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Thrive Learning Institute
United States

My mother is 76 years old and on a fixed income with little or no money to spare. Thrive Institute called her in December 0f 2008 to sign up for their so called internet business. The sales tactics they used on her were unethical. The FBI web page on senior citizen fraud lists half the tactics they used on her. They would call her at 10pm at night and keep calling until she broke down. They got her for $3800 up front. She is trying to work with the coaches to make the best of the situation but she is 76 years old, in ill health and her computer expertise is nowhere near what is needed to succeed with this program. She gets physically sick when she has to even deal with the coaches at thrive. I am so upset. Can't these unethical sales people be stopped? She has asked for a refund but they have her taped conversation authorizing the purchase- even though it was done after phone call after phone call from these jerks until she felt she had to get them to leave her alone.