Paid to Place Reviews – Is Kathy Garcia Legit or a Scam?
Paid to Place by Kathy Garcia is a website that promises to show you how to make money online placing simple ads. Anytime an opportunity like this comes along it’s very important to carefully research it since in most cases it’s too good to be true.
Right off the bat there’s a clear warning sign on the Paid to Place website that should have you worried about this programs legitimacy. The work at home news video they show has nothing to do with the Paid to Place system; this is a common tactic used by scammers to trick you into thinking that their opportunity is backed by real news organizations.
The video is followed by the all too common desperate Mom story, in which Kathy tells you how she miraculously came across an amazing system for making money from home. Again this is another sales tactic used to appeal to your emotions and have you thinking that this is right for you.
After all that hype she finally reveals her “Almost-Perfect Work at Home Job,” which is getting paid to place ads. She tells you that in today’s economy companies are desperate for people to help them advertise products in an effort to save money on traditional advertising.
While that does sound good there’s much more to this concept than meets the eye…
So Can You Really Get Paid to Place Ads?
Amongst the salesy drivel there are a few keywords that reveal what the Paid to Place system is all about. Even though they claim that you won’t have to sell anything they say that you are given a tracking code to place on and offline ads.
No matter how you cut it that’s affiliate marketing, in which you get paid when one of your referrals buys something or submits their personal info. Understand that there’s no such thing as real companies paying you to simply place ads.
This is a completely fabricated concept that scammers use to sell make money courses. While affiliate marketing is legitimate and a real booming industry, it’s far from what the Paid to Place system claims it is.
Real companies use professional networks to recruit affiliates to promote their offers, these are vetted individuals with websites, marketing experience, and email lists not random people of the street. And even then they only get paid when one of their referrals completes an action, not just for placing the advertisement.
So is Get Paid to Place a Scam?
There are enough warning signs on the first page of the website to not recommend it, but when you dig a little deeper you’ll find more reasons to avoid it.
They sell the program for only $18.95 but they’ve managed to sneak in an additional monthly re-bill. In their terms and conditions you’ll see the real hidden costs, something that many people fail to read.
By Clicking Submit, I have ordered Paid to Place™ for $18.95 which includes a 14-Day membership to the Paid to Place Learning Center that is chocked full of ways to make money online. After the initial 14-days I will be charged $39.95 a month thereafter if I do not cancel. I have read and agree to the terms and the privacy policy . For questions or to cancel, call 1-888-656-1601 ext. 101 , customer service hours are M-F, 9am to 5pm, MST
Coincidentally on the sales page Kathy says that when you place your ads you’ll be getting paid per sale and on a second tier residual sale. This might mean that the Paid to Place system will simply teach you how to place ads promoting the Paid to Place system itself. Which would just be a new twist on a common scheme.
If you’ve purchased Paid to Place use the above number to try and cancel and get your money back. This may be difficult because in their terms and conditions they’ve also buried a statement saying that monthly fees are not refundable so they might only give you back the initial $18.95.
Here’s additional contact info:
Paid to Place™144 W. Brigham Rd. Suite 8B
St. George, UT 84790
support@paidtoplace.com
Customer service: 1-888-656-1601 ext. 101
*It seems that the Paid to Place system has been updated. There is new contact information, a message from Michelle Boudreau, and they’ve removed the monthly re-bill from the cost of their membership.
Here’s the new contact info:
Paid to Place™1000 N. West Street Ste. 1200
Wilmington, DE 19801
support@paidtoplace.com
Customer service: 1-866-439-6817
Customer service – 9am-5pm, MST M-F
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May 9th, 2012 at 1:18 am
I got ad from different name Michelle Boubeouis or something like that !
Didnt even enter my info to get the free job offers in my area !
It’s all the same people it’s called Google adwords ! Which is FREE to join and you pay so much per click like $5 per day for 100 clicks whether they result in sales or not YOU Pay up !
NOW if you want to do it FREE and start writing 100′s of blogs with mini paragraphs get Google adsense which is simply putting ads on your pages and when people click you get paid like 2 cents per click up to $$$ per click through depends on what the company that advertising on Google ADWORDS is involved in !
Biggest pay per clicks are Diabetes, Lawyers and high end products like jewelry , clothing etc…
There are other programs out there that use unobtrusive double underlined linked words in your blog about 12 of the keywords are linked !
AND It;s very hard keeping your blogs at top of searches YOU need to update them weekly and that’s a chore when you have 100′s of them !
May 4th, 2012 at 9:52 am
Good people help good people in these very hard times. And when your finances contract…. A lot will fall for an easy out. Do not give them your money. Work and be guaranteed a pay check.
May 2nd, 2012 at 10:20 pm
i was so close to getting paid to place but after reading all the reviews im so happy i didnt thanks everyone!!!!
April 30th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
I purchased paid to place yesterday. I canceled it today but not because its a scam. You don’t get paid to place the ad. After you place the ad the site called clicks 2 offers keeps track of how many people click on your ad and you only get paid when someone inputs their info like an email address.
April 19th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I signed up for this program a couple of weeks ago. I was just about to start into it, when I began receiving calls from some of their staff. After several calls back, someone got in touch with me.
I was told that the Paid To Place website is going to be phased out, and that they are looking for about 6 or 7 people to set up their own website to sell their product.
I was also asked several questions about my financial status, what type of credit cards I have, how much are on them, how much I have in my bank accounts. When I asked why the questions, I was told, ‘ it’s so we can determine how much this program can really help you.
The clincher came when I was told that one of the finest website trainers around, would call me to train me for the position, but that I would have to put down an investment of about $5000 right now.
Someone was going to call me back to start the training, but I cancelled out. Although no credit card #’s or bank accounts were given, I made sure that I had anti-theft protection on everything after that call.
My question is, should you have to invest 5k in something you’re not sure about? Scam or no scam. I will leave the decision up to you.
Nikki says:
May 4th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Yvonne, you did the right thing, first off all these at home job are mostly bs because most people are trying to find a job to “earn” money not to fricken spend it. I can understand there can be certain fees to get started and what not but they want it up front, if it was that legit and that successful why not bill us later or take it from our earnings? Its absolutely absurd and quite disgusting and then that whole thing about a $5000 investment? Thats sickening what a joke, thats ridiculous, “oh you want $5000? oh sure no problem let me just pull that out of my ass for ya” Its just frustrating for people who are in desperate need of jobs and dont have a dime to their name but they need to pay to work? I dont think so any job you need to pay for to get started is a joke and seems like a big fat scam to me!!!!
Mike H says:
April 27th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Lovely, this is an outside mentoring offer that we have made available to members who wished to have one-on-one training. This is not Paid to Place and we are not “phasing out” our site. But we are in contact with the group that is supposed to be assisting our clients in training and will take care of this apparent miscommunication. As I have maintained before, our clients have a 60 day money back guarantee on this program and we stand behind that. I support this person in her decision and don’t blame her one bit.
April 19th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I first spent $47.00 for this program, then spent $77.00 for this same program. I still have received no training (as promised) Can’t sign in as there is no sign in page. I have contacted Kathy numerous times and have had several goose chases. I would appreciate some acknowledgement or a total refund.
Rosalee Decker says:
April 19th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Sounds to me like a scam. Remember, any business that is legit will not ask for $ up front unless you’re in the Direct Sales field of work. Keep us posted.
April 9th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
It’s a scam and that’s it…
April 5th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
All get rich quick advertisements are SCAMS
March 8th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Please people, heed this. Whether this Paid to Place is actually a scam or not, live by this standard when encountering things such as these. Life is work, and work is hard unfortunately. Depending on how hard you work, or how much effort you put into earning more money, you should realize that life is almost identical to Paid to Place. In that, if you invest time and hard work into it, you will benefit greatly, i.e. earn more money. Fact is that everyone is ALWAYS looking for the easy way out. YOU WILL NOT EARN THOUSANDS OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY SITTING ON YOUR BUTT CLICKING A MOUSE!!! IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PROGRAM OUT THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT, THEN YOU DESERVE TO GET SCAMMED!!!
Wayne Perdue says:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:52 pm
I agree with Raymond. If someone wants to make money online it IS POSSIBLE. but not easy. we should be glad that it’s not easy because that’s how you win at the game of life… by doing things other people don’t want to do.
March 7th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
I was skeptical and went ahead and purchased anyway. Once I was in the members area I knew this was going to be too much for me. I’m almost 70 years old and not that computer savvy. I bought this because it would be nice to make some extra money and keep myself busy. I called the customer service number and received an immediate refund. I was surprised because for some reason I thought it was going to be difficult.
Vinnie G says:
March 29th, 2012 at 10:26 am
the comment above as well as the other ones defending this scam are fake. this identtical comment is posted on other review forums only under different names.
February 29th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
I to found this website after ordering Paid to Place. I immediately sent an email to customer service to cancel (it was sunday.) Within 15 minutes I had gotten an email back from JD explaining that ‘scams’ don’t offer customer service on a Sunday and ‘scams’ will not keep a merchant account long which is the lifeblood of any business in today’s environment.
With that reply I felt somewhat assured and said hold off on the cancellation. On Monday morning I promptly called in to ask some questions and my call was taken by Trish. What a nice helpful lady.
Anyway that’s my story and I don’t see how some of these people can say the things they do after my experience. So I just wanted to say job well done and share.
Rick G. says:
April 16th, 2012 at 8:51 am
Just read a blog for your site not one positive review all stated that it’s a SCAM . As I say about all online companies stating that they will help you make money is just a way for you to give your credit card # so they can get your money along with additional costs!!! I challenge these companies to contact people and state that will give the program to people that are really interested in making money do an application and interview then after those people are really making money charge them the program cost!!!!!
sylvia says:
April 12th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
I signed up one and then decided the next day that I really didn’t want to invest the $8400 (or $22,400 for agressive investors) for the business start up (which is not posted anywhere and no one seems to mention or the $39.95 monthly service fee until the contract). I sent them an email stating that I wanted to cancel and that my cancellation letter was on it’s way. I got a call from the “consultant” that same day I sent the email, explaining that if I cancelled I would have to pay attorney’s fees for dispute/litigation/ arbitration, even though the contract said I could cancel within 3 business days of the contract. I felt that I was being bullied and contacted a lawyer who confirmed that I had the legal right to cancel as long as I followed the 3 day rule as described in their contract, which I have done – a letter stating I wish to cancel, that was signed, dated, and overnighted to ensure it arrives within the time period. So Mike H, who works for Paid To Place, if this is on the up and up, why am I being told that I may have to pay attorney fees if I’m canceling within the 3 day period? I saw no mention in the “Coaching Contract” of a 60-day guarantee, actually, there is no guarantee, of any sort, in the contract.
Vinnie G says:
March 29th, 2012 at 10:28 am
Hey trish stop blogging and do ur job then because a lot of people are getting screwed.
Wayne Perdue says:
March 21st, 2012 at 12:55 pm
hey, perception is reality.
Trish says:
March 12th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
I do Customer Support for Paid to Place, and I can assure you, we are far from a SCAM. Might want to do some research on what entails a program to be a scam before you judge.
tode says:
March 8th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Scam
February 28th, 2012 at 11:14 am
I signed up this morning using my credit card (not a bank card)for $29.95. After reading your reviews I called my credit card company, told them I was scammed and am receiving a new card with a new number. Thank you for the reviews as this will only cost me the $29.95.
Mike H says:
March 1st, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Seriously? You signed up willingly, and then just because what you read here you’ve decided you were scammed and ordered a whole new card? If you call in and request a refund you will have it no problem. My guarantee. BUT if you cancel the card you used we will not be able to return your money, ask any payment processor. If you buy something at walmart and try to get a refund on the purchase card and it was cancelled you will not get a refund. You might get store credit… but if you are cancelling the service there isn’t much we can offer you.
February 24th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Hello,
My name is Mike and I work for Paid to Place.
Now I’m not going to sit here and try to blow sunshine up everyone’s rear ends. I am just trying to put right some of the incorrect comments made here.
We are first and foremost, not a scam. Scams take your money and run. We offer an incredible 60-day money-back guarantee that we stand behind completely. There are add-ons that people can avail themselves to but as that they deal with compromised data and are actually 3rd party products we do not provide a refund on these items. This is common, just like you can purchase a product from Amazon and have an issue with it, when you return it you will only get the purchase price of the item returned, you do not get your shipping returned. This is very common. The things we can return we do, with no fuss or muss. As for the $67 the fellow prior talked about, this would be one of those and as per the terms and conditions, we plainly state we do not provide a refund for that item.
Here’s my thing with T & C’s you HAVE to read them. Our T &C’s are not a bunch of confusing boilerplate where we bury items like that. Ours is a few hundred words and we make them as clear as possible. BUT we cannot make people read them. There are times I go on websites and I just click, “yes, I have read the terms…” and move on. Well, that can come back to haunt you, but come on, some of those bad boys are thousands of words. But I digress.
Someone else mentioned, “you shouldn’t have to pay to get a job.” You aren’t paying to get a job. You are not employed by Paid to Place, we are providing you with at least 2 members sites that you use to learn, monitor, and promote the programs we make available to you. This is for at most $50 and that is a lifetime membership! This is not an exorbitant amount, we have overhead just like everyone else and this barely begins to pay for it at this price point.
But the thing is, if you don’t do the work, you aren’t going to make any money. You can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket. That being said, this is not hard work, this isn’t digging ditches or heavy lifting, but it could be thought of as tedious. But does that make it a scam? No. You can make money if you want to and we have people that do it day in and day out.
I can guarantee if someone joins this program and they need help, they will talk to a person. They will not receive an email from some bogus automated program. If they call in, they will talk to flesh and blood people who are here to help. But if you don’t write an email or pick up the phone, there isn’t much we can do to help you and you can’t blame us for your inaction. Though people will, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
I also guarantee, if you give the program a try and you decide you don’t dig it, FOR WHATEVER REASON, fine, give us a call and we’ll refund the program fee. No problem, just call within the 60 days.
It’s sad that so many other programs in the work from home industry have really created a problem for legitimate ones. If you have a question, feel free to call us before you sign up and we’ll do our best to answer all your questions.
February 19th, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Scam….scam…..scam! Don’t think I need to say anything more because you all can obviously read and know the definition of SCAM! Buyer beware!
January 11th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Does anyone pay attention to the ratings of these posts? All of the posts that claim to have made money are rated 5 star, and all who claim its a scam have a 1-2 star rating! That in it self would tell me the 5 star comments are placed by employee’s of this so called company or companies! And I quote “If it sounds to good to be true……” I have been researching work at home companies for approximately 10 years now, and I have yet to find a “true work at home” legit business! True, there are some out there that do hire, or your present company may allow you to work from home, but I have found that they are far and few between and sometimes impossible to find! If you have to pay to make money, it is a scam! No legit business should ask for money to start making money! Being in the industry that I am, I have run into just about every money making scam that there is out there, and have had to report many to law enforcement so that our community would be aware! Please, heed my warning!!!!
Marie says:
May 8th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Paid to place is a scam! I signed up for the program and was charged $97.00 to start. I also bought the upgrade fee of $47.00 because I thought it would help me started. I called to talk to some person who said I had to qualify for his team. He then transferred me to his junior associate, who then tells me to tell him how many credit cards I have and the balances on them and the APR. I figured this was too much for the moment and then decided I wanted out because I was not ready. So I asked for a refund and they told me they can only refund the $97.00 and not the $47.00 upgrade. I have only purchased the program for 1 and 1/2 weeks and I could not get the full refund?? I barely used the program. I did not make a profit and I did not get any support or such to have to pay any money. So they told me that I had to deal with it with my bank? That it wasn’t their fault I had chosen the upgrade? Very shady business for such to say we love our members but yet will not resolve the issue. Total scam!
Rick Hunter says:
March 18th, 2012 at 3:12 am
Good grief. The stars is proof of nothing. Everyone who thinks it’s a scam is always going to give a 1 star, and the ones that stand behind the product are going to give it 5 stars. If that in itself tells you this is a scam, you have no ability to make use of information presented to you. You forgot to rate yours as 1 star by the way.
If you have to pay to get paid does not mean it’s a scam. It means they are attempting to make you pay for information which is no different than education. If I knew how you could make an extra $2,000 a month and you did not, I would charge you for the information on how to do that. I’m not going to tell you for free, and you wouldn’t be working for me anyhow so it’s not like I’m making you pay in order for ME to put you on the payroll.
For the record, I do not buy into any of these work from home things. The 30 to 60 day money back guarantee is by design to entice people to try because they know that a large percentage of people will try a product with the “money back guarantee” and the majority of those people will not even bother to act upon that guarantee. I know this for sure because I paid for information on how to make money in the past because I got caught ripping off a toy store I worked at and ended up with $12,000 in fines. My friend that got in trouble with me ended up going to the marines and paid his debt off in 4 years, I paid mine off in 6 months. This was in the mid 90s before the internet was really a part of our everyday lives. The medium is different but the concept is the same. In almost every case you must provide the content and the rules are still the same. Money back guarantee has been in mail order adverts as far back as you can find, and that’s because it works.
These work from home things can work, but I don’t buy into them because they’re always advertised as “easy” but they never will be, if you put the amount of effort in that would be “easy” you won’t make anything because you gotta work hard.
Not everything is a scam, but anything worth while you will need to work for.
Trisha says:
February 27th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
The Legitimate phone number for Paid to Place Customer Support is 866-439-6817. Customer Support is in the office Monday through Friday 9 AM- 6 PM MST.
Brenda says:
February 25th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
A legit Paid To Place number is 1-800-514-1134, ext. 169.
rice says:
January 16th, 2012 at 9:36 am
do you have a working contact number for paid to place? I want to cancel and cannot find a legit number? the numbers above a not for paid to place, or discconnected!
JOHNNY says:
January 11th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
I have been scammed this weekend by paid to place and i have asked for a refund, however, the so-called customer service told me that there is a charge of $67.00 that can not be refunded because of the information they have given out to me.The matter of fact is that i have not received any information form them to keep my money. It is my fault and learned the hard way trusting in there lies.They use a honest person’s hard working money to scam without any feelings for anyone.They need to be stopped and i am seeing if the federal attorney’s office can help being that the internet was used to scam,from state to state.If these people have gone on for a number of years and the government knowing,it looks as if they do not care,i will see.
December 31st, 2011 at 8:46 am
I would like to say im so glad that I did my homework on ths company before I decide to plug my credit card numbers into the website. We need to think about this if there were work from home jobs making as much money as some of these people have claimed to make then there would be no such thing as regular jobs. Everybody would be working from home. Some of these people are looking for supplemental income because things are getting a little tight and its a shame that this company charges u a monthly fee to make money in other words you are paying to keep a job. Sounds pretty stupid to me. I can make anything happen with photoshop half of these people have houses and cars and yachts not regular boats but yachts things that some millionaires dont even have. Its a shame and just be careful when you type your credit numbers in because you probably wont make a dime and u will lose your original investment. You have a higher chance of striking a fortune putting your money into stocks with a down market then with this company.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I found on MSN this “Freedom Agency” and Michelle Taylors Home Jobs Revealed. And after opening up another page it took me to the same video as its showing above for the “Paid to Place.” But with you having to spend 200.00 for this program, which then if you try to close out the window, it then offers you 100.00 off of the program.
Then thus the reason why I ended up here due to doing my homework and checking out said companies such as this. And to see them even using the same video as another “ad” site. Well, that in itself says SCAM!!!
RUN PEOPLE…. RUN!
Happy New Year!
December 21st, 2011 at 10:40 pm
I tried paid to place to place for 2 wks this month for 29.99 all I got was rude service,and all the downloads like google chrome, firefox just to even look at their training videos!! and don’t forget the add-ons I asked for my refund they sent it in 2 days, it is a scam!!
October 31st, 2011 at 2:43 pm
At the beginning of this tear I ordered the paid to place program. I did not hear anything from them so I started to do some research on this program and found a phone number and also saw that they might charge me a monthly fee after the initial cost. So I called the number they told me that there was no other charge and I have not seen any other charge, but I still can not get any jobs and I called again, I was told that they would reinstate me but to this day nothing has happened. I really lost out and am out the money I paid for the program this is a phony site and take my advice and do not order it.
October 19th, 2011 at 6:22 am
Hi everyone yes, it almost happened tonight to me,i was ready to pay by credit card but there are only American states listed when signing up,i thought after signing up i will never hear from them again so i decided to check them out on this site first,i want to thank you all for helping me with my decision i will keep my Aussie credit card in my pocket i wish you all the best
September 19th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
too bad you people think that all you do is pay for something, and just sit back, and not do a dam thing..well heck you are not going to make any money that way..i have bought this paid to place, and believe me it does work…you have to go through the videos and they will show you exactly how to post your ads..i am not a easy learner believe me, but when you watch the videos and you do exactly how to do it..it does work..i place ads in craigs list and backpage and look through seo where it says free ads you dont have to pay to place and i make up my ad and post the link to it and it is done..it is very easy..i only had this for 2 weeks now and i have made over $400.00 on my account..so for you people that just want to pay for something and not take the time out to learn how to do it, it is your own dam fault than..better off you would have better luck taking your money and burying it and think it would grow..but the problem there is you wouldn’t water it to make it grow…so before you say it doesnt work take time out and watch the videos…you might learn something!!!and actually make money..remember money isnt free..you have to work for it!!
Kat says:
January 11th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Or does Jimmy work for the company it self???!!
Eric says:
December 31st, 2011 at 9:03 am
Jimmy you have to be the biggest idiot simply because after you bought the program you got absolutely no help they just took your money or you are just like Kathy and you work for the company. So far I have read about 30 reviews and came across only two of which were positive feedback thats less then 10% but at least the other guys claim is a little more realistic he said and I quote I didnt make a bunch of money but I think I tripled my initial investment. Tripling $30.00 will fill up my gas tank wow what a break through. I have a roth IRA so it is kind, of like burying your money and watching it grow. Do your homework on some products before making statements like you did and belittling people. Yes you can make money grow without doing anything its called bank accounts with interest, CDs aka certificate of deposits, 401K, Roth IRA, savings bonds. Those are just a few, off the top of my head.
August 10th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
If there is no risk as the claim. Why don’t they let you join, make money, then take what they charge out of the money they are going to pay you ? Doesn’t that make sense?
Anonymous says:
April 26th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
agree
August 7th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
there should be a way to know if the earl and jeff and other positive comments are from paid to place or not. i am now confused which may mean the comments worked. lol.
August 1st, 2011 at 1:18 pm
I actually signed up and you should update your copy of the T&Cs! There is no longer a re-bill of any kind! AND I learned I could get my money back even after 60 (SIXTY!) days. insane thought but it’s true. I’ve been with them for a little over a month, I haven’t made a crazy amount of money but I’ve more than tripled my initial investment of $29.95! I have called in for help a couple of times and someone has always answered and helped me out! this says a lot to me. I even questioned the refund policy and they assured me that I could refund if I decided to and actually told me how many days i had left! my opinion, NOT A SCAM!
just my 2 cents.
S.
July 25th, 2011 at 11:01 am
I went online looking for a work at home job just to add extra income and I found paid to place. I had been looking at it for weeks and I went back to look at it one more time and they were offering it for 19.95 but I decided to wait. Then when I tried to exit the browser they said that I could get a special offer of 9.95. Well long story short I bought it and as I was looking at it there were only directions on how to set up websites and how to spend money on other products so I called and checked my card and it had been charged 29.95!
Needless to say I called every number I could find with no answer at any of them..I finally got a number through a review and they sent me to another number finally after several numbers I did speak to a cs rep for an affiliate company who seemed as if she was nervous talking to me….I have been scammed! I am going to cancel my card and dispute the charge so that they are not able to charge me for any other charges! DON’T DO IT!!!!!
July 13th, 2011 at 10:02 am
scam, scam, scam, don’t do it
June 23rd, 2011 at 9:58 am
I too was tempted. Discussed with my husband and had him review all the material. We see things differently as I am much more skeptical of this type of business. After my initial viewing I started receiving emails 2 – 3 times per day. That is when my husbands said ‘no dice’. I even wrote back and told them that I did not feel legitimate companies stalked their potential customers. They wrote me back saying they were legitimate because they had great customer service. All I could think of was that credit card commercial where the guy is in Siberia or Antarctica taking calls and faking his voice. I will continue to look for a legitimate way to use the internet besides ebay and Amazon but this won’t be it.
June 20th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
i joined up being told i could ask for an instant refund & baloney, it took countless un-answered phone calls and finally talking to a live person took 5 more calls to get my scammed money back. they sold my phone number to countless other companies, and i keep getting numerous calls to join up to make money during supper time. kathy garcia is living in more then one city/state. hey it is your money,time, and frustration, it is at least an unethical company to deal with. i have joined other types of online businesses in the past year, but this is the worst. to your good luck, bill
June 18th, 2011 at 7:09 am
I have found that a lot of times things works for some people when it will not for others. I myself have been involved in things that just did not work for me,when it did for other people. It was my fault that it did not work for me, not the companies that is involved.This program looks good, and bad at the same time. The negitive things brings a question, who was at fault that the program did not work? The postive things, are these comments from people that the program has worked for, or people that are part of the scam making it look good? Time will tell the truth.
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
I think you’re trying to be a bit too kind to them. Its a scam through and through and all the tactics are well known and sued repeatedly:
1. Hidden monthly billing (often with charges appearing on your bank statement from different company names each time). yes- after the volume of complaints grows so big they either change the name of the product or drop the monthly charge….for a while.
2. A stupidly short time to assess the product (usually something like 2 days/48 hours). NO reputable product gives you this short amount of time to assess something. The tactic is designed for one thing and one thing ONLY- getting money out of your wallet before you realize what’s happened.
3. Trying to present what is affiliate marketing or Multi level marketing as ‘paid to place ads’ or ‘easy data entry’ with ‘guarnateed’ results. Or if not a ‘make money online’ product then mis representing the product in some other way.
4. fake posts in blogs like this from the company or affiliates of the company pretending they are happy customers of the product. (Plus some poor deluded folk who have paid the money and still want to believe the product is going to help them)
Its always the same. The company just does this for a while until the complaints get too much and then they change the name/packaging/ registered address and repeat the whole process over again.
Its done in all types of areas such as ‘teeth whitening’ and ‘herbal supplements’ and all sorts of other stuff. The scam artists will never run out of markets. They keep doing it because there are always enough people to fall for it and it makes them a LOT of money.
crucial steps:
- read the terms and conditions EVERY WORD
- If something promises you guaranteed riches ITS LYING
- Do not accept anything less than a 30 day money back garantee on info/how to products
June 11th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
I don’t know yet if this is a scam, but all indications are that it is. And if it’s not it’s so complicated that it would take me a month to understand it. I askes for a refund and I am contacting the credit card company to get my monies back!!!! Thx Never use your permenant credit card to purchase from the internet always use a prepay with only what you want to spend.
May 19th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
$29.95 and nothing to show for it so far. No great loss, but I was initially led to believe that I would get something via e-mail or in print that I could read at my own pace, without any pressure. Instead I receive calls from fast-talking pushy sales reps, plus dozens of additional e-mails trying to get me to sign up for any number of other internet schemes. I hung up on the sales rep and didn’t pursue it any farther.
April 30th, 2011 at 10:51 am
I read this site before I bought but was not worried because of the money back guarantee. I have tried many make money online programs but this one has been the best.
I am on every live weekly webinar and Love the training for a one time charge only. Did any of you people ever watch a webinar or be on one before you complained?
There is one where one of the trainers shows you how someone is making $10,000 plus a month before your very eyes. I couldn’t believe it.
I am making money posting ads and am ready to scale it up a notch. I love affiliate marketing. I felt obligated to stick up for Paid to Place because they have been a great company to work with.
April 26th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Thanks everybody. I always thought these work from home jobs were always a scam. Paid to place almost got me but I always do my research which always leads me to the truth about the work from home jobs. I found one search that gives very detailed information about Paid to place being a scam, then you’re asked to click on their link at the bottom which takes you to another work from home scam (I forget the name of it). So people, I guess we just have to work the good ol’ fashion American way and get a real job! Stay away from the work from home jobs, they’re all scams.
April 25th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I would like to be refunded any money that I have paid and stop the 39.00 per month charges. I don’t use this website as well as many others. It becomes very obvious that this is a scam and I will alert the bank to stop payment.
Regards,
Jim Bateman
April 24th, 2011 at 4:42 am
I am so glad I checked out the reviews. I almost reached for my credit card. But something told me do the research. You know people like this should be stopped from this kind of stuff. Is there any legit places to work from home.
Thanks
Cyn
April 23rd, 2011 at 5:45 am
I’m glad I’m not as impulsive as I used to be. Ten years ago I would have reached for my credit card and lost some more money. Yes, I learned the hard way about being impulsive. Thanks so much for the personal input, I wish everyone well in getting their money back from this worthless scam.
April 16th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Well I just got scammed. Should have read or checked out before doing this. PLEASE….PLEASE stop these people.
March 29th, 2011 at 8:53 am
Thank you so much everyone for letting me know the truth about paid to place! I recently signed up. stupid me signed up without doing any research on it. luckily i was able to cancel my credit card before they charged anything to it. i can’t afford to have money lost, my husband and i have 5 children and he is the one working i stay home with the children i just thought this would be really nice to bring some extra money in the house so my husband didnt have to work so much. guess everything seems to good to be true. thanks for the heads up everyone and i pray no one else gets scammed by them. take care
March 28th, 2011 at 3:14 am
Yah, I was suspicious and that’s why I went to Google to check this Paid to Place outfit out. Thanks to everyone
for their information and feedback so that I didn’t get sucked into this con game.
February 27th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Thank you for letting desperate people know! We all need to make $$$, but NOT LOSE IT to scammers like these!
February 26th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
People, please please listen ,if you buy something that was sold to you under false pretenses you are 110% entitled to do a charge back , call your credit card company and demand they refund the money you spent as it was a fraudulent. As long as you buy something with a credit card or debit card (from a big bank) you are safe. It cost a credit card company over $2000 per person to get new clients, they will do what they can to keep you…meaning they will get your money back. Don’t take getting scammed by these morons, call your card company!!! Plus when you do a chargeback the scammer gets hit with extra big fees.
Gene E says:
May 12th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
My credit card company CAPITAL ONE refused to give back my credit and has sent me a letter that they will no longer engage in any discussion regarding this action. MASTER CARD would not authorize CAPITAL ONE to give me credit for “Elite.CON” (that is the name of the scamming group) So CAPITAL ONE has lost one customer and many business enterprises a customer because I no longer have a CAPITAL ONE scam card. My question is “Why did CAPITAL ONE move their dispute arm to UTAH when the rest of CAPITAL ONE resides in Virginia?? Beware the crook from St Charles, UTAH.
February 24th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
I’m lost, just left her site to check if it was a scam & I’ve heard yes it is & no it wasn’t.She was wanting $49.95 1 time charge.I went to click out a virtual (idiot) came on saying a special deal $29.95 & i asked “V” idiot if it was a 1 time charge & she couldn’t understand me.BUT Yes I would say it’s same as affiliating,I mean if you have to put a link to it it get tracked back to you.CORRECT. Another thing is if you’d click out of something there is usually a one time last offer & it’s cheaper.(so if U pay on the first offer you’ll never know if U could have gotten it CHEAPER) I’ve personally seen some for $497.00 & have gotten it for $47 & still found out it was CRAP… LOL I still can’t find anything that smells GOOD. Very little lost but all lessons are well EARNED LOL:) HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYBODY :)
February 16th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
I do not know why I have this feeling that all the positive comments are sent by Paid to Place !!
December 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Dont do do it!
I signed up five months ago. When I didn’t make any money with the paid to click section, I let myself get talked into the advanced training. I admit, I’m an idiot. I was going to have to set up offshore accounts, they were going to teach me secrets that google and yahoo were mad about them knowing. I even had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to share secrets I didn’t know I’d never learn. Thousands of dollars later, I haven’t made a dime, but I know how to use E-bay, something my wife learned for free.
I’ve spent a lot of time on the forums. Kathy Garcia is never on. There’s always someone else answering her questions, saying she’s too shy to do it herself. Too shy to sit at the computer and answer a few questions?!
Personally, I think Paid to Place made her up. I even paid extra, once again being the idiot I am, to download 4000 of her leads. They were useless.
You people can do what you want, but take it from someone who lost thousands of dollars with these people, and I wasn’t looking for a get rich quick scheme, just something to replace my current income, find a different program!
November 9th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Thanks for the heads up info. I’m looking so hard to find a legitimate online job that’s safe and makes enough money to pay my bills. Not these 1ooo dollars a week scams, I’d like a job online that’s even minimum pay wage with no up front fees. Why is it when you go for an interview for a job that the interviewer doesn’t ask for money up front if they hire you for the job?
That’s what gets me with all these businesses that all ask for money first, not after you tried their system to see if its feasible. I’ve been looking online for a job for about 2 years, some even use better business bureau to say they’re a legitimate business, then I do more investigating and find out its another scam. The government has to do a better job on screening these con artists before there’s nothing out there for people to rely on. These con artists and scams have to be caught and punish to at least 1o to 20 years in prison for taking hard earn dollars from the people. I know of some many people around my area that have been conned.
Plus they’re even on selling sites like Ebay trying to sell vehicles for one third of the cost,but Ebay is starting to do a better job of catching these con artists.There’s a cesspool of these con artists and scams startin up everyday.
October 4th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I signed up with Paid to Place less than a month ago and have no doubt that there are endless opportunities in this area for making money online. No scam, tons of educational materials,tutorial videos,weekly newbie calls,large Help staff to answer ques.I’ve been studying much of the materials and will soon begin my first campaign.I wish I was like ceecee above and had already made money,but due to my not being diligent enough I’m running behind.There’s nothing wrong with a continued monthly charge if your success offsets that. Anyone who knows about e-mail marketing can see huge potential in this program.Twitter, FB, google, get your piece of the pie now!!!
Kat says:
January 11th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
EMPLOYEE!!!
simon nobody says:
October 24th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
You sound like you might actually be one of the poor souls who isn’t someone from the company pretending to be a customer. There’s no need to pay large monthly amounts to learn about affiliate marketing.
You can go over to Affilorama and sign up for free lessons on affiliate marketing. There are paid options on the site but it is all made clear what you are paying for. Or You can get onto the 30 day challenge with Ed dale. A completelty free, no strings attached training program in affiliate marketing and building websites. Want to learn how to build websites and earn money from Google Ad-sense?- The Ad-sense 100k Blueprint course is held in high regard by thousands of people all giving GENUINE positive feedback. Want to learn how to make reasonable money from freelance writing?- go to Tiffany Dowe’s blog and get her ‘ghostwriting cash’ course. Both courses cost $40-60 for a ONE TIME fee. No hidden extras. All course mentioned are run by real, genuine bussiness people who’s names are known and respected.
You’ll have to Google these names yourself and do a bit of research as I’m not going to hand it to you on a plate and don’t want to be accused of being an affiliate.
There is no need to sign up to these crappy scam offers when so many fine, honest course are out there.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:36 pm
It is not hard to figure out after reading all the way to the bottom of their website that it is nothing more than a form of chain mail pyramid scam. One sends another an E-Mail saying don’t tell anyone about this ever. You sign up and send out the very same emails.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE usually and most always means exactly that.
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:32 am
Wow! Sure are some contrasting opinions here. After the experience I have had with them (Cally in customer service is awesome). I actually received replies back to emails within hours on saturday and sunday.
I really don’t see how if this was a scam they would be offering customer service on weekends. Anyway my two cents.
Kat says:
January 11th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Regarding your “two cents”, Have you even made that much money back!
September 21st, 2010 at 6:53 am
Thank you for pointing out the downfalls of this business. I was going to try them but I have major doubts now. Do you know of any good paid to place type company?
September 12th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I GOT PAID TO PLACE ALRIGHT, AFTER THEY CHARGED $80.00 FROM MY CREDIT CARD, AND NOW I CANT EVEN LOG BACK IN BECAUSE IT SAID I DON’T HAVE A ACCOUNT. PAIDTOPLACE.COM IS A TOTAL RIP OFF!!!!
AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED THEY OWE ME $80.00!!
September 7th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
I give this site an excellent rating for warning people before they lose their money. I almost signed up for paid to place. I have four children and am about to lose my home so i can’t afford to b scammed. Thank you and God bless!!!
September 4th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Hi, Thank you so much for this site. After reading the review and the fact you had a phone number and address, I actually called and spoke to a real person.
They assured me with their refund policy so I went and tried it. With that said there is a monthly charge and I asked about that just as you mentioned. I will say the monthly charge includes weekly webinars, weekly newbie training calls and great customer support so far.
I’m excited and will let you know how it goes.
Irene
September 4th, 2010 at 1:30 am
I signed up with paid to place 2 weeks ago and I have already started making money with it, It is legit. It’s like the person who wrote the statement above said when when go to her click here link, she said you have to work at it and that anyone who thinks they are going to find something with out putting some effort in it had better stop now! That is true. If you put some effort in it then you might be surprised. The 39.95 charge is for the training they give you. Some companies will pay for your training and other you have to pay for. So I’m saying no, paid to place is not a scam!!
August 30th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Thank you very much!
If it wasn’t for you people wouldn’t have enough information about these scams sites. Now we have a way to protect ourselves.
August 29th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Definitely a scam — because I have received nothing since I paid $ 18.95 at least 10 days ago. So, if they start charging $39.95 for 3 months after 14 days, look out !
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:42 pm
good job!! I signed up for $9,95. got a phone call and told the caller I quit. now you’ve got me worried I’m going to find charges to my credit card. All in all, this is the best site I’ve ever found that explains how to avoid these vultures, thanks to you for the effort!
tim gough