Complaint Review: Starscapes Joe Petrashek - Chandler Arizona

For your INITIAL investment of $5000 you get a toy-like projector that beams little star-like dots on the ceiling for you to dab with glow-in-the-dark paint. Very similar projectors can be bought in toy stores for less than $50...more costly star projectors can be had for $300 but he gives you a cheapie....he also gives you a small battery-operated black-light to energize the paint. he calls this his "galactifying wand"...more magician-speak. It's a cheap little black light that can be bought anywhere for less than $25...he gives you a set of little "dabbers" to dab and splatter the paint on the customer's ceiling. These can be had from glow in the dark paint websites for a few dollars. You can also make your own from common things around the house if you have half a brain in your head....and he gives a cookie-cutter website to promote your business. This website is so cruddy looking, any high school computer student could do far better...of course, he charges you high fees to "host" your site. Again, something anyone can do themselves for far less money....And he gives you a bunch of marketing materials and he will "upsell" you much much more! (as if he hasn't raked you over the coals enough already - but then someone has to pay for all those full-color full-page magazine ads he runs every month...guess who THAT is...) But the WORST thing this guy does is cloak everything in secrecy. You CANNOT return the "opportunity" once the sealed box is opened. You can't even look at what you just bought! One of these ridiculous rebuttals likens this to getting KFC's recipe! Are you kidding me? No, KFC won't give you their recipe because you don't need it to know the chicken is going to sell. But if you buy a KFC franchise, you will know what you just bought. But not with this guy. He won't let you even take a peek because he has already described it in such "magical", confusing language that once you open the box and see a box of cheap toys, you will return it immediately. He claims you CAN return it, but ONLY if you don't open it! Trade secrets. What??? Gosh, how generous. Of course any one with an ounce of brains can see that is an insult. His forum of "satisfied owners" is closed to the public. CLOSED. Trade secrets again. Trade secrets my hind-end! Don't be stupid ladies and gentlemen. Dabbing glow in the dark paint on a ceiling with the aid of a toy projector is NOT a trade secret! How can anyone possibly make an intelligent buying decision under such secrecy? Answer: You can't....Again I state that if he was that confident that you will make money doing this and that you are getting a decent return on your investment, he would welcome you to examine everything AND talk openly with people doing this. I tried repeatedly to talk with people who bought into this, and they were SCARED of this man! They had to sign a "secrecy" document and they were scared to break that agreement! And I mean scared! UNREAL! This former magician is good! d**n good!...Listen folks, I have no personal beef with this guy. I don't know him, never worked for him nor am I a "competitor"...I am just like you. A guy who needs to make extra income and would like to have a small business I can run from home. And like many of you, I have been ripped off by "dream salesmen". And I am sick of it. This former magician is smart. He is very smart. And he is rich. But NOT from painting star murals on people's ceilings with glow paint. He is rich because he runs a LOT of advertisements selling the dream...but it's a dream that can be attempted for much, much less money than what he charges. And because you can't return it once you've merely looked at it, yes, I have a beef with this man. Finally, another so-called claim that this is a great opportunity: Yes, he does have an office and a showroom with impressive glow in the dark murals. And yes, he will talk to you personally. So what? So will a used car salesman. What does that prove? It proves he's a smooth, slick salesman, who will convince you to part with your hard-earned money without ever seeing what you are getting! That is slick. But it's also snaky! And I don't like snakes...

Again, if anyone cares to show me that I have said things that are not true, bring it on. You want to throw your money away, there are better places to do it than with a Starscapes glow in the dark painting business. And if you think you can convince people to pay you hundreds of dollars to paint some stars on their ceiling, simply go on the internet and google "glow paint ceiling murals" and you will find lots of FREE information on how to it. Then, when you realize you can't support a family doing this, you will thank me for saving you $5000...Thank you for your time...

Travis

Waconia, MN