1, Report:
#8612
Posted Date:
Mar 13 2016
McKENZIE SCOTT/ AMERICAS JOB NETWORK A RIPOFF SCAM *REBUTTAL ..no way affiliated with the firm referenced in this report *EDitor's Comments ..be grateful
After responding to a job search ad on the internet, I recieved two brochures in the mail titled EXECUTIVE JOB SEARCH-$100,000 TO $1,000,000+. The company name, promoting this venture is McKENZIE SCOTT and is affiliated, or part of something, called AMERICAS JOB NETWORK.A few days l...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
2, Report:
#80334
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2008
PMA - Charles Timmons - Larry Camarda Deceptive sales practices job search assistance is of negative value King-of-Prussia Pennsylvania
Charles Timmons and Larry Camarda, et.al. hindered my job search with ill-written resumes and letters. I paid Merrill-Adams a good sum of money the day before they closed their doors to help me with a job search. Charles Timmons deposited my money to a company he controls (The Tim...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
3, Report:
#58019
Posted Date:
Oct 27 2008
Merrill-Adams Associates; Aka Timmins Group; PMA Personal Marketing Associates misrepresentation and non-deliverance of professional services rip off West Conshohocken Pennsylvania
My saga began June 1999. I met Mr. Tabler in the Merrill-Adams' Princeton office. Therein started the impressive promises. Seems I was fortunate: paid only $3850 (compared to other reports filed on various complaint sites). Their fees swelled each year, apparently. Sorry for thos...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
4, Report:
#372006
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2008
MGA Careers Barry Bank crooks and scammers Princeton New Jersey
Apparently Ken Levinson, Barry Banks and others have been ripping people off with their career ser-vices for many years. The problem is they keep changing their name to escape the law suits and attorney generals who know about them. I first ran into them in Philadelphia, and got suc...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
5, Report:
#96903
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2005
PMA Charles Timmons Larry Camarda Connie Ashton Sandra Trappen Report to the State King-of-Prussia Pennsylvania
Although the State Attorney General's Office - Bureau of Consumer Protection can not force PMA et al to settle any claim you may have, and you should. You should continue to inform them of the deceptive practices of PMA. The more reports the better. Sooner of later it will make a...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
6, Report:
#97406
Posted Date:
Jul 02 2004
Merrill Adams; The Timmins Group; Raphael Group Of PA career search rip-off! They pretend to go out of business on you -- 30 months later, no services, no help and $4500 down the drain. Parsippany New Jersey
I was laid off and thought I had found the answer to finding the next great job -- with Sandra Trappen at the Merrill Adams Group in West Conshohocken, PA. I signed a contract and paid $4500 -- a loan taken from my husband's 401K -- and promised within 6 months, I'd have a job over...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
7, Report:
#38722
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2002
INNOVATIONAL SERVICES aka Raphael Group Innovational Services, formerly Raphael 'Defunct PMA Personal Marketing Assoc. aka Timmins Group 9 Formerly Merrill Adams Defunct ripoff deception Haverford Pennsylvania
These guys all take the $$$ and run. Stop them. Timmins Group owes countless thousands to many unsatified customers(check ripoff PMA/ Merrill-adams
Innovational Services in business 3 days after demise of Raphael Group(check ripoff Raphael Mike Acqualino) Taphael leaves many client...
Entity
Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
8, Report:
#38047
Posted Date:
Dec 12 2002
Personal Marketing Associates Rip-off The Timmins Group They seem to change their name a lot victimized many consumers King of Prussia Pennsylvania
After being led to this website by an advocate, I confronted Constance Ashton with the article posted at this site. I asked for a rebuttal or explanation. I did not get a satisfactory response. I would have let this go but I looked further into this firm. In business under 1 year, t...
Entity
Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
9, Report:
#33888
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2002
PMA aka Timmins Group aka Raphael aka Merrill Adams They are the same consumer fraud ripoff King of Prussia Pennsylvania
Watch out. Read the ripoff reports on these bogus boys
FOC
glenside, Pennsylvania
Entity
Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
10, Report:
#33828
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2002
Personal Career Marketing aka The Timmins Group - Merrill-Adams I could not be ripped off twice screwed others too King of Prussia Pennsylvania *UPDATE ..Timmins will take your money and move on somewhere else!
I was a victim of Charles Timmins President of Merrill-Adams Associates. I paid nearly $10,000 to have my career marketed.I was promised CONTACTS. I received no more than a mailing of my resume to recruiters. A list I found on the internet myself.
I damanded my money back. I was ...
Entity
Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
11, Report:
#20980
Posted Date:
May 16 2002
Merrill Adams Associates ripoff, dishonest, fraudulent deceptive company fraudulent ripoff business Conshchocken Pennsylvania
The company promised for a fee of $4,950 a life time of help in locating jobs and that they would connect me with the decision makers of unadvertised jobs. They would counsel me through the interview process and the salary negotiation process for the rest of my working days. Writ...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
12, Report:
#5670
Posted Date:
May 16 2002
MERRILL ADAMS is not who they represent themselves to be. Hold on to your money! *REBUTTAL BBB reports no unsatisfied claims against Merrill-Adams *UPDATE client satisfied. Ripoff Report got their attention *REBUTTAL owner responds *EDitor's Comment *UPDATE ..Merrill out of business
I paid Merrill Adams the sum of $10,800 in July, 2000 in exchange for what I was told was the inside track to un-advertised jobs, their connections, and their assistance in putting me in front of individuals who had hiring authority at the CFO or greater level.
Actually, it start...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
13, Report:
#7434
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
Merrill-Adams Threatens to Sue Dissatisfied Customer *Consumer Sugestion *UPDATE Client Satisfied! ..Ripoff Report certainly got their attention *REBUTTAL BBB reports no unsatisfied claims
Merrill Adams Threatens to Sue Dissatisfied Customer
There are at least two schools of thought when it comes to resolving a dispute with a customer.
One school believes every customer may be an ongoing source of revenue and profit from cradle to grave. Like most customer-ce...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services
14, Report:
#2414
Posted Date:
Feb 07 2002
MERRILL ADAMS ASSOCIATES FRAUD * Rebuttal - Better Business Bureau claim no unsatisfied claims exist *REBUTTAL owner responds *EDitor's Comment
I contracted with Merrill Adams Associates to provide me with career counseling and marketing. They claim to have contacts and led me to believe I would have access to decision makers in companies and to jobs that were not advertised. I looked at two other firms that do this work, b...
Entity
Categories: Employment Services