Inventhelp (aka Invention Submission Corporation)
217 Ninth Street
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222-3506
U.S.A.
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Inventhelp (aka Invention Submission Corporation) scammed me out of money Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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1Consumer
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Their so-called services do nothing to help patent or sell invention ideas. I was told by a patent attorney I talked with and he said it was all a bunch of junk, that they scammed me. He also said about the so-called patent I have with inventhelp that I needed a provisional patent not a design patent, which is all they did for me. The design patent is worthless. I quit sending them money and the universal payment corporation aka universal finance company is all the time aggravating me to pay up the last bit I owe. I refuse to talk with them because I told inventhelp that I just want my hard-earned money back that I was hoping to invest in with the invention idea I had. Now I am out over 16,000.00 plus more because of this so-called company. They have completely ripped me off. Please help if you can. Thanks so much.
Cross2581
Monroe, North Carolina
U.S.A.
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#1 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: John - Califon (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
POSTED: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Contact Jennifer Kelley in the PA Attorney General's Office with a complaint. Make sure you reference them as 'formerly Invention Submission Corp.' This is imperative! They need nnumerous complaints in order to do an investigation. Here is the complaint form to fill out and address to Ms. Kelley:
attorneygeneral.gov/bcp_form.cfm
Jennifer Kelley-Agent
Office of Attorney General
564 Forbes Ave.
6th Floor, Manor Bldg.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
Also send a copy here:
Office of Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Protection
14th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
As well as to your Attorney General. They can be found here:
naag.org/ag/full_ag_table.php
Also file a complaint with the United States Patent and Trademark Office-copy and paste the below address and scroll down to 'complaints' and them 'complaint forms'
uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm
Also with the FTC:
rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
Also with consumer affairs online:
consumeraffairs.com/php/a_report.php
also, send a complaint with copies of your paperwork-certified, return receipt requested to:
Mary Beth Buchanon
700 Grant St.
Suite 400
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
and:
Eastern Central Region
Federal Trade Commission
Suite 200
11 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2507
Complaints about them as Invention Submission Corp. can be found. Also read what a former employee says about the way they operate.
Make sure you reference this in your complaint in association with Invention Submission
Do not let them bully you into a partial refund. They tried the excuse that 'it's been 10 years' with me-as well as a gag order. I want the full refund as required by the FTC-94 ruling. This is the minimum I will accept to even think about not talking about this scam. I have the list of alleged 'companies' from their highly touted 'databank' that had NOTHING to do with what I was trying to market-much less that I needed foreign patents and was told I didn't-a violation of FTC-94.
I don't care how long it's been. All this scam information and rulings have not been available for 10 years so who cares. I, myself, didn't get internet access until 1999 and was a real rookie then as to how to search and access information. I am quite a bit better now and they will pay-either me by way of a full refund or in loss of revenue which I know has already exceeded what they could/should have refunded me.
Keep us updated. We must keep these slugs in the public eye to save others from the same fate.
