BNI is indeed a scam in my opinion, CAROL CHAMBERLAIN of the Mesa Success chapter took our hefty application fee then a few weeks later managed to initiate the onboarding of another business of the same type as us (Business Printing and Design) and when I responded with an inquiry as to how she could even do such a thing she ousted us and BNI refuses to refund any money to us saying we broke the rules!
Beware of BNI and Carol Chamberlain and also Nathan Dominguez who is supposedly above Carol in BNI yet refused to even rectify the situation or even return our calls! We will be sure and advise all of our friends and business colleagues of our unfair treatment during this entire ordeal. Nathan states he is assuming we did not get the message he left us! What an excuse! (see Nathan's message below.)
My colleague did in fact attempt to discuss matters with the "leadership team" but was told "a letter is in the mail". That form letter ousted us from BNI! Now BNI gets to dip three times for that same membership fee. What kind of a legitimate business refuses to refund a large amount of money after a few short weeks due to their "policy" of no refunds when the original agreement was not kept by the initiator!
Not even an attempt was made to clear up the matter. What a waste of time and money.in this economy that is indeed uncalled for and unreasonable behavior. We need companies that stand behind solid standards and rules that make sense and that actually cares about people! God Bless America.
Sincerely
Antar *
Hi Antar,
I did return a call to the number you left on the day you left me a message??? I am assuming you did not get it and apologize for the breakdown.
Regardless of you getting my message, as I said in the message, as far as I am concerned you are not a BNI Member as I have not found record of you ever being accepted to a BNI Chapter in the Souhtwest US.
If Elizabeth, who I believe works with you and was in fact an actual BNI Member would like to contact me regarding any issues she has with our Organization or one of our Chapters I invite the call at 602-788-1606 where my Assistant, JK Dooley, will be sure to connect her straight to me. If for any reason we miss each other I would be happy to follow up with her until we connect verbally.
As far as the BNI Mesa Success Chapter has let me know, several of the Leaders from the Chapter have tried to call Elizabeth regarding her involvement in the Chapter and the ridiculously unprofessional email you sent out and she has not returned a single call??? Maybe another breakdown with voicemail?
As the BNI Application clearly states in BOLD letters, we do not offer refunds once an application is accepted by a BNI Chapter and submitted to our Office.instead, we gladly offer Membership Credit for any used BNI dues that a Member has paid for and Elizabeth can easily use such letter of Credit towards BNI Membership in any Chapter, around the World, pending acceptance by the Chapter's Membership Committee, for up to two years from the time of issue.
Nathan
PS I do not even have the email address [email protected] in my database and therefore I did not actually send you anything. You must be receiving messages being forwarded from another email address?
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