Complaint Review: COBRA GROUP PLC. - BLUE MOON CORP/JOHN O'BRIEN - 13 PROMOTIONS/BARRY O'BRIEN

Hi,my name is Joe Johnston,
I was unfortunate enough to reply to an ad in the newspaper for an "UNMISSABLE OPPERTUNITY", I rang and arranged an interview, all exited about it I went for my first interview and met the man who would become my "Mentor" and "friend" his name was John o'Brien, now I was waiting for a phonecall to see if I was called back for my second interview, of course I was,John said that he was impressed with me and would like to offer me the best oppertunity I would ever have.

No money to invest,no strings earning potential,great working enviroment with like minded people,a support network like you have never seen, the chance to own your own buissness within 6 months and of course not to forget,lots of easy money.

When you reach ownership he would help you with clients,office setup,accounts,all I had to do was put in the hard work,give him my full attention and follow "The system".

All sounds great,I aggreed to do it,so I went out on my observation day with my team leader,at the end of the day I was offered the position of "Merchandiser" the first step on the Cobra ladder,after 2 months I achieved the first promotion to trainer,this meant I could start building my team and I felt great.

I was in early every morning spent loads of mony on clothes as I had to look like a serious "buisness Partner" I was flying.Now comes reality,I was working all the hours putting in the effort but was making no progress,I was getting into more and more debt.

The money I was earning was pittens but I just kept believing it was going to pay off.....20% of my earnings was going into a"Bond",a failsafe device for rejections.
With debts rising and confidence in"THE SYSTEM" faltering I was feeling really low when the"rally" came to Ireland for the first time,it was great,loads of loud music,all the offices from Ireland were there along with guest speakers it boosted me up to new heights an I WAS READY TO GO AGAIN.

Reality hit when an assistant owner "HAD HIS OPPERTUNITY REMOVED" BECAUSE HE DID NOT PLAY BY THE RULES.then 1 owner was fired for fraud,it was all starting to go to pieces.

I left and got a "Real job" with the intentions of going back when I had a bit of cash together but away from the office I started to notice that I neglected my friends,family,the only thing I was interested in was Cobra.

Now back in reality I run my own successfull buisness with the assistant owner who was sacked and have recovered fully from the cobra experience,
I hope this insight helps someone to avoid the same fate !!!!

Joe
Dublin
Ireland