A woman tells of her loss:
I am having a real problem with World Ventures and feel frustrated and hopeless. The illustration on this page says it all. My boyfriend signed on with WV back in May. His friends invited us to a meeting and had their laptop right there for us to sign up, very pushy. I didn’t care for the presentation and could see right through it. There is the 4 step invite this is a way to trick your guest into coming to one of the meetings so they can try and hook you. Don’t tell your friend anything, be in a hurry, pick them up and just get them there and the presenters will hook them. I just went to a meeting where they said that the rep is just a professional inviter. WOW…nothing about travel. The friends were not happy because wasn’t on board and didn’t sign up, I also had pulled information off of the internet and they basically said that the information was stupid and not true. If you aren’t on board with these people you can kiss the relationships good bye. He signed up and proceeded to sign up his son, footed the $350 for him to sign up then signed up his brother that is having major financial difficulties himself right now. He has also gone to the fast start meetings. I feel they are just pep rallies to keep them excited and these also cost money. He just recently signed up one of his friends that has also just lost her home and footed the $360 for her to join. WV reps say they spend more time with family and friends and that is entirely untrue. The expect you to go to meeting after meeting trying to bring people to sign up and keep you excited about WV. There are all weekend motivational meetings and trainings that also cost money and take you away from friends and family. In the last meeting they said that you wouldn’t make it unless you went to the “acceleration” and that also is a cost and only in 3 states. Thus far my boyfriend is out over $1100 and still spending on this venture. Unfortunately we are not together any longer because of WV. He is a business owner and business is not good at this time because of the economy and he feels this is his ticket to a future. I feel WV gives people false hopes and dreams and destroys relationships. I you are thinking about joining WV please take a good hard look at it. PLEASE SAVE YOUR $$$ AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS!!!!
A WorldVentures' Reps response:
Hmmm, well if he chose WorldVentures over this girl, she obviously didn't have a very good relationship in the first place. Very sad!
Nice people they have over there at WorldVentures, huh - real compassionate.
You can find the post at http://www.scam.com/showpost.php?p=831477&postcount=2199
I am having a real problem with World Ventures and feel frustrated and hopeless. The illustration on this page says it all. My boyfriend signed on with WV back in May. His friends invited us to a meeting and had their laptop right there for us to sign up, very pushy. I didn’t care for the presentation and could see right through it. There is the 4 step invite this is a way to trick your guest into coming to one of the meetings so they can try and hook you. Don’t tell your friend anything, be in a hurry, pick them up and just get them there and the presenters will hook them. I just went to a meeting where they said that the rep is just a professional inviter. WOW…nothing about travel. The friends were not happy because wasn’t on board and didn’t sign up, I also had pulled information off of the internet and they basically said that the information was stupid and not true. If you aren’t on board with these people you can kiss the relationships good bye. He signed up and proceeded to sign up his son, footed the $350 for him to sign up then signed up his brother that is having major financial difficulties himself right now. He has also gone to the fast start meetings. I feel they are just pep rallies to keep them excited and these also cost money. He just recently signed up one of his friends that has also just lost her home and footed the $360 for her to join. WV reps say they spend more time with family and friends and that is entirely untrue. The expect you to go to meeting after meeting trying to bring people to sign up and keep you excited about WV. There are all weekend motivational meetings and trainings that also cost money and take you away from friends and family. In the last meeting they said that you wouldn’t make it unless you went to the “acceleration” and that also is a cost and only in 3 states. Thus far my boyfriend is out over $1100 and still spending on this venture. Unfortunately we are not together any longer because of WV. He is a business owner and business is not good at this time because of the economy and he feels this is his ticket to a future. I feel WV gives people false hopes and dreams and destroys relationships. I you are thinking about joining WV please take a good hard look at it. PLEASE SAVE YOUR $$$ AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS!!!!
A WorldVentures' Reps response:
Hmmm, well if he chose WorldVentures over this girl, she obviously didn't have a very good relationship in the first place. Very sad!
Nice people they have over there at WorldVentures, huh - real compassionate.
You can find the post at http://www.scam.com/showpost.php?p=831477&postcount=2199
Here's another interesting story from an ex WorldVentures leader. You can form your own opinions: http://isworldventuresascam.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThey demonize outsiders (aka anybody with a dissenting opinion) by calling them stupid, not "solution-oriented," "downers," etc simply because they can't answer any critical questions straightforwardly and honestly (in my opinion, because the straightforward, honest answers would be that this IS a scam and they want to blind you with their "WE'RE SO EXCITED!!!!" tactics). This story is exactly like my own. My poor boyfriend is not the most financially savvy person in the world, and these people are brainwashing the shit out of him the poor kid. It's caused I don't even know how many fights. No company that is actually legit would have to go to such great lengths to manipulate potential customers into buying their product. Unfortunately there are millions of "suckers" out there who can't see that and are roped into their propaganda, which plays upon the innocent hope of down and out people who are just looking to help themselves. It's unethical, and it's predatory, and nobody I know who has bought into this company has made ANY money (even though at the "travel parties" they are made to stand up in front of all the invited "prospects" and swear up and down that WV has brought them immense financial success). It's so messed up, and it's all a lie. I don't understand how ANY of this can be legal?!
ReplyDeleteIt's any wonder people don't report WorldVentures to investigative bodies such as, in UK: Watchdog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/
ReplyDeleteSkyNews: news.plan@bskyb.com
The media should be investigating these stories
UK citizens can contact BBC's watchdog at email: watchdog@bbc.co.uk
ReplyDeleteThis BBC programme investigates potential scams.
Get the media to infiltrate WorldVentures, and we'll get to the bottom of this.
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