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This company is the worst for employees.....I worked here in their Marketing Dept.....I collected leads at different events....I was promised to be paid per lead......they never paid as promised. They cheated and stole and made up one lie after another....
I did not stay long. My manager was the absolute worse....Tammy, she did not have any expertise in the field. She actually was fired after I quit....I understand they still owe her to the tune of 4,000. I consider myself lucky to have left the first time I was cheated. The CEO Deon Barnard ....is totally full of himself...He is the best LIAR I have ever seen....especially when he is in front of a crowd...He will twist and turn and put on a show for the crowd... I must admit he is quite funny for a little guy....
Do business with this company at your own risk....from the inside I would not do business with them. I doubt if they will be in the USA long as there whole plan is to get people to give up their banking information and travel years later. They claim to have sold many trips....or so the LIAR Deon claims but can produce no pictures of tours ever leaving. Just a few isolated folks that are his personal friends who he then hires as staff to give testimonies.
If someone refuses their payment plan...and insist on traveling in the next couple of months they are given one excuse after another. I am not sure why. If you ever attend one of their "Events" take the gifts and run...I hear there is another travel agency on the St. Armands Circle run by a lovely couple that can do what Go Touch Down Travel & Tours can't and that is DELIVER....Word is...Tammy the fired manager is there and they are teaching her to deliver as well.. Good for you Tammy...Hope you collect your $4,000.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Deon Barnard
Sarasota,Florida,
Carmen Celestine Court Order
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Fri, July 19, 2013
Important notice to all clients, staff, friends and family that read this post written by Carmen Celestine (aka Unhappy Sammy, Damian, Gary)
She is an ex-employee that was asked to leave our offices in St. Armand's Circle, Sarasota Florida on June 6th, 2013 after a series of events, threats and bad conduct. When she refused to leave the premises, the authorities had to remove her. Some of our Staff at our offices have proceeded with criminal charges against her and one of her sons. This disgruntled ex-employee arranged her sons to start picketing for days at one of our stores in St.Armands Circle and then she started a series of rip-off-reports and smearing campaigns on ten internet about our comapanies and Directors.
On July 2nd 2013 this isolated and serious matter was refered to court and heard in the Circuit Court for Sarasota County. "The Judge has ordered Carmen Celestine, her sons, Agents, her Attorneys, Representatives of this family, and all others acting in concert or participating with her; to remove all the defamatory, disparaging, libelous and false statements about our companies, staff and Directors posted on the internet, rip-off-report, websites, blogs, internet search engines including Google, Yahoo and Bing."
To date Carmen has not complied with the court order and contempt proceeding are now in process. The authorities are looking for Carmen Celestine's whereabouts as she has provided false addresses to our company, authorities and the IRS.
The Touch Corporation group would like to apologize again for any inconveniece these posting by Mrs. Celestine has caused during the past few weeks. Please do not hesitate to contact Touch Corporation or any of our subsidiary companies for a full statement, testimonials of travelers, or more information about our show and tell social events.
Touch Corporation is the holding company for a large collection of internationally based partnering companies, with over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Our award-winning group employs more 1,000 staff worldwide and has made a significant impression on the leisure market. We proudly boast recognition of being named the Top Marketing Company for 18 consecutive years in of Africa’s leading tourism sectors. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is reflected in the success of each of our affiliated companies.
Deon Barnard
Sarasota,Florida,
Touch Corporation Response
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, June 08, 2013
Dear Patrons, Employees and Friends. This report has come to our attention. It was posted in the past 24 hrs by the same disgruntled ex employee as seen under a seperate heading. We apologize for any discomfort that this report may have caused. We have referred this unfortunate incident in order to seek a suitable remedy. Sincerely Touch Corporation