Complaint Review: International Profit Associates - Buffalo Grove Illinois

Totally agree. We had 42 new students from all over this country and Canada one month later everyopne dropped out. Their business phylosophy, "Get the sale or get thrown out". I know and I along with 42 others are willing to testify.

You have misunderstood my intentions. I completely understand why Ripoff Report does not give out phone numbers, email address, etc. and believe me when I say that we all appreciate it very much. However, I still would like to find a way to get in touch with those who want to persue a law suit against IPA and I am working on that right now. Because this company's victims are spread all across the country, the task is a difficult as it is. I am merely trying to inform the peole who have posted complaints here at Ripoff Report too please check back here at the web site and as soon as I have found a secure way to transfer information I will let everybody know. It was in no way complaining about the operations of Ripoff Report. I think it is a fantastic service you are providing. But we have to move quickly, IPA can destroy young companies in a matter of just a few days or weeks, and I for one, do not want to see this company continue on its path of destruction any longer than necessary. If you know of a way to help those of us to contact each other please let me know. All I want to do is to give people the name of the law firm and they can contact the attorneys on their own. But, I also do not want to give out this information to just anybody. I need to be sure that those who contact the law firm are truly serious about persuing legal action against IPA. I am sorry you have misunderstood my messages, I did not mean to suggest anything negative about your web site. As I said, I think it is great what you are doing.

Posting LINKS

Many times links to unknown web sites will cause your pc to freeze up and /or cause you to get a computer virus, virtually rendering your computer useless. Most of the time, this is the work of a Company or an Individual who has been reported.

Many Government links are no better than the BBB and are just a waste of time, giving you false hope. Many government sites (like the BBB) just collect all information from you, the consumer, but never make that information available, so consumers will NOT be educated as to what exactly they should be looking out for. On the other hand, many government agencies have and do come to the Rip-off Report for information. We have been assisting many government agencies for some time now, including the FBI and Attorney General offices from around the country..

Now that all these Rip-off Reports are out in the open for everyone to see, in a way, this embarrasses these agencies into doing something when they see so many reports on a Company or Individual, because they are now out in the open for all to see. Unfortunately, many (not all) Attorney General Office's and government agencies will not move against a rip-off unless there is going to be some sort of publicity on the rip-off. By reporting your experience on the Rip-off Report, is the next best thing to getting your story on TV or in a newspaper. Most national TV networks and many local TV stations from all around the country come to the Rip-off Report for information they will not get from the BBB, Attorney General office's or any other government agency. Rip-off Report has instigated many local and national stories, resulting in help for victims, in one way or another. Most government agencies will never even bother with rip-offs unless it involves $50,000 or more. Now that the government is cutting back even more dollars for these types of programs, this number will even get higher and we can expect even less to get done, by even less people to work on all these rip-offs.

LAWYERS :

We have also struggled with the following for a long time..

The reason why we delete phone numbers, ..all too often unscrupulous lawyers or individuals posing as lawyers are collecting victims information to only further victimize them. Many times, well-meaning consumers think they are going to collect names and get them to a lawyer who will do something. In every case we have allowed a consumer victim to do this, nothing has ever came of it. Consumers were under the impression that something will be done to get them help. In every case this did nothing but lead the consumer on, further victimizing them, and some consumers were mad at us. We feel it is our responsibility to check the legitimacy of the lawyer before advertising their service on the Rip-off Report.

We will also not allow lawyers to use this web site for free when they will end up taking a large amount of fees, leaving the victim with very little. There are many competent lawyers out there that know how to get the unscrupulous Companies or Individuals who ripped you off, to pay their fees. Those lawyers capable of this can post their numbers after checking with us here at the Rip-off Report.

POSTING YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:

For similar reasons as mentioned above, we will not allow individuals to post e-mail addresses, so they can be contacted for more info they claim they cannot post. If that person can contact YOU and get the information, so will everyone else be contacting you anyway, and, if it's good enough for them to receive it by contacting you, then you should be able to post that information for everyone to see and know about. And, many times, in an attempt to get your contact information, consumers will leave an email address; this is just a ploy to sell you a product or some other service. Most likely, you will end up on other junk mail lists. ..if they have something to sell, they should place an advertisement showing support to Rip-off Report.com so we can further help consumers.

ADDITIONAL NOTE, ...about our advertisers:

As an extra added precaution to our readers, even all our PAID advertisements are checked out to the best of our ability before allowing them to be placed on the Rip-off Report. WE have turned down many advertisers to date. Advertisers on the Rip-off Report know, they are not immune from a Rip-off Report being filed on them. How many times do you see Rip-off companies advertising on TV and in publications when you know there are so many complaints about them!

We welcome your feedback on this subject.

Click on the REBUTTAL BOX below and submit a Consumer Comment so everyone can see.

ED Magedson
[email protected]
badbusinessbureau.com
www.ripoffreport.com

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Several law firms responded to our inquiries regarding a class action suit against IPA. We have decided upon a firm that specializes in both federal and state Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Acts. If you are interested in finding out more information please post a message to this forum and if possible provide your proper info so you can be notified..