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Complaint Review: East Coast Ad - EFX - Great Neck New York
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East Coast Ad - EFX
45 North Station Plaza Great Neck, New York, U.S.A.
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East Coast Ad - EFX Ripoff Misleading dishonest advertising Great Neck New York
I applied for a job with this company when a newspaper ad claimed I could make $14-18 an hour. The ad also said there would be two weeks of paid training. I called the number and was set up for an interview the following Monday.
The receptionist was very kind, but the office was playing this really loud, aggressive music that seemed inappropriate. During my interview the boss told me that I would be making presentations to local business owners and trying to convince them to carry the company's line of women's beauty products. I liked the concept and was told to come back the next day for a day of observation.
The next day I was paired with a sales girl who broke into office buildings, bothered women while they were working and managed to get the both of us thrown out of a deli and a home depot in a two hour period. Who gets thrown out of a home depot?!? There were no presenations, unless you consider selling salon packages on the street to be presenations.
I was uneasy about the whole thing, but I agreed to try it for one day - this was a mistake on my part because I should have cut my losses and went home. The next day I was dropped off to make sales. The majority of businessowners told me to go away, not because I was a salesperson, but because someone had sold them the spa packages as recently as the day before! How is someone supposed to make money in a commission-only job when all of the businesses in his territory have been covered?
I lost $40 in the three days that I traveled to and from this company. It's completely bogus - their sales girls are either part of the scam and making money from it or are being used as cheap labor without knowing it.
Kevin
Mineola, New York
U.S.A.
The receptionist was very kind, but the office was playing this really loud, aggressive music that seemed inappropriate. During my interview the boss told me that I would be making presentations to local business owners and trying to convince them to carry the company's line of women's beauty products. I liked the concept and was told to come back the next day for a day of observation.
The next day I was paired with a sales girl who broke into office buildings, bothered women while they were working and managed to get the both of us thrown out of a deli and a home depot in a two hour period. Who gets thrown out of a home depot?!? There were no presenations, unless you consider selling salon packages on the street to be presenations.
I was uneasy about the whole thing, but I agreed to try it for one day - this was a mistake on my part because I should have cut my losses and went home. The next day I was dropped off to make sales. The majority of businessowners told me to go away, not because I was a salesperson, but because someone had sold them the spa packages as recently as the day before! How is someone supposed to make money in a commission-only job when all of the businesses in his territory have been covered?
I lost $40 in the three days that I traveled to and from this company. It's completely bogus - their sales girls are either part of the scam and making money from it or are being used as cheap labor without knowing it.
Kevin
Mineola, New York
U.S.A.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Jon Himelfarb
Richmond Hill,Ontario,
Canada
Ad Efx or Adefx - Allow us to present the facts
#2
Fri, September 11, 2009
Please note that we have recently been the victim of negative reports posted by a group of 3 ex-employees who have opened directly competitive businesses. Ad Efx is highly regarded as an industry leader in the field of relationship marketing, and as a result these individuals are doing everything possible to discredit our successful business model. Since 1987 we have introduced millions of very satisfied consumers to our advertisers. We welcome the opportunity to provide our best in customer service and answer any questions that you may have at [email protected] or 888-GO ADEFX. For more information on our company, please visit www.adefx.com. Thank you for allowing us to address the libel comments.
Jon Himelfarb
Richmond Hill,Ontario,
Canada
Ad Efx or Adefx - Allow us to present the facts
#3
Fri, September 11, 2009
Please note that we have recently been the victim of negative reports posted by a group of 3 ex-employees who have opened directly competitive businesses. Ad Efx is highly regarded as an industry leader in the field of relationship marketing, and as a result these individuals are doing everything possible to discredit our successful business model. Since 1987 we have introduced millions of very satisfied consumers to our advertisers. We welcome the opportunity to provide our best in customer service and answer any questions that you may have at [email protected] or 888-GO ADEFX. For more information on our company, please visit www.adefx.com. Thank you for allowing us to address the libel comments.
Adefx Is Criminal
Ontario,California,
U.S.A.
Andrew Kallady [ sorry if I misspell your name LOL
#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, November 14, 2008
Hey Andrew I see you are still Georges lacky..what happened to fat boy...and his Vancouver office....why do you bother to try to defend..Adefx..George..you ..Burneby office ??...you of all people know exactly how this biz works.. cold call high preasure get your pitch right sucker born every minute impulse buyer promise whatever to get the cash...are you still stealing coupons from the cupboard? done any good exctasy lately??? still hire little cuties to take them on road trips ..nudge ,nudge ..wink wink.....and ALL of this absolutely true...that is why Goerge never wanted to give you your office in the past right...so please ..do not offer judgements on others whatever the bad experience they had at your office..lol I mean that place you run for George....
Kevin
New Rochelle,New York,
U.S.A.
You're a scam
#5Author of original report
Wed, December 12, 2007
You don't honestly believe that people believe in your scam, do you? I'm familiar with your company's criminal history both here in the United States and in Canado - the reason why you guys came to America in the first place is that your own government is smart enough to regulate businesses who use deceptive practices on employees and consumers. I'm not exactly where you're going to go if the U.S. is ever smart enough to do the same - Maybe Belize, or perhaps El Salvadore? Putting a new employee on the street to sell salon packages is NOT part of training a person. Also, going to college campuses and scamming students into buying a package that does not deliver any of what is promises is NOT a legitimate business practice - it's a scam, kind of like yourself. By the way, how is that lawsuit going with the University of Toronto? Maybe you and I can visit the campus sometime and find out - oh, that's right, you and anyone affiliated with your company are BANNED from that campus because you lied to its students! The average sales rep makes $800 a week? No, I don't think that's true. But I do think that the people running this scam are making quite a bundle. Maybe if you had any mental stamina and determination, you could have found a real job and put in some real effort into making it work instead of lying to people and scamming people for a living. I have a real job now, a job where the people don't quit after the first day because they know it's real and legitimate. I will leave on this final note: JUICE JUICE JUICE JUICE JUICE JUICE JUICE YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT JUICE YEAH GO FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
Bigak
Burnaby,British Columbia,
Canada
with so much experience you're OBVIOUSLY an expert
#6UPDATE Employee
Thu, December 06, 2007
Kevin, let me get this straight. You worked for adefx for exactly one day? And these are the conclusions you've drawn? The average rep in this company makes 800 per week in the entry level Kevin, after they've recieved the two weeks of training that it takes to learn the entry level. not the one or two hours you took a crack at it. In fact i purposefully work heavily marketed areas because the people that have seen it and don't wish to buy don't waste any of your time. you would understand that this is a good thing if you actually had the mental strength and stamina to stick it out for more than a day Kevin.
