Jurist, Jeffrey [email protected]
Shara Taylor Ltd
2609 NW 53 DR
Boca Raton, Florida 33496
United States
561-999-8902
Jeffrey Jurist
President
Spy Associates
888-288-0543
[email protected]
http://www.SpyAssociates.com
Al Baltazar
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I guess I should have spoken with Jeffrey from before I signed up for his affiliate program, because, in my opinion, he turned out to be a disrespectful egomaniac who doesn’t know how to talk to people (or at least me).
First he was all nice in the e-mail & he forwarded me to his affiliate manager, Al.
I needed to promote specific products & needed the instructions from Al on how to set it up so I was promoting just the products I was interested in. Al did send them to me immediately, so that was a plus.
I wasn’t ready to create all the links at that time, but about 2 weeks later I was.
After reading the instructions I found them to be a little confusing, so I told Al via e-mail that I wanted to speak on the phone & asked him to call me or for his number. He read my e-mail, but didn’t respond back, so the following day I called the number in the e-mail which I figured would get me Al.
Jeffrey answered the phone & was curt & rude from the get go. I hate it when people don’t have a friendly tone of voice & demand to know what you want as if you are interrupting their day.
I said, “it’s Michelle, can I speak to Al?”
Jeffrey must not have very many affilites since he seemed to know it was me right off the bat. He proceeded to tell me that Al was on vacation for two weeks (I didn’t get that notice when I e-mailed Al & you should always let people know when you are on vacation) AND, he told me that Al won’t talk on the phone, he only gives e-mail support.
Companies online need to learn that they can’t force people into ONLY communicating via e-mail. I am NOT going to play these games. If Al can’t walk me through what I need to know within 10 minutes on the phone or Skype, then I’m not interested. It’s really that simple. If they care about their affiliates, they will take the time to offer phone support.
So Jeffrey started to become belligerent at that point saying things like, “I think Al is entitled to a vacation.” LOL, who said he wasn’t??? I just said I wasn’t told that he was away. Al could have e-mailed me back yesterday & told me that. I know he read the e-mail. He could have put a vacation message on his e-mail so people would know. I can NOT read Al’s or Jeffrey’s mind.
When I told Jeffrey this isn’t going to work out for me he then says something like, “Michelle, you don’t have to make this more into a drama than it is.” I’m like WTF??? LOL, are you kidding me? This is how he talks to people?
Then he proceeds to try & show off by saying he runs a million dollar company & I can make YOU a lot of money. I’m like OMG, this is nuts. This guy is too much. He’s just like the guys at Brickhouse, so this must be a common personality trait with people who are in the spy hardware business. Demanding (I don’t mean of staff), disrespectful, they talk down, blame me for their lack of organization & customer service in their company, created more of a situation than there originally was, etc.
Then Jeffrey tries to make it seem like I’m the problem because I had been honest with him from day one & had told him I had a problem with Brickhouse, so Jeffrey decides to use it against me. That to me is more immature behavior.
I told him NO, I just have a problem with disrespectful egomaniacs. Then you know what he did? LOL, he starts lowering his tone like he’s talking to a child. You know that tone when people think the other person is dense & they need to talk slowly & in a condescending way?
I just told him I’m hanging up the phone now & I did.
I did waste my time dealing with Spy Associates, but what can I do, I’ve learned my lesson. From now on I’m going to have to talk to the staff & owners there first before I sign up for their affiliate programs. I can’t take any more chances.
I just called www.spygear4u.com & while it was a female who picked up the phone, she was unprofessional right from the get go. She answered the phone on speaker. I said companies normally don’t answer the phone on speaker. She ignored my comment & said robotically, “How can I help you?” I don’t tolerate passive aggressive people who ignore what you say.
Onto the NEXT spy gear company. Man, this is turning out to be a nutty industry.
Oh & a few days later Al e-mailed me (so much for him being on vacation, either Jeffrey lied or Al was able to work while on vacation) & I told him I’m no longer interested & how I was treated by Jeffrey & he ignored me too.
Michelle
