- Report: #585125
Complaint Review: SecretsOfMasons.com - Internet Internet
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James -
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
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SecretsOfMasons.com
Internet, Internet, United States of America
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www.secretsofmasons.com
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SecretsOfMasons.com Simon Gray Beware of a ripoff, with a worthless money-back guarantee Internet
SecretsofMasons.com shows up everywhere masons or Freemasonry is mentioned -- both positive and negative. A Mr. Simon Gray touts that he is a mason, and will reveal to you "astonishing" secrets of Freemasonry. The beautifully done website shows bound volumes, and promises over 120 rare books that reveal all the secrets of freemasonry.
What you get for $37 (and "bonus books" for another $19) is an amateurish CD, containing only PDF files that are readily available on many other websites for free. Mr. Gray didn't even bother changing the file names of some of these; many have the identical names of the ones found on www.phoenixmasonry.org which lead me to believe they were simply lifted from that website. Far from secret books, these documents are public domain booklets and lectures on masonry from the early 1900s. There is nothing new, or secret, or shocking unless you count that people are obviously paying for this collection of crap.
Although the website lists an address in St. Petersburg FL, that address is actually a house in a suburban neighborhood. The local BBB has other complaints, but says they cannot locate any business at that address. For what it's worth, the CD was airmailed from China.
Best of all, the "money back guarantee" posted on the website is even more useless than the CD itself. Emails are returned with an automated message saying to file a ticket using their on-line ticketing systems. Newly created tickets result in an automated email saying someone will respond in 72 hours, but no one ever bothers to call back. And naturally, there is no phone number listed for Mr. Gray or the company.
PLEASE don't waste your money on this blatant rip-off.
What you get for $37 (and "bonus books" for another $19) is an amateurish CD, containing only PDF files that are readily available on many other websites for free. Mr. Gray didn't even bother changing the file names of some of these; many have the identical names of the ones found on www.phoenixmasonry.org which lead me to believe they were simply lifted from that website. Far from secret books, these documents are public domain booklets and lectures on masonry from the early 1900s. There is nothing new, or secret, or shocking unless you count that people are obviously paying for this collection of crap.
Although the website lists an address in St. Petersburg FL, that address is actually a house in a suburban neighborhood. The local BBB has other complaints, but says they cannot locate any business at that address. For what it's worth, the CD was airmailed from China.
Best of all, the "money back guarantee" posted on the website is even more useless than the CD itself. Emails are returned with an automated message saying to file a ticket using their on-line ticketing systems. Newly created tickets result in an automated email saying someone will respond in 72 hours, but no one ever bothers to call back. And naturally, there is no phone number listed for Mr. Gray or the company.
PLEASE don't waste your money on this blatant rip-off.
