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Concerned Citizen
Country: United States
I wanted to let everyone know that this company is ran and owned from the same owner as Premiere Whos Who and Pinnacle Publishing they charge customers from one company to another. All along the customers believe they are dealing with three different companies when in fact they are dealing with one. Dont let them get you too...

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    Susan
    So, did they do the show?  How diod it go?  What did it do for you?
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    Retired teacher
    The show went great I received a lot of positive feed back god bless ashford I love it!!!!
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    Anon
    | 3 replies
    Dr. Greenberg, you've been douped. What 'feedback' did you actually receive? Do you have it in writing? Do you even know what methods they use to measure feedback?

    Here's a hint: the 'feedback' you got was from your sales person; they have no mechanisms to measure feedback, they just feed you what you want to hear so you'll buy more radio shows. The calls you got into your radio show were made by employees of Ashford, ones who work in the same office as your sales person.
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      jcali replies to Anon
      I have a suspicion the "doctor" is someone from the company. As well as the "retired teacher". They are manufacturing positive feedback using archetypes of the type of people that they go after with their scams.

      Why would retired teachers need to pay for networking, or worse yet, pay for some cheap plaque?
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      jenny replies to Anon
      | 1 reply
      how does one go about getting "feed back" in writing?
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        FeedBack replies to jenny
        Jenny, if you're being told that your show recieved a 94% 'ranking' internationally. . . I would ask the individual feeding me this info 'Where do you base this info from'. . . What entity has ranked my show so high? Please send me a document with your letterhead explaining your source for this ranking?  LOL          Guess what. . . They will disregard your questions and continue to ask you for more money.  I think y'all should contact your executive producer and notify them that you're recording the conversation and see if they continue to make guarantees or the conversation. ;)
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    Anon
    | 3 replies
    Again, where did this 'feedback' come from? Was it from your sales person because the truth is they have no way to measure true feedback. In addition, they have no way of measuring how many listeners you had. Think you had a good listenership because you got call-ins? Call-ins are either made by office employees (try and recognize the voices from when you call the office) or by individuals paid by the radio department to call in.
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      dr. greenberg replies to Anon
      | 2 replies
      To ANON,

      I dont know who you were dealing with over there. I have recieved a few emails for people from Florida, Ohio and even up in Canada unless Ashford has other locations in other states It was definetly from people that don't work for Ashford. I have been even communicating with a woman in Toronto who is a research scientist who went to Penn State the same college I went to only 12 years after i graduated. I have no reason to lie I am truly sorry if you felt it was a waste of your money. I have to say I am very happy with them. The only complaint, they do call you too many times to sign the invoice which after the third or fourth transaction, they now only call me once to have me sign it.
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        Ken replies to dr. greenberg
        | 1 reply
        "I" before "E" except after "C". PLEASE>>>>>>> Learn to spell!!!
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          Ol Yeller replies to Ken
          The company is basically run by illiterates.  Dr?  My foot. No doctor spells that badly.  See his earlier entry.
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    Fish Samon
    | 1 reply
    A buddy of mine got involved with this company 4 months ago.
    She saw them advertise on the web and filled in the blanks.
    They did call him and did a big interview, promised her a plaque (who's who), radio time.
    Within the 15 mins of pure BULL CHIT, my friend was sold.
    She her Credit Card for a total of $799.00 and the monies were withdrawn in 3 mins.
    We happen to go to dinner that night and I found a bunch of NEG stories.
    One of the woman we hang out with works for the FBI and she went home and got a ton of information on the company FRAUD.
    She was advised to call his bank to cut any payments to this Ashford.
    The Atty Gen Office were notified and the FBI had a heads up as well.
    It took a week, but she did get her money back.
    Stay away!
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      stephan replies to Fish Samon
      if they are so shifty and supposedly illegitimate or illegal then how are they still in business?
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    Evelyn
    | 1 reply
    I am up to my ears with these guys with promises of a video for utube is it really all bogus?
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      stephan replies to Evelyn
      i got everything that i paid for
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    Evelyn from Canada
    | 3 replies
    Read your comments and I am being scammed right now for the tune of j$11,000.00 if the FBI is truly involved with these characters, how do I go about reporting my case to them...Urgent
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      Ken J replies to Evelyn from Canada
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      Try being a little patient, My wife is an artist and she paid $9,500.00 for Ashford to film her and her artwork it took a few weeks longer than they told us. But they apologized and the finish product was more than we could have hoped for. In the last 6 months her video has gotten 226,000 you tube hits. So they did deliver what we were promised and they are promoting the video as well 226,000 views is nothing to sneeze about my wife and i are very pleased.
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        Frankie Madden is not your name replies to Ken J
        This is Frank Passarella AKA Frank Madden when he's ripping people off at work. This is one of his text book lies that he uses to fool his clients. Beware of this convicted felon.
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        jcali replies to Ken J
        This is a classic pretexting post: create a persona of someone who paid nearly $10,000 for a YouTube video so that other people trying to verify the legitimacy of this company can see that someone else has paid thousands of dollars for the same thing they're being offered.

        My suspicion is that they are actively working on someone, trying to get them to pay $$$ for a bogus viseo, and hope that they see this "testimonial" on the off chance the potential victim finds this web site while doing research.
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    Evelyn from Canada
    I am caught with these guys as well.  Jeff Burton the Owner and CEO will not return calls.  They have taken $11,000 from me thus far and now that they have credit card info I am really concerned as to how I stop this fraud Any info that you can send me would be appreciated on the FBI investigation
    ebcb07@gmail.com
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