Complaint Review: Clickincome - Sandy Utah

My experience with Click Income (CI) came about because of my success with eBay.

The initial "ClickIncome" radio advertisement mentioned "eBay" powersellers and building your eBay business beyond your wildest expectations.

I was at the time comparing internet business systems to promote an existing successful business and to also acquire STOCK - and drop shipment for hobbies such as RC Planes/Helicopters and accessories.

Between my wife and I - we have 6 separate successful businesses dealing with Summer rentals, RV parks, B & B's, Automotive Classics, Misc Hobbies, & Home Schooling. We have always gone above and beyond with customer satisfaction and were looking to expand our potential earnings and customer outreach.

I attended a "Click Income" presentation in Juneau, AK at the Baranof Hotel in Fall 2004. Like most folks that bought with Click-Income the process and products appeared to be fool proof. I see NOW on their web site that they are mostly into Educating their Customers about online business. This is not the sales pitch I bought into - and I certainly did not further web based education.

Total cost was just over $4,000 for their ultimate package. I attempted to opt out and investigate "Click Income" and come back the next day (Same Location in Juneau) and purchase the plan. I was told - it was now or never - and that tomorrow's price would be significantly higher. Another Scam and Lie - just a high pressure sales pitch.

The name I remember was a Mike Syme - with an e-mail address of [email protected] or similar. I may have the provider name incorrect, but the general E-MAIL ID is correct. He wanted to come across as your average dumb "Joe Bubba" that accidentally stepped into a fortune and that any dummy can strike it rich with CI.

The following day ..... I was still on step about getting my businesses centralized and to set up an online secure merchant account. Initially I was told I could use any merchant account, but afterwards, I found I had only one choice - Aria Financial. Later that day I received a phone call from some Click Income accelerated online business developer. They'd simplify my life and do all the work for me for the LOW Low low extra cost of ONLY $3995.00. I remember thinking, Gee, I barely even started the process and they were looking to sell me more.

This was a first Red Flag - and I asked about cancelling the entire deal. I was then advised there was more to cancelling than simply filing a rebuttal with my credit card company. However, I was assured I only needed to follow the process and I'd be for certain on the right track and a stream of wealth would appear. I then set up my 3 customer service telephonic sessions - dates and times - to Jump Start my Businesss Online - EEE HAW.

First session (about 2 weeks later) never took place with somebody named Victor. I was then called a week later (By Victor of CI) that something came up and that I could not be contacted prior to the session. Technology is an amazing thing and I advised no calls were made to any numbers I provided them. As more time went by, the more I realized I'd been scammed. Once when I called CI to reschedule my FREE sessions, I was advised they were forfeit because I never accomplish the registration with the recommended merchant account (Aria). BTW - none of the prices and cost of the items ever added up correctly. Anything they told me at the seminar were not quite inline with what actually happened.

After attempting to make the service work for more than 2 years, I cancelled the CI membership. This was a trick in itself - almost a Mother-May-I situation. I was not in control of my online business whatsoever - as I guess I was too stupid and they had the only fool-proof methodology. All said and done I bought more than $5,000 in expenses with CI and loads of frustration and run-around.

My recommendations - Stay Away from Click Income! Never buy a package service or contract without careful review NO MATTER how much advantage appears to be offered.

Old Saying and Worth Repeating: If something appears "To Good to be True, It probably is".

Don't let anyone or any company play upon your emotions, greed, or needs to get things done in a timely or urgent manner. If a company or will not allow a test drive of a system for a reasonable period of time before purchase, I'd suspect they are hiding something. Click Income has been reported to BBB.org more than 70 times and dozens of negative posts. One article was from an Anchorage man who attended a CI session shortly before I did. CI scammed dozens of folks in Anchorage, AK and a major article was printed in the Anchorage Daily News. CI is banned from Anchorage, AK.

Do your homework - Do your homework - DO YOUR HOMEWORK - or you are certainly prey for CI to impose their methods upon your companies true potential. When it comes to Click Income and the internet, there is more negative than positive.

ALTP - Avoid like the Plague. Unless you can afford to lose $4K to $10K in a relatively short amount of time.

Just FYI: Once we got the CI dilemma/plague behind us, our businesses have grown - but through more reputable and more localized advertising and partnerships.

Take Care,

Yonder

Ketcikan, Alaska

U.S.A.