Daniel Volonino is an Independant Representitive for ACN, a national phone service company. I don't know if ACN is actually a legit corporation, and that is not my main concern. My only dealings in this matter have been with Mr. Volonino.
Last July I attended a meeting at Dan Volonino's house with a co-worker and some other random folks. At the meeting we viewed a promotional video on ACN that emphasized the money making opportunities available to ACN Independant Representitives. Basically what these reps do is try and find long distance customers that will switch their long distance service to ACN. Supposedly for each customer that switches, the rep recieves a percentage of their monthly bill. You also get bonuses for signing up new ACN rep's.
To become an ACN rep you need no training or previous experience. The only thing you need is $500.in one of my greatest single acts of stupidity, I signed up to become a rep and gave Mr. Volonino my credit card number. The only reason I signed the contract was becuase there was a clause which allowed me ten business days to cancel the transaction and I was pretty sure this is what I was going to do.
I called Mr. Volonino three days later to cancel and he assured me that while he was dissapointed I did not want to work with ACN, I would indeed recieve a refund check for my $500 sign up fee. I never got it. I have spent the past six months calling Mr. Volonino about the refund check. Each time I called he either told me he was busy, in a meeting, about to board a plane etc, and that he would call me back, or promised he'd have the check mailed soon, he had just been too busy or some other half-assed excuse.
I took Mr. Volonino to small claims court and he never showed so I have been awarded the $500 judgement plus interest. At this point I seriously doubt I will get a check as the courts leave it up to me to collect. There are Marshals who will help me collect, but I have to know where he banks so they can freeze his account.
In any case this is a basic report of my dealings with Mr. Volonino. I would NOT reccomend anyone EVER dealing with this slickster. And as for ACN, like I say, I don't know if they are simply a front for what looks to me to be your typical pyramid scheme or if they are a legit business, but if they have representitives like Dan Volonino, I would say avoid them.
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