HighbrowReviews of gohighbrow.com

Garbage. These “classes” are basically just curated newspaper clippings. To add insult to injury, the unsubscribe button apparently doesn’t work. I unsubscribed before my trial was over, but they’re telling me they didn’t see it. To make it even worse, they charged me before my trial was even over and now they won’t refund the money. It’s a crappy product and the people are unethical.

Quite useless. Careful, the unsuscribe button doesn't work properly. I was bound to pay for the second year, even though it was a technical issue.

Not worth the money. The quality of the courses are uneven (some just plain terrible -- but some decent). Platform itself is out of date and not user friendly -- not much effort is put into designing a platform that meets the user needs. One can't choose 10 courses in advance or set up a profile with favorites. No app. Website is glitchy. In general it seems it was designed 10 years ago, not updated and they focus all efforts now into locking unsuspecting customers into year-long memberships and no effort whatsoever into providing quality courses or platform services for the actual members. Do not subscribe!

I wasn't crazy about the format of the program. Would you rather have to read a tiny morsel of information every day or just take 20 minutes to learn something? The big problem though is that they don't allow refunds if you get past the 30 day trial period. I accidentally let the 30 day trial period lapse so they sent me an email saying the were charging me $45 for a year of membership. I sent them an email requesting they cancel the charge and my account because I didn't use the service after the first ten days and did no intend to use it after that. Their response was that they don't do refunds, period. I've had this happen with other trial periods before and after a quick email the company gladly removed the charges but apparently Highbrow's business model is based on trapping people who just forgot to subscribe in a YEARLONG membership. Shame.

Just want to echo other reviews: Brutal business model. I was waiting to be sent something, or just anything; never heard, was surprised to have my credit card charged after using zero of their service. My request for a refund was denied.

SCAM: DON'T EVEN TRY! I take a class on writing. The instructor points you to other textbooks to read. I go to cancel. I don't have an account. I can't easily figure out how to cancel. Try another. It's stupid, not for me. I get an Email from Paypal that $60 had been deducted from my account and sent to Highbrow! I get an Email from Highbrow, "Welcome to Highbrow. We do not give refunds!" I email, Dorothy writes back "I'm so glad to meet you! I canceled your subscription You won't get charged next year, but we are keeping the $60!" Have a wonderful day! Highbrow? It doesn't get lower.

Total scam they stole 60$ from me

Terrible. Failed to cancel subscription despite having link to do so. TWICE. Course material was reasonable. Would not recommend the experience. Paddle.com should care to spend some time undertaking due diligence on this company before facilitating illegal and fraudulent behavior via Paypal.