Complaint Review: G.A.I.A - New York New York
- G.A.I.A 550 5th Avenue Suite 400 New York, New York U.S.A.
- Phone: 212-986-1900
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- Category: Telemarketers
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Another Who's Who company pretending to be legit. This Who's Who company doesn't even use the words Who's Who in their company name because they want people to think that they're the real deal. But they're not!!!! Like other Who's Who companies, G.A.I.A calls customers randomly and try to make them believe that they are qualified to be members of their society. They tell these customers that once they become a member, they will receive a full page in their publication and a wall plaque and identification card.
They also promise these customers that they will receive hundreds of contacts from people in their field of work. All of this for a fee of $2500. This is just a scam. All this company wants is your money. They don't care about your credentials or achievements. They don't even care if you can't afford the money. They'll offer you annual memberships from $798 - $1596. I was a sales rep for this company for a month.
While I was there, I saw a lot and heard a lot. This company has only been around for 8 months. The manager used to work for Madison Who's Who (what a coincidence). They get their leads and call lists from International Who's Who Historical Society, another Who's Who scam company. They have two offices the main office is located on 551Fifth Avenue Suite 1620, New York New York 10176.
The other office is the call center where they do their dirty work and it's located on 550 Fifth Avenue Suite 400, New York, NY 10176, right across the street from the main office. The sales reps sit for 8 hours by the phone and are required to dial customers over and over again. Some of these sales reps have served time in jail and don't have a high school diploma. G.A.I.A will hire anyone off the street to call and solicit customersfor money.
They pay their sales reps a low base salary of $300 a week. Sales reps have to make most of their money from commission. If they don't have a sale in their first three weeks, they will be let go. The people running this company are liars, cheaters, and stealers. They make bogus claims like being a non-profit society in participation with the United Nations Millennium Project. They're not a non-profit society because they are charging customers thousands of dollars to be members of a bogus society.
Also, they are not in any way in participation with the United Nations Millennium Project. The UN Millennium Project doesn't even have them on their page. And the UN Millennium project's goal is to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women worldwide. It's goal isn't to solicit customers to pay two thousand dollars to become members of a society. G.A.I.A is a scam company that should be ignored and avoided. Do not enroll in their memberships if they call you. You will lose thousand of dollars. And do not work for them. They treat their sales reps like slaves.
Another thing I forgot to mention, G.A.I.A calls people all over the world. They take advantage of these people who can't speak English in these foreign countries and ask them for their credit card number. Many times these people don't know why they are giving their credit card number to the sales reps. As I said earlier, G.A.I.A is run by liars, cheaters, and stealers. Like other Who's Who companies like Madison Who's Who, Princeton Premier, and International Who's Who historical society, G.A.I.A is one big scam company. You're just asking for trouble if you decide to enroll in their membership or work for them.
Jenkins
New York, New York
U.S.A.
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