Complaint Review: Instinct Marketing / Caleb Sims

Please take notice that Caleb Sims (“Plaintiff”) has filed an action in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas (Ohio) – Caleb Sims v. Reviewer 1, et al. (Case A1502400) – due to allegedly false and disparaging statements published concerning Plaintiff on Ripoff Report and other websites.  This complaint is one for defamation per se and defamation. Plaintiff seeks the following relief: a preliminary and permanent injunction; declaratory judgment; general, exemplary, and punitive damages; and attorneys’ fees.  Defendants must answer the complaint within the time allotted by the Court.  Please contact Plaintiff’s counsel at DefLaw@vorys.com.

The amount of lies you just spewed out of your mouth are horrendous, you promised me a $700 cushion for my first week. Guess what you gave me 400 saying I had earned the rest out of commision. I had only made $110 dollars that first week.

Oh and by the Nick Rashidi and I both have recording of you asking us to target Mexicans, sneak back into stores and last but not least trying to find some decent cocaine in this town because you "love that s**t" I want the money that was owed to me and the co-pay for my prescription Xanax that my first trainer took, I think it was Sarah. We had to use my car so you dont have to use any gas and she took advantage when she asked for the keys to my car to grab more stuff. Once I dropped her off I found my pills gone, that co-pay of $186.35 is also expected to be paid back because Sarah was the only one in my car that day, thats whats called extremely suspicious. Hell I bet that a court ordered drug test would prove that she uses narcotics, not to mention methamphetamine while on the job. I went to you the next day to threaten to call the police but you tried to side track me with your bullshit. I have contacted my lawyer and he wants to go over every sales record I have with you, along with the employment contract (which you made sure I never signed even when I asked to).

What kills me is the day I got a better job offer you called me a traitor and tried to take the money back. I have contacted my attorney and as well as the police. Even though you are long gone from Colorado, at least so I heard, a subpeona will find you wherever you are. I heard you wanna start in New York. 

Call me anytime if you want to discuss this further, if you do not contact me within 48 hours I will send a supeona your way. Dont forget my dad is the cheif medical officer of Toledo hospital. You may have a lawyer but i promise with the reciepts I saved and your refusal to sign a contract even after asking. I will take your company. The recording of you asking to target Mexicans because their "stupid" and you asking poeple to get you cocaine will go viral.

Hope you call me Caleb

Have a great time, oh and what kind of company chages thier name so many times, to a judge or jury along with your tapes, my reciepts and 3 other members of your former staff testifying. It would be in your best interest to call

Sincerely, Eric Mills. My number is 419-913-7292,

My lawyers numbers are Schlageter Law Offices- 419-720-9340

I you do not contact me in the next 48 hours I will contact my attorneys, by the way did you know it's illegal to hire someone  full-time in Colorado without some form of contract. Just talked to my lawyers about that today.

p.s. Your buddy Nick Rashidi was in on this the whole time so he has way more recordings than I do, and they really bring out your true colors.

Another P.s. you have charges of Money Laundering, Running a Pyramid Scheme, not paying employes full amounts owed, asking employees to get you drugs, which I have multiple witnesses for and my lawyer and I are guessing that you destroyed most of my pay documents, most of those are felonies. I have a very decent job now and my Lawyers are on a $3,000 retainer. If you want the judge to make you pay for them too thats up to you.'

Like I said 48 hours or the next call with be from myself and my attorneys.

don't mess with someone who studied law for 4 years, let alone a family of Doctors and Lawyers. Lets make that 36 hours now with the evidence I have why Would I want to wait?

You have until Monday at 4.

Have a nice on Caleb, hope to hear from you soon. Also what the company name now? 

I worked with Caleb for over a year and can say that this original article is all slander and not true.  Caleb has more integrity than anyone I know.  I've seen him help out employees that were struggling through lots of issues including financial trouble, personal issues, and I've even seen him take time out of his busy schedule to go pick someone up to get them to work (and drive them home) when their car didn't start.  He even helped me out when I moved to Denver from Massachusetts by covering my gas bill to drive across the country.  I have never seen a boss take care of their people as much as I have seen Caleb do it.

Working in his office, I was surrounded by people whom all have a positive look on life, are optimistic, and are entrepreneurial minded.  Even though I am no longer a part of the organization, I still maintain those relationships that were built in the business.  Also, while part of Caleb's company, I made more money than I would have in ANY other entry level position.  Every day I thank God for the opportunity I had, the relationships I built, the money I made, and for the success that I am now enjoying as a result of my experience in Caleb Sims' organization.

Don't waste your time.

They live together, they sleep together, and they make $0 together. It's the most unprofessional "office" I've ever stepped foot in.

I worked with Caleb for over a year and I can say that this report is simply the opinion of one individual whom had a bad experience.  

In the time I worked with Caleb, I was pushed to the limits of what I thought I was capable of and challenged to make myself better than I was.  And yes, sometimes I was challenged even when I didn't feel like I wanted to be; I commend Caleb for being willing to do that when other employers would just coddle you and say it's ok.  During my time IN THE FIELD, I managed to save up enough money to 1) live a comfortable life, 2) buy a brand new car... WITHOUT A LOAN!  3) Made more than double the income than I do now as a teacher.  So do not argue with me about the money making potential of this position at the entry level.

I've seen Caleb take risks by giving people plenty of chances and second chances even when they probably didn't deserve it.  I've watched Caleb put some of these people into business for themselves and prosper.  That doesn't mean it's not hard work.  Entrepreneurship is one of the most difficult career paths out there!  Nearly every great business owner has had haters like the one that wrote the original article.  For example, if you're reading this, you may know who Sam Walton is, founder of Walmart (America's largest retailer), do yourself a favor by looking up walmart scams online, it doesn't stop the population from doing business there.  Or if you look up how many people sue McDonalds for various things, it doesn't stop them from selling 1 billion hamburgers.  My point is, if you don't have what it takes, then make the best of your experience, be thankful for the opportunity, and move on!  

After leaving, I know for a fact that I am now more accomplished and more confident in myself than when I first started with Caleb.  In my current role as an educator, I am the hardest working, most confident, and most prepared because of the training and expereience I spent with a true entrepreneur.

About two weeks ago, I lost my job so I started to look for work, which means I regularly file applications on Career Builder. While I do that and wait for responses from the places I've applied to, I usually get two areas that hit me up, no questions asked:

- Marketing 
- Insurance companies (State Farm, etc)

Let it be known I do not file to marketing firms for various reasons. About five years ago, I was desperate and filed an application for "customer service" (because, hey, I have experience in customer service) for a similar firm. I had an interview with them, on site, that was almost two hours away from my apartment. The next day, I had to follow someone around, with no pay, door to door for "shadowing". I bluntly told them that I wasn't interested in the position because I simply do not like selling things, I don't like pressuring people. I find people that do this in various stores, businesses, and at my door step to be obnoxious. They practically begged me to join on; the manager telling me he used to be introverted and that the job changed him.

By now, I have to Google each and every company that comes my way, because a good majority of the responses on sites like Monster or Career Builder end up being like this. I came to find this initial report and recalled back in the day, AGI Marketing almost had me shadow in a similar position. What I did is I told the person that contacted me I had no interest whatsoever and linked them to this article to show them that I am not that desperate.

Yesterday, I had a call for an interview. I was blown away how they completely disregarded that response of a resounding "no" with the link. I was going to schedule it and I will not lie -- I blew it off, because I am not going to do this again. I'm not wasting the little money I have on gas and I am certainly not working for such a wage to be the person that bothers me while I'm trying to shop or enjoy my time off. I got a confirmation call this morning.

Now I have three emails in my inbox, the main office desperate to interview with me, I kid you not. Sometimes I would just not go to an interview because I would read information, like this, regarding the company. Now I am basically getting spamed with emails. In my experience since the stock market crash back in '08, nobody emails you three times and calls you twice because you don't want to interview with them. They'll go to next person, because there's still six people applying for every position a company posts. To me, that's desperation and highly unappealing. If anything, it makes me uncomfortable. Also, I will not lie, if I see a company that is mentioned here, I don't want to have anything to do with them. Especially in marketing. 

Companies should be aware that us job applicants can still look up information regarding their company and do what I do: not go to an interview because you're basically making people walk around door to door for eight or nine hours with no pay. No, thank you. That's not an insentive. I'm looking for customer service and that does not translate "buy this stuff because we're awsome!".  Us consumers find that annoying, so why would I take the position of being a nuisance of pressuring people to buy stuff? Here's a protip: start utilizing social media to raise awareness to products instead of sending these poor people to harrass others to buy their stuff. Wild idea, I know, but that approach to raise brand awareness is going way with newspapers and other old world media.

P.S. - Stop bothering me. If I see "marketing" attached to your response, I don't want to have anything to do with you. Get with the times.