This is the WORST!!! I was told I could cancel at anytime and now they said I had only THREE DAYS!? This is new to me....ALANA ALBERTSON LIED TO ME AND MY DAUGHTER. I should have listened to my daughter, she was right about them.
I told them I would get a lawyer want to sue that company and that woman behind this whole scam. All they say is it was at the bottom of the contract and she hid it very well because there was nothing there. With all the complaints I see from people online.... they should be shut down! they are a Rip off!!!!
My mother and I were lured into signing up with Academe Advantage. We received a letter and an email from one of their reps Roger Albertson, inviting us to a free workshop. At that workshop, they hype up their program and services, tell you how good and beneficial it could be to students and their families, etc.
Mr. Albertson talks to you and the family member you brought with you to the workshop about the program. It is $1,995 but they also offer family plans which go over $2,000 and they also offer a monthly payment of around $175. Me and my mom were both shocked because that's a LOT of money to pay for such a program. Also, I had no idea if I really needed to be in the program because I had a lot of free resources at school as it was.
However, Roger Albertson repeatedly told us that we could cancel and get a refund of monies at any time if we felt that the program wasn't suiting us. So we decided, to hell, why not try it? I could cancel it at any time and get a full refund, so where's the harm in trying it?
But I was sooooo wrong. Two weeks later I discovered that I really didn't need or want to be spending so much on a program that is all virtual, and that i barely had enough time for. So I called and tried to cancel, only to find out that the deadline for me to cancel was up.
They only give you three days after the workshop to cancel. THREE DAYS. Even return policies are longer than that.
What's more, Mr. Albertson lied to both me and my mom by saying that we could cancel and get a refund at any time.
Also, he hid the cancellation terms on the contract. There were two sheets of paper on the contract, and one of the papers had a pink carbon copy paper behind it so I thought there was nothing on the back of it. I was wrong. There, hidden from view on the back of the contract was the cancellation terms that Mr Albertson dated even though he didn't show it to me and my mother.
He had also purposefully folded the contract papers in such a way that the cancellation terms would remain hidden, being the reason why I didn't know about the cancellation until two weeks later.
When I called, they refused to let me cancel, even when I explained my situation to them. They also said that if my mother doesn't pay up, it'll go to collections and thus it'll made her credit look bad. Currently, my mother are in the process of trying to get out service cancelled and get a refund for it.
You can get a lot of these services for FREE at your school or at the nearest college.
I hope no one else makes the same mistake I did. Please, make sure you read all of a contract front and back, page for page, line for line, word for word. You do not want to be caught up in this mess.
In the meantime, we will continue to fight them until we finally got our money back.
This company is a total SCAM. Full of crap. A "non-profit" organization that helps you get accepted into colleges! Yay! (Sarcasm) They send a letter to your house and it says " _____'s future is too important to miss this meeting!" They supposedly help you get into college and teach you about financial aids. I went to it because my parents wanted to. I went to the Informational workshop with my dad only and it was dumb. We met with a guy named Roger Scott Albertson and he constantly kept repeating " I didn't know about financial aid until my 4th child." I swear he repeated that 20 times. The worst part was when he said," my 1st son wanted to play football so I got him a coach, my 2nd daughter wanted to do gymnastics so I got her a coach. My 3rd daughter wanted to do ballet so I got her a coach. And when my 4th daughter said she wanted to go to college, so I got her a coach." He sounded like he was crying when he said it. He faked it. It was so much b.s. They basically give you an online/hotline "coach," you can get help from 24/7. To help you prepare for tests and get "accepted" into college. Colleges already help you with financial aid. High schools have TEST PREPS already! So this guy and his company give you nothing you can't find elsewhere.
After the workshop every family got a "personal interview." This was the worst part. We got called up for our interview and Mr. Albertson had the fakest smile and voice on. Then he busts out this paper that says they charge $1,900 for the coach!!! What the hell. I thought this was free?? And my dad told him no we don't want this coach because it's not necessary and it's expensive but he kept saying," Calvin's future depends on our help. We will help you get money for college. We will help him get into college." He didn't mean it. He wanted our money. We continued to say no but he kept giving us deals such as $100 something a month then he even went to $29 a week! He wouldn't even let us leave!!! He wanted our money that bad??! We told him no because we have bills to pay and we can't add that onto it. Yet he still continued to say he "understands" while trying to make us buy it. So my dad just told him we would go call my mom and see what she wants to do. He told us go outside the room and call mom. FINALLY we got out the room. Me and my dad ran out the hotel and that was the last of that. I highly suggest not giving your money to companies like this. It's a scam and it's so overpriced. The dude was so fake. DONT FALL FOR IT PEOPLE!!
My wife and I signed up for this program through Roger Albertson and the website academeadvantage.com in order to help with my daughter's transition to college. He informed us that we could cancel at any time. After three months in the program, Academe Advantage did NOTHING AT ALL, except take the monthly payments. When we inquired with Roger about the services that were promised but never delivered, we were told that we must have misunderstood the agreement.
Upon pointing out the specific promises that were not fulfilled, he responded, "well there's still time." I advised him that the time to fulfill his commitment was when he received compensation for the stated commitments. I then informed him that the refund portion of the contract was not signed by a Academe Advantage representative which makes the contract void.
Surprisingly, the call dropped!!!! Simply stated, in my opinion, this company, this program, and the guy who represents the company are all scams. Save yourself a major headache and find college scholarship assistance elsewhere.
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This is the WORST!!! I was told I could cancel at anytime and now they said I had only THREE DAYS!? This is new to me....ALANA ALBERTSON LIED TO ME AND MY DAUGHTER. I should have listened to my daughter, she was right about them.
I told them I would get a lawyer want to sue that company and that woman behind this whole scam. All they say is it was at the bottom of the contract and she hid it very well because there was nothing there. With all the complaints I see from people online.... they should be shut down! they are a Rip off!!!!
My mother and I were lured into signing up with Academe Advantage. We received a letter and an email from one of their reps Roger Albertson, inviting us to a free workshop. At that workshop, they hype up their program and services, tell you how good and beneficial it could be to students and their families, etc.
Mr. Albertson talks to you and the family member you brought with you to the workshop about the program. It is $1,995 but they also offer family plans which go over $2,000 and they also offer a monthly payment of around $175. Me and my mom were both shocked because that's a LOT of money to pay for such a program. Also, I had no idea if I really needed to be in the program because I had a lot of free resources at school as it was.
However, Roger Albertson repeatedly told us that we could cancel and get a refund of monies at any time if we felt that the program wasn't suiting us. So we decided, to hell, why not try it? I could cancel it at any time and get a full refund, so where's the harm in trying it?
But I was sooooo wrong. Two weeks later I discovered that I really didn't need or want to be spending so much on a program that is all virtual, and that i barely had enough time for. So I called and tried to cancel, only to find out that the deadline for me to cancel was up.
They only give you three days after the workshop to cancel. THREE DAYS. Even return policies are longer than that.
What's more, Mr. Albertson lied to both me and my mom by saying that we could cancel and get a refund at any time.
Also, he hid the cancellation terms on the contract. There were two sheets of paper on the contract, and one of the papers had a pink carbon copy paper behind it so I thought there was nothing on the back of it. I was wrong. There, hidden from view on the back of the contract was the cancellation terms that Mr Albertson dated even though he didn't show it to me and my mother.
He had also purposefully folded the contract papers in such a way that the cancellation terms would remain hidden, being the reason why I didn't know about the cancellation until two weeks later.
When I called, they refused to let me cancel, even when I explained my situation to them. They also said that if my mother doesn't pay up, it'll go to collections and thus it'll made her credit look bad. Currently, my mother are in the process of trying to get out service cancelled and get a refund for it.
You can get a lot of these services for FREE at your school or at the nearest college.
I hope no one else makes the same mistake I did. Please, make sure you read all of a contract front and back, page for page, line for line, word for word. You do not want to be caught up in this mess.
In the meantime, we will continue to fight them until we finally got our money back.
This company is a total SCAM. Full of crap. A "non-profit" organization that helps you get accepted into colleges! Yay! (Sarcasm) They send a letter to your house and it says " _____'s future is too important to miss this meeting!" They supposedly help you get into college and teach you about financial aids. I went to it because my parents wanted to. I went to the Informational workshop with my dad only and it was dumb. We met with a guy named Roger Scott Albertson and he constantly kept repeating " I didn't know about financial aid until my 4th child." I swear he repeated that 20 times. The worst part was when he said," my 1st son wanted to play football so I got him a coach, my 2nd daughter wanted to do gymnastics so I got her a coach. My 3rd daughter wanted to do ballet so I got her a coach. And when my 4th daughter said she wanted to go to college, so I got her a coach." He sounded like he was crying when he said it. He faked it. It was so much b.s. They basically give you an online/hotline "coach," you can get help from 24/7. To help you prepare for tests and get "accepted" into college. Colleges already help you with financial aid. High schools have TEST PREPS already! So this guy and his company give you nothing you can't find elsewhere.
After the workshop every family got a "personal interview." This was the worst part. We got called up for our interview and Mr. Albertson had the fakest smile and voice on. Then he busts out this paper that says they charge $1,900 for the coach!!! What the hell. I thought this was free?? And my dad told him no we don't want this coach because it's not necessary and it's expensive but he kept saying," Calvin's future depends on our help. We will help you get money for college. We will help him get into college." He didn't mean it. He wanted our money. We continued to say no but he kept giving us deals such as $100 something a month then he even went to $29 a week! He wouldn't even let us leave!!! He wanted our money that bad??! We told him no because we have bills to pay and we can't add that onto it. Yet he still continued to say he "understands" while trying to make us buy it. So my dad just told him we would go call my mom and see what she wants to do. He told us go outside the room and call mom. FINALLY we got out the room. Me and my dad ran out the hotel and that was the last of that. I highly suggest not giving your money to companies like this. It's a scam and it's so overpriced. The dude was so fake. DONT FALL FOR IT PEOPLE!!
My wife and I signed up for this program through Roger Albertson and the website academeadvantage.com in order to help with my daughter's transition to college. He informed us that we could cancel at any time. After three months in the program, Academe Advantage did NOTHING AT ALL, except take the monthly payments. When we inquired with Roger about the services that were promised but never delivered, we were told that we must have misunderstood the agreement.
Upon pointing out the specific promises that were not fulfilled, he responded, "well there's still time." I advised him that the time to fulfill his commitment was when he received compensation for the stated commitments. I then informed him that the refund portion of the contract was not signed by a Academe Advantage representative which makes the contract void.
Surprisingly, the call dropped!!!! Simply stated, in my opinion, this company, this program, and the guy who represents the company are all scams. Save yourself a major headache and find college scholarship assistance elsewhere.