Originally posted on Google Reviews Dec 6, 2021
I paid $3190.00 with my credit card for a pair of Beltone hearing aids on the condition that I can return them for a full refund within 30 days. I would not have bought them otherwise. Unfortunately the hearing aids caused severe pains in my ears. I returned the hearing aids to Mark Brown, owner of Beltone in Groton, CT, after a 3 week trial on Nov 22, 2021. That was 2 weeks ago. I'm still waiting for the refund . My credit card bank is investigating the dispute.
PS: Beltone refunded $2990 to my credit card account today, one day after I posted this review. A $200 fee was deducted from the refund. I dispute this. Mark did not mention that the fee included in the sales price is not refundable when I paid him. He only told me this after I returned the hearing aids.
PS2: My credit card bank concluded their investigation in my favor on Dec 8. 2021. I got my full refund. The case is resolved.
BUYERS BEWARE! Beltone's "free trial" is not really free.
1. You have to pay the full price in advance before you can take the hearing aids home.
2. You may have to pay the $200 fitting fee and up to 12% of the sales price if you decided to return the hearing aids. read more