My friend and I went to the SMP (recreation center). This guy approaches us and tells us about his college program. He is a great “B”S”er and tells how his little CDs and book will help you for the CLEP test which is equal to a college class, but not all colleges accept CLEP tests. the program was $ 2500 to be paid in allotments, and i thought to myself why doesnt this program use the tuition assistance i have, but didnt put thought after that. Then he says a “free laptop for your education”, i personally didnt care about the laptop, i just was just excited to get some college under my belt, and not fall behind my peers who are in college. So i started signing the papers. I asked once again am i paying for the laptop, and he said no you are paying for the books. im pretty sure the contract says otherwise though, I already knew it was a piece of sschit laptop thats $ 200. So i later realized through the Education Resource Center that it was a scam because military members should be getting their education free. This guys business card has numbers, i call them never picks up,i saw one of the guys involved in the scam his buddy, being pissed off, wanting to beat the shit out of him but played it off, ask him if i can return everything because “i couldnt afford it” due to my credit debt, car, and tv i just purchased” and he asked me stuff like is the computer open and i said yes, then i pleaded that i do not want to cause problems with your company, then he said he’ll try to do something about it. I asked this guy if i payed for laptop or books and he said laptops and books were free, and i asked him for a reliable number, and he gives it to me, in the next 2 days i contact him and theres a message “this is military laptop financing serving our military members” then it goes on to ring but doesnt pick up. That got me even more angry because it said nothing about the college info i was given, it was just straight up “military laptop financing” paying $ 2500 for a $ 200 laptop. These guys are usually here 2-3 times a week so I’m gonna play it off still to see if i get something, because i told him i cannot afford and he said he’ll do something about it, maybe even a deal at least even though i will still be getting ripped off. I was thinking this was a legit program because it was in the Rec Center and the workers had not kicked them out or anything. Its a scam, and my other 2 friends signed up for it too. The guy i dealt business with is a fraud, “former Navy” “BBB” logo, and always voice mail for his cell phone, his business telephone and fax dont exist, but like i said i met up with his buddy and hopefully he should be here tomorrow and hopefully pick up his stupid “military financing phone” because i made sure it worked and his phone rang. Theyre usually here 2-3 times a week. So once everything is settled wether i get something back or not ill let these guys have it and make a scene in the rec center. Authorities know and i guess they didnt do anything about it, so they should be here tomorrow or monday. Boot move i know, i learned, and please i learned my lesson, i dont want to hear negative things, in comes my question, make your case of what you read from my story. do i have legal rights? could it be fraud? please and thank you.
Take all of the paperwork to JAG. They cannot represent you in a civil matter, but they can review your information & advise you.
You say the authorities should be coming. If they do and make any arrests you could be awarded damages or refunds or whatever. But the DA would handle that free of charge unless you want to pay a lawyer and try to fight this.
But just because you can’t afford something anymore is not a reason to get out of a contract without them being able to sue you. Unless job loss was a contingincy put in the contract. It’s like buying a car and having it repo’d. You are still responsible for whatever they cannot sell the vehicle for. And saying you over stretched you budget is definatly not a reason. That would just be a personnal problem. Oh and if you don’t pay and they take it to your command, and it is ligit. You will be in trouble.
Ah man, how’d you fall for that? Didn’t your 1stSgt brief you about all the stupid scams and BS like every libo weekend at soi? I remember this one, sad to hear people are still using it.
If you are not old enough to vote (per se) then you are not legally bound to a contract because you are not considered and adult.
Look into Horizon Life and American Amicable and what happened with this company for their deceptive sales practices to military personnel. It sounds almost exactly like what you described, a person or company using access to a military base to sell bad products to service members. The SEC filed a lawsuit against them and they had to give back a ton of money they took.
Do your fellow Marines a favor and get these people kicked off the base.
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2006/lr19791.htm
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