They advertise authentic looking replacement diploma and transcripts' from real colleges that have closed down. They claim they are very authentic and realistic and you can show your employer and they'll never doubt that you did indeed attended college. The diploma and transcripts are advertised as embossed with Registrar's signature and school seal'. They do say these are for entertainment, but can legally be used as long as you graduated from and hold credentials from the school you are requesting (although I'm sure people get the idea)
In correspondence, they said they had the exact street address of the college, and that per my request, the transcripts would reflect transferred credits form the actual college I attended for 2 years (to lend to the authenticity) I paid the $300 ($225 $75 rush) and waited. What I got in the mail a few days later was a joke!
The diploma had many obvious flaws: No embossed seal (no seal at all in fact other than the generic printed one which is used as a guide to put the real one over), a cheesy 1 inch gold sticker that said Magna Cum Laude (a title I never requested), and to top it all off, it was grammatically incorrect! It said from the board of trustees of THE XXX College' instead of from the board of trustees of XXX College'. The word THE' should only be used for a title starting with the word University' (e.G. From the board of trustees of THE University of Miami).
The transcripts had a really small font (6?) so they could squeeze all 4 years of courses on one page, thus saving them the cost of more sheets of paper. It was barely legible. It did NOT include my transferred credits as they said it would do, and there was no college seal (there was a generic embossed seal that said academic something').in addition, they had my start date wrong.
In short, it was garbage and was a waste of $300. It was NOT authentic looking and any one looking at the documents would spot them as a cheap fraud immediately. I of course emailed them several times voicing my concerns and asking what could be done. I received a single reply that a manager would deal with it.
I never heard from them again.
They have a sister company called cooldegree' that offers a similar service. The trick here is that the colleges they offer do not now nor did they ever actually exist. There are clever similarities between their college names and genuine ones (like Drake College instead of Drake University).
Robert
Kendal Park, New Jersey
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