Mark claims to have a professional, savvy staff. Truth - they are manipulative and he is a liar. Mark claims to set you 10 "Qualified" appts with at least one guaranteed sale or you get 10 more appts. Truth - his so called appointments have you running all around God's green earth only to knock on a door and have the folks not only not know who you are, who you represent nor why you are there. I realized that he and his staff have zero regard for State Do not call Laws. When questioned, Mark hung up on me numerous times like a 5 year old. Finally, he "said" he would pro-rate my order and return some money. NOT! Weeks later, he then said, "Don't worry about it. I just put out a 3400 piece mailer in your name." Again - NOT! I do not know how this guy can live with himself.
Jim Tutwiler
Culver City,#2Consumer Comment
Wed, April 20, 2011
Warning...do not get ripped off by another annuity marketing scam. Instead of leads they sell appointments..sounds good if they really set up appointments. I have just put a stop payment on the check I sent to Annuity Marketing Services as I have had 5 appointments set by Mark Sugarman that are all of zero credibility. Today I drove 50 miles to my first appointment in the early morning and was asked to leave thru the door by my prospect because the prospect called Fidelity and they never heard of me. Of course not. I do not work with Fidelity and Mark told her I did. Mark was upset that I called him immediately about this and messed up His day.
My second appointment today told me he knew nothing of my appointment, is 86 years old and was still in bed. Also he has no money to invest in an annuity. Same problems with the first 3 appointments. They all asked why I am there. This is just another scam to ripoff the insurance community and sadly they will keep finding desperate agents who have trust and will be screwed out of their hard to come by money. I just lost thousands of dollars to another lead source that was also worthless after buying over 200 leads at eighteen dollars each.