Todd
Pomona,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, December 27, 2005
Dear JC, I was in the organization you are complaining about - not in BC, but in the States. It all stems from a loosely affiliated group of sister companies in the "ds-max" umbrella. Your efforts to stop solicitation by Innovage reps will work only if you and the other businesses in the area are persistent. Having all the businesses in the area on the same page, training your employees and writing the authorities in your locale are all good things. But the reps are right, they are trained to ignore the signs and it is only through fortitude on your part that the reps will stop coming. Another thing you could do is maybe hand some web sites to the reps on some scrap paper. The sales reps that do this kind of thing are deluded by dreams of false riches and are poorly paid. They are to be pitied, not shunned. There is a great msn user chat group called ds-max the aftermath which is filled with advice and stories from former reps about this horrible organization they were once part of. Lastly, don't be lulled into a false sense of security this week. Normally the week between christmas and New Years is taken off - but it might have changed since I was there. Good luck,