1, Report:
#741020
Posted Date:
Jun 15 2011
Media Initiatives Group Ambient Planet Scam Artists and Theives - Beware of Media Initiatives Group/Ambient Planet, they will rip you off! initgroup.com, Internet
My next step will be to sue Media Initiatives group not only for the money owed but all lawyer fees, interest, and costs associated with their non payment. Following which I have friends in the media industry who will help promote this on a large scale level and hopefully shut...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
2, Report:
#727271
Posted Date:
May 10 2011
Ambient Planet Promotions, Modeling, Agency Internet
I worked for ambient Planet in Houston, TX in August 2010. We promoted TGIFriday's restaurants and were promised through signed contract that we would be paid within 4 weeks. Nine months later, I have not been paid for my services. Their phone is disconnected and t...
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
3, Report:
#717366
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2011
Ambient Planet Employees: Ernie Zambrano, Colleen Mc Govern Slave labor. Not paid for work! Internet, New York
Ambient Planet and employees Ernie Zambrano and Colleen Mc Govern are scam artists. I was never paid for a Quiznos promotion from September 2010. I worked for 2 days handing out coupons and going to local businesses promoting the Quiznos brand. The marketing agency I worked fo...
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
4, Report:
#699461
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2011
Ambient Planet Ernie Zambrano, Colleen McGovern Non payment, avoid phone calls New York, New York
I answered a Craigslist ad in June of 2010 for Ambient Planet. I was contacted by Josh Rifkin (who is no longer with the company), to work on a promotion for Quiznos. Later that week I went for the forst day of the promotion, I was supposed to have a 2nd person working with me, but ...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
5, Report:
#667463
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2011
Ambient Planet Media Initiatives Group DOES NOT PAY, DOES NOT ANSWER EMAILS, DOES NOT ANSWER/RETURN PHONE CALLS Santa Monica, California
I was contracted to work a program for TGI Fridays through Ambient Planet distributing gift cards to drive business to the local restaurants. Our team received excellent reviews from Colleen McGovern and was even told that our team was the best market because we all showed up o...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
6, Report:
#662183
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2011
Ambient Planet Ernie Zambrano, Will not aswser calls/emails RE: Payment for work still not recieved New York , New York
My fiancee` and I did some work for Ambient Planet distributing coupons for Quiznos back in September 2010. We filed all reports correctly and Quzinos was happy with us. We are still awaiting payment. We have sent e-mails to Ed at ambient-planet as instructed in th...
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
7, Report:
#685042
Posted Date:
Jan 21 2011
Ambient Planet - Alan Greaney, Media Initiatives London Alan Greaney, Media Initiatives London New York, Internet
I too have been ripped off by the Media Initiatives Group and Ambient Planet scam artists. Once their U.S. Management team departed in late 2008, the company fell apart and began scamming for money under the direction of Ed Torres (who replaced the previous CEO)
The London office c...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
8, Report:
#683659
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2011
ambient planet/colleen mcgovern quizno project not reimbursed(bardstown ky) henryville, Indiana
At first cmcgovern worked with me as my mom had just passed. i know brand/marketing work is usually 6 weeks out to pay. I sent all requirements.
she even said she needed to submit invoice.
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
9, Report:
#683475
Posted Date:
Jan 17 2011
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Ambirny Planet Ernie Zambrano and Coleen McGovern Con Artist both of them our check was coming from London they said in Dec. Now the NY office is closed and London tells us that we are not in the system and that they are looking into it . New York, New York
Me and my girl friend worked in Sierra Vista AZ for Quiznos thru Ambient-Planet 3 days in Oct 2010, they even offered a gas allowance because it was so far of $125.00.
They owe us $781.00, to do the job. We talked all the time every time I called they were very nice.
As soon as ...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
10, Report:
#680970
Posted Date:
Jan 10 2011
Ambient Planet Ernie Zambrano Quiznos Coupons New York, New York
I am writing in regards to a jobI had in Syracuse, NY, near Liverpool.I found this job on Craigslist. The person who postedthe adwas previously hired as a manager by Ambient Planet as I was told. He recruited me by responding to my e mail. It was a 5 day job, 5 hrs a day..handing ou...
Entity
Categories: Employers
11, Report:
#679602
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2011
Ambient Planet Ernie Zambrano NON-Payment New York, New York
Ambient planet contracted me to do work with them on dates: 8/3,10,12,17,24,26,9/2 2010 and I was never paid. I called Ernie numerous times and all I got was a run around it is not fair I worked hard in my life and this company should not get away with not paying people for work tha...
Entity
Categories: Employers
12, Report:
#678584
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2011
Ambient Planet-Colleen McGovern/Ernie Zambrano Non Payment for Services New York , New York
I worked the Quiznos Promotion in Lorton, Va. in September, and to date, have NOT been paid. I too, have gotten the run around from Ernie Zambrano. I have begun to take action- first notifying the NY State Attorney General's office, as well as two other agencies. Next, the NY Times ...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
13, Report:
#677929
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2011
Ambient Planet NON-PAYMENT for promotional work! New York, New York
I did a promo for Quizno's for Ambient Planet on August 2 - 13, 2010. Even had to travel! I've done promo's before so I waited patiently for my check. I started getting worried (hearing rumors about how this company DOES NOT pay unless real ACTION is taken) and so I started emailing...
Entity
Categories: Employers
14, Report:
#671877
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2010
Ambient Planet, Colleen McGovern, Ernie Zambrano Never paid me...gave me the run-around, stopped responding all together. New York, New York
Hello,
I was never paid by this company working with their Quiznos Program. Not only have I suffered financially for this non-payment but I will be also seeking to get compensation for other projects I was denied working because I was black listed for 2 other marketing companies be...
Entity
Categories: Modeling Agencies
15, Report:
#676359
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2010
Ambient Planet Media Initiatives Group ~ No company contact for lack of payment! ~ New York, New York
Ambient Planet has not paid our invoice due September 2010. I have contactedEd at Ambient Planetwith no response. I have contacted MIG with no response. IfI receive no responsefrom this postingI will go through collectionsnaming both Ambient and MIG.
Ernie Zambrano has been respon...
Entity
Categories: Printing & Copy Services
16, Report:
#666960
Posted Date:
Dec 21 2010
Ambient Planet media initiatives group ltd Did not pay for my event June 23 New York, New York
11/30/10I finally spoke to the London today about my payment. I am waiting on an
invoice from June 23 from Detroit Lakes MN. Their parent company is
Initgroup in the UK. Our payments are delayed because there was a
mis-communication between the USA and UK office. They called m...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
17, Report:
#672080
Posted Date:
Dec 16 2010
Ambient Planet Colleen McGovern Fraud, ripoff, Non Payment, SCAM Internet
My son and i worked this event together to take a very special trip! Well...its pretty obvious we wont be seeing a paycheck from this company. The said they were waiting on checks from London Office we should have been paid in august!!! It really frustrating to take time to do...
Entity
Categories: Modeling & Talent Agencies
18, Report:
#654361
Posted Date:
Dec 15 2010
Ambient-Planet non-payment for contract work performed New York, New York
I worked under contract for Ambient-Planet late in July 2010. Contract specified to be paid in 30 days. Several calls to Ernie Zambrano and Coleen Macgovern resulted in lies such as:
check will be sent within 12 days
check was sent last Thursday
check will be sent tom...
Entity
Categories: Employers
19, Report:
#655026
Posted Date:
Dec 09 2010
Ambient Planet DOES NOT PAY New York, New York
I did two jobs for Ambient Planet in July in Houston Tx for promotions. One was for TGI Fridays in which one girl got paid and I did not. The other one was for Quizno's where I did get paid but my sister did not. It has been 60 days since jobs were completed. They have c...
Entity
Categories: Employers
20, Report:
#669621
Posted Date:
Dec 09 2010
Ambient Planet Colleen McGovern- Manager of Marketing Operations for Ambient Planet Quiznos and Ambient Planet are Partners in Crime- Nonpayment New York, New York
Two of us were hired by Ambient Planet to do a promotion for Quiznos in Corning, California on October 19, 21, 26, and 28, 2010. We worked very hard and ended up distributing over 10,000 coupons in 4 days, in the rain, wind, and cold. We were told that we would be paid in 4-6 w...
Entity
Categories: Food Stores
21, Report:
#667238
Posted Date:
Dec 02 2010
Ambient Planet Ambient Planet, Illicit business, Pathetic practices, Fraud! New York, New York
I responded to an ad on Craigslist to represent Quizno's in Spokane, Washington. I was contracted to pass out coupons for 16 hours over the course of 2 weeks. I was contracted at a rate of 23/hr and my partner was contracted for 16 hours at a rate of 18/hr. I compl...
Entity
Categories: Employees
22, Report:
#665048
Posted Date:
Nov 24 2010
Ambient Planet Quizno's, Never Got Paid for a QUIZNO'S PROMO New York City, New York
Well it's more of the same. Worked a Quizno's PROMO 2 hours away from my home office on 8/3,8/10,8/12,8/17 & 8/19/10a total of 21 hours as Manager. I also had a Brand Ambassador work the same days. Neither of us has been PAID. Received a phone call from the London office +44(0)2...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
23, Report:
#659733
Posted Date:
Nov 12 2010
Ambient Planet Colleen McGovern Calculated Fraud New York, New York
Ambient Planet hired me at the end of August to execute a Quizno's campaign. Colleen McGovern wanted me to sign a contract, however I renegotiated terms as theirs were not acceptable.
I began with project 1 in Oakville. The first day my partner was a no show. I did it myself....
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
24, Report:
#658069
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2010
Ambient Planet stunner New York, New York
After reading other complaints on here about Ambient Planet im saddened to hear about many others with the same issue. Again 90 days have passed since the work, and driving out of town with expenses. Was told 30 days to receive payment, and thought that was a little long...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
25, Report:
#657591
Posted Date:
Nov 02 2010
Ambient Planet Non-Payment For Promo Work in FL New York, New York
I worked for Ambient Planet as a 1099 contractor back in August for a Quiznos promotion in FL. It is now November and I have yet to get paid. I have tried repeatedly to contact this company only to get full mailboxes or unreturned voicemails. Nobody ever answers th...
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Categories: Employers