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Inkmart, LLC review: franchise/distributor license 5

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I responded to an advertisement in 2015 for a business opportunity with a company called Inkmart. Tom Dulap initially responded and referred me to one of his associates Larry R Fritz out of Pittsburgh, PA. I was told about the great potential for "executive level" income and recurring income from offering their office products.

I paid $35, 000 for the license. Months went by and there was delay after delay and excuse after excuse to why I could not get started with their fundraiser program and their help our school program.

They currently under review by the authorities and also my personal attorney. I learned that many of these companies do not make any money from selling their products they simply make money from selling their useless franchise/distributor licenses to those who are looking for a genuine business opportunity.

There are at least three people involved in this scam. Drew Paras from Duluth, GA, Tom Dunlap from La Vergne, CA and Larry R Fritz from Pittsburgh, PA.

If you have had a similar experience or know of someone who has feel free to leave your contact information here. Use an alias if you choose for your own protection.

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RodneyC
, US
Sep 11, 2017 6:43 pm EDT

How do you get your money back

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InkMart PA
, US
Mar 30, 2017 3:06 pm EDT

All information was provided to the AG and personal attorney and ending this entire process. I was asked as a licensed owner in PA as to my experience and what skills and background needed in this business model. After the fact I was contacted by said AJ office and attorney to provide information and the facts involve as I too these claims. All information was verified case closed. In reality this person did not have the skills claimed as a CEO of Allegheny Investors Group as reflected in emails, was in fact later to find out he is a truck drive and has no business background or computer experience, sales experience or the time during business hours to operate a business. Every thing offered to AG and attorney was not truthful and after investigation of the facts case was closed.

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Tom Dunlap
, US
Dec 16, 2016 4:14 pm EST
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I am Tom Dunlap and I will tell you that the complaint above happened as result of the contract sales force we engaged not stopping the selling of area territories when asked. So the report above of delay was true due to my refusal to sign this person's contract, instead I refunded the person's money 100% and explained that Inkmart had ended the area sales but the sales group did not adhere to our requests. Ultimately we ordered a Cease and Desist to Drew Paras and Larry Fritz. The report above of a personal attorney being involved is not known to me, perhaps that is because we refused to sign the sales contract and returned all funds. The other claim of Authorities may be his State's Attorney General contacting us about this sale, but again since we refused to sign the contract and we had not taken any money from the client the AG had no issues with me or Inkmart LLC. If you want any of these assertions verified I invite you to call me directly where I can produce names, dates, and events. Finally, I pride myself on my ethics and have written ethics manuals; our organization's culture has set standards for determining the difference between good and bad decision making. Our ethics in business is about knowing the difference between right and wrong and choosing to do what is right; further, I have never been a part of any scams or fraudulent business activities! My contact number is [protected]

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Drew Papasripe
, US
Jun 06, 2016 10:18 pm EDT

Drew Paras will tell you what you want to hear to
Get your money.
"The big box stores can't compete with us"
When the check clears
"You can't get them all "

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InkMart PA
, US
Apr 25, 2017 5:38 pm EDT

This is a bogus response from the same person that filed the complaint. I was part of the inquiry with these false accusations. As a delivery truck driver and claims of being an investment group he made zero attempt to train or follow through on any simple tasked needed to learn how to use the site or just create a simple personal account. There was never any form of Cease and Desist order to me at any time. His excuse was he worked all day and didn't have time to run a business and want his money back and attempted to use false information to the AJ of Maryland and his attorney. There was no scam ever and lied to his being the principal of Allegheny Investment Group for the start and to me, Tom, Drew and his attorney and the AJ of Maryland. This was dropped after supporting documents were provided and case was dropped.