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Re: Stores Online
Posted By: Marsha In Response To: Re: Stores Online (Garry)
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at 8:15 a.m.(pst)
>> I have been involved with Stores Online for over 2 years. I got sucke
>> din pretty good and have invested about $15K. I bought the six stores and
>> additional non-training and help to boot. I get absolutely no support from
>> them. Iwas assigned an "account manager" who was supposed to be
>> my liason and assist with the resolving issues. He never responded to
>> emails or phone calls. The additional mentoring and marketign expertise I
>> purchased was a joke. A dozen or so 1/2 hour phone sessions a week to
>> tellme what to do .. there ar ebetter free artiocles on the web. The
>> marketing and traffic driving strategies also were a bust and for the most
>> part, were non existant.>> The seminars make it all sound really good and easy. I don't believe
>> in easy and am willing to work hard to achieve a goal. After 1000+ hours
>> working on the sight an ways to get it promoted to the search engines, and
>> countless articles read on my own, I have not profited a dime.. and infact
>> am losing momey month after month as I try to make the first (and only one
>> that I will ever do) of six, work.>> Have a good solid 30 year carreer in IT, I saw the possiblities here
>> and on the premise that they would be there to help with what I needed
>> help with, I bought in. Big Mistake.>> I have recently contacted a manager in customer service, written a
>> very lengthy letter explaining why I want a refund on the unused 5 stores
>> and 2/3 of the rip mentoring investment. Lsst word from them was and this
>> is a direct quote "you can count on me calling you at the end of the
>> day or tomorrow morning".>> That was over 2 weeks ago. At this point I don't expect to hear from
>> her again nor for storesonline even acknowledge my last correspondence.>> At this point I am trying to explore what other options I have to take
>> further legal action. I'm hoping there are enoguh people who have been
>> swindled by this company to try to get a class acion lawsuit going. I will
>> be contacting the Washingtom and Texas representatives that another posted
>> eluded to in response to your post to see if they can use my input in
>> their cases and possibly be included in any action they take.>> I have give SOL a chance to mnake things right and they choose to
>> ignore me. If there is one thing I have learned from all this it is the
>> power of the web. These guys deserve to get smoked and if enough uproar
>> hits the web, I am sure it will hurt them as much as they have hurt the
>> people whom they have taken.>> Hope this helps in your decision if you are still wavering. Just walk
>> away... its a BAD BAD BAD deal.>> Garry
Garry, thanks for your input. So, my sister and I aren't alone! StoresOnline visited Ohio in June 2008 and we bought the Platinum Package. We laterl had the telephone classes where they pressure sold another package at the end of each class. My response eventually became "And how much does this cost?". They sold us $29,595.60 (credit card receipts and invoices they sent us) but charged us $36,306.50. We never even got a website. Ikongo totally ignored us. This is a VERY bad deal. Best -- stay away from it!
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