Zoom Benefits advertised with Referral Cars.com in this manner: Referral Cars sends you a decal (for the base cost of $6.95) for you to place on the rear window of your car. There are various upgrades offered, i.e. $2.00 more for a "memorable" number, and so forth. The decal would be an advertisement for Zoom Benefits, an on-line company offering reduced rates on anything from phone bills to travel. Members of Zoom Benefits pay a monthly fee. In theory, when someone sees the decal on your car and texts the code (individual to you) to the number provided and then joins Zoom Benefits, you get a commission on that monthly fee. One needs to register their "code" with Referral Cars upon receipt of the decal so they will know which person gets the commission. I received my decal...approximately 2 feet long x 1 foot wide. The phone number was (701)Kar-Wrap and above that was my code. I registered my code, waited 24 hours, as instructed, and then tested the code by texting my code to the Kar-Wrap number. I tried this a few times and absolutely nothing happened. I waited a day for a response to my "inquiry", but no response. I saw that this happened to others and supposedly the system was "down" and the problem was resolved in late November 2017. It is now December 2017 and the same thing is happening. I suppose we will be told the system went down yet again. So if we have this decal on our cars and people actually want to sign up for Zoom Benefits...how can they do that when they text and they get no response. I believe this whole thing is just a scam to get the money sent in to purchase the decal.
I signed up 6 months ago with them. I really wish I would have read the reviews. First off I was told that if you didn’t get anyone signed up you would receive a &100 amazon gift card. I have made no sales and contacted the company because they probably hope you would forget. They said that nowhere did it state you would receive an amazon gift card and they would like me to send them a screenshot where it said that. Of course I cannot get a screen shot because it was during the sign up process. They sent me their terms and conditions saying the only thing they will give me is a $100 reasturant.com gift card. I proceeded to tell them how frustrated I was and asked for a refund. Of course no refund after 30 days. I had signed up to get the extra stuff which was another 20 dollars. Sucky part is one of my family members signed up too and was told the same thing about the amazon gift card. And the stickers do not just peel off. You have to go through this process of heating up your car to get it off. Took me an hour to scrape it off.
Well nothing has changed since this post started over a year ago. Still a scam using Zoom Benefits. She had to check with her manager to see if she could get me included with th campaign that had just filled up. Blah, blah, blah! Didn’t go through with it and glad I didn’t! Q
I made the mistake of inquiring about this and now get multiple emails a day from Chana. I have asked to be not contacted but nothing seems to work. Annoyed with myself for ever thinking this could be a possibility.
i have had this decal on my car for 8 months and i'm not getting nothing for it.they dont pay for gas or tires nothing i paid them for the decal.tell me whats wrong.
I feel like this is a type of scam. I paid about $25 for the decal, but no money is getting from it. I will report this to the BBB and the FCC for false advertisement.
We are so sorry that you had a poor experience with out text code responses not working. That is 100% our fault and we are quite embarrassed that the core feature of this campaign didn't work for you. To provide some background and what we've done since the problem...We were made aware of the issue by the software company we used to handle all of the sms responses and and while there wasn't much we could have done at the time to fix the issue since it was upstream with our software provider we take full responsibility for the number of text codes not working during November and even into December. At the time we posted a large red banner on the login screen for ALL affected drivers stating the exact issue and what we were doing to resolve the issue.
Regardless of the issue, we are so sorry this happened and are offering full refunds for anyone that had an issue or even is they were worried about the issue happening to them. We want to be fully transparent and work with our drivers for their success. Please get in touch with us so we can provide a full refund and make this right with you.
We have since stopped working with that software provider and have invested a huge chunk of our resources into custom building our own software system. This system has been operational since January and has been a much better experience overall now that we control the software 100%.
signed up to the point where they asked for credit card info for shipping. i sent email asking how do i know what company i'll be advertising for. got email from chana saying i needed to complete my info or i could lose my spot. after reading all the reviews, i will pass.
Their address says on google maps it's a grocery market. And no suite number. Definitely a scam. Or the supermarket is also a scam. Address they use is 3450 N Triumph Blvd, Lehi, UT 84043, which google maps shows is Harmon's market. Here's the supermarket website: harmonsgrocery.com
Looks like a scam to me, they don't even have a legit address. Reporting them to FCC for false advertising.
I, too, was approached by Chana to promote ZoomBenefits. After reading all these reviews, I have decided to pass. Not one of these reviews were positive. That says something about ReferralCars and ZoomBenefits. It sounds like there is only 1 rep working for ReferralCars. Chana told me that I was accepted by the highest paying company for the company. She claimed that I was "accepted" by the campaign. Seems to me that there is no other "campaign". It concerns me that a SS was required, a CC # was required, etc. That smells of a scam to me. I have a cat with serious cardiac issues and cannot afford to be scammed. So on that note, I will not pursue this "opportunity". I will be unsubscribing from Chana and her emails. I will also be spamming her emails.
Slightly impressed with how articulate you sound over the internet.
Real customer service agents provide a CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE NUMBER when replying to any complaint.. not a “message us on Facebook” let me guess, is Chana in charge of responding to these bad reviews too? Wow.. multitasking at its finest, she deserves a virtual pat on her robotic back and fake email sign off picture.
If it wasn’t for the good quality video advertisements, I wouldn’t have been interested. I pressed the submit info button and whew thank God it just didn’t go through, for a reason! Usually read reviews before signing up for stuff and regret almost making an exception.
They ask what contact method works best for you and I selected, phone call.
They immediately contacted me every way except by phone call.
Dude has some guts to show his face and advertise, then again no offense most Asians look alike so they’ll probably never find him or anyone in charge of this.
So many red flags guys, pay attention and follow your gut.
Too bad this isn’t true, they would have made good money from people like us, more than this scam money income.
Here’s a copy of the email I received,
If you receive this or anything similar, please dodge the bullet.
“Great news!
I just heard back from my boss and you've been accepted to that campaign! You're going to be very happy with this campaign. :)
Now...you still need to go through the campaign setup so after reading everything below click this link and follow the steps.
^^^ That link is important! ^^^
The first page you'll see after clicking that link is a page that says, "1 Campaign Available" so just confirm your name and email there and follow the steps. You'll be advertising for a really awesome company called ZoomBenefits. They are a corporate benefits program that is now open to the general public so anyone can basically signup with them and get all the same perks that employee's of large companies.
Like I said in my last email, ZoomBenefits is the highest paying campaign that we have (across all locations) and you'll be really really happy with it, I promise.
Also, I've been told that if you wait to apply you may lose your spot so don't wait! I don't have another campaign available so it will likely be a pretty long wait before the next one comes around.
Cheers!
Chan
TEXT received: “Hey it's Chana, your ReferralCars account manager. Good news! I got you accepted to that campaign and sent all the details to your email. Congrats!”
I signed up about 3 months ago. Paid a little over $25 for the decal and to have a memorable number for people to text. I got the decal as promised. Have had it on my windshield and I do lots of driving in heavy traffic areas throughout NYC and the surrounding suburbs. No one has signed up for this since I began. They did something to their website, where I am no longer able to even access the login page to check my login account. I never got the $100 gift card they promised if you didn't make any money. Its been 90 days and I'm done with them. Glad I'm only out of $25 and not more money.
I signed up also... stay at home new mommy looking to help with a little extra cash.... I paid extra for the upgraded blah blah blah and nope not a single penny in 2 months. I drive a lot and my spouse also put the sticker on her car and drives even more.
no contact except email and as soon as I asked for the $100 gift card suddenly no response at all. reporting to the BBB and really sad that I signed up. Aren't they going to try and charge us for the yearly "fee" eventually? I remember that somehow.
HI I recently saw an add for this company and looked into it before buying and I just finished up talking to a customer support person about the company at this number (888) 789-8424. She said that if the codes on the decale add is registered properly then it should work. She also said that zoom benefits is the only company they have a deal with. I was also told that the text chat chine or someone is a default program to help users but that admins go over the chats and help if needed. And I was told that if your code isn’t working then you should call them. This is what I got from the call I just made and it sounded like the women I was talking to was Indian idk if that’s important but the numbe I called is (888) 789-8424 and it only took like 30 seconds to speak to someone. Disclaimer I have not signed up for this product or have bought it.
I am an educator,had an open mind and was also scammed by this company,please be careful people.It makes me angry there are always places that do this to people.
Be careful that you don't get charged for the annual fee next year. It is written in the terms and conditions. I would either call them and ask to be taken off the campaign or change the card you used to pay!
I just signed up for referral cars and got the email today that my decal has shipped. After reading a lot of these reviews I decided to look at my credit card statement and so far only charged 6.95 but it's from zoom benefits not referral cars. That's a red flag to me. Oh and of course my account manager is Chana!
I was gonna sign up but something was just telling me to check into it, do a little research and boy am I glad I did! My account manager was also Chana J. I can’t believe how much of a scam this is.
It is a scam. I never.earned anything and i was charged again. Which I should not have been. This needs to be reported to the FBI. Whoever is doing this rip off needs to go to jail. So upset I even signed up for this crap advertisement.
I saw an ad on Facebook. It said make money just by driving around with their decal on the back of my car. They said just pay the shipping on the decal to get started. The shipping was listed as $6.95. When I started to pay it they offered other options like a second decal for my husbands truck for an additional $5.00, a tracking number for the decals during shipment for an additional $2.00 and an upgrade to your commission payout amount for even more money.
After you finally get through the checkout process they start emailing you to set up your page to track your commissions. Then another email asking you to sign up for the benefits company that will be on your decal at a substantial discount. They tell you that not only will you get that discount but you’ll be able to use your text code on your decal to get a commission off of your own purchase. That’s where it starts to get really sketchy.
You get your decal in no time.
I think it was two days to get mine. It says to register your text code on the site that tracks your commissions. So I did and it says it will take up to 24hrs to be active. So I waited 24hrs and tried to use my text code so I could get the double discount. But my text code doesn’t work. So I thought maybe it’s because it’s coming from my phone number. So I tried another phone and it didn’t work for that one either. I think they are just scamming the drivers by charging them for all of these things and then never paying out the commissions.
I recently signed up. I've been seeing a disclaimer that something was wrong with her site. I went to [email protected] and these reviews came up instead of their site period that raise the red flag. I should have researched before signing up, but I was excited like everybody else. I then called the number for customer service that was reflected on my bank statement, first of all they sounded like they were outsourced to India, second of all they kept saying my account was not active they couldn't find any information, but every time I gave them my information to kept repeating it back in correctly so I'm assuming they were putting the information in the computer on every single time, that to me is another red flag if you cannot understand or frankly sound like you don't care then you shouldn't be doing anything in customer service or this is truly a scam because the people that were doing the customer service sounded lazy and unfriendly. The lady said it was going to be 7 to 10 days for my refund. I'll come back on here and let you know if I got the refund, because my confidence in this company is 0% at this point. And now I'm worried in addition, even though they said they cancelled my account, I had all my personal information on their "dashboard". I really hope my information is not misused or this is going to go even further than this blog.
We are so sorry that you had a poor experience with the text code responses not working. We were aware and took full responsibility for a small number of text codes not working during November. We even posted a large red banner on the login screen for ALL drivers stating the exact issue and what we were doing to resolve the issue (which was due to a software issue from our text messaging provider).
Regardless of the issue, we are so sorry this happened and are offering full refunds for anyone that had an issue or even is they were worried about the issue happening to them. We want to be fully transparent and work with our drivers for their success. Please get in touch with us so we can provide a full refund and make this right with you. Thank you!
If you think this is a scam ask Paypal to Investigate
If anyone thinks this is a scam then all you have to do is report it to Paypal and ask them to investigate it for you. I know for a fact that Paypal will be more than willing to check it out and if it is a scam they will not allow their service to be used for this program.
I literally just signed up after seeing it pop up in my Facebook feed. After that, I started reading reviews( for future reference I will do that before signing up) and didn’t see any positive ones either. I don’t plan on going any further with it....I don’t even like the idea of having to pay shipping for a decal. Any legitimate company looking to pay people to advertise, isn’t going to charge for the advertisement to be sent...they should cover the shipping themselves? Plus it looks like they don’t actually pay you just to put the ad on and drive like normal.....any pay is dependent on people responding to the ad........so it looks like if no one responds, you don’t make any money. I’m out....I’m not going to cover my back window without a guarantee of some compensation.
We've seen your review about being charged $100 for your purchase of $6.95 for shipping the decal to your home. To put it simply, we DO NOT AND NEVER WILL charge anyone any amount other than what is stated on the checkout form, let alone something for $100 or even close to it. Please get a hold of us at [email protected] so that we can resolve this issue. We'd love to have you show us your bank statement so that we can prove that we do not and have never done this. It goes against our core belief as a company and is totally dishonest. Please reach out so we can resolve.
Thank you for working with us to resolve this issue.
After being asked to pay for the decal, I did a lot of Internet research and I actually can't find a single person that has made any money doing referrals this way. Actually quite the opposite. I found a lot of people that said that they paid for the decal and have never received compensation of any kind. So at this point I think I'm going to pass and go with my gut on this and I appreciate your time. Have a good day. I received no further communication from the company once I sent that text message back to them regarding why I wouldn’t be signing up. Buyer beware if you spend your money it’s your business but keep in mind that I haven’t found a single person that has made any money doing this.
My red flag was they didnt take paypal to sign up yet one the the questions they ask is if you do have a paypal account, but to pay the shipping fees they take credit cards but paypal is not an option...hmmm so if its so important to have a paypal account why dont you accept paypal as a shipping payment, well let me tell you why, they cant hit paypal with recurring payments, but credit cards they can hit it as much as they want. With paypal they cant.
I looked into this. Amd did some research, there is litetally nothing good out there anout this company. Everything I've read says scam. D ont give away your hard earned money... Do your research
If you make over $600.00 by law they have to send you a 1099MISC at the end of the year. I wont be providing my SSN until I KNOW this program works. Just signed up.
Please speak more of your experience, I'd like to know; when you got started? How long until you started to receive commissions? Your general location? And if your income had been a one time pay out or is it ongoing?
I applied with Referralcars.com to place a decal on the back window of my car and to get paid by commission based off this “passive income”. The only charge upfront was to pay $6.95 for shipping of the decal. While others had posted in a blog they received a decal in the mail, no money was ever earned. After trying to contact the initial person, Chana, no reply has ever been received other than to hurry up and apply before the offer ends. For an additional $15, you could also select to receive 80% commission rather than the original 60%.
Man I was excited about this, and ready to pay the 6.95!! Boy I’m glad I decided to check reviews first. “Chana” gave me same shpeal about how she needed approval from the manager.
Today's the same person that contacted me.... How can 1 person manage everyone... Automatic reply? Too bad this doesn't seem legit, because it would be cool if it was
Yep, I got Chana too. She sure must be a busy girl having to respond to thousands of people a day! Or more like its not even a real person and just a bot.
Yep, I got Chan's as well. I stopped once they asked for money. Since it was only $6.95 I was ready to whip out my debit card then thought I better look up some reviews first. Sure glad I did. That's money and time I won't be wasting.
Chana certainly is a career scammer. I got her as a rep. She stated that she would try to get me pushed into a new campaigns that just filled up yesterday. She stated that she had to wait for her manager to approve this because unfortunately there were no other campaigns opportunities in my area. I live in Portland, Or. Smh.
I received emails and a text from Chana as well. I haven’t paid anything yet which is good because I’m confident this is a scam. So bc Chana texted me I had the number. So I decided to call this number and although the area code is legit for Utah the number itself is a “non active number”. So I texted her back asking about that. I also asked why there was no contact info on their website since they say in the videos you can contact them anytime. Needless to say I haven’t heard back nor do I expect to. Don’t put any money in to this people.
It seems ( Chana. J) is the only person that works there. I got the same sales pitch. Glad I checked here before going any further
Everyone of these review seems to have been assigned to (Chana. J). What are the odds of that?. It seems that either that is the only person who works there, or all of their Managers use the same name. Sure sign of a scam
I'm honestly not sure what to think yet....It all seems legit but I literally just signed up so I guess we'll see. Hoping for the best because I am so broke that if this is a scam they wont have much to steal. God, I hope this is legit and I can make some real money.
Please let us know how your experience is. I just signed up, but haven't started yet. After all the bad reviews I'm thinking about not even getting started.
after reading all the reviews I unsubscribed myself from them, chana sent email, this chana is very famous now I do not trust them after reading a lot negative messages about them.
Referralcars rc) makes some big claims, and follows through despicably poorly. They advertise making hundreds of dollars of passive income monthly, with 3-5 new subscribers per month. Then they claim they'll give you a $100 gift card if you don't receive subscribers in the first 90 days. I did not receive my decal for 51 days, and had to contact them after 25 days to request a resend. The decal began peeling immediately after application. 40 days later, no subscribers. Zero. Then i received a request for a payment to "renew my annual account," announced 280 days before a year had been completed, but "pro-rated" for being "much sooner than originally scheduled." at my complaint, rc issued the $100 gift card and terminated my account. Turns out, the "gift card" is $100 credit to restaurant.com, where you have to spend, for example, $75 of your own money to be discounted $25 of the "gift card" amount. Nothing can be taken at face value, and on the whole, rc has been disappointing and deplorable. I am humiliated that i was duped by this in the first place.
So, I started sign up today because I was born with a disease that keeps me from ever keeping a job longer than a year and I thought I could make money this way. I finally got to the setup screen where you pay for your decal. As soon as I saw those "upgrades" I felt uneasy. So I came here and I'm so glad I did, this has scam written all over it. And my "account manager" Chan, literally emailed me 5 times over a period of a few hours. So sketchy. This is painfully obvious and I'm so happy I looked here first. This is a really shitty and evil thing to do to people that are just trying to make money an honest way.
I too was born with that disease of not being able to keep a job longer than a length of time. Mine hovers around 2 years. I have a very low tolerance for jobs I dont like AND a very short temperament for when things at jobs go poorly. Which is why this seemed like a great opportunity. Drive my car like normal, make a little money passively without having to do much. No boss or corporate BS to deal with. If it WERE real, I probably would have gotten a lot of attention in my flashy beautiful (older) BMW.
So I decided to give this a try thinking at most I would lose $7. I didn't expect much but was just hoping it wasn't completely bogus. Received emails from Chana J. (like EVERYONE else on here) and was about to pull the trigger on this scam and I'm REALLY glad I didn't. Thanks to everyone for the reviews PARTICULARLY the guy above this review who said he ACTUALLY RECEIVED the $100 GIFT CARD. Too bad it was for restaurants.com and not something legit like Amazon or MC. At worst I would have gotten a gift card for my troubles... but NOPE.
They (Chana J.) tried to swindle me. When it seems too good to be true (I'm so lucky I was accepted into the ONLY Campaign available in my area)... Take a moment to do some research. These jokers are located on TRIUMP Blvd because they are triumphing over our hard earned money ????
Here is the scam start to finish. Chana J is the registered owner of both refferalcars and Zoombenefits. She gets you to pay 6.95 for shipping and handling on the sticker. The cost to her is around .68 cents. She then tried to get you to upgrade with the promise of higher commission or moving you to the top of the list for the next base pay campaign. The problem here is there are no commission s and there are no other campaigns. Now that she has you signed up she trys to get you to sign up your friends and family and yourself in zoombenefits which she also owns. If you do get them signed up you will get a small commission like 2 dollars. So she has gotten thousands of people to pay her to work for her. And to make matters worse zoombenefits is nothing more than a compilation of discounts that anyone can get for free on the web. So that is the scam. Now the final note is the $100 gift card. The gift card is to restaurants.com and basically it's like if you spend $100 you get $25 dollars off so even the gift card is a scam.
We are a relatively new company and we are growing very quickly due to the response from drivers and media alike. On this page there are a couple drivers who have reviewed us poorly due to the fact that their text codes haven't been working. We offer full refunds to all those drivers and have been very transparent about the issue that affected a small number of our drivers. We even offer refunds to any driver who is/was even worried about the issue or really any other issue. We only want to work with drivers that are excited about our program and trust that we have their best interest in mind.
That being said, if you have any questions about your account, please reach out to your account manager if you're already a driver or if you're exploring signing up, just shoot us an email or message us on our Facebook page and we'd be happy to help you through our program. Thanks!
What about all the other reviews? Nobody has said anything about generating income and it is suspect that you have to provide your social security number.
If Referral Cars isn’t scam, Zoom Benefits screams it
I did this and took the decals of different after a month of no revenue. I got a decal for both myself and my husband as we live in seattle. Going to the Zoom benefits website there is NOTHING that gives info on the discounts you get. When I asked ReferralCars about it they said I’d have to sign up first to see the deals. Uh, I’m not giving a company $30 to see what discounts may work for me. If ReferralCars can’t even tell me what I’m trying to sell on the back of my personal vehicles? No thank you.
Why is it that i am required to give my SSN in order to create my page? I don't feel it is necessary and gives off the vibe that this is indeed a scam to those who have inquired and are interested. Then when I have tried to call and receive more information about the company and expectations, etc. The number given is disconnected. These are just a few of the red flags involved, and now I'm stuck in limbo because without answers, I will NOT be giving my SSN, but my CC was already charged the fee. IF you truly care about your company, its drivers, and your reputation, please be diligent in your responses and give people answers. AND if anyone else on this thread that has complained and referralcars has actually reached out to rectify the situation, please respond as well so that I may know they're not just full of it.
Got my decal.registered it.....was told if I dont get anyone signed up in the first month I would get a 100$ visa card.....Its been way over a month and havent seen or heard anything from you....Whats really going on?
The material may say 90 days but in the videos the guy says 1 month, or don't you think it's a coincidence that everybody keeps responding that they didn't get the gift card after 1 MONTH. If you are a legitimate company you need to get your act together and find some new customer service Representatives because they're rude and they suck!!!
I signed up but wasnt asked for SSN number, because i chose not to pay for anything. I wont be giving my SSN, because my Social Secirity has nothing to do with this at all. LOL so if they do ask me guys dont worry. I have a very successfull page of more then 10k daily viewers and i will make sure these guys never make any money scaming people.
Don't pay for the decal they should ship for free they make money on them if you have them on your car or not !!! They get payed two times bye you and the company !! think PEOPLE let all get smart if you have to pay to get money its not a go job. "just what I think" ?????????????
Did some research and everywhere says scam but also it is listed on the Better Buisness Bureau site and they have it listed as and F graded score card with a 1.7 star rating and there's nothing good to say on that site either. I wouldnt take the chance especially since they want info like your social security number.
Signed up and paid extra to get the decal with a simple 4 digit code. Instead i still got the long 10 digit code. It has been months and i have yet to receive a single penny. They steal your money and you never hear from them again!!!
So I just got off the phone with referral cars 20 mins ago, after contacting me about Zoom benefits. They explained to me basically the same thing everyone is caring. But I felt uneasy continuing with the process. The person talking to me felt everything was script. I told her that I would have to call back after I get confirmation from a friend since we share the same car as an excuse to call me back 2 hours later. During that time I made my research and good thing I did.
I had signed up for this and then immediately regretted it. I had paid for the shipping and $2 decal upgrade. I immediately called the phone number I found on their webpage. I talked to a real person after being on hold for quite some time and politely asked for a refund/cancellation. The person on the phone seemed annoyed but was overall friendly. Within 20 minutes I saw a refund pending on my credit card. So I’m hoping that I don’t see any additional charges.
This is a scam dont fall for their bs. I saw the ad on facebook for this website where and advertising company will pay you for however many people sign up through the decal on the rear window of your car, calling it “passive income.” definitely doing my research next time before jumping in and signing up especially after reading all the negative reviews here made me realize i should have done that in that first place. They made me pay $25 for the advertising sticker Decal) and cover the cost of shipping. You get your decal in the mail and absolutely nobody signs up through your text code. Not to mention the company is making bank by charging you for these decals to promise you money you will never make and to damage the rear window on your car. I’m writing this update in april of 2018 and this company is a joke. Don’t do it
Their new policy is to always contact all customers to gather valuable feedback so that they can continue to adapt and deliver the best customer service possible. Referralcars is willing to go beyond the call of good customer service and do what it takes to make things right with their customers.
Referralcars is dedicated to customer satisfaction and matching drivers to the best possible campaigns. Referralcars is a reliable advertising startup that will help their drivers earn money while advertising on their vehicle. Referralcars receives a positive rating for their commitment to yscam corporate advocacy business remediation & customer satisfaction program.
This kind of dedication to customer service means that referralcars will do whatever it takes to make sure their customers are properly taken care of.
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Now i know that they are scamer. Before I pay the shipping I start to investigate and there is nothing good in those reviews. I work really hard all days to put food in the table, not to throw away with lazy people who wants to live the easy life taking the money of others with lies.
I signed up for referral cars about 2 weeks ago. I received my decal last Friday, April 27th. I put it on my truck April 28th and it was activated by the 29th. Its not much, but I have made $16.38 in the past week. I have also posted facebook jobs and ads on job sites to promote the decal, AND to promote referral cars. I am making commission. I signed up because a friend of mine signed up 4 months ago and just surpassed the $800 mark in one month. April she made $801.76. Lifetime earnings in these 4 months total $1724. She has been paid. You can choose to be paid via paypal or a check. I signed up to receive checks. As long as you promote, NOT just the decal, but post your referral links, you will make money! It's not a scam. I was skeptical at first. Well see how this goes!
To those who said you were charged $100 instead of $6.95, they are simply trolls! You only pay $6.95 if you want. I did pay more, but I upgraded my decal and my commissions. This was my choice, and i was only charged for what i agreed too. Look at the checkout page before you submit your credit card, it will give you the EXACT TOTAL!!
As I said, most of these bad reviews, I feel are very hyped up, and not completely true.
I find it interesting your comment is the only positive one. I just registered and applied my decal today. I'm a bit concerned this may be a scam, but I'm willing to see if it works. I was referred by a trusted Facebook friend who claims he is making money from this campaign.
Mr. Cahoon was asked to describe a situation where a client was not satisfied with the level of service they received. He expressed that in recent months his company had some technical difficulties which led to confusion for his clients, "we were using a company a third-party software company to manage the text inquiries and the automatic responses to be able to track and report sales back to our drivers. And this company had several outages that affected some and in one case all of our drivers at one point for a short amount of time, but it was a nightmare, to be honest working with them. They were dealing with a lot of issues themselves they were a smaller company based out of California and it really hurt us and that is what the reviews have shown." In order to remedy this, they have been working closely with the third party and their developers to fix the issue.
He proceeded to explain their resolution to this issue, "what we did in response is we built a custom in-house solution and essentially solved all of those issues that drivers had been experiencing and we ported over all of those keywords that had been registered on the old software program from the 3rd party software provider to our new in-house solution and since then we have had 0 issues. We feel like we have solved the problem and we have reached out to the drivers who were not happy and offered full refunds and you know anything else that we could do to make the situation better. "Additionally, ReferralCars has an A rating with the Better Business Bureau.
So, we are looking at improving our social media presence primarily with Facebook so that our drivers can see all the new campaigns that are being launched. They can, kind of communicate with one another and get their questions answered by other drivers, which is probably a better experience in some cases than calling us because it is one of their peers and it is something that they can kind of get organically. I think that our continued push towards a stronger social media presence is one of our biggest differences."
It also allows our drivers an opportunity to get a hold of us if they are not active on social media or forget our email address. I think it is another avenue for people to get a hold of us."
The one time that I don't research before committing is the one time that I am screwed over. First started off with accidentally clicking the "boost your commissions" button and not realizing that it charged my card an extra $15. At first I didn't sweat it, just emailed them explaining the situation. They sent me a receipt saying it's been refunded and to wait 3-5 business days. It's been 5 business days and still no refund. In between this time I keep getting the same damn automated email from Chana saying that I haven't finished signing up for the campaign and that I need to hurry before I lose my spot. Funny, because I had already received the email saying my decal was shipped. I emailed them THREE times, each time explaining to them that I had already signed up. On the last time, I threatened to cancel my account and (shocker) finally got a response from someone saying that it was a glitch in the system. Well, today, I got yet ANOTHER email from "Chana". That was the final straw. How can I trust someone to send me my commissions if they can't even get their system in order? Called their customer service number, was literally told to hang up and go to their site to speak with a rep. Went to the site, typed in the chat box, and then was told I wouldn't get a response for another couple of hours. Fuck that. Called their number again, got a rep immediately (imagine that), and told them exactly why I was cancelling. The moment I started explaining why, the rep got short with me and got me off the phone as quickly as she could.
I will be keeping everyone updated on whether or not I actually got my refund of the $15.
Just purchased $23 worth of decal, commission annnndddd vital number. Before I purchased they would text me and email me daily. After my purchase, I asked for a refund because at the end they requested ssn and W2. I called 3 of their numbers, emailed them called them. No response at all. Really hope they get what they deserve at the end of all of this. Scamming ppl like this.
Is there anyone other then chana' s buddy that made $81 that has made a penny from this company every reveiw seems to let everyone know it's a scam? Here how to make money purchase a $2 decal sale it for $6.95 to 100,000 suckers to buy the decal! You just made yourself almost half a million before taxes. Get a bunch !
Would love to give this company a big fat Zero! Not only have I not earned any money, they are now trying to take my annual fee 10 months early. Nope! Not happening! I have earned nothing with them and will not. Cancelled! Do Not Do this Program.
I was at the screen where it asks for your billing info.. and my gut said "hey dummy, check it out first". I am so glad I did. Comment after comment is negative... and the company trying to make lame excuses!! Total scam.
It is a scam. They are getting your identity and credit card information by sending you the decal and billing you. Anytime you have to pay to make money, it is a red flag!!! They have one employee named Chana, not a real person or name.
Saw the ad on Facebook. I was gonna sign up but I decided to look at the Reviews and I have not seen a single good one. Good thing I looked at them before sending them any money. I saved myself. I can barely write a review because my security code doesn't work.
I was going to sign up but after visiting here I do not think I will. Chana as sent me a number or texts and emails. When I reply back to her, her replies seem automated. It’s not a real conversation. I also think it’s weird that she is the only person anyone has felt with.
Charging yearly renewal fee less than 90 days into it!
I started with referralcars less than 90 days ago. I just received an email “This is an important update regarding your annual renewal fee for ReferralCars. Your annual renewal fee is scheduled to be billed on 03/31/2018. We know that this is much sooner than originally scheduled so we are pro-rating the total charge. Instead of billing you $35 we will be processing the pro-rated amount of $8.76. This pro-rated amount will allow us to keep the tracking phone number on your decal active for the next 12 months.
If you would like to cancel this transaction from processing please let us know by emailing us ([email protected]) or by calling us at 888.789.8424. There is no early cancellation fee attached to your campaign. We are sorry about this accelerated schedule and are more than happy to help you in any way we can.”
Of course I refused to pay the renewal fee. So, they automatically closed my account. I asked for it to be reopened but they said it would charge me and they would reimburse me. I don’t trust that to happen. I want the $100 gift card promised and they said they would make an exception for me even though the 90 days is after my new renewal date... “Your gift card eligibility date (90 days after you activated your account) is actually past your renewal date. This is very rare! I am so sorry for the timing. Normally, we wouldn't be able to send a gift card if you cancel your account, but I am going to make an exception for you. Can you send me a picture of the decal on your vehicle for verification? Once I get that picture, I can send you the gift card :)” I sent a picture from the inside since that’s all I had on my phone at the time and that wasn’t acceptable to them. I have to retake from the outside but I doubt I’ll ever see the $100. I still have a few bucks unpaid to me from Craigslist ads I placed too that I doubt I’ll ever receive.
Referralcars is a us based, and provides the highest quality and service of any other vehicle advertising program. We are the logical program to make money by driving your car with an advertisement. We are dedicated to matching the highest number of drivers of any other company and paying our drivers more than any other program.
After you apply, you will be assigned an account manager who will work with you to place you with an available campaign. You can sit back, relax and wait But not too long) for us to match you with the highest paying campaign available.
Referralcars unlike their competitors never outsources the work. We assign each driver applicant to an account manager who will answer questions, work on your behalf and ultimately get you placed with a campaign. Our competitors match less than 1% of their applicants and we match 95%. This is because of our dedication to details like assigning each driver an account manager but also because of the types of campaigns we offer. We are not limited to the types of campaigns like other companies.
It seems like everyone has the same account manager that is a red flag right there. If it was legit each account mgr should have a specific territory they handle
“assigning each driver an account manager” except everyone here who has said their account managers name says it was “Chana” and that’s who I got as well. Thank God I was smart enough to come here before I actually signed up or bought anything because it is obviously a scam. Your comment doesn’t even have good grammar.
I never gave out my ssn to them and my decale came in 4 days , im worried to continue with this now, wben i see so many bad vibes from others calling it a scam.
This is one of those scams where they say you can make some honest money an easy way by placing decals for ads for company's on your car. They offer like 10 different paid "upgrades" when ordering your decal and also "need" your ssn? It's a scam! save yourself and don't fall for it. All it takes is reading some online reviews.
ReferralCars.com Reviews
Zoom Benefits advertised with Referral Cars.com in this manner: Referral Cars sends you a decal (for the base cost of $6.95) for you to place on the rear window of your car. There are various upgrades offered, i.e. $2.00 more for a "memorable" number, and so forth. The decal would be an advertisement for Zoom Benefits, an on-line company offering reduced rates on anything from phone bills to travel. Members of Zoom Benefits pay a monthly fee. In theory, when someone sees the decal on your car and texts the code (individual to you) to the number provided and then joins Zoom Benefits, you get a commission on that monthly fee. One needs to register their "code" with Referral Cars upon receipt of the decal so they will know which person gets the commission. I received my decal...approximately 2 feet long x 1 foot wide. The phone number was (701)Kar-Wrap and above that was my code. I registered my code, waited 24 hours, as instructed, and then tested the code by texting my code to the Kar-Wrap number. I tried this a few times and absolutely nothing happened. I waited a day for a response to my "inquiry", but no response. I saw that this happened to others and supposedly the system was "down" and the problem was resolved in late November 2017. It is now December 2017 and the same thing is happening. I suppose we will be told the system went down yet again. So if we have this decal on our cars and people actually want to sign up for Zoom Benefits...how can they do that when they text and they get no response. I believe this whole thing is just a scam to get the money sent in to purchase the decal.
Awful
I signed up 6 months ago with them. I really wish I would have read the reviews. First off I was told that if you didn’t get anyone signed up you would receive a &100 amazon gift card. I have made no sales and contacted the company because they probably hope you would forget. They said that nowhere did it state you would receive an amazon gift card and they would like me to send them a screenshot where it said that. Of course I cannot get a screen shot because it was during the sign up process. They sent me their terms and conditions saying the only thing they will give me is a $100 reasturant.com gift card. I proceeded to tell them how frustrated I was and asked for a refund. Of course no refund after 30 days. I had signed up to get the extra stuff which was another 20 dollars. Sucky part is one of my family members signed up too and was told the same thing about the amazon gift card. And the stickers do not just peel off. You have to go through this process of heating up your car to get it off. Took me an hour to scrape it off.
Chana J is still at it!
Well nothing has changed since this post started over a year ago. Still a scam using Zoom Benefits. She had to check with her manager to see if she could get me included with th campaign that had just filled up. Blah, blah, blah! Didn’t go through with it and glad I didn’t! Q
Total waste of time and money
I made the mistake of inquiring about this and now get multiple emails a day from Chana. I have asked to be not contacted but nothing seems to work. Annoyed with myself for ever thinking this could be a possibility.
referral cars or zoom benefits
i have had this decal on my car for 8 months and i'm not getting nothing for it.they dont pay for gas or tires nothing i paid them for the decal.tell me whats wrong.
my account got hacked
My account got nipped for 2,495.00. I don't know why but thankful my credit union blocked the withdrawal.
I then got scammed from a loan online company that was out of Kansas. That one was successful in cleaning my account out.
All around the same time I signed up and paid out 30.00 for all the add ons.
I have not received my upgraded banner.
Sad..
Very dissapointed
I feel like this is a type of scam. I paid about $25 for the decal, but no money is getting from it. I will report this to the BBB and the FCC for false advertisement.
I send emails and nobody response.
Curious
Did u get the refund back?
REFERRALCARS RESPONSE
We are so sorry that you had a poor experience with out text code responses not working. That is 100% our fault and we are quite embarrassed that the core feature of this campaign didn't work for you. To provide some background and what we've done since the problem...We were made aware of the issue by the software company we used to handle all of the sms responses and and while there wasn't much we could have done at the time to fix the issue since it was upstream with our software provider we take full responsibility for the number of text codes not working during November and even into December. At the time we posted a large red banner on the login screen for ALL affected drivers stating the exact issue and what we were doing to resolve the issue.
Regardless of the issue, we are so sorry this happened and are offering full refunds for anyone that had an issue or even is they were worried about the issue happening to them. We want to be fully transparent and work with our drivers for their success. Please get in touch with us so we can provide a full refund and make this right with you.
We have since stopped working with that software provider and have invested a huge chunk of our resources into custom building our own software system. This system has been operational since January and has been a much better experience overall now that we control the software 100%.
glad i researched this
signed up to the point where they asked for credit card info for shipping. i sent email asking how do i know what company i'll be advertising for. got email from chana saying i needed to complete my info or i could lose my spot. after reading all the reviews, i will pass.
Hum!?
I advertise the sticker for ReferralCars.com and mine works. Maybe you should contact them again and see if they can fix it.
Scam all the way
Their address says on google maps it's a grocery market. And no suite number. Definitely a scam. Or the supermarket is also a scam. Address they use is 3450 N Triumph Blvd, Lehi, UT 84043, which google maps shows is Harmon's market. Here's the supermarket website: harmonsgrocery.com
Looks like a scam to me, they don't even have a legit address. Reporting them to FCC for false advertising.
Ummmm, no thanks
I, too, was approached by Chana to promote ZoomBenefits. After reading all these reviews, I have decided to pass. Not one of these reviews were positive. That says something about ReferralCars and ZoomBenefits. It sounds like there is only 1 rep working for ReferralCars. Chana told me that I was accepted by the highest paying company for the company. She claimed that I was "accepted" by the campaign. Seems to me that there is no other "campaign". It concerns me that a SS was required, a CC # was required, etc. That smells of a scam to me. I have a cat with serious cardiac issues and cannot afford to be scammed. So on that note, I will not pursue this "opportunity". I will be unsubscribing from Chana and her emails. I will also be spamming her emails.
Hmmm..
Slightly impressed with how articulate you sound over the internet.
Real customer service agents provide a CUSTOMER SERVICE PHONE NUMBER when replying to any complaint.. not a “message us on Facebook” let me guess, is Chana in charge of responding to these bad reviews too? Wow.. multitasking at its finest, she deserves a virtual pat on her robotic back and fake email sign off picture.
If it wasn’t for the good quality video advertisements, I wouldn’t have been interested. I pressed the submit info button and whew thank God it just didn’t go through, for a reason! Usually read reviews before signing up for stuff and regret almost making an exception.
They ask what contact method works best for you and I selected, phone call.
They immediately contacted me every way except by phone call.
Dude has some guts to show his face and advertise, then again no offense most Asians look alike so they’ll probably never find him or anyone in charge of this.
So many red flags guys, pay attention and follow your gut.
Too bad this isn’t true, they would have made good money from people like us, more than this scam money income.
Here’s a copy of the email I received,
If you receive this or anything similar, please dodge the bullet.
“Great news!
I just heard back from my boss and you've been accepted to that campaign! You're going to be very happy with this campaign. :)
Now...you still need to go through the campaign setup so after reading everything below click this link and follow the steps.
^^^ That link is important! ^^^
The first page you'll see after clicking that link is a page that says, "1 Campaign Available" so just confirm your name and email there and follow the steps. You'll be advertising for a really awesome company called ZoomBenefits. They are a corporate benefits program that is now open to the general public so anyone can basically signup with them and get all the same perks that employee's of large companies.
Like I said in my last email, ZoomBenefits is the highest paying campaign that we have (across all locations) and you'll be really really happy with it, I promise.
Also, I've been told that if you wait to apply you may lose your spot so don't wait! I don't have another campaign available so it will likely be a pretty long wait before the next one comes around.
Cheers!
Chan
TEXT received: “Hey it's Chana, your ReferralCars account manager. Good news! I got you accepted to that campaign and sent all the details to your email. Congrats!”
I signed up about 3 months ago. Paid a little over $25 for the decal and to have a memorable number for people to text. I got the decal as promised. Have had it on my windshield and I do lots of driving in heavy traffic areas throughout NYC and the surrounding suburbs. No one has signed up for this since I began. They did something to their website, where I am no longer able to even access the login page to check my login account. I never got the $100 gift card they promised if you didn't make any money. Its been 90 days and I'm done with them. Glad I'm only out of $25 and not more money.
Me too.... ugh
I signed up also... stay at home new mommy looking to help with a little extra cash.... I paid extra for the upgraded blah blah blah and nope not a single penny in 2 months. I drive a lot and my spouse also put the sticker on her car and drives even more.
no contact except email and as soon as I asked for the $100 gift card suddenly no response at all. reporting to the BBB and really sad that I signed up. Aren't they going to try and charge us for the yearly "fee" eventually? I remember that somehow.
Giftcard
Wasn't the gift card only if you didn't have any sign ups after 90 days?
Company info scam
HI I recently saw an add for this company and looked into it before buying and I just finished up talking to a customer support person about the company at this number (888) 789-8424. She said that if the codes on the decale add is registered properly then it should work. She also said that zoom benefits is the only company they have a deal with. I was also told that the text chat chine or someone is a default program to help users but that admins go over the chats and help if needed. And I was told that if your code isn’t working then you should call them. This is what I got from the call I just made and it sounded like the women I was talking to was Indian idk if that’s important but the numbe I called is (888) 789-8424 and it only took like 30 seconds to speak to someone. Disclaimer I have not signed up for this product or have bought it.
Scam Alert
I am an educator,had an open mind and was also scammed by this company,please be careful people.It makes me angry there are always places that do this to people.
Skeptical
I signed up just for the heck of it and my account manager is Chana too. Glad I looked this up before proceeding any further.
Annual Fee
Be careful that you don't get charged for the annual fee next year. It is written in the terms and conditions. I would either call them and ask to be taken off the campaign or change the card you used to pay!
Just signed up, now worried
I just signed up for referral cars and got the email today that my decal has shipped. After reading a lot of these reviews I decided to look at my credit card statement and so far only charged 6.95 but it's from zoom benefits not referral cars. That's a red flag to me. Oh and of course my account manager is Chana!
OMG I DOGGED A BULLET
I was gonna sign up but something was just telling me to check into it, do a little research and boy am I glad I did! My account manager was also Chana J. I can’t believe how much of a scam this is.
Gonna shut your site down and get peoples money back
Ready to be sued? Here comes.
Scam
It is a scam. I never.earned anything and i was charged again. Which I should not have been. This needs to be reported to the FBI. Whoever is doing this rip off needs to go to jail. So upset I even signed up for this crap advertisement.
I saw an ad on Facebook. It said make money just by driving around with their decal on the back of my car. They said just pay the shipping on the decal to get started. The shipping was listed as $6.95. When I started to pay it they offered other options like a second decal for my husbands truck for an additional $5.00, a tracking number for the decals during shipment for an additional $2.00 and an upgrade to your commission payout amount for even more money.
After you finally get through the checkout process they start emailing you to set up your page to track your commissions. Then another email asking you to sign up for the benefits company that will be on your decal at a substantial discount. They tell you that not only will you get that discount but you’ll be able to use your text code on your decal to get a commission off of your own purchase. That’s where it starts to get really sketchy.
You get your decal in no time.
I think it was two days to get mine. It says to register your text code on the site that tracks your commissions. So I did and it says it will take up to 24hrs to be active. So I waited 24hrs and tried to use my text code so I could get the double discount. But my text code doesn’t work. So I thought maybe it’s because it’s coming from my phone number. So I tried another phone and it didn’t work for that one either. I think they are just scamming the drivers by charging them for all of these things and then never paying out the commissions.
Same here
I am glad I read the reviews! I am going to report the advertising to Facebook admins
And don't forget
They also try to peddle 3rd party content. My personal agent sent 2 or 3 emails about discounted car insurance to subscribing to ZoomBenefits myself.
Let me make some $$ before to send 3rd party offers.
Upgrade
I recently signed up. I've been seeing a disclaimer that something was wrong with her site. I went to [email protected] and these reviews came up instead of their site period that raise the red flag. I should have researched before signing up, but I was excited like everybody else. I then called the number for customer service that was reflected on my bank statement, first of all they sounded like they were outsourced to India, second of all they kept saying my account was not active they couldn't find any information, but every time I gave them my information to kept repeating it back in correctly so I'm assuming they were putting the information in the computer on every single time, that to me is another red flag if you cannot understand or frankly sound like you don't care then you shouldn't be doing anything in customer service or this is truly a scam because the people that were doing the customer service sounded lazy and unfriendly. The lady said it was going to be 7 to 10 days for my refund. I'll come back on here and let you know if I got the refund, because my confidence in this company is 0% at this point. And now I'm worried in addition, even though they said they cancelled my account, I had all my personal information on their "dashboard". I really hope my information is not misused or this is going to go even further than this blog.
ReferralCars Response
Hello!
We are so sorry that you had a poor experience with the text code responses not working. We were aware and took full responsibility for a small number of text codes not working during November. We even posted a large red banner on the login screen for ALL drivers stating the exact issue and what we were doing to resolve the issue (which was due to a software issue from our text messaging provider).
Regardless of the issue, we are so sorry this happened and are offering full refunds for anyone that had an issue or even is they were worried about the issue happening to them. We want to be fully transparent and work with our drivers for their success. Please get in touch with us so we can provide a full refund and make this right with you. Thank you!
Where are good reviews?
I was excited to get started, but i cant find anybody that it worked for and got paid.
Whew!!!!
So glad I didn't fall for this
VERY
OBVIOUS
SCAM!!
Thanks to all who took time to review!!
Payment
How do we get paid if we don't have Pay pal?
If you think this is a scam ask Paypal to Investigate
If anyone thinks this is a scam then all you have to do is report it to Paypal and ask them to investigate it for you. I know for a fact that Paypal will be more than willing to check it out and if it is a scam they will not allow their service to be used for this program.
Agree
I literally just signed up after seeing it pop up in my Facebook feed. After that, I started reading reviews( for future reference I will do that before signing up) and didn’t see any positive ones either. I don’t plan on going any further with it....I don’t even like the idea of having to pay shipping for a decal. Any legitimate company looking to pay people to advertise, isn’t going to charge for the advertisement to be sent...they should cover the shipping themselves? Plus it looks like they don’t actually pay you just to put the ad on and drive like normal.....any pay is dependent on people responding to the ad........so it looks like if no one responds, you don’t make any money. I’m out....I’m not going to cover my back window without a guarantee of some compensation.
Advertises you only pay $6.95. So i look at my bank account a few days later and there's $100 missing..um? SCAM!
ReferralCars Response
Hello,
We've seen your review about being charged $100 for your purchase of $6.95 for shipping the decal to your home. To put it simply, we DO NOT AND NEVER WILL charge anyone any amount other than what is stated on the checkout form, let alone something for $100 or even close to it. Please get a hold of us at [email protected] so that we can resolve this issue. We'd love to have you show us your bank statement so that we can prove that we do not and have never done this. It goes against our core belief as a company and is totally dishonest. Please reach out so we can resolve.
Thank you for working with us to resolve this issue.
After being asked to pay for the decal, I did a lot of Internet research and I actually can't find a single person that has made any money doing referrals this way. Actually quite the opposite. I found a lot of people that said that they paid for the decal and have never received compensation of any kind. So at this point I think I'm going to pass and go with my gut on this and I appreciate your time. Have a good day. I received no further communication from the company once I sent that text message back to them regarding why I wouldn’t be signing up. Buyer beware if you spend your money it’s your business but keep in mind that I haven’t found a single person that has made any money doing this.
My red flag
My red flag was they didnt take paypal to sign up yet one the the questions they ask is if you do have a paypal account, but to pay the shipping fees they take credit cards but paypal is not an option...hmmm so if its so important to have a paypal account why dont you accept paypal as a shipping payment, well let me tell you why, they cant hit paypal with recurring payments, but credit cards they can hit it as much as they want. With paypal they cant.
Do your research
I looked into this. Amd did some research, there is litetally nothing good out there anout this company. Everything I've read says scam. D ont give away your hard earned money... Do your research
Social security number
Why do we need to give the social security number ?
Stealing
Do they can steal your identity.
$600 or more is means for a 1099
If you make over $600.00 by law they have to send you a 1099MISC at the end of the year. I wont be providing my SSN until I KNOW this program works. Just signed up.
Reporting income
Social security number is used to report the income to IRS for tax purposes. I guess. This income comes under independent contractor.
Social
Because if they do pay you, they must report it on a 1099-misc to you and the IRS as income.
I got paid
I was paid around 81 dollars from getting people signed up. On pay pal
You are not being truthful
Whoever this is that say they made 81 dollars I say you are not telling the truth
Please elaborate
Please speak more of your experience, I'd like to know; when you got started? How long until you started to receive commissions? Your general location? And if your income had been a one time pay out or is it ongoing?
I applied with Referralcars.com to place a decal on the back window of my car and to get paid by commission based off this “passive income”. The only charge upfront was to pay $6.95 for shipping of the decal. While others had posted in a blog they received a decal in the mail, no money was ever earned. After trying to contact the initial person, Chana, no reply has ever been received other than to hurry up and apply before the offer ends. For an additional $15, you could also select to receive 80% commission rather than the original 60%.
Way to go Chana!
Man I was excited about this, and ready to pay the 6.95!! Boy I’m glad I decided to check reviews first. “Chana” gave me same shpeal about how she needed approval from the manager.
Bummer. Wishing this was legit
Interesting..>
Today's the same person that contacted me.... How can 1 person manage everyone... Automatic reply? Too bad this doesn't seem legit, because it would be cool if it was
Chana sure is a busy girl!
Yep, I got Chana too. She sure must be a busy girl having to respond to thousands of people a day! Or more like its not even a real person and just a bot.
I Got Chan's To
Yep, I got Chan's as well. I stopped once they asked for money. Since it was only $6.95 I was ready to whip out my debit card then thought I better look up some reviews first. Sure glad I did. That's money and time I won't be wasting.
Career scammer
Chana certainly is a career scammer. I got her as a rep. She stated that she would try to get me pushed into a new campaigns that just filled up yesterday. She stated that she had to wait for her manager to approve this because unfortunately there were no other campaigns opportunities in my area. I live in Portland, Or. Smh.
Chana. J seems to be the only employee
It seems ( Chana. J) is the only person that works there. I got the same sales pitch. Glad I checked here before going any further
Chana’s number
I received emails and a text from Chana as well. I haven’t paid anything yet which is good because I’m confident this is a scam. So bc Chana texted me I had the number. So I decided to call this number and although the area code is legit for Utah the number itself is a “non active number”. So I texted her back asking about that. I also asked why there was no contact info on their website since they say in the videos you can contact them anytime. Needless to say I haven’t heard back nor do I expect to. Don’t put any money in to this people.
It seems ( Chana. J) is the only person that works there. I got the same sales pitch. Glad I checked here before going any further
Everyone of these review seems to have been assigned to (Chana. J). What are the odds of that?. It seems that either that is the only person who works there, or all of their Managers use the same name. Sure sign of a scam
Just started this program
I'm honestly not sure what to think yet....It all seems legit but I literally just signed up so I guess we'll see. Hoping for the best because I am so broke that if this is a scam they wont have much to steal. God, I hope this is legit and I can make some real money.
To Just Started this program
Please let us know how your experience is. I just signed up, but haven't started yet. After all the bad reviews I'm thinking about not even getting started.
$6.95 to start????
You should NEVER have to pay to provide a service........that is the 1st warning sign
wanted to sign up
after reading all the reviews I unsubscribed myself from them, chana sent email, this chana is very famous now I do not trust them after reading a lot negative messages about them.
thank you all
Referralcars rc) makes some big claims, and follows through despicably poorly. They advertise making hundreds of dollars of passive income monthly, with 3-5 new subscribers per month. Then they claim they'll give you a $100 gift card if you don't receive subscribers in the first 90 days. I did not receive my decal for 51 days, and had to contact them after 25 days to request a resend. The decal began peeling immediately after application. 40 days later, no subscribers. Zero. Then i received a request for a payment to "renew my annual account," announced 280 days before a year had been completed, but "pro-rated" for being "much sooner than originally scheduled." at my complaint, rc issued the $100 gift card and terminated my account. Turns out, the "gift card" is $100 credit to restaurant.com, where you have to spend, for example, $75 of your own money to be discounted $25 of the "gift card" amount. Nothing can be taken at face value, and on the whole, rc has been disappointing and deplorable. I am humiliated that i was duped by this in the first place.
DON'T DO IT
So, I started sign up today because I was born with a disease that keeps me from ever keeping a job longer than a year and I thought I could make money this way. I finally got to the setup screen where you pay for your decal. As soon as I saw those "upgrades" I felt uneasy. So I came here and I'm so glad I did, this has scam written all over it. And my "account manager" Chan, literally emailed me 5 times over a period of a few hours. So sketchy. This is painfully obvious and I'm so happy I looked here first. This is a really shitty and evil thing to do to people that are just trying to make money an honest way.
Awesome review!
I too was born with that disease of not being able to keep a job longer than a length of time. Mine hovers around 2 years. I have a very low tolerance for jobs I dont like AND a very short temperament for when things at jobs go poorly. Which is why this seemed like a great opportunity. Drive my car like normal, make a little money passively without having to do much. No boss or corporate BS to deal with. If it WERE real, I probably would have gotten a lot of attention in my flashy beautiful (older) BMW.
So I decided to give this a try thinking at most I would lose $7. I didn't expect much but was just hoping it wasn't completely bogus. Received emails from Chana J. (like EVERYONE else on here) and was about to pull the trigger on this scam and I'm REALLY glad I didn't. Thanks to everyone for the reviews PARTICULARLY the guy above this review who said he ACTUALLY RECEIVED the $100 GIFT CARD. Too bad it was for restaurants.com and not something legit like Amazon or MC. At worst I would have gotten a gift card for my troubles... but NOPE.
I'm a hard pass on this.
Unsure
Everything looks good to me, but giving my address and social looks like the perfect way to steal my identity
1099
They ask for your SSN if you make more than $600. They are required by law to send a 1099 MISC form if you make over $600.00
I'm just getting started as well, everything seems legit. I will test my code when I get it.
SMH
They (Chana J.) tried to swindle me. When it seems too good to be true (I'm so lucky I was accepted into the ONLY Campaign available in my area)... Take a moment to do some research. These jokers are located on TRIUMP Blvd because they are triumphing over our hard earned money ????
Much more than a scam for sticker
Here is the scam start to finish. Chana J is the registered owner of both refferalcars and Zoombenefits. She gets you to pay 6.95 for shipping and handling on the sticker. The cost to her is around .68 cents. She then tried to get you to upgrade with the promise of higher commission or moving you to the top of the list for the next base pay campaign. The problem here is there are no commission s and there are no other campaigns. Now that she has you signed up she trys to get you to sign up your friends and family and yourself in zoombenefits which she also owns. If you do get them signed up you will get a small commission like 2 dollars. So she has gotten thousands of people to pay her to work for her. And to make matters worse zoombenefits is nothing more than a compilation of discounts that anyone can get for free on the web. So that is the scam. Now the final note is the $100 gift card. The gift card is to restaurants.com and basically it's like if you spend $100 you get $25 dollars off so even the gift card is a scam.
ReferralCars
We are a relatively new company and we are growing very quickly due to the response from drivers and media alike. On this page there are a couple drivers who have reviewed us poorly due to the fact that their text codes haven't been working. We offer full refunds to all those drivers and have been very transparent about the issue that affected a small number of our drivers. We even offer refunds to any driver who is/was even worried about the issue or really any other issue. We only want to work with drivers that are excited about our program and trust that we have their best interest in mind.
That being said, if you have any questions about your account, please reach out to your account manager if you're already a driver or if you're exploring signing up, just shoot us an email or message us on our Facebook page and we'd be happy to help you through our program. Thanks!
Where are the good ads?
I was about to sign up for this until I read these posts. Id you’re such a legit business where are the GOOD reviews?
Really??
What about all the other reviews? Nobody has said anything about generating income and it is suspect that you have to provide your social security number.
If Referral Cars isn’t scam, Zoom Benefits screams it
I did this and took the decals of different after a month of no revenue. I got a decal for both myself and my husband as we live in seattle. Going to the Zoom benefits website there is NOTHING that gives info on the discounts you get. When I asked ReferralCars about it they said I’d have to sign up first to see the deals. Uh, I’m not giving a company $30 to see what discounts may work for me. If ReferralCars can’t even tell me what I’m trying to sell on the back of my personal vehicles? No thank you.
still unsure....
Why is it that i am required to give my SSN in order to create my page? I don't feel it is necessary and gives off the vibe that this is indeed a scam to those who have inquired and are interested. Then when I have tried to call and receive more information about the company and expectations, etc. The number given is disconnected. These are just a few of the red flags involved, and now I'm stuck in limbo because without answers, I will NOT be giving my SSN, but my CC was already charged the fee. IF you truly care about your company, its drivers, and your reputation, please be diligent in your responses and give people answers. AND if anyone else on this thread that has complained and referralcars has actually reached out to rectify the situation, please respond as well so that I may know they're not just full of it.
Wth
Got my decal.registered it.....was told if I dont get anyone signed up in the first month I would get a 100$ visa card.....Its been way over a month and havent seen or heard anything from you....Whats really going on?
BS
The material may say 90 days but in the videos the guy says 1 month, or don't you think it's a coincidence that everybody keeps responding that they didn't get the gift card after 1 MONTH. If you are a legitimate company you need to get your act together and find some new customer service Representatives because they're rude and they suck!!!
90 days
The material I read says 90 days of no income from this and the gift card would be given.
Tried it
I signed up but wasnt asked for SSN number, because i chose not to pay for anything. I wont be giving my SSN, because my Social Secirity has nothing to do with this at all. LOL so if they do ask me guys dont worry. I have a very successfull page of more then 10k daily viewers and i will make sure these guys never make any money scaming people.
Shipping fee
I start signing up today and I need to pay the shipping. I just use PayPal payment online but your site don’t hv it in the choices button
Hmm
I was wondering the same! They say you can be paid through PayPal, but you can’t pay for your decal with PayPal??? Sketchy.
didnt want upgrade commission
i was charged the $15 for upgrade of commission and didnt want it can u cancel that on my card please. julie hall
WHY PAY ???
Don't pay for the decal they should ship for free they make money on them if you have them on your car or not !!! They get payed two times bye you and the company !! think PEOPLE let all get smart if you have to pay to get money its not a go job. "just what I think" ?????????????
Was going to start and changed my mind
Did some research and everywhere says scam but also it is listed on the Better Buisness Bureau site and they have it listed as and F graded score card with a 1.7 star rating and there's nothing good to say on that site either. I wouldnt take the chance especially since they want info like your social security number.
Signed up and paid extra to get the decal with a simple 4 digit code. Instead i still got the long 10 digit code. It has been months and i have yet to receive a single penny. They steal your money and you never hear from them again!!!
After research I made my decision
So I just got off the phone with referral cars 20 mins ago, after contacting me about Zoom benefits. They explained to me basically the same thing everyone is caring. But I felt uneasy continuing with the process. The person talking to me felt everything was script. I told her that I would have to call back after I get confirmation from a friend since we share the same car as an excuse to call me back 2 hours later. During that time I made my research and good thing I did.
Never got the decal i ordered
Scam
The justice dept will be notified. Selling undefined unspecific opportunities for a fee is illegal. Don’t even bother!!!
Probably a scam
I had signed up for this and then immediately regretted it. I had paid for the shipping and $2 decal upgrade. I immediately called the phone number I found on their webpage. I talked to a real person after being on hold for quite some time and politely asked for a refund/cancellation. The person on the phone seemed annoyed but was overall friendly. Within 20 minutes I saw a refund pending on my credit card. So I’m hoping that I don’t see any additional charges.
This is a scam dont fall for their bs. I saw the ad on facebook for this website where and advertising company will pay you for however many people sign up through the decal on the rear window of your car, calling it “passive income.” definitely doing my research next time before jumping in and signing up especially after reading all the negative reviews here made me realize i should have done that in that first place. They made me pay $25 for the advertising sticker Decal) and cover the cost of shipping. You get your decal in the mail and absolutely nobody signs up through your text code. Not to mention the company is making bank by charging you for these decals to promise you money you will never make and to damage the rear window on your car. I’m writing this update in april of 2018 and this company is a joke. Don’t do it
Their new policy is to always contact all customers to gather valuable feedback so that they can continue to adapt and deliver the best customer service possible. Referralcars is willing to go beyond the call of good customer service and do what it takes to make things right with their customers.
Referralcars is dedicated to customer satisfaction and matching drivers to the best possible campaigns. Referralcars is a reliable advertising startup that will help their drivers earn money while advertising on their vehicle. Referralcars receives a positive rating for their commitment to yscam corporate advocacy business remediation & customer satisfaction program.
This kind of dedication to customer service means that referralcars will do whatever it takes to make sure their customers are properly taken care of.
In the future, if anyone has any complaints or concerns with referralcars, you are invited to contact them directly via email: [email protected] Again, please be sure to cc.
As always, yscam cannot guarantee that every customer or employee will always be 100% satisfied in every case, but we promise that if you have any concerns with referralcars or any of our corporate advocacy program members, we will do everything we can to see that the issue is addressed quickly and that you are treated fairly and with respect. Be knowledgeable about any company or person you hire. Also, don't be afraid to ask questions and get additional information until you feel comfortable in allowing them to work for you.
Be sure to contact us with your questions and comments about any business that is part of the corporate advocacy business remediation and customer satisfaction program. Your questions, comments and suggestions are always welcome and will be considered even if we don't agree with them.
Thanks
Now i know that they are scamer. Before I pay the shipping I start to investigate and there is nothing good in those reviews. I work really hard all days to put food in the table, not to throw away with lazy people who wants to live the easy life taking the money of others with lies.
Referral cars is working for me!
I signed up for referral cars about 2 weeks ago. I received my decal last Friday, April 27th. I put it on my truck April 28th and it was activated by the 29th. Its not much, but I have made $16.38 in the past week. I have also posted facebook jobs and ads on job sites to promote the decal, AND to promote referral cars. I am making commission. I signed up because a friend of mine signed up 4 months ago and just surpassed the $800 mark in one month. April she made $801.76. Lifetime earnings in these 4 months total $1724. She has been paid. You can choose to be paid via paypal or a check. I signed up to receive checks. As long as you promote, NOT just the decal, but post your referral links, you will make money! It's not a scam. I was skeptical at first. Well see how this goes!
To those who said you were charged $100 instead of $6.95, they are simply trolls! You only pay $6.95 if you want. I did pay more, but I upgraded my decal and my commissions. This was my choice, and i was only charged for what i agreed too. Look at the checkout page before you submit your credit card, it will give you the EXACT TOTAL!!
As I said, most of these bad reviews, I feel are very hyped up, and not completely true.
Only one positive experience?
I find it interesting your comment is the only positive one. I just registered and applied my decal today. I'm a bit concerned this may be a scam, but I'm willing to see if it works. I was referred by a trusted Facebook friend who claims he is making money from this campaign.
Mr. Cahoon was asked to describe a situation where a client was not satisfied with the level of service they received. He expressed that in recent months his company had some technical difficulties which led to confusion for his clients, "we were using a company a third-party software company to manage the text inquiries and the automatic responses to be able to track and report sales back to our drivers. And this company had several outages that affected some and in one case all of our drivers at one point for a short amount of time, but it was a nightmare, to be honest working with them. They were dealing with a lot of issues themselves they were a smaller company based out of California and it really hurt us and that is what the reviews have shown." In order to remedy this, they have been working closely with the third party and their developers to fix the issue.
He proceeded to explain their resolution to this issue, "what we did in response is we built a custom in-house solution and essentially solved all of those issues that drivers had been experiencing and we ported over all of those keywords that had been registered on the old software program from the 3rd party software provider to our new in-house solution and since then we have had 0 issues. We feel like we have solved the problem and we have reached out to the drivers who were not happy and offered full refunds and you know anything else that we could do to make the situation better. "Additionally, ReferralCars has an A rating with the Better Business Bureau.
So, we are looking at improving our social media presence primarily with Facebook so that our drivers can see all the new campaigns that are being launched. They can, kind of communicate with one another and get their questions answered by other drivers, which is probably a better experience in some cases than calling us because it is one of their peers and it is something that they can kind of get organically. I think that our continued push towards a stronger social media presence is one of our biggest differences."
It also allows our drivers an opportunity to get a hold of us if they are not active on social media or forget our email address. I think it is another avenue for people to get a hold of us."
BBB???
Just checked with BBB the company has NO rating fyi
Dont call me
Just signed with you and got an email sombody will call me .... dont bother i dont need any more crocks in my life ...
If you rip off 10000 people with 25$ each thats a quarter mil !!! Fack i need to be in you shoes clipping idiots
Still Waiting on My Refund
The one time that I don't research before committing is the one time that I am screwed over. First started off with accidentally clicking the "boost your commissions" button and not realizing that it charged my card an extra $15. At first I didn't sweat it, just emailed them explaining the situation. They sent me a receipt saying it's been refunded and to wait 3-5 business days. It's been 5 business days and still no refund. In between this time I keep getting the same damn automated email from Chana saying that I haven't finished signing up for the campaign and that I need to hurry before I lose my spot. Funny, because I had already received the email saying my decal was shipped. I emailed them THREE times, each time explaining to them that I had already signed up. On the last time, I threatened to cancel my account and (shocker) finally got a response from someone saying that it was a glitch in the system. Well, today, I got yet ANOTHER email from "Chana". That was the final straw. How can I trust someone to send me my commissions if they can't even get their system in order? Called their customer service number, was literally told to hang up and go to their site to speak with a rep. Went to the site, typed in the chat box, and then was told I wouldn't get a response for another couple of hours. Fuck that. Called their number again, got a rep immediately (imagine that), and told them exactly why I was cancelling. The moment I started explaining why, the rep got short with me and got me off the phone as quickly as she could.
I will be keeping everyone updated on whether or not I actually got my refund of the $15.
Scared
Just purchased $23 worth of decal, commission annnndddd vital number. Before I purchased they would text me and email me daily. After my purchase, I asked for a refund because at the end they requested ssn and W2. I called 3 of their numbers, emailed them called them. No response at all. Really hope they get what they deserve at the end of all of this. Scamming ppl like this.
Scam
Is there anyone other then chana' s buddy that made $81 that has made a penny from this company every reveiw seems to let everyone know it's a scam? Here how to make money purchase a $2 decal sale it for $6.95 to 100,000 suckers to buy the decal! You just made yourself almost half a million before taxes. Get a bunch !
BEWARE OF FACEBOOK SCAMS!!! THEY REALLY DO EXIST!!!
So sad! "Chana" does NOT exist. This is a total scam. Never give out SOCIAL SECURITY # to anyone.
Stay Away SCAM!!!!
Would love to give this company a big fat Zero! Not only have I not earned any money, they are now trying to take my annual fee 10 months early. Nope! Not happening! I have earned nothing with them and will not. Cancelled! Do Not Do this Program.
THANK GOODNESS MY GUT TOLD ME TO CHECK IT OUT
I was at the screen where it asks for your billing info.. and my gut said "hey dummy, check it out first". I am so glad I did. Comment after comment is negative... and the company trying to make lame excuses!! Total scam.
Scam
It is a scam. They are getting your identity and credit card information by sending you the decal and billing you. Anytime you have to pay to make money, it is a red flag!!! They have one employee named Chana, not a real person or name.
Scam
Saw the ad on Facebook. I was gonna sign up but I decided to look at the Reviews and I have not seen a single good one. Good thing I looked at them before sending them any money. I saved myself. I can barely write a review because my security code doesn't work.
Referral cars. You pay for their sticker to put on your back window. And never got paid one time. Had it on for 6 months.
Was going to sign up
I was going to sign up but after visiting here I do not think I will. Chana as sent me a number or texts and emails. When I reply back to her, her replies seem automated. It’s not a real conversation. I also think it’s weird that she is the only person anyone has felt with.
Charging yearly renewal fee less than 90 days into it!
I started with referralcars less than 90 days ago. I just received an email “This is an important update regarding your annual renewal fee for ReferralCars. Your annual renewal fee is scheduled to be billed on 03/31/2018. We know that this is much sooner than originally scheduled so we are pro-rating the total charge. Instead of billing you $35 we will be processing the pro-rated amount of $8.76. This pro-rated amount will allow us to keep the tracking phone number on your decal active for the next 12 months.
If you would like to cancel this transaction from processing please let us know by emailing us ([email protected]) or by calling us at 888.789.8424. There is no early cancellation fee attached to your campaign. We are sorry about this accelerated schedule and are more than happy to help you in any way we can.”
Of course I refused to pay the renewal fee. So, they automatically closed my account. I asked for it to be reopened but they said it would charge me and they would reimburse me. I don’t trust that to happen. I want the $100 gift card promised and they said they would make an exception for me even though the 90 days is after my new renewal date... “Your gift card eligibility date (90 days after you activated your account) is actually past your renewal date. This is very rare! I am so sorry for the timing. Normally, we wouldn't be able to send a gift card if you cancel your account, but I am going to make an exception for you. Can you send me a picture of the decal on your vehicle for verification? Once I get that picture, I can send you the gift card :)” I sent a picture from the inside since that’s all I had on my phone at the time and that wasn’t acceptable to them. I have to retake from the outside but I doubt I’ll ever see the $100. I still have a few bucks unpaid to me from Craigslist ads I placed too that I doubt I’ll ever receive.
Referralcars is a us based, and provides the highest quality and service of any other vehicle advertising program. We are the logical program to make money by driving your car with an advertisement. We are dedicated to matching the highest number of drivers of any other company and paying our drivers more than any other program.
After you apply, you will be assigned an account manager who will work with you to place you with an available campaign. You can sit back, relax and wait But not too long) for us to match you with the highest paying campaign available.
Referralcars unlike their competitors never outsources the work. We assign each driver applicant to an account manager who will answer questions, work on your behalf and ultimately get you placed with a campaign. Our competitors match less than 1% of their applicants and we match 95%. This is because of our dedication to details like assigning each driver an account manager but also because of the types of campaigns we offer. We are not limited to the types of campaigns like other companies.
They gave themselves ONE star!
LOL. Pretty bad when the post from the company to sell themselves only gives ONE star. ????????
Account mgrs
It seems like everyone has the same account manager that is a red flag right there. If it was legit each account mgr should have a specific territory they handle
Yeah, right
“assigning each driver an account manager” except everyone here who has said their account managers name says it was “Chana” and that’s who I got as well. Thank God I was smart enough to come here before I actually signed up or bought anything because it is obviously a scam. Your comment doesn’t even have good grammar.
Um wow ?
I never gave out my ssn to them and my decale came in 4 days , im worried to continue with this now, wben i see so many bad vibes from others calling it a scam.
This is one of those scams where they say you can make some honest money an easy way by placing decals for ads for company's on your car. They offer like 10 different paid "upgrades" when ordering your decal and also "need" your ssn? It's a scam! save yourself and don't fall for it. All it takes is reading some online reviews.