In January 2016, I was contacted by phone to advertise in a vendor resource publication that was to be distributed to local Golf Communities in my City (three of which were named and I was very familiar with). The person who called said the advertising spot was going to be reserved for only two Businesses in each category in the whole area and kept reducing the price for the ad until I agreed to pay $500 for a quaterly distribution of the 60-70 page publication with wide readership.
Immediately my charge card was debited the amount and about a month later, I received an email from the "Graphics Department" to work on my ad; this went back and forth for two months, which was then finalized. I was told that the they were a little behind and the first publication would not be sent out until late Spring. I called beginning May to find out if the publication came out and where my copy was......I checked with the various Country Clubs May-June and never saw the publication and those who run these facilities said they never heard of it.
After daily phone calls, I received a copy of this bogus publication (something they must send out to those who continue to contact them for proof). The booklet is something that anyone could print off from their home computer and instead of 60-70 pages, it is 40 with duplicates ads inside; a lot of copy and paste pages, multiple businesses instead of two for each category, the same information printed on different pages, etc.
So embarassed on how the booklet looks and the lack of any distribution to these Gold Communities, I started calling the company to get a refund. It has now been a month, no calls back, no emails returned, no response to BBB of Florida. I am appauled with the number of complaints and negative feedback that this company has received and they continue to get away with this. PLEASE BEWARE!! DO YOUR RESEARCH!! DON'T TRUST ANY PUBLICATION YOU HAVEN'T PHYSICALLY SEEN!!
I hope there are some resources/groups out there that can help those who have been Ripped OFF!! I am willing to take this all the way to get my hard earned money returned.
I called the clubs and noone has ever heard of them! The I was told by 4 different golf clubs that they are not aloud to have magazines at the club and that the club was private!! This website is brand new and doesnt list corperate name or actual address. Nothing listed with the Chamber of Commerce or BBB !! I am glad that I did my investigating first!
This company called my business to sell advertising! They say that they offer a golf magazine to golf and country clubs. I checked for reviews and they had none. The website trcmutimedia.com is new and they do not list a complete address. They are not registered with the Chamber of Commerce nor the BBB. I called 3 of the country clubs that they say they work with and the clubs said that they do not alow magazines like this in the club and that the clubs are private. They have never even heard about the luxury golf magazine TRC is talking about.This is an advertising scam trying to steel my $400. trcmultimedia.com reviews
"Jamie" repeatedly called trying to reach me. She left messages saying that she was working with members of country clubs in my city who were interested in my services.
When we spoke by phone, Jamie named three country clubs (all of which were in my local area) and said that they had asked her to find someone with my qualifications who provided the services I provide. (This type of thing is not unusual in my business.) She insisted that the three clubs each had separately asked her to find someone like me to provide services for their members, and that I could reach their members through advertising in their members-only quarterlies.
Jamie said that advertising would cost $400 (for 4 issues) and would commence in January 2016. She charged $400 to my credit card and told me the advertising team would be in touch to set up the ads.
After talking with Jamie, I called two of the three country clubs to ask about their quarterlies, and they both said that this had happened to others recently and that it was a scam. They had no quarterly publications or ANY publications for advertising, and they had had no business dealings with anyone named Jamie at TRC. To their knowledge, no one had requested services like mine. One of them already had investigated based on a previous incident and reported the scam.
I called my bank, but the charge already had gone through. I called and emailed Jamie within 90 minutes of the credit card transaction to say that I was canceling the deal and wanted a full refund. (The paperwork from the ad team does state that customers have 3 days in which to cancel the transaction.) I left a voicemail since Jamie did not answer her phone, and I have not heard back.
Since then, I searched online and found a BBB rating of D- for this company along with similar reviews (to mine) on both BBB and Yelp. They've done this same scam with many small business owners. The business address TRC gave me is the street address for a UPS store.
TRC MultiMedia Reviews
In January 2016, I was contacted by phone to advertise in a vendor resource publication that was to be distributed to local Golf Communities in my City (three of which were named and I was very familiar with). The person who called said the advertising spot was going to be reserved for only two Businesses in each category in the whole area and kept reducing the price for the ad until I agreed to pay $500 for a quaterly distribution of the 60-70 page publication with wide readership.
Immediately my charge card was debited the amount and about a month later, I received an email from the "Graphics Department" to work on my ad; this went back and forth for two months, which was then finalized. I was told that the they were a little behind and the first publication would not be sent out until late Spring. I called beginning May to find out if the publication came out and where my copy was......I checked with the various Country Clubs May-June and never saw the publication and those who run these facilities said they never heard of it.
After daily phone calls, I received a copy of this bogus publication (something they must send out to those who continue to contact them for proof). The booklet is something that anyone could print off from their home computer and instead of 60-70 pages, it is 40 with duplicates ads inside; a lot of copy and paste pages, multiple businesses instead of two for each category, the same information printed on different pages, etc.
So embarassed on how the booklet looks and the lack of any distribution to these Gold Communities, I started calling the company to get a refund. It has now been a month, no calls back, no emails returned, no response to BBB of Florida. I am appauled with the number of complaints and negative feedback that this company has received and they continue to get away with this. PLEASE BEWARE!! DO YOUR RESEARCH!! DON'T TRUST ANY PUBLICATION YOU HAVEN'T PHYSICALLY SEEN!!
I hope there are some resources/groups out there that can help those who have been Ripped OFF!! I am willing to take this all the way to get my hard earned money returned.
I called the clubs and noone has ever heard of them! The I was told by 4 different golf clubs that they are not aloud to have magazines at the club and that the club was private!! This website is brand new and doesnt list corperate name or actual address. Nothing listed with the Chamber of Commerce or BBB !! I am glad that I did my investigating first!
This company called my business to sell advertising! They say that they offer a golf magazine to golf and country clubs. I checked for reviews and they had none. The website trcmutimedia.com is new and they do not list a complete address. They are not registered with the Chamber of Commerce nor the BBB. I called 3 of the country clubs that they say they work with and the clubs said that they do not alow magazines like this in the club and that the clubs are private. They have never even heard about the luxury golf magazine TRC is talking about.This is an advertising scam trying to steel my $400. trcmultimedia.com reviews
"Jamie" repeatedly called trying to reach me. She left messages saying that she was working with members of country clubs in my city who were interested in my services.
When we spoke by phone, Jamie named three country clubs (all of which were in my local area) and said that they had asked her to find someone with my qualifications who provided the services I provide. (This type of thing is not unusual in my business.) She insisted that the three clubs each had separately asked her to find someone like me to provide services for their members, and that I could reach their members through advertising in their members-only quarterlies.
Jamie said that advertising would cost $400 (for 4 issues) and would commence in January 2016. She charged $400 to my credit card and told me the advertising team would be in touch to set up the ads.
After talking with Jamie, I called two of the three country clubs to ask about their quarterlies, and they both said that this had happened to others recently and that it was a scam. They had no quarterly publications or ANY publications for advertising, and they had had no business dealings with anyone named Jamie at TRC. To their knowledge, no one had requested services like mine. One of them already had investigated based on a previous incident and reported the scam.
I called my bank, but the charge already had gone through. I called and emailed Jamie within 90 minutes of the credit card transaction to say that I was canceling the deal and wanted a full refund. (The paperwork from the ad team does state that customers have 3 days in which to cancel the transaction.) I left a voicemail since Jamie did not answer her phone, and I have not heard back.
Since then, I searched online and found a BBB rating of D- for this company along with similar reviews (to mine) on both BBB and Yelp. They've done this same scam with many small business owners. The business address TRC gave me is the street address for a UPS store.