Complaint Review: Russ Whitney - Cape Coral Florida

I attended one of Russ Whitney's free seminars and got hyped up enough to sign up for a weekend seminar. That cost me $1590.00 for a weekend that was basically an "overview" of all the materials you receive when you pay for the weekend. (books,cd's)

I was overwhelmed and very disappointed after discovering that they only give you enough information to give you the impression that it is vitally important to take additional "bootcamps" in order to learn what is necessary to succeed.

I again, was sucked into this salespitch because I was hungry for this information. They only feed you enough so you'll want "the rest of it". The "rest of it" cost me another $6990.00.

I got home feeling sick to my stomach but convincing myself that when I go through their bootcamps, that I will have gotten enough information to make my money back.

Not long after the 3-day weekend, I received a call from Joe Gnazza. He evidently is in charge of upgrading the package you purchased to a higher level.

Joe kept me on the phone for 1 1/2-2 hours leading me to believe he was "interviewing" me to be one of their next successful "Hall of Famers"

He used very deliberate series of questions to find out how much credit you have available.At first, he asks in such a way to see how much debt you have and then asks what your credit limit is on each credit card.

I asked "several" times how much it was going to cost me for what they were trying to sell me in addition to what I had already purchased. I never got a straight answer. They have a second person that gets on the phone with you to further wear you down. He would just tell me that it was anywhere from $5,000-$20,000.

It wasn't until they tallied up my available credit left on my cards that they hit me with "their" amount that it was going to cost me.

I was "never" given a receipt or a right to recind offer. Needless to say, I was absolutely sick over this newly incurred debt.

The phone coach that was included in this newly upgraded package was the biggest waste of money and time. She would call once a week for 10 weeks. It again, was just an overview of what I had already read and listened to on the cd's. Most weeks she just repeated the same material from the previous week.

Whew! That couldn't have gone fast enough! I even complained to her about the cost and how high pressured the phone call was. She just responded saying, "Just think of it as a Masters degree"

I attended the Millionaire U down in Cape Coral, Fl. and it was so fast paced that most of us were overwhelmed. It was also because you not only pay for the "platinum package" but you also pay for a flight,hotel,rental car and meals.

You just keep thinking that by the next "bootcamp" I'll for sure know enough to get this $20,000 paid off. Not!!!

I attended one more bootcamp the end of April 2003.Most of the students were so mad that the instructors spent so much time trying to sell us on the "note" business than teaching us about Creative Financing.

Again, you figure how much money it takes to get to one of these bootcamps. A few of their employees admitted that Whitney Education knows the percentage that will sign up from the free seminar for the 3-day. And again, the percentages that will sign up for a package and from that the percentage that will actually spend the money to go the these bootcamps.

I have talked to several people about this and I have been encouraged to get ahold of the Attorney General of Florida. I have been told that because I never received a receipt or told I had the right to recind that I could dispute this.

I also feel very strongly that what I "thought" I was going to receive (value) of the information was a far cry from what I actually got so far.

Leilani

Renton, Washington
U.S.A.