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Complaint Review: Priority One Clearing Services - Clearwater Florida

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  • Priority One Clearing Services 1151 NE Cleveland St Clearwater , Florida U.S.A.

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A shady looking guy came to our door trying to sell magazines for charities to get points. And this was at my family's house in another state. About a month or so ago a similar looking guy came to my house in my state trying to sell magazines. They both had the same tactics. The whole thing looks shady. On your website, the address for the offices on google maps shows some place in Colorado. That seems normal, but on street view it doesn't really look professional. And the website is registered to someone in Clearwater, FL. Every time I see or hear about the people you have selling magazines door to door, it's always a really shady looking individual who acts overly friendly, doesn't take no for an answer, demands to come inside, travels with other shady looking individuals in unprofessional vehicles. The individuals selling the magazines carry wrinkled flyers and seem nice but the moment they can't make a sale they immediately become disinterested, unkind, and try to leave before someone can find out more information. When the individual is questioned about legitimacy the person is directed to talk on the phone to their "higher up" which is just another unprofessional looking individual. When contacted, the charities in question have no idea who these people selling magazines are. It looks like a scam. It probably is a scam. Even if it wasn't, it's ugly business practice and you have terrible employees. Chase Springfield, Illinois
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#6 Consumer Comment

another dissatisfied 'customer'

AUTHOR: elliB - (United States of America)

POSTED: Friday, February 25, 2011

I also started receiving unwanted/unordered magazines that I didn't even pay for. First it was US Weekly, a waste of paper. Then a month or so later it was Working Mother Magazine (which is extra ridiculous as I am a student with no children!) So I finally contacted Working Mother Magazine last night and this was the response I got: "Your order was placed through Priority One Clearing agency. Their telephone number is 727 443 2200. Please contact them for assistance with your cancellation." So clearly someone went out of their way to sign me up for magazines through this place I've never heard of, be it for points or commission or whatever, because I am not the demographic of either of these publications and anyone who knows me would say the same. Now how can the owner of this company keep defending themselves against this sort of thing when people all over are receiving magazines they don't want and aren't the demographic for, and they come care of Priority One Clearing? It's absurd and reeks of scam and I will do whatever it takes to stop this.

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#5 Consumer Comment

Proof that Priority One is a scammer operation

AUTHOR: Mattb - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, December 27, 2010

I started receiving Rolling Stone magazine about 2 months ago.... a magazine that I could care less about, much less want a subscription for. Well, after calling Rolling Stone, they said the subscription was sent in by Priority One Clearing Service. Bingo!! Proof that you are indeed a scammer operation. So, as soon as I file this report, I'll be heading over to the BBB website and file a report on you there, too. You have a lot of nerve calling yourself "reputable" when people start receiving a magazine they didn't subscribe to. Talk your way out of that!

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#4 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Priority One Clearing is just as guilty as scammers.

AUTHOR: ClearingHouseScam - (United States of America)

POSTED: Friday, December 17, 2010

Priority One Clearing is just as guilty as scammers.

I started getting magazines I did not sign up for, and I am now 100% sure it is a scam. I had to call four "companies" just to "cancel" the first magazine. One of the companies was National Publishers Exchange, which Dawn Daugherty (CEO of Priority One Clearing) used to work for.

The second magazine I did not order has lead me to Priorty One Clearing. Someone is trying to scam me and is using Priority One Clearing and companies like them to do it.

I find it hard to believe "clearing houses" such as Priority One Clearing do not know what is going on. They must get complaints all the time. They just "process orders" and push papers along to the next company, but nobody wants to verify the order.

Maybe Dawn Daugherty and Priorty One Clearing aren't trying to scam people, but they are complacent in the magazine scam business. Why didn't Priorty One Clearing call to confirm I ordered?

Lastly, Priority One Clearing is not part of the publishing industry as they state on their website, they are part of the sometimes-sleasy sales industry.

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#3 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Misconeption of Identify/Companies

AUTHOR: Dawn daugherty - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Please note that although Jennifer Proffitt Payne and Dawn Daugherty appear on the corporate documents 1)We are not "formally" partners in Priority One Clearing Services 2)We are not using alias names, if you have ever been female and married/divorced you would realize how hard it is to have all paperwork throughout your personal/professional filings in sync with a unanimous name 3) Priority One Clearinghouse is a processing company for agents that are door 2 door, telemarketing, direct mail, internet, etc.  We process for many companies who do not own nor have a financial interest in P-1. 4) I, Dawn Daugherty do not own any other companies other than Priority One Clearing Services and Subscription Integrity Services, LLC.  Any other companies appearing with my name or a similar name are not me nor are they companies owned by me.  5) The company was incorporated in Clw, FL but located the operations to Indian Hills, CO.  So not to raise any red flags, it is physically moving to FL in late July of 2010.

I would be delighted to discuss any matters you might have regarding this industry and/or my company so that information will not be improperly stated and smeared across the internet.  I am simply an entrepreneur who was introduced to this business many years ago (20) and have enjoyed serving this industry well.....the magazine industry.

Please go to my website at Priorityoneclearing.com and you will see we are reputable, accessable and willing to answer any questions.

Dawn Daugherty

Founder/CEO /President

 

 

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#2 Consumer Comment

Priority One Clearing Services - Unique Subscription Agency

AUTHOR: boatrocker - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, April 22, 2010

For the past 4 weeks a Mag Crew of approximately 50 young adults (along with several toddlers) has been staying at the Day's Inn in Alameda, California soliciting and recruiting in the SF Bay Area on behalf of Unique Subscription Agency. Liquor, marijuana and drugs are everywhere. Larry Lee McClellan of Pearland, Texas and Jennifer E. Payne of Colorado represent this company per the Colorado Secretary of States business database.

Priority One Clearing Services has a BBB rating of C-. This clearinghouse is used by the Unique Subscription Agency. Priority One Clearing Services was incorporated in Florida with Jennifer Proffitt (aka Jennifer Payne) and Dawn Daugherty named as directors. On January 13, 2010, the mailing address for Priority One Clearing Services was changed to Colorado, Jennifer Paynes home base. Dawn Daugherty is named as the registered agent and CEO.

When registering companies, Dawn Daugherty (aka Dawn Russo) and Jennifer E Payne (aka Jennifer Proffitt) use various other names, such as their married name, prior married name or maiden name. Other names including Jennifer Paynes husband, Cody Don Payne and her son, Ashton Elijah Dukes are also used. For example, Priority One Services is the clearinghouse for D 2 D Consulting, aka Reviste, LLC which is owned by Cody Payne and has a BBB rating of F.

Most, if not all, of the magazine subscription companies represented, owned and/or operated by Jennifer Payne and family utilize a Mag Crew to obtain their subscriptions. See magcrew.com for how these crews operate.

Missing customer money: When receipts are turned-in by the Mag Crews, money is skimmed off the top by the folks in Colorado, thus, many subscriptions are not even turned in to the clearinghouse. The Mag Crews are generally blamed for this, when in fact, it is those at the higher levels stealing the money. When a customer calls the clearinghouse to inquire about their subscription, the clearinghouse employee can honestly claim there is no record of the order; therefore, no refund is issued if the customer paid in cash. If payment was made by check, the subscription startup is often deliberately delayed until the customer calls.  In the meantime, the clearinghouse has had full use of the customers money.

Mag Crews recruit young adults over 18, some with young children and toddlers in tow, and take them state to state to solicit for what are oftentimes fraudulent, dissolved or non-existent companies. There is fraud, falsification of documents filed with government agencies, forgery, theft, child neglect/abuse, consumer rip-offs, drugs, unlicensed drivers, no permits, etc . . .

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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Clearing House no Scam

AUTHOR: Dawn Daugherty - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, July 23, 2009

First let me say that Priority One Clearing Services is a magazine processing center or Clearing House as it is known in the industry. We do not sell magagzines to the end user/subscriber, we process magazine orders for agents/people selling magaiznes and have contracts with hundreds of consumer magazine publishers to do so.

There is no way that a person could have gotten our web address from anything that someone on a door to door sales call would have had regarding coorespondence. You can call the publishers' fulfillment center after the order is placed and if you have an active magazine subscription they will tell you the order came from Priority One/or any other clearing hosue and give you a phone number to reach us and we will refer you to the company that sent the order to us to be processed as we don't have any information other than name and address on the consumer. There is NO WAY the website was retrieved or the name Priroity One Clearing Services was obtained from any sales materials.

I have worked to long (over 20 years) and too hard to be associated with any Scams or to be preceived as a Scam.....and yes, I incorporated in Clearwater, FL and have an office there and also in Colorado...is that a crime?

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