[therapist]

Don't know why you feel this guy's a dreamer Paul it may well be that he's doing what he claims.

I have just sold a similar package plus a van and several more machines for a lower price and for the same reasons 'dodgysam' quotes.

If I were claiming 25K t/o this would be extremely modest and anyone marketing their business effectively should have no problem achieving double that figure .

Unfortunately, in my case, I have purchased a system which I'd never have considered due to to what appears to be a real COWBOY operator who is conning existing and new c c's into parting with a considerable sum of money on what appears to be lies and deceit.

At this moment there will be no names, as I may take action on this person, but I'd be interested to know if anyone else has been conned into purchasing a cc system on the promise/assurance of high earnings.

best wishes

[paul@scc]

The reasons i have put this is a you can never sell a buisness on a guarentee of making money which he has stated. second point if you run a cleaning firm why would you get rid of a machine that was working so well for you after only 6 months surely it would be more profitable to put someone on it as a seperate part of the buisness. yes he might be getting something bigger but why buy it in the first place if you knew it was in demand that much. Plus if you work it out this equipment you could buy for less then £5000 brand new. what hes selling is about £2000 worth of marketing ideas. I think its wrong to offer that within a year you will be making £50,000-£60,000 in the as most buisnesses crash and burn within that and i bet there are some cleaners that have been at it longer and still dont make that. Its wrong and unethical to sell false promises and you should know that as youve had it done to you

[Barry Pearce]

Therapist.
We all like to think we go into things with our eyes open, but promises are not usualy written down, think of the frachisees CC and the clincher"if you dont succeed we will buy it back from you", just like time share, a year down the line and its not worth a light, it is easy to say "a fool and his money are very soon parted"
Barry

[Ian Gourlay]

Therapist,

Some would have considered me a Cowboy when I first started as I had a Rug Doctor Commercial.

Great Machine vibrating brush loads of aggitation  as powerful as many other machines being sold at the time. Pleanty of aggitation. etc.

Yes I bought it as I was told High Earnings , all help I needed etc.

Company I obtained it from closed never found out why.

Therapist.

Little puzzled as in one sentence you state it is easy to obtain good living from carpet cleaning .

Then you state you so;d your kit and obtained new kit on the grounds someone promised you high earnings


As far as I know  many leading supply companies promotr high earnings in their sales message.

I think Prochem has stopped this type of marketing. I also exclude Solutions and Amtex ? as I have never seen their Marketing material

[Dave_Lee]

Matt,
Fair point, all in all a cowboy in any trade, is simply someone out to rip off the customer. That could be by doing a thoroughly bad or inadequate job, and/or by over charging for what he has/hasnt done.
Dave.