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Melvil of Baton Rouge, LA January 4, 2009
well i have typed out so many reports i will keep it short. went to these seminars with the ex was after 2 days was convinced they were ethical and were providing a 100 percent service for putting up a web based buisness with the 6000 program. was a complete lie and denied a refund in the beging and recently. in the beging i wanted out and was told i was out of the [three]day out clause and it was in the hands of the finance company. i was convinced by stores to give them a chance to prove there promises. i did all possible to make it work without any proffessional assistance from stores for they do not offer any. i decided to end this association and to do any and all i could to get this companies ethics in or take them down and to retreive my investment.
to date over 1500 in paid expense to stores and another 2000 in out of pocket expense not counting the loss of trust and hassle. in addition the credit reports stores has promised to effect negatively. i have also tried to file a report on ripoff report and received an email from ripoff that stores is a reputable company and to date will not respond to any emails
Lori of New Bedford, MA December 8, 2008
I went to the seminar the offered at the Days Inn of New Bedford Mass.Back in april. The day i left the seminar i came home and put the disk in my computer to try it out see if i could navigate throught the site and when i put in the license munber in the computer it told me i was not authorizes to do so. hey i just signed a contract for 3000.00 and i am not authorized to do so.well i called numerous times to let them no and got absolutely nowhere.
to this day i have not tried anymore and i am still responsible to pay. they have sent colection agencies after me and everything.when i relaized i could not get online i stopped payment on my check I had wrote for the program. they had tried numerous times to deposit the check overdrawing my checking acount alot of money i have been on a limited income due to a disability and getting check from government as my only income and the bank has kept them because of act being overdrawn.
well where do i begin i have become emotionally depressed and stressed causing more toll on my body. i have been overdrawn in my checking acount but hundreds of dollars they have kept my disability check for months i have almost lost my home 4 times.
Andrea of Belleville, MI November 22, 2008
We went to a Stores Online seminar in December of 2006. We were heavily pressured to purchase and spent a little over 5,000 for this service. I have a 350.00 left to pay. We don't have alot computer or internet experience, but we were assured that we could use this service with no problem. We tried to set it up ourselves and were not able to log in and setup our site. We were never able to get in. We contacted customer service several times and they were no help at all. Unfortunately, we never completed our site. Almost two years has passed and we still can not get our site ready.
Because our site was not up and running with the specified time frame, we have to pay 10.00 a month (or a 100.00 a year) to keep the service going, which we were never able to set up anyways. I am very dissatisfied and I would like to take Stores Online to small claims court to get my money back, since I do not feel that I have received the quality service and support they guaranteed I would get at the seminar.
Patrick of Satsuma, AL November 19, 2008
I was invited to a seminar hosted by Stores Online at Mobile,Al at Holiday Inn Downtown on Nov.20,2007,with a workshop following on Dec.3,2007. I was involved in a terrible car accident in March 2007, physically disabling me from my work for almost 4 months. So I decided to take my fiance with me for a chance to earn money by internet sales.We sat in a 6 hour seminar with a high pressure sales team telling us how much money can be generated through online sales. These guys were good enough to leave there with well over 100,000 in less than a days work. Not bad!For them.
Leaving all these hard-working people like myself, trying to make another source of income for our family struggling a year later with nothing to show for our investments but a 284.47 note to pay and 6 websites still waiting to see the internet. I have received several calls over the last year wanting me to spend more money to help get things going. They wanted to know how much money I had in the bank, how many cards I had and how much credit was on them. We couldn't get further assistance with getting things started without spending several thousand dollars more. When I wouldn't give in, they would just say, Hope we can help you later.
I just received another call Friday Nov.14,2008 from Kyle from PMI wanting to sit down for yet another 10-15 minute interview to help me. I was unable to make that appointment and he left a message to call him to reschedule. I would like to see if there is a class action suit being filed against these scam artists.I saw where the Atty.General of Florida was getting involved. Please help.
Loss of time and money with nothing in return. Getting foreclosure letters from my mortgage company. Liens on my property. Selling inventory below cost to get something back from it.Very stressed out!!
Roy of Forest, VA November 12, 2008
My wife and I attended a high pressure sales seminar and purchased 6 website licenses. We were led to believe that anyone could set up a website and in a short period of time people would be purchasing products or services from our website. We spent a large amount of money, invested a great deal of time and effort only to have NO SALES and minimum visitors.We were encouraged (and StoresOnline promoted) a coaching company that we signed up for. We were told that you needed this help to be successful. Electronic Marketing Systems is NO LONGER in business and no chance for a refund or settlement.
Our one site has been on the web for 2 years with NO SALES. The other 5 sites never made it to the web. StoresOnline did not provide what we paid for. We request a full refund for the false promises
Karmelle of Clover, SC November 7, 2008
I puchased websites from Stores Online Inc, in May of 2007. I too have never received what they promised and continued to pay on the contract for over a year until I was unable to do any thing at all with the sites because they did not function. Is there a class action suit in South Carolina with Stores Online? I purchaed the sites in North Carolina but I reside and paid each month in SC. Thank you.
Universal Account Servicing - Stores Online's finance company, has harrassed me endlessly on the phone and is negatively reporting on my credit. I have lost @2501.00 and I don't have anything to show for it.
Angela of Woodhaven, NY September 26, 2008
I attended their seminar where they promised that, even though I did not have a business, nor an idea for one, there was no need to worry about that since they would provide me with dropshipping businesses that would create passive income. During the first part of the seminar, they spoke about the success of several businesses, and how easily the owners were able to launch their businesses and earn lots of money within a short space of time. They also made it seem so easy to create several very successful businesses at the same time by describing how one business could lead into another.
Basically, I was led to believe that one or two websites would not be enough because of the endless possibilities online stores could create, especially by using dropshipping. They then launched into the high-pressure sales pitch, by letting us know that the price was available only on that day and would be much higher later. I purchased six websites for 6,000. When I got home and contacted the dropshipping companies that Stores Online recommended, I learned that some of them were merely third parties for whose services I had to pay in order to get leads to dropshippers.
A few weeks later, I started receiving phone calls from a tax company who, again, applied pressure by telling me I had a deadline by which to incorporate my business, or I would not be able to gain any tax benefit from the websites that I bought. I also received numerous phone calls from various people associated with Stores Online, offering to assist me to launch my business for an additional 10,000 - 15,000. Even though I declined their offer many times, and it is now one year since I purchased the websites, they still continue to call me.
The economic damage is that I am still paying off my credit card for the websites that I purchased even though I have not been able to launch any businesses nor generate any income from them.
Pamela of Williamsburg, VA September 25, 2008
I purchased StoresOnline Pro and do not yet have a complaint about the website. However, what is of concern to me is high pressure phone calls from representatives who want me to invest an additional 11-20 thousand dollars for special mentorship and training and suggesting that an owner will have trouble being successful if they don't buy the mentoring program. This is a different story than what was promoted in their workshop which promised the kit has everything I need to be successful in an internet business.
Concern about the integrity of my investment and potential fraud in the claims made for the product purchased.
Sarah of Chaska, MN September 12, 2008
I went to their seminar yesterday. I was excited about their concept of Drop Shipping and having a passive income stream. They told us that the Seminar Offer was good ONLY yesterday. We could purchase one website for about 3400, or we could get unlimited sites for 6000. After yesterday's deal the price would go up to 3600 per website, per YEAR! It was a high-pressure sales tactic.
Also, our coach told us that no other companies did what StoresOnline does. After doing some research, I found that is not true. This site offers essentiall the same thing: dropship-business.
Fortunately, my Mom and I were not financially able to invest 6000 and we walked away.
Pamela of Richland, MO July 25, 2008
We were sold websites that someone with general computer skills could set up and work.We ave found that not to be the case. We would not have purchaed these sites if we had known the amunt of time with customer service we would be spending to do almost anything with them.
WE paid several thousand dollars for websites that take more computer knowledge than we have to set up, we also took their marketing training for several more thousand dollars that is not doing us any good because of the difficulties related to setting up the sites. We are about 20,000 in debt because of this company, not counting the referral to THE TAX CLUB that took us for another 10,000
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