http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/xl-results-foundation-life-membership-c103605.html

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams/pyramid_e.htm

Pyramid Schemes

For the purpose of Section 206(1)(e) of the Criminal Code a pyramid scheme is illegal when a person participating in the scheme becomes entitled to receive more money than they invested in the scheme by reason of recruiting others. The money is made through recruitment only, while the product or service has no real value.

Beware of people secretly paid by the operator to make grandiose claims about the success of the plan.

Refuse to make a financial commitment or sign a contract in a high-pressure situation. Take time to review and re-evaluate the plan.

Anonymous - I agree, that is a succinct summary of the situation. The first rule of marketing is to offer a money back guarantee: it reduces suspicion, and if your product is halfway decent very few customers feel the need to ask for a refund.

Why would someone who claims to be promoting trust,world wide wealth and social giving have to resort to a high pressure sales tactic to sell his memberships?

What Roger does at the breakfast is create an environment to pressure you into buying, by isolating (telling anyone who isn’t interested to leave), creating scarcity (only 5 memberships available today), and being vague on the details of the membership (too many benefits to go through). That combined with the fact that there is a no refunds policy, no cooling off period and no copy of the contract for the buyer is out of integrity in my opinion.

If Roger Hamilton and XL was a company of integrity, they can simply address all these issues by

1. Offering a 7 or 14 day refund policy.
2. Explain the benefits of the Life Membership in detail instead of selling it in a high pressure sales environment!
3. Offer a 30 day trial!

Instead they choose to launch their own PR campaign to create confusion and doubt. Let’s be clear, if you review the postings on the internet it’s not just 1 ex-employee complaining! It’s hundreds of people from different countries who are angry enough to devote time to create blogs, postings and feedback to warn others!!

Tuesday 2nd September, 2008

London - Roger Hamilton’s Entrepreneurs Breakfast

Venue: Hilton London Metropole Hotel, at 7.30am to 9.30am

Wednesday 3rd September, 2008

Bristol - Entrepreneurs Lunch with Roger Hamilton

Venue: Mercure Holland House Hotel, Redcliffe Hill, Bristol, BS1 6SQ

12 noon to 4.00pm

seems like a really hot topic here. o well, make a quick guess. i think everyone got it all wrong. firstly there are trainings done by XL foundation and it is excellent. their trainers are superb and fantastic that no one even notice time was ticking away. if you are thinking about a scam, let me tell u guys this. i bought the membership years ago at USD3200 and since i am old and will not be using it for long, i plan to transfer them out. the staff were great and offer me alternative. yes, there was an option of which i have to find my seller and the other of which if XL find a seller for me there would be a 30% comission. i chose the latter and guess what, i got back close to USD6000 after the comissions. who said they were a scam? they never were. these members that complained NEVER made an effort to get involve in the events. they expected to be spoon fed, entrepeneurs like me don need spoon feeding. you guys are missing out on alot by attending the event and not joining. seriously, i have never regretted. even when my business was slow, XL offer me opportunities to meet other members from other countries when i was travelling. within 6 months, with all the networking and my effort to be at the event and listen to Roger and tell him about my business plan, i made a profit of close to USDhalf a million.
you are probably thinking i am paid to say all this or that i am simply the lucky ones. but real XL members are all laughing their heads off with all these silly talks. they will not share the success story with you because they know you are not worth to know. too bad guys.

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