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Complaint Review: The Thomas Group LLC. Blair Strasser / Ttgdallas / Www.MyCommissionRiver.com - Dallas Internet

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  • The Thomas Group LLC. Blair Strasser / Ttgdallas / Www.MyCommissionRiver.com ttgdallas.com/ Internet U.S.A.

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I searched for a while for a company that could meet my needs and create a great website for me at low cost. I came across the Thomas Group's website and saw a really nice example of a flash site...It was only $499! That drew me in and so I sent a request in for services.

I was contacted right away by Blair Strasser and we had a great conversation....he told me the site i saw was his ex-girlfriends site he did for her....I asked if he could mirror the quality for my site and was what I saw reflective of the service he could provide. Blair assured me that not only could his comapny build me the site, for another $100 he would give me access to the content management system so that I could update the site myself after it was complete in 2 weeks. I paid $600 the next day to the Thomas Group.

I sent A LOT of text and copy for the website within a day after I paid. In addition I sent numerous pictures...plenty to get started.

First, I was given a 'project manager' Gabe who never returned my calls or emails. It was over 2 weeks until I was even able to see a template. I then received an email saying Gabe was no longer with the Thomas Group and they gave me another 'project manager' Toby. Toby would return my emails and calls in the beginning, then he too stopped calling or emailing with updated. They would keep telling me - by this Monday, by Friday... When I did see it, my direction was not followed and it was clear NO WORK was done at all....they purchased some template and put my company name on it.

I got Blair involved with the miscommunciation and unprofessionalism of his staff early on and he did send an email saying sorry, he will give me some money off of hosting. Whatever, the worst hasn't even begun.

Finally we started making progress (over 1.5 months into the project) with a new designer. At one point, Blair got me on a conference call and told me they were done with the project and could not spend anymore time on it. He was telling me they couldnt keep making changes, but they would not follow my direction to begin with! There were elementary mistakes on the website like spelling, etc...it's just looked terrible.

He tried to get me to purchase more from him, like monthy charges to keep working, when he didnt even finish the job he started..he then told me because it's a flash site, I can't have the Content Management system to update it myself! I PAID for a Flash Site and the Content Management System up front!!!!

Bottom line is this.... They won't reply to my emails, the website is not completed. I just received an email from Blair saying they couldnt make the final changes (EASY LITTLE TWEAKS) because the Thomas Group was going out of business.

I got screwed by this CROOK, a great salesman but really a RIP-OFF ARTIST.

Be careful of the professional image The Thomas Group and Blair Strasser. It is NOT reflective of their work.

Honest Customer
Tulsa, Oklahoma
U.S.A.

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#6

Ex-Blair Strasser employee's who have been victimized

AUTHOR: tirby@aol.com - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Blair Strasser is every bit the driving force behind the FRAUD associated with The Thomas Group, ttgdallas.com, Focus Point Marketing, and any one of his other scams which oddly keep changing names (riveroffers.com is the latest). Gabe Chambers was a former employee of Blair Strasser, so was Toby Wilson. Both Gabe and Toby are the real thing, in fact Blair has scammed both of these HIGHLY talented web designers out of several thousand dollars each. In addition, Andrea Worthy and Noel Jerke are also extremely talented web designers who have also been scammed big time. These highly talented people all left (NOT fired) as they had performed their duties and Blair REFUSED and STILL REFUSES to pay them ALL! There are another 10-12 web designers out there who have also been scammed through Blair using Craig's List to lure developers with the ploy of hiring them to create websites, but the only one who gets paid is Blair Strasser at everyone elses expense of time, energy, and money. 

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EX-employee of Blair Strasser

AUTHOR: tirby@aol.com - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Wednesday, August 19, 2009

As an EX-employee of Blair Strasser, I feel sick to my stomach after reading each and every posted comment as every story posted is 100% TRUE as this is EXACTLY how this ball-less scumbag operates: scamming everybody from up-front cash paying out-of-state customers to web developers to CHARITIES like the Isiah 58 House Ministry in Dallas which is a SOUP KITCHEN FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE! I too am a victim of this low-life. Blair Strasser has financially ruined my life and my family's to the tune of several thousand dollars he owes me for services rendered on scammed customer sites. Blair Strasser's aggressively stupid and uncontrollable greed have pretty much destroyed my name in the web development business. Blair should be thrown in jail as another post states as he is a complete scum-bag waste of space loser with a penchant for large scale scams.    

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I can attest

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

POSTED: Monday, August 10, 2009

This is 100% true. Blair would hire/fire contractors as they became disgruntled (presumably because of the lack of payment to them) and projects would fall through. The 'new guy' would then try to salvage the project. More often than not, as time ticks by, the client would cancel because their project was neglected. Blair would issue a higher priority project than the current/old project and they would get left by the wayside. It was like a LIFO style system, Last In First Out. New projects always took precedent.

Also, templates were almost always used when the client thought they were going to receive a custom website. The examples used to demonstrate TTG's abilities were also templates. Sometimes templates were actually stolen instead of purchased. Designers that are unable to design ... sounds like a scam to me.

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#3 Consumer Comment

Compiling nation-wide search for victims of Blair Strasser, the Thomas Group, Focus Point Marketing

AUTHOR: Linda Derby-irby - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, August 02, 2009

Blair Strasser has ripped off the web designer/deveper Gabe Chambers to the tune of several thousand dollars! This person Blair Strasser must be stopped as his scam is spanning several states. Encourage anyone involved with ANY one of Blair Strasser's scheme's needs to come forward and report this! People banning together to actively report this Blair's menacing fraud will draw media attention which will drive the media to pick up on this and expose a broader reaching investigation!

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#2 Consumer Comment

Exact Same Experience

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

POSTED: Saturday, July 25, 2009

I can't believe the similarities in my experience with the illustrious Blair Strasser. Started with Gabe and then was told Gabe was fired and was given to Toby. Then Toby was fired and they had me work with a useless jerk named Wes. I ultimately identified they were having an Indian firm do some work so I went directly to that firm and got my site done. Blair and his people don't answer phones calls or email. Absolutely do not give them any money up front. As soon as you do, you become persona-non-grata. Blair lures you in with cheap prices and grand promises and then disappears. Avoid this scam at all costs!!!

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AUTHOR: Honest customer - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, May 22, 2009

I am hoping that this company does the right thing...If my concerns are addressed, of course I will update / remove this post. A business should respect their customers and take pride in their services. I feel I was literally robbed of my $600. Either do the job you commited to doing, or return my payment. I will continue to use the internet as a tool to make every attempt to warn people about my experience with The Thomas Group and Blair Strasser.

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