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Tom Martino review: He's a scam and never returns calls! 15

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Tom Martino is nothing but a scam. He supposedly only promotes companies that he has thoroughly looked into but the truth is that he only promotes companies that are able to pay him the high fees he charges to endorse them! I worked for one of these companies that is now out of business and has more than a handful of clients that he the owner owes tens of thousands of dollars to. I have tried to call Tom Martino and email him numerous times over the past 4 weeks with no response, of course, because he doesn't want to be associated with this company now - it would just confirm that he never looked to see if they were in good financial standing for him to truly promote as an honest business! Pay Tom LOTS of money, and he'll tell everyone you're the BEST, but don't worry, he won't actually look into your company. There was one incident where a client actually wrote a complaint about the company I was working for on Tom's website. What did my boss do to get that removed? Just simply told Tom the client was lying. The client was NOT lying and had every right for that negative posting to show up under the company I worked for - but Tom was probably offered more money to take it down. Some advocate for consumers! He can SUCK IT!

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Unpalumpa
Louisville, US
Jan 25, 2024 4:05 pm EST
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Had the displeasure of speaking to Tom Martino today. He was insulting, I couldn't hardly get a word in edgewise & he didn't know what he was talking about. Just a hot mess, jumping from topic to topic, so hyped up & self righteous! Is he on something or naturallly that way? He's also got quite the police record but he thinks I'm the crazy one?

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Disappointed FORMER Listener
Littleton, US
Jan 09, 2024 5:18 pm EST
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It's pretty disheartening when you reach out to him thinking he can give you some advice or help and then some trigger word sets him off and he screams at you the entire conversation, belittling you, making you feel like an idiot and that you have no chance of getting any type of help whatsoever. He tells you what you should do, thinks he knows what you have and have not already done and proceeds to tell the caller that their case is hopeless or that anyone who told them otherwise or different from what he said, is an idiot or an a**hole. He claims he doesn't want to rehash the same thing over and over again, yet he never gives you a chance to speak in the first place. Between him and Mark all they do is scream at you the entire duration of the phone call and make you feel like crud by the time you get off the phone.

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Former Listener Over it
, US
Mar 24, 2023 9:48 pm EDT
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Yeah, read the tea leaves here. Tom has turned into a bombastic right-leaning self-important bucket mouth, yelling out his crap philosophy and talking over callers. It's not a conversation, it's a crap monolog. Have heard that one of the effects of aging can be that an old fart becomes a magnified version of themselves. That seems like it might be true of this once reasonable show host turned blowhard. Remember when he was in syndication over a number of stations and markets? That went away. Remember when he was on TV? That went away.

Add to his mouth the fact that the commercials on the show now is OUT THE DOOR. Must be double of any other KHOW show. Goes for a lo-o-o-ng commercial break, comes back and right away starts pumping companies in live talk commercials.

[censored]at about Tome Martino.

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Cheryl Petruska
, US
Feb 16, 2022 4:28 pm EST

Need to get rid of Marc and Suzanne. So rude and pious. This chick yelled to a caller today who's disabled and trying to get a chance to pay installments for his dog to vet. No one asked her opinion. Can't stand her.

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Michael Davis
, US
Oct 19, 2021 2:02 am EDT

I love the concept of this show and at times I truly see the value at work. I've learned a lot of useful information about a multitude for consumer subjects. BUT I have had to tune out. Too often I hear Tom say "Look, I don't want to get political"...and that's a warning that "here it comes.. we're about to get VERY political". And it's not intelligent political conversation about issues. It's just more loudmouth spewing of hate and ridiculous conspiracy noise and shallow personality attacks. Then of course Tom's blowhard little sidekick with the porky pig style voice...Marc Mager chimes in and really blows any credibility that Tom might have had going for him. This Marc Mager dude is about as crass an individual as I can ever imagine. His voice at this point is like nails on a chalkboard.
It's really too bad. There's a space for a good consumer advocate show here. And Tom has obviously been very successful in this arena. I applaud that and sincerely wish he could have lived up to the legacy he was creating. It kind of reminds me of the Rudy Giuliani story. Once the crowned prince of New York, the hero of the city...now kind of a has been with hair dye seeping out of his head as he sweats while speaking nonsense to, well, really nobody.
I think you've kind blown it Tom.

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Michael Davis
, US
Oct 19, 2021 2:01 am EDT

I love the concept of this show and at times I truly see the value at work. I've learned a lot of useful information about a multitude for consumer subjects. BUT I have had to tune out. Too often I hear Tom say "Look, I don't want to get political"...and that's a warning that "here it comes.. we're about to get VERY political". And it's not intelligent political conversation about issues. It's just more loudmouth spewing of hate and ridiculous conspiracy noise and shallow personality attacks. Then of course Tom's blowhard little sidekick with the porky pig style voice...Marc Mager chimes in and really blows any credibility that Tom might have had going for him. This Marc Mager dude is about as crass an individual as I can ever imagine. His voice at this point is like nails on a chalkboard.
It's really too bad. There's a space for a good consumer advocate show here. And Tom has obviously been very successful in this arena. I applaud that and sincerely wish he could have lived up to the legacy he was creating. It kind of reminds me of the Rudy Giuliani story. Once the crowned prince of New York, the hero of the city...now kind of a has been with hair dye seeping out of his head as he sweats while speaking nonsense to, well, really nobody.
I think you've kind blown it Tom.

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Tom Martino is a charlatan
, US
Jul 07, 2021 9:52 am EDT

Tom Martino ignored my question. Pointed out the obvious. $40000 is a lot of money. Cut me off, then put me on with one of his staff members who told me I should of used his referral list. A few weeks later the company that overcharged me was on his referral list. The original question had to do with suing the seller for lying on a property disclosure. He told me nothing useful it was a waste of time. I understand he is just profiting off these companies. When he found out how much they charged me I bet there was dollar signs bulging out of eyes.

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Kathleen Iraninejad
, US
May 03, 2018 1:46 pm EDT

Another horrible example of Tom yelling and talking over a caller today. A man called about a septic system. Tom screams and yells and makes the caller sound and probably feel like a fool. Who could explain a problem clearly while being berated for not explaining clearly. There is almost always an interruption before a caller can ask a question. It's frustrating to listen to.

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BB Argent
, US
Mar 26, 2018 7:12 pm EDT

Tom looks like a terrorist, Give us more information regarding this SOB, may be we shoiuldkeep an eye on this look alike terrorist..

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GregHumble
, US
Sep 15, 2017 11:59 am EDT

If you actually knew, or have met Tom you'd quickly find out you were wrong, and be embarrassed by your comments. He cares a lot about people and yes, he's making a living helping advertise good businesses. You can hate because you're not successful. The guy is legitimate and has a pretty big heart.

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Sancho Via
, US
Jun 10, 2016 7:40 pm EDT
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Tom is a terrorist and a really good con artist.
I'm sure some of the people that lost millions from his bankruptcy will agree

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unresponsive
, US
May 11, 2016 6:18 am EDT
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i AGREE that Tom doesn't check out his companies. He is out of touch with what really happens out there. In 25 years I haven't heard anyone say anything good about one of TOM's pet companies that pay him $100, 000's /year. I am a contractor and ask my customers about Brothers Plumbing...nothing but terrible reports, taking advantage of senior citizens is common place. They rip customers off. period. I have emailed Tom several times to look into these complaints and never hear back from his team...

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GaryLouis
Aurora, US
May 27, 2014 8:04 am EDT
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Agreed, Tom is biased as he is not necessarily a consumer advocate. He would be more corrected described as a business advocate.

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bob buckley
aurora, US
May 25, 2013 9:11 pm EDT

Tom is a total fraud. He promotes companies that pay him, then if a complaint comes up he doesn`t do anything . Why would he cuts his own throat when there paying him. And loose his pay, if they are on the referral list then he puts it to the side.

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hum-d
, US
Aug 13, 2011 4:08 pm EDT

This post should be about your lousy company not Tom. Unless... You had something going with him and he dumped you or cheated on you, then this complaint makes perfect sense.