1, Report:
#313877
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2008
Fire Specialist Inc Pyramid Scheme. Kansas City Missouri
This company took my money for a background check and a kit. I was told it was NOT door to door sales and I would be management. I almost quit my current job to be a manager at this one. I had to pay over $200 to start. It ends up I have to sell Items door to door and the customers ...
Entity
Categories: Sales People
2, Report:
#151909
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2005
Fire Specialist ripoff takes your money then hides from you Dallas Texas
Fire Specialist Inc. is a ripoff. I signed up in Oklahoma City a couple of years ago and was ripped off. I was leery at first but figured I would give it a try. I paid my money and got my kit. I did everything they ask of me in the contract and was never paid. The office I worked at...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
3, Report:
#40964
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2005
Fire Specialist Rip-off Fraudulent Practices This company is fraudulent & deceptive houston Texas
I worked for this company in August and I quit later on because the hired me to be a receptionist, but my job description was totally different.(It was more like telemarketing)
I had to answer incoming calls and persuade potential employees to come in to the office and pay a...
Entity
Categories: Employers
4, Report:
#69686
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2005
Fire Specialist, INC ripoff hiring scam Houston Texas
I was ripped off by Fire Specialist, Inc. aCTUALLY IT WS MY SON. They got him to pay $60, and then they wanted him to pay $95 for a sales kit??? No way. The Katy Office of this company is run by BILL REID. He says I cna't do anything because he got my son to sign a paper saying ...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
5, Report:
#131483
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2005
Fire Specialist - Fire 911 I learned the hard way don't do what I did, or you may be writing one of these soon Farmers Branch Texas
All I can list in this report is what I personally experienced through this corporation and what I assume is happening within this corporation today.
I started about a year and a half ago. In the interview I viewed a short video that showed the quick damage fire can do to a ro...
Entity
Categories: Employers
6, Report:
#110344
Posted Date:
Sep 27 2004
Fire Specialist ripoff Houston Texas
I started at this company as a receptionist, and then my manager convinced me to become an office manager. First I had to pay the $60 FEE for background check. After I paid the $60, (which is non refundable). I asked him if there is ANY THING ELSS I HAVE TO PAY FOR?. And he said NO....
Entity
Categories: Work Place Bullies
7, Report:
#108319
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2004
Fire Specialist, Inc is a rip-off! Don't get scammed! Austin Texas
Unfortunately I didn't do my research and I didn't find out about this website until it was too late. I too was a victim and a ex-employee. My manager was Chris Gottschalk out of the Lakeway Austin office. I was promised the world and got just a little piece of it.
At first durin...
Entity
Categories: Employers
8, Report:
#99428
Posted Date:
Jul 18 2004
Fire Specialist ripoff deceitful use of BBB logo on their website, poor business practices Farmers Branch Texas
A representative of this company sold me an outrageously expensive package over the phone (yes, I was stupid to participate). When I called to cancel the order, I was told by a very unhelpful customer service girl that I couldn't cancel my order after 3 days. The order was placed ...
Entity
Categories: Telemarketers
9, Report:
#71077
Posted Date:
Nov 09 2003
FIRE SPECIALIST ripoff San Marcos Texas
They run ads in the Local Newspapers Hiring Managers at $4000 per month plus 12 paid Holidays. You end up paying $160 for almost nothing. You are hooked in all the way from get go. You are jobless, Broke, and new work and to get fooled into thinking you are actually going to get hir...
Entity
Categories: Door to Door Sales
10, Report:
#70001
Posted Date:
Oct 24 2003
FIRE SPECIALIST I was deceived into believing this was valid company I am out almost 5,000 bucks. Ripoff! FARMER BRANCH Texas
The company is a rip off. There is no background check ever conducted (fraud). While all the ads and bill are in assumed name DBA, the Fire Specialist Still writes the checks making you and employee. The kits are stated as a $95 value but have a worth of approximately $30.
They...
Entity
Categories: Door to Door Sales
11, Report:
#62314
Posted Date:
Jun 30 2003
Fire Specialist Inc ripoff Houston Texas
Well for the past people you got off easy. First off the background fee is now 75 dollars. Then you have to pay another 100 for a kit fee. they want you to go to your friends and family and sell them 90 dollar fire extinghuisers. And you only get 15% of that! I never got that far. ...
Entity
Categories: Multi-Level Marketing
12, Report:
#58022
Posted Date:
May 22 2003
Fire Specialist ripoff business from hell only website found was this one Tyler Texas
I went for a job interview today at this company. What a joke. I was hired on the spot to be a manger at $4000.00 per month. They had no writen information or any litature to give me to take with me. I found this very strange.
Then I asked if they had a web site and they told me...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies