Start Up Essentials, A-1 Leasing, USA Card Services And Bond CorporationI I too, have been involved with the Startup Essentials program, I was called about getting a website started I needed only to work 5-10 hours a week on this to make money. Hilton New York

I too was taken in by all the fast sales and talk about being able to build my own website and only spend 5-10 hours a week and we would make money on our site. I was told that I would get all the necessary help I would need and I believed every word that they said.

Now it is two years later and $130.00 a month which totals to $3120.00 that I have given these people for some help with my site. At first, they were okay with the help, but now the phone number is no longer in service and although you can still get on their website, and it has the journey on there, we can no longer get the personal help or the daily spark or conference calls that were available at first.

I feel these companies are scam artists and a lot of us fell for the program they were offering. I have called the Attorney General in New York State and will be filing a report with them. I want to cancel my contract, but am not sure this can be done without legal problems. We need to advise others of this scam before they put all their money into these programs that do not work. If anyone has any advice for me, please let me know asap. I am thinking of closing my checking account and see what happens after that.

I also feel, that I do not have to send the computer back because it cost me more than If I went out and bought a lap top. I called A-l leasing and they said I still owe them $2800.00 and it would cost me that and $697. to buy the computer from them. Now that is what I call a ripoff as I told them too that it was a used computer and not worth that amount of money. They will not let any of us off the hook.

Dmb
HILTON, New York
U.S.A.