Heather
Clearwater,#2UPDATE Employee
Fri, May 01, 2009
As a developer of high-quality training materials, we take customer feedback very seriously. The sales practices mentioned in the ripoff report listing from 2004 are outdated. While QuickCert continues offer free course trials to potential customers, they are truly free. In response to the latest complaint, QuickCert is a Microsoft Certified Partner, listed under our original corporation names, KeenSkills Inc and Specialized Solutions. Please see the following link: https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Partners/PartnerDetailsView.aspx?partnerid=bc2f1e8fd0dd40d19c2d9428723ee793 Microsoft knows of QuickCert by the names KeenSkills and Specialized Solutions. We are undergoing a re-branding effort, as we have been under new management since 2006. We sincerely apologize for any confusion our multiple names may have caused, and are in the process of clearing this up.
Mastriano
Philadelphia,#3Consumer Comment
Thu, April 16, 2009
Hey, So I got a phone call from quickcert today, almost got ripped off. I posted my own story as well... but, I want know what happened to you? The FBI and all that?
Konrad
North Bend,#4Author of original report
Tue, September 21, 2004
THEY STILL OFFER A *FREE* DEMO COURSE.... AFTER READING ALL OF THIS, IS IT REALLY FREE??? http://www.quickcert.com/freedemo.htm Tuesday 9/21/2004 Free Demo Course and FREE Skill Testing - Try out our Microsoft and CompTIA Certification courses absolutely free. Sign-up and experience the dynamic and effective computer-based PowerLearning System curriculum of Specialized Solutions. We offer MCSE, Office 2000, Office MOS XP, MCSA, MCDBA, CompTIA CDIA+, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Linux+ and more! You may need to download a specific version of a media player in order to get the most out of your free demo course. Test your skills using Specialized Solutions's IntelliSage Skill Tester simulator. Discover what you know and what you need to study for your Microsoft and CompTIA Certification. We want you to be successful in becoming certified! The IntelliSage Skill Tester is designed to give you an overview of your present knowledge and skill set within a specific course title. Once you get an idea of where you are, one of the Specialized Solutions Product Consultants can help you decide what course you need to achieve your IT goals and get the certification you want. We offer a variety of Microsoft and CompTIA Certifications. Please fill out the form to try our MCSE, A+, Cisco CCNA, Linux+, Network+, Microsoft Office Products and many more! Good Luck! CHECK OUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS COMPANY>>> http://badbusinessbureau.com/reports/ripoff106762.htm http://badbusinessbureau.com/reports/ripoff87104.htm THEN ASK YOURSELF... WHY WOULD ANY COMPANY WANT TO MOVE THEIR COMPANY HQ TO LEMON STREET?? The pestering seems to have stopped for now... so I will cease fire for a while. I promise I will be back if their accounting department hassles me to pay for their *FREE* demo and threatens to ruin my credit report.... Yeah Right. In the meantime, ... government work is slow... I'm still filing all the paperwork with the FBI, the FTC and the Attorney General's Office here in Washington State. BY THE WAY, THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS MORE THAN 20,000 EMPLOYEES. MANY OF THEM ARE IT FOLKS. WHY WOULD THEY WANT ANYTHING BUT A GOOD RECOMMENDATION???? IT'S BEYOND ME.
Konrad
North Bend,#5Author of original report
Sat, September 18, 2004
Larry Treiber Guest Registered: Not Yet Location: Country: State: Certifications: Working on: Total Posts: N/A QuickCert: WATCH OUT! Anyone thinking of purchasing any of the QuickCert/Specialized Solutions products, WATCH OUT! These guys are disreputable characters. My wife purchased a couple of their training products for my birthday and was promised a 30-day money back guarantee. I wasn't interested and started the process to get everything returned for credit. WOW! It was like pulling teeth to acquire the necessary RMA's. After they received everything, they simply refused to provide the promised credit, and now I'm being forced to put the charges into dispute with my bank. I have also retained a lawyer to deal with this totally dishonest company. Heed my warning. If you buy from them, and are dissatisfied with their product for any reason, don't expect to get your funds back without a major battle. They are liars and cannot be trusted!
Konrad
North Bend,#6Author of original report
Sat, September 18, 2004
Try QuickCert / Specialized Solution's **FREE** CCNA 640-607 or 640-801 training offer and get this kind of threatening phone calls... Here's what I got for my FREE 30 minutes of training: 9/13/2004 7:56 40 sec Konrad this is Todd over at Specialized Solutions. We spoke last week. You didn't return my calls. Now I know why. You in and did training illegally. I have your IP address. I have that you went in on Friday. You did 21 hours, 20 minutes and 12 seconds of **FREE** training. It's illegal. So now what's going to happen is that you call me up, we clear this up or I am going to bill you for the training - legally. OK So you can either call me and clear this up or we can do it the other way. I will leave it up to you. I don't like to be taken advantage of. Allright .. I will tell you right now, I'm not going to be. This is on you. 800-942-1660 extension 266. You have some choices here. We'll see what happens. ***>IN HIS OWN ADMISSION, IT WAS FREE TRAINING (THAT I DID NOT EVEN DO.) I HAVE A COPY OF THIS PHONE CALL. I did not return their calls because I was busy at work on Thursday all day. I did not use their service after Thurday Morning 9/9. I also was at work the whole day Friday and had not time to hang out on the phone. I have witnesses and a time card.) 9/13/2004 9:06am 1 min 05 sec Konrad this is Todd. I have not heard back from you. I thought you would be in the office by now. I would like to get this expediated as quickly as possible. I'm not sure what you would like to use for payment. If you wanted to use a check or credit card... I'm really going to need to hear back from you as soon as possible. I have disabled your account. We do have proof of your IP address, the same one you admitted using, with the six hours the day before. We track everything. I guess you did not know that. I see that you went in and erased all the progress in the CCNA. You re-initialized it. That is also on file. So I would love to clear this up with you. So I suggest you call me. When our accounting department starts you to call you. I hate to send you over to collections and that type of a thing. So I suggest you call me. I'm literrally willing to work this out with you. I had a payment plan for you on Friday. And instead... you abused my trust. You know what? You did it to the wrong person, Konrad. The wrong person. 800-942-1660 my extension is 266. Talk to you soon. ***>I still have not returned one call to this nasty bunch. If this is a **FREE** trial, why is there an issue? (Their training is so "high quality" that they have to force you through extortion and threats to buy it) I did not go back an erase any progress and re-initialize anything. OK ... So you have someone's Comcast IP address. Comcast's public IP addresses are assigned using DHCP; it's not a static address. Also, someone (not me) could have used the username and password they hand out to everyone. Maybe their logging package has a bug in it. Maybe they create logs like these in order to extort people... I don't know. MY SUGGESTION: DON'T MESS WITH QUICKCERT OR SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS. IT'S NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR MONEY. 9/15/2004 10:40am 40sec Konrad this is Todd .. Apparently you are either not getting my messages or you are too yellow to call me back. It's pretty disappointing man. I don't know if your cellphone got turned off or what. Maybe things are not going well in your life. I'm not surprised with your kind of a life. Im at 800-942-1660 x266 I just want to catch up with your account, your CCNA training that you did. Give me a call when you get an opportunity. ***>I AM DEFINITELY TOO YELLOW TO CALL BACK. I changed my cellphone number because I need it to do work, not get screamed at by a hungry, agressive salesman that has to threaten people in order to "sell" his product. This is all the time I have to transcribe QuickCert's nasty phone calls. I am taking more time talking to the FBI, FTC and Washington State Attorney General's office. I hope that other people don't get taken advantage of by QuickCert Specialized Solutions.
Konrad
North Bend,#7Author of original report
Fri, September 17, 2004
-=Capture of FREE Course offer:=- The following is a text capture of the FREE Course offer I had found... Cisco CCNA - Certified Cisco Network Administrator- CCNA Affordable comptia certification training for a+, linux, aplus, inet+, network+ and many more it certifications. Try our free demo! ... Try Our Cisco CCNA Course FREE. CCNA 640-801 training, for Cisco's introductory level certification, will prepare you to ... Lemon Street, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. [email protected] ... www.quickcert.com/ciscoccna.htm - 56k - Cached - More pages from this site To Take a [FREE] Course Now!!! Click Here >> Fill out the form below to try a FREE Demo Course and Test your skills absolutely FREE! (*) are required fields * Full Name : * Email Address : * Company : * Daytime Phone : * Address : * City : * State : * Zip Code : * Country : >>Select the Product(s) of interest. Cisco CCNP Microsoft MCDST ThinkTank Microsoft MCSD Microsoft MCSA MCSE 2000 Cisco CCNA Office 2000 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Server+ CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA i-Net+ CompTIA CDIA+ Knowledge Management Windows NT 4.0 Advanced Sales Training MCSE 2003 For More Information E-Mail us at [email protected] or call us at 1.888.840.2378 -==-
Konrad
North Bend,#8Author of original report
Fri, September 17, 2004
-=Capture of FREE Course offer:=- The following is a text capture of the FREE Course offer I had found... Cisco CCNA - Certified Cisco Network Administrator- CCNA Affordable comptia certification training for a+, linux, aplus, inet+, network+ and many more it certifications. Try our free demo! ... Try Our Cisco CCNA Course FREE. CCNA 640-801 training, for Cisco's introductory level certification, will prepare you to ... Lemon Street, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. [email protected] ... www.quickcert.com/ciscoccna.htm - 56k - Cached - More pages from this site To Take a [FREE] Course Now!!! Click Here >> Fill out the form below to try a FREE Demo Course and Test your skills absolutely FREE! (*) are required fields * Full Name : * Email Address : * Company : * Daytime Phone : * Address : * City : * State : * Zip Code : * Country : >>Select the Product(s) of interest. Cisco CCNP Microsoft MCDST ThinkTank Microsoft MCSD Microsoft MCSA MCSE 2000 Cisco CCNA Office 2000 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Server+ CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA i-Net+ CompTIA CDIA+ Knowledge Management Windows NT 4.0 Advanced Sales Training MCSE 2003 For More Information E-Mail us at [email protected] or call us at 1.888.840.2378 -==-
Konrad
North Bend,#9Author of original report
Fri, September 17, 2004
-=Capture of FREE Course offer:=- The following is a text capture of the FREE Course offer I had found... Cisco CCNA - Certified Cisco Network Administrator- CCNA Affordable comptia certification training for a+, linux, aplus, inet+, network+ and many more it certifications. Try our free demo! ... Try Our Cisco CCNA Course FREE. CCNA 640-801 training, for Cisco's introductory level certification, will prepare you to ... Lemon Street, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. [email protected] ... www.quickcert.com/ciscoccna.htm - 56k - Cached - More pages from this site To Take a [FREE] Course Now!!! Click Here >> Fill out the form below to try a FREE Demo Course and Test your skills absolutely FREE! (*) are required fields * Full Name : * Email Address : * Company : * Daytime Phone : * Address : * City : * State : * Zip Code : * Country : >>Select the Product(s) of interest. Cisco CCNP Microsoft MCDST ThinkTank Microsoft MCSD Microsoft MCSA MCSE 2000 Cisco CCNA Office 2000 CompTIA A+ CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Server+ CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA i-Net+ CompTIA CDIA+ Knowledge Management Windows NT 4.0 Advanced Sales Training MCSE 2003 For More Information E-Mail us at [email protected] or call us at 1.888.840.2378 -==-
Konrad
North Bend,#10Author of original report
Thu, September 16, 2004
UPDATE Thursday September 16, 2004 ... a couple of weeks after I answered an ad on the Internet like this one:
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and one week since I got a friendly phone call from a salesman to pre-qualify me and a nice e-mail like this one: (I have removed the passord and my e-mail addresses)
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From Todd Orzechowski Thu Sep 9 13:40:37 2004
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