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  • Report:  #169721

Complaint Review: SMC Merchandise - Ontana California

Reported By:
- Conroe, Texas,
Submitted:
Updated:

SMC Merchandise
www.smc.com Ontana, 92335 California, U.S.A.
Phone:
909-574-3300
Web:
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Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good? What's this?
I was excited by the convincing commercials featuring a well known actor Tom Bosley, to join this organization. Little did I know how much I would be nickle and dimed in order to just get started! I have also been contacted by other companies 'that only deal with SMC clients' who can offer upgrated services where nothing resembles what you orginally ordered. I received over 120 calls over a 3 month period on my cell phone printout from one of them trying to continue to sell to me.

SMC like any other company is what you make of it but I expect when I order my website design as one of the services offered by them to be satisfied with the end result. My domain name was correct but the spelling on the website was incorrect and I received a call from some other division stating they noticed an incorrect programming at the end of my web address which is why I have had NO HITS ON MY WEBSITE.

Since starting with SMC I have been out of more money than I've made and like I said there is a part for the business owner to play in their own success but SMC is very misleading on the costs to get this up and running.

A.P.

Conroe, Texas
U.S.A.


5 Updates & Rebuttals

Linda

Lenexa,
Kansas,
U.S.A.
Don't agree with your report

#2Consumer Comment

Sat, July 07, 2007

I was truly surprised at your comments regarding SMC. I requested their info online, received it in 3 days and telephoned the company. I was treated very well, no one ever asked me if I had a credit card and all of my questions were answered in a courteous manner. Also am wondering if the person referring to SMC as an MLM company like AMWAY is really serious about that remark. MLM is in a whole different category. There is nothing about this company that I can see that is anywhere near being classified as MLM. In order to make money in MLM they encourage you to sign other people up who are your down- line, how does this even come close to that. This is purchasing at wholesale and selling your products, not signing people up.


Charles

Crown Point,
Indiana,
U.S.A.
Don't get presured

#3Consumer Suggestion

Thu, April 06, 2006

I recently called the SMC to find out more info. After reading his shpil word for word from his cheat card in front of him, was I presured to give up my credit card info. to join now! As he continued on reading from his cheat card, I interupped him a few times with questions. Wow! he was not happy with me because he was loosing his spot on the cheat card. I could tell because he had to go back and repeat the same setence again. And Man, he din't let up. He thought he smeled blood, and kept on going as well well as I kept interuping. I wanted to laugh, but I just wanted to simply ask him some questions. I believe I was talking to a programed robot. When I fooled him by saying. "sorry sir, I don't have a credit card to give you." He proceeded to ask me if I had a bank account. I said, yes I do. He then proceeded to explain that they had a plan to withdraw my payment automaticly from my account If I gave him my account info!!. It was then I knew it was a scam. All I can say that SMC sure got some pathetic presure tatics. Sorry SMC, try again. The joke is on you!! Folks, please use your common sense. Don't give any info until you do your home work.


Charles

Crown Point,
Indiana,
U.S.A.
Don't get presured

#4Consumer Suggestion

Thu, April 06, 2006

I recently called the SMC to find out more info. After reading his shpil word for word from his cheat card in front of him, was I presured to give up my credit card info. to join now! As he continued on reading from his cheat card, I interupped him a few times with questions. Wow! he was not happy with me because he was loosing his spot on the cheat card. I could tell because he had to go back and repeat the same setence again. And Man, he din't let up. He thought he smeled blood, and kept on going as well well as I kept interuping. I wanted to laugh, but I just wanted to simply ask him some questions. I believe I was talking to a programed robot. When I fooled him by saying. "sorry sir, I don't have a credit card to give you." He proceeded to ask me if I had a bank account. I said, yes I do. He then proceeded to explain that they had a plan to withdraw my payment automaticly from my account If I gave him my account info!!. It was then I knew it was a scam. All I can say that SMC sure got some pathetic presure tatics. Sorry SMC, try again. The joke is on you!! Folks, please use your common sense. Don't give any info until you do your home work.


Charles

Charleston,
Other,
Saint Kitts and Nevis
SMC change their contracts as often as I change my underware

#5Consumer Comment

Tue, January 31, 2006

Not only does SMC change their contracts as often as I change my underware, but they have their contracts in 4 different locations, and guess what - THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT.... this way they can just say this is the one you agreed to. Here is how their contracts works - Some SMC member does or says something that SMC does not Like - So SMC just adds a new sentence or paragraph sting you can not do that. The worst part is if you take that to court SMC will have at leat 10 swear under oath that that was the contract at the time you signed up. Beleive me this is exactly what they do. When are all the people are going to wake up and smell the coffee.


Adolph

Elkhart,
Indiana,
U.S.A.
Wow! ....what a "contract"......

#6Consumer Comment

Thu, December 29, 2005

Doing a "control F" on SMC's so called contract brings up the word "you" 83 times, "your" 33 times, and "our" 6 times. Their use of "our" is almost exclusively used to explain what they WON'T do or for which they may not become accountable. . Their line of merchandise is represented with grossly inflated "retail" prices, much of it is reminiscent of a trip through a dollar store. . It's really pathetic when one time popular public figures or actors at the end of their career must resort to hawking questionable schemes on late night "infomercials", etc. I guess when you're no longer in demand in the former capacity, the only thing left to sell is your dignity. Sad. Really sad.

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