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Nothappy
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# Posted: 6 Aug 2009 13:05 · Edited by: Nothappy
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I have heard several saying they are doing great with Thrive or its affiliates. No one can ever produce the bank statements to prove it. Anyone can say I am doing great, but without proof you are nothing more than a stoolie for Thrive. Someone on here showed a site that sold fake guns it wasn't even in the top 25 pages of Goggle and there were no sponsor links of that site ad. The company was listed in Utah. How you could be making any money is very questionable. If Thrive is so great of a company why is it unable to return the money to these people and satisfy their clients? Of course, they can pay to cover their tracks and protect their reputation. Everyday someone new shows up stating they were ripped off. Thrive can pay off ripoffrepot.com and even the BBB of Utah but they seem to have trouble paying back the money to the people who really matter the most their unhappy customers. So until someone shows the bank statements showing proof of just how much you are making each and every month for a year stay out of our way as you are nothing more than a lying scum!
Thanks to Bahvesh (remember him) and others for providing the ammo to fight this scum. He was silenced and probably rewarded handsomely for all his effort. Goodbye and Good luck buddy wherever life takes you. If you are reading, I am going to attempt to help at least five others. Those of you in the process of getting your refund don't forget to help others. Remember how lost and discouraged you felt when you had to start this fight.
Need help getting your money back!!
Contact me.
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workerbee
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Joined: 5 Aug 2009
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# Posted: 6 Aug 2009 17:56
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Today I am trying to cancel my web hosting with Thrive and my merchant account with iMax bancard. I had to leave a message for someone named Courtney at Thrive to get my account cancelled. The last time I left a message for Courtney she never called back at all. We'll see what happens with that. I imagine when they try to process the next payment and it won't go through they will probably call me. I did get through to iMax and spoke to a gentleman named Chris. It seems like the cancellation fee for the merchant account can be whatever they want it to be. He first told me it was $295 and when I was upset about that he said he could bring it down to $150. I told him I couldn't pay $150 either and that I was going to the Attorney General about Thrive he said that they have a special rate for the elderly and physically handicapped that he would give me. That is $69.95. He is supposed to be sending me a form via e-mail that I need to fax back to get the account cancelled before the next billing cycle. I will have my bank stop paying that one too, since I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. So, what do I need to do next? How can I get any of my money back? Is there really a way?
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IMarketer
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# Posted: 6 Aug 2009 19:39 · Edited by: IMarketer
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Didn't realize Bravesh had deleted his posts.
I wonder what happened?
Maybe he got a refund and they required it?
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Nothappy
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2009 09:22
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Workerbee, I had the bank stop payment and placed the charges in dispute; They did a chargeback for only 60 days prior. Next I waited to receive a letter/bill from their collection dept. Then I wrote a letter with my complaint and disputed the charge asking them to wave the amount due and refund what I was charged for. I also wrote them a brief explanation of my negative experience with Thrive along with my complaint and attached a copy of the State of Illinois cease and desist order against Online Data Institute/Thrive Learning Institute. I faxed all this info yesterday at 2:15pm. I received a call from the collections department rep. around 3:15pm telling me they received the info; they will look it over and call me back tomorrow.
They spoke and listened to me as an equal. They were punctual about their actions. They took the time to look over and understand my problem. The next day (just as they said) at 9:45am they informed me that not only were they waving the amount due, but they are going to refund my money in full.
Cease and desist order against Thrive:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/securities/administrative_actions/2008/ october/onlinedata_o2cd.pdf
p.s. Don't forget to sign the Petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/online/27433.html
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workerbee
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2009 10:31
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Nothappy, was your merchant account with iMax bancard? I hope so, since you seem to be having some success with this. I called the bank this morning and the only thing they would do is stop payment on any new $35 charges from iMax. That's a start. They told me to send a registered letter to iMax so that if they try to take any more money out of my account it will be bank fraud and Bank of America will go after them. Now, having gotten a good start on that, what do I do about Thrive themselves? Are people really getting their money back, and if so, how?
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Nothappy
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2009 10:36 · Edited by: Nothappy
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Workerbee, In my letter to the merchant account company I informed them I would wait 5 business days before sending information to consumer protection and writting about my experience with them in online forums. I also informed them I would include their name in my complaint reports about Thrive to goverment agencies.
You have to cancel your mechant account and refuse to pay to close it, since you did not activate or even use it.
contact me for more help
check profile
p.s. I can't tell you who my mechant account was with ,but don't worry you are on the right track
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workerbee
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2009 17:32
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Nothappy, sorry I don't know how to contact you. I'm new to this forum stuff.
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Nothappy
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2009 10:13
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Workerbee, Click "member" under my name to bring up my profile.You will find my email address.
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struggler
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# Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:23
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Hi Nothappy, I just sent you an email. Do you mind if I get a help from you? Thank you.
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shooterscenter
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Joined: 10 Aug 2009
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# Posted: 10 Aug 2009 13:29
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Thrive learning is a rip off! You pay good money only to find they have coachs that can't answer questions and can only read scripts from an outdated knowledge base. There are some much cheaper programs that'll work better you must research before giving any of these companies money. I went thru thrive and found the coaches knew less than i already knew, they'll avoid answering questions and give you little to no help!
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MyChagrin
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Joined: 10 Aug 2009
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# Posted: 10 Aug 2009 21:23
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I can't believe I found this forum. I thought I was alone in this mess. I feel like there might be a way out of my Thrive induced debt situation. I started in December 2008 and I have my website up but no sales. When I call to get approval for my site I get a different person every time giving me conflicting advice. And the Benchmarks keep changing from when I started in December to now.
I would like to keep by website but I definitely want to transfer my domain and hosting and of course I will probably have to rebuild my entire site, but at least i can use up-to-date web builders. You can host your site at other places for as low as $6.00 a month and I 'm paying $40.00..what a rip off. I was told everything I needed would be included when I handed over my "chunk of change". But guess what? Not so. Anyway I am going to try and get my money back since one of my credit cards with the low interest now suddenly jumped to double digits. I am paying over $100 a month in interest charges on one card and that doesn't include any other charges! Wow. I sure did my self proud with this little deal. Any words of wisdom?
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