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Complaint Review: MarketUS.com - Fort Lauderdale Florida

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  • MarketUS.com 1819 SE 17th Street Suite 1108 Fort Lauderdale, Florida U.S.A.

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On April 9th of this year, I hired MarketUS.com to get my firm onto the GSA schedule. I agreed to a do-it-yourself (DIY) solution. On March 9th of this year I worked with John Connell in Sales and I agreed to the DIY service. I was told about Coaching Serves that would give me unlimited hours of support on their system. I declined Coaching. Coaching costs $4,000 and I felt like I could do it myself and save the money.

MarketUS has an online system for navigating the GSA process. It is inadequte. It does provide links to the appropriate websites. But it does a poor job of tracking the progress of the process.

I put some time into doing it myself. And on April 23rd, I tried to get back into it but I could not recall where I had left off. So, I called Deana Trone at MarketUS. This was the only support call that I have ever made to MarketUS. I spoke to Guy Trone for about 20 minutes and he was able to tell me where I stopped and what else I needed to do.

Here is where things turned REALLY bad.

In June, I get a call from my bank about additional charges to my account. It turns out that MarketUS was continuing to bill me. I agreed to pay $5,000 for the DIY solution. But they billed me an additional $8,500 and they took it right out of my bank account! I had agreed to the initial charges. So, the wire transfer of $5,000 was not a problem. But the additional and unexpected charges of $8,500 was a SERIOUS problem. MarketUS claims that I ordered "Coaching Service". This is not true. It is a lie.

They also claim that I have made 5 hours worth of support calls to their office. This is also not true. I made only one call to Guy Trone. But I have made many calls to complain about my bill. They are also asking my bank to prove that the money was transferred. I have agreed to this but I do not understand why they can't just look it up in their own accounting system. Even Quicken can keep track of Income by Client.

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH Michael Price and MarketUS. They have lied to me on numerous occasions. They have taken my money without permission. And they have falsified documents to cover their mistakes.

Stuart
Washington, District of Columbia
U.S.A.

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#7 Author of original report

MarketUS.com

AUTHOR: Stuart - (United States)

POSTED: Monday, March 25, 2019

Still in business and likely still conning businesses.

https://progoffice.com/category/marketus/

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#6 Author of original report

Beware! He is still in business

AUTHOR: - ()

POSTED: Friday, September 01, 2017

Go to https://progoffice.com/category/marketus/ to read all about how he scammed me.

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#5 Consumer Comment

MarketUS scam

AUTHOR: cheated clients - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 18, 2013

wanna know the truth re MArketUS  see     marketUS Mark cordy ripoff report  See    Manatee sheriffs dept   look up criminals    Cedanio Bacon  child molestor and wife beater

See Cedanio Bacon partner of Michael Price and Tabb solutuons  See Tabb Solutions     see how MarketUS and TAbb solutions are now partners  See Pinellas COURT RECORDS and ST PETE TIMES article  Injunction against Michael price

Price ordered to pay $8400 atty fees  Price ordered to stop calling and lying to competitor clients  Price was given a deadline to remove comeptitor negatives or face jail  Price hasd been ordered to pay $10,000 for any contact to competitors clients 

Has anyone else listened to the crap b.s, that price, cordy, Greg Warren and Cedanio Bacon produced for the MArketUS website  Price is a pathological liar, name dropper and down right con artist  Price, Greg W and Mark Cordy have all falsely claimed they are working with/for the FL AG office

Their only connection w/ the FL AG is that they are trying to manipulate the FL AG office via false statements re: competitors for the sole purpose of getting a competitive edge.  WHY?  beacsue not one of them has the brains or ethics to bring in their own real clients.

Their game is to trash competitors, advise client to chargeback and then go forward with their scam operation. Sewer rats are higher up on the totem pole than these 4  If MArketUS calls you   Hang up the phone save yourself and your wallet  

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#4 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Give it a rest

AUTHOR: MarketUS, LLC. - ()

POSTED: Saturday, June 22, 2013

I tried to take the high road here and all I see is a guy who updates his original invalid complaint.

Here is the real story:

In July 2008 I hired Deana Trone from one of the scam companies all over this site.  Not knowing just how deep this went, she did a fine job for me, for a while.  Because of her lack of ethics, she almost put me out of business, sorry Stu, you failed at that.

The original posted here is Stu Kushner in DC.  I have never spoken with Stu and do not know him.  I review his orders and allowed them to go through.

Based on his claim of being ripped off, both American Express and his bank, agreed that he did not have a valid claim.

In a previous rebuttal to Stu on this site, I offered to provide compensation to all affected at no charge.  To date, nobody has responded, until Stu decided to update his bogus report over 4 years later.

An interesting note is that he states 'In April of this year...' as in 2013?  Nice try, it was 2009, 4 years ago.

Now the true story has been told.

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#3 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Resolution

AUTHOR: MarketUS, LLC. - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 04, 2012

My name is Michael Price and the owner of MarketUS, LLC. This complaint has been brought to my attention and I would like to provide a rebuttal. The people mentioned in this report were independent contractors that I used for a short time.

I had been in business for 23 years with no complaints and when I started using these contractors, I started getting complaints.  Upon investigating the complaints I determined the contactors were not subscribing to our policies and procedures, and they were terminated.

I then followed up with any complaints and worked to resolve them.  If there are any outstanding complaints I will honor the original agreement and work at no additional fees to help them prepare and submit their GSA application for approval.

As you can see this issue occurred years ago and I am confident virtually all issues are resolved.  I am both a Veteran and proud of my reputation as a business owner.

My first client was Michael Dell and I continue to help companies submit their paperwork and negotiate with the GSA officers for their approval for a GSA contract.  If you have any questions, please call me directly.

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#2 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Resolution

AUTHOR: Gold Dot Funding, Inc. - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 04, 2012

I have waited too long to do this.  We hire independent contractors to work in our sales department. As any good business owner will attest, when you have a contractor go bad, you terminate their contract.  When you have a contractor go rogue, you file charges.  This is what I have done.

I am not going to pick at the details of the complaint, I am resolving it here and now.  If you are one of the complainants, I will make you whole.

You came to me to help you get into the federal government and, so far, we failed. If you have an outstanding issue, please contact me directly and I will provide full services to you at no charge. Thank you for your understanding.

Michael Price
MarketUS, LLC.

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#1 Author of original report

Go to my blog for more details

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

POSTED: Thursday, July 09, 2009

More details can be found regarding this issue at http://www.progoffice.com/blog-0.

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