Complaint Review: Grow & Grow Rich LLC/ SPJ Marketing LLC

My daughter and I entered into an agreement with the above referenced entity regarding training, education, resources and contacts, few of which we have received.  Repeated attempts to access the promised information have been unsuccessful.  A group of approximately 15 of us from the October 2017 class have been meeting on a regular basis and we are all unhappy with the lack of services provided.  We have also spoken with students from other states that have the same grievances outlined below:

1. We are not receiving and have not received any coaching.  The coach we were assigned dropped off the face of the earth after about 2 weeks – and we never heard from him again….nor were we assigned another coach.

2. I have been unable to access training videos on the GGR website that are included as part of the contract.

3. Phone calls and text messages to our contacts at GGR go unanswered.  Although we did receive a call from a sales person trying to convince us to sign up for the program even though we already did.  So apparently they don’t keep records of each students status. 

4. The Consumer Credit Online Building Program they had us apply for credit through adversely affected my credit even though they assured us it would not.  Now that I have started my own business and need to establish credit,  I have been refused a business credit card due to the number of applications the company applied for in my name. I was also not able to get the lines of credit they assured me I would get, which was the only way I was going to be able to pay the full amount of the program fee and get my business up and running.

5. No help was provided to set up our business entity.  We had to research and figure it out ourselves.

6. No one answers the hotline number.  Or returns the calls.

7. None of the software or materials related to the Real Estate aspects of the Academy has been provided, even though some of us have repeatedly requested the software.

8. NO monthly conference call with Christopher Wright has transpired in the 3 months we have been in the program.

9. We did not get the 40% discount or the upfront $1000 for equipment and supplies we were promised from the hydroponics store as part of the program.

10. All the resources we were led to believe were part of the program cost extra.  In some cases thousands extra.

11. All of the “Mentors” we were introduced to and told we would be able to contact at any time have not responded to our phone calls or emails.  Some are no longer with the Academy and their expertise has not been replaced.  The substitute mentors have little experience and knowledge of the subjects.  A very large part of why I elected to join this program was because of the level of expertise these trainers have.  They are some of the best in the field.  All very misleading.

12. The 3 day class that we paid $697 is now being offered in Massachusetts for $297 and they are distributing a large manual of training material to the students that we did not receive.  When a copy of the manual was requested by a person in our group – he was refused even though we paid over double the cost of this class and have been floundering for 3 months with no help.  They told him to sign up for the 3 day class and pay all over again – then he could get a copy.

13. We were told (by Chris Wright) that we would get a “Rolodex” with all his contacts – all the experts and key people in the industry for information, resources, equipment etc. to help us be successful.  No one we know, not even those who paid the additional $25,000, has received this contact list.