I have read a lot of the reports and rebuttals on your rip-off website, and have to agree on all the the points.
I was contacted at about 5.00 P.M. One evening by a recruiter, who told me that his company was expanding their operations in Tampa and I was referred to him by someone. He wemt on to say that he thought I may be qualified for a position of office manager in one of their Tampa's new offices, and asked me what kind of experience I had. I told him that I had long administrative experience, as well as extensive experience in sales. He went on to ask me if I could meet with him for an interview that same evening at 7. P.M. At his Brandon office. Since I live about an hours drive away, and was busy preparing a presentation for a client at the time, I said I would not be able to make it then, and he asked if we could me on Saturday morning at 8.15 A.M.
I got quite excited, since I had been looking for a job for some time, and I hardly slept the night before. I promptly arrived at the address given to me, and at the building's lobby, I was asked to sign in, before I went up to the 12th floor. I got in the elevator with a few other people, thinking to myself, that this company must have a lot of people working on a Saturday.
Well, the big red flag blew in my face, just as soon as the elevator doors opened, when I faced not an ordinary quiet office setting, but a crowd of people meandering. Before I had the time to turn around and get out, I was caught by one of the hosts who asked my name and the name of the person who contacted me. I felt trapped right then and there, but thought that since I had traveled all that way, I might as well hear what it was all about.By the way, the whole 12th floor consisted of two rooms, one completely empty, and the other we were guided to after a few minutes, with rows of fold-up chairs.
Of course everyone knows the rest... Same speel, same BS, to which at the point where rule 72 was being explained and so on, I raised my hand and asked a simple question, as to how safe, and what guarantees would Primerica provide to clients investing in Mutual funds, supposedly returning a 12% compounded interest. The answer was, we will get to that in a moment, which of course never happened.
What struck me the most was, that while listening to these so called "Vice-Presidents" telling us that within two years they were making six figure incomes, I noticed that each and every one of them had taken the trouble to look "dressed for success", but without much success at all. That told me a lot about the big picture.
My face must have told a thousand stories, because as I filled in the form, giving out no information whatsoeve, but just writing a big no, before I even handed it back to my sponsor, he knew what the answer was. I was spitting mad, not only because I woke up so early on a Saturday morning and got myself ready for an interview only to waste my time, but at myself to for falling for it. I feel very sorry for the gullible people who grab the bait so easily, thinking that they finally stumbled upon the opportunity of a lifetime.
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