Complaint Review: DSMAX - Worthington Ohio

Ok, SO.... I ALso know Thomas extremely well. I was his administrator. Yeah, he is a great guy, with a very easy-going personality. But, just because someone has great attidtude or has a hard-work ethic doesn't necessarily mean um... ANYTHING! It all started like this.... I am a college grad, working to go back to school. As I came on an interview at Playmaker Promotional Group, I was promised bonuses, trips, HEALTH INSURANCE, and um a paycheck... that none of which were received. Well I take that back, I did get paid two times that were actually paychecks. I am currently owed 1,200.00 in backpay. I had to walk out because I couldn't volunteer my time anymore.. I am not volunteering at a scam artist's place. Where I'm taught to lie on the phone, and read from a "phone script" and when someone asks is this door-to-door, im told to say,"well not necessarily." Um, no thanks. Or running errands for him, which were NEVER reimbursed or even an offer. And how about this, My bank calls me two days ago, and says a check from a Playmaker Promotional Group has come back with insufficient funds. So now, I'm negative 500 dollars in my bank account, and I'm still owed 1200.00 for paychecks I never received. I've taken legal action, and called the state of Ohio's Attorney General and they referred me to the office of the state's Prosecuting Attorney. Since they have brought another manager in to "help" Thomas, I'm not sure what else to do. I just hope word gets out about these scam artists, and they will never be trusted or allowed to hurt anyone again.

Thomas might be nice. I am nice too. So Thomas is hardworking. I am hardworking now and I worked hard when I was in the business. The business traps you into manipulating people to do what you want. What you manipulate people to do is not in their best interest. As a manager in ds-max you get people to start a career in sweat shop sales. Many of these people have never been on commision before. You send them out with someone that makes ok money. You leed this impressionable job applicant to believe that every day he will make good money. That is not the case. Reps can go through slumps that last weeks. Their is no base and the commissions are not that much. What a rep makes on a good day is not often enough to cover for a bad one. ds-max also leeds these reps to believe they will be financially independant by not paying attention to any negatives, setting your goals on financial indendance via thier marketing program. This program is door to door sales and coercing enough job applicants to go door to door like your self. When you have a big enough crew you can make a portion of their sales and then sit in an office all day and do interviews to get more people trained to go door to door. So now Thomas must pay his rent and advertising costs. If he does not get more reps to sell - he will go broke. He is between a rock and a hard place. That is why he gets people to move long distances with vague promises of nonexistant benefits and set earnings. Thomas is hyped up on the ds-max idea of self financial independance by teaching others to get rich. Maybe he really does hope that everyone he takes on will do wall. Ds-max teaches people to ignore all negatives. So he looks at it as a law of average if a rep he takes on in his company quits because they can't make any sales. Oh well - just hire some one else! When I was a leader I got people to stay on my crew that should never have been in the business. And then I had people on my crew that were doing great but then went broke when a shitty campaign came along. Yet I still tried to make them stick it through. Because dsmax/cydcor/grantonmarketing make you lose your soul for the idea of being a successful vice president!

I know Thomas very well. He's got to be the hardest working person I've ever met. I also know that the situation in Columbus is not entirely Thomas' fault. I was a former owner with DS-Max who has since moved on to better things. The reason why that office has never done well is because there are SEVERAL other offices in Columbus. I mean, seriously, how many people live in Columbus? Is there really a need for 8 other offices in the same city? This location has NEVER done well. I feel bad for all the poor souls who have endoured the crap that has gone on with that location, brought on by stubborn and lazy marketing directors, promoting owners, and even VPs - who know what is going on. Believe me Thomas has the best intentions - he just hasn't faced the fact that he needs to move on beyond DS-Max. I'm truly sorry about the time you wasted and the stuff you went through. What will likely happen is the office will be shut down and Thomas will go on a retrain or the powers that be will try to bring in another crew to get things going again. This is just like putting a band aid on a crack in a very big dam. It won't last long.

I know Thomas very well. He's got to be the hardest working person I've ever met. I also know that the situation in Columbus is not entirely Thomas' fault. I was a former owner with DS-Max who has since moved on to better things. The reason why that office has never done well is because there are SEVERAL other offices in Columbus. I mean, seriously, how many people live in Columbus? Is there really a need for 8 other offices in the same city? This location has NEVER done well. I feel bad for all the poor souls who have endoured the crap that has gone on with that location, brought on by stubborn and lazy marketing directors, promoting owners, and even VPs - who know what is going on. Believe me Thomas has the best intentions - he just hasn't faced the fact that he needs to move on beyond DS-Max. I'm truly sorry about the time you wasted and the stuff you went through. What will likely happen is the office will be shut down and Thomas will go on a retrain or the powers that be will try to bring in another crew to get things going again. This is just like putting a band aid on a crack in a very big dam. It won't last long.

I know Thomas very well. He's got to be the hardest working person I've ever met. I also know that the situation in Columbus is not entirely Thomas' fault. I was a former owner with DS-Max who has since moved on to better things. The reason why that office has never done well is because there are SEVERAL other offices in Columbus. I mean, seriously, how many people live in Columbus? Is there really a need for 8 other offices in the same city? This location has NEVER done well. I feel bad for all the poor souls who have endoured the crap that has gone on with that location, brought on by stubborn and lazy marketing directors, promoting owners, and even VPs - who know what is going on. Believe me Thomas has the best intentions - he just hasn't faced the fact that he needs to move on beyond DS-Max. I'm truly sorry about the time you wasted and the stuff you went through. What will likely happen is the office will be shut down and Thomas will go on a retrain or the powers that be will try to bring in another crew to get things going again. This is just like putting a band aid on a crack in a very big dam. It won't last long.