1, Report:
#890514
Posted Date:
May 30 2012
The Trivia Pages, Trivia Pages, Northwest Publishing Annoying and harrassing solicitation, Internet
This company has been calling me for the past few weeks almost daily and everytime they call I tell them I am not interested and to please stop calling. This am I got a call at 9am from a male and then AGAIN at 9:45am from a female that seems to be calling just to annoy m...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
2, Report:
#686606
Posted Date:
May 09 2012
Northwest Publishing Regal Printing, Trivia Pages, Table Topics Salesperson Scam Portland , Oregon
Hi I am sorry to all those people I sold advertizing to. I didn't feel it necessary to check out a company that was going to hire me to sell their product. I trusted them as you trusted me! Now the reason I am posting this is because I have been with them 3 months and things have c...
Entity
Categories: Printing & Copy Services
3, Report:
#488139
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2011
Northwest Publishing - The Trivia Pages Sold advertising in a booklet to be placed in restaurants and bars. None of the establishments they listed have ever displayed this booklet. Portland Oregon
Exactly similar to other reports here. The sales representative, John Whiat, represented that the company had secured an agreement with a list of 7 restaurants and bars that would place their booklets on tables. He said they were working on additional establishments. The...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
4, Report:
#388564
Posted Date:
Nov 18 2011
The Trivia Pages/Northwest Publishing Not what I paid for Portland, Oregon
It sounded great. An 8-10 page laminated book will be placed on tables at local restaurants with trivia that is renewed every four weeks and your ad will appear. It will be on the front page with an article at least at one restaurant each month. I bought a double ad -- over $700....
Entity
Categories: Sales People
5, Report:
#782945
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2011
Northwest Publishing Company The Trivia Page/Trivia pages/Regal Publishing This Company Did not even try to keep me as an Employee and would not train me at all Portland , Oregon
This company re-hired me on 9/26/2011 after I worked there 6 and a half years ago. They fired me after 3 days and said Lack of production. These guys did not even train me or show me the ropes on anything about what the company does and what they set appointments for. Nor did ...
Entity
Categories: Work Place Bullies
6, Report:
#383403
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2010
NORTHWEST PUBLISHING Don't be Fooled Portland Oregon
Scott came into my business. Friendly guy. He was selling ads in Trivia Booklets to be placed in Restaurants. It is perfect while your meal is being prepared to be relaxing and reading. Kind-of-fun. My ad would be from Palo Alto to Redwood City.
If I was to sign up that da...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
7, Report:
#354311
Posted Date:
Apr 15 2010
Northwest Publishing Rip Off for Advertising and affected alot of small business owners, won't return calls or give money back Still billing some clients who got their money back from credit cards Portland Oregon
We had a sales representative Jim Harrington contact about 30 - 40 local business owners to run advertising in local businesses. We all trusted the salesman and the company to deliver what they promised. It NEVER happened. Now we are forced to come together as a team and go after...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
8, Report:
#447210
Posted Date:
Apr 28 2009
Northwest Publishing Business Owners Beware Northwest Publishing Portland Oregon
Northwest Publishing takes your money, doesn't return phone calls and sends proofs (of work you sent them rather than the professional design you're supposed to get) with a date to approve or reject that's ALREADY PASSED.
I rejected their proof because it looked like crap. After...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
9, Report:
#363330
Posted Date:
Mar 24 2009
Northwest Publishing One word - RUN!! Please save yourself heartache! RUN!! SAVE YOUR $$ Portland Oregon
This is a TOTAL SCAM. Think I'm just a ticked off customer??? Do your homework and research on the internet. Look into the corporate officers.
Save your money! We as small business owners need every extra penny and this is nothing more than a ripoff of small independent business...
Entity
Categories: Attorneys General
10, Report:
#340943
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2009
Northwest Publishing Co. Sold me bogus ad space for $600.00 and did not print advertising Murfreesboro Tennessee
I purchased a $600.00 ad space that The Trivia Pages never printed. In trying to contact them, I recieve no reply.
I am sorry that I trusted the company to place the ad I bought.
I am a small business owner and cannot afford to be ripped of by companies portraying to be honest. ...
Entity
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
11, Report:
#219321
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2009
NORTHWEST PUBLISHING FAILED TO FULLFILL ADVERTISING CONTRACT MULWAUKIE Oregon
JANUARY OF 2006 WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH NORTHWEST PUBLISHING FOR ADVERTISING IN THE TRIVIA PAGE BOOKLET FOR LOCAL RESTURANTS. WE SUPPLIED AN ARTICLE AND ARTWORK FOR THE AD PRIOR TO THE DUE DATE. WE ARE TOLD THAT OUR ARTWOK WASN'T USED AND A COPY OF OUR BUSINESS CARD WAS USE...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies
12, Report:
#368979
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2009
Northwest Publishing It's a Scam Portland, Oregon
Don't be fooled by these folks. I have been going back and forth with them for almost 4 months, initially to see the proofs of my advertising that they promised, to just trying to talk to someone about the status of my ad!
Finally I was told that the product was already printed and...
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
13, Report:
#334342
Posted Date:
May 23 2008
Northwest Publishing - The Trivia Pages Phony Advertising scheme Portland Oregon
I paid to advertise in THE TRIVIA PAGES publication for three different cities nearby, where I do not happen to have any business clients at all. The sales rep who sold me on this advertising scheme showed me a list of 7 restaurants in each of the three cities, where the Trivia Page...
Entity
Categories: Advertising Agencies