Bright Builders

June   Georgia

4:59pm on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 

So far, I‘ve had no problems with Bright Builders. Yes I thought the price was exorbitant when we started with the company, but even though my husband and I had had a lot of computer experience, we knew “nada, nil” about composing a webpage. I knew a little HTML, but frankly, I didn’t like HTML and their Builder does it for you, thank God.

We had excellent response from their coaching staff and had a half hour session for 12 weeks with her. I have good response from the Live Chat group. The main problem we had was with the tax people that was recommended to us and we “fired” him. He didn’t consider that our time was important and would make an appt and then not call. We decided we would get our own tax person and not pay an arm and a leg for them.

We’ve had some orders, although not like we would like and at least we were able to take the money off from our taxes on the first year, which helped a lot considering we had had to pay every year since we retired. I was able to get my own drop shipper which we couldn’t be more pleased with.

We’ve had a lot of companies call us and ask if we need help in getting more hits to our website, etc., but I have told them that we paid a company for that and do not intend to pay another one at the moment.

One person mention “you need to have 5 LLC’s”. That was never mentioned to us. I will have to give Bright Builders at least 4-l/2 out of 5 stars, pending a call I have in to them at the moment.

June C   Georgia

11:29am on Monday, September 21st, 2009 

Bright Builders has always been there for me and had it not been for them I would not have a website. Any time I have a problem I contact them by phone or by live chat and their service has been extremely helpful. When it comes to websites, I know nothing and they gave me the support I needed and still do.

Angry   UK

7:46pm on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 

Greetings To All,
I am so grateful to see that there are other people willing to stand up against these "Evil Doers" - Do you really believe any of the crap that this corrupt Internet system sells ? They are modern day robber barons and greedy manipulative bullies who probably go out after work for a few drinks bragging about how much money they had stolen from the unfortunate innocent people, trading high pressure tactics and all the while they are LAUGHING ABOUT IT !! I can practically guarantee it - I feel their mocking cocky attitudes. Who is policing the Internet ? I have had no support from any of my trusted institutions who right now are more than happy to give me more secured and unsecured credit cards, loans, grants to pay off the fraud charges which we all know is exactly the game they play ensuring my slavery for payments due and over due and credit and collections - Hey back in a day they used to haul people off to Debtors Prisons for non payment of funds. Three hots and a cot sounds pretty good to me - LOL ! We all own and use Credit thinking we are safe. This is where we are all united no matter who you are - You could be me. Now that's a sad thought. Destroyed in 4 Months. Just think about it for one minute: Late Fees, Really Small Print that nobody reads (don't even lie), Checks to be used at your discretion, Special Promotions, Increasing Credit Limit, Fluctuating APR etc...I will brook no refusal until I have my credit restored and reparations are made. I am angry as hell so I have done my own detective work as well. This is no joke, and EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. What really ticks me off is their blatant disregard for the public in general. So I guess Mikey and his friends are taking their cue from them......Rape, Pillage, Plunder, Lie, Tear Anyone Asunder....WHY ? For the almighty Buck ! Wow, your folks must be so proud of your success.

Anonymous   Location unknown

3:30pm on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 

I worked for this company and can recommend that you stay away from it. I was very unimpressed with the lack of professionalism and training of most of the employees. Most of the staff (including coaches) is high school-aged or at least very young and inexperienced. Seemed like a glorified call center. I was supporting a product I didn't believe in, but I did need to eat.

The comments about things being scripted and the vulnerable and unaware being the targets are true. From what I've heard, the prices are very, very high.

I know someone who is in consumer advocacy for the state of Utah and who, hearing I was working for Bright Builders, became quiet. I pressed them for an opinion, and I was told that only negative reports about BB had come to her office over several years. If you have a complaint about this company, go beyond the Better Business Bureau to consumer advocacy area of the Utah state government; this is really where consumers who've been wrongly treated can get some relief.

All in all, be your own advocate and teacher; if the idea of easily getting rich sounds too good to be true, well, it probably is. And it appears to be in this case.

Wendy   Michigan

10:49am on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 

Please don't fall for this scam!!! It looked so good on the infomercial, earn money at home on the internet! We should have gone with the first feeling that it wasn't for real. $6700 for the "training and unlimited phone support" yeah right! Then Strategic Financial company calls you NEED to have 5 LLC's in case you get sued. Fell for that too. $2000 more and they charged $60 a month and then were supposed to send all tax info to them so they could do taxes all with NO refund! I had a domain set up and it is already red flagged as not legitimate since I hadn't set it up. If you have no keywords, it can be red, then black flagged with no hope of even getting on the search engines and so NO $$. I have cut all ties with these scam people, and canceled my credit card so the jerks can't steal anymore money from me. A hard lesson, but I will never watch another infomercial again!

Nancy Mitchell   Montgomery, AL

12:41pm on Monday, May 18th, 2009 

I am in agreement with all that has been said about the Bright Builder scam. I only wish that I have been taken for no more than $6000. I was truly led down the prim rose path, sweet talk like you wouldn't believe and it cost me $12,300, a sum I am still paying off. At the time of the commitment, I had the cash to pay for the program, however, the market has taken care of that so it is slugging away. They have improved the software and want me to pay a monthly fee for the privilege of using it. You have to be kidding.

Donna   Missouri

5:30pm on Thursday, April 9th, 2009 

They always say 'hindsight is better than forsight'. Unfortunately, I allowed myself to
be drawn straight into this program for $4260.
None of the lessons were showing up on my com-
puter each week, so it finally dawned on me,
THIS IS A GIANT SCAM & SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN!
I reported them to the BBB in Utah & they
worked on it for a few months to no avail.
They really regretted not being able to help
me, but it's listed as 'being unresolved' and
hopefully this will serve as a warning to others.
I've always been so careful with money all my
life & it's hard to believe I got sucked into
this. My husband & I are elderly & this a real
blow to our finances. Now, Bright Builders are
trying to bill me $39.95 monthly for hosting a
'non-existing' website. WHATEVER YOU DO, avoid
this company like the plague!!!!!!!

Anne   California

8:47pm on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 

Don't do it!!!!!! I signed on and got nothing. They wanted me to use a wholesale company, that I am sure is a part of their company, to get my products from. The so called wholesale price of the products was, in some cases, more than retail in stores. The guy that gave me my "selling lessons" via telephone was a jerk. He got testy if I asked any questions and you could tell it was a scripted lesson and asking him questions threw him off from the script. It was a dreadful experience and they got me for $6,000.00 I am sorry to say. Don't do it. I really believe it is a scam!!!

Jo Mullen   Chicago, Illinois

12:22pm on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 

I was sold something via the telephone. The statements were extremely supportive. I had no product, I had no experience with eBay and little computer experience outside the realm of letters and email. "No problem", I was told. We will help you find products to sell and teach you how to do it. Then I was contacted by different companies: Bright Builders, Deep Blue Sea, Platinum Web whom I'd never before heard of. Mine was a verbal commitment over the phone to a program that I thought would be good for me & I would have done---a teaching program. I signed nothing. When I rec'd the actual program, I immediately realized it was not what I was looking for and have tried to extract myself from it---since May of 2008. As a senior citizen on a fixed income, I was looking to supplement my income & help my children. I was charged $6128.78 for a website on which I have NOTHING to sell. Now they want to charge me $30 a month to maintain the useless site. My credit card company has tried to deal with them to no avail. I will sue before I pay for a useless bridge to no where.

Marie Butler   Texas

5:43am on Friday, January 16th, 2009 

This is a scam. One of the most costly scams around, I might add. The best thing they have going for them is their sales reps who are the most ruthless sweet-talking vermin you will run across. Their target audience are the elderly or the most vulnerable of all. The promises they make during the sales pitch are all lies. Your mentor is not going to guide you or teach you. Just send you a weekly homework assignment. And dare not ask a question outside their outlined process because you'll get shot down. The programs they call state of the art and designed to put you and your company in the forefront of the eBay sellers - garbage. Their programs are worthless and if you really wanted a program to compare pricing, or find sellers on eBay - well, it's free online at eBay. The only thing Bright Builders has going for it - soul-less salespeople. Don't buy into it! You'll really regret it later...

Jim Rodd   San Diego

7:19pm on Monday, October 13th, 2008 

These guys pull you into their scam, and make some inferior attempt to teach you how to sell on the internet

It is probably the worst example of teaching someone how to perform a task of selling on E-bay that I ever experienced.

Then trying to get ahold of them on the internet or telephone is next to immpossible. You leave a E-mail message and chances are they will answer it in a week or if ever. There is no way their services are worth 11,850.

They had me apply for what they called a Credit card "Matrix Plus" and on 06/03/08 they charged me
11,850.00 on the card. Mind you I did not approve this, I did not even no of it until the next month on my June Statement.
even

vicky bushman   maryland

2:48pm on Friday, September 26th, 2008 

I , too, got sucked into this Bright Builders scam. Now I've lost money I didn't have to lose & have gotten absolutely nothing in return, except maybe a "kiss off". They have not lived up to ANY "promises" they made & even though the red flags were there, they are really good at manipulating & sucked me in anyway-a hard lesson to learn & I'll be paying for it for the next few years!

Gene   Tinney

10:07am on Friday, September 19th, 2008 

about three years ago i signed up with bright builders.i was just new on the computer.i wanted to make some extra money.i spent the next year and a half working my backside off.i did the whole thing.nevada corporation.bookkeeping,and after spending at least $10,000 on the website and promoting.my wife who always has my back said you know we can't do this any more.We had no sales after a year and one half.and were paying $50.00 a month for hosting and $65.00 a month for bookkeeping.boy they saw me coming.i am retired and injured and just needed some extra income.anybody thinking about signing up please thik twice before you do it!I am still looking for a way to make money on the internet without spending money and believe me everything i have tried for free has a catch.it is my opinion that there is not a good way to make money on the internet

Bob Husak   New Jersey

3:29pm on Monday, August 11th, 2008 

I signed up inFeb. 2008 And finnaly received a verbal copy of a "contract". It said I had 3 days to reject the deal,which I did within 3 days of receiving the verbal "contract". Now I have fight with them to get a refund. I don't even have a website established yet.Their help is very little & far between phone calls & contact with Alan.They are supposed to be a reputable company but it took 6 months to hear what I was signing up for at over $.9,000.00. I really thougth I could make a buckwith this company.I know my next step to meet with the US attourney for NJ & probably talk to the one in Utah.

Lola   Location unknown

7:07pm on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 

Buyer Be Ware. Yep, I, too, got baited into the sales pitch by Bright Builders staff members. The company is not top notched when it comes to the needs of assisting beginners in developing web sites. First, let's say for the cost into their program, YOU have to build your web site. The guidance they provide you can find online if you goggle it. The tech support staff is well intentioned,however,it depends on what question you pose to them for assistance. You may get someone who is highly competent in web developing or you may get someone who has minimal skills in that area. So, when you call for assistance, it like rolling the dice. You don't what type of assistance you are going to get. Oh yes, and lets not forget, the time the products on my website were lost. They just disappeared into the abyss of never, never land. Bright Builder's response was we apologize. That was it. No legitimate explanation about what happened. What kind of internet marketing company are they that they do not have a backup system of customers web sites to retrieve data in case of power failure, system maintenance problems etc. Really, with them it's all about the sales and making money. The cost of the web site that you have to build yourself and the monthly hosting fees are not worth the money they ask. There are other legitimate programs available and less expensive with competent tech support staff members and honest business entrepreneurs.

Cynthia Buck   Atlanta, Ga

12:16am on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 

Please do not sign up with "Bright Builders". They are not worth $6,000.00 to join which does not count the $30.00 a month for web hosting but you're not ready to put anything on the web. Soon after I joined, there was a fast talking high pressure guy who encouraged me to register my company with the state of Nevada to hide as a vail of protection to the tune of $1,500.00 and a monthly service fee of $49.99. Wow I must have had a lapse of sanity. In addition there was a $1,100.00 charge to have someone keep my books for accounting purposes plus a monthly $15.00 charge to keep that going. When I signed on for all of that Bright Builder garbage they informed me that they had to tape the conversation. So I did not feel good about that either. Many red flags were going up but I still hoping for the best I guess. Before a week was up I changed my mind and wanted out of the whole thing. Of course they would not let me go. So I worked with the thing as best I could but it was not for me. I wished I had known about other reasonably priced e-commerce opportunities instead of throwing money I don't have on those Bright Builders clowns. After about a year of that I managed to get everything cut off by transferring my balance. The only thing bright about Bright Builders is them ripping well meaning people off making their futures bright!

Ivan   Location unknown

10:21am on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 

We spent well over 7000.00 on there program plus a web site...my wife and I were disabled and thought this would be a nice opportunity...they told us it would only take a few months to get the web site up...a year later my poor wife spending up to 8 hours a day on it finally broke down...it was a giant rip-off...we are still suffering because of it...just so you know...thanks for listening...maybe you can talk to these people.

Bruce Pott   Michigan

9:36am on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 

I began researching internet marketing in October of 2007. I was a blank slate and was vulnerable to any pitch by a reputable company. Bright Builders offered me a package that would take me from zero to 60 in 4 seconds flat. They checked out as being certified by Ebay and having excellent verifiable credentials. The promise was to make me a Ebay Powerseller with a six figure income for a "small" fee of $13,000. I had absolutely nothing to compare that with and took the offer very seriously. After discussing this with my wife, we decided it was a good investment. I called the rep at Bright Builders to tell him it was a go. He wasn't in, so I left a message. While I was waiting for a call back I went online and googled Ebay business start ups. You all know what I got. Every ebook and program imaginable. I went about clicking my way thru countless offers and came to the realization that $13,000 was way to much. The interesting thing is that a month later a got a call from a different Bright Builders rep who offered me the same thing for $6,000. So, It seems that the reps can sell it for any amount that some poor slob will pay. The company probably has alot to offer, however, it needs to clean up it's act and lower the price to something more reasonable.