Why is it that there are so many scum bags?
One of my attorney's told me once, "South Florida is a Sunny place for SHADY characters."
He's right.
Ladies and Gentleman, I’m sure that you've seen the Infomercials for this company, and they look very good...
The company in question - Direct Buy (Discount Buying Club)
One of my students is rehabbing 2 different homes. He figured that discount pricing would be the obvious way to go, and decided to call the phone number on the infomercial.
Both him and his wife, went to the showroom, we're greeted by their sales rep, after some chitty chat, they were ushered into a sales presentation, given by a sharp women.
The presentation was extremely effective and had made a lot of economic sense.
Once the presentation was finished...
Here's where it get s good...
The Hard sales tactics came out! My student said that he felt more pressure, than the 2 final contestants on American Idol...
When they said that they wanted to do their research and think it over, the Direct Buy Sales Rep. stated that it was today or never, and that they would not be allowed to come back, no matter what. When asked why, the sales rep, told them it was something to do with being fair to their vendors...(does that make any sense)
They brought in two different sales managers, to apply more pressure.
My student, John, thought that it sounded like a decent opportunity. After rehabbing one of his homes, he figured that he would have made his investment back, two times over (At least that’s how the sales Rep at Direct Buy explained it).
After the grueling sales effort of the levied by Direct Buy, they folded and signed their contract.
The contract they signed was to the tune of a $3500.00 down payment, and $95 a month for a 4 year membership.
Ouch!
So John went to work on his projects. He looked through all of the “Member’s Only Pricing” Catalogs and started estimating Rehab expenses. BUT he found a BIG PROBLEM....
Do you know what it was?????
Top 5 Reasons Uncovered, WHY Direct Buy is a COMPLETE SCAM
1. 1st Major challenge was Johnny would have to wait a minimum of 8 weeks until he received his materials and purchases. How can any business man wait 8 weeks, just sitting on his hands waiting for materials? My students do not wait for anything, they take control of their environments, which leads me into the next challenge…
2. When John went to the competitors to find materials and supplies, Home Depot and Loews we're 10 to 15% cheaper than Direct Buy on almost everything (Identical Brand Names & Quality).
3. You have to pay a minimum of 10% shipping fee.
4. NO REFUNDS or Exchanges, No Exceptions, NO MATTER WHAT!
5. They are also flat out RUDE, John and his wife, said they had a better chance winning the Power ball or Lotto, than getting a straight answer from the staff, when they asked for assistance.
Despite all D.B.(Direct buys) Johnny, still placed an order for some couches. Once they we’re delivered to DB’s warehouse, and John had went to go pick the couches up, he noticed another big problem.
Both couches we’re broken.
They refused to fix it or replace them, instead telling Johnny, that he needed to deal directly with the manufacturer and not DB.
They even went as far, as to fault-out tell him, “It’s not our problem.”
Johnny and his wife, tried to speak to the General Manager about their issues. At first he wouldn't return their calls. Johnny, not willing to accept this classic B.S. finally caught the GM face-to-face...
After their heated discussion about the broken couches, the GM (general meathead) decided he was not going to let Johnny win, at any cost…
He said that because John raised his voice, and ended up throwing him out of the showroom, and suspending his membership for 60 days.
Can you imagine that?
If I was Johnny, I'd be sitting in County Jail right now. Because, I’m not willing to accept that attitude from ANYONE, I would have gone Bruce Lee all over that General Manager and karate chop him directly in his eye.
After the couch disaster, Johnny and his wife had a major decision to make (I’m confident many DB customers are faced with the same decision) about what to do about their Direct Buy membership or mistake.
The major challenge with these kinds of fraudulent companies, is they understand how to use Legal barriers as shields and how to craft extremely one sided contracts, to basically stop their clients from EVER getting out of their contracts.
And as you've probably guessed they had a better chance of winning the #1 spot on American Idol, then getting out of this contract.
So John, came up with the Smartest idea he's had since he got himself in this pickle of a dilemma (with the insight of his wife, I always say there’s nothing as great as a women’s advice)...
Johnny and his wife decided to cut their losses and use it essentially as a write off or as a cost of doing business, especially since he’s really starting to make some big buckets of cash in the investing game, with the help of yours truly…
By the way, if you want to see your mouth hit the floor, go ahead and Google the company, like this (Google search: direct buy / scam)
Holy S%#@! I couldn't stop reading all the horror stories similar to John’s, they’re addicting.. :)
Here's the link to the Ripoff Report …(link NEEDED)
Lesson(s) Learned...
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->OBVIOUSLY, if any company won't give you a night to sleep on it, NEXT!
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->ALWAYS Google everything before you make a big buying decision, you’ll be amazed at what you can find, and it only takes less 300 seconds…
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Always, take control of your environment; NEVER let any loser pressure you into making a UNIFORMED decision.
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