Sad to say, I too fell victim to Nick Jones, AKA Jake Brown. Nothing like being generic in a name. My story is the same as everyone else's. I did call back Jake a number of times, especially after reading stories on here, but to no avail. Rather than totally piss him off, I asked about the "owner" whose name is Dave (no last name provided even when prompted a number of times), I was told he is not active and only deals with things Jake cannot - to which he said, "There is not much I can't take care of." Oh really? Hmmmm...
I asked about the charge to my credit card and when he told me it was a lump sum, I told him he was not clear on that. The email mentioned the deposit on the flyers but strongly hinted that it would be charged monthly, not one lum sum. $1920 was never mentioned. The email states, "A Sports Promoter is trained to work in the most efficient and productive manner." What training would that be? I was never offered any training.
I did ask Jake for a copy of the verbal tape of our conversation, stating it would make me feel better, since there was no paper contract involved. He said the company is up on technology and doesn't use paper contracts. I was suprised he offered to send me a copy of the tape and transcripts as well. It remains seen if I do receive them or not.
When asked if a refund would be possible, he went around and around about how I should think of this as a money making venture, not a failure right off the bat, and how much they want me to work for them. I asked also, if there was a specific amount per month I needed to have signed up through my ID and he told me $90. I then asked, "Worst case scenario, what if that doesn't happen?" He assured me it wouldn't, but if it did, then they would work with me to extend the time frame. I also asked why, if I am being promoted to a sports manager in one month's time, why would I need 8000 flyers? Jake didn't have a great answer for that and started in again with his "sales pitch".
I called him back a couple of times and could tell he was getting upset with me, but I didn't really care. I didn't ask for any money back - YET, but decided to simply contact my credit card company and request a new card so no further charges could be put on it. I had a really bad feeling in my stomach about that happening. I also requested a dispute form, from my credit card company, which I won't receive for a few days but will fill out. Hopefully that will be successful based on what I have read in some reports about scumbags and fraudulent companies like this not contesting them.
One more thing. I also tried to check up on the company who prints the flyers and who would be charging my account. There is no such company as "Graphics Today"! There is a website, "Graphicstoday.com", but it's simply a site that gives you multiple websites to choose from. Strange how they can charge me for not doing anything! That's probably a website domain he has to cover that part of the scam for him. That's how he gets his money.
Just thought of this too. He states in the email, "Some promoters work with Charities and Non-profit organizations through a fund raising program, in which Game Time donates $1.00 for each person that signs up on our site that was referred by the Charity or Non-profit organization." I'd like to see that information and what charities they give to. HA!
I'm in on helping those who want to stop this guy. He totally makes me lose faith in people, which ticks me off. I like to believe in the inherent goodness of people, but apparantly he skipped out of the line when God handed those qualities out!
I hope others read this before they fall prey.
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