Kelly Advertising, DS-Max, Branch Davidians Cult. Bad, Bad company!!!!! Be careful. Big waste of time. Freaks. ripoff Anaheim/Orange California

I worked for this company barely eating for over a year. While there I was taught just how many people were stealing social security numbers to sign up fake cell phone accounts through sprint. Even though the manager looked like she was making a good living, it was because her fianc made all the money not her. Now the owner was nice, but completely full of crap. And after I had to take a couple of days off due to finding out I was pregnant, they told me not to come back. Which I found out isn't illegal since I was an independent contractor and it was their product. No loss for me, I found a real job 2 weeks later. Just stay away from this place. They don't pay for anything including these BS trips they say they go on. It's been the same song and dance for years.

I am a currently employee of Nu image and would to just address the inaccuracies in the above report. i have been working there for the better half of a year and from what I read, sounds like you guys didn't last long to see what it's all about.

First off, the gas money thing. I agree that on day 1, you shouldn't have to pay for gas but once you've decided to commit to a sales job, paying for gas is not and should not be the companies responsibility. It's a business expense, tax deductible business expense, and goes along with being an independent contractor. With the exception of a few businesses that do offer gas reimbursement, the rest of the world has to pay for their own gas for their own car. If you want to be a door to door sales rep, you need to pay for gas. At the Nu image office I work for, we all pitch in money and give it to the drivers as a courtesy. If you can't afford gas or don't want to pay or gas, find a new job that doesn't require you to drive around.

Regarding the $1,000.00 savings account where all your paycheck goes until it reaches $1,000-BULLSH*T. The $1,000.00 is called your retainer and is in place for a good reason. Money gets added to your retainer weekly, they take 10% of your commissions and move it over to your retainer and once it reaches $1,000 they stop taking the 10%. The retainer is in place in case one of the orders you place get cancelled or the customer breaks the contract. So lets say, I sign someone up (customer must stay for 3 months to get full commission) an I make a 100 commission, they'll take 10%, which is $10, out of my check and put it into my retainer ... And let's say next month, my customer cancels their service, I am not entitled to full commission since the customer didn't stay for 3 months - rather than taking the money back out of net commission, they take it out of my retainer. It's more comforting to know the money's not coming out of your net pay. When you leave Nu Image, you get your retainer back.

As for management saying all of the orders get cancelled, I don't know how that can happen because I call in my own deals and know immediately if they pass credit risk or not and as a good salesmen, I stay on top of my customers and know who cancels and who gets their service installed. I monitor every deal I do from sign up to install to monthly follow ups. I have had a deal or 2 missing from my paycheck before, but I advise them of the error and get the money the week after. Not only do I always get paid in excess of 1,000 a week but I've web gotten 800 & 1000 bonuses just for selling a lot in a week. Oh yeah, did I also mention they take the sales reps out to 5 star dinners, outings and vacations (even international trips) all expenses paid at least 2-4 times a year. Compensated very fairly from Nu Image.

As for the JUICE thing, it is silly but hey - ill say whatever they want me to say as long as I keep getting treated and paid so well.

Here's how this place operates....

They keep help wanted ads up on craigslist because they go through employees like a box of Kleenex.   Every Monday they have a group interview after which they congratulate the latest batch of suckers on getting the job.  They promise the moon and stars to the new recruits, but really they aren't going to even pay for the gas.   The first couple of days the suckers spend "in training", which means that any sales they might land will go to their team leader.  Once off on their own, the people in the main office tell the suckers that their sales fell through or the customer didn't pass the credit check, often enough to keep the commission away from the worker, but maybe they'll let them keep a few sales to keep them baited.  Then the bosses will reveal that the worker has to fill a $1000 "savings account" with commission before they'll actually pay any of it.  As soon as you realize that you've been working over 12 hours a day for ZERO pay and start to get suspicious, they'll fire your a*s....which doesn't bother them a bit because there are plenty of other slaves in the sea.  This is how the people at the top of this scam get money, they take the commission money from all the stupid people underneath them making deals for no pay. 

I worked for a company a few years ago called Nu Image Marketing in Anaheim and they worked the exact same scam too, only they sold spa packages. They even used the exact same lingo ie: "Juice by you!"

I also have a Rip Off Report filed for Boomerang Marketing Group, another one of this pyramid scheme's subsidiaries. This is definitely a national problem, if not international (the guys at my interviews kept telling me that they had offices in Japan and South Africa, so it might be international as well). If everyone could send a message to Monster, or Career Builder, or HotJobs or something, to let them know about these scam artists that are posting jobs on their sites, maybe we could prevent this from happening again. I already have done so, but nothing has been done about the problem. Maybe a large presence will help the cause? All I need to say is THANK GOD I didn't sign a contract.

It was in Riverside,CA...Same Bull...We work for the Anaheim Angels...Yada Yada...Not told to wear good shoes...I was driven...No way to escape...If I was you I would have just ditched the cult group! I did sell two cards and I made out with $50...I never went back again...Thank God! Spread the word these guys are brain washed!

To your question on whether that movie was loosely based on D. S. Max/Kelly Advertising, the answer is yes. I have yet to see it but when I worked at D.S. Max, people were talking about that movie and how it was made by a former distributor and got into leagal trouble with D.S. Max over it.