Brian Bowman on performance based marketing through Reply.com

Another scam by payam zamani.  Who was fired from autoweb.com and which was later sued!  Google autoweb lawsuit.

These reply.com thugs are scammers and have been for years!  I was just recently scammed out of my money with leads that have numbers that don't work but they promise the world to you.  Should have done my research first!

Folks - I know that Reply seems like a reputable company at first... they seem to have connections all over the place and are growing like weeds - however the truth is sales people are getting harassed and sold a bill of goods which is never delivered.

In my case, we were sold on the system, the quality of the leads and the ability to "return" leads which were invalid, were old, already bought/sold, were working with another realtor already, with wrong numbers and wrong emails etc... but when we subscribed and then were given the first few leads - all but one was bad - and asked for a credit for future leads as per the sales pitch - they refused. In fact they pointed to a new link with their return policy which is extremely limited in scope. Basically they pitch you on the great quality - and on the ability to return for credit - no risk right - WRONG... then they switch you to a contract term in the fine print that says even if you are unhappy you must give us 30 days notice to cancel - and we will still provide worthless leads to your account and still charge you for them... furthermore - there are over-charges to our account on multiple counts.

I finally had enough of their BS and terrible customer service - I called, wrote and called again to cancel. It was finally, 2 months later, canceled - but only after they had abused our customer trust by what can only be described as STEALING money straight out of my checking account via ach/visa debit card.

I would have just cut my losses and moved on - but then they charged AGAIN... hitting me several hundred - then again - totally several THOUSAND DOLLARS in illegal charges. I immediately called - demanded a refund - they said they saw it was canceled and the charges were invalid - then I waited... no refund... so I went to my bank and protested the charges... its been 2 months and still not resolved. 3 months after cancellation - I see yesterday a charge for $100 to these goons! I mean that charge isn't even a multiple of a fee they would charge for a cancellation or for a lead... they just stole the money out of my account without an invoice, without a reason... just took it,...

I got a call after I canceled asking me to look at their great lead generation service - I guess they didn't know I was already pissed off at them - so I let them walk me through the entire process - the entire sales pitch - but this time I was recording it with my cell phone's voice recorder. Sound quality is not the best - but it clearly has the reps name, the number, and their sales pitch to entice us to buy their inferior product and their made-up return policy which is a total lie. Nothing about the cancellation period - they say if you don't like it - cancel at any time... not that they are going to have free range on your credit card or bank account... total goons in my opinion...

So.. I started looking for others who have similar experiences - and I have found HUNDREDS of victims just on a few of the top rip-off-report, scam and complaint websites. I decided it was time we all joined forces and really documented this scam for what it is - a bunch of techie scam artists and boiler room sales pitches... I and several others are working on a website to document the facts, the stories of how lives have been affected and the abuses of this company - feel free to help us by sharing your story at :  www.Stop-Reply.com