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4/11/2008 - duane writes:
ATTENTION CANADIANS!!! Do not fall for this get rich quick scheme. I ordered from the internet which saved me the trouble of having to talk to an operator. After receiving the course, I decided to return it. The returns operator gave me my return code with I had to indicate on a form, and my credit card was reimbursed less shipping. All was well...then the phone calls started. These freak'n people just don't get it. How many times do you have to tell someone that you were not interested and that it was returned? Well aparently 7 times in 4 months is not enough. From someone wanting to mentor me on my way to financial freedom, to people wanting to know how successful I was and useing me as an example for others to receive encouragement from. LEAVE ME ALONE!!! Thank God i did not access the stupid property vault. I can just imagine what kind of crap I would be dealing with. When will it end??
4/1/2008 - Doug writes:
I too tried this product for $39.95. Most of the links were dead links, and I got nothing out of it, so I sent it back. I still have not received a credit and it's been a month! And just yesterday I received a call from a guy saying that they would like to interview me to see if I am eligible for a mentoring program through John Beck's Free and Clear. They asked me my limit on my credit card, but I figured that was to see how much I could spend on houses. Then he said, my total charge(that I would get back after buying and selling 8 houses)would be $6,499. And for some reason, that sounded alright to me. I guess because they said they've been in business for 20 years, and that if they were scammers, they wouldn't still be in business. So after being smooth-talked for 1 1/2 hours, I decided to go with it, since they said I could cancel after 3 days of receiving information in the mail. Then I stumbled across this website. So I immediately canceled my credit card and the charges will be taken off. The bank is going to send me a new credit card with a new number. Now all I have to do is get those people to stop calling me! Do not buy this product! Don't even listen to it on tv! You don't want to get any false hopes like I did!
3/30/2008 - jose writes:
I saw it on tv and me and my mija said, "oh this imfomercial is great". I called and a gentleman walked us through the purchase, and later I said neverminds. That guy wanted us to pay him like three grand or something. I'm glad I didn't buy anything, and you shouldn't either. John Beck is a crook.
3/23/2008 - rich writes:
well to start with. at first i thought it was a good idea so i took a chance,i'm truck driver so when it came time for me to go back to work,i left it up to my girlfrined to go over it very carefuly. and to call me,i also told her she had to do it in thirty days or less,she did it in two weeks so when she called me and told me about the product there was some things in thire that he dose not tell you on his tv.program, like why he charges 14.95 for shipping and handeling when it was only about 4 dollars too send it back to him.and when i tryed to call he or his company to let them know it was on it's way back i used up most of my min. trying to do so,and that was on 3/17/08. so on the fallowing day i tryed again and at that time i used a pay phone cause i didn't have the min. and i spent almost $10 after being put on hold trying to talk to some one.so at that point i called my bank to have my card blocked so thay could not take anymore money out of my account,it messes me up for a while but i can deal with it,bu hopefuly they can't take anymore money from me with out me knowing it. so be careful if it sounds to good to be true think befor you jump on it. i wish i had.
3/17/2008 - Ricci writes:
WE WERE SO EXCITED ON OUR 1 1/2 HR. PHONE CALL WITH THIS GUY WHO REALLY SMOOTH TALKED US SO WE DECIDED TO SIGN UP. WELL HE ASKED US FOR $14,500 AND LIKE RETARDS WE AGREED AND GAVE ALL OUR INFO. THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND THIS SITE AND IMMEDIETLY FREAKED! SO WE CALLED OUR CREDIT CARD AND THEY SAID TRY TO CANCEL W/ THE COMPANY AND WE'LL MAKE A NOTE AND IT SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH AND AFTER 5 PHONE CALLS WE WERE ABLE TO CANCEL. SO THERE IS HOPE! CALL CONSTANTLY TO CANCEL ASAP. AND DON'T GIVE UP. THESE PEOPLE ARE BIG TIME SCAMMERS AND PREYING ON OUR DREAMS AND OUR FUTURES! THAT AMOUT OF MONEY WOULD'VE TAKEN US 3-4 YEARS TO PAY BACK! SO BEWARE OF TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE INFOMERCIALS.
3/17/2008 - patrick writes:
I ordered John Becks scam, I like most of the people have orderd and recieved this noticed that anything he seis you can find at your own city hall with out paying his prices, I finaly got threw just now on returning this. I am going to try and get all my money back, as others I was told it would cost around $39.95 and my bill came to $172.39 for a whole lot of nothing. I have read othere peoples story's and emediatly became scared and sic to my stomac, I feel bad for all of us that got caught up with John Becks free & clear, as I can see so far it is not free and most of all its not clear I dont understand any of it. Please beware. and good luck to all. God Bless. Pat
3/15/2008 - Todd writes:
I am the same as everyone else. I bought the system, thinking about making a realistic business and it is now a joke. They wanted 15000.00 from me for metoring and guaranteed money back but wanted money before I could get the guarantee! The man named Spencer Simpson was very rude when I told him I was not realdy to make that comittment and said he "wasnt going to be stroked like this". Wow nice professional service for a supposedly legit money making business!! DO NOT DO IT! The CD roms have links to non existant sites and the ones that actually get a site have no connection to this system or tax sale properties.
3/15/2008 - Howard writes:
does not even apply to methods used in real estate transactions in the state of Texas. They keep billing me, I receive nothing, someone should edradicate this SOB.
3/11/2008 - oreo writes:
thank good we got to this site on time. we purchesed the system on feb 2008 and they told us that our credit card will be charged 39.95 each month. we tried to cancel but the phone number was busy all the time we tried to do that on line and some how we got to this site.<br />
So we called the credit card company and they told us "there is only one way with john beck cancel your credit card" so we did and we are very pleased now that we find out soon enoug. thank you all for writing and giving your imput.
3/11/2008 - Sam writes:
ok everybody I am just like threst that have posted on here so there is no point in describing my situation as the previous posts have done it tenfold. I want this guy to pay, he is an ass. email me at [] and ew'll see what we can do about putting this guy behind bars and hopefully getting our lives back!
3/11/2008 - Michael writes:
My name is Michael, a US citizen trying to live a good life. I am on a fixed income with disability. I was really interested in this john beck thing and I found out after ordering the first part he was going to charge me even more per month. I can not afford this. They took my 58 dollars and come change out of my account. I received the product and called one of their coaches and he advised me to cend it back that I had to have a credit card to do this business. with out giving me any number for return I sent it back to the return address. then I called back to let them know that It was on its way. The lady said that in 30 days my money should be returned back into my account. well It has been longer than 30 days. and I have tried to call them back and I was told to wait and they hung up on me. So I tried to call back again and they dont answer. A few days later I called again and I get nothing but a busy signal. I Want My MONEY BACK. I cannot afford to loose this.
3/10/2008 - LYLE writes:
My own fault 15 page of sites with thousand of unhappy ripped off customers on the internet. type John Beck ripoff. I paid 39.95 + Shipping and Handeling. I spent 15 days trying to get a hold of customer service. I left messages on the customer service voice mail. No one return my calls. I sent emails to customer support. I received one automated response to thee 3 e-mails sent. Still was not resolved. I can not believe these people are still in business. WHERE ARE THE FEDS !!! Is John Beck Real Estate a Scam? YES! John Beck's real estate program called BUY REAL ESTATE FREE & CLEAR FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR claims to show you how to purchase homes all over the United States and Canada for as little as 2 or 3 cents on the dollar. For $39.95 + SHIPPING, customers receive several books and information including: • Amazing Profits • Free and Clear Real Estate Directory • Free and Clear Properties By Mail • Pennies On The Dollar Tax Lien Edition • Pennies On The Dollar Tax Deed Edition • Making Money On The Internet and the Bonus materials...• Quick Start Video • Free and Clear Making - Money On The Internet CD-Rom It sounds like interesting information, but I say these products are only loose guidelines on John Beck's real estate investment strategies with unintelligible legal and tax jargon that only a real estate lawyer could understand. The ordering process is completely automated (with no live person). After each step, you are prompted to make another purchase and then another and another. I ordered the books. I declined the prompt for "property vault membership", but I charged $39.95/monthly anyway. I tried to cancel the 30 day FREE Trial of PROPERTY VAULT FOR 15 DAYS - Sundays I was left on hold for 30 to 50 minutes or longer before being hung up on. E-mails to their customer support with no response until I said "I wanted to cancel". "In the secert vault:" I did not get 1.8 MILLION Properties on JOHN BECK'S PROPERTY VAULT, nor did I see any homes as he has advertised on TV. They say John Beck is charging you for a list 5.00 to 70.00 dollars each that you can obtain for FREE from the Tax Office in your county. Before Receiving John Beck product, I was repeatedly harassed by John Beck's real estate sales staff to buy higher priced products such as real estate coaching. The odd thing about the coaching is the price range which may be as low as $2200.00 or as high as $13,800.00. This is because the John Beck representative who calls to sell coaching to you will determine how much you can afford by asking how many credit cards you have and what the limit of each card is. This is scandalous! If someone asks you these type questions, you need to hang up on them no matter what company they are with. The John Beck program is most definitely a scam! The absence of customer service via phone or e-mail is outrageous. There is no assured way to contact these people about getting the monthly credit card charges stopped! You could quickly run into some serious credit card debt if you enroll into this program. Once agian I ask where are the charges why are these people allowed to Con thousands of people out of there hard earn money.
3/8/2008 - Michelle writes:
I bought this packet and totally disappointed with it. I called the advisory hotline to get started like they tell you and the man on the line told me to clean up my credit and call back. That is not supposed to the deal. They are supposed to help people who need money. I guess they are a bunch of rich people gfetiing richer at our expense and it needs to stop immediately.Ihave also been charged 39.95 per month on my bank card sinceOctober last year and nothing was said about it. Iwant all my money back.Public, Be ware
3/7/2008 - Not Known writes:
OH MY! Listen to this after purchasing John Beck's Free & Clear System, a week or so later started getting calls on my cell from someone named "JIM" working with John Beck. At first it sounded very promissing but as he went on to ask about my financail background and on how they'll ask me for a deposite(which mentioned briefly & last thing), I asked him of how much deposit? He was very vage and claimed not to know the exact amount but said depending on your experience and effort. BUT what made me change my mind totally about the whole thing is that he said that "from all clients he worked with the deposite question was never asked or WAS NOT an issue at all. He sounded very suspecious to me when previous month I had to change my cc 'cause felt not good about this (and stupid me told him about it) but said that OH NO you need that same card and in two weeks I'll call you again to see if the card is valid again cause you need it to purchase properties and speak directly with John Beck, He said with no card we cannot proceed & said is totally refundable But how do I trust someone I never met or never done business with before to give that much money when there is no writting agrrement between us, you simply cannot trust people anymor. Please be alert and careful if you already ordered this system or planning to order which as you can see NOT RECOMMENDED
3/4/2008 - Steve writes:
I ordered this john beck crap 4 days ago i havent received it yet but i stumbled upon this site in the mean time so i called up to cancel 5 min after their customer service offices open in the morning, and i got this girl who had a really bad attitude before i even mentioned canceling. then i told her i wanted to cancel and she was making noises as if she was looking for me on her computer like "hmmmm....hmmmm...i'm not seeing you here" i told her that i highly doubt that given that its been a few days and she gave me some crap saying that it takes a few days for the info to get downloaded onto their computers and that i should call back in 3 to 4 hours. Then i asked her why she was giving me such a vague time and she gave me such an attitude that i was in shock that this was happening with such a big company, then she just hung up abruptly. I tried to call back 4 hours later and was on hold for 30 min. so i just gave up, i went to the bank right away and changed the number on my debit card so now i have a new card so they cant start with that monthly charging stuff. But i'm still gonna get the product in the mail i guess i'll just throw it out and accept my loss of 60 bucks or whatever it is.
3/4/2008 - Dawn writes:
I have tried to get a refund ever since I started this program. It's supposed to be a money back guarantee program if you are not successful. My husband and I have spent countless hours studying and visiting websites to make offers on properties. They told me that I didn't need any money down. I spent over $3,200.00 for their program which their coaches did not teach me anything at all. They only gave me 30 min and left me in the dark. I would like to take this to a federal court. They never pick up there phones. I haven't received my full sessions in 2 months. Big time scam. I feel like they stole $3,200.00 from me and only gave me a couple of conversations. When I started to complain was when they begin not to take my call. I eventually canceled my credit cards so they would not try to charge me anything else. My advice to anyone thinking about this program would be simply don't do it. It's all a big head ache and a big scam.
3/4/2008 - Eric writes:
I too ordered the Free and Clear system after seeing the infomercial. I wish I had checked the Internet before I ordered! I, like others received a post card instructing me to call a toll-free number with my reference number. It was an automated system, which gives no option to speak with a person. After following the prompts, I got a confirmation that my request was received and my account would not be billed. Today I checked my bank balance and see that I have been charged. I called my Bank to explain the situataion, and they told me that because this was charged already, they could not cancel the charge, but they did offer me the opportunity to get a new card with new numbers, so they will no longer be able to continue to charge me for this bogus rip-off scam service!
3/3/2008 - Michael writes:
I purchased this product january 28 of 2008 and was charged $58. and some change. I recieve the pkg and called the coach that was recommended. He told me that you need a credit card to run this business and he also informed that I send the pkg back. I sent it back and was suppose to get my money back. I had a return number to put on the package too . three weeks later I still have no return in my money. Please return it for I am on a fixed income as it is. thanks michael [] in yreka ca.
3/1/2008 - shawn writes:
Yea, like everyone elses stories I was scamed also, this John Becks person/ Scammer needs to be stopped,I will never order off the T.V. again.Thats sad that we cannot do anything about it, there must be someone who can stop these people.PLEASE spread the word by mouth also,because i read these commplaints to late also.i will tell everyone i see for as long as i can to hopefully help someone else before they get to them.
3/1/2008 - Maysel writes:
I knew when I got this and seen the vault I'd probably been ripped off. So I never pursued it any further.Then I get a call from a guy named Justin and I listened for awhile and knew it was a joke so I hung up. Well Justin called me and harassed me for 2 days leaving absurd and rude messages. Calling every 5 minutes all day and night.I couldn't get over it.Today I received a postcard telling me if I did nothing I would be billed every month and if I wanted to cancel I had a number to call and I did and it let me cancel supposely. Only time will tell!!!! John Beck needs to be shut down NOW!!!!!!
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