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This review is my first experience ever in review writing.
In January 2022, I was tricked into one of Adam Stott's social media ads to join a free zoom webinar called social media and business Growth Summit. The zoom webinar is three parts. The first start with Adam Stott's presentation and the second is with Ross Temple and the third is with Nick.
On the zoom webinar, Adam Stott speaks offers training on how to grow an existing business or start a business by promoting other people's products (affiliate marketing)
Adam Stott uses aggressive, scare sales tactics; Adam Stott shows testimonials of people who turned into millionaires by using his techniques within a short period as a result of his training. Also, during the webinar, Adam Stott brags about making £50,00000
In the webinar, Adam Stott sold, his program for £597. You pay this money then you will get access to Adam Stott's wonderland the social media secrets and get you immediate access to his online social media monetization system. This system would unlock your potential in Adam Stott’s magical world.
I was convinced by Adam Stott’s sale aggression as well as his 100%money back guarantee. As I don’t have an existing business, I decided to enroll to promote other people’s products (affiliate marketing)
I had some concern over the money-back guarantee and if this stuff is real and works, so I emailed the Adam Stott team asking; Are there hidden terms and conditions for a money-back guarantee? The answer was (NO) you do have to attend every training session and if you are still not making progress then you get a refund. This is the reply I had from them.
Sadly, there is so much misleading information about what big business events claim to offer, so, I paid £596.40 to access the social media monetization training. At the same time, participants get asked to pay another £297 to unlock access to the social media secrets? I consider this misleading too.
The second part of the zoom webinar was Ross Temple offering coaching programs with separate payments. During the webinar, we were asked to book a call if interested in Ross Temple training.
The program I enrolled in comes with a 3day live boot camp, during the zoom webinar they said it values £3997. You will be surprised to know the above 3day live boot camp on Adam’s Stott website is £197. (Just one example of Adam’s Stott misleading tactics).
Based on the above I thought that I am in the right place with the right people to start in 2022.
So, I bought the program hoping for a good start, and I had an access to Adam Stott’s Social Media Monetisation System the system of magic. Two weeks after buying the program, I haven’t been contacted by the team they don’t even know if I existed... but they were too happy to get my money.
There isn’t anything related to what I wanted to do. Not a single video. Nothing!
Going through Adam’s Stott Monetisation System is a total jock! First of all, remember we have been sold what’s it’s called the secret to social media, however, within the program itself you get asked to pay £297 to unlock the secret of social media…
The program contains meaningless videos on how to buy likes, comments, and views for your social media posts. By the way, if interested just type social media manager on YouTube, and thousands of videos are there for you without the need to pay £597.40
The 3day live boot camp is where Adam Stott speaks openly on how to trick people into buying his other programs. In the 3days, I realized that the whole thing is a trick and a hock, Adam Stott is not interested in people who paid £597 he has nothing to offer to us unless we are willing to purchase and upgrade to the other programs, and with a higher payment.
In those 3days you realize that the testimonials he showed us in the zoom webinar while he was promoting his business and how he turned them millions are actually on the programs that they cost £20.000 or more.
I have concluded these people are big players in misleading people and tricking them in every step. From the start of their social media ads to the zoom free webinar and the three days.
Adam Stott, your program is based on deception and misleading people. The amount of dishonesty in your dealing is unbelievable.
Based on all that, I have contacted them asking for a full refund. Their reply was shocking.
Adam Stott, Big Business Events, I can assure you that I will not give up until I get my money back.
All that I asked for is to get my money back. And I will follow every option until I had my money back.
If you have been misled by big business events and Adam Stott and need help to make a complaint, feel free to get in touch.
The whole thing was set up intentionally to desperately deceive, mislead and manipulate people to buy his products, this unethical practice.
You may contact me through Sitejabber
Desired outcome: A full refund or go to court
I didn't pay any money as I have always been cautious and like to research the supplying company before purchasing a service or product, however I do understand how you were caught out as I went to one of his live events where he and others builds confidence in the audience to invest money in his so called training schemes etc.
I have similar bad experience with this people. I paid £334.90 for social media monitization, no email was sent to me to confirm my payment . 2 months later I contacted them to say I have not heard anything from them after the payment and I have been sick and would now want a full refund as I can’t continue with the course because of my health. They responded that I was offered services I asked them date I was offered any services they couldn’t provide. I have not involved the citizen advice who have instructed me to ask for a full refund again and if not done they will take up the case as they have goggles and seen lots of bad reviews and deceits from big business.
Treat their employees just as bad. Adam Stott is one big fraud who thinks he is above the law. Avoid!
Hi Entesar,
I have had a similar bad experience with Big Business Events who sold me the 'Social Media Monetisation Course' via Webby based workshop on 03 December 2022.
Initially you are advised by e-mails and content initially to believe it's a Workshop on helping you achieve your social media business aims but It's actually a high sales pitch course against a timer when it comes to selling the course pushing so called massively reduced bargain online course which turns out, once paid for, to be only an email.
I went for the Instalment Plan but only the first payment was shown of £334.80 which was paid by my Credit Card. No further Instalment payments were shown, no amounts of what they would be nor any dates were shown when they would be taken. This, in itself, raised alarms within me! Not sure that the Financial Conduct Authority would agree with this.
I only received an email with a row of links taking you to various online pages/videos.
This was not what I was expecting from the purchase as described.
They did not receipt the payment, they did not give an Itinerary of the course, there is no course.
I have been in touch with my Bank to get a charge-back but they need:
1. Description of what was purchased
2. Copy of Order
3. Confirmation of what is not being provided
I will be raising this as a Section 75 Against my Credit Card to have the sums re-credited back into my Bank Account as this has been a Deception.
Hi Jill, please allow me to respond to your comments.
You will note that you have been refunded in full for your purchase.
The Content
We can see from our records that you purchased our Social Media Monetisation product after watching one of our webinars, which use the Webby app for broadcasting the content. To date, thousands of business owners have watched the content, taken notes, and gone on to improve their business performance using social media. After listening to the offer, some have chosen to purchase a program from us and have benefited from the online course content, weekly live business support sessions, and the 3-day event.
Payment Plan
On the checkout page and order form to purchase the program via payment plan it clearly states that £334.80 is payable 3 times, this is also stated verbally and visually on the webinar.
Email of Links
When you purchase the program you will have received an email congratulating you on your purchase, on the same email there is a link to where you can book your program onboarding call, on that call our team explains everything about the program including:
- All the online content you have access to
- How to access the content vault
- How to attend the 52 weekly support sessions included in the product
- Save your seat at the 3-day in-person event including explaining the content of the day
All of these elements make up the course you purchased. There has been no deception.
As mentioned initially, you have now been refunded in full.
Best of luck with your business.
ive just paid them and im finding the same as you mentioned above. i have asked for my money back, hopefully they refund me
Please allow me the courtesy to address some of the issues you raise in your letter,
• You mention that Affiliate marketing was promoted in the webinar you attended on 8th January 2022 and that you were interested in our Social Media Monetisation System program because of this. To clarify, we do not – and have never - offered any affiliate marketing programs, so it sounds like there has been some sort of misunderstanding right from the beginning.
• Ongoing support – I understand you had several conversations with a client advisor who was able to answer all of the questions you had regarding the training and the live 3-day event. The Social Media Monetisation program is complete with 12 group coaching sessions which offer members the chance to ask questions, get advice, and receive guidance on how best to use the content in the program.
• The Social Media Monetisation system also includes Chat and Earn Scripts and 3 different landing pages that can be adapted to cater to your needs – full instructions on how to use them are included. The videos are designed for new and established business owners and share how to use a range of social media and digital marketing techniques to start conversations, generate leads, build a Facebook presence, increase brand awareness, and use Instagram marketing plus much more.
• Full refund – yes, we do offer a refund, but like many businesses across a wide range of industries, it is based on buyers working through the program in its entirety, attending the coaching sessions and the live event, and implementing what has been learned into the business, if the buyer is still unsatisfied with results after this, a refund is applicable. I noted that you have so far been through 52% of the online training and have attended the 3-day event.
• The 3-day event – we pride ourselves on hosting industry-leading business training that offers great value to our clients, we have done this since 2018. We have received hundreds of video and written testimonials over the past few years and our events are always highly rated by forward-thinking business owners. I am sorry to hear you did not have a good experience when you joined us on 19th-21st January in London. We do offer opportunities for further training at the end of the three days but it is entirely up to individuals if they wish to continue with our training or not.
• The results from previous and existing clients that we show in our webinars are based on fact, we would encourage anybody to reach out to the businesses mentioned if they would like confirmation from the business owners themselves. Whilst it is true that (in some cases) bigger results come from working with us over a longer period, many clients have been able to take what they have learned from our online training and turn it into profit.
Given the serious nature of the allegations in your letter and the obvious distress that this has caused both parties and despite the fact that you have attended the live event and been through more than half of the online training, we have issued you with a refund – please see the proof attached.
We now consider this matter closed.
I wish you every success with your business.