Business Opportunity Scams

Have you ever been up late at night flipping through the channels because you just couldn’t sleep? Next thing you know you’re watching some toothy, tanned, slick talking guy telling you how you can earn $10,000 per month sitting at home spending only an hour or two per week. We all know these programs as infomercials and don’t be afraid to admit that you’ve watched them too. I know I have many times. For me it’s more of a learning exercise on what to avoid and how to be better sales person.

After all these companies are making millions if not billions of dollars every year. I won’t lie, I’ve fallen victim to a few “As Seen On TV” infomercials and purchased some products. For the most part the products have proven to work somewhat as advertised by eventually fell short of the claims of the program. But fortunately I’ve yet to lose tons of money.

But apparently many folks aren’t as fortunate and have fallen victim to many work at home or home business infomercial scams. I think the problem with most folks is that they lose common sense practices that they would use in the real world or the internet. See in the real world we’ve all been trained to be skeptical of anything that sounds to be good to true. If we feel uneasy about something, we either pass on it, ask for advice or do some research. But TV seems to suspend this for many folks.

I can understand how this happens. You assume if someone has enough money to be on TV and is exposed to millions of people they wouldn’t dare scam people because its out in public view for the world to see and criticize. Unfortunately some of the most shady infomercial peddlers are banking on this. I decided to do some research on some infomercial work at home opportunity that appeared very legitimate based on what I can see in their programming.

But of course I did my due diligence and hit Google and did a search for the company’s name, website + the keyword scam. Jackpot! I got tons of information and read various complaints. I also learned the ins and outs of how this particular infomercial scam operated that I would have never known unless I coughed up my hard earned money. Needless I was very thankful for the information.

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Awesome Auger Reviews

When a popular review site profiled Awesome Auger, these are the comments it received:

Lee from FL writes about Awesome Auger:

Don't bother using it to drill a hole in the ground, it will just burn out your drill. Unless it is a bag of loose soil that you can turn with your bare hands, it will not work. I am not even going to go through the hassle of returning it, just writing it off to another as seen on tv rip off.

EDWARD BARRY from NY writes about AWESOME AUGER:

I ADVISE ALL TO DISPUTE THE CHARGES WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY. JUST CALL THE TEL. NUMBER ON THE BACK OF YOUR CARD. IF WE ALL DO THE SAME IT WILL STOP THIS DISINGENUIOUS OPERATION. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS ABOUT 10 OR 20% IF THERE WAS A 0 STAR RATING, I GUESS 2%

Brooks from NC writes about Awesome Auger:

They got me too. You have to enter your credit card info before getting far into the website, then they bombard you with offers on what I thought was the way to check-out - can't back-tab, can't get out of the site. I never confirmed purchase, never had any summary of what I was 'buying'. I had to quit the internet to get off the site. 4 hours later they sent me an e-mail 'confirming' my 'order' and writing "BEFORE CALLING PLEASE ALLOW 2 BUSINESS DAYS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE RECORDS TO BE UPDATED." I've notified my credit card's fraud bureau, and the state's department of consumer affairs. I reported to the fraud bureau of my credit card company.

Barbara from FL writes about Awsome Auger:

Does anyone understand the "DISPUTE" process from your credit card company???? You have "ZERO" liability if you dispute the item in question, send it back and have proof of receipt of sending it back(tracking through UPS or USPS). Please don't get yourselves in a frenzy about contacting the merchant. File a dispute with your credit card company instead. They will get your money back for you with no hassles as long as you have made an attempt to contact their merchant and have returned the item(s). Save yourself heartache and do the above and be done with it.

colton from tx writes about auger:

RIP OFF SCAM ARTIST Funny how the commercial shows a long extension,not two 8 1nch drill bits i could have made in 5 minutes,and the only sent that,where the hell is the drill they advertised,they say i did not click for extra p& h,that was not on the infomercial either,never again,will i fall for something this stupid.will be turning this over to the bbb in texas

You may want to think twice before purchasing this apparent rip off.

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Steam Buddy Rip Off

I called the 800 number as the product I first saw on TV. They advertised for only $19.99 you would get a steambuddy which is what I've been wanting so I don't have to spend a lot of time ironing my clothes in the morning. They offer 4 free gifts if you hurry & order & all for $19.99 but it's an $80.00 value.

When I called it wasn't a live person, just a computerized voice. Each FREE gift that was offered they said click one to add the linen brush for an additional $17.95 plus addtl 6.00 for S&H. They did this with all free products advertised. Basically if I would have pressed 1 for each item they said was free if I ordered at that time it would have been over $100.00! I pressed zero & only agreed to purchase the steamer at the $19.99 plus the shipping which was only $4.95. I was looking at my bank statement today because I transferred enough money in there to cover the charge. It showed a 35.00 overdraft fee my bank charged me because the steambuddy company charged my account $69.95! I have disputed the charge with my bank but am furious I have to wait 2 weeks to get my money back.

They are dishonest & lie. It's a total scam & I'm sure they figure people won't check their statements & can get away with it. I just read they have sold over a million dollars worth of these things so I'm sure you can imagine how. There is noway in the world anyone would be stupid enough to pay this I hope. They say it's an $80.00 value but each item priced seperatly totals well over $80.00. Beware of this company & if you did purchase it, please look back at your bank or credit card records! I just love that they stole money from a young single mother with 3 children... NOT! I wish I could get double the money back for all the hassles I've had to deal with!

Zoe
Blaine, Washington
U.S.A.

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