In January of 2014 my company decided to look at additional lead sources. We contacted Buyerzone, a division of Purch Group, Inc. They told us that they would provide us with as many leads as we wanted, but that we would have to pay 25.00 per lead, and that we could determine how many leads that we recieved, by putting on deposit, the amount (calculated at 25.00 per lead) on deposit, for a month. Then every day we would get leads. We were told that the leads would be shared with five other companies in our industry, and would be released within an hour of the inquiry. These were both complete lies, and part of their scam.
In every case we were getting the leads from the day prior, so the prospect had already talked to multiple agencies, and were no longer a looking for an agency. In addition, we were told regularly, by every lead, that they were getting calls from as many as ten other companies, not four, as our contract stipulated. The leads were garbage, and the individuals who were speaking with us, about our concerns at Buyer Zone, namely Luke Callahan, were very aggressive. He bullied the women in our office, when they would call to complain. I personally called to tell him to cool it, and he told me to go f*** myself.
So, I fired him. He tried to rip me off of the deposit that was on file, and made so many disparaging comments about the company, the women he had spoken to, and me, that I have finally decided to report the entire organization. This is how they treat everyone, from what we are told by clients. Please publish this information, so that other companies are not ripped off by these scam artists.
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In January of 2014 my company decided to look at additional lead sources. We contacted Buyerzone, a division of Purch Group, Inc. They told us that they would provide us with as many leads as we wanted, but that we would have to pay 25.00 per lead, and that we could determine how many leads that we recieved, by putting on deposit, the amount (calculated at 25.00 per lead) on deposit, for a month. Then every day we would get leads. We were told that the leads would be shared with five other companies in our industry, and would be released within an hour of the inquiry. These were both complete lies, and part of their scam.
In every case we were getting the leads from the day prior, so the prospect had already talked to multiple agencies, and were no longer a looking for an agency. In addition, we were told regularly, by every lead, that they were getting calls from as many as ten other companies, not four, as our contract stipulated. The leads were garbage, and the individuals who were speaking with us, about our concerns at Buyer Zone, namely Luke Callahan, were very aggressive. He bullied the women in our office, when they would call to complain. I personally called to tell him to cool it, and he told me to go f*** myself.
So, I fired him. He tried to rip me off of the deposit that was on file, and made so many disparaging comments about the company, the women he had spoken to, and me, that I have finally decided to report the entire organization. This is how they treat everyone, from what we are told by clients. Please publish this information, so that other companies are not ripped off by these scam artists.