Hello all,
Forum admin if this post isn’t correct in this spot please feel free to delete or move it. My intent was to warn newbie traders of the people that try take advantage of us.
I am not new to this board. I have lurked here for several years. This is my first post. I hope some of you take the time to read my post.
First of all though since I am here I want to say thank you to all of the people on this board that have shared their info with me. I have downloaded many items and used much of the info over the years. I am grateful to say the least.
Oh yes Colin’s Private Members Training Club. Does anyone know of this club? Has anyone had experience with this club? Does anyone know Colin Atkins personally? Does anyone belong to this club?
Well they work from UK. For Canada and US people the hours aren’t great. They have a marketing fellow in US. His name is Tony. Colin sets up a webinar for training his systems and then trading. You can follow along through the training and learn or just trade. He uses Citrix webinartogo/meetingtogo. Sounds great doesn’t it?
For anyone considering joining this group make sure you investigate this group thoroughly. Log into Forex Peace Army or T2W and check out the info there. Buyer beware.
Regards,
Secure
If it smells like crap………
I have demo traded for a few years now. I am not a beginner yet still lack experience so I guess a novice would be the term I would use now. I am still struggling with the forex. Two good trades and one bad. Consistency is a problem. I have downloaded and used many free systems over the years. I have even purchased several systems and EA’s over the last few years while trying to learn about forex. Most of these people have been very helpful. If I send them an email they are more than eager to help me get started or what ever. Even the big ones (MegaDroid and Pallada that are trying to make a buck selling rather than trading are more than willing to help with their product. I have contacted mentors and subscribed to various sites such as FXFisherman, trade to win, Forex Peace Army and duyduy blog. I figured it was all to do with a basic education and whether right or wrong it has worked ok for me. It has been slow but ok. It has cost me some money now and then but by the most part it has been an ok experience. I have asked for a few refunds and in general even that has worked ok. I asked for a refund one time and the guy asked back if I could help me make a better product. I still look at and investigate some systems now and then. Every once in awhile a vendor, mentor, EA or website comes along that just isn’t well nice for lack of a better word. (****ty is what I’d like to say)
Know what my mom used to say if it smells like crap and it looks like crap and tastes like crap……good you didn’t step in it. Sorry I stepped in this one. Be very careful people. Buyer beware.
This Colin’s Private Members Training Club do not treat all of their customers with respect. I think that this is a total scam. It smells. This Colin’s club is the biggest scam I have ever seen. They say that they have many happy subscribers though. Let me explain…. I came across their website. I asked for some info. This Tony dude (from the USA) sent me several emails explaining the club etc etc. I asked several questions and he always answered. I joined the club and went through the processes to get some email info on the club. Let me say that I have not seen one webinar to date. I am out over 600 dollars and haven’t seen or heard a trade or a training session. Very slick it was. Let me tell you about it………
After Tony’s emails I went to the website to read it over. I went to some reviews on google and read them over. I wish to God I had read FPA though. I paid out the first 560.00 dollars and joined up. I immediately got emails from the admin person Sue. These emails explained the chart setups etc etc. Then I got emails from Sue on how to log into the webinars. I tried to log into one of the webinars and could not. I contacted Colin’s people and they were of no help. So I contacted Citrix (webinartogo) and had them test my system, computer and DSL connections etc etc. My system was good. So I went to log into another webinar this time a training webinar. Could not get in again. I sent off emails to Sue and Warren all of Colin’s support people oh they answered all right later on or the next day. I even sent emails to Tony. I sent an email to Colin himself. He didn’t even have the gonads to answer himself he directed me an answer through Warren. OK so after several more attempts I gave up it was just too much work. So I sent off an email to Sue to cancel my subscription and get a refund based on the fact that I never did get logged in to see a training or a trading webinar. No refund. No kidding. So that’s not all. Wait until you hear this — I got billed for the next month. Believe that. Another 163.00 bucks! I sent off another email. This Sue person said that you have to give 30 days notice to cancel. Now that is really hard the first month. Impossible I’d say unless you sign up and log into a webinar to take the training then log into the trading webinar and set up a trade and then decide it is no good and then cancel all within a couple of hours it is simply impossible to stop the next months billing. Considering you join on the first of the month and can’t get in for a week or so. Then if you decide it’s no good and cancel you are not within the 30 days and they get another month’s pay. It is impossible to cancel the first month. Period. Isn’t that an excellent way to get another 163 bucks? Of course they say that you signed the agreement. But they don’t easily explain that they are going to bill you anyway even if you want out the first month. Explain your way out of that one Tony. Give us some lame brain excuse. I say very well done Colin. I applaud you.
May 12 2010
UPDATE I got an email from Sue this morning telling me that they have rejected my claim for a refund. Please people be very careful when dealing with this group. Here is a scrape of the actual email. Notice that Sue says, “As you well know”. Ha what a joke. This is the first I have heard of the rejected claim. Buyer beware. Too bad I stepped in this.
Hello,
You have received a reply to your original request for a refund and as you
well know your refund request has been rejected.
I repeat for the record that under the terms and conditions you are required
to give a minimum of 30 days notice of cancellation., and any subscriptions
due within that period are payable.
You gave notice on 3.5.10., so the payment due on 11.5.10 was payable. and
non refundable.
Your membership will expire on 11.6.10.
Regards
Sue Ashcombe-Hurt
Co-ordinator
TradeSharePlus