I t has taken me a long time to be able to write my story of being ripped off by “Jake Dimartino, at Website Business.com” back in January. With tear filled eyes and a sorrow heart I will start my sad sad story. You see, my mother; whom I loved more than anything had passed away at the end of February: my sister (just younger than myself) on July 10th, my uncle (my mother's youngest brother) just a few days later in the same week, and my oldest sister on remembrance day-the birthday of my youngest sister. It has been a year of continuous grief. I love my family vert much and will always love the memories of these people. Just thinking of them makes me cry as I am now. That is why it has taken me so long to tell my story; it is a long one so I shall refrain from telling of each time that I broke down and cried at the thoughts of my loss and how a person could be so cold as to continue with the “Rip-Off” (especially after being their on the phone with me) as I am experiencing the loss of members of my family. Jake was not their on the phone with me for the passing of my oldest sister, the business had packed-up before then, but I had told him of her condition and her life expectancy.
I live in Edmonton Alberta, my mother in Fort St. John BC; as well as, most of my family. I am single with skeletal problems, severe plantar fasciitis resulting in chronic pain. I cannot sit or stand too long or walk more than four or five blocks.in early December of I had sent my sister, the one that my mother lives with, some money to buy flowers (from me) for our mother's birthday on the 7th of December. The knight of her birthday my mother phoned me and thanked me for the flowers and made me promise to accept the money that she was sending me for my birthday (on the 22nd) and Christmas present. Later that month she phoned and made me accept—round trip—bus fair home for Christmas. I told her I had Christmas money but she insisted. I knew something was wrong but I reluctantly accepted.
After a memorable Christmas and New Year I had a last supper with my mother and part of the family, I reluctantly came back to Edmonton in mid January. My mother was scheduled to get the stint replaced in her pancreas the same month. After returning I thought how nice it would be for my mom to see that I was able to make a living of some sort—other than being on AISH with a fixed income well below the poverty line—With that thought in mind and the little money that I had saved plus the money from my mom, I thought that I would give the Internet a try.
I am not exactly sure which site I signed up with first but I got a reply for an Internet Site for only a dollar. “Wow” I thought, this is the site for me so I replied. I got someone who was suppose to be the manager or CEO of the business. We spoke and I told him of my predicament and financial status, he then suggested that I write some descriptive blogs in order to make some instant cash. “OK” I thought, “I can do that”, so we set up a time and he gave me a number to call.
I called the number at the said time and got Jake. We spoke and I told him my sad story of being in my early fifties and having osteoporosis of the lower spine and the osteopenia that I had and how I am taking Didrocal and the vitamin and mineral supplement needed to strengthen my bones and how much it costs. He then started his sales pitch that had me making a lot of money that very week if I bought a website instead of writing blogs at $10 and $15. We spoke for so long and so fast that I do not remember signing anything over the internet with him or the first guy that I spoke with, but the next time that I spoke to Jake he sent me a contract that I had supposedly signed over the internet. I know that I had signed with someone before but I did not think it was him. I actually think it was with CLKBANK. I could not remember if I did or not so I called Canadian Tire, the credit card company that I deal with. I told the fraud department about it and they wanted to get the money back right away, but after talking to Jake again I let him talk me into a Website Business; after all, he did know my predicament and he assured me that I will be making real money with in the week. We then scheduled a call back with Melissa to get me set up so that I would be making money. I was so excited that I called up Canadian Tire and told the fraud department that I was going to give Jake and Website Business a try. They told me that I was on my own and they will not help me if I needed any. I should have took their advice an let them do their job; but Jake did know that I would probably end-up in a wheel chair in the not so distant future; so I thought, Jake knowing that, would not rip me off; after all, he sounded like a nice guy, and He and his wife were expecting a baby soon. He would not taint the memory of his baby being born by ripping someone off. What would he tell his wife and baby if He got cought? How would He justify it? Surely his wife and family would not be morally happy living off the money he had cheated from someone that could not do any physical labour. Just the thought of someone like that makes me cringe. Someone like that could not have any real friends. Surely Jake was not like that.
I called Melissa at the designated time and spent over an hour with her on the phone. She explained how things worked and what I had to do, in order to do things myself. She then said that she had other clients and gave me some homework to do before our next appointment, and to call back at the same time the following day. I did, but could not get in-touch with her, that day or the next. I finally called Jake and talked to him. To make a long story short, he talked me into getting some advertising and hosting so that I could start making the big bucks. I thought, “Gee, all this wasted time, and I am going to be wasting more, if I try to do this myself. I can't afford to do it, and I can not afford not to do it, so I did it. On January 24th I put another $1276.89 on my credit card a total of $1633.65. What a mistake. After I got the advertising and hosting I could not get in-touch with anyone, I left messages that were never answered, even the support desk.
Sometime in early February I got a call from home. The stint operation had gone bad and that my mom had another appointment early March.in late February I got a call to come home. I still had not received a message from Jake or anyone from Website Business.com. So I called Jake, left a number and a message that my mom was not expected to live much longer, and that he can call me there. He didn't. I think I left him a couple of messages after my mom passed on before he called me back, and I think it was just to see if I was telling the truth. When he called I explained to him that I was emotionally distraught and could not do the work that needed to be done to the site, and that it had been so long that I would like my money back. But he just kept putting me off, stalling and stalling, promising date after date because this or that needed to be done before I could get my money back. I have e-mails of some of the promises if needed. The money is in Canadian funds as I do not know the rate of exchange on the dates submitted. I seen an add, some time back, about more power in numbers and that Website Business.com had ripped-off over $370 million from people. I woulld like to be part of that power. People, Governments, Corporations or any entity should not be allowed to rip people off. Greed is not GOOD, as Wallstreet says. It is a sickness that is incircling the globe and may soon be the downfall of HUMANITY.
Sorry for the long story I even left a lot out. Do you think I have a chance of getting compensated for anything? Please reply.
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