Our
Complaint
History
In the past
sixteen
years,
Disability
Associates
has
logged
one
legitimate
complaint
and it was
resolved in
our favor.
We're also a
multiple BBB
Gold Star
recipient. If you
find a
complaint
posted
anywhere on
the Internet
about
our company,
it's
probably bogus!
We discuss
several of
these fakes
in this
security
segment.
Click here
Check us out
before you
buy!
Bogus
Consumer
Protection
Warning!
In
2007, we
identified
an
individual
on eBay
selling a
circa
1995
version of
our training
program.
This seller
who has
never
been a
customer of
our firm
(claims his
sister
purchased
the program),
told the
eBay
audience
that our
course was
fantastic.
He stated
that "the
Disability
Associates program was filled
with
extremely valuable
marketing
and
operational
materials."
When he was
asked
not
to sell the
materials,
his
description
of our
course
dramatically
changed.
The
seller
failed to
inform
eBay buyers that
the
materials
were
extremely outdated.
Practicing
this service
using
severely outdated
information
can lead to
errors in
representation
that could
result in disciplinary
action
by
Social
Security.
With our
company's
name on
these
obsolete
materials,
we (not the
eBay seller)
would be
held
responsible
by
SSA
if a problem
arose.
Therefore, we
had no
choice but
to ask eBay
to remove
the listing.
EBay agreed
and the
listing was
removed!
Incidentally, the
1995 version
of our
course was
sold with an
expressed
No Resale
restriction
that was
also arrogantly
ignored by
this ebay
seller!
When the
listing was
removed, the
seller
became angry
and started
pretending
to be the
victim.
This seller
who happens
to be an
attorney,
retaliated
against our
firm by
creating a
bogus
consumer
protection
site filled
with false
and
unsubstantiated
allegations.
He stated
that he
would only
remove the
site if we
paid him.
See
paragraph
Extorsion
Scam below. The
description
of our
training
course
went from
"filled with
valuable
information"
on eBay to, the
course
information
is useless
and can be
extracted
free online.
Really! This
eBay
seller has
only
seen the
1995
version of
our course
and has
never
been in a position
to provide
an objective
opinion.
Notice!
Disability
Associates
will
not
be held
responsible
for the
contents of
any advocate
training
program
not directly
purchased from our firm.
The field of
Disability
Representation is
extremely
dynamic.
It's
important
that the
training you
receive be
current
and
compliant
with
today’s
Social
Security
regulations.
Website Extortion Scam
The above
ebay seller
tried
to extort
funds from
our firm by
offering to
remove the
offending
website if
we paid him
a cash
settlement.
When we
refused to
pay, he
simply added
more
unsubstantiated
garbage to
the website.
If this
individual
had any
professional
ethics at
all, he
would
never have
attempted
to sell
outdated
materials to
unsuspecting
eBay victims in
the first
place. He has been
promoting
this phony
website
for the past
five
years.
In that
time, we
have
not
received a
single
complaint
on any of
the issues
this person
has alleged
about our
firm. All of the
information
provided on
this so
called
consumer
protection
page are
either
complete
fabrications
or
are intentional
distortions
of the truth. We
encourage
you to check
out our
company's
true
reputation
before
making your
buying
decision.
Donation
and Loan
Schemes
This same ebay seller mentioned above also tried to pull a donation and material loan scam
on us! In a
material
loan scam,
the scammer
offers the
public a
free copy of
someone
else's
material.
They usually provide
information
that is
either
altered or
extremely
outdated.
He also
request
copies of
our
materials
from
disatisfied
customers
which he
could then
use to give
credibility
to his
claims about
our company.
To our knowledge, this ebay seller has never
located a
disatisfied
customer
except one
named Allen.
We have no
record of a
customer
named Allen.
This name
was
extracted
from an
online
consumer
website that
itself is
not
credible.
See our
comments on
Self-Proclaimed
online
Consumer
Protection
Agencies
below.
Don't guess
the quality
of our
materials! Get a
first-hand
evaluation
of our
course at
no charge by simply taking
our
FREE
14-Day
Trial.
Self-Proclaimed Consumer Protection Agencies
Don't be fooled by phony complaints posted
on
self-proclaimed
customer
protection
websites.
These
unregulated
businesses
allow
anyone,
customer or
not, to post
unsubstantiated
complaints
without any
type of
verification.
For
instance, a
ridiculous
complaint
was posted
about our
company from
a person
named Allen who
has never
taken our
course.
This phony
complaint
has been
sitting on
this
so-called
protection
agency website
for years.
The posting
agency
ignored us
when we
informed
them that
the person
complaining
has never
been a
customer.
A
second phony
complaint
was posted
in 2008
claiming
that we
refused a
refund
during a
trial
period.
In our
twenty-five
year
service history, we
have
never
refused a
refund to a
person
during the
trial period
and
we never will. If we had been guilty of this, why didn't the
customer
report it to a real
protection
agency like
the Better
Business
Bureau (BBB).
Our
membership
would have
given this
person
access to an
impartial
and public arbitration.
The reason
is simple,
it never
happened!
These
phony
online
protection agencies
do not
provide
proper
business
notification,
investigation,
documentation,
verification,
legal
arbitration
or a binding
settlement
process. In
a word,
these
fly-by-night
Internet
agencies are
worthless
as a
true reference
source. If
you'd like an
unbiased
assessment
of our years
of
outstanding
service,
use a
legitimate
consumer
reporting
agency like
the BBB.
Anonymous Complaints
The latest
Internet
get-even
tactic is
the
anonymous
complaint.
Individuals
and/or
competitors
will post
unsubstantiated
comments
without
revealing
the true
identity or
motive
behind their
statements.
When
reviewing
these
comments,
note the
following: Does
the
complainer try
to enlist
others to
take part in
his
scheme? Does
the person
place the
blame on
others while
rationalizing
his own
unethical
behavior?
Was there a
prior
conflict
that is the
true motivation
behind the
disparaging
comments?
Is the
person an
actual
customer of
the company?
These
questions
speak
directly to
a person's
motive,
character
and
credibility.
Before
accepting
such
comments,
contact the
company
being
criticized
for
clarification.
Public Domain Training Materials
If you're
been told that
our
materials
are generic
or can be
acquired
free from
the Social
Security
Administration,
you're being
willfully misled.
Please note
that our
materials
contain
important
operational
procedures
that are not
available
from any
other source.
We offer an
exclusive
curriculum
that is both
unique
and proprietary.
Little or No
Field
Experience
Training
programs for
Disability
Advocates
are popping
up all over
the
Internet.
Many are
created by
folks with
appropriate-sounding
backgrounds,
with no real
experience
representing
disability
claims.
Simply
having
worked for
the Social
Security
Administration
does not
qualify a
person to
either
practice
or teach
disability
advocacy. Field
experience
is the key
to success!
Only after
you have
represented
thousands of
cases, can
you consider
yourself an
expert.
We've
represented
over 15,000
cases - more
than all
other
trainers
combined.
Don't place
the success
of your
service in
the hands of
a novice.
No matter
how you look
at it, there
is
absolutely
no
substitute
for our
decades
of
business and
training
experience.
Recommendations from Associations
Claims of
support
and/or
recommendations
from
nursing,
paralegal,
social work
and other
professional
organizations
should be
viewed with
skepticism.
We contacted
the head of
several of
these
associations.
We did this
not to
disprove the
claims of
others, but
to see if
they would
be willing
to recommend
our course.
We were told
that these
professional
organizations
do not
recommend
any course
produced or
sold by
non-affiliated
businesses,
even if the
company is a
non-profit. We
were also
told that if
a course is
offered from
their
association
website,
it's as a
result of
paid
advertising
and is
not
considered
a
recommendation.
Trade
Schools/Community
Colleges
Classroom instruction is perhaps the
worse
method of
acquiring
training.
Trade
schools,
including
non-profit
community
colleges,
offer a
number of
subjects and
do not
specialize
in the
business of
disability
representation.
These
training
sources
usually
provide no
support or continuing
education
and have
little or no
incentive to
update their
materials.
The
curricula
from these
training
sources may
be
outdated
before you
complete the
course!
Protected
Territories
Offering
Advocacy
services
with
protected
territories
is another
misleading
sales
gimmick used
by scammers
on the
Internet.
The nature
of
Disability
Advocacy
makes it
impossible
to offer or
maintain
protected
territories.
In fact,
protected
territories
are
completely
unnecessary
and offer no
advantage to
an
Advocate. If
the training
source
you're
considering
offers
protected
territories
as a benefit
of its
service,
look for
another
training
source!
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Checking
a Companies'
Reputation
Given
the nature
of the
Internet,
it's
important
that you use
objective
and unbiased
sources when
checking out
a company's
reputation.
We provide
both active
student and
professional
references
covering a
period of
more than
two decades.
Professional
references
like the
Better
Business
Bureau are
not about trusting a company or its products. It's about
having a
reputable
third-party
arbitrator
available to
protect your interest in case the buyer - seller relationship goes
wrong.
Be sure to
check out a
company's
membership
status and
complaint
history with
that
company's
local BBB or the State Attorney General's
office.
The BBB will specifically
state that a
company is a
member in
its company
report. If
a company is
not a
member of
the BBB, you
have little
chance of
recovering
your money
without
costly legal
action. The
BBB is
your independent
voice in a
dispute, and
it's a great
source for unbiased
historical
information
about a
company.
A company's
complaint
history with
the BBB
directly
reflects
that
company's
quality of
service
over the
long term.
You should
also request
a company's
BBB
membership
status,
years of
membership
and
arbitration
history.
To acquire a BBB reliability report on Disability Associates, click
on the BBB
link above.
For a BBB
member
report by
phone, call
303-758-2100 and press
one. Then enter
our main
company
phone
number:
303-766-1111. Click the
logo below
to verify
this site.
For a
fee-based
Dun &
Bradstreet
report,
click D&B
sign below.
BBB Scam
Review
Fight back against fraud, extortionist and
home-based
business
scams by
visiting the
BBB scam
buster page
at
http://www.bbb.org/us/article/work-at-home-schemes-408. This BBB segment highlights some of the
most common
work-at-home
rackets and
how to avoid
them.
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