James Smith Company

James Smith Company James Smith Company, Real Estate Inverstor Support Failure to honor refund policies Internet

13th of Apr, 2011 by User751840

Please note that James Smith apparently uses multiple companies to make it difficult for potential customers to identify the problems that exist for those they sell services to. In addition to James Smith Company they use the following other names:
Financial Success Summit, 10421 S. Jordan Gateway, Suite 100, South Jordon, UT 84095-3961, 800-270-3357.
Real Estate Investor Support. LLC., 14039 South Minuteman Drive (Road), Draper, UT 84095
James Smith Series, aka, The Coaching Company, LLC, 10421 S. Jordan Gateway , Suite 100, South Jordan, CT, 84095-3961.
James Smith
Ryan Smith
Justin Smith No contract exists. A contract would require signature of both corporate officers. I simply signed a credit card slip. There is no signing or initials on the original document by any representative of James Smith and my legal advisor has concluded that without a joint meeting of the minds a contract cannot exist. The lack of a transaction date on the original cancelation slip is part of the verbal communications with Kendal Blunck, their employee, that I could change my mind at any point including the first day of classes. It was difficult to ascertain the problems with the offer of training and coaching. The James Smith Company has some of the same owners as The Summit Group - Summit Consulting - Bright Builders - Electronic Clearinghouse - IDI - Internet Coaching - PMI/NMR Coaching - Auctions For Income - IDI - The Tax Club. These organizations have been accused of misrepresented services, scams, and abusive strong arm tactics; refusing refunds when confronted with misrepresentations, and hiding behind fictitious names to prevent accountability. The hidden name was problematic. Finally, the email offer by Boyd Denison, Client Resolutions, to provide access to other events is unacceptable. I was subjected to physical and verbally intimidating behavior in Fort Myers, Florida by one of their male employees. I would be afraid to attend. Also, a DVD is unacceptable as it is a poor means of learning. It denies one the core and not to be severable values offered i.e. the benefits of coaching. It would also be impossible to watch a video or be coached by the person who tried to intimidate me.

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4713 days ago by PDX2011

Interesting.

I recently attended a James Smith seminar following the Get Motivated event. I did sign-up for follow-on financial training which cost a whopping $10, 000. In email correspondence, this group has referred to themselves as the "James Smith’s Accelerated Wealth Group". After the first class I discovered their marketing materials were misleading and inaccurate, which led me to overpay in the area of $6000 for services that actually came with their basic $4000 financial training class. Several reps with The James Smith company admitted errors in their marketing material, however their Client Resolutions team still will not process a refund as "outside of 3 days from purchase is against company policy". I am absolutely blown away by the lack of integrity here: (1) their marketing materials were misleading & inaccurate --> false advertising, (2) the services I want refunded have not already been rendered --> no hardship on their end. All James Smith is offering is access to other services/events, which is unacceptable. The James Smith Company is not demonstrating integrity, let alone being reasonable.

I will say the first training session called "Cash Flow" was very good, taught by another company "Trader's Edge". Too bad James Smith can't follow-up good training with an honest operation.

My lesson: the James Smith Company sells itself as a non-profit education organization, when in fact they are a wolf in sheep's clothing, seeking to make a profit at the cost of their "students".

I think next month they'll be in Seattle, back in my geographic region. I wonder if they'd like to see people holding protest signs outside their 'cash-cow' events.