I contracted with Cashflow-Direct on 8/25/04 for them to set up an internet business with websites for E-Bay, Amazon.com and Tiger Casino for which I was charged $495.00 plus a monthly hosting fee of $11.95. I told the original account executives who sold me on the program that I had no experience, and they promised me unlimited coaching, hands on training and the first month's advertising free of charge.
After about three weeks my websites were set up but there wasn't any activity. When I called to find out what was happening, I was told by the receptionist that I was misinformed, there was to be no free advertising. Then I was referred to another coach who told me he would handle the initial advertising for me (which covered 1,000 hits on the EBay site only) for a six-month period. This cost an additional $298.00.
Finally on 10/13/04 activity started showing up and by 10/23/04 there were supposedly 1,061 hits. E-Bay cancelled their affiliation on 10/26/04, but I never received any income.
I kept calling the company for some straight answers, but was given the runaround by the receptionist. I even asked to speak to whoever was in charge of the operation and was given the names of George Stewart and James Lyons. No one ever returned my calls.
Finally, on my last call to cancel the monthly hosting fee, the receptionist told me there must have been a mistake - there couldn't have been that many hits in a ten-day period and that my advertising was for six months. She then talked with someone and offered me a deal: The company is starting a new promotion - I could work on commission selling this program and my hosting fee would be cancelled.
Has anyone out there had any dealings with these scam artists? I was hoping to make extra income to enable me to retire soon, and would surely like to get my hard-earned money back.
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