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Complaint Review: True West Media - Phoenix Arizona

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  • Reported By: chris — Sterling Heights Michigan United States of America
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  • True West Media 3202 South 40th St. Suite 9&10 Phoenix, Arizona United States of America

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first off I had to hire a private eye just to get there actually location of there business.  the one I listed on hear is correct the bbb.org listing is just a p.o box.  I spent $12,000 on advertising with this company with not one bit of success. 

there campaign consists of your own website were they claim you will receive a 100,000 hits on over a years time($2200), the making of your own radio ad($3800), the making of your own television ad($4800), and the advertising of what they produced($1200).  When I spoke to there advertising sales agent over the phone, they baited me in saying if I wanted to make $80,000 or more with my business, I would need the campaign for $12,000.  I believed in the product that they were marketing for me, mileagemaxx, so I trusted my campaign would at least get my money back to say the least. 

so far I have received a little over 12,000 hits on my website with no sales accept my one only sale, and no more advertising time.  I feel cheated and scammed.  to start with there quality of product, both there tv and radio ad that were made for me were terrible. 

the tv ad was very generic and stated customers to go to the website listed on there screen which told me for $4800 I am getting a generic commerical and not a unique one of a kind comerrical.  the radio ad was done with a computer aided voice not even a human voice, which is very hard to hear and understand. these were clearly made cheaply with nero or roxio editing software.

 I was also charged for the radio ad $3800 but have never used it nor wanted it so why was I charged for this.  the advertising I was offered to pick from different markets, on the invoice I was never given date or time of exact airing of my commericals.  I had to call the different markets just to see if they were aired so far only two out of my four markets have confirmed my commericals aired. 

that is when I called the true west and demanded a refund.  They acted hurt about it and claimed they had affidavits of the commericals aired. when I asked for a refund they would just ignore me and acted hurt.  I will take legal action if I have to I just want my money back and will do whatever it takes to do so.

I don't want to see others who are wanting to start there own business be scammed by these people.  the actual product, mileagemaxx, for the company who makes this is just a by standard I feel because there product does actually work and there is legit data to back it up.  Even though all these companies have b to b- averages with the bbb.org  don't fall victim to there ways of baiting you and the way they treat you. 

they will take your money and not really care about it, they may offer more advertising for you or give you some of your money back, don't take it.  under the consumer rights act and ftc guidelines you as a customer are entitled to your money back in full, don't be fooled by there mind games and there small talk.  because they did not offer what was baited to you or promised they violate there contract that you sign, legally making it void. 

so if you have been a victim of these companies I suggest you undergo a charge back through your credit card companies and file with bbb.org immediately.

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#4 UPDATE EX-employee responds

All the names this business operates under.

AUTHOR: Danielle Kohr - (United States of America)

POSTED: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

OK- if you ever bought a site from More Mileage Now, and you called the main toll free number, I was the one who answered the phone. I handled you in a "Customer Service" fashion. I know 1st hand that they are a fraud.
All the business names to watch out for:
More Mileage Now LLC, True West Media LLC, Nationwide Media Services LLC, and Green Business Solutions
(You might have seen the 3 minute infommercial starring the owner's wife as a "website owner"!) David Baligian is up to his neck in lies.

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#3 Consumer Comment

why would anyone buy this stuff

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

POSTED: Monday, January 04, 2010

I went to the Mileagemaxx web site and there are absolutely no properly controlled studies cited.  In fact there are no studies at all, just a couple testimonials which mean absolutely nothing.

Why in the world would anyone but you buy this stuff?  Don't be a sucker, get out before you lose even more.

 

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#2 Author of original report

Mileagemaxx for a 32 oz. bottle is 19.95 and treats up to 80 gallons of gas.

AUTHOR: anonymous - (United States of America)

POSTED: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

mileagemaxx is the product that was being marketed, it is definately not the cost of the product.  It can be pricey but for the average consumer they will probably get the 32 oz bottle.  The bottle recommends using 4 oz for every ten gallons of gas for the first treatment and then 2 oz there on after for every ten gallons of gas. 

I have a ford zx2 that went from 32 mpg overall to 35 mpg over all after the bottle of mileagemaxx was used.  I got 15 fill ups with this bottle.  If you do the math it doesn't cost much per fill up and actually saves quiet a bit of money.

The problem is with the advertising company that sold the campaign.  I have legit proof from a tv station that they were suppose to run my commerical that it was never aired and also that they have no record of this company even contacting them to air it.

So just to let you consumers know the mileagemaxx marketed is NOT the problem, it actually works.  The problem is Truewestmedia, nationwide media solutions, more mileage now they are all the same rip off operation.  So again beware if you receive a call from them don't fall for there baiting and crazy suggestions that you will make money from this.  Based on my experience and how I have been treated I doubt anyone has made any money from this nor do I think any of there so called experts in advertising have any advertising experience based on my results.

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#1 General Comment

Cost

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

POSTED: Sunday, December 06, 2009

could be the cost of your product, and people are getting smart enough not to buy this stuff.. If it worked it would be required to be in pump gas by the goverment.

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