DISQUS

Contrary to your view, many companies do not try to make money by any means possible. Rather, they try to do so ethically and try to provide a good value to their clients. Trying to "make as much money as possible by any meens [sic] possible" is what is wrong with certain elements in our society. Apparently "U will have to be stuck to us" is an apt description of those who are unfortunate enough to fall for the hardball sales tactics.

After reading the posts of the APX employees, I am glad I use another company. It is amazing the amount of hostility present. So anyone who does not fully understanding a multi-page contract after a 45 minute sales pitch really a dumb ass? Perhaps you should try that as your new door approach. "Hi I'm with APX and I am hoping you're the next dumb ass." If there are this many customers who have concerns maybe you should look at your approach and consider if it needs correcting. Based on what I have read, I would never want my name associated with this company.

I appareciate that there are people that work hard. However, respect should be held only for those who do so honestly.

A couple of weeks ago I attended my grandmother's funeral. As we had lunch the great grandchildren got on the topic of what they were doing for work for the summer. It turns out that one of my cousin's sons worked for APX last summer. He made great money but decided to sell pest control this summer instead. He felt uncomfortable about misleading sales pitches he was encouraged to use.

Hard work is a great thing. Selling a legit product honestly is even better. Maybe hubby should work for a company with a little better reputation.

The outlier is also a bit of a fluke. How much of the econmony holding up until 2000 was due to the creative accounting that took over much of the business world in the 1990s. People cut back on their spending when the see the economy slowing down. Corporations reporting profits while they are actually losing money held up the stock market and probably prolonged consumer spending for a couple of years beyond what normally would have occurred.

I would love to see an analysis of what the economy would have looked like in the late 1990s if corporations had been reporting actual numbers. I think you would have seen the Internet bubble burst in about 1998.

Rob,

I think you ought to take a chance and simply sue them in small claims court. If you can document that things they told you to get you to sign were false, its called fraud in the inducement. Most judges can smell a contract which is overly one-sided and will do their best to come up with a fair solution.

Another option is to consider a class action suit if it appears that they engage in this conduct as a part of doing business.

There is a reason we have a thing called the private sector. When you have competition, people generally act. When they don't they go out of business. Letting government get involved in business matters only means that they can make up for any lost customers with tax revenue. The only bad thing about a slow and painful death for iProvo is that it is the residents of Provo who will be picking up the medical bills.