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I have been an Associate for Prepaid legal currently Legal Shield since 2006. I worked hard and earned the rank of Director with this company. I also earned the rights to sale there CDLP Plans There Business Plans and there Group plans. I worked very hard to gain a small business with members. but as time went by I had some problems with the attorneys that didn't seem to want to do anything when I called them for help. So in frustration I stopped the prepaid legal plan that I was paying for which was a Business plan. and was somewhat expensive not the cheap plans they offer by far. so after a while they told me that if I didn't sign back up for a legal plan they would discontinue my Associate agreement. so OK as to keep my Agreement active and to get paid for my hard work I decided to sign back up for a legal plan only to be told that I could not sign back up. since I had made a complaint about the law firm I was not able to reactivate my plan. I have several hundred dollars worth of there DVD"S and Advertisement junk now as I cannot use it. I am very disapointed that this company thinks that they can just take away a persons business at anytime with no regards for the investment that was made by the Associate. I have decided to write this post to hopefully stop someone that might read this at least take a closer look at this company before falling into there trap. There are a few people that make money with them but it is far a few between. and there service is not what they claim it is. If you just need a letter once in a while they may be ok as long as it doesn't really have anything to do with any real legal action. I had payed over $3000.00 in membership fees to this company when I was told by them that they would not even write a letter to an Insurance company that had stopped paying my disability payments. and went on to tell me that they did not represent me as a client. There sales pitch is they will write a letter. read it carefully it really reads they will write a letter or make a phone call only at there discression which means they will do nothing. at least that was what it amounted to in my case. so I filed a complaint with Legal shield and this is what I got for it. I tried to explain everything to customer service which had already closed there ears to anything I had to say. anyway the bottom line is they stole my business from me and I am stuck with there crap. but I hope that my story will help you. please don't make the mistake I made. I hope with all my heart that this will save at least one person but the more that read it and the more it saves the better I will feel for posting it. if you have any questions or similar experiences with this company please post to this lets save the ones we can from the big giant ripoff company's that seek to take advantage of us out there and this is one of them.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Nancy
Hollywood,Florida,
USA
There is always more to the story
#4Consumer Comment
Thu, April 30, 2015
I truly feel bad for this individual, however, as a consumer of the LegalShield family plan membership I liked it so much I became a marketing associate. The associate agreement one accepts when one becomes an associate clearly explains that inorder to stay vested to earn commissions, overrides, and renewable income one must either maintain a LegalShield plan membership or make 3 sales per quarter. It also clearly states under what circumstances the company can end its relationship with an associate. Those circumstances do not include having an issue with the legal services themselves, the provider law firms or specific attorneys. There is an entire customer servcie division to work on behalf of the members if any problems arise. The grounds for the company ending its relationship with an associate are related to an associate disparaging the company and its services. I suspect this is just what happened. In the 13 years I have been a member, and the 9 years as an associate, I have only once had an issue with the company that I was seriously unhappy about as an associate. I have never been disappointed in the services I have received as a member. So, there is clearly more to the story here than is being reprted. Read your associate agreement before you attack the company. Individuals spend millions on fanchises, and the parent company can end those relationships under the terms of the fanchise agreement. If employees want to keep their jobs, they should know that bad mouthing the boss likely will cost them their job. If this person really valued his hard work, he would have been wise not to bad mouth the company and to keep paying for his membership. The two plans that an associate can choose from to stay vested are either $17/month or $26/month. Those are the facts. What is and isn't included without any additional charges is clearly stated in the membership agreements. If I have any questions, I can call the corporate members services for answers. As an associate, I can call corporate associate services for assistance. As an associate you are an independent business owner. Most small businesses go out of business in their first 5 years. They may also have inventory on hand. Who are they blaming? People like to blame others. It's easier than taking responsibility for their own mistakes and ignorance.
THEDOCTORISIN
Grove,Oklahoma,
More information on THE LEGAL SHIELD RIPOFF !!
#4Consumer Comment
Thu, October 03, 2013
Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen, and a very special "Hello" and THANK YOU
to the very kind and courageous gentleman/gentlelady who posted the original complaint.
I would like to add my remarks to this complaint.
Number one: Legal Shield was taken over by a Multi-Level Marketing SUPER-
SCAMMER, Ralph S. " Rip" Mason, who is worth over $100,000,000 US dollars.
Although Rip Mason is a member of the New York Bar and New Jersey Bar,
Ralph.S. Mason is, never-the-less, a CROOK. I'll say it again: Mason is an old-
fashioned, down-home, dyed-in-the wool, super-scammer: MASON IS A CROOK.
Mason is living proof that that old-school values, like perserverance, hard-work,
lies, deception, being ethically bankrupt, and having no moral compass what-
so-ever, can get you filthy, nasty. rich. And RIP MASON, like his amoral pred-
essesor, Mr. Harland " I'm a Crook " Stonecipher, is just another breed of
punk, thug, and rip-off con-man. I'd like to say further, that PRE-PAID LEGAL,
aka LEGAL SHIELD ( because they've contaminated their name ), is absolutely
NOTHING but a Multi-Level Marketing SWINDLE and RIP-OFF CON JOB.
Thay've personally cost me over $200,000 in cold hard cash, in my time
wasted, and by lieing, cheating, and bull-sh@#$%ng me and selling me
a load a horse-hoclkey that only a STUPID FOOL would fall for, or a
level-headed middle class citizen who was in bad trouble, after having been
scammed and swindled by his partner, facing a devastating illlness, and making
him believe that " all his problems would be solved" by buying a "membership"
into the most fantastic swindle since Charles Ponzi went up the river for his
scams, 75 years ago, and lately, the lousy s****.>
his folks out of TWO BILLION DOLLARS. Well, our little criminal friends at
LEGAL SHIELD have swindled the good people of the USA, out of $300
MILLION DOLLARS, walking on the broken backs of their ( you'll excuse the
expression ) "members". Hah. MEMBERS. WHAT A JOKE. Here's what I want
you to do: Get one of Mason's little "sales associates" on the phone. This is
always a part-time gig for this "sales associate". Let him or her take you
through the whole schpiel, of spurious crapola. He'll tell you that if you'll pony
up and buy his membership, your legal problems will disappear faster than a
tray of chocolate doughnuts at a Weight Watchers party. That ALL your legal
problems will be SOLVED. Then, watch how your so-called "provider firm"
tosses you around like an old tired football. And then, remember "RIP" MASON,
the Millionaire, 100 times over, who is enjoying his 85 year-old Cabernet, in a
$100 wine glass, in his vast living room, that's so big you could land a private
plane in it. Remember the $300 lunches he has. Remember that Uncle Rip can
afford the BEST medical care, the finest cars, lovely women ( even if it's just
for one night, because any real woman wouldn't be caught dead with such a
JERK ), 24/7 security service, the football tickets for seaon box seats he
enjoys, the chauffered limos; Uncle Rip is on the Social Register everywhere,
and you and I can't even get a decent table at Steak and Ale. Uncle Rip has
24/7/365 maid service. He has a $5000.00 stereo. IN HIS CAR. Me ? I have
a decent stereo, but, I had to put it on my VISA card. Uncle Rip ? Heck, a
Macintosh or a Scott, isn't too good for Uncle Rip. ANd you can just imagine
what an office layout Uncle Rip has. All of this YOU can have, also. All you have
to do, is plan your work, and work your plan: First: step on the broken backs of
the people that are gonna make you rich. Second: Do the First Step over and
over and over and over again, until you've destroyed several thousand people,
and: You're there !! I'd like to ask the very person who posted the original
complaint, to get in touch with me, as I seek to touch Uncle Rip with a class
action. Thank you, and as always, i thank with huge Thanksgiving, Mr. Ed
Magedson, the founder of WWW.RIPOFFREPORT.COM. Ed, you are the BEST.
Santa
Murray,Utah,
USA
Legal Shield Threatens my 1st amendment rights
#4Author of original report
Sat, June 30, 2012
This is a letter that I received from Legal Shield. It only verifies the statements that I have made in my previous post. If you notice they claim that I canceled my membership this I had stated in my previous post. the fact that they would not let me rejoin my membership so that they could discontinue my membership is the whim. I find it very strange that a company that sells legal products would threaten anyone about the 5th amendment but they did. and it is right here plain as day. My reason for canceling my membership was due to Legal Shields failure to provide the services that I had paid for. I think that if a company sells you a legal plan and states that they will write letters or make phone calls on your behalf they should be obligated to do so. I have two instances with Legal Shield where when I called the Legal Shield Attorneys In Utah which are Smart, Schofield, Shorter & Lunceford where I was actually told point blank that they would not wright a letter or all anyone..
The first case was to wright a demand letter to a person that I had a court judgment against. all I wanted was a letter of demand. There reply was if you can't collect it what makes you think we can.
and the second was the one I referred to in my former post where an Insurance company had stooped payment for my disability. All I wanted here was for them to wright a letter telling them I was going to appeal there decision. Which I wrote on my own and am actually winning this case on my own without any attorneys.
This is there Letter
June 29, 2012
VIA EMAIL
Mr. Santa Claus
641 W. Winchester Street
Murray, Utah 84123
RE: LegalShield Membership #( I deleted the membership)
Dear Mr. Claus:
I received a copy of your emails to Mr. Rip Mason, CEO of LegalShield, including your threats of posting "negative publicity" about LegalShield on the internet. I also reviewed your posting on Ripoffreport.com .
At your request, LegalShield canceled your membership in February of this year after receiving both a fax and email request from you to cancel. We regret you were unsatisfied with the services provided but respect your decision to cancel your membership.
Your associate agreement has not been taken on any whim as you suggest. Rather, your associate agreement will fail vesting according to our policies and procedures for failure to maintain a personal membership or meet the minimum personal sales requirements.
Additionally, I remind you that LegalShield takes any and all posts, websites and demands seriously. We will protect our reputation and our brand with all appropriate and necessary legal action. I request you direct any further requests or correspondence to my attention.
Sincerely,
Keri C. Prince
General Counsel
Corporate Offices One Pre-Paid Way Ada, Oklahoma 74820 P: 580-436-1234
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