent, my subscription was automatically renewed for 49.99 EUR after the trial period ended.

I was never notified about the renewal, nor did I receive any reminders about upcoming charges. When I reached out to the company multiple times asking for a refund and cancellation of my account, I was met with no real resolution. Instead, I was offered free service for 2 years, which I did not want and had never agreed to.

Despite my clear request for a refund, the company has ignored my emails, and I am now forced to take legal action and contact consumer protection authorities to resolve this matter. This has been a highly frustrating experience, and I feel that my consumer rights have been violated.

I would caution others to be extremely careful when considering signing up for any services with this company. Their business practices are unclear, and customer support has been completely unhelpful. I strongly advise potential users to read the fine print and be wary of any automatic renewals.

Positive: Pros of PDF Guru:
Initial Trial Option:

The 1.99 EUR trial gave a low-risk opportunity to try out the platform and test its features, which could have been a good way to explore before committing to a full subscription.

Features for PDF Management:

If PDF Guru offers various tools for editing, managing, or converting PDFs, that could be a potential benefit for users who need these functionalities.

Customer Support (if applicable in your case):

Some users may find their customer support helpful, depending on their responsiveness or how they deal with queries. However, based on your experience, this might not be the case, but it could be something worth noting for others.

Negative: Lack of Transparency:

The most significant issue you’ve faced is the lack of clarity about the automatic renewal. While the trial was clearly presented, the auto-renewal terms should have been made more prominent.

No reminders or notifications about the renewal are a significant disadvantage, especially when dealing with financial transactions.

Unwanted Charges:

The unauthorized charge of 49.99 EUR after the trial period ended is a major complaint. This type of surprise billing, especially when you had no intention to continue, can lead to a loss of trust with the company.

Customer Service Response:

Their lack of response to your emails and attempts to resolve the issue is frustrating. Customer service should be responsive, especially when there’s a dispute over payments.

The offer of free service for 2 years was not a satisfactory solution since you never agreed to the full subscription in the first place. It shows a lack of focus on customer concerns.

No Clear Cancellation Process:

If the process for cancelling the subscription was not straightforward or clearly communicated, this further highlights issues with the company’s user experience and customer care.

Risk of Future Charges:

Without clear communication and an easy way to opt-out or cancel, there's a risk that users might continue to face unexpected charges, which is particularly harmful to people who don't regularly check their subscriptions.

Summary: THEY ARE A SCAM!

Positive: N/A.

Negative: DO NOT USE THEM.

Summary: Avoid at all costs, horrible company, horrible service, anti-consumer business model. Extremely infuriating to fall for a "legal scam"

Positive: Literally nothing, the pdf I paid to transfer into a word document didn't work at all. It's a scam company.

Negative: They designed their payment process to make it seem like you’re paying $0.99 for 7 days of limited access, but that’s a lie. In reality, it’s just a discounted trial that leads to an unexpected $50 charge after a week—for something I could’ve done on Word for free. The fact that complaints about this have been circulating for over seven months without any changes makes it clear they’re intentionally misleading customers.

Summary: Don’t use scammers! please this company should be shut down. They steal peoples money and laugh at you when you ask for a refund which legally i should be getting.

Positive: Nothing. They stole 90 pounds from my account they rely on people not knowing the trial has been ended and then take your money

Negative: Everything avoid it’s the worse company ever. thieves does not work

Summary: Never use PDF Guru. They will scam you and take your money. 50€/month.

Positive: N/A.

Negative: Never use PDF Guru. Stay away! Scammers!

Summary: AVODI THEM!!!! It is a BIG SCAM

Positive: N/A.

Negative: Tried it out for a $.99 "one-time" use which resulted in enrolling me into a monthly subscription for $49.99. I realized this two months later and wrote to them asking for refund which they refused.

Summary: Absolute scam and cheats - that's what they are. Save your money!
Not worth the services they charge. You are better off buying adobe. At least they are clear about their pricing

Positive: Nothing. This is a scam - they are out to get your money. Not worth the services they charge. You are better off buying adobe. At least they are clear about their pricing

Negative: They never prompted that I would be charged $49.99 for a year. Stay away people. This is a scam

Summary: I engaged with them for the purpose of securing a pdf. This was offered, and paid for at a cost of 99c. However, i then found that i had been charged $49. The Company's admin stated that the contract had been emailed, but this was a lie!! It has a contract set up without consent which has to be cancelled within 6 days otherwise the $49 charge is activated. Customer service is entirely unhelpful, their staff are clearly incentivised to reject refund requests on this issue

Positive: The Company has no redeeming features. It offers a useful product but its activities have zero customer focus

Negative: This company exists to gather money from very misleading payment terms. it offers a cheap solution but entraps users into a long term contract.

Summary: Poor. I would never recommend this company, not ever! They charge your credit card without being authorized

Positive: Nothing! They scam you with a free trial, then charge your credit card. Their customer service is a joke.

Negative: Unauthorized credit card charges. We I contacted their customer service they stated I did not have an account with them. IF SO WHY CHARGE MY CREDIT CARD!

Summary: I would not recommend this platform or organisation to anyone. The platform is not very user friendly and there are sneaky charges that create monthly subscription

Positive: Nothing- the platform was not user friendly. I don’t have anything good to say about this product as I would not recommend it.
They are very good at taking your money

Negative: Hard to use and also added you sneakily to an automatic monthly membership despite only what a single use. No information in sign up email but down the bottom of a receipt.

Summary: Total rip off. Avoid at all costs. I have reviewed them on Trustpilot and other review sites so that no-one makes the same mistake I did. BEWARE!!

Positive: There is nothing good to say about this scam business. They take your money and rip you off. They are Cyprus-based fraud co.

Negative: NEVER EVER USE THIS COMPANY
Rip-off pricing. 0.99 becomes 49.99 automatic monthly subscription!
Product does not work: the file I tried to edit was not in fact edited.
Smarmy customer 'service' that pretends they are a legitimate helpful business but then takes the money anyway.

Summary: Stay away from these scammers!!!
If I could give them zero, I would give them zero!!
Good people, stay away from them.

Positive: Nothing, absolutely nothing. This is a total scam. If you used their service once (I had to edit a single PDF for 1€), they will charge you 50€ monthly using your PayPal or your credit card details, as if you were "subscribed", which I was not.

Negative: SCAM!! SCAMMERS!! THIEVES!! Guys, be careful.
AVOID THESE SCAMMERS