Values

Crestom is a good example of a company that talks about having values. When it comes down to the bottom line they are nothing more than money grabbing hucksters. They only see your money in their pockets. They found a way called "franchising" to peddle their shoddy product on a trusting public.

Greed will do us in.

Not to take away from Gordon Gecko's speech in the movie; "Wall Street." Greed is not good. Striving, pursuing, achieving and working for greater goals are admirable. But, without the knowledge of God men are left with greed. This will be our downfall unless we return to God's ways. Crestcom is a good example of greed at other people's expense.

Job,career or survival?

In the book of Genesis it describes how man 's fall effected his work. It is by the "sweat of our brow" we earn our livelihood. Work is now toil and struggle. But, we had somehow been told that work is to be our identity. Should we return to the notion that work is what we do and Christ is our identity. But we are also told to do our work as unto the Lord as our calling. So, we pour ourselves into our work without losing our identity. Just pray we have work to occupy till He comes.

Positive thinking?

A new book, "Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Undermined America," by Barbara Ehrenreich caused me to reflect on my own worldview. Has American Christianity been corrupted? I have been weighing this since I became a Christian in 1979. I was caught trying to harmonize Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale with Jesus. Maybe Joel Osteen, Robert Shuler and others have co-oped the gospel. I think Zig Ziglar is somewhere in between. I don't know the answer. I think that the answer lies somewhere in the book of James.

Due Diligence

Yes, I did my due diligence on the Crestom franchise. However, as I now know anyone who has lost their franchise over a year drops off the list. So that leaves people who are still involved with the business or are trying to sell their franchise. So, they tend to not be to negative as this impacts their investment.
Again, in my due diligence I was told over and over all you need to do was follow the system. The only ones who fail don't not follow the system or can't memorize the 30 minute word for word presentation -verbatim. Well I did this. It took a huge effort to memorize a 30 minute presentation word for word. I was told not a single word to be changed. These words are almost magic. Word-smithed by the collective genius of Crestom gurus. Well, they scapped the whole thing and re-worked it in my first few months in business. How much confidence was I supposed to have? So much for due diligence.

Crestcom Rebuttal

If Veronica from Canada reads this blog you will see an extremely detailed account of the devastating effect of Crestcom on people they dupe. You may think I didn't try. Well, if you lose your 401 K on this crappy franchise, you think I didn't work hard at it. My wife and were counting on this for our retirement. But read this before you post any more of your "cult like" devotion to Crestcom. It worked for you great, some people in Vegas come out ahead. I didn't know buying a franchise had worse odds. I should have spent my 60 K in Vegas where Meg went belly up with her franchise.

Getting weary

I've been going back to the beginning of this blog and realized I've been chasing the job/career part of my life for the last 3 years. I wonder what God's purpose is in all this? Why would He lead me into the Crestcom scam? What do I learn from this? But, I am growing weary of the same old chase.

Crestcom International Franchise

I wonder if the Crestcom and TES guys are having a happy "Thanksgiving?" Giving thanks for all the people they have been able to con and rip off?

Why we are in trouble

Two schemes are robbing people of their wealth and dreams. Both perfectly legal. Franchising and MLM's. Both of these are legal loopholes to make rich hucksters even richer. If you can legally steal and defraud they have found a way. Shame on us, shame on them. God will judge.

Crestcom International Franchise

These people are nothing more than "dream pimps." Stay away from Crestcom and The Entrepreneurs Source they are all smoke and mirrors and they are only in the business of selling franchises, not helping you succeed, but only in lining their own pockets.

What's my beef with Crestcom?

All right so I bought a franchise and it didn't work out. So, there are no guarantees, right. Well when you spend 60 k for "dated" references, marketing and sales material that are a "work in progress" and no support would you feel reamed. Yes, this guys wouldn't even lift a finger to help buy back or sell the worthless garbage they pawned off on me. The rules are you get dropped off the UFOC so the other poor saps can't even contact me or any other suckers who they ripped off. When your trying to sell training (an intangible product) to small business owners you think you have a finished product. NO, after having memorized a 30 minute script word for word it was scrapped and redone. By this time I was out of money and unable to support the business. They could have cared less.

What Crestcom did to me

Someone posted this on the internet I liked it so I borrowed it. I don't have anyone to attribute it to though.
I guess you could make money if you can defraud
the unsuspecting, honest
job seeker and retailer as
well. Now days moral integrity means failure.
The financial ambush of
honest hard working
Americans is astronomic.
If you haven't sold out
you are already counted
as the wounded and an
easy to finish off prey.
Take it like good folks.
They can't buy your
body, mind or spirit.
Stand the test, for you
are the meek.

crestcom liars cheats thieves

If you are so great how come you changed your marketing material right in the middle of my 3rd month.

http://www.franchisesolutions.com/franchise-business-video/index.cfm?fileName=videos-movies-clips/Crestcom-Franchise.flv

Smoke and mirrors. You'll walk away feeling like you were abducted by aliens and given an anal probe. They got your money, you got worthless crap.

Crestcom International Franchise

Why do I continue to vent? Because I refuse to accept we should remain silent while these "snake oil salesmen,"continue to prey upon folks dreams. They are the lowest form of human life that possibly man can fail into. Pimping their old outdated crap. Shame on you guys. You may be "bullet proof" but when judgment day comes you will be held accountable.

Crestcom International Franchise

I would like to know, if you sold somebody something and it turned out to be useless because you didn't have it fully ready when you sold it, wouldn't you feel a least bit remorseful about it? Wouldn't you try to make restitution? Not Crestcom, they have no other care after they got your money. The guys who broke into my house are in jail. These guys stole much more and are free. At least for now. There's a judgment coming.

Crestcom International Franchise

You sold me a worthless, tired, old, broken franchise. Are you ever going to own up to this or are you going to hide forever. TES is also complacent in this nonsense. You can rip off people and take their money like common thieves. But there is a judgment coming.

Franchise's and MLM's

I guess these two types of ways for most middle class folks to have a dream, are like shark infested waters, swim at your own risk. I've been burnt by both. I guess I trust people to be at least somewhat honest. Well TES and Crestom are sharks looking to feed off you. BEWARE! Franchise's and MLM's are the new way the sharks smell blood (your money.)

Venting

I'm taking a break from my usual R&R (ranting and raving about the Crestcom pirates.) I'm now going to vent a little about the job search. It sucks. Can't we at least improve that. It is no better now than 1967 when I first went on the hunt. Then they posted jobs in the newspapers, state agency, and word of mouth. What has changed? Job boards are a monumental joke, the state agency's are still just as clueless, and word of mouth is now called "Networking." Either way "It's not WHAT you know it's WHO you know." Can't we improve?
By the way Crestcom sucks.

Crestom International

I am going to continue to speak out about this has been franchise. They peddled me a tired old worn out franchise and then did nothing to help me make it go. Shame on you Hal & associates.

Beware of Crestcom International

This franchise had more bugs in its franchise's "so called magic script" than a 4th of July picnic on a Mississippi riverboat.