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Acn ? scam ?

Their offering isn't all that compelling, I'm not sure why you'd think it so good as to be a scam.

reply to bgcd
ACN is the company that operates as an MLM. Everday people can sign up as reps and peddle their services. Are you a rep?

reply to bgcd
Im saying this because to join their service it's

Quebec (PQ) $563.25

and it seem you will get money by recruiting other people.Just wanted to know if it's a horse after the carrot type of thing.

Someone that i know asked me to join and i was telling him that he can forget making back is 563$ , so him asking people over here what they think about this.

reply to bgcd
Most MLM schemes are scams at some point.

Do the math on most MLM schemes and you quickly realize that either you need to subscribe a lot of people and there aren't enough people in the world.

And with most MLM schemes, the priority is placed on getting new subscribers, not the quality of the service or goods.

In my books, I'd avoid it like the plague.

reply to bgcd
Oh, if you just want to become a reseller, you'd be better of opening a reseller account with a company like TekSavvy.

reply to bgcd
I already do some search about this company for a friends a for a post on this forum.

This is a scam company that have been sentenced for fraud and money extortion in the past. A simple google search will confirm this.

One link if you don't want to search yourself:

»www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic···41e.html
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My Ex Aunt tried to pull that ACN scam on us a while ago... Then, this spring, my cousin tried to pull the same deal on my parents. The person who said they put way more emphasis on signing up people than actually providing service is right. There are many sites on the internet about this company, some even provide the slide they brainwash their new "fish" with.

reply to bgcd
i have a 18 year old friend who is going to school and one of her friends sucked her into this. and its already taking over her life. she went to detroit this weekend for their "big" conference. ive desperately tried to stop her but shes way to stubborn. i mean come on, your a frickin student. can u really afford to go to these things when u dont have a full time job yet? and acn doesnt pay a damn thing for you when you go.i cant do anything to stop either except just let her do this and have her fail and have learn. she lives in a small city of about hundred thousand and theres no way she can get enough customers to be successful. for one thing the market is too competitive for acn and it sounds like thier services are crap. its a huge risk for someone whos 18 let alone anybody. any other advise or stories would be helpful.

reply to bgcd
No matter the amount of people you sign up there's no money to be made.

Also i found that that their video phone and also donald trump is the way to lure people in.

reply to bgcd
I own a videophone from ACN and very much like it... It costs me less than I was paying with bell canada..My family members also have these phones no problem at all..anyways in the next few years it will be offered by the big players like bell and videotron Ive done my research and this company wasnt started yesterday...I think the scam your talkin about in my mind would be a rep with a promise of making big money to get you to sign up that would be misleading...Like every other marketing scheme theres work involved...All I can say is im saving money and the phone is free not like the last phone i had to buy from bell that cost me over 200 dollars that when paid off didnt work anymore. There answer to me was buy another one ....try to look past the end of your noses ....ACN is in my home to stay, thank you acn

reply to vitesse
did you read the update and what the judge had concluded hows that saying go innocent till proven guilty

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reply to bgcd
Just found out jan 1st acn and videotron quebecor will be joining forces to offer cabel television ...yee haww gonna save money on my tv bill too... thanks again acn

reply to bgcd
Great you will be able to brain wash new
disciple... doh! customer

reply to bgcd
A friend of mine invited me to a small confernce. I had questions. They had..... One awnser....

BELIEVE, BELIEVE, BELIEVE.

There is no talkiing of numbers or avialibility of products in your area, nothing. Just give us your money, sign up now. You can do it.

I guess they dont understand that people with higher IQ's cant be brain washed with ease.

reply to bgcd
I'm not sure I'd call it a scam, but it's damn close to one.

I have two friends in it. I've known them for a long time and one claims that he's making a lot of money from it for the time he invests into it. That might very well be true, since this friend is a great talker and he's sucked in quite a few people into this. He went in knowing that it was a pyramid scheme. He's been with them for a year (it's on the side, though; he has a real job). Still, he seem to like it when I ask too many questions and when he does answer, I sadly can't say I what he says.

As for the other, I don't even want to talk about it with him. Or I get annoyed.

Don't do it. If you attend one of their meetings or whatnot, you have to see it this way: it's a cult and they're selling people the hope of being the rich guy. Those that buy the sermon can make some OK money preaching it, but not many people are as good as they'd like to think and they can't see it as a long time investment, which is exaclty what ACN wants you to see it as. As for the actual amounts of money that they'll talk about (things like 3k a month or whatever): it's a load of crap.

If you ARE to give them your money, then make sure you get paper proof that they will give you your money back. My friend who "works" with them told me that this is possible, though of course they don't really want you to get your money back since they make their money by screwing people over, not by getting someone to use their telephone service.

PS: They're on the internet as well.

You might want to let your friend know that TekSavvy has some excellent deals for resellers