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Complaint Review: Palmetto Marketing - Coral Springs Florida

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  • Palmetto Marketing 7522 Wiles Rd. Ste. 112 Coral Springs, Florida U.S.A.

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Like several others I was at home doing my own thing on March 22, 2005 when I got a knock at my door and a boy was selling magazines. He too, explained, in his bubbly personality, that he was trying to win a senior class trip to Cancun, Mexico and how he earned points for each magazine he sold. He also asked to come in to have a table to write on, but I knew better and told him to use the ledge on the porch rail. He then gave me the "bug off" sticker to put on my door so that no one else from "his class" would come to sell to me, which I didn't use and nobody came anyway.

So anyway, to make a long story short, I was "sucked into buying" one of these magazines and this is where my 2 problems come in... 1. He said that they would call me in a couple of weeks to make sure it was ok to cash my check-and big surprise, they didn't call...so he lied to me there and 2. I ordered a Cosmopolitan magazine and ended up getting a Cosmo girl! I'm a little old to be getting Cosmo girl now c'mon! So I looked up the phone number to PMI (and found it on this website-that should have been my first sign) and I called them to tell them I got the wrong magazine and they said that they don't even carry Cosmopolitan!!! What??? Some one is lying to me here too.

The salesboy showed me that they DID have Cosmopolitan which is the only reason I ordered one! And I specifically remember this because he wrote Cosmo Girl on the sales slip and I corrected him that I wanted Cosmopolitan so he scratched out Cosmo Girl and put Cosmopolitan. Please don't be a fool like I was, DO NOT fall for this scam and order from anyone at your door with this magazine offer.

Bethany
Waldorf, Maryland
U.S.A.

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#12 UPDATE EX-employee responds

sean cubbedge speaks

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

POSTED: Sunday, August 14, 2005

Its been almost 5 months since i left the mag game. I got nothing out of it but knowledge. Now i work for a legit sales company (compact power) where i still travel the country but instead of lame hotels its only the best and instead of 3 or 4 people to a room its just me and my partner. I learned a lot working for vinny mainly how to screw or get screwed. Its kinda funny the guy that owns the LEGIT MULTI BILLION $$$ Company i work for knows vinny. He sold mags in the 80's. The best advice i can give to someone working for the company is to get out. THE MONEY IS NOT THERE. When me and brittany left neither one of us got a cash up check or the money on our books and now the IRS is having a feild day with me. So where did all the money i supposedly made go? Not in my pocket!!! The company is farce and the government has been investigating for a long time. Thank god my grand father is a tax lawyer my dad is a fed and uncles all work for Dept. of Justice otherwise i would probally be in some real s**t. HA HA Fuc u Bob i told you iwasnt lying. Currerntly im fighting 3 court battles b/c of unpiad tickets and other crap the company got me in but im gonna win. LOL screw you bob vinny your cool b/c i know where you are coming from Tina sorry about all your bad fortunes they are probally gonna get worse. ATHENA E mail me at patdabomb692@hotmail.com i miss you too. Also where is JOE? I loved traveling and loved the friends i made wish i could get ahold of them but no one seems to be able to find anyone.... Dont know what else to say but my prayers go out to all the unfortunate kids that were once like me with a bogus dream to get rich b/c with this company you just lose.....

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#11 UPDATE EX-employee responds

that wasnt nice.

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

POSTED: Friday, August 12, 2005

why do you have to be like that. i didnt know what i was getting into when i joined that thing. the newspaper said it was for people who like to travel, it didnt say anything about door to door selling. i didnt know until i got there, and by then it was to late. my mom was in iraq, i had nowhere to go. i left as soon as my mom got back. that was really mean.

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#10 Consumer Suggestion

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

POSTED: Saturday, August 06, 2005

What is this, the prison-escapees family reunion. If all of you people really worked for this company, i have some swamp land in florida i would like to sell you... Common, i have seen bums with more self-respect than you... and probably made more money returning cans to come to think of it.

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#9 UPDATE EX-employee responds

i hate that place.

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

POSTED: Thursday, July 28, 2005

ok, yes i remember heather and liz, i never liked them to much. scott E is not there anymore, he left with some wierd girl. when i left they all thought i was going on vacation, so vinnie paid for my plane ticket, mike dowd took me to the airport. i never came back. im having a baby now, by one of the guys on crew. im 7 months pregnant. about vinnie and his wife, they are only married for their kids, she knows about jamie, and doesnt care. thet dont love each other anymore, at least thats what i heard. and our crew never aactually trained anyone to say the kids hospital thing, they told everyone ur not sapposed to, but they still did it. but the managers actually take money off ur books if they catch that. some people send it to st. jude. oh and brittany left with cubbage after i left. i think they are in maryland. ive been trying to find a way to get ahold of cubbadge. i miss him to. deneatte left cause bk left. she wanted me to go with her at first, but then she accused bk of cheating on her with me. NOT TRUE!!! mag crew is full of lies and desciete. that place is nuts. well it was nice talking to ya again.

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#8 UPDATE EX-employee responds

this company is deceitful

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

POSTED: Monday, July 18, 2005

Well, I am not surprised to hear that about Jill. She's really not a very nice person. So, can't say that I feel sorry for her, one bit. I didn't know Vinnie was even married. I know he had something on the side with Jamie. It
must be nice to be such a mooch. But, if that's what gets you through life the easy way, to each their own.

HAHA @ Travis is dating someone else. Who hasn't he dated? He's a nice guy and all, but he just is not boyfriend material. Besides, it seems kind of hard to date anyone on crew ... since nobody really stays, and all. I wouldn't date any of them, anyway. They're all selfish and only out for themselves.

Tiffany would still be there. Tina sure knows how to kiss her butt. I know Kelly isn't there. She got sent home. Of course she would. Kelly put on a big dramatic show in the hall for everyone. She kept smacking Eldon. So
Tina sent her home. Why wouldn't she? Like she'd really keep Kelly there, over Eldon. She kept the better saleperson.

I'm not really sure if Eldon got that high day of 33, in an honest way.
When I was on crew, they taught me to write out 2 receipts for one person, if they had chosen 2 magazines. I'm not sure about the other crews, but Gemini crew told people that we sent magazines to Children's Hospitals. I went
out on territory with several girls and when someone wasn't interested in subscribing to a mag, they'd ask them if they'd like to send one to a Hospital. I don't know why the people didn't catch on to what was going
on, because the "kids" always put in the people's home addresses.

As for John Lennon being a manager now, he deserves it. He was the only nice guy on any of the crews. Danny WAS nice @ first, but then the true colors started to show. Of course Janet Reno would leave Pitts. She hated everyone
there. But then again, I'm sure she actually hated herself. It's really true what Bob said about these people. They are paid actor's. I couldn't see howhalf of them even sold one magazine, let alone 20 or more, while I was
there. As far as I see it, working for that company isn't even a job.
It's just a waste of time and you don't get to actually "travel". I mean, 1 day out of the week to have time off to do something? What a joke.

Do you remember Brittany? Was she still there before you had left? She hadbeen my roommate too, for a few times. So you just up and left in the middle of the night? Did anyone know that you were taking off? I think if anyone is
a weak a*s, it's the manager's of this company and how they brainwash people. Or try to. Lack thereof, mostly.

I didn't like the girls on crew. Only Tiffany. Do you remember Heather and Liz? They both fought over Boston. How gross. But, they ARE teenagers, so go figure. I sure hope Liz found a soul along the ways. I truly doubt it, though. I see Cierra lied and cheated her way up the ladder. What a waste of completely good money. All she will do is spend it on drugs. I can't
believe Deanette left. I'm sure she got sick of the drama.

Speaking of drama... is Scott (E.T.) still there? Just wondering if he got his "numbers" yet. HAHA. Now that is definitely one person who does not deserve to be manager.

Well, hope you are doing ok and everything.

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#7 Consumer Comment

it isnt true john lennons a manager now

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

POSTED: Monday, July 11, 2005

well im glad to know that people read this that actuelly know me. ok no i dont believe its true that danny had aids, im sure i would have heard about it if he did, but i dont think so. and no jill did not have a baby with travis,hes actually dating someone else, and jill got arrested, because she hit an officer and vinnies wife, she gonna be gone a while.

tiffany is still there(20 for a heart tina)haha. lets see... j rays crew is no onger with the rest of them, he jumped out with kenmore, and they never came back, janet reno got sold to pitts and then she left, i remember mandy. she was cool. kelly isnt there anymore, her and eldon plit up and she left.

john lennons a manager now, and i dont know if you knew him, but so is tom timple. i left i didnt get fired, they wanted me to have an abortion, you know how they are with that, but i wasnt havin it so i took off at like 4:00 in the morning. i dont know if you remember cierra and matt, but cierras an add runner now, and denette left and so did BK:( he was so cool i miss him. well if there is anything else you wanna know just ask.

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#6 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Is it true?

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

POSTED: Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Hey Athena, I think I knew you from last year. I used to work for Tina's crew. (Unfortunately). I knew Melissa, too. I saw some ex IC's had posted on here, earlier. I saw Crystal's name. Not sure if she had gotten "fired" or else just got sick of Daniel's crap and finally went home. Anyway, is it true about what everyone was saying about Danny? That he had AIDS?

Or was this just something Gemini crew told people to get them to stay away from J-Ray's crew? Kelly (Mandy's sister) made sure to blab it to me the first day on crew. Maybe she was just jealous about him being a better salesperson than her. Also, I heard that Jill had a baby to Travis. If so, poor guy. I haven't talked to him in a while. Wasn't sure if he was still working for Tina, or not. He really deserves to be promoted. I think maybe Tina just likes keeping him around to control. Well, was just wondering who all had been still working for the company the last you were there. Did you get sent home? Or did you just get sick of all the dramatic crap, too? Tiffany was my roommate for a long while. So, I'm sure she'd still be working there.

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#5 UPDATE EX-employee responds

dan is right they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people

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

POSTED: Monday, July 04, 2005

even when i worked there they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people, but when they knock on your door and want you to buy magazines theyll tell you anything you want to hear just to get that order. like they only sell cosmo girl and teen people, but if somebody asks for cosmopolitan or people, they will usually change the order form later without anyone knowing. thats not the company screwing you over. its the sells people, ive wittnesed things like that all the time. i never did it, but i know plenty who have.

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#4 UPDATE EX-employee responds

dan is right they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people

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

POSTED: Monday, July 04, 2005

even when i worked there they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people, but when they knock on your door and want you to buy magazines theyll tell you anything you want to hear just to get that order. like they only sell cosmo girl and teen people, but if somebody asks for cosmopolitan or people, they will usually change the order form later without anyone knowing. thats not the company screwing you over. its the sells people, ive wittnesed things like that all the time. i never did it, but i know plenty who have.

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#3 UPDATE EX-employee responds

dan is right they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people

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

POSTED: Monday, July 04, 2005

even when i worked there they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people, but when they knock on your door and want you to buy magazines theyll tell you anything you want to hear just to get that order. like they only sell cosmo girl and teen people, but if somebody asks for cosmopolitan or people, they will usually change the order form later without anyone knowing. thats not the company screwing you over. its the sells people, ive wittnesed things like that all the time. i never did it, but i know plenty who have.

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#2 UPDATE EX-employee responds

dan is right they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people

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

POSTED: Monday, July 04, 2005

even when i worked there they didnt sell cosmopolitan or people, but when they knock on your door and want you to buy magazines theyll tell you anything you want to hear just to get that order. like they only sell cosmo girl and teen people, but if somebody asks for cosmopolitan or people, they will usually change the order form later without anyone knowing. thats not the company screwing you over. its the sells people, ive wittnesed things like that all the time. i never did it, but i know plenty who have.

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#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds

The kid changed the name of the subscription....

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

POSTED: Thursday, June 23, 2005

The kid changed the name of the subscription after he left your house. You caught him trying to pass Cosmo Girl off on you so after he left, he obviously changed the name of the magazine on the order form. There's probably not much you can do but maybe call the magazine publisher itself and explain the situation and maybe they'll amend it.

To explain in detail what happened to you is when the kid wrote up the order, after scribbling out 'cosmo girl' and writing 'cosmopolitan', he then later(without you or the company knowing) either rewrote the entire order to look like you ordered 'cosmopolitan' or again scribbled out 'cosmopolitan' and rewrote 'cosmo girl'.
If you did indeed see 'cosmopolitan' on his list then I'm not sure what happened..but it does sound like he sold you an unlisted magazine. Especially when Palmetto told you they don't even offer it.

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