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. Then I found Mentoring For Free
About 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
772 343 0262 anytime
