Here is my Friend Teresa Gasparres story about her experience with a non five pillar company and a leads vendor who did not want to refund her money. As we did not get into blogging to promote lawsuits, we’ve left out the names of the company and the leads vendor. (Contact us for details)
I signed up as a distributor with [Company] in May of 2008.
I sent them $600 for which I received about $400 in product. The other $200 was supposedly to set me up in business with a website and a credit card system so people could order from my site directly.
I was scheduled to keep paying another $100 per month for the [Company] system, although I wasn’t sure what I was getting for my money.
Shortly after I started, I was contacted by a fellow who wanted to sell me a package of leads from his company.
I accepted the introductory offer of 200 free leads, and paid for an additional $500 package of leads. They were supposed to be “targeted, telephone verified leads”, and I was supposed to get “ongoing, professional recruiting assistance”.
The leads were useless and I got no help.
A month later, I met Juanita online in a business forum. She introduced me to Success in Ten Steps and Mentoring For Free. I loved the book and the free skills calls.
After a free coaching call with Michael Dlouhy, I realized that I had been misled by both the MLM company and the leads vendor.
I decided to fight to get my money back.
I called the MLM company and told them I was sending back their $400 worth of product, and I wanted my money back. They refunded me in full and stopped the monthly charge on my credit card!
There was no phone number for the leads company and I got no response to my email request for a refund.
I reported the leads company as a fraud, and my credit card company issued me a chargeback!
I really believe that people should not allow themselves to get scammed.
Fight back!
The best way to avoid it in the first place is to get educated the way I did before it’s too late. Read Success in Ten Steps by Michael Dlouhy and listen to the the free training calls at Mentoring For Free.
And thanks a million to Juanita. I was down and out and she saved me! I’ve used the money I got back to pay some bills, and I’ll be a lot more careful. From now on, I’ll be joining only a Five Pillar Company!
Teresa Gasparre
Port St. Lucie
Florida US
Success in Ten Steps you’d like to protect yourself against scams and learn what Teresa learned, start by reading the free ebook Success in Ten Steps. We will contact you right away and get you connected with all the free skills calls and training at Mentoring For Free.
Juanita Waterman
207 592 5524 anytime
