Complaint Review: Marketing Solutions

I was contacted by Marketing Solutions after responding to an internet ad. The person who contacted me goes by the name of JJ Johnson, phone # 1-888-211-1631.

I had never tried a business on the internet before and being between jobs I was looking for some type of business to help supplement my income while I found a long term or permanent job.

When JJ Johnson spoke with me he told me how his clients were making money using Marking Solutions, which has several web sites(i.e. onlinefitnessexpress.com / onlinebetexpress.com / onlineshopexpress.com / onlineshopexpress.com / onlinebizexpress.com). There may be a few other site as well but those are the ones the JJ Johnson highly recommended if I was serious about making money.

I had clearly stated to JJ Johnson during our phone conversation that I know nothing about a web business nor do I have the time to market my web business (do to several jobs I was working through out the week while looking for a long term job in my field).

JJ Johnson said that this business can be a "turn-key" business because Marketing Solutions will do all the marketing for me. Although JJ Johnson could not tell me how much money I would actually make he did assure me that I would make money.

Based on this conversation I agreed to buy the above referenced web sites for one year. He mentioned that the cost of these sites depends on the amount of daily traffic you want on these sites. I paid $4,000 for a guaranteed minimum yearly traffic of 30,000 hits each, which equates to 150,000 hits for these sites over the one year.

Now this is where I wish someone had given me a BIG dope slap. After 3 weeks I was contacted by their Customer Service department and was persuaded to add an audio link to each web site. There reason being that it will make potential customers stay longer at the site to hear the persentation, making them more apt to order a product from this site.

I called several times throughout the year asking why I haven't made any money yet, and each time I was told that it takes time but I will make money. Well...one year later I have yet to make a single cent. When I go the check on the daily traffic I see a long list of hits. I don't know if these are actually hit or just a computer generated program to simulate hits.

Bottom line - STAY CLEAR OF ANYTHING TO DO WITH MARKETING SOLUTIONS, LLC. Don't make the same mistake I made.

One last thing. They will not provide their physical address (wish I had known this before I got shafted)only PO Box 63052, Phoenix, AZ 85026-9672. The rerason given to me is that it is a secure building, where all employees require a security badge to get in. I work at a nuclear power plant, and you can only imagine the amount of security I go through just to get to my office and I have a physical address!!!

Chuck
Crystal River, Florida
U.S.A.