Today I received a call from Cambridge Who's Who.
This was in response to an online email I had received a few days ago stating I had been selected as a possible member for the Cambridge Who's Who Registry, etc. Of course, I answered the email. I was interested in marketing myself and my website design company. Anything that would legitimately promote me was worth my effort to respond.
This lady was quite amiable. Nothing wrong. She asked so many questions and to say the least the questions were quite legitimate. (The more I answered, the more she focused in on my answers.) She was quite impressed with my education, my professional background and my current entrepreneuriship—building websites. She had high praises for my "accomplishments" and went on with her "campaign" ie. Membership in platinum or gold or, yes, she can work it down. She starts at $500 for platinum, then appreciated my candor that I didn't have $500 and worked it down each time I declined to pay. I finally somewhat agreed to $169 (After all, I didn't want to miss out on such a great opportunity!)
However, when I asked if I could use pay pal, she states this company didn't use pay pal. I pointed out the safe features for pay pal, I use it quite often in my business. She agrees with me that pay pal may be ok but not for this company. I pointed out that in order for clients to feel secure on transactions, pay pal keeps records of all transactions for historical purposes. Again this is to protect clients. She dismisses this suggestion because "after all, if it was readily available on their website, then 'anyone' can purchase membership and it would discredit the 'hand chosen' achiever that they were looking for.
Finally, directly, I advised her that I couldn't, under any circumstances, release my credit card number but would certainly consider sending a check. This is how I got their address. Actually, I only did this to buy time to "investigate" this company. I'm glad I did. It does no one any good to see so many people complain about this company. Way too many! Thanks for the heads up Rip-Off! This is only effective if people stand up and report their experiences to warn others.
I'm already an accomplished achiever, so I don't need any extra aggravation. Again, Thanks usacomplaints.com for the sound off.
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