attractionmarketing.com

False and misleading advertising

Updating in response to Attraction Marketing's response. It looks like they've attempted, a year later, to give a stock response trying to recover their reputation. It does not honestly address the real concerns I have with their methods. I did indeed try to implement them, only to discover they required unethical behavior to implement. So I stopped. It doesn't matter how much of the course I consumed, because I can't use the information to ethically build a business. It's like I bought a car kit that had no engine, and they want to blame me for trying to put it together and then complaining that it was missing the most important part. Still no resolution, they've just re-opened the wound. They would have been better to leave me alone, or preferrably send me a refund. Like any reasonable consumer, I want satisfaction, not excuses. Original review below. This company sells the idea of using social media to attract Network Marketers to your downline with no cost, less effort and no prospecting. It then goes on to tell you to prospect in Facebook groups, most of which have rules that explicitly forbid this, and which mention banning Network Marketers as part of group policy. Same amount of effort as IRL, but in a medium where they have the power to ban you from using the platform, and being there is an outright lie, pure and simple. May not have been a problem 'back in the day', but it is a real problem now. FB bans are an extreme nuisance to the business owner and no small risk. They also promised a website at zero cost and went on to sell website services for a monthly fee, and content for an extra $2,000. Like so many modern 'marketing' companies, they spend a lot of time upselling when what they promised didn't materialize. I very politely asked for a refund, preferring amicable resolution. They refused, which is very far out of alignment for modern day marketing. They said I should have cancelled sooner, but the 'conditions' of their warranty are unfulfillable because of the requirement to use unethical prohibited tactics. I went from very enthusiastic, to disappointed but polite, to furious for them wanting to keep thousands of my dollars for an undelivered promise. I think people should know this about the company before giving them any money. I have reported them to the FTC as there is a very large movement to prevent fraud in advertising, and I don't want them keeping my money for nothing. I am still working to recover my money. I can't believe they are risking their own business to avoid giving a refund, which is normal cost of business to all successful businesses. This reeks. It could have been solved without me needing to make any noise. Now I'm on a campaign to get my money back.

Date of experience: Apr 24, 2024