Direct Buy Direct Lie [Frauds Liars Biggest scam ever ripoff]

Direct Buy Direct Lie Frauds Liars Biggest scam ever ripoff Shrewsbury Massachusetts

We fell into the trap after the initial visit tour. We should have known better because of the high pressure sales tactics but unfortunately we joined DIRECT LIE.

We were builing a new home and were told that we would save tens of thousands of dollars. Yeah, right. This from someone who has no clue about building. It was not until after the first two months, we discovered that they could not beat our price quotes on windows, shingles, doors, siding and most importantly the kitchen that is their big seller. What a joke.

When we tried to approach the owner, who is not a very good business person and is actually very immature, and received no satisfaction. I called UCC headquarters and spoke to franchise relations and reported the Shrewsbury franchise and their bad business tactics.

Within four hours, I received a call from the Shrewsbury store stating that my membership was revolked with a full refund. My response was 'revoked?' more like terminated at the customers request but if it makes you feel better to say my membership was revolked so be it. Bottom line is I got my money back and never have to deal with that BS again.

Direct Buy Lie's When going to there presentation, No savings here, try to work with them and told you don't understand. Ripoff Midvale Utah *Consumer Suggestion ..Thanks to Santa

This company has a great sales pitch that you can save a lot of money by joining there club you can even save big money on items that are on sale at retail stores.

They claim during there sales pitch that they carry low end and high end items so there are savings for all members. Huge Lie

I have been a member for about 7 months as I really wanted to give this company a real try. however I never found anything in the club that I could not get somwhere else for less. I went to the warehouse on December 29th and the manager told me I just did not know how to read there prices. and that I should attend a direct Buy new member orientation which Me and My Wife did on December 30th. After the orientation we took the time again to look over there catalogs. with no savings found. again we talked to the Manager and at that time was told that the items we were buying were not as good a quality as the ones they carry. we even showed them items that were exactly the same item. then all of the sudden out of knowere the savings were not the great thing about direct buy it was that we could buy any product from there manufactures without going from place to place.

I joined the club to save Money. The Big Rip-off however is not only do they charge as I have learned now a huge Membership fee. that has to be renewed every year but on top of that they charge 8% of everything you buy just to make the order which if you order online they don't even do. This company is not out to save there members anything they are out to rip off all the people thay can.

There sales pitch is very convinceing when you hear it I was really looking forward to being able to save a great deal of money. as I think most people are. I made the Mistake. I really tried to give this company the oppertunity to show me that there were savings. that is why I took the extra steps with them.

However at this time I am submitting This report to hopefully stop others from making this Mistake. You will be very sorry if you do. I wish this was not the case but in all reality it is.

I recently built a new home, and decided to take a look at DirectBuy.

I got a tour of the place, where it was explained that everything was selected and purchased out of a ‘catalog’, then shipped from the manufacturer to the store (I had to pay shipping costs) then from the store to me (I had to pay more shipping costs and milage), and if what I bought wasn't what I wanted, I could send it back (paying shipping costs again).

When I asked what the fee was for becoming a member, the salesman told me he could only tell me once I sat down and started filling out the paperwork. He said that once I was told what the fee was, I either had to sign or I couldn't think about it and come back later.

Also, it was only for couples. I couldn't bring my sister-in-law with unless my brother was with her.

I said, “No thanks!” and left. When I got home, I researched on-line and found that the “membership fee” was anywhere from $3,000 to over $6,000 - depending on where you went.

I think it depended on how much they thought they could sucker you out of.

It may suit others, but for me, DirectBuy is a major waste of money, and a sneaky business enterprise.

Mopp,
After reading about DB yesterday on FR, I did some internet reading about the company. I enjoyed it even though I needed to go out and plant my garden.
In addition to the huge numbers of people who feel and believe they were deceived by DB, the stuff I read about a self-professed “hired gun” attorney named Dozier who tried to shut down a site critical of DB using a pathetic cease and desist letter, was spellbinding, but I’m easily entertained.
Anyway, all I can say is “Wow.”
At first, I was thinking some sort of class action lawsuit against DB might fly (I could get rich!), it sounds that bad, but then I realized it gets back to “buyer beware.”
I also figured out why the DB PR/Advertising folks are pushing the company on conservative radio. Conservatives, as a group, compared to the vast percentage of liberals, have the money for the membership fee of 4 to 6 thousand, which appears to be charged in a totally arbitrarily fashion (i.e., how gullible does this dude and dudette couple look), and appears not even to be the same for the same DB franchise. I think conservatives, as a group, are only a little less likely to succumb to high pressure sales talk than liberals, but they have the resources to get taken in sufficiently high amounts whereas 90% of liberals don’t. I don’t know; maybe DB does advertise on Air America.
Plus, the potential member must make his/her/spousal unit decision on the spot. No overnight to think about it. Shocks me how people can be so easily parted with their money.
I could pay the membership, but I never would, which explains, in part, why I have the money to pay it.
Anyway, it seems like a timeshare for shoppers.
If you don’t plan on spending at the least 30 to 40 grand or maybe you are a residential contractor, or maybe you get into it with about five friends and secretly split the fee (I question this last approach), forget it.
Our “friends” on the radio should stress this 30 to 40 grand issue by way of qualification.
Two final observations: I hear liberals all the time trashing Walmart for hurting mom and pops, but I don’t hear anyone trashing DB for hurting higher end retailers.
More to the quick, especially in view of the furor beneath the surface about DB, I never never hear anyone say anything about DB, and I run with a group that does not do all its furniture and high end shopping at Walmart.

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