Complaint Review: World Financial Group - Agoura Hills California

So Blake... 1) You are introduced to WFG by your friend and all is well until you are asked to pay the $100 for your background check (which indeed is required.) 2) Due to your financial circumstances, you feel that the $100 is not within your means to pay and you decline to proceed with the opportunity. You receive unanimous feedback from others that this fee is unwarranted, unreasonable, and counter to common practice. 3) You share your experiences with this forum. 4) TWO WEEKS later, you counter a comment about your post with the fact that you just closed on a property and have a six-figure income. I'm glad to see you went from "too broke to pay $100" to "six-figure earner" in less than a month. LOL. Thanks for your "unbiased" overview into the hiring process at World Financial Group. BTW, I've paid a $75 Live Scan fee for each of the following: insurance license, real estate license, securities license, notary commission, faculty employment at the college I teach. Perhaps I should post a Ripoff Report complaint against the Department of Justice for extorting this fee from me to engage in those respective businesses?

Every few years or so, someone comes out with this same scheme, trying to fool a new generation. They use the same phrases - " Where else can you own your own business for X amount of dollars...Practice on your family and friends.....You may not make any money at first....We have to do things this way because of certain laws.....ad nauseum, ad nauseum ". Yes, it's a pyramid scheme. Only those in at the first, with a huge relative base will realize any gain. In a few years it will all come tumbling down, just like the rest...and the purportrators will walk off with the money. Yes, I've seen them come and go....this one is no different. Of course those deeply involved with this scheme will be quick to defend it...as long and until they find themselves ripped off. And, yes, you will be.....just look at history.

Every few years or so, someone comes out with this same scheme, trying to fool a new generation. They use the same phrases - " Where else can you own your own business for X amount of dollars...Practice on your family and friends.....You may not make any money at first....We have to do things this way because of certain laws.....ad nauseum, ad nauseum ". Yes, it's a pyramid scheme. Only those in at the first, with a huge relative base will realize any gain. In a few years it will all come tumbling down, just like the rest...and the purportrators will walk off with the money. Yes, I've seen them come and go....this one is no different. Of course those deeply involved with this scheme will be quick to defend it...as long and until they find themselves ripped off. And, yes, you will be.....just look at history.

Every few years or so, someone comes out with this same scheme, trying to fool a new generation. They use the same phrases - " Where else can you own your own business for X amount of dollars...Practice on your family and friends.....You may not make any money at first....We have to do things this way because of certain laws.....ad nauseum, ad nauseum ". Yes, it's a pyramid scheme. Only those in at the first, with a huge relative base will realize any gain. In a few years it will all come tumbling down, just like the rest...and the purportrators will walk off with the money. Yes, I've seen them come and go....this one is no different. Of course those deeply involved with this scheme will be quick to defend it...as long and until they find themselves ripped off. And, yes, you will be.....just look at history.

Every few years or so, someone comes out with this same scheme, trying to fool a new generation. They use the same phrases - " Where else can you own your own business for X amount of dollars...Practice on your family and friends.....You may not make any money at first....We have to do things this way because of certain laws.....ad nauseum, ad nauseum ". Yes, it's a pyramid scheme. Only those in at the first, with a huge relative base will realize any gain. In a few years it will all come tumbling down, just like the rest...and the purportrators will walk off with the money. Yes, I've seen them come and go....this one is no different. Of course those deeply involved with this scheme will be quick to defend it...as long and until they find themselves ripped off. And, yes, you will be.....just look at history.

I was approached by someone at my current job about this "opportunity". She told me it was a job and that they would come to my house to interview me. Um, I don't think so. She also told me that they were hiring for all kinds of positions and that since I had a degree, I could get a position in my field. Thanks for clarifying that this is not a job. If you go to work for an investment firm, you don't have to pay to work there. I can tell from these posts that this person was feeding me lines that this company fed her. Your rebuttals had the opposite of the intended effect.

...PYRAMID???? This is just like all of those other pyramid deals. They talk you into paying money to get into the company and then harrass your family and friends.

I have not met a business owner who hasnt had to spend some money to start up a business. I also takes training and hard work to get it off the ground. Only the entrepreneural minded need to apply. Most business owners will tell you what it took to be successful.

Let me help you understand. WFG target market is married, kids, combined income of $45,000 and up, homeowner, and dissatisfied with their job or current situation. Once in a while we hire young studds or studdets looking for an opportunity but for the most part we are looking for people who need our help financially or if we cant help them that way then we offer the opportunity. In your case you were looking for a job. WFG is not offering a job its offering and opportunity to run your own company, a business. The $100.00 is required because we are not a franchise or a corporarate company, so WFG is not obligted to help you in that sense. Can you go anywhere in the world and start a business for a $100 bucks. That answer is definately no! Let me tell you what the $100 bucks get you. $75.00 go towards an FBI complete background check due to the fact that you are dealing with people's money. Now read carefully to this next part...the remainder $25 dollars gets you access to our multimillion dollars website, you get a code number to track your business and all others that you bring into the companies business, you get to track income, financial statements, you get study materials to pass your exams, software to run fiancial road maps, wedcast, podcast, a company whom at the home office will do your paperwork, your payroll, answer any questions relating to business, and so much more!!! Now here's the ticker, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR FIRST SIX MONTHS TO MAKE A SIX...OR SEVEN FIGURE INCOME, cause you paid a merely $100 bucks to get started. Come On! You Serious! Plus you got it all wrong, we are not independent contractors, we are independent business owners. WFG is looking for those who are looking for us, those who get it are very successful at WFG, those who dont are simply not.

The first thing that I stated above was: "This is post isn't meant to bash WFG or sing its praises. I just wanted to inform anyone as to what to expect." To inform people of the process was the only reason I wrote this. When I was looking for information initially about this company I couldn't find anything besides the main site. I NEVER said this company was bad company to work for whatsoever(infact I bellieve I said the environment was extremely positive!) just that I was not comfortable with writing them a check for said amount so I find it interesting that you are so agressive in your rebuttal. And also in you're assumptions that I was essentially a failure just trying to point my finger at someone is interesting due to the fact that I am about to close a deal on my first home and am now bringing in a 6+ figure income. If that is what you call failure, then I guess I am guilty. Have a great day.

Dude the VERY FACT that you can't afford to pay $175 for this is exactly why you need to join this company or any other compnay that will help you make money legally and ethically. WFG is a company that is of high caliber and respected in the industry. It's sad that people who cant "make it" or "do it" will sit back and file complaints like this. You should be looking for a job that will help you financially. It sickens me everytime when people have failed or havent even done anything will be the first to point fingers at other.