guest Hgn
map-marker Cherry Hill, New Jersey

They said Noah was crazy too.

Sometimes we hear something that may sound too good to be true. We often hear about people maybe even family or freinds that feel they have been cheated somehow.

I have found that when we take the advice from someone who feels like they have been cheated, we may not get the best advice.

Many people on this board have a complaint about ACN. Some people may have paid a start up fee and perhaps even paid for a few services. Allow me to ask a simple question please.

If any of you owned a gas station lets say an Exxon Station, would you still buy gas from Shell Oil. I think not.

There is no difference in buying services from ACN if you're an rep with ACN. Also, as I look over the past 20 years or so I begin to think. Had I invested in a small start up company called Microsoft where would I be today?

To hear some random guy talk about how every home would have a personal computer ( like the one before me & you today ) that was just crazy talk.

What if you had the chance to make a small commisson on every Microsoft product sold. Or a commission on every PC sold around the world.

Would you be here writing about ACN. I think not. You would be on an island having drinks with fruit hanging off the side of your glass.

My point is no matter which direct selling company you sign up with ACN, 5 Linqs, Avon, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef or Amway you will only get out if it what YOU put in it.

Any one can pay $500.00 and become a rep. So what your a rep. No one cares. But, what happens when you work that business like it's a 500 million dollar operation not a $500.00 mlm?

That's what happen with Bill Gates. He worked his company as if he was a fortune 500 company when he was selling stocks written on a brown paper bag.

Now, you talk about a scam. Here is some unknown guy, who has dropped out of college, and wants to sell you stock in a company that only exist in his mind! Don't forget the stock cert. was hand written on a brown paper bag.

You see vision is a gift, it is not granted to everyone. However opinions are given out freely.

Eveyone has one. And yes they all stink.

The next time someone tells you something is a scam. Ask them what exactly did they fail to do?

You need not ask what they did, they will tell you that first. No one wants to admit failure. Therefore you have to ask.

I hope my words have at least given one person the chance work at his MLM and really know that the only you can fail is to quit.

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Guest

It is more dangerous to ask the Police to find the killer. We all know its the handiwork of those who want to win at all cost. i just suggest to governor not to depend on police but instead can do do whatever from your point of view,your own investigation and protection

Mobilize the people to be security conscious at all times.

We are praying for you to be able to surmount these problems and have a landslide victory at the pool.

Guest

Stocks are sold only at stock exchanges. There is an extremely long and very expensive process to becoming a public company, which means Bill Gates was already rich when he sold stock, so it was not on a paper bag.

Guest

ACN is a blessine for my family and I. We have shown it to many people that are changing their lives.

Consider it, and you might save a life!

So many people would save there homes if they just made an extra $100 to do it!

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:eek

ACN was a huge eye opener. I'm so happy it was shown to me!

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:grin

Those that can do, those that can't criticize!

Guest

Will every home have a video phone in it one day? Hopefully. Will it be from ACN? Probably, not.

While their product does have some wow factor, it's requires an overpriced service. Skype has a video phone, while the quality of the phone isn't as good as the IRIS-3000, the most you will ever pay is about $6/month, if anything at all ($30/month minimum with ACN along with per minute charges, etc). Now ACN tells me that you have to be right next to your computer to use you Skype phone, and that seems inconvenient. There are two problems with that logic; 1)That inconvenience isn't worth $30/month, 2)you can use the Skype anywhere with enough cable or a wireless setup. There are other stipulations to the ACN video phone service, but I zoned out due to lack of interest.

ACN also offers some very minimal discounts on mobile phones and paying those cell phone bills. I happen to get a better discount through work and, therefore, don't need them for that, either. They carry phones for all the major providers at discount, but they are often the last to know when there has been a significant price reduction on the phones. Often times, the discounts they thought they had are $50 or more over the price offered by the carrier (look at the Sprint Palm Pre on the ACN and Sprint websites). Also, they do not offer all the phones the carrier has, if you IPhone envy, ACN can't help you. If you don't get a discount elsewhere, then maybe you should look into the cell phone offers they have. I don't think the deals are great, but if you are approached by family/friends in ACN, then this would be the easiest way to help them out. Besides if you can save a buck, why not?

They offer other services as well, depending on area such as; internet service, satellite tv, light bill payment (at very little discount, Texas only, for now, I think), home security service, and of all things-landline service. I can't remember the last time I used one of those, but I guess if you live in the sticks you could use one. They told me every home should have a landline, in case of a power outage, and I agree. Except that the only number I'm concerned with dialing is 911. Guess what, if you have a phone jack for a landline in your house, you can dial 911. So my landline phone is in my emergency box.

Now, I'm not saying ACN is all bad, it's just not for me or anyone I know. I sit through their presentations every two weeks (my wife is a rep), *** I even bring people over. They can offer discounts on some services, you probably already use and to me that's all they've got. I just feel that people are alot more tech savvy and will be turned off with the "flagship product," the iris-3000 video phone. When your flagship fails to impress, no one wants to hear anything else you have to say. That is exactly what has happened at every one of these meetings. I guess if we went after an older crowd, they'd buy this ***. The whole Donald Trump thing doesn't impress me, he endorses anything.

That's it, I guess.

Guest

You can join ACN for $199 right now.

I wonder how this makes those that paid $499 feel?

I see no reason to do this unless your 20ish and need to learn the lessons I've already learned with other MLM's.

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Todd,

I have no idea what rock you live under. My Goodness, every large company pays for a celebrity to endorse products.

Ever heard of a young man named Tiger Woods? A very small company called uh lets see... Oh yeah Nike! Come on Todd you can not that out of touch..

Can you? Well judging by your post, Yes you are. However as I read the story I do not think Microsoft is be compared to an MLM as much as you think. It appears that the writer was trying to show motivation.

As far a commission starved sales force the size of Rhode Island is concerned, that goes to show that you have not done any research on this company. The sale force is the size of Texas. *** I mean it's big. And guess what your own sister wants in.

If you were smart you would get off this board and get on the phone and help your sister. Then you both can retire millionares. The way it looks she will retire with millions, and you will be wondering why didn't I take a chance too. Oh thats right the $499 dollars out of your account.

Too bad. Best Wishes

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I'm sorry, comparing an MLM to Microsoft is laughable. Bill Gates never paid a celebrity to endorse his company nor needed to. His ideas rested comfortably on their own brilliance, and the assistance of several bright minds which started Microsoft.

You have to ask yourself, if this technology is so incredible, why does it *need* a commission-starved sales force the size of rhode island to help it succeed?

I'm only on this board because my derelict sister called me 10 minutes ago bgging me to let her take over my cell phone plan, I guess she went to an ACN meeting last night and is now convinced this will change her life.

If she does buy herself into the plan, she is the prime example of someone whose involvement with this deal will start and end with unloading $499 from her checking account.

Again, and I think the supporters of ACN will agree, this is NOT a free lunch, and for those looking to turn their lives around by selling this product, consider the incredible commitment it takes to start your own business.

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Perhaps if you read the agreement you signed, you would see that you signed a 2 year contract with ACN. Just like Verizon.

Perhaps if you became a ACN Rep and did some real work, you would not be here bashing this GREAT Company.

Get a life loser. It's people like you that give a bad name to a Great Company like ACN that has helps thousands of people change their lives.

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julztremblay
map-marker Livingston, New Jersey

ACN did not follow the compensation plan!

ACN breaks deals with professional MLM'ers and gives them higher ranking so that they can build stories and break records! We recruit a large Network marketer to later find out ACN promoted him day one to a higher position then we were and cut us out of getting paid on 300 reps.

ACN does not help business owners, and families it hurt my family and cost me 10,000's of thousands of dollars to recruit someone and train people to later get cut out of the money rightfully ours.

ACN is a bad company! Also there is no residual income, I had $36,000 in billing and receive one check for 11 months for $13.42 cents!

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A person has to actually DO ONLY TWO things...stick with it & get your lazy butt off the couch and actually talk to people presenting the services and the business opportunity in order to earn money.

Guest

That's strange. I have been in a year and am getting not only every bonus I qualify for but residual income also.

I personally know many who also are doing well.

Maybe you should think about libel and defamation of character. Shame on you.

Guest

I know about what ACN does, My good friend was with it for 1yr. He left, extremely disgruntled.

Almost the same reason as you, plus others. If you are still interested in residual income, I discovered a company where representatives come first. Better comp plan. Unlimited growth.

Don't give up on your dreams from one or many bad experiences. visit Http://www.wellbeinglv.com. Just take a look. More services than ACN.

More bonuses. Better CAB.

Your Downline can pass you and you do not suffer any consequences.

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So I I'm pretty sure that I'm going to get blasted by both sides of this but here we go. Firstly, I've never been involved first hand in an mlm company however I have been "pitched" to several times and I have family members currently involved in ACN and Herbalife.

I also have 10 years of sales and finance experience in the auto industry. From my limited exposure it seems most people that get involved in mlm's have little or no sales or business experience. Which would make starting a distributorship or sales based business for any product or service a sketchy prospect at best. That being said I feel that from what I've seen an mlm could potentially highly profitable if approached the right way.

Anyhow, I believe that the term "market saturation" was used to try and discredit mlm's by critics here and also said to be non-existent by at least one supporter mlm's. I believe that both party's have a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept and application of market saturation. Simply put it is the level to which a product has penetrated a particular population or "market". Over or underestimating this point can be extremely detrimental to any business and yes incidentally market saturation is real...

it is demonstrable basic economic concept. That being said in regards to mlm's the concept of market saturation can either extremely important or completely irrelevant depending on where you stand in the company. Let me explain what I mean... What those people who use market saturation as "proof" that any mlm will eventually fail dont understand is that mlm's are designed to be unaffected by market saturation at least for those at the top.

Which is why the have the ability to last for decades with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Quite simply mlm's do not focus on selling product but selling the ability to be a part of the business. The reason that they don't simply collapse under there own weight as a pyramid scheme would is that generally the IBO is also a a consumer who in many cases have been contractually obligated to use or keep inventory of the product or service being sold for an extended period of time so in essence the company is making money by both selling them the product and selling them the ability to sell the product for them. Thus even if a person fails miserably at the business they have consumed the product.

Now why is market saturation important to IBO's? because essentially the larger and more successful the mlm that you join is the smaller your potential to make money with it is. Remember, you are not selling a product but actually selling the dream of having a successful business. By joining a large mlm business you have essentially put yourself in a structure where your competitors (the other people selling the same dream i.e.

your "mentors") are actually making money from your sales and have an inherent advantage over you simply by virtue of having been with the company longer. So how to make money with the mlm concept if youre already involved with company? Its actually quite simple and I'm always mystified that more IBO's dont do it. Start your own mlm business!

You would need very little start up money as you dont have to carry inventory, you already have access to compensation structures and so you could easily adapt them for your own use and you would be guaranteed the top spot with literally the entire company in your "downstream"...

to be quite honest I am currently developing a web based mlm company along with a business partner.

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Higher positions are based on meeting criteria. If someone works harder than you or is better at the business then they will obtain higher positions faster than yourself.

Curious to why you have spent "10,000's of thousands of dollars"?

By following the model and working hard it is not necessary to spend that amount of money. This is a business. As with any business you must build up a customer base. Also, you show others how to become financially independent.

This is done over time. NOT OVERNIGHT.

ACN offers quick start bonuses so by working hard in the beginning you can get more than your investment back. Then from there you continue to build the business.

Guest

I've worked for 2 other companies that are legal and structured something like (well comp'ed employees VS IBO's) ACN. But they had something that so far I'm not seeing in my research of ACN.

Power to be competative. We were incuraged to recruit others and was paid for it. But from that point your pay check came from either selling the product or from installing. I'm always on the look out for a possible great investment.

But compairing ACN services prices to prices direct (online) from the companies they are selling for turned out to be exactly the same if not more expensive. Maybe this was just an off month for ACN deals. Some packages availible straight from the service provider was cheaper or not availible through ACN. I want ACN to succeed and Myself along with it.

Who doesn't want financial freedom? But how is ACN getting customers to pay the same if not more than if the customers went straight to the service providers.

I only checked for Satellite, wireless phone, and internet. ACN does have other products though.

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Although companies brokers for will occasionally meet/match A.C.N. the subsidiaries such as Flash, Zoom, Anovia, Vivent are better deals when both price AND quality are used for comparison.

Some companies meet or even(gasp!) beat the A.C.N. price but the few dollars you save you pay for in lack of quality.Also A.C.N. is also offering your phone service up to free if you bring 5 friends.

Please check it out if you doubt. www.shanilian.acndirect.com

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Although companies brokers for will occasionally meet/match A.C.N. the subsidiaries such as Flash, Zoom, Anovia, Vivent are better deals when both price AND quality are used for comparison.

Some companies meet or even(gasp!) beat the A.C.N. price but the few dollars you save you pay for in lack of quality.Also A.C.N. is also offering your phone service up to free if you bring 5 friends.

Please check it out if you doubt. www.shanilian.acndirect.com

Guest

Ask the ones that are claiming a monthly residual income of at leat $2500.00 to show there actual business statements showing that income and how it gets calculated, happy hunting let me know how many you find that will support their claims with facts?

Guest

@ Agreed, I don't think so..The Celebrity Apprentice proves you wrong!! TWICE.

Get your facts straight before posting your negative trash about an awesome company! MLM works if you do!!

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Jimmyjam
map-marker Kalamazoo, Michigan

ACN-Not good

I purchased A video phone in November. I just got it working (well, sort of) this week.

April 10th. Yes...I have been paying $30 some a month since November for no service. The phone is a cheap plastic, and has a cord. I used to have 3 phones in my home so I could have one in the bedroom, etc...now I only get one, in my basement, next to my computer with a cord.

Customer service has been very unhelpful. I have waited hours on hold, only to be told it is my computer, or system. I have had to rely on the person that sold me the phone to come over and deal with the company and to try to hook it up.

Now that it is hooked up it only rings twice, not enough time for me to run to the basement to pick it up, and it sounds tinny on both ends. Not impressed!!

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Read this, it is awesome.

Contact Andre if interested :www.andremaronian.com

He is a 5LINX SVP who will help anyone.

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Guest

U R A fu**in *** & that's it u Better Charge money for that then cheating people & luring them to ACN

Guest

obviously, you are a *** trying to become a reat time business woman as you put it...This is a first for me....lol

Guest

LOL! @ Sonai. How's it working out??

Guest

you are a grotesque perverted ***.

Guest

hi everyone

My Name is Sonal Dosani. I am ACN rep and doing my hard to make money in ACN.

Recently, i found the only way for people to join ACN is giving then free hand job or sometime *** and massages. i have opened free massages for my ACN customers . I give them free Massages and then sometimes when i like someone we sleep together. I have made lot of customers through this way.

If you want to make money fast and easily, for woman this is only way . When i will build up my clients then i leave doing this and become real time business woman.

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Just had them in my place of biz telling me thats its next big thing then when i pointed out local population of Dublin and Ireland was told I was wrong however when i pointed out that the West Coast, Midlands, & a large part of the south just dont have broadband due Goverment cuts was then told that they and wire was been laid I no this to be false as I have family in the West and Midlands I honestly dont like the sales approach from these so called reps I did think at one point that my life depened on it or maybe they did I personally would never sell anything that seem to based on the preformance of out of date cheap *** plastic phones I really cant can do without the American sales pitch I dont see this as a major turning point for Irish life
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my friend,it's $29.99 a month plus tax. Does Verizon, Comcast, etc.

also advertise their price with the tax included? I don't think so...besides, for the price and a chance to see your loved ones on the other side, it's just PRICELESS...xoxo

Guest

their service SUCKS! you spend half of the time saying HELLLO!HELLO!

trying to figure out if the other line can hear you or not. they boost of state of the art tech yet they cannot update their website of whats out and whats new in their company.And their merchandize take a looooong time to arrive.

And read the fine lines coz there are provisions there that will give you a surprise in the end. the $30 a month is n ot really $30.watch out.

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wilmss
map-marker Chicago, Illinois

It's an allusion, the company is a scam

Acn preys on people looking for a business opportunity. They pimp members (without representing them) to gain cutomers, knowing that the work procedure is designed for the member to fail leaving Acn with customers that was left with company when member is no longer a member.

I am surprise the company is still running. I call this preditor pratice. They have hired actors speaking and dressing as if they are multi millionares. I saw one spoke person who was suppose to be a millionare with a big hole in her sock at a bally's

work out center.

She was working out without gym shoe and had *** in her sock. She did not see me. I was so disturbed by it I left. I then payed more attention while attending conferences and saw that these people speaking wore the same outfits repeatedly.

Even though the phone service is real you will not have no portion of the business. You will not become a dealer of acn.

They will not represent you and you are not to use there name under no circumstances. It is truly a pimp game.

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Rule #1 - If it costs you money to get a job, chances are it's a SCAM.

If you pay money for the opportunity to sell yourself products.. you're a fool.

XCheers

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I think its funny that the people talking about Network Marketing being a scam usually have no back bone and do not leave their real name. "A Lawyer" cmon, really? this is ridiculous.

You are buying into a proven system. If you talk to a lot of people, you will make a lot of money.. Talk to no people, you will make more money.

If you are a Lawyer, think about this:

You went to school for over 5 years. Spent probably hundreds of thousands of dollars before you were able to practice law or make any money... Isn't this true? It took you 5 years to even be allowed to represent either a firm or an individual.

The point I am making is this:

There will be people in ACN for example that make no money, and there will be people that go to law school and drop out. Is law school a scam? No, the person who quit will probably quit everything else in life as well.

You will never meet anyone in network marketing specially ACN who has been in the industry for over 5 years saw anything negative towards the industry. We build networks and multiple distribution circles. CNN, NBC, FOX.. .are all Television "Networks", Mcdonalds is a network. ACN is an opportunity to create a network within a network were the only way to get to the top is by helping others...

FYI, you can study network marketing at Harvard Business.. Just so happens that the acceptance rate is about 1.5% one of "The hardest" school and programs to get into.

So, I guess anyone can be anyone online, and it wont even matter what I use as my name....

Email me if you would ever want to talk about this some more.

Alpha.Joel@***.com

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Wow, I dont know who or what you saw but I know first hand that the SVP's that represent ACN really have made it financially. So here is the deal, stop judging and making assumptions - especially when you have ni idea what you are talking about.

Guest

Why would people come to a "negative site" like this to post reviews about companies they hate? The same reason someone would come to defend those companies.

Obviously, if it's worth defending, then there is something to protect. In this case it's ACN's image, which is tied directly to it's ability to proliferate it's scam. The complainers know full well that they are deterring prospects and future reps from joining everytime they post something bad about ACN online. Just like when you come here to post "things aren't that bad" you are doing it for the opposite reason--trying to draw in new reps and keep people from being turned off.

That's why people from ACN will always come back here and make new posts to try to "bump away" the bad ones. But it's a losing battle, just like the ACN opportunity itself.

Guest

Never let these dumb broke minded people talk you out of something that will make you finanially fee. They don't care about you.

They just want to keep as many people down like them. These people would say just about anything to keep you away because they are either lazy or got deactivated for breaking an ACN rule and spread rumers and many lies. ACN is a great company and if you work your business and stay away from these crapy broke minded people comments you will be very successful.

My advice is never take advice from people that don't have the life style you want. Ask the question do they really have my best intrest in helping be successful or they just some broke mined person that wants nothing out of life but to screw over people dreams.

Guest

My big question about this site is why do people come to this site to look for negative things about companies? I mean come on people.

No one is perfect same with any companies. Every person has it's good and bad moments just like any business does. If you read all the comments on pissed consumer.com and rip off report.com and judge that experiance on them comments. Than you would never leave the house to go shop anywhere or work anywhere, you would let people talk you out of living your life.This site stinks of ***.

Have you ever had any bad comments said about you in your life? Some of it may be true we can agree. But most of it was a garbage as a sewer underground. Many where lies and such.

So lets make a deal to always seek out the positives and what can back up them positives.

Lets stay away from sites like these that are full of ***. You and I both know that this site is full of ***.

Guest

LMAO!!!

ITS FUNNY CUZ THE GIRL WHO ASKED ME TO MEET BROUGHT HER FRIEND WHO I GUESS BEEN THERE 5 YEARS!!! think bout it how long that is.... guess what kind of car he drove???

1995 acura intergra not even washed!!!

i almost bust in tears from laughing, seriously i used to buy and sell those cars and go though them like sunflower seeds

but i guess there is those people who make it to the top, true its pimp game!

:)

Guest

WELL WILMSS IS YOU KNEW HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE ENLISH MAYBE YOU WOULD NOT COMPLAIN SO MUCH

Guest

...classy Conejo...classy.

Guest

Well my friend, what you are saying is alot of BS, because I know several people in ACN that started out just like many are, and they are friends of mine and certainly not actors. By reading your complaint..its sounds like to me that you are a disgruntled ex acn representative that just sat on the couch and missed the boat. Too Bad..you should of read some self improvement books.

Yours truly,

Fabian

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Anonymous
map-marker Toronto, Ontario

Stop complaining

How is acn a scam? the outline on how to make money is straight forward and makes sense! $500 is nothing to take a chance on something that makes too much sense. People who complain about it have no lives and nothing else to look forward too. If you dont have $500 bucks and are worried about losing that, then you have bigger worries on your mind. make some money and work. If you guys were smart then you will be able to use ACN and your own home based business has a tax advantage, so that will make up for the $500 bucks. Acn rocks!
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Bernie Madoff stole from many innocent, hard working, every day people! These people are middle class and invested in retirement funds and work a 40 hour work week to pay the bills and support thier family.

Money is Greed, which is a sin, and taking from others and selfishness, is also a sin! Whipping out $500 bucks to throw away isnt how the everyday family operates. Money isnt everything and robbing people is sick and unethical!

yuck!! Peace Out!

Guest

he who has the gold makes the rule. ACN has enough money that as long as they do not commit murder the law won't care about what they do.

I see the operation of things... I practicaly have sylars power.

a legit MLM company would allow you to make more money per personal sale than you do per lower rep or lower rep sale. just because you found a loophole to make it legal does not mean it is not a scam.

Guest

I read the business oppertunity and I think it is really well! Let me tell you something I work in law and I did my research on this company, (I have to laugh) excuse me, but this company is well worth its weight in GOLD!

$500.00 dollars yes is alot especially if you have a family to support but if you do everything they teach you to do yes you can make your money back!!! And besides it's not just about making money, it's also about creating friendships and working closely with your customers, establishing a rock solid relationship, so and like I said my friend is an ACN rep and so his his wife and I think I herd maybe two complaints out of a hundred maybe, and he quickly satisfied the customer so it's all in customer service people. Maybe the reason why you people are somewhat and I qoute "pissed consumers" is because maybe you had the wrong person, it's not the phone or the phone service it was the person you dealt with!!!!

SMILE it aint that bad!!!! :)

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the people that complain abotu it being a scam are people who expected it to be something they could just sit around making money on right away. the realty of it is the only way to make money is to recrute more people.

only way to recrute people is to get off your *** and hit the town. as well as trying to get people to switch providers.

but oh no thats work and people are scared of that!!!! i wont sign up for this becouse i live in a town with a population of 3000 theres not too much potental there as well as the phone and internet service is not availible here.

Guest

ACN rocks!

Stop being a chronic complainer!

Just do it...don't stop just because of negative comments from slackers.... I am a nurse and stop being a nurse after another nurse introduced this to me and I am not from this country but still could find customers....rain or shine I met customers back when I started ACN but now I have a quality time with my family.....and right now I have a rockin' life$$$$....

don't hate! Just do and believe in it.

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Yeah Bernie Madoff was a great place to put your money too

Guest

So an attorney general led, 17 year old, international company with relationships with all the major cell carriers and satellite providers, that has thousands of representatives, and featured positively in financial magazines is a scam?! That's kinda funny.

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i am an ACN rep that recently joined, and i can confidently say that the RVP and every other RVP in my region is someone who i can trust, i know there income i know there background, i did my research, if they were scamming me id know if they were. so whoever thinks that it is, *** and grow a pair of eyes and ears instead of using ur mouth to say sh1t u dont have evidence for.

if you think its a scam, tell that to Donald trump who evidently wanted to buy the company. he's endorsing it and is now broadcasting on tv shows such as celebrity apprentice. if you think its a scam why the *** is it on tv. you think the government would of stepped in on a global scamming company..

YES.

but they havent, so i think thats enough evidence for that. ***

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evedently you people slept through the training it is all spelled out for you

nothing hidden if you spent thousands training reps you messed up its mot msgic

you do have to work at it

what *** keeps calling people call them once then leave then alone let them cone to you

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***, I wouldn't present a "business opportunity" to my dog that treats their customers the way acn treats theirs. I haven't had a dial tone since they took control of my phone.

No legitimate business treats their customers the way this one does. The whole busines is a scam.

acn stands for ***, Conartists, and Ner,dowells.

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Anonymous

ACN - A Crooked Network

The service stinks, when you call ACN for help, they can't even help you. We have had the phone for a least 2 months. We have yet to have good service from the phone and the internet in a 24 hour period. We were promised when we signed up we were getting 6 months free phone service and 6 months of internet. Not happening folks. We get the phone and now are already being billed for internet. From dropped calls to can't receiving calls or can't hear or understand what they are saying not worth getting. Stay with Bell or Rogers, they money is worth it. Believe you me. Tick off in Ontario
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ACN may be legal but it is a company that preys on idiots. I went to a meeting,everyone was black and all the people Presenting had day jobs.

Asked to see dudes bank account cause he claimed to make $9000 a month...seen that guy working at subway 2 weeks later hahaha he refused to show me his account of coarse. Get a real job people this is a legal scam preying on ignorant people who are gullible.

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Kyla, we are very sorry to hear about the bad experience you have had with your ACN service. We have located your account, and you should not have received an invoice for an early termination fee.

An ACN customer service agent will be contacting you by phone to correct and resolve all issues with your account. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience.

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Been with ACN for 14 months, it has worked two days only, called them countless times, said theyd fix, refund my money, basically what i wanted to hear. then they keep charging my credit card regularly.

yesterday was the last straw, spent an hour explaing (again) to 3 differnet dept.s was told i would get a credit, and my credit would not be charged again. 3 hours later i get a new invoice in my email. cancellation of service fee! 190.00 bill for a service thats never worked.

still waiting for my other refund.....probably will not get it, or the rest of the money they have taken over the last 14 months. Next step i will have to cancel my credit card i guess.

wish i never ever got involved, such a headache!! worst most horrible customer service ever.

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:( ACN reps are disrespectful and belligerent. My latest rep was EATING as she talked to me in long rambling, obviously scripted responses.

I like free calls to family w/ACN service but all else stinks. ATT has to come out every time my ACN services flags..often!

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The reason ACN customer service is so bad is because most of their "customers" are just disgruntled and confused ACN reps. They have lost money, are losing money, or will be losing money....and they are angry.

Add on the fact that ACNs products and services don't work very well, and you wonder why all these pissed off people are calling into ACN for support. Of course ACNs phone reps are going to be in bad moods and not want to help anyone. All they ever do is talk to pissed off reps all day about things they can't make better. A good company prides itself on customer service.

But a bad company like ACN can't do that because all they have is angry customers who are pissed off about the services they have been conned into signing up for two years, only to find out they don't even work and can't get their money back. That has to be a nightmare job btw.

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acn customer service reps are really not helpful. they sent my modem for the internet to the wrong address twice and continued to bill me for internet even though i had no internet service.

then they cut off my phone because i didnt pay 19.38 while all of this was going on. bell canada would never have treated me this way. after screwing up acn made absolutely no attempt to keep my business. they treated me like sh.t.

when i called bell to tell them about my experience bell was much more apologetic than acn was and bell even gave a great offer to get my business. acn could not give a rats a.. about treating me like *** .acn talks about having a live person on the other end of phone to handle your problems but they are useless id much rather talk to emily the computer or even some customer service rep thats in india because they give you much better service they are far more knowledgeable care about customer retention and are willing to make reasonable concessions when they are wrong.donald trump should try calling customer service himself they would probably end up screwing this guy over to because they are so useless. acn thanks a million for nothing.

no internet for 47 days after i switched from bell to acn then the buggers cut my phone.why would anyone pay for such horrendous service. why why why .

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Kevin Moening is a person with no respect with potential clients. He meet my wife trying to sell her on becoming part of ACN and instead he pursued her to have an affair.

My wife and I were having marriage problems and Kevin Moening took advantage of the situation and pursued to have an affair with my wife. He uses ACN to prey on women.

who ever is thinking of using ACN or doing business with Kevin Moening beware...He is a disgusting person with no respect what so ever for other people. What ever you do dont do business with him...

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IT seems that every negative comment has a positive comment, right behind it. WIthout the detail, it looks like some ACN person is just making a positive comment to nullify the negative one. :zzz

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I've had great service with my phone and ACN Customer Service. I highly recommend it!

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This is absolutely the WORST system (next to 2 tin cans and a string). Dropped calls, dropped line, constant resetting and poor quality calls.

I should have had a clue when the rep that sold this to us got rid of her own ACN phone.

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Anonymous
map-marker Toronto, Ontario

ACN Scam

I paid $515 to join ACN with the promise that I will get a full refund if I decided to cancel within 10 days. I cancel on the 4th day and they only refunded me $457 and never told me what the $57 they retained is for.

ACN just ignored all my emails, faxes, telephone etc.

They like to hold meeting to convcince people how much money you can make but it is only a few peopel who make money with this scam. The majority of people quit after a few months. They are fooling people that you can make free calls all over the world, this is not true.

It is a scam.

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ACN is a SCAM!! They try to convince people they will "save" money and instead have so many hidden fee's that it actually cost's MORE.

Some rep signed me up without my consent so when I moved, Planet Energy contacted me via "collections." I asked them to provide me with a signed copy of a contract, they sent me a standard contract with NO SIGNATURE!! I have asked several times for a copy of my signature on a contract...surprise, surprise...they can't produce one!!!

SCAMMERS

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Please do your research. Acn is not a scam it is multi level marketing.

You earn money through sales of services and products. People can easily make money but it only depends on the effort you put in.

Clearly you quit after 4 days so you cannot complain that you failed.

Acn has made thousands of people financially free and given them more time to enjoy life. Its not acn doesnt work, its you thats not working.

Guest

Ok so an ACN "Rep" who I thought was a friend has been harrassing me for the last year to the point that I no longer accept or return his calls. He gave me the pitch, I asked several questions (what if I don't want to recruit, just sell, what's the earning potential?, what portion of the company's total revenue is generated by back end product sales as opposed to the $500 fee to sign up?, etc) NONE of which were answered.

They are well trained in talking a lot and not saying anything. So I started doing research, found out that %95 (approximately) of revenues are generated from the recruitment fee. I also noticed on these comment boards that self professed ACN reps all say the SAME THINGS like PARROTS in response to any negative comments about acn, I/E you're just lazy, you've got a $500 dollar mistake in your closet, so on and so forth. They NEVER address specific complaints, because there isn't an answer.

Finally, Donald Trump. Ya ya it was featured on his *** unreality show and he endorsed it. For 15 MILLION DOLLARS. Can you say PRODUCT PLACEMENT?!?!

The company isn't allowed to do business in Virginia, Montana, and ALL OF CANADA because those attorney generals have labeled it a pyramid scheme. If any of you "reps" out there can give a logical rebuttal to these points, I'm all ears. But you can't, so you will just call me lazy and ***. But I'm smart enough to keep hold of my $500.

Its really too bad you got ripped off, but it doesn't mean I'm going to.

Oh, and Rich, get a clue bro. Stop calling me.

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@ Roman. OMG, you described the video phone so precisely! I can't tell you how many times the techs had me re-routing cables, and still the phone didn't work. Agree with you whole heartedly!

@ Just Pointing it Out. Really?? Clarity?? Not my experience!

Just an observation, but most of the disparaging remarks on this site are from ACN reps. Not very ethical if you ask me!

Guest

Wow, who on earth would tell a lie about a company just to flap their mouth - oh, I guess that is you because your story is so full of holes... none of what you said is true in anyway -

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Can you believe this company called ACN, has sales people like Randy Taft, A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER,

read here his details at,

courts of neces county texas site or corpus christi

He and his hispanic family tries to phrase that he is an innocent man, in contempt of court.

This family which had been fed on WELFARE, which some call as "WHITE TRASH",

and it is heard that their 20 year old mother from interior Guatemala married the 60 year old WHITE MAN

to get a green card and life of luxury, but this man was also very smart, he produced several kids before

he got her on this land.

Forward these to all women and families with children, to be aware of who they are around,

and check him at - randytaft dot acnrep dot com

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We are trying to get the truth out about ACN and have copies of a Team Coordinators Paystubs and Income Declaration on our site. TCs claim to make $10,000 per month but this is proof they only make about $1,000. www.acntruth.com

Roman Ben

The ACN and its representatives is bunch of lying scam bags. Then I signed up I been told bunch of lies, such as: "Our Guys calling home from Iraq using Video Phones and service is grate" , "You can take this Phone any there in a World there High Speed Internet is available and you will have free Phone with your number unchanged and everybody will be able to reach you as well as you still in your house without paying a dime for long distance or international calls" , "this Video Phone will work with wireless card" At a time I spent a lot of time abroad and liked this Idea of not to spent tons of time and money on SIM cards, local phones and international calls.

So I purchased 3 Phones for $600.00, sent one to Moscow Russia, to save on long distance and to see people I haven’t seen for a long time. Soon enough I find out ACN do not support Russia and none of my friends is able to use this Magical Video Phone. As well ACN do not support Asia, and Video Phone doesn’t work with wireless cards. And only people I was able to see through Video Phone is ACN Tech-Support staff.

Next thing I know, I stock with ACN product and monthly payments. And in is impossible to get out of contracts without paying early termination fees even I haven’t used these phones to call, so I paid $300.00 for early termination of two lines. One line I used for about one year, trying to figure out then it will start working as promised by ACN, constantly running on problems such as drop calls, service disconnection due to Video Phone losing its registration, and since I been instructed to connect my computer and later router, through video-phone I was constantly loosing internet connection and after all cable internet was frizzing soled, then I have someone talking on a phone. I spent hours with tech-support doing a "monkey job" of connecting and disconnecting cables from router, modem, and phone.

Back and forth up to the point, so if I see next ACN representative I will shove all of this cables in his/her *** and see if it will improve their service! The definition of a good service is then customer don't have to remember or even know a tech support number after signing up for service, all that costumer should do is to forget about provider existence and pay monthly bills. ACN is definitely *** service with the twist. I did schedule a last line cancelation in next 10 days.

Hope this message will help someone not to sign up for ACN Video Phone service.

I definitely will not miss an ACN Technicians voice in my ear and their face in my Video-Phone. One more thing don’t forget, if your internet is out, your Video Phone is out two.

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Kevin Moening is a person with no respect with potential clients. He meet my wife trying to sell her on becoming part of ACN and instead he pursued her to have an affair.

My wife and I were having marriage problems and Kevin Moening took advantage of the situation and pursued to have an affair with my wife. He uses ACN to prey on women.

who ever is thinking of using ACN or doing business with Kevin Moening beware...He is a disgusting person with no respect what so ever for other people. What ever you do dont do business with him...

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Sorry, make that "magicJack." I thought they spelled it with a "j" to be different...

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Anonymous
map-marker Temecula, California

ACN SCAM

Before you get involved in ACN please google all complaints against them including their BBB report. I'm sorry but there is no residual income when people cancel their services due to unhappiness (and those were your friends and family) and the only way to continue to make more money is to recruit more people (friends and family) and those are one time bonuses that run out.

Pretty soon you will be out of money and friends and family.

Anyone who still likes you, if you are making money you'll never see since you'll be going to weekly meetings and trainings at your own expense in order to recruit friends of friends, etc.

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*** hole this is is just the beginning. do some research

Guest

Brandon Rub insisted he had an urgent business need to meet with me. I asked him what it was about and he seemed unable to tell me much on the phone, he felt it was very important I change my schedule around to talk to him in person.

I didn't really know what this was about but it turned out to be buy ACN, I let him talk for awhile and pointed out plenty of flaws in his sales scheme but the first is don't have somebody change their schedule because its urgent they drop what they are doing to buy from you.

Respect a customers time a little bit ACN, try not starting with the its urgent lie, if he'd told me its was about ACN I could have researched it, no need the presentation was *** enough that research would have just made him seem more pathetic. Deleting him from facebook, thanks ACN from hurting a friendship.

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Check this out. Http://www.wellbeinglv.com.

If network marketing is what your interested in, I found a better company that I myself is do pretty well. I do not pressure any of my downlines, I do not lie or scam anyone into joining. I have more services than ACN with a better comp plan and bonuses. Anyone who joins my team has my full support and I even help people in my office from another team.

I partner with other teams all the time in my business. We have fun! We share contacts and customers. We help you succeed at your pace!

You are in business for yourself, but NOT by yourself.

Contact me for more info. Thanks

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5 links is no different than ACN. Its is another ponzi scheme founded by an ACN SVP. Get a legitimate business without scheming people who are trying their best to live a normal life.

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If people are willing to act as employees for acn and sell acn products, why are they asking for 500 up front? They should pay me 500 and then I'll sell their ***.

I'm sure there is a way to make money off this and it might be compounded after the deregulation of energy but 500 bucks up front and no guarantee? You trying to tell me your gonna let me in on an incredible opportunity without profiting at my expense? *** I'm a hustler not the hustled. Get a real job or push drugs like everybody else.

It's all based on recruitment, I heard about the meetings before I heard of the product. Save your money

Guest

BEWARE OF ACN AND ITS "INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS" (IBOs). They will lie to and scam you to get their dirty and greedy hands on your hard earned money.

That's how they do their so called "business"---WITH SECRECY AND DECEIT. They will deceive you and use every sneaky and underhanded tactic in the book to make you attend their "hush hush" meeting/s (won't tell you or lie to you about what company it is and what the meeting/gathering is about) and to make you part with your money either by joining them as "brainwashed" IBOs ($499 sign up fee on the spot) or as customers. Once they succeed in making you join and cough up your money (they will keep on hounding you through phone calls, e-mails, facebook, "visits",etc.), they will lie to you like tell you that there are no refunds (happened to a friend of mine who was scammed by a supposed "friend") when, in fact, you have 10 (short) days to cancel if you change your mind and get a full refund. ACN will take forever, if not downright ignore you, to issue your refund/s or to attend to any complaint/s.

Speaking of complaints, there are numerous (hundreds to thousands) as evidenced in this (pissed consumer) and other websites (first search blue, ripoff report, BBB, etc.). They (IBOs) will also not tell you, and you will just find it out on your own very much later once they have sucked you in already, that there are other fees like back office fees, annual dues, "training" materials, etc..ACN will charge every kind of fee (even just viewing your downline online) the founders can think of to fatten their already overflowing pockets/coffers. If they don't succeed in brainwashing you and getting your money, they will insult you and use every abusive language they can think of like loser, ***, ***, rotten apple, etc..They even have the temerity to insult those who work 9-5 jobs calling them *** and losers. The ACN people (IBOs, clones or plants) hired or assigned by ACN to surf the internet and reply to the complaints or negative ACN views, who respond to the posts online, especially those complaining against ACN, its IBOs and the products, use this offensive and insulting language.

They are brainwashed into thinking and telling us that we (the NOT brainwashed NOT ACN IBOs) will never be successful or amount to anything without ACN. It is as if ACN is the end all and be all of their existence!!! Talk about being a cult and being brainwashed!!! The products and services they are reselling (hiding behind is more like it to keep ACN from being called a pyramid scheme) are *** outdated, lousy, overpriced, loaded with hidden fees and with activation and cancellation fees that are way more expensive.

You are better off buying or subscribing directly from the respective companies. The customer service is virtually non-existent or, if you are one of the lucky few able to get ahold of and talk to somebody, you will find out that, more often than not, they are rude, incompetent and does not know anything about their products or services. They (IBOs) don't know, don't care to know or are not interested in knowing about the products they are reselling. Try asking any of them about their products like how are you going to save, how much are your savings as compared to going direct, ask anything specific and, more often that not, you will be given a blank stare and will just be told to either look it up online or just follow blindly and do your friend/s a favor or be told that if you are going to be so inquisitive that maybe ACN is not for you.

They (IBOs) will flaunt their expensive cars (most, if not all, are leases though), boats, designer clothes and shoes, jewelries, etc. aside from showing videos of the "successful" ACN peoples' wealth at every meeting and convention to show the desperate, uninformed and gullible people how wealthy ACN made them, when they could not even afford to stay in hotels during one of their brainwashing pep rally or rah rah "training" (ACN founders money-making, pockets/coffers enriching) conventions (4-5 a year). They will mooch off or outright badger other people so they can stay at their place. They (ACN and IBOs) are more into or focused on MONEY.

The IBOs are more concerned with commissions, bonuses, residual incomes, promotions and building or adding to their downlines (for more moolah). One more thing, ACN does not do any background checks on those they hire as IBOs. Anybody who have the $499 sign up fee will be hired on the spot (they even hire teenagers as young as 15 years old, maybe younger). I have read that a lot of these IBOs are criminals---swindlers, sex offenders, gang members, mobsters, etc..

So be very, very careful in letting these people/strangers (IBOs) in your homes especially if you have small children.

The founders of ACN even praise ACN and its IBOs, on their websites, blogs, facebook and at every meeting and convention, for being Christians, have integrity, charitable, etc.. when they are more interested and focused on making MONEY for themselves to the exclusion of everything else and, as I've said, they don't do any kind of check or investigation so they don't know anything about those they hire (or even their so called "business" partners or team members unless they are family or close friends) be it their religious affiliations (I know one who is an atheist), criminal histories, characters, etc..

STAY AWAY FROM ACN AND ITS IBOs if you love and value God, your soul, your families and your friends.

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THE TITLE/ NICKNAME WHICH WAS SHORTENED SHOULD HAVE BEEN :SCAM + NO BACKGROUND CHECKS + $499 = ACN IBO

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This guy is probably someone who tried but it didnt work for him. Did he wirk on himself?

Did he read? Attend or listen to audio CDs about better keadership skills ?. Maybe its like he doesn't go to the gym but mad about getting no results. Of course not every service is a saving.

And you don't have to pay for the option to see all reports... and u don't have to force or beg anyone ....u just ask for a favor show them services and c if they will support you

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ANOTHER ACN RECRUITER REPLYING FROM A SCRIPT PROVIDED AND DRILLED ON THEM AT EVERY MEETING AND CONVENTION BY ACN. HE SKIRTED THE MAIN ISSUES (LIKE WHAT THE OTHER ACN BRAINWASHED PEOPLE ALWAYS DO) LIKE THERE BEING NO BACKGROUND CHECKS, THE USE OF SECRECY, DECEIT, SWINDLING, ETC.

IN THEIR SO CALLED "BUSINESS", THE REPS NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM, ETC.! I'VE READ AND HEARD HIS (OR HER) REPLY (AND THE OTHER REPLIES OF THE ACN CLONES),WITH THE EXACT SAME WORDING, COUNTLESS TIMES LIKE THE GYM THING(WHO GETS MAD AT THE GYM IF ONE WAS NOT ABLE TO LOSE WEIGHT??? ONLY IMMATURE PEOPLE LIKE ACN PEOPLE PERHAPS), TRYING THE "BUSINESS" AND BEING LAZY OR NOT FOLLOWING THE 'SYSTEM" OR QUITTING WHEN THE WORK SEEMED HARD, OR BEING A LOSER, *** AND OTHER INSULTING LANGUAGE USED BY THESE ACN CLONES, ETC.. THE COME ON OR MAIN LIE OF THIS BUSINESS OR HOW THEY ENTICE PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS AND REPS IS THAT ONE CAN SAVE IF ONE BECOMES AN ACN CUSTOMER AS COMPARED TO GOING DIRECT AND/OR ONE, AS A REP, CAN HELP THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES BY SAVING ON THEIR BILLS ---READ THE POSTS OF THE ACN PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THE COMPLAINTS AND OTHER COMMENTS AGAINST ACN AND ITS PEOPLE, ON THIS AND OTHER WEBSITES LIKE FIRST SEARCH BLUE, CRIMES OF PERSUASION, RIPOFF REPORT, ETC.!!!

ACN IS JUST A BARELY LEGAL, WHICH DOES NOT MAKE THEM ETHICAL OR MORAL, RECRUITMENT "BUSINESS" DONE BY ENTICING AND RECRUITING THE GULLIBLE AND DESPERATE PEOPLE AS REPS AND THROUGH ASKING FOR "FAVORS" FROM GULLIBLE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AS CUSTOMERS.

ACN AND ITS PEOPLE USE DECEIT, LIES, SECRECY AND OTHER UNDERHANDED TACTICS TO MAKE OR FORCE PEOPLE TO JOIN OR 'SUPPORT" THEM AND SHELL OUT THEIR MONEY ON NUMEROUS AND ENDLESS FEES!!! STAY AWAY FROM ACN!!!

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Totally agree with staying away from ACN...I can say, with shame, that I tried it for one year and honestly attest that I let myself be "coached" into all the things they required...providing list of 100 people, attend the weekly meetings, inviting friends, attend local/regional and national meetings, etc....at first it did appear to work but one thing really popped up...it was not about the SERVICES, it was always about the recruits. I wouldn't have a problem with this also but the SERVICES are actually *** and their reps (techs) really don't know the products either.

You are taught to recruit not sale. When the few customers you gain realize how *** the service is, they cancel and have to pay cancellation fees which puts you in a bad position because now they are out of their money also. Its a false pretense for them to sell you the "business" the way they do...on how easy it is to make money and how GREAT their services are.

I should have realized this before I joined as I kept asking about specifics on their services and kept getting the runaround....oh well it is what it is but I can attest that the SCAM is all about the way the "business" is presented and pressed on the potential rep. They should just be honest and allow people "customers" make a good and wise decision.

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Anonymous
map-marker Summit, New Jersey

Acn... look before you leap into this company

In July 2008 my husband and I attended a home meeting about the "acn way". We immediately joined. Sounded "to good to be true". It is now October 23rd 2008 and our very own services are so screwed up and the answers we get from customer service are weak for investing the money we have already. No straight answers, numerous hours on end after our full time jobs on the phone with customer service. How can you feel comfortable recommending ACN to family and friends? Just a warning for anyone looking to get involved. If is sounds to good to be true... it usually is!
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So far ACN is exactly what they say they are! Read the fine print!

Follow the rules!

They have a more stringent code of ETHICS

than I have ever seen in a DIRECT MARKETING COMPANY!!! It's like life itself...

You only get out of it what YOU put into it! I'M GOING TO BE RICH!!!

Guest

ACN is like any other business. If you treat it like one.

I have been in business for myself for 30 years. I have had bad customers, bad jobs and product problems. When you are in business you work it out if you want to stay in business. For the investment and the product available ACN is a very good opportunity for a person who is willing to treat it as a business.

Like the businesses I was in there are those who scam and lie and fill you with BS. But the business was not bad the people were.

That is a constant in this world. I find that in network marketing those who fail to put in the time and dedication to succeed in the business need to find an excuse for their failure.

Guest

it is a scam do not join them with their lies.you do have to recruit people .

Guest

I can get no real answer to why they charge you $499 to sign up...

Guest

i g everyday to acn meeting . I always get one *** home .

ACN *** is the best in market but now lot of mixed *** around for sale. bring them , sell them and then do doggy style.

Guest

It's just another form of AMWAY. They sucker you in and take your money....tell you how great it is.

If you decide you want to back out, you can expect on losing a couple hundred bucks....read the small print. You only have a 3 day grace period on the phone and you don't even have the phone yet to know what you are getting.

SCAM SCAM SCAM.....If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is!

How much do you think Donald Trump is getting paid to endorse the company???

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And wait till you sign up.. they wil call you no more ..especially if you have problems with their service...

Guest

I have someone who I know, not really a friend who never called me before. All of a sudden, i am getting at least 2-3 calls a week from him wanting me to go to an ACN Meeting. I don't want to be that annoying person doing the phone calls to "friends." If that is being part of the ACN family, then count me out.

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Anonymous
map-marker South Pasadena, California

ACN

Television reality show ? OMG I heard that from my so called moral up line. I hope it turns out to be hard copy or something that exposes how ACN takes money from hungry and weak people. Now Mexico is the target and people in California,Texas,New Mexico,Arizona and Nevada are going after illegals and poor Mexican in the hopes of making a killing on poor Mexicans in Mexico who can't even rub to Pesos together. The lines you get are so rehearsed edification is the biggest word used. I was duped and found nobody wanted to sign up and give it 500.00 and have a phone that isn't what anybody else wanted either. This is a no win situation and there are no residuals it's a smoke screen. The thing I was told is the key is reps,reps,reps. The residual come a long time from now. You probably end getting 5 cents for every service. Lies,lies,lies yeah there gonna get ya. Screw Donald Trump ! why I thought I should believe him edifying this is beyond me. A good subliminal CD ! The person that signed me is signing up anybody and she doesn't care a *** thing about them. She's loosing her house and spending her husbands 401 K plan to go to Detroit,Palm springs and trips to other states to sign people up. The desperation is at all costs sell your friends out, but by golly, get Reps ! This is a evil,greedy and horrible thing to do to family and friends. I am going to make sure I write a letter to hard copy asking them to do a story on how many people have lost the shirts off their backs and their families to boot.
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Guest

hahahaha bro you suck .... im not in acn but many of my friends are, and i can tell you this is an awesome company that helps alot everywhere they go.

poor you 9 to 5ers!!

Guest

I am from Mexico and in still have family there as well. I think that it is great that a company would give the opportunity to the people in Mexico to enhance their lives.

There a few MLM companies that have come to Mexico and have had a Positive impact in Mexican cities. You don't know what I am talking about unless you have lived it. We( Mexicans) do not need ignorant people to speak on our behalf about something you have only read about or seen on TV.

Thank you for your concern but someone who refers to people as "illegals" has no credibility with any opinion this type of person would have to offer. I pray for your ignorance and hope that you will see people as people and not see them as numbers & stats.

Guest

Everyone has and wants to have an opinion. Hence why social media thrives like no other .no one takes responsibilty for their own decisions.

Blame game is the constant these days!

An evaluation of anything is like the interpretation of the bible. We all read the same words , but all have different interpretation of what those words mean. Some People just decide to interpret things negatively when they don't understand it or refuse to understand it .

Do your homework before you put people or things on blast . Think before you speak. & don't let society or the news influence you to always look for the hidden spade .Negativity sells and people Love attention!:I wish people could see that they can be heard without acting ignorant!

Unfortianately there are people that hope we as people never see that light! Stop being a follower & victim to what the "world " wants us to think and think for yourself!

Guest

LOL! I love the ignorant people who want hand outs in this world!

I can tell you that the residuals are very very very real, with WORK!! It is obvious you are a lazy person who does not want to work. ACN and residuals will not pay you if you don't WORK!!

I went 7 months without a cent paid to me, guess why??? Yep, you guessed it, I didnt work at it. Once you pay your $500 to ACN, they are not just going to bless you with residual income, you have to go work to aquire customers. Whhhooooaaa...what a concept, customers have to be aquired first and start paying their bills before any money is paid out.

Guess what, in the real world, what happens if you sit on your butt and just compain about life and watch tv and eat raw chicken?? Do you get paid at all?? NO!! You have to work. You have to work.

Guest

yeah right! and probably the Famous Donald Trump can now concentrate on ACN after resigning from the board of trump entertainment.

And you trust Donald trump as an endorser of ACN? naaah....think again ...and again..and again...

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Anonymous
map-marker Boise, Idaho

GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

To the person that complained about not getting a refund on your $500 investment to start your own business with ACN. YOU ARE FULL OF ......! If you read the rep sign up doc you have to submit in writing to ACN to cancel your agreement. You do not CALL the rep that signed you up! I have a masters degree in economics and have been a part of ACN for quite awhile as a way to supplement my income. I have found the company to be extremely professional and the products to be as good as promised. The video phone is fabulous as it allows me to see family members that live far away and talk to them as often as I want for one flat rate. Too bad you chose to not even TRY to make this great opportunity work for you! Just get your facts straight next time before you slam a great company!
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Guest

My son tried to cancel within an hour and the rep who signed him up wont even answer. They didn't give him a copy of the agreement and always has a headache and cant meet. Smells like a BIG SCAM

Guest

Fyi, Skype is free and it does the same thing. Just saying. ..

Guest

a great company, just read the reviews. who cares if you have a masters in economics.

I have employed allot of *** people that have masters degrees, that does not have make you smart or impressive. The company sucks just keep on ripping off you fiends and family.

Guest

THEN IF LIFE IS SO GOLDEN FOR YOU WITH ACN WHY ARE YOU ONLY USING THEM TO SUPPLAMENT YOUR INCOME.LOL :roll

Guest

Nothing wrong with ACN. Pleaty of money to be made.

It has the best financial plan in network marketing today. Either your part of the solution... OR your part of the problem....

Which one are you? Bottom line some people are leaders and some people are not.

Guest

I saw Dan and bought into the sales pitch. I was smart enough to figure out that profit would not come in the near future...I wrote out my cancellation letter to ACN headquarters in NC, and got my $500; this was the best thing I ever did.

The rep that signed me up has not been able to sucker anybody else into this pyramid/MLM ***. You have to really know a lot of people and network your *** off in order to get a couple of reps under you. It's a numbers game; think about it--the more people you market to, the more chances you have of someone buying into this ***. Also, they have so many *** phone conferences and meetings each week that I swear it was like a cult.

All the txt msgs they send reminding you to attend weekly meetings was annoying; they put so much pressure on you, and they require that you set up a house meeting with your friends, family, and get this---strangers in your home. These strangers are "friends/family" of other reps that are trying to get reps under them.

I don't know about you, but I am not for strangers in my home!!

Anyway, I'm sure it works if you have a huge network of friends and family, if you have the time to dedicate to building a business, and if you have the time to attend endless "required for success" meetings. I rather focus on putting all this energy and effort towards my regular job that does pay my bills as well as provide me all the corporate benefits needed to keep healthy and plan for the future; no, I won't get rich this way, but I sure won't get rich with ACN either!

Guest

Volonino is very wealthy....I used to work with ACN, and did pretty well myself. I was in his network and I know he was making mega. Wealthy people don't like to brag.

I'm currently working with another opportunity but spent over 3 years with ACN. Good Co.

Stop crying.

Guest
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True, ACN takes to much time and work. I have a family life I rather be part of. I quit ACN as of today.

Guest

how much money do you make??

Guest

Sounds pretty *** biased to me...

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