Complaint Review: JGB Enterprises

Since August 2003 I have been promised large cash rewards for purchasing simple items at outrageously inflated prices. I'm ashamed to admit I've been foolish enough to spend about $7,000 over a period of six months for a mere few dozen simple items that should cost no more than a total of a couple hundred dollars, if even that much!

Even worse; I was stupid enough to provide a testimonial and two photos of myself, on good faith, for JGB Enterprises to use in promoting their own business. I gave them free advertising and bought their overpriced products! I just funded the promotion I never received!

Supposedly, the overpriced product cost is the cost of entering into the large cash promotions. The large cash promotion results, or any results for that matter, have yet to materialize, even after months of talking on the phone with the top individual who actually (supposedly) issues the promotional checks.

I did receive an $80 Walmart gift card (after I spent weeks making persistent phone calls asking when the promised promotional results would be issued). I received many clever stall tactics, such as "Buddy, you're the star of the show"; "I'll be calling you real soon, so practice smiling, because you will be very happy"; "You've got the one everyone else is hoping to get"; "There's not a chance in a billion anything could go wrong"; "Just stay with us a little longer and you will be very pleased"; "I'm just waiting for your forms to be processed", etc.

"I'll call you be the end of the week with great news, next Monday at the latest."

And of course I never even receive the promised phone call. Not even a courtesy call saying Sorry, but you did't win. Nothing. Dropped like a old used rag!

I'm always the one doing the calling when waiting for my products to be delivered or my promotion results to be issued. JGB Enterprises only calls me when it's time for me to make another overpriced purchase and be strung along by more high pressure sales pitches!

In fact, when I was initially contacted by the top individual who issues the promotional payouts (if there are any), he said to me "I can't understand why you don't sound more excited about this...You're going to be $50,000 richer...You can afford the whole cow!" That was two months prior to this posting. I still have no straight answer and no cash!

Since I was on a tight budget, I was allowed to split my orders in half to enter the promotions. I was generously allowed to pay only $1600 at a time, instead of the usual $3200. Of course, the orders were sent to the wrong address every time! It took weeks to receive my orders, even after I made numerous follow-up calls.

If JGB Enterprises will issue me the $50,000 they promised me several months ago, I will gladly issue a clarifying rebuttal in their favor.

If not, I want my $7,000 back! JGB owes me that much just for the advertising testimonial and photos I provided to them to promote their business! By their own admission, they would have to pay much more than that to contract professional advertising services.

ILYAN
TORRANCE, California
U.S.A.