Online hosting network (ohn) review: Scam? 225

i am so glad i found this site, i too filled in the interest form and got a call from them, i am probably a bit gullable but i thought it sounded ok. but i am always scared of putting giving my credit card details, so i asked the very smooth friendly man if i didnt have a credit card can i pay any other way. He said i could pay through pay pal. I still didnt go ahead and after reading all these postings i wont be joining up.
thankyou you all so much. Jill Australia

Hi all. This site has been crucial to me. I recieved a phone call from Jim early this morning and he really did try a hard sell. I heard the audio clip online and got on the web as well while he was on the phone. I was reticicent and dont like to make hasty decisions but he kept pushing me..even to the point where he wanted to talk with my husband. That was the last straw for me. If I cant discuss something properly with my husband after nearly fifty years of marriage Im certainly not capable of entering into any sort of business for myself.

I just had a feeling. I told him I was not going to commit then and there. He spoke (spruked) for one hour. AS soon as he hung up I got online and found this site. Im just so grateful. I wasnt sure about anything, just had a gut feeling.

So, I just want to thank you all for your contribution to thie site. Its certainly opened my eyes and stopped me in time...although I dont really think I would have commited. But, if they had rung me again I dont really know...so thanks everyone.

I hope that you all get recomense for your outlay. I hate to read that anyone is subject to this sort of internet thuggery...

I will come back to this site and keep up to date. REgards to you all...judych aust

Hello, I thought I should let you guys know that I have received my refund from OHN $1323 AUD...so it DOES happen! Just be on their backs and get names and numbers people...good luck

This may come as a shock to some but OHN contacted me the other day and has offered to coach me for free to get my site up and running.Will keep you posted as to the outcome.

OJN

I am marketing my website at the moment it does take time so don't give up. I am using twitter to get exposure. If you ask your trainer they can explain how it works. I also am using hootsuit this allows you to send tweets for you. I am finding twitter is working but maybe getting on facebook and joining groups where people looking for jobs would be. All marketing is explained towards the end of the training. Also I had a look at your website and I wasn't sure what country you are aimimg at ? This really important for people to know.

I am very displeased and disheartened with the lack of exposure that my website has. It is virtually impossible to grow the business with ZERO exposure. Given that, this is my last attempt to grow my business.

Please check out my website at:
www.ontariohresources.com

Desperate for Business

I just had a call from "Slick Jim Garity" and listened to him and about half the audio while I Googled OHN and found this site. I hung up the phone as soon as I'd read a couple of your postings.
One thing I'd like to say is that you really need to take responsibility for your actions whatever they may be. Handing over your credit details is a recipe for disaster.
There are legitimate opportunities available if you just keep looking.
I'm a distributor for a company that produces natural pain relief, weight loss products etc, and I trialled the products for about 6 months before deciding to become a distributor. I'm also in control of all my own advertising, I have fantastic feedback from my customers, I know the products work and I believe the company and the products are legitimate and ethical.
You have to do your homework! Nuff said.

You made the right decision mandee and if you keep looking on the net i guarantee you will find a way to make some extra money in a legal and cheap way.If you want an idea contact me through this site and i will give you one and it costs about $2565au less than ohn cost me.

Wow, I'm really surprised by the number of Aussies on here that have been so negatively affected.
I had received a call from ohn and it sounded legit. Although I told the guy - David Grey - that I wasn't able to afford it until payday. He's supposed to call me back next wk. I think I'll stick with my day job for now!
One thing I want to point out is that if you earn even $1 you WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR REFUND! They say that they will provide a refund if you don't make ANY money after 90 days.
Even if it is legit, I'm glad I found out that they will harass you for more money! I was thinking, it wouldn't be too bad if it was only $107 (which he reduced it to after I said I didn't have $162) but if they end up taking thousands more off my card then I'm staying clear!
Luckily there are sites like this to warn us!
PS. I like the apology posted here by ohn! They didn't even address our concerns, but ask us to contact them!

thanks for the messages i got a call yesterday but i don't have a credit card they said that i could use my paypal account to transfer money i wasn't sure so i told him i was goin to research the company and he tried his best to bulls**t me not to thankfully i did and found this. thank you everyone

Hey Guys,
Update on my OHN saga...
I spoke to an Alex, and he first offered to only refund me the initial purchase of $188...I absolutely cracked it at him and I want all of it back ($1700 AUD). He said we can only repay you the $188 and nothing more as all the advertising money has been spent.
I then reminded him that his customer rep, Josh said I will be refunded the training package if I wasn't satisfied, which I clearly wasn't!
He then offered something called a pro-rate, where I can get $625 back+ the $188. I cracked it a bit more and told him to put himself in my shoes and think about what he would do after handing over $1700 to a company that has eventuated into nothing. He said no again and offered me the same deal, I said no I want $1000+the $188...and he agreed, I probably could have kept going, but I was so sure i wasn't going to get my money back, I accepted his offer.
Although i didnt get all my money back, I'm glad I atleast managed to get most of it back. But he said it won't be processed till the 15th...as far as I'm concerned it's not resolved till my money is in my bank account...will keep you guys posted...But I think polite-firmness is key and telling them to stop and listen to your situation, also using guilt as well generally helps soften them up. Try hard to not call them a scam as well,

Also something to consider is to contact the better business bureau, who have dealt with them before and they are an american association (google them)
But good luck the rest of you

These people at OHN must have absolutely no morals at all.How can they not see that their little game is up.I had another call from them today trying to get more money.So far i have made zero and they say if i give them more money they will train me to do the marketing better.I told the bloke i would rather burn the money and then he says that if i had another credit card its just a matter of paying it off with the PROFITS, ha ha, from the site and when i told him that i have cancelled my credit card he just gave up and hung up, so maybe now i can just get on with my life and put this behind me as a very expensive lesson. PS. I have informed the AUST.FEDERAL POLICE and the FBI about these people so maybe the law can help us.

I to have to fell victim to this Scam! I am so so ANGRY I said to them i am wary of being scammed cause it happens alot these days! I was almost going to hand over $2400 USD tomorrow too lucky I didnt! Now too get my $220 aud back! Ahhh so embarrased ! Told all family and friends bout it!

I am another one who was scammed but I didn't wait the 90 days. I emailed them and told them I wanted a refund because they misrepresented themselves. Today I received an email asking me to contact them. I told them I wouldn't because I had put it my credit card providers hands.( I HAD RANG MY PROVIDER AND SAID THEY SCAMMED ME) A woman ended up ringing me and ask me to explain how her company had misrepresented themselves. It was hard to get a word in egdeways so I hung up on her. She rang back and said we were disconnected, I informed her that I had hung up and had had enough of her. She told me I would only get my set up fee back but not the $1194Us because this had been spent on advertising. Crap. She also informed me that my bank would discuss it with her bank and that I would lose out. She said it was all on tape and I said what was not on tape was a different story. She all but told me I was a liar. So I told her to go to hell and hung up again. I then sent an email to them saying if she had not talked over the top of me I would have told her they wetren't the only one's who taped calls. How do you think I stand?

"ATTENTION"
John in aust,
I'm with you mate I'm in Australia to and your right about the radio and also ACA on TV are good at it too
I am sorry to here that you got riped off with that amount and i wish you all the best and am willing to speak out about that and a lot of other scams the ones that you get emails sent to you offering ways to make millions if you buy a DVD.
i could go on and on here but if you log on you can send me a message and let me know if you want to chat on the phone and i will send you a reply with my mobile number.

If any one else who has suffered the same here in Australia and wants to do the same they are welcome.
I also think that the numbers have the power and those from other country's should do the same.
Like i have stated in other posts that i have posted in here i have not been riped off buy them because i came here first.

So why do i want to help you may ask, its simple i have compassion for the fellow human being when it comes to being "taken for a ride" "being chewed up and spat out" or how ever Else you want to put it.
I am stuck at home and cant work and so for the last two months i have constantly been on the net searching answers to all the questions i have been asking day and night and at the moment i am getting all the information together to make a blog like this one where i will give out all the information and a lot of good information to.
cheers.

and here is another ohn sucker who has been trying for the last 6 weeks, thats 6 weeks past my 90 days, to get my money, $2600 australian, and i am now contacting the ACCC in australia, the FBI in the usa and just for good measure i may do some negative ads on australian talkback radio. I don't know how iy is in the usa or great britain but in australia our radio announcers have a lot of clout so instead of complaining here lets open our mouths and tell our populations the name of this mob of crooks and just maybe the law will hear us as well. PS before you do go through all of these complaints and record the names of the callers and just maybe someone in PHOENIX ARIZONA will say hey, i know one of them and call the FBI and put OHNout of our misery for good.

A guy called "Everett Squire" contacted me about joining their service. He played the tape and almost had me convinced enough to part with $99 via PayPal but I didn't really have that much disposable cash available. So when he started asking me to log into my account to send him the money I told him that I wasn't at my computer, he said he'd wait to see if it went in that night. Later that night he called but I didn't answer (I just couldn't be bothered) so he left a message questioning my seriousness (they do this to make you feel like you're missing out). He called a few more times, which I ignored, then left a message saying I obviously wasn't serious and that he wouldn't be calling me again. THANK GOD!

I don't know how these people can sleep at night, knowing they are ripping off innocent people trying to make a better life for themselves.

Jon, UK

Thanks Dynerman,
will keep the site updated on my dealings with OHN

TO rajkidd
and every one els
ON phone numbers, not knowing what country your from here are all the numbers depending where you are.
Perhaps if you Google onlinehostingnetwork.com you will see the home page and you will notice that there are different numbers beside the AU, US, UK they have been taken from the home page, different to the ones that they email you with the extensions.
I would suggest that you phone the numbers on the home page because they would be the ones that would be selling the product rather than phoning the numbers with the extension as they may be the ones that are told to ooh i don't know maybe string the customers along to the point that they may give up who knows but anyway try the numbers and keep us posted

United States888 230-0469 ext. 2649 Canada888 230-0469 ext. 2649 or [protected]

Australia [protected] ext. 2649 or [protected]

United Kingdom([protected] ext. 2649 or [protected]

New Zealand([protected] ext. 2649
South Africa([protected] ext. 2649
Ireland([protected] ext. 2649
France([protected] ext. 2649
Germany([protected] ext. 2649

Well done red...can any of you please forward me their e-mail contact, all i've got is that one phone number. Thank you again and I hope you get your money back Red

Glad to here your getting some progress at last and a pat on you'r back for persistence Red
Keep us posted.

Ok...update with my case.
I I called on wednesday and left a voice mail mesage as well as an email. Didnt hear back. I called/emailed again Thursday with the same outcome.
Friday I was super busy and didnt get time to worry with them. Last night (friday night) I didnt bother with a call and just left an email saying 'PLEASE RESPOND TO ME!"
anyway, this morning I wake up to this email...

"This has been submitted for you and someone will be in contact with you within 24-48 business hours- If you have questions Please feel free to give usa call"

GRRRRRRR...So I got on the phone and called, Spoke to a 'Pete'. I said I have been trying to get in touch since wednesday...all i got was a sorry, its just the time difference...ppppft.
Long story short i have to wait until tues-wed for a "Gary Minor" to call me regarding this THEN it will be transferred to the accounts dept.
I then said "how long will a refund take' he said he couldnt answer that. Next I asked him how long he'd been working with the company and he said 5 years. So I said " You've been with ohn for 5 years and you cant tell me how long a refund takes...noone has ever asked you?" He then goes "its a matter that the accounts dept deal with"
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...

Next I told him about the hundreds of bad reviews Ive read online and he said well there are also hundreds of good reviws as well. I asked him to show me where and he said that the ones who have good businesses dont have time to get online to forums such as this one...their too busy running a business...pfft!

I guess I'll see what happens Tues/wed. What do ya do with people like this?

I Googled OnlineHostingNetwork while I was listening to their audio presentation on the phone. Have read through most of the comments here. Sounds like nobody has had any success at all, and this company is simply out to take your money. After the audio presentation the dude on the phone told me he had another client on the line (poor schmuck) and he would call me back. I'm waiting for his call now, and I think I'll just ask him to explain how all these people have been signing up and paying their hard earned money...yet have no results (well...not true entirely..one of the comments said she had earned $9 so far!)

Everybody should do their due diligence and investigate before they ever sign up for anything. I'm glad I found this site (and others with similar complaints).

TT - Canada

Hi Red,
Unfortuantely no I have not, I got put throught to customer support and funnily enough they were too busy to deal with me.
Please keep updated on how you're going with getting your money back, as I haven't received any money from them either
I'll let you know how my "business" goes as well

Hay there red_morlot,
wow you really have proved it to every one that they are just making there money of every one they get to suck in.
Sorry for your loss but i would suggest that you go to the bank and they should have there own fraud department that is there for this kind of crap, don't no what country your in but here in Aussie they do.
I almost got riped off but like with every email i get i google the name and or the product with the word scam in front and it brought me to this page, lucky i did but unlucky for other's.

To every one that may read this may also be getting emails sent with people trying to sell there products and some may be from those that are selling DVDs or Ebook's on how to make money on the Internet. It may be Affiliate marketing, pay per click programs, ebook's ect ect And so i asked myself if they can do it, how do they do it? So over the last ten days i have been searching all sorts of questions through google and have figured out how but learning the knowledge on implementing it all and learning how to work out the programs is something that i am still getting my head around. Like i said i found out how they do it by typing questions into google.
Thinking of creating my own blog page just to talk about this subject like this one, and there is a very good reason why not to only be able to direct people to the right web sites to get all the information but also..to be continued let you no when i get it up.

I gave my email and mobile number to find out more about OHN when their advertising popped on the internet. I received an email from OHN immediately asking to call a US number. I did not call as I did not want to deal with a business that does not have an office in Australia so I never called. But long and behold a lady called Heidi rang me on my mobile and ask me first if I had a Visa card (Doddgy!) and then smooth talked me into listening to their add (Doddgy!). There was no concrete evidence in the add or Heidi that this business is anyway legitimate. Heidi is full of persuasive mambo jumbo about how easy it was to make money and how thousands of customers around the world including Australia are making money. Thank goodness I did not give any credit card details and my instincts proved me right. So, readers BEWARE about OHN.

I signed up with these guys back in April and I too have had dramas. They keep telling me I have to wait for the 9o days to be up before I get my refund PFFFT! It spend 2 straight weeks working on my site (www.blissweddingsandparties) and I feel I gave it a damn good go, I set up a page on face book for my site (withover 200 joined) and did flyers...in the 90 days do you know how much money I have made? ZILCH, ZERO, NADA...I have NOTHING to show for my hard work that I had so much faitgh in. Im so angry. Evrytime I ring I keep getting put off saying "give it time, give it time" or "it doesnt take a day for a business to be built" BUT when I spoke to the cheesy american man the day I signed up he said I could be making money by that afternoon...WHATEVER! Im in the process of trying to get my money back...whenever that will be!

Has anyone actually got their money back?
Im in Australia by the way.

How i Wish I would have found this website before I handed over my money to them...Does anyone here think I can get my money back? Or if there is a way I can handle so I can get my money back from them

Thank you Bencam! Have just experienced exactly what you have written. Apparently the "affiliate" websites are Amazon.com, Yahoo.com, Realnetworker.com and Unbeatablesale.com (the last two of whom I've just visited and can honestly say I'm NOT impressed). Having done my "due diligence" and thanks to all the comments here, I shall not be signing my hard-earned cash over to these guys!

I'm so glad I just found this website, got a call from Andrew Amuso from OHN, doing the hard sell, I listened to the audio call and was told it was $149US for the basic package, $288US for the standard and $477US for the Elite package. I wanted to check one of their 'associates' websites so asked for one so I could see it and he wouldn't give me one to look at. He just wanted to know which package I wanted to pick. I said none as at this stage, I had found this website as I was talking to him. Keep posting everyone that comes into contact with these people! It helps others make their decision.

Well there you go hay.
I was about to send them money but this was 3 weeks ago since then i have been on the net looking at other ways to do the same thing as they do.
They told me that they would set up my own web site, told me that i don't have to do a thing as they will do it for me, so i understood that for them to do this they would be making money from the web site they have made up for me as well as me making money of it, i have to be making money of the the new web site for them to be able to make money of it, or is it the other way round, then i realised that if i don't have to do anything and they are doing all the work then i would expect them to be making a lot more money of it than i could, at the end of the day this is how they make there money.
I have not joined up as yet because i wanted to see how hard it is to do what they are doing.
They told me that they set my web site up with affiliate programs and that amazon, eBay, and other's are paying out big bucks. I f this is the case then what is stopping me from doing the same.
I looked on the net for other get quick scheme every thing from people selling DVDs on how to make money to affiliate programs like amazon and eBay and then i came across a site that had a whole list of affiliate sites that are the most popular that bring in the most money. All i needed then was to get my own web site instead of (ohn) doing it for me. That was then the hard part.
How do i where do i start, i guess one would need a domain name so over 2 days i came up with one and i was able to claim it for just under 10 dollars a month it starts with a www. and ends in a .com so when i googled it there was a lot of sites with the same name but with the www. they were all under a different www.domain name.com hhhmmm interesting i thought why is this so and i am still not to sure about it.
To Own something one needs a copy right on it so then i looked on the net and discovered that the site i went on to see if the name i had did have a copyright on it may not be registered with them and to really find out i may have to employ a barrister to do it for me.
If i was to presume that i did own the domain name that i came up with, was available then i may be up for court because i failed to check if there was a copy right on it and the company that does would sue me and claim what money i have made as there's.
And this is where i am at once i jump this hurdle then its just a matter of getting it on the net for people to see and all it will be is what (ohn) was going to do in the first place and that is where i would not mind spending the money paying for someone to either help me or what ever to get the web site up.
I claimed the domain name a week ago but i dont have to pay for it until 30 days so this will give me more time to find out if i can really own it or not.
Regards Chris

Hi Margrethe,
I am very disapponted with them...I am 3 weeks or so into the program and have paid 1700 US dollars and have earned 9 dollars so far...I don't want to be negative but it's a bit hard when you have these people calling and harassing you for more money and false promises, I am giving them till the end of the 90 day trial and I think I will be asking for my money back by the looks of things...it would be great if you keep me posted on how you're program is going too, good luck

Is there anyone who can speak favourably about Online Hosting Network? I have been sucked in and am working hard at it. Is it worthwhile or had I better try to get a refund after 90 days?

Margrethe

Hi I have unfortunately fallen victime to these scammers myself...something i thought I would never have to deal with. Can someone please give me advice on the best way to get my money back if that is even possible. I'm still within my 90day money back guarantee period...please help they have all my card detail, I feel so stupid! hope to hear from someone soon, I will be really greatful

contact the fraud department at your bank, if your in australia the commenwealth have a fruad and scam department, they got my money back after about 2 and half months, it was over it was nearly 5000 aus so i am very relived to have got it back

I have been with them for 8mths. I found them rude but I stood up to them I purchased the training package and website only. I DID NOT SPEND ANY OTHER MONEY WITH THEM ON ADVERTISING OR SETTING UP A BUSINESS. In the training they will show you how to do marketing for free but it does take time. There trainers are really good. I don't know if I will need to set a business in the states for tax purpases but will deal with that once I need to.
Any business takes time to set up its the same with this and you have to be incharge of how you want to market and sell. They can't do it for you...so if you don't have a business brain this is not for you! I am from australia.

Any advise on how to get back my US188? Check with credit card company and said that they cannot cancel the transaction. I have to wait 30 days.

It is a scam. Just got conned US188 today. I was able to log into the Back Office for a brief moment before it was totally disconnected. Tried to log in a couple of times but to no avail. This is dodgy for a company that is going to send you money.

God, and they are putting you under soo much pressure to make your decision there and then! even the fact that they are so persistent makes them stand out as a bunch of desperate scammers DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR TRICKS!

Hi, I had a very nice lady name Ernestine Avcejo. She has been calling me since.
But reading all the reviews I certainly wont give any information cerdit cards, banking etc.
They can call me cell I won't pick up. Yes they are very smooth.

Like the old saying says: If it's too good to be true, it probably is.

Cheers,
Richie