I responded to an ad in the paper for a vending route with 100% financing. When I called I was forwarded to Account Specialist Kelly Chase. Kelly told me that there was a 5 location route and a 10 location route. She told me these locations would turn the machines at least once a week and some even more. Kelly then went on to say that I would profit $200-$300 per turn of each machine a week. Based upon these claims, I decided to purchase the 10 location route. When I asked Kelly how much the coin changers were and she told me that I would not need them for my locations.
Kelly had me contact Evans Consulting whom told me the locations were in the town next to mine. When I actually got my locations, they were in four different towns over a 30 mile span. The locations that I received have done on average ten dollars a week. Nowhere near what Kelly Chase had told me.
I later had another person from flagship call me, Mike Sirodi, who told me I had to have changers or I would lose sales. He told me that he could cut me a deal on them for only $795 per changer. Some deal, I found them online for less that half the price.
To ad insult to injury, I recently received an email from Flagship Marketing offering the same ten machines I had just paid $27k for $20k now. I called Kelly Chase and asked if they were going to refund me the difference and she told me that they never have the machines for $2000 each and the $2500 each is only for repeat customers. She then told me the information that I got must be from a different company. Funny, but the email address was Flagship Marketing, same address, and same phone number.
I feel a bit embarrassed to have fell for the lies that Kelly Chase and Evans Consulting had told me but I want to let other people know of how Flagship Marketing does business.
If anyone else has had a similar situation with Flagship Marketing, please contact me regarding the possibility of a class action suit. You can contact me through this website.
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