If you’ve been in business for a while you probably realize the importance of good marketing. As a business owner I’m always on the lookout for new marketing information that may give me new ideas on how to market and promote my existing products. So to that end I subscribed to a monthly marketing newsletter named Marketing Dot Com by Mike Filsaime. If you’re short on time and you don’t have any to read my Mike Filsaime review/ Marketing dot Com review let me put it to you bluntly…
Mike Filsaime is a cheat and a scam and the Marketing Dot Com monthly newsletter is a waste of money and you’ll have to literally cancel your credit card to stop them from billing you.
First off I thought long and hard about making this post because I don’t like speaking negatively about people but in hindsight I gave this scam artist and snake oil salesman way too much credit. Here’s the nuts and bolts of my problems with Mike Filsaime and his Marketing Dot Com monthly newsletter:
Most reputable businessmen are easy to get a hold of but when you sell a crappy product and you’re afraid that people are going to burn up you phone lines calling to cancel their subscriptions or ask for their money back then you make it so that’s it impossible to get a hold of you… this way people can’t cancel their subscriptions you know. Mike Filsaime should write an eBook about that… how to hide behind help desks and voice mail to keep people from unsubscribing or asking for their money back.
First off when I received my first charge from Mike Filsaime for Marketing Dot Com on my credit card statement I thought it kinda shady that out of the 30+ vendors on my credit card statement he was the only one that didn’t have a phone number listed for customer service. What kind of business doesn’t list a phone number for customer service? Oh that’s right one that’s trying to hide and make it as hard as possible for folks to get a hold of them because they know they are selling and pushing crap products that people will want to return.
Mind you that charge appeared on my statement after I had already canceled Marketing Dot Com!
Now supposedly Mike Filsaime has a full staff working on the Marketing Dot Com newsletter or at least he has pictures of folks all over his poorly printed newsletter who have titles like VIP Relations, Executive Assistant to Mike Filsaime, VP of this and VP of that but some how Mike Filsaime can’t afford to have someone answer his phone?
No.
When you call Mike Filsaime you get an answering machine.
If you want customer service you get directed to a help desk online.
If you want to cancel your subscription to Marketing Dot Com (it’s sad that so many people are canceling their subscription that you have to set up an option for it on your answering machine…) you’ll also get directed to a website and after you unsubscribe Mike Filsaime will even send you an email saying “sorry to see you go” and “we’ll never bill you again…”
And then you get this warm fuzzy and you think maybe Mike Filsaime isn’t such a bad guy after all even though he writes probably the worst marketing newsletter ever written.
And then Mike Filsaime just keeps billing you and billing you for his crappy Marketing Dot com newsletter.
So finally I did what Mike Filsaime advocates and I took action. I called the credit card company and I did a charge back. And you know what?
Mike Filsaime continues to bill me for Marketing Dot Com…
So again I called the ‘ol credit card company and I asked what can I do about this scam artist that won’t let me unsubscribe from his BS newsletter?
Long story short I have to cancel my credit card and get a new one to keep Mike Filsaime from billing me anymore. You wanna have yourself a good time? Try getting a hold of Mike Filsaime or anyone in his office.
And supposedly Mike Filsaime makes millions? PUH LEEZE!
Sorry Mike but I don’t make millions and I still have someone answering my phones all day… it’s called customer service and it’s what legitimate businesses that sell legitimate products do. Legitimate businesses don’t hide behind help desks and voice mail.
So there you have it. You wanna become an online millionaire? Start a monthly newsletter and force people to cancel their credit cards in order to unsubscribe. That’s how Mike Filsaime did it with Marketing Dot Com.
Guys I’m not even going to waste my time doing the Marketing Dot Com review becasue the information I found in it was pathetic. It’s rudimentary at best and made for someone who probably just logged on to the internet for the first time. Like I’ve said about Mike Filsaime and other internet marketing gurus before, these guys make their money doing nothing but selling how to make money online information to noobs that’s either worthless, outdated or both.
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The Profit Platform Plug-N-Play simply doesn’t work. I got a misleading information from their technical support after complaining about the software. Than when I complained I got totally opposite answer from another technical support, but the software still didn’t work. I paid $1997 for it and they suggested to partially refund me $100. What a joke! I’m still fighting with them. The customer service ignored me for over a week now after again I demanded a full refund of $1997. I won’t give up easily. I will complain to every authority that I can think of. Be worn Mike, scamming people doesn’t work long term. I make sure of it.
Thank you guys, I was about to buy his new product “Franchise Partner” for $1997/-
Thanks you very much.
I sent a registered letter directly to Mike Filsaime with all the details of my tickets with his support stuff. My lawyer suggested that I go directly to him first. Well. 6 weeks later and no reply from Mike Filsaime and no refund. This is a real scam. Be aware and don’t trust this scambag. This is obviously how he makes his money. Mike, stealing is not cool!!
Thank you for posting this. I’m embarrassed to say I almost fell for this scam as well. After digging around I’ve found that its common knowledge that he (along with his butt buddies Tom Beal and Joe Jablonski) are about to get taken down by the FTC any day now. Get your refunds now folks. After they are in receivership – good luck with that.
I have never sent this money, thankfully. However, I have read his stuff and I’m not too impressed. He just says the same thing everyone else says. Boring.
If you guys haven’t figured it out yet this guy is a total fraud artist. None of his “software” ever works and his organization is criminally negligent. STAY FAR AWAY FROM MIKE FILSAIME!
They will take your money and run away.
I’m waiting for my refund of $1997 for over 5 weeks now after being told by Nancy Mahey, the Customer Support Mgr that the cheque is in the mail. This is over 5 months now since I asked for my money back. I thought that after the official statement from her being sent to BBB Serving Metropolitan it would happen. Is it the case od the cheque being lost in the post? Nancy Mahey replied that the distance to Australia is the cause of delay. How come all other correspondence from the States takes maximum 5 days?
Also there is another problem. Mike Filsaime shares or sells his customers’ private information. I have been approached by Matthew More last week and Roy Alexander today trying to sell me their services. The both of them told me that they are calling because I purchased an internet marketing product from Mike Filsaime and they want to know how serious I am and they have something better to offer. What a scam!!!!
I also fell for the scam, it took some time, but I was able to get back my money fortunaltly, maybe by then he straightened out, I don’t know, but I still had to go through the act of god to get it back, needless to say i not longer do business with him or any one that is connected to him. It always pays to do a little research first.
I unfortunately am new to internet marketing and I bought Mike
Filsaime’s Profit Platform. After my first payment I tried to cancel.
I told them I did not want any more sites and I did not want to pay any more. I even explained I was running into desperate financial trouble and tried this as a way out. I sent a registered letter to cancel and emailed them. Not once have I heard from them and he continues to bill me for the full fees. He does not care about anybody because he will even take money away from somebody who is desperately trying to survive!!!! SCAM ARTIST !!!!!
The Profit Platform Plug-N-Play simply doesn’t work
OMG!!! Joanna, my story is almost identical! I have dealt with Nancy and Ed. and the check is in the mail….. or it’s the holiday. Then they go missing for awhile til I start to threaten again. I am waiting for the $1494.00 back since May 2011. I will continue to keep you up to date on this transaction because I have now threaten exposure. I have emails to back uup every statement in this article. So, give up now Mike Filsaimne. That is why he has paid for Trademarks. To protect himself, LOL!!! Guilty before proven innocent??? Good Luck to all of you. I wish I had read thisbefore I had invested.
Hi Joanne,
I have the Profit Platform as well but I still have a couple of payments to go but they offered discount 50% so only one payment to go but they cannot process the payment for some reason and as it is on hold so to speak I cannot cancel it according to my bank. I need proof of failure on Mike Filsiames part to get a full refund and you mentioned the automation is a joke and I gather the CD or newsletter were not sent, is this correct as I could use this to get my refund?
I wish I had found this site before I signed up as I checked a couple of places, fraudwatches and wholesale forums, they had nothing to say about him or his company, very costly error!
Me too! And I had a trusted business partner of mine partner with me, his money, and the $1997 plus the additional $600 I invested is down the tubes. And what about the “marketing agreements” we sign with the “calling center”….I asked for real contact info and nothing. Three times. Nothing. Now he is using his name and mailing list to sell the iphone app package. Trey Smith is pushing his iphone package, if he is legit, he sure partnered up with a a scammy partner. And those phone calls!!!! OMG, I wish I had a dime for every “I heard you were looking for a money making opportunity” and it all comes from Mike selling our information. Mike Filsaime has been notified that he has left me, an unemployed veteran, in a real jam. But I don’t think he cares. We all will have to rely on Karma to take care of our business. But I’m the fool for swallowing the pitch hook, line and sinker. But I’d still put my tail on the line to defend even him.
Thanks guys. I am about to purchase his Franchise model secret at $997 now… Good advice!
I always do a name search online before signing up for anything to see what kind of things anyone may be writing about someone. If they are really successful, some one has written something about them. It saved me from even going any further than their website with it. One or two bad reviews mixed in with a lot of good ones is ok, but, the stuff written about this guy was what we see here, a big red flag!
Sorry to say but I am a victim also of the Profit Platform scam. It is the worse investment I’ve made since marketing online. Facebook rejected my first site that I tried to advertise and from reading other comments I wasn’t the only one. I will not buy from Mike again, he does not communicate with his customers.
So he is a huge scam we have spent countless hours trying to get this rubbish program of his up and running and it is c…p do not pay this man any money his outsourche workers that are his customer support team have no idea what they are doing and trying to contact anyone at his office is a complete waste of time DO NOT GIVE THE CROOKE ANY OF YOUR MONEY HE IS A SCAM THROUGH AND THROUGH…..
I’m so glad I came across this post. The one thing I find that is so frustrating is that if you landup on one of his networked sites, its sends you running around in circles, he is just so in your face the whole time and its the same blurb on each site of his, once can easily recognise anyone of his sites. Very frustrating for a newbie affiliate. Fortunately for me, I havent paid anything and all the email address, I’ve used have been free Gmail accounts.
Thank you I almost feel for his line and blew 2000 dollars!
Look reading these stories is incredible as this is what I am going through right now, I have copy of the webinar where he offers a “no monkeying around 100% money back guarantee”. He owes me $1200 and the contact I had today with Leslie is that Ed will be in touch.
After talking to Paypal they have now requested a refund he has 11 days to respond. My Financial Institution are keen for me to talk to a Mastercard rep to see if they can help.
Also had some legal advice and they have indicated he will duck and weave for ever as “he is a scam artist”, but they have indicated if we can start a campaign of bombarding Paypal, Mastercard and Visa with the thousands of stories you see in the forums we will raise red flags.
He also indicated a email campaign,tweet, facebook and mass blogging to stop other potential customers from being ripped off through the Money Back Guarantee will be very damaging.
They showed me other ways to get his potential customers, that I can not mention in this comment.
I am glad I found this post. I was attempting to attend The Franchise Model Secret Webinar Event TONIGHT, got lost trying to find the proper address. Once I found the address, I discovered that the time slot had been changed to an hour earlier than I was previously told. While using a search engine to see if I had made a mistake, I found this post! WHEW! Talk about a near miss. I feel truly blessed. I am a single mother with little to lose. Thanks so much for this information. Good Work!
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