Hello All,
We've (Rick and Tracy) have been screwed by the John Beck Mentoring Program - Maybe if enough of us get together, we can get them - We sent the following to the BBB of Utah with less than desired results.
The purpose of this letter is to warn consumers of the following advertising SCAM:
Purchased the John Beck's Free and Clear Real Estate Program advertised on television. The advertisement guarantees that anyone can buy real estate for Pennies on the Dollar. Received the package, which was mostly a compilation of Real Estate websites (foreclosures, etc.). All information easily obtained on the Internet.
We were contacted by their mentoring institution (Mentoring of America, LLC) and told that if we signed up for their mentoring service we could learn even more about purchasing real estate, expedite the money making process and get assistance with setting up our own business.
My husband and I signed up for their mentoring service on 02/14/04 at a total cost of $3000 with the promise of 100% ROI of our initial investment within six months.
We agreed to 21 mentoring sessions with Matt Thomas. Seven sessions were to be instigated by Matt and the other 14 were to be instigated by us. We agreed to a weekly day and time for Matt to contact us. We received four mentoring sessions and then did not hear anything from Matt or the mentoring institution.
Attempted to contact our mentor on 04/15 & 04/20 with no response
Attempted to contact the mentoring institution @ ([email protected]) with no response
Submitted a formal complaint on 04/28,05/04 and 05/10 with no response
Was contacted on May 17th by Dave Johnson who passed us on to a manager
John Cluff (Manager) contacted us (he had never heard of Matt Thomas). We explained that we were dissatisfied with their service due to lack of response on their part and the quality of information they had provided regarding purchasing properties. Mr. Cluff convinced us that we would receive all of our mentoring sessions plus additional free sessions due to our issues with the first mentor. He also told us that this new mentor was very familiar with our area in the Pacific Northwest and guaranteed our satisfaction.
The new mentor (Barry Henline) called once. Mr. Henline told us he called for our second appointment. This is a lie. We were home at the scheduled time and we have voice mail and an answering machine.
Contacted John Cluff on 06/11/04 who feigned ignorance and told me he would call me back in 20 minutes. I never heard from him again
Sent a final complaint on 06/15/04 requesting a refund due to a second breach of contract on the part of the mentoring institution.
Registered a complaint with the Utah Better Business Bureau, complaint number 22004063.
We have been denied a refund. Mentoring of America, LLC state our facts are invalid and unsubstantiated and that we agreed all sales are final. They also provide information about the shipment and delivery of their product materials. We do not dispute the receipt of their worthless materials. They are obviously attempting to deflect from the real issue, which is that we purchased a service that has not been delivered. We are prepared to go to litigation in an attempt to recover our money. My husband and I were duped and we're sure that there are others out there like us. We don't want to see this happen to anyone else.
Tracy & Rick
Tracy
Lake Oswego, Oregon
U.S.A.
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