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Complaint Review: CBT DIRECT - SKILLSOFT - CLEARWATER Florida
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CBT DIRECT - SKILLSOFT
25400 US HWY. 19 N. SUITE 285 CLEARWATER, 33763 Florida, U.S.A.
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CBT DIRECT - SKILLSOFT - smart Certify ripoff CLEARWATER Florida
I applied for a chance for a free a+ coarse on the internet and the next day a sales rep. by the name of caryl kellerman called and did not bring up the free course that their web site had listed but started talking about what cbtdirect had to offer me that I would be follish pass up and started talking about all
the businesses that use their training without ever talking about the price of these courses.
Then came the con job. I was told the courses would be $3000 but today she could sign me up for only $2400 and she wanted do know what credit card I would want to charge this amount to. BE WARNED BECAUSE when I told caryl that I would have to think about this she did not want me to call her back because then she said if I could finance this for you tonight at zero interest and get you started right now would you do it and you
know that how it all started.
After I hung up I could not believe this women had talked me into this contract when I had no thought of signing up for these courses. After taking time to think about this strong arm sales pitch I called to see if there was any way to get out of this contract the nice people at cbtdirect now are the ones that say you signed the contract and theres no way for you to cancel
that I owe the money to the finance company and there nothing they can do.
WARNING WARNING WARNING. IF CBTDIRECT CALLS YOU ONE NIGHT PLEASE HANG UP. DON'T LET THESE WELL TRAINED CON ARTIST START THERE SALES PITCH ON YOU. IT'S HARD TO GET THEM OFF YOUR PHONE
Paul
indianapolis, Indiana
U.S.A.
the businesses that use their training without ever talking about the price of these courses.
Then came the con job. I was told the courses would be $3000 but today she could sign me up for only $2400 and she wanted do know what credit card I would want to charge this amount to. BE WARNED BECAUSE when I told caryl that I would have to think about this she did not want me to call her back because then she said if I could finance this for you tonight at zero interest and get you started right now would you do it and you
know that how it all started.
After I hung up I could not believe this women had talked me into this contract when I had no thought of signing up for these courses. After taking time to think about this strong arm sales pitch I called to see if there was any way to get out of this contract the nice people at cbtdirect now are the ones that say you signed the contract and theres no way for you to cancel
that I owe the money to the finance company and there nothing they can do.
WARNING WARNING WARNING. IF CBTDIRECT CALLS YOU ONE NIGHT PLEASE HANG UP. DON'T LET THESE WELL TRAINED CON ARTIST START THERE SALES PITCH ON YOU. IT'S HARD TO GET THEM OFF YOUR PHONE
Paul
indianapolis, Indiana
U.S.A.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Jjones
Ephrata,Pennsylvania,
U.S.A.
Strong arm sales pitch??
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, January 01, 2009
Are you kidding me? Have you ever bought a car in your lifetime? Even go to local trade shows or flea markets? How is asking you if you will sign up today if they give you zero percent financing a strong arm sales pitch. I've talked to a rep from quickcert.com that was going to give me 2 courses at the price of one. You know what I did, I said, "I'll have to think about it, and I'll have to call you back." What you need to understand, and this is coming from a person who has been in sales for years, is that those salespeople NEED you to call back. They are trained to act like they don't care, to act like it's a now or never deal, but 9 times out of 10, if you call back you will get the same deal. Those are the tactics they use. And as far as skillsoft is concerned, I know for a fact that the U.S. Military does use their courses, in fact, I'm training for my A+ certification right now through Skillsoft, via the Army.
David
Hudson,Florida,
U.S.A.
dan and bj are employees
#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, March 26, 2008
I read the rebuttals on this and know for a fact, air force, microsoft, etc... do not endorse or have contracts for training, they say microsoft uses it even if some lower employee of microsoft bought a course 5 years ago, so don't believe the above rebuttals as they are fabricated. cbt direct uses a proven sales script that exploits the emotional side of you to get you to agree. I know, I was a rep for 5 years. they promise boot camps without an instructor too, most employees are on probation or parole.
Bj
Largo,Florida,
U.S.A.
Dans rebuttal
#4UPDATE Employee
Fri, November 23, 2007
Dan you are right , hard to believe... co. has been in business 16 yr's , you are using the same training material that the USA , USAF , USN , Dept. of Defense , MicroSoft etc... use. People are not strongarmed, give me a break your on the phone and you are an intelligent adult. if not interested in career advancement - hang up! If people would do the research , they would find fruad reports and FBI looking for the guy that owns ripoff reports... He has a huge record. Bo
Dan
Albany,New York,
U.S.A.
Very suprised!
#5Consumer Comment
Sun, October 14, 2007
I have been using this company for about 3 years now and I was very suprised to read this. I needed to contact them to make another purchase for someone in my dept and I did a google search and found this information. I have been in IT for 10 years now and I have used a variety of different methods and I find that CBT Direct has the best material that I have found. I still cannot believe any of these reports. VERY SURPRISED! Dan
Poi
Astrabula,Ohio,
U.S.A.
FIle a Complaint to the Attorney General
#6Consumer Suggestion
Thu, March 15, 2007
CBT is only able to get away withthis because no one has gone to the attorney Genral to report this issue. The AG's office will be able to stop this company. There are a lot of people on this site talking about being scammed by this company and if allo f you complained the AG would have enough evidence to shut the company down. AG website link http://www.myfloridalegal.com/. File a complaint on the lending company and CBT it's the only way to stop them
