As more people become aware of multitude of scams perpetrated by PMI (TaxClub, StoresOnLine, etc), it becomes evident that most of the effort to battle the fraudulent company and its affiliates seems to have been grossly misguided, and hence it contributes to nothing beyond suffering and despair which run rampant among  victims of PMI's scams. I too was scammed by the company out of nearly 15K in the Spring of last year. Yet, I was able to get ALL of the funds back... down to the last penny, after I initiated the dispute through my credit card company more that 6 months since the original transaction with PMI took place. I succeeded. And now it is my turn to pass the torch of help.

 

List of DO's in attempting to get ALL of your money back from PMI:

 

1) DO call your credit card company within 1 year of the original transaction date and initiate the dispute.

2) DO substantiate your dispute with your credit card company based on your own interaction with the fraudulent PMI (i.e. not based on how PMI scammed numerous other victims).

3) DO demand speaking with the card's supervisors if unhappy with their regular employees' input until you are satisfied with the bank's effort on your behalf.

4) DO absolutely ask your credit card company to forward PMI's rebuttals to you after the dispute has already been in progress, because PMI will most definitely retaliate. Unless your credit card company is successful at deflecting PMI's rebuttals on its own before it is escalated to the representment department within the bank, it very likely may eventually yield to PMI's fraudulent assertions and consequently have the case lost on your behalf. Therefore, it is imperative to monitor the progress of the dispute.

5) DO argue (and substantiate) that the services were not as described, even if they were rendered, because this is the claim which PMI will most definitely use in their rebuttals. Once again, it is absolutely imperative to monitor the progress of the dispute and (if need be) be able to write your own negating follow-ups to the fraudulent rebuttals which PMI will surely try to utilize to support their fraudulent case against you.

 

List of DONT's in attempting to get ALL of your money back from PMI:

 

1) DO NOT absolutely engage PMI in any discussions once you feel you have been scammed.

2) DO NOT attempt or expect to get any refund from PMI themselves.

3) DO NOT reference other people being scammed. Focus on your experience only.

4) DO NOT deal with any recovery companies alleging to work on your behalf in fighting PMI. These are border-line PMI-like scavenger companies who merely mimic jurisprudential basics by working on contingency basis all while solely attempting to collect a hefty piece of your refund which should rightfully be yours in its entirety.

5) Once again, (it can't be stressed enough) absolutely DO NOT deal with PMI directly, what so ever.

 

NOTE: If, by any chance, you are past the 1 year mark to file a dispute with your credit card company, DO consider writing dispute to attorney General both within your own state and in Utah. These do work too and they are done free of charge unlike with recovery companies.

 

I have nothing to gain by sharing these blue prints, if you will, publicly. I worked hard to have my case resolved successfully. And by having done so, I feel obligated to help other victims.

Has anyone heard of Creating New Success Stories?  Sounds similar to PMI.

I also got taken by Stores In Line, PMI and the Tax Club, etc. About a year ago I wrote a letter to all of thery all got the same letter. I talked to Stores on Line and they refunded haft of what I paid. I talked to PMI, Shannoin Tooley, and he asked me to please give them another chance. He also said I should have gotten all my money back from the tax club and it's affiliates. I have received nothing!! The coach assigned to me by PMI did not always keep appointments. Sick, etc. I ended up in the hospital and rehab for a badly broken femor and no internet access. When I got out oif the hospital I called my coach and was told he has no more time for me. I used it all up. So here I am still NOT A Single sale!! Needless to say I am not a happy camper. Do I trgink I have been scammed. YES I DO!! PMI does not let you leave their seminars without signing up. They don't give you the opportunity to check them out first.

This is exactly what I experienced. Was contacted by PMI after I purchased Anthony Morrison's book "Advertising Profits From Home". "Donny" is scheduled to call me back today to speak with his "senior consultant" to answer the questions I have.

After reasearching this company and reading these posts, they aren't getting any of my money! Do what you want out there, but this guy isn't biting. I'll try to contact Anthony Morrison directly and see if he's on the up and up.

"rip off.com" seems to like PMI too.
But I'm with them now and they missed 4 out of seven meetings with me. I was told I'd make my $8,885 back in 2 months, that is next week and this is where I stand
no web site
no product

What gets me burned up is that I received a number of calls from "the tax club" and I told them I would not do anything with them till I heard from PMI about them. I called Jerome King and my coach for advise on TTC and they never returned my call. TTC roped me in by telling me to watch a video that PMI put out showing that they do work together. I went for a ride and was taken for $3,693.
My coach called for our next meeting and said that joining ttc was up to me. (better late than never)
Later that week ttc called again and asked for $7,790 when I said I didn't have it, they offered $5,790 they then drew $2,000 off my card and the rest I had to pay with a check. I had 3 business days to change my mind. I changed it after reading the agreements so I never signed them. I called my credit card up to cancel the number and found ttc with drew the $2,000 even though I didn't sign.
PMI also deal with "Myebiz", Your product pick are submitted to them to see how they would do on line. After submitting them myebiz didn't know who I was and asked for money before doing any service.
I looked up both "the tax club" and "my e biz" and niether one sounds good, too many complaints. BBB gives tax club an F.

Now should I or any one go to PMI when they send you to co. that are going to rip you off? Well this is what I will be thinking when I go to bed tonight.

I checked out PMI with the BBB - they have an A rating. I also checked out the websites you listed, and they check out as good sites - page rank of at least 2 by google and ranked by Alexa. I'm not sure how you decided these websites aren't any good - please let me know what critera you used to slam these sites. And no, I don't work for PMI, have never worked for PMI. I have been doing research on PMI and so far they pass muster - how many of you na-sayers have spent any time researching this company, as opposed to just "knowing" this must be a rip-off?

I would like to get your updated feelings about Professional Marketing international.

At first, my husband and I told PMI "no" when they contacted us re: their program. After they repeatedly said there was a money back guarantee which they gave to us in a written contract, we agreed to pay $10,000 for the program. The very hard lesson we learned was that the money back guarantee was valid only after we could prove that we did EVERYTHING they told us to do to get our website up and running, which was nearly impossible. Run as far as you can from this!! It is totally deceptive!

PMI is a scam and all what they are looking for is people who are desperate and looking to make money from thin air.They try to find people to hand out there personal information without any questions asked.Who in the world would ask you for $6000 over a phone? and expect from you to say yes and don't ask any questions? Only people who are well trained to frame a dream and talk to you into sleep throughout the phone call until you give your credit card info...

Personal experience that led to no success from there side!

My daughter and I were approached by PMI over a year ago. They knew we had never operated an online business. They made everything seem so easy.

At first they would call us to see how we were doing. We never hear from them now, unless we call them.
We built our website, from buying books from book stores, to obtain more knowledge. It has been one of the biggest mistakes of our lives
They told us we would have most or all of the loan we borrowed from them, paid back within six month followed by a success story. What a joke! The last person I spoke to with PMI, didn't even have time to answer and help us with our questions.

Knowing what I know now, If I had looked in to this a bit further, I could have done this without PMI and save ourselves a lot of money.

So here were are almost one year in business, making nothing! We work on our site practically everyday and still nothing. The only monthly payment I get, is the one I have to send to them for this so called business opportunity!

Do some research and do it yourself.

I used to work for PMI, and here's how it works............... PMI pays big bucks for "leads" generated by Auctions For Income, Stores Online and all of these other Internet and Real Estate gurus who promise you via seminars, or informercials that you can make money online or in real estate.
So people pay $30 for the kit or whatever, and now they've become a "lead" for PMI to call.
These telemarketers call these leads and upsell them on mentoring and coaching for between $2,000 and $15,000. It's a two-part sell. There's a Setter and a Closer. The Setter "sets" the deal up to be closed. They say you have to qualify but in reality EVERYONE qualifies (if they have the money to pay for the program of course) They get the client all emotional by "building pain" and painting some sort of work-at-home fantasy by asking, "What would you do with an extra 5-10K per month? Typical sales stuff.
The Setter also finds out how much money The Lead has on their credit card so they can relay this information over to the Closer so that the Closer knows how much money they can be sold for.
The Closer then closes the deal by mentioning what the program is about blah blah blah, gets the money and wishes them luck.
Each sales person involved gets a nice little 12-20% cut of the sale depending on how much sales volume they've put up on the board that week.
I've been both a Setter and a Closer and after doing this for several years I left. I left for two reasons.
#1 - I felt like I was ripping people off. Do these people get mentored? Yes. Is it a total rip off? Do the Setters and Closers lie their asses off to get the sale? Does PMI deliver on everything promised? Was the sale manipulative in many different ways? YES YES and YES!
#2 - There is a lot of pressure in this sales industry to deliver (as with most of course) And when I say that I mean, each sales person is expected to squeeze every lead for as much money as possible, and if you fall short of the expectations, you get less leads and eventually you leave.
If someone has $10,000 in credit available, then they're going to get pitched for $9600. If they have $4000 available then the sales pitch is for $3800. ALL of which are considered "conservative" ranges. I didn't like how I was supposed to take money from people regardless of what they actually needed to invest. I could go into more detail but I think you get the picture.
I've lost a lot of sleep and have spend many hours on my knees asking God to forgive me for ripping hundreds of unsuspecting, vulnerable, hard working Americans out of their hard, earned cash.
Are there Success Stories? Of course there are. I don't know the exact figures but if I had to make a bet, I would say that maybe, just maybe 1 out of every 50 people that truely follow the PMI course, get their money back, it's probably worse but I'm an optimist.
So to sum it all up.........don't do it, it's a rip off. PMI is built on greed, deceit, and preying on the weak. And if anyone that works for PMI is reading this, you know I'm right and speak the truth, go get a real job buddy.