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Complaint Review: Student Relations Inc. - Delray Beach Florida
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Student Relations Inc.
125 North Congress Avenue Delray Beach, 33445 Florida, U.S.A.
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Student Relations Inc. Total RIP OFF! Deceptive! Liars! Don't do it! Delray Beach Florida
A young girl (early 20s) came into my business asking me to sign up to advertise on folders that were to be distributed to all of the high school students at a local high school (in a very wealthy area). This was in Sept. 2007. This high school had approximately 1000 students. I agreed to do this; she showed me previous folders for that school district and they looked fine; it was covered front and back and inside with ads. I was told that my ad would be in the color of my logo.
I waited and waited to receive my copy of my folder, and never did. I was told that they would be delivered around Thanksgiving (2007). By January, i had never received my copy in the mail. I called the girl who sold me the ad, and she no longer worked for the company. I called the company, and they told me the folders were delivered and I should have received mine. I called the high school, and they said they never received any such folder; in fact, they only deal with local vendors for this specific type of item! They had never even heard of this company.
Not to mention, I didn't receive 1 patron from the folder. So, that was a sign that it wasn't delivered.
I called my credit card company that I used to pay for the ad, and after an investigation, they agreed to refund me my money, all of it! The high school wrote a letter on my behalf, which was great. Student Relations Inc. was ready and waiting with their copy of a UPS form, which didn't them any good in this case.
After I had contested everything, Student Relations sent me a copy of the folder they supposedly delivered - it had 2 ads on it! What a joke! The colors were awful!!!
Student Relations Inc. is a SCAM!!! Do not do it! They lie! Do not fall for this! You don't want to deal with them on the phone! Do your research first! I learned the hard way!
I feel sorry for people who will have to deal with this company in the future.
Alias
New York, New York
U.S.A.
I waited and waited to receive my copy of my folder, and never did. I was told that they would be delivered around Thanksgiving (2007). By January, i had never received my copy in the mail. I called the girl who sold me the ad, and she no longer worked for the company. I called the company, and they told me the folders were delivered and I should have received mine. I called the high school, and they said they never received any such folder; in fact, they only deal with local vendors for this specific type of item! They had never even heard of this company.
Not to mention, I didn't receive 1 patron from the folder. So, that was a sign that it wasn't delivered.
I called my credit card company that I used to pay for the ad, and after an investigation, they agreed to refund me my money, all of it! The high school wrote a letter on my behalf, which was great. Student Relations Inc. was ready and waiting with their copy of a UPS form, which didn't them any good in this case.
After I had contested everything, Student Relations sent me a copy of the folder they supposedly delivered - it had 2 ads on it! What a joke! The colors were awful!!!
Student Relations Inc. is a SCAM!!! Do not do it! They lie! Do not fall for this! You don't want to deal with them on the phone! Do your research first! I learned the hard way!
I feel sorry for people who will have to deal with this company in the future.
Alias
New York, New York
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Student Relations, Inc
Delray Beach,Florida,
U.S.A.
PLEASE READ.........
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, January 06, 2009
Listen folks, you don't stay in business for as long as we have, maintain an exceptional BBB rating and continue to renew over 100,000 business merchants annually by misleading and trying to hurt people. The folks who post negative comments (some are really OUTRAGEOUS) here know that they can without being edited or held accountable for their words or actions. Therefore, if you are considering joining us, then read this nonsense and decide otherwise (even though we maintain a stellar record with the Better Business Bureau), then maybe you're not for us. We will be happy to address these crazy posts on an individual basis, but will never lend credibility to their content. Just think, have you ever lost your job or got caught stealing from your company or broke the rules and policies of the organization you work with and got penalized- or even terminated? Have you ever just decided that a job wasn't for you and just disappeared? Without any notice at all? (Is that professional?) Some of you might have. Some of you might have thought you did nothing wrong (denial). That's ok, to. It happens. My question is, how would you expect that company to react? Should they break their own rules and policies in your favor just so you don't post a negative comment on a tabloid website? Well, this forum is the perfect place for disgruntled folks like that to come in and attempt to destroy a company's name and reputation - without consequence. Whether the content is true or not. We've all lost a job before. Ask yourself these questions, a.) would you take the time to come here and post lies and unquantified allegations - just because you're mad? - or would you just move on and seek other employment. b.) ask yourself about some of the outrageous content contained in some of these posts? Does it make any sense? Don't they all sound alike? Maybe too much alike? As I mentioned earlier and also in one of these posts in this forum, anyone can say ANYTHING about anyone here - unedited and unsubstantiated. Even the Editor of this site - who could not ever be reached by phone - responded when we posted the 'F' rating/s that this very site and its' aliases maintain on the Arizona BBB. Look it up. His response was, "The reason for our negative BBB record is the many lawsuits against us....etc." Is this true? Who knows? He further went on to suggest to us that the only way to make these 'outrageous lies' and 'false allegations' work in our favor was to respond 'positively' to them. Look it up. It's here somewhere. POSITIVELY! Have you read some of this stuff? It's mind-boggling! Lastly, and in a very cavalier tone he mentioned that these comments would become part of our permanent online record and would never ever be removed (it's not their policy). He even dared us to sue him (we did not). We didn't even file a complaint. What would that solve? Ed Madgsen, the Editor of this site seems to be a disgruntled ex-employee or customer himself - and we are sorry for that. Unfortunately, he should have sued the entity that mistreated him. Instead, he created nothing short of an online version of 'The National Enquirer'. This site may help a few folks who got screwed over and have no resources or recourse, but it has damaged the reputation of far many EMPLOYERS, making it harder to recruit good, decent people in these tough economic times. We're offering opportunities for good people to join our firm and earn $75k during their first year putting them and their families in a better economic position. ********Attention to all Folks considering a position with our Firm************* We are a Nationwide Firm and have publishing contracts with over 9,000 Institutions. We have well over 125,000 customers nationally. We currently operate in 41 of the 50 states. We maintain an exceptional rating with the Better Business Bureau. Look it up. Some of these stories here on this site are simply out of touch with reality. It's as if a 4 year old broke a Cardinal House Rule and threw an out of control temper tantrum. They'll say and do anything. Here, on this site, is the perfect example. Have a Blessed 2009, Mike Martoe Student Relations, Inc.
