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Complaint Review: GQ Imports / Image Imports / Alliance Advertising / Midwest Marketing Concepts - Everywhere In The US Massachusetts

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  • GQ Imports / Image Imports / Alliance Advertising / Midwest Marketing Concepts Gill Street Woburn, Ma 01801 Everywhere In The US, Massachusetts U.S.A.

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Please - before you ever consider a position with GQ Imports / Image Imports / Alliance Advertising / Midwest Marketing Concepts - or any other name they are using - RUN away as fast as you can.

You'll know you're involved with one of these companies from the start - they will interview you the same day you call and it will last about five minutes and they wont ask about your work experience but rather your hobbies (totally professional, right WRONG).

They dont care what you've done in the past - all they care about is that they can find something you like to relate to you to figure out how to 'pitch the job' to you. If you like football, they're sending you out with a football fan that day to create a faux friendship.

There are SO many reports about these guys - like Mike Kriss and Mike Ryeburge - they are all true - they are liars and scam artists and will suck you dry six days a week.

I am hopeful that dateline nbc reads my email and contacts me - I would give anything to bring these SOB's down.

Please - research these companies on this site deeply - you will see how all their lies have ruined lives - all for the sake of keeping you there a bit longer to sell more of their crap business to business.

I wish I was smart enough to read this site before going to the interviews - but you can learn the easy way what I had to learn the hard way.......

Best of luck in your search for a REAL job - and while you're at it - run your key along mike kriss' car during your interview for me!

Artty
Newburyport, Massachusetts
U.S.A.

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#9 UPDATE Employee

HAHAHA

AUTHOR: The Truth - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 29, 2008

You guys standing up for this company make me laugh, you either are new employees that haven't figured it out yet or you are an owner and usually owners are bigger suckers than the new guys. This company is an absolute joke, they make you pay for gas and all other expenses and DON"T OFFER ANY BENEFITS!! hahahahah any person in their right mind would never work for a company with no benefits lets be serious. The only reason people become owners is the fact that they have to much pride to quit and they were scammed in beleiving they could actually make money I was in the quantum division and even the the VP who was made out to be the richest woman in the company lived a life I would never want. She has a decent size house and a couple nice cars but she has kids from her office living in about three rooms of her house that just makes me laugh what a terrible life. These guys brain wash you to thinking there is no money in the real world just look at the facts if you went to college and have a degree work at a REAL company you make more money FACT receive benefits FACT and actually build a carear. Owners in this company are pathetic and lie to people everyday. So keep saying juice at you morons and don't be surprised when you make it to management and nothing that was promised happens but the cycle just continues they will tell you that the next step is so much better and will be the answer to you problems have fun. Pretty soon most of you dummies will be trying to "5 step" your way out of debt and jail cells.

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#8 UPDATE Employee

Couldn't Hack it...Huh?

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

POSTED: Saturday, July 12, 2008

It's cool, a lot of people are afraid of the hard work that it takes to go anywhere in this business. It's a little bit off to dedicate such time and effort to dogging a company that you might've done well with if you had've spent 1/2 the time and effort that you are spending bad-mouthing a perfectly good business. This company is experiencing a great deal of growth. Home Depot, Lowe's, and Sears; Fortune 500 companies that wouldn't associate themselves with 'con men,' actually use our reps to drive in business from within their store. Why? Because we get results. We have full permission to be there and use the store's name. At the end of the day, we generate hundreds of leads, each of which could generate thousands in revenue for the store in the form of various home improvement projects. In addition to that we also have divisions dealing with D.A.R.E. and Operation Smile...Some scam, right? RIGHT! Also, I'm not a manager...yet; but I'm well on my way. I haven't lied to a single customer or recruit thus far. I'm sure you'll respond to this rebuttal, negatively as always. I understand your bitterness, having failed miserably at such a great opportunity.

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#7 UPDATE Employee

Couldn't Hack it...Huh?

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

POSTED: Saturday, July 12, 2008

It's cool, a lot of people are afraid of the hard work that it takes to go anywhere in this business. It's a little bit off to dedicate such time and effort to dogging a company that you might've done well with if you had've spent 1/2 the time and effort that you are spending bad-mouthing a perfectly good business. This company is experiencing a great deal of growth. Home Depot, Lowe's, and Sears; Fortune 500 companies that wouldn't associate themselves with 'con men,' actually use our reps to drive in business from within their store. Why? Because we get results. We have full permission to be there and use the store's name. At the end of the day, we generate hundreds of leads, each of which could generate thousands in revenue for the store in the form of various home improvement projects. In addition to that we also have divisions dealing with D.A.R.E. and Operation Smile...Some scam, right? RIGHT! Also, I'm not a manager...yet; but I'm well on my way. I haven't lied to a single customer or recruit thus far. I'm sure you'll respond to this rebuttal, negatively as always. I understand your bitterness, having failed miserably at such a great opportunity.

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#6 UPDATE Employee

Couldn't Hack it...Huh?

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

POSTED: Saturday, July 12, 2008

It's cool, a lot of people are afraid of the hard work that it takes to go anywhere in this business. It's a little bit off to dedicate such time and effort to dogging a company that you might've done well with if you had've spent 1/2 the time and effort that you are spending bad-mouthing a perfectly good business. This company is experiencing a great deal of growth. Home Depot, Lowe's, and Sears; Fortune 500 companies that wouldn't associate themselves with 'con men,' actually use our reps to drive in business from within their store. Why? Because we get results. We have full permission to be there and use the store's name. At the end of the day, we generate hundreds of leads, each of which could generate thousands in revenue for the store in the form of various home improvement projects. In addition to that we also have divisions dealing with D.A.R.E. and Operation Smile...Some scam, right? RIGHT! Also, I'm not a manager...yet; but I'm well on my way. I haven't lied to a single customer or recruit thus far. I'm sure you'll respond to this rebuttal, negatively as always. I understand your bitterness, having failed miserably at such a great opportunity.

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#5 Author of original report

Cut through the BS

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

POSTED: Sunday, April 20, 2008

First off - invest in spell check -

But for real - if anyone actually reads this and legit believes that the author is not one of the owners or vice presidents then you might just belong with this company - because you are not capable of being saved. However, I feel that if you are smart enough to be reading this - then there is hope for you afterall!

These companies are not DYING to do business with you - you are using their names without permission - and selling crap INNOVAGE products - NOT something that is found in these stores that you claim you market for.

Every single product is a cheap import that will never be on the shelf of any reputable business.

Be smart when you're out looking for a job - there are 1000's of reports about how awful this company is and merely a handful, if that, saying how wonderful they are.

Lets face it - this guy claims to be a distributor at the company, working his way up - but he'd have to know an awful lot to be able to answer all our questions and he also seems to have a grasp on how many people see the products and how many offices and what not - he's one of the owners - probably Mike Kriss - biggest scum of the earth - and they will never be able to do anything about using their names because they'd end up being exposed for the frauds they are.

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RE: Innovage/DS-MAX SCAM REPORTS

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

POSTED: Sunday, April 20, 2008

First off, has anybody else noticed that every company you can possibly imagine is on this website and all of them have bad reviews? For the people that say they want to "expose the truth" about these companies by bringing in hidden cameras, I am more then willing to show and tell anyone what we do. This is a scam business right? Let me give you a little bit of background info. We started out in 1981 in Toronto Canada. Since then, we have opened up over 16,000 offices in over 105 countries. We do go around business to business selling merchandise ranging from WB, SAMSONITE, CRAYOLA, COLEMAN GEAR etc. All huge companies. Why do you think we have contracts with all of them. We simply get their products a lot more exposure going business to business VS. sitting on a shelf in a store. If each merchandiser sees 300 people a day and there are at least 20 people in each office, thats over 96,000,000 people seeing that product and we can afford to give it to people at wholesale prices. When you guys say its a rip off because other stores such as Walgreen's has our same products for the same price, who the hell do you think is supplying them? For the people who say its illegal because of tax purposes, there is tax on the items. We sell them for 10 but we charge 10.80 for the taxes and the owner of each office is paying tax on each item. For the people who say were illegal because of the laws against solicitation, it clearly states that going business to business is NOT ILLEGAL especially since we each have tax numbers, licenses, and we also get permits from the city we are selling in so they know we are there. For the people who say they get sweaty and tired of walking. STOP BEING SO FRICKING LAZY. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU CAME INTO OUR COMPANY? A pyramid scheme asks you to invest your own money into the company. Tell me when one person was ever asked to invest their own money in the business. We are making money, learning the business, and hiring on people to become part of our team. We get a number of people on your team, you get your own office and we do it all over again. It is not a pyramid scheme. We are simply expanding. We also have new divisions now such as HI (Home Improvement) where we will be in places such as HOME DEPOT, LEOWS, COSTCO, etc. asking you and directing you through the process of home improvements. Again, if we were such a rip off company, would all of these companies be dying to do business with us. I will be more then happy to answer any questions anyone may have. I am not a manger or an owner or a vice president nor a president, I am simply a merchandiser making his way up the ladder. Wake up people and stop being so lazy.

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RE: Innovage/DS-MAX SCAM REPORTS

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

POSTED: Sunday, April 20, 2008

First off, has anybody else noticed that every company you can possibly imagine is on this website and all of them have bad reviews? For the people that say they want to "expose the truth" about these companies by bringing in hidden cameras, I am more then willing to show and tell anyone what we do. This is a scam business right? Let me give you a little bit of background info. We started out in 1981 in Toronto Canada. Since then, we have opened up over 16,000 offices in over 105 countries. We do go around business to business selling merchandise ranging from WB, SAMSONITE, CRAYOLA, COLEMAN GEAR etc. All huge companies. Why do you think we have contracts with all of them. We simply get their products a lot more exposure going business to business VS. sitting on a shelf in a store. If each merchandiser sees 300 people a day and there are at least 20 people in each office, thats over 96,000,000 people seeing that product and we can afford to give it to people at wholesale prices. When you guys say its a rip off because other stores such as Walgreen's has our same products for the same price, who the hell do you think is supplying them? For the people who say its illegal because of tax purposes, there is tax on the items. We sell them for 10 but we charge 10.80 for the taxes and the owner of each office is paying tax on each item. For the people who say were illegal because of the laws against solicitation, it clearly states that going business to business is NOT ILLEGAL especially since we each have tax numbers, licenses, and we also get permits from the city we are selling in so they know we are there. For the people who say they get sweaty and tired of walking. STOP BEING SO FRICKING LAZY. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU CAME INTO OUR COMPANY? A pyramid scheme asks you to invest your own money into the company. Tell me when one person was ever asked to invest their own money in the business. We are making money, learning the business, and hiring on people to become part of our team. We get a number of people on your team, you get your own office and we do it all over again. It is not a pyramid scheme. We are simply expanding. We also have new divisions now such as HI (Home Improvement) where we will be in places such as HOME DEPOT, LEOWS, COSTCO, etc. asking you and directing you through the process of home improvements. Again, if we were such a rip off company, would all of these companies be dying to do business with us. I will be more then happy to answer any questions anyone may have. I am not a manger or an owner or a vice president nor a president, I am simply a merchandiser making his way up the ladder. Wake up people and stop being so lazy.

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RE: Innovage/DS-MAX SCAM REPORTS

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

POSTED: Sunday, April 20, 2008

First off, has anybody else noticed that every company you can possibly imagine is on this website and all of them have bad reviews? For the people that say they want to "expose the truth" about these companies by bringing in hidden cameras, I am more then willing to show and tell anyone what we do. This is a scam business right? Let me give you a little bit of background info. We started out in 1981 in Toronto Canada. Since then, we have opened up over 16,000 offices in over 105 countries. We do go around business to business selling merchandise ranging from WB, SAMSONITE, CRAYOLA, COLEMAN GEAR etc. All huge companies. Why do you think we have contracts with all of them. We simply get their products a lot more exposure going business to business VS. sitting on a shelf in a store. If each merchandiser sees 300 people a day and there are at least 20 people in each office, thats over 96,000,000 people seeing that product and we can afford to give it to people at wholesale prices. When you guys say its a rip off because other stores such as Walgreen's has our same products for the same price, who the hell do you think is supplying them? For the people who say its illegal because of tax purposes, there is tax on the items. We sell them for 10 but we charge 10.80 for the taxes and the owner of each office is paying tax on each item. For the people who say were illegal because of the laws against solicitation, it clearly states that going business to business is NOT ILLEGAL especially since we each have tax numbers, licenses, and we also get permits from the city we are selling in so they know we are there. For the people who say they get sweaty and tired of walking. STOP BEING SO FRICKING LAZY. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU CAME INTO OUR COMPANY? A pyramid scheme asks you to invest your own money into the company. Tell me when one person was ever asked to invest their own money in the business. We are making money, learning the business, and hiring on people to become part of our team. We get a number of people on your team, you get your own office and we do it all over again. It is not a pyramid scheme. We are simply expanding. We also have new divisions now such as HI (Home Improvement) where we will be in places such as HOME DEPOT, LEOWS, COSTCO, etc. asking you and directing you through the process of home improvements. Again, if we were such a rip off company, would all of these companies be dying to do business with us. I will be more then happy to answer any questions anyone may have. I am not a manger or an owner or a vice president nor a president, I am simply a merchandiser making his way up the ladder. Wake up people and stop being so lazy.

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RE: Innovage/DS-MAX SCAM REPORTS

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

POSTED: Sunday, April 20, 2008

First off, has anybody else noticed that every company you can possibly imagine is on this website and all of them have bad reviews? For the people that say they want to "expose the truth" about these companies by bringing in hidden cameras, I am more then willing to show and tell anyone what we do. This is a scam business right? Let me give you a little bit of background info. We started out in 1981 in Toronto Canada. Since then, we have opened up over 16,000 offices in over 105 countries. We do go around business to business selling merchandise ranging from WB, SAMSONITE, CRAYOLA, COLEMAN GEAR etc. All huge companies. Why do you think we have contracts with all of them. We simply get their products a lot more exposure going business to business VS. sitting on a shelf in a store. If each merchandiser sees 300 people a day and there are at least 20 people in each office, thats over 96,000,000 people seeing that product and we can afford to give it to people at wholesale prices. When you guys say its a rip off because other stores such as Walgreen's has our same products for the same price, who the hell do you think is supplying them? For the people who say its illegal because of tax purposes, there is tax on the items. We sell them for 10 but we charge 10.80 for the taxes and the owner of each office is paying tax on each item. For the people who say were illegal because of the laws against solicitation, it clearly states that going business to business is NOT ILLEGAL especially since we each have tax numbers, licenses, and we also get permits from the city we are selling in so they know we are there. For the people who say they get sweaty and tired of walking. STOP BEING SO FRICKING LAZY. WHY DO YOU THINK YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU CAME INTO OUR COMPANY? A pyramid scheme asks you to invest your own money into the company. Tell me when one person was ever asked to invest their own money in the business. We are making money, learning the business, and hiring on people to become part of our team. We get a number of people on your team, you get your own office and we do it all over again. It is not a pyramid scheme. We are simply expanding. We also have new divisions now such as HI (Home Improvement) where we will be in places such as HOME DEPOT, LEOWS, COSTCO, etc. asking you and directing you through the process of home improvements. Again, if we were such a rip off company, would all of these companies be dying to do business with us. I will be more then happy to answer any questions anyone may have. I am not a manger or an owner or a vice president nor a president, I am simply a merchandiser making his way up the ladder. Wake up people and stop being so lazy.

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