Storesonline Refund

Posted on June 28th, 2007 in by Martin Lee

If you are unhappy with you bought Storesonline and would like a refund, you can contact Storesonline directly if it has been less than three working days since your purchase.

For periods longer than that, you might want to considering contacting the following for help with your Storesonline purchase.

USA

Please contact your State Attorneys General for advice and help.

New! Class Action Suit Settlement (Deadline for filing claim 30th Nov 2009)

Washington – Please file your claim for full refund by 21st September 2009

Full refunds for North Carolina residents.

Sued by AG of Illinois and Texas.

Cease and desist by Utah.

Violated Business Opportunity Fraud Act of Washington.

Banned by State of Maine.

Connecticut $130,000 settlement with Storesonline and Imergent.

Sued by AG and refund for California victims.

If you are from Pennsylvania, please contact Stephanie.

New Zealand

If your refund request is refused, then take your case to a Disputes Tribunal. Use the Consumer Guarantees Act and the Fair Trading Act as the basis of your claim.

Australia

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [ACCC]. They have previously conducted a class action suit against Storesonline on behalf of many consumers.

5 October 2007: ACCC commences proceedings against StoresOnline for alleged breaches of s. 87B undertakings

22 October 2007: StoresOnline found to have breached previous undertakings: Workshops to go ahead under new orders

30 October 2007: Federal Court orders StoresOnline to amend workshop presentations

Canada

Write to  http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca 18003485358 and https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov (which is the federal trade commision in the US)

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719 Responses to “Storesonline Refund”

  1. Karlene says:

    I am wondering if there is any recourse currently for people in NY state that have been caught up in this. The presentation seemed so good & so thorough that I never thought I was being taken until it was too late. I have requested a cancellation of contract & a refund based on their not holding up to their promises and have been stonewalled. I did report (today) to the NY Attorney General’s office, but I don’t know what else I can do, what actions I can take to protect myself. Any info would be much appreciated!

    • Bobbie Fisher says:

      I to live in NY I did get a cancellation of their Platinum Contract but no refund I also contacted the Attorney General the FTC and BBB in both NY and Utah was thinking of going small claims court but was informed as they were based out of Utah would have to do it their. This is the answer on why storesonline can get away with this scam if you here of a class action law suit let me know its on like donkey kong. I also turned them into the NY state dept of taxation

      • Jake Taylor says:

        I wish I’d never heard of these scumbags. I already had a contract and a line of credit with a manufacturer before I went in; I just needed a way to build an online store. The sad thing is that, even though I was an IT Manager, I couldn’t make sense of their shitty software. Apparently no one can, and they fix it so you have to get their programmers to do it for you – only the programmers never call you back.

        If you guys are implementing class action, count me in.

        • Y Elston says:

          Yes, I’m in as well. I purchased in TN but now live in NY. Let me know what we can do because this crap is killing my credit score…

        • Keith says:

          This sucker from Canada agree’s with you all. I don’t know how to find out who else in Canada has been taken in with this scam artist SOL. If you know of or hear of other people like me in Canada or if I can help your cause, please get in touch with me gaddkd@gmail.com. Thanks, maybe we can get at SOL from both sides of the border.

          • Pam Hymel says:

            I totally understand. Same here and wish I could get my money back or even part of it. They made it sound like a sure shot. It’s been 2 yrs for me and sure wish I could find a group of people who would get together with me to fight this.. Louisiana

          • Carmen says:

            I purchased the package in 2007 and every time I tried to start I didn’t get the support I needed. Moreover, they would ask me more money because it was more than a year after purchase. And none of the licences I got with the purchase would ever work without calling their CSR’s and paying more to get started. I am also in Canada and I would like my money back for false advertising and poor to none support. It’s four years since and I did not stop regreting this purchase that returned nothing for so much money.

          • Sue says:

            I’m from Canada and was taken big time by Storesonline. My site took months to build and just recently I was told it wasn’t published yet! I have been paying the $25/month, so I don’t know what for! I also paid for the additional company that was to help me launch the site, but they did nothing but give me access to some web training! I’m out almost $10K!

    • Kurt Blaylock says:

      I got sucked into Stores online and PMI back in 2009 is there something we can do I tried many things on my own and now I am looking at lawyers.
      Can someone let me know of something that can be done to get our refunds back. Keep me posted. Thanks

    • Kurt Blaylock says:

      I got sucked into Stores online and PMI back in 2009 is there something we can do I tried many things on my own and now I am looking at lawyers.
      Can someone let me know of something that can be done to get our refunds back. Keep me posted. Thanks Kurt

    • Isabella says:

      I am also wondering if there is any recourse currently for people in Florida that have been caught up in this. The presentation seemed so good & so thorough that we never thought we were being taken until it was too late. we have requested a cancellation of contract & a refund based on their not holding up to their promises and have been stonewalled. We did report to the NY Attorney General’s office, but I don’t know what else I can do, we tried talking to them we sent them a letter no response tried talking to them do you know when they finally talked to us is when it was to late now just today Bill Cwhat actions I can take to protect myself. Any info would be much appreciated!

    • Isabella says:

      Here Here we got screwed to we my husband and i and your right the presentation seemed so good & so thorough that we never thought we were being taken until it was too late. This was last year we requested a cacellation of the contract we never even used the money we wrote a letter tried to call no reponse they answered when it was too late and they knew it. Now they have been having Bill Collectors call our home and bug us every day to pay for something we never used thats insane how do you dare have someone pay something that you did not touch they told me to PAY HALF are you freakin kidding me no no no i will not they want $600.00 a month where the heck do they think there getting that I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO AM PISSED off They ruined my husbands credit GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR we did report to the NY Attorney General’s office, but I don’t know what else I can do, what actions I can take to protect myself. Any info would be much appreciated

  2. Laurie Krommendijk says:

    Hi,
    I signed up this SOL crap in November of 2008, and I’m sorry I ever did. My friend invited me to their seminar, she even went so far as to use her credit card to pay for the seminar so I could attend with her.
    I wasn’t feeling well that night and had to leave the auditorium to go to the washroom a lot. Well, every time I came out into the hallway of the hotel where it was held, their ’sign-up’ girl came at me and accosted me, both going to and coming from, the bathroom. She just wouldn’t leave me alone! I told her repeatedly that I live on disability and could really afford anything ( I suffer from an extreme depressive illness), that I was there because my friend wanted someone to go there with her. Well, this sign up woman wouldn’t even let me go past her until I agreed to go over to the table just to ‘talk’ with her. I figured there was no harm in talking. Every time I tried to get up and leave the table, this guy came up behind me and blocked my way (table was in a corner next to some giant floor plants with only one way out from the seats and he stoood there so I couldn’t get past him.). She kept asking me what I thought I could afford to pay. I gave her an amount and she said she’s she what she could ‘work out’ for me. I still refused, telling her I really couldn’t afford anything,but she went running in and out of the auditorium to the guys at the tables at the back everytime I said no. Well, then she told me she had a specila deal for me that she could sign me up for the ‘monthly financing’ plan. The plan was for me to pay $165 a month, for a total of about $6400 for the one website. But when I got my paperwork I saw that they had tacked on an extra $600 and some dollars because I was on the financing plan. Then they wanted an extra $79 for that plastic thing with the DVDs in it. I didn’t want to do any of this but they made it all sound so good, like I could make a fortune, and I was desperate for an income, being disability and all. Now, I don’t have credit cards because I have no credit history of my own, being divorced with the credit card being my ex’s. So they were desperately scrambling around trying to find a way that I could pay. I suppose that should have clued me right there, huh? Anyway, they finally let me pay with a check, which I noticed after awhile that they never did cash. They said a stop payment was put on it, except I never did it.
    Once I finally had the website sort of running, I asked if I could sign up for their hosting service, and they told me to send them a voided check so they could debit my bank account each month. I waited 6 more months to hear from them and finally contacted their CSR’s via the live chat. At which time I was told that my voide check had been sitting on someone’s desk in accounting, because they did not know how to handle Canadian funding or Canadian checks, So they said I could not even sign up for their hosting service. I told them I wanted a refund and to quit this thing, and they said if I tried to stop the payments, they could drag me through court and make my life miserable for the next 2 years. So I called that Travellers company, now called Crelogix in Canada (wonder why?), and they threatened me in the same way. So it has been about 6 months now since I had to stop paying Crelogix. I could no longer the payments because I had to move since that seminar, and at my new place the utilities are not include in the rent. So having to pay those now, I cannot afford anything extra out of my pocket. But for all my troubles with this SOL crap, I wasted about $4400 or so. I would love get that money back. I have no heard anything from Crelogix, so I assume they aren’t pursuing anything. It is the first time I have ever had to default on any payment of any sort, but when I moved I could no longer pay. I just went to see if the site is still up since they still send me the merchant newsletter in my email. And they logged me into some kind of payment center place, which had an invoice for monthly hosting fees dating all the way back to January of 2008! It seems they’re keeping record on there of hosting fees that I supposedly own them (though they’ve never contacted ME about it!), and they wouldn’t even let me sign up for hosting! Plus, their CSR’s on chat have told me repeatedly that they are amazed I was even able to sign up at the seminar, because I have no credit cards! Anyway, that is my story. Doubt I’ll ever be able to get any of this money back, but I thought I should add my story to the masses here, and maybe other folks will be warned. Thanks.

  3. Dyonne Lewis says:

    I tried to sell all my six SOL stores for half price (I paid, $7,000) to a lawyer who I knew needed a website with a payment processor for her services. When I attempted to facilitate the sale by contacting SOL to see how I could go about transferring everything to the lawyer, I was told to have the lawyer call them. I had the lawyer go to the SOL website and contact their customer service herself. The rep told her that her current site was fine and said what she needed was ads. He suckered her into purchasing $2,700 of advertising which the lawyer says turned out to be a total waste of her money since she got not one job from it. Now I can’t even give my six stores away.

  4. Alfredo says:

    guys what we need is to regroup and complain in massive to the FTC and Attorney General
    here is my email if someone is interested
    henarj@aol.com

    • Simone says:

      I am willing to complain about this company as well. They give you all this hype, then when you realize that it is not what they make it out to be, they want to be rude and tell you you signed a contract and are stuck with it. They have been sued in class action suits in other states, now we need to have one in NY state.

    • Michelle says:

      I’m interested also. Keep me posted.

      • Bobbie Fisher says:

        I am also interested as I live in NY to

        • Mrs. Kuhaulua says:

          Hi it even happened to me tooo yah I’m from Hawaii…they got us Hawaiians too…they got me in 2003…and thanks to them my credit is shot…I want them to be punished….and return all what is ours…

  5. David says:

    Well, at least all of those calls have stopped from marketers wanting to “help” me improve my web site. Now I just need to find the right way to get all of my money back.

  6. Valentine mukobe says:

    anyone in New jersey planning to sue this criminals that have no mercy on common people.They made me sign the paper quickly because of time factor and they had other customers to attend to.The seminar I attended was in Nj secaucus,They are smart They normally target the poor people who have no money eve to sue them.remember they are monitoring this websites too.

    • Ella says:

      I am interested as well, I am also from NJ we really need to do something and try to get our money back.

    • Adeline says:

      I to went to a seminar in March, 2011. I also purchased the Platinum Package, all the help you are suppose to get is a lie. It’s a shame this is what they are doing getting rich by stealing from others. We must get our money back.

      • Pam Hymel says:

        Your right same here. I can’t believe it is still legal or them to be putting on these seminar’s. It’s been 2 yrs for me and never got anything going. I was hoping to at least get my money back. After leaving the seminar I was under the impression that I would do that and more.. Pam in Louisiana

  7. Cecilia says:

    I signed up for stores online. They financed my purchase. When I realized that they DID NOT DELIVER what they said at the seminar. I stopped payment and demanded that they send back the money I had already paid. Needless-to-say, they never answered my request. I was trying to buy a home but was denied mortgage because I had bad credit. Upon further inquiry from the credit bureau by the sales agent, he came to my house and showed me the paper work. To keep a long story short, stores online crooks had sent my name to the credit bureau. They refused to send me the money when I filed for the class action lawsuit.Please can you tell me what I can do to get my money back and get my name off of the credit bureau’s data base. Thank you at lot.

    • Anna says:

      Cecilia I’m in this same exact situation. I’ve been told I can get a release from my contract, but still would be out the money I’ve already paid. If you have found any way to resolve this or anything along those lines please email me at azwb09@hotmail.com. Also anyone else who has had this happen feel free to email me, I think we all need to get together and do something about it.

    • Simone says:

      when did you file the class action lawsuit? I am interested in doing the same — they are also messing up my credit and I too am attempting to purchase a home

      • Sherry says:

        I too would love to find out how to get this off my husbands credit report because that is stopping us from buying a home. If they have an F score with BBB why cant the FTC get involved and fix this? My banker told me to start with the credit report and ask demand to remove this fraudulant account and go from there. If I get anywhere with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion I will most definately post the info. So sad to realize how many people got scammed! SOL…. We all know the true words that abbreviates! S@#$ outa luck! It really sux!

        • promised says:

          There’s hope but it will cost unfortunately. I defaulted after a few payments and tried to get out of this when i realized they were not fullfilling their part they spoke of. I have a recording of the seminar, they didnt’ know I took this…however on a voice recorder that’s been sitting for some time I can’t guarantee this right now. However, we also were in a predicument as the rental we were in was foreclosed. My husband is a Disabled VET. We had a great financing company that helped us with blotches on our credit, of which their company showed up several months after stop payments. I hated to pay them another penny but I got them to agree to half what was left around $1200 to send me a LETTER FIRST that they would take this off the credit bureau’s reports… before I would settle….NOT mark on my credit report that it was settled…but REMoVED completely as if never there. Then paid, it took a few weeks to show off their records, and of course had to remind them of their LETTER of promise… because NOW i had amonition to send to the bureau if they failed. GET a LETTER first upon agreed settled amount that they will remove all records off the reports ASAP. Not waiting for when it’s convenient for them. They will make you pay on their website, so capture everything by using the print screen, open bitmap, paste screen or print out with printer. Document everything. They are still sending me stupid invites…. and I’m sending blogs when they are in my neighborhood warning people. Don’t let them intimidate you. You do have rights.

          • promised says:

            oh to clairfy something, they will state that for them to comply, you must pay them within a few days… which doesn’t give you much choice but to use a debit/visa card. Western union or other means’ take to long & cost to much. I would use an acct you plan to close and has no more $$ than what is required. Wait the few weeks to be sure it’s cleared, notify your bank if you have to that you are clearing this up and closing the acct. But unfortunately you have to do this fast …make sure they send FAX letter that they are going to remove all records if you pay 1st. Then you pay. And also request that you receive a letter also stating that they have accepted your offer paid in full, clearing your records. Try to hold your feelings, as long as they are civil try to be nice. In my situation was like above, i wasn’t suppose to be on the contract in the first place. But somehow my friends credit was worse and eventhou i didn’t make money they didn’t care. Its simply they make money from people settling… but at least a hard lesson was learned.

  8. Pat says:

    I wish so much I would have found this website before I spent over $45,000 on these various hoodlums. It was so crazy when it started. One company would suggest another that I would need to start an online business. I kept getting all these phone calls from various companies that would say that “so and so” referred me from the other company. No matter how strong I tried to be they talked me into paying them over the phone using my credit card. The Companies are: The Tax Club, Profit Sense Builders, Profit Sense Innovations, Business Development Division, Fortune Builders, InfoMastery, LLC, Freedom Soft, Duvera, Small Biz Credit, Authorize.net, My Business Credit Builder, etc. Is there any one that can help me know which of these are reliable and which aren’t and how can I get my money back? Please!!! Thank-you!!!

    • promised says:

      duvera is the credit hounds who represent stores online and all their other conglamorates. They are also the one’s you call to make a deal. Make sure you state that you have not received the items that were promised, or service. Also report to the state attorney general as soon as possible any tactics that you’ve encountered that you know is bad business practice. Document everything.

    • peggy says:

      we can help you possibly get every penny back please call for info 480-649-4251

  9. Karen says:

    Anyone wanting money back from SOL must try asap… reason is you have a chance if you dont wait past 6 months. I worked my butt off and then waited to long before I wrote every gov department I could. Now there is no chance I can get a cent because they say I waited top long I signed up in 2007 and tried for maye back on 2009
    For those of us in Canada. there is apparently no class action suit allowed in our system for this kind of problem.
    If anyone has a good lawyer,,, you can double check Canadian law.

  10. Marg says:

    Please check out or GOOGLE I hate Stores On Line also

    • kim says:

      You know what I think? I think you work for Sol. Why don’t you reply to my response to the post you made at 2:31 pm?
      Dateline did do a show on SOL already. And, I have written 20/20…no response. Not yet, anyways. Maybe I’m wrong about you, and you just haven’t read my post yet. I would love to be wrong in this case, but I guess I’ll know soon enough, huh?

      On your computer go to where your “find on this page” tool is and type in ‘2011 at 4:08′ you’ll see my reply to your post that is just above mine. And, if you are for real, then I want to apologize hear and now, for any comments I have made that struck a nerve. I suppose you can blame sol for that, too. They do leave some of us…well, I’ll just say, not like we used to be.
      Use that ‘find on this page’ tool to see all my post, if you want. Just type in kim

      • Lula says:

        I went to a seminar. Is this for real?

        • Dottie says:

          Hi Lula,
          I attended and signed up for the stores online program back in July 2010. I have spent countless hours trying to follow everything like they said, and after 2 months I get a web page online, but can’t sell anything because I am not in the search engines. To get in them I need to spend more money. I have not made a penny, but are still spending. I am even getting contacted by other companies that want money to get me in the search engiones. SOL did not tell me any of this at their seminar. I hope youdidn’t sign up and if you did I suggest you cancel immediatelly. I liven in Louisiana and would beinterested in hearing from anyone from louisiana about SOL good or bad. I may be too late but I just sent a letter to my attorney Jeneral.

          • tyren says:

            I too live in Louisiana and I would like to cancel their service without any future charges. This company is a ripoff

        • Rebecca Ottley says:

          Lulu it’s not too late…the state of Louisiana needs to hear about SOL. They will direct you on what they will do. There is a department in every state in the Attorney General’s office for FRAUDS such as SOL. I have the same issue, here’s the thing…I have the same problem too….but I refuse to give SOL another penny of my money. I would suspect that they have turned me over to the credit bureau but I am disabled and on a limited income.

          I got call also from someone saying they are getting ready to take me to the “next step”. I told them there is no “next step” for me, that $6,000 was more then enough for a website and marketing. The caller got nasty with me and hung up. Had I know that it would cost more money when I attended the seminar, than I would have made a choice then, but SOL do not disclose this information. I would imagine they hide behind the fact that we should have known, but that’s not acceptable when such a big price is involved. They should have been honest and up front. But scammers are not honest.

          As for SOL, they will continue to be exposed by me and I’m sure others who got suckered into their web of lies.

    • kim says:

      This is for Marg…you are a fraud. You won’t answer a single post of mine. That tells me you are working for sol and helping to build their rankings. Everyone should know this site is here for sol’s benifit. They already know how many people they’ve screwd. It’s the hits that they aquire from all the people posting on this site that they care about. It goes in their favor, simply due to the title of this blog. Not one person has answered to my postings, asking anyone wanting to do something about sol to contact me. At least my Attorney General is looking into it. I won’t bother coming back to this whiny wimpy messed up place, where it’s all crying and no doing. Hope the ones that are for real get something back from the sol thieves. Me, well I hope to help bring the whole scamming crew to a standing halt. Cause I will never stop blowing the whistle on them…every day and everyway I can!! Just not here anymore.

      • Sherry says:

        I agree! If they have an F through BBB and the FTC knows about it something should be done about it! I filed with my credit bureaus and demanded that SOL (shit outa luck) be removed because they are scammers. I hope things work out for everyone screwed over bty these fast talking money stealing piece of shit heartless losers who pray on us and make us lose perfect credit scores so we cant buy a damn thing. This bogus company needs to be stopped and I sure as hell wont stop until those bastards are out of business!

  11. Debbie says:

    I bought 6 sites in 2005 and haven’t been able to get them up and going. They will help you for $$$$. I am not able to work on them off line and they want a monthly fee to be able to work on them online. It’s always $$$$. They are just liars! Are there any lawsuits in Oregon I can join?

  12. Wilda Webster says:

    March17, 2011
    My daughter and I attended an information session and signed up to go to a seminar. We had 3 days to cancel. The next day, she found that they had been banned in a number of states for illicit practices. She faxed all our information to withdraw from the seminar roster and they charged our cards anyway. We have the fax, date and time of the withdrawal. We will dispute the charges on our respective cards and I will contact the Attorney General for the State of Massachusetts as well as the Better Business Bureau. I expect that my money and my daughters money will be returned. I intend to campaign on Utube, Facebook and Twitter until your company is indicted for it’s fraudulent practices. Wilda Webster

  13. Derek says:

    I have a 6 website deal bought in Oct 2009 and have not been able to work with these people I am willing to do whatever I can to assist in a CA class action suit, or possible to go to small claims.

    • Kathy says:

      Derek, I am also in CA, and willing to do what is necessary to get my money back too. I bought the 6 websites, and because I was not able to proceed without forking out more money, nothing has been done. I think these people need to be stopped.

      • kim says:

        I’m in calif, too. The more people that will go to the California Attorney General’s Office, online, and fill in the consumer complaint form…the greater the chance becomes towards recieving the help we need to get our money back. That’s all it takes folks, there just needs to be enough complaints before our attorney general will step up and do something about it. I sent mine in the last day of Febuary, and a follow up three weeks ago. Come on people, you want to stop them, then act on it!

        • duuuuck says:

          i attended sol for the first time on 7/7/10, bakersfield, ca.i feel like an idiot. im glad i put a stop payment on the e.t. today.hopefully i dont get a lien on my home. i am also filing a report w/ the state general atty. thank-god i caught the fraud only 2k in! i dont expect my money back, but at least they arent getting another cent!

          • kim says:

            I went to one in bakersfield, also. It is not to late to complain…no matter when you attended one of their CON-ferences. Look, people are gathering here to complain, might as well go on over to the california attorney generals sight next.

          • Kathy says:

            Okay, so look at the numbers coming forward already! And this is just one site! We need someone to head up our efforts here. I think we will all be willing to follow up on this. I will look for the atty. general complaint site now. Anyone who wants to contact me and get us here in CA organized, my email is ktoth22@hotmail.com. Let’s do this.

        • adelina says:

          I filed mine today. Have you heard anything from the Atty General’s office? Storesonline is definitely a scam and needs to be stopped ASAP. They got me for the initial $139.99 and then the Platinum Membership last May. I feel like a total moron.

        • bakersfield beware says:

          They won’t tell you but you have 90 days to complain to the Attorney genl’ office…sol will string you along promising someone will call, help you with what you need to get started and before you know it they are saying you have 30 days to get stuff to programmer, but after the 90 days you are screwed…cause the programmer will cost you another $300 right there. For one month…not ongoing. So all i can say is if your determined to stop paying, do it now. Write St. Attny genl’ -get documentation, receive letter from st. attryny and settle or contact a lawyer. But do it asap.

  14. Sue Matheis says:

    I signed on beginning of 2009. These people should be never be allowed to do anything like this again. I have lost a LOT of money and am now in Chapter 13. From a credit score of 800 to 300. How stupid was that. Is there anyone else from Ohio?

  15. I attended a workshop on wed.3-16-11.Financed the Silver Suite package of SOL for 3700.00$ with intrest of $775.36 with a down payment of $200.00 which leaves a total of $4275.36.Payments start on May 15 2011 in amount of $ 178.14 coming out of my debit card acount.What do you suggest i do? I have a smalltime welding & const.bussiness & i farm n ranch in TN.I want to get out of this.

    • heddy says:

      Since it is on your debit card…I am not a lawyer or anything…I would contact your bank tell them you are being scammed and cancel that debit card. Your bank will reissue one under a different number…contact your atty general and your BBB to file complaints….that’s what I would do…good luck!

  16. MARGIE says:

    I bought 6 sites in 2005 and haven’t been able to get them up and going. Three days after I signed up I receive a call from SOL telling me I would never be able to get my websites up and running. The only way to do it was with their help. They will help you for $7,000. They are just liars! They scammed me.

  17. Michael Lee says:

    Cancel the check or the credit card payment immediately! Don’t fall for this scheme! Get your money back immediately my friend!

    • Nicole Hughes says:

      My mother was invited to a seminar with stores online and she took me with her as her guest and they made her think it was a way she could make money from home and still make enough money to pay her bills, she is retired and on social security so she works a home health job to help pay her bills and other NEEDS. We paid for and went to the work shop and it was really a rerun of the earlier seminar to me and I was trying to pay close attention to catch the true story till close to the end and I went outside to smoke a cigarette and when I returned they already had her coned into buying this super duper package with a post dated check for the down payment when she had a chance to think about what she had done she tried to arrange for her to send them their stuff and get her check back that was fruitless so she tried stop payment on her check and they made it go through elect. with a different number so the Bank would not stop it, then she has to deal with the sol to get the money they scammed her for and we are at a loss what to do and who to turn to. We are in Texas and the seminar was the first part of May or the last part of April 2011. Please give any advise that you may have. Thank you.

  18. Randy Kurr says:

    My wife and I were sucked into SOL,s lies. I bought the 6k program and worked to get a product to drop ship. I liked the idea that SOL had there own list of drop shippers and could tie the products to your website. Problem…you have to pay to join them. We were not told we had a 3-day cooling off period or in our case 15 days because of being 65 years old. Problem.. sure it was in writing but the high pressure sales pitch never gave you time to read it. The personal consultation they offered was not what we expected; it was a high-pressure sales session. After I bought the program I worked on a product for days using the reverse search tools and finally found a concept with caviar that met our criteria; but trying to find a distributor is a hard thing to do. I went to the Internet to get SOL numbers and was amazed to find the BBB gives SOL an F. I was stunned to see all the states that have sued SOL including my state of NC. Our AG told SOL that they had to change their way of presenting themselves and telling them to tell us that there testimonials were paid for. Did you know that they are paid 8 to 12k for there endorsements? I want my money back!

    On 3/21/11 I received a phone call from Chris with PMI (telemarketing group) representing SOL he told me we were selected as a special individual to help with my websites. O my god I thought this is what I needed to get this off the ground. I made a point to ask him several times that this was a free service to put together my sites. I set up another time to talk about it. On 3/28 we were excited about the meeting until we found out we needed 3k (to start) to market our website I was appalled by this. I want to start another class action suit…can you help? By the way I did record both calls if you need them. I am getting an appointment with my Attorney and would love to know if there are any others out there that would like to join.

    • Tammy says:

      I had the same guy call me. I am trying to scrap up money for a lawyer. I spent my extra cash on SOL. Dumb ass me!!!!! I,m in NY try to find people to fight against these guys…..

      • kim says:

        same guy called me, too. The few people that run sol, are coming up FAT on all our money. These people don’t even have web sites of their own. They are bouncing all over the world…planes, motels and resturants, making sure they are not in the same place two days in a row…they don’t have time for an online business!!!

      • Bobbie Fisher says:

        I live in NY to and would love to be on a class action law suit get a hold of me I could find money for this lessasramouth@yahoo.com I’m with anyone who wants to shut this company down

    • Jennifer Cook says:

      Randy, I too joined this ridiculous company on 2/22/11. It really is a scam and I want to know how I can get my money back. I called them yesterday to let them know that I can’t afford to pay them this month 6/11 or next month due to an illness and stay in the hospital. The guy at the financial institution told me that he will stop payment and send me a letter to cancel the automated payment that comes out every month but that they will be contacting me by phone later. I just want out of this mess but I already have bad credit and do not want to add this to my credit score. I am trying to get out of debt as it is. I too am in NC and I will be contacting the attorney general asap. I am so glad I came on this site to see how many others have been ripped off. Count me in.

    • Juanita Smith says:

      Dear Randy K. I to was sucked in by SOL and purcused the 6k package i also live in NC. i would love to get my money back from these liers we all need to make them go out of bussiness for good.

  19. Michael Lee says:

    Randy, please feel free to contact me directly via email. I would LOVE to try another Class Action Suit. My direct email is: axio1@cox.net.

    Thanks.
    Michael Lee

  20. Candle Lady says:

    Hi Everyone,
    I was so glad I read these reviews before attending the real seminar that costs $99 which isn’t a large sum of money if the information is good but the hard sell is what gets most people. I do however have some advic for those of you who bought into “SOL” Wow is that short for “Shit out of luck”? Anyway I started doing some research about how to create an ebook to sell online & found an ebook on Amazon that really helped & it cost me .99 cents!! I have completed my first one & am now creating a website to sell it on. I will let you know how that goes. I know everyone has knowledge & beleive it or not people will pay for that knowledge, you may not become a millionaire but it can be a nice side income especially if you can do several ebooks. It is at the very least a product you dont have to ship or manufacture or rely on someone else to ship. Give it a shot i’m sure each of you have an ebook just waiting to be put to use…

    Best regards

    • bakersfield beware says:

      go to yardseller …its thru facebook…and it’s completely free to sell anything…. well i’m not sure of ebooks but can’t hurt to ck out.

  21. michelle lomax says:

    Has anyone been to a seminar in wisconsin or rockford. I went to one in rockford, i have not purchased anything because it seem to good to be true.

  22. Ann & Shelia says:

    I have never in my life been so disappointed in a product/service in my life as much as I have of this one. The hook was that it was so easy that even a non-skilled computer illiterate person could use the service. Well, I know my way around computers and it is difficult. Then, there is no one to talk to you in person. They want to chat online with you. Now how easy is that to do if you don’t understand the questions that you need to be asking in the first place?

    I am sorry that I ever went to their seminar and encourage others to run far away from this hoax of a dream come true!

    • bakersfield beware says:

      I am a graduate of cei for microsoft cert. engineer…and i contacted another guy on here that apparently has more skills than me, who bought the websites for his wife. Who became disabled recently. He was out over 8k, Its not you or I’ its their stupid website. I tried to upload just a stupid gif to ad’ and it wouldn’t even upload. I think they have some kind of block on it, so you have to MAIL ALL YOUR STUFF TO THE PROGRAMMER…and your at their mercy to do as they please.

  23. kim says:

    For all those who are really serious, now is the time to write to your attorney generals office…AND, the FTC! Because the more people that do, the better chance of shutting these life stealing, money grabbing, misleading con artist thieves down for good. There is a nation wide sweep going on, conducted by the FTC along with several Attorney General’s from various states, and Storeonline is one of their targets!! I myself presented my Attorney General with more than 60 pages of corruption evidence, other complaints I made, correspondence with SOL and illegal activities they participated in while making the picth and sale to me. If you want your money back you’d better act NOW!!

  24. Patricia Scheid says:

    I attended their seminar as well. I was on umemployment at the time, have serious health issues which make “traditional” employment impossibe, and support two children by myself. Now I’m at the point that bankruptcy is my only option. You can only “hold your head above water so long” before it’s foolish not to. I am not an ignorant woman or without a good education. I have done a lot of research and have not found ONE person indicate that STORES ONLINE has complied with anything on their contracts. I lost more than $2,000 and finally closed my bank account so they couldn’t keep taking funds even though I asked for my money back or at least stop any association with them. I was unaware of this 3rd party company, Duvera? so that cost me even more money! It’s just sickening that they continue to get away with it. Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    • bakersfield beware says:

      DUVERA IS THEIR CREDIT HOUNDS. YOU KNOW THOSE PEOPLE WHO CALL TO HARASS YOU…. They are not one of those that buy the contract pennies on the dollar, I can attest to that…. they try to say that, but that is another false lie. They work for sol and they are the billing dept. They are the ones that show up on the credit report. It was rather ironic as I settled to get them out of our lives, that they only had to take a moment to call sol to see if they agreed on an amount to also agree to take all records off our credit file.

  25. Tammy R. says:

    My parents and I signed up for one of their Platinum Plans with SOL in August of 2010, for $6000. It is now near the end of April, 2011, and we still don’t have a functioning website. PMI got our names (of course), and, for another $6000, they were calling us for about twenty minutes every week for ‘coaching’. We signed up and paid for a membership with a drop-shipper who doesn’t carry anything useful after all. The SOL website isn’t even W3C compliant! We’re in Texas, and Mom and Dad just got a two-inch thick package in the mail today about a lawsuit against SOL and PMI and Tax Club (yeah, they got us, too). We’ll definitely be looking into this! I just wish we had had the opportunity to check out this fraudulent company before going to the seminar. We would never have gone!

    • Roberta says:

      My husband and I signed up as well for the platinum package back in March 2009 and have not made one cent. As a matter of fact the dropshipper went out of business, and I was unable to find another one. They want to charge you money for this and that, so what does the $6000 cover. You can get a website through various companies like Go-Daddy, Powweb, etc. for little or nothing. So again, what does the $6000 cover. I am totally upset about this, because my husband did this for me after I lost my job. He had A-1 credit, and now it’s not as good. I feel really bad that his credit is messed up now trying to help me with my dream, and to find out that we had been scammed. These people (SOL) have the nerves to call you with a preset message inviting you (when they are in town) to attend a training class and ask for more money as if they are so legal or something. They need to be stopped! Don’t Mess with Texas!!! I would like to get together with Texas residence and file a civil lawsuit as well, and to clear up my husbands credit. If you are interested in joining me, please reply.

      • Mark says:

        Ya! most defiantly I signed up about 2 years ago too. Needless to say a huge flop, KILLED my credit too. Now I live in a different country and my mother is still getting calls about that. I’m so ashamed to have made such a stupid decision. Pyramid scheme? Maybe. Pressure sales? Maybe. What ever it is there should be a law against it. Hell, there is one for every thing else. Someone is getting all that money and saying “Those idiot’s”. I don’t want money, I just want my family to be left alone and my credit to be fixed!!!!!

      • linda says:

        i’m in texas too. let me know what you did. i’m just now thinking of of changing my accts. i’m tired of paying 290 a month for nothing, hosting fee for nothing, merchant charges for nothing, i feel so used. thanks for listening to me.

        • Todd says:

          Well my wife purchased the pro package ($6000.00) in 2008 against me telling her not to and I have tried and tried and sepnt many hours on the phone to never get a site published…so after about 2 years of not even logging into the site decided to maybe give it another shot only to find out tonight that I now have to pay $29.95 just to get access to continue building or working on building my website….this whole SOL thing is definitley a joke which I knew it was from day one….Let me know if someone is starting a class action law suit because I am all in…Todd in Alabama

    • Jim says:

      I want to find out who contacted your parents about the class action lawsuite against SOL, I want to join. I have spent over $11K with these crooks and am willing to do whatever necessary to help close them down and get my money back. Thanks!

    • Nicole Hughes says:

      My mom needs help in getting her money back and filing a class action suit here in Texas. She has tried to cancel this mess ever since she got home from the work shop and had a minute to realize what had just happened to her, they would not even discuss this with her so she paid for a stop payment on the check she had written to them and they sent it through as an e-transaction with a different check number so the bank would not catch it and go ahead and pay it, then the bank said she had to contact sol to retrieve the money they had scammed her for she has made attempt after attempt to deal with these people unsuccessfully I might add. Sol is a scam and we all need to stick together to get them from operating any kind of business not just in Texas but all over. They prey on the old and poor so they can continue to get away with this because they don’t have the money to fight back. Please help my mother to get some justification in this matter and help keep others from getting scammed the same way. I have learned that they can not legally e-transact money with a different numbered check if they have an actual hard copy check they are suppose to send it through with that check number even if they e-transact it, with her they listed the check number as 101 or 1001 to get it through the bank even though they had an actual check with the number she had paid for the stop payment on, as a result of them taking the money the wrong way she has had numerous returned items which is something she don’t usually have happen, her account is still overdrawn because of the sol scam and she is trying to get something done but don’t know where to turn for the right help.

    • sam says:

      Im in texas too, and have the same story. I have been paying on my divera bill for about 2 years. if you do something in texas please let me know…

  26. Donna Irvin says:

    My husband signed up and has spent 6k on this sol, and we had them cancel 2 phone appts on us already. The dropshipper doesn’t have the product we want to sell, and I had him try to get our money back but to no avail of course. Anyone else in PA with these issues?

  27. kim says:

    Listen people, take the time to COMPLAIN!!! Not on this blog, it only helps to serve SOL. I hate posting here because it boost SOL’s websight rankings everytime someone post something on this site. Make an official complaint with every Comsumer Protection Agency that you can possibly muster the energy and time to do. Don’t you understand that it is the only thing we can do…whether anybody ends up getting their money back, or not…that’s the only way to shut them down. Come on you guys, stand up for yourself and each other by just making official complaints!!! Do it…just do it to get rid of them!!

  28. kim says:

    WEATHER YOUR PAST THE TIME FRAME FOR A RETURN…TWO YEARS IN…BANKRUPT, OR HOMELESS…MAKE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT!!!!!!!!! BURY THE BASTARDS!!!

  29. ELitteral says:

    I am unemployed and unable really to work trying for disability. They sure made the SOL sound so good but can’t get anywhere with it because it keeps costing me more and more to get anything even going but nothing in return. My bank account has even overdrawn from the withdraws made from my checking account. Now I know they boast about how much you can make but really it’s the SOL Company that’s the only one getting the money profit. I can’t do this anymore. DON’T SIGN UP IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SPEND FOR THEIR COSTS TO GET A ONLINE STORE STARTED WHICH ISN’T WORTH IT.
    THANKS,
    EVERETT

  30. meg price says:

    I have just made a complaint to the Canadian Competition Bureau about starting a class action suit against storesonline . Hopeful this will work as I refuse to make anymore payments.Will keep you guys updated.

  31. LOUISE says:

    I got scammed out of 4000.00, there is no way out also requested a refund stuck in a bogus contact incomplete website, wanting only there payment plan tor rake in more money and after a year you left holding the bag demanding and harrassing phone calls. Manipuliting you need to upgrade more dollars in their pocket and stuck with advertizing fees. i did things i would not do, to get out the situation i am in. I found a new company that let’s me decide how my webpage looks, and how payment options that are free to join to transfer money in or out,

  32. Cheryl Mosca says:

    My site is no longer up because I could not afford the $4,000 to market it. I am in North Carolina and would like to know if there are others in NC who know anything about any current settlements?

    • Juanita Smith says:

      hi cheryl i live in nc to i went to storesonline semiar in feb 25 2011 we need to get everyone in nc that went to the semiar together and get a law suit started, i file a compliant with the attorney general i feel like they did’t want to get involed with it but it want hurt to file as many as we can maybe they will get involed with it.

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  34. Alex says:

    I bought into the stores online scam in 2006. I no longer have the product since it is useless. I refused to pay them any more money and they sent it to collections since they refused a refund when I had called them in 2006. Anyone know how I can get the collection stopped and taken off my credit report. The Kansas AG doesn’t want to do anything about this at this time according to the letter they sent me even though other states have has successful lawsuits. Please let me know what I might be able to do in the Kansas area or if anyone in the Kansas area wants to join in a class action suit please let me know.

  35. Nicole Hughes says:

    My mother was also scammed by these people and needs help to get it rectified she is in Texas and needs all the advice she could get from anyone who knows how she can recover from this scam.

  36. Kathy says:

    I have filed a complaint with the AG of California. I urge every one of you with a complaint to do something about it. Voicing your issue here shows us all that we are in agreement about the scandalous practices of SOL, but it isn’t enough. You need to file a formal complaint.

    • kim says:

      ABSOLUTELY THE TRUTH!! Thank you Kathy for being someone, other than myself, impressing apon the ones who are upset about one thing or another where SOL refunds are concerned….to FILE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT! It is the single most important thing one can do, if something is to be done about, not just stoping these cons, but to get some…if not all…their money returned.
      I also filed with California’s AG, a few months ago, and I just found out yesterday they have forwarded my complaint to the Consumer Law Department, where it remains open. I think California may be getting ready to take action. AGAIN, for the third time against SOL. I don’t know for sure, but I do know the more people who file a complaint the sooner our AG will act.

  37. Randal says:

    I was just curious as to what the comments posted here, would look like?? I went to the seminar, attented the second day work shop. Listened, asked questions, receive answers that left zero doubts as to the meaning received. I, without a doubt know NASA isn’t on hold waiting for my vidial input. In short, I find it hard to believe, if nothing else was offered, the price of the preimum package, would still mean StoresOnline stands on the rock solid principles of it inception, Give the customer the thing they need most to achieve any goal: Without the faith to believe in hope, life could offer very little. I’ve spent weeks. Yes, over a hundred hour reseaching the claims made by staff and Instructional Speakers about what it takes to be successful in an online bussiness. I found myself needing the tools, for a new goal in my life. I have in the pasted been spoiled by the level of financial success I had reached. The long story short is there’s no guarrantees in life, and even less if you have the right to discount personal responsibility for lack success. The one thing I never heard while at any of the classes or in one on one discussions I had then or since research the facts about product value and function. What I found: Is a company that was very straight forward. Sure, there was pressure to make a sale, thats what they do. No, business doesn’t want to promote the products they offer. I was getting little side tracked from my true point of even taking the time to post. It kills me, not being able to afford the tools, I now believe: would not even consider starting an online bussiness without Reverse Search application, SEO software, not to mention, Just knowing the right question to ask was directly linked to information attained at the seminar. It’s pretty good when a business, educates a potentcial customer, doesn’t make the sell, and totally blow the guy away by, being more and on the cutting edge where an when it counts. I anxiously await using the knowledge and tools they provide. If anyone would like personal help in becoming a success using the tools StoresOnline provides, I guarrantee, by the simple fact that I don’t work for free and my ability to get paid would be based on your success and the structure of our agreement. Here the deal, I’a saying this to anyone who knows it to be true. The first principle to acheiving any goal is to identify exactly what it is. (2) Get necessary education, skill or tool need. (3) Make a plan of action. (4)Take action. If you have any unsolvable problem, Start at Step (1) Specifically Identify problem. Gather needed info. take action. It’s the same process used when beginning to walk. You should be thanking StoreOnline for the ability to make decisions based in fact and for taking the stupid out of dum. ranholbrook@gmail.com

    • bakersfield beware says:

      There is no doubt in my mind you are a sol sales person because they aren’t stupid enough to buy into their own websites…all of them admitted they don’t have a site, or cough…can’t show / prove it cause god knows why it would what prove something. what it proves is that you all are con’s and hey if your so “wanting experience” before buying then why the sales pitch to charge?

  38. Donna says:

    Note: Website not yet finished. To all readers: I bought the entire package from SOL and its affiliates on 1/10/07. To date it has not been done. However, I sent a certified letter to the Pres. as well as many emails. The ltr. did the trick, for a short time. I was assigned a programmer 9/10, and he started, then quickly stopped, and I have fought all the way. I AM NOT A MOUSE…the squeeky grease get the wheel.
    So, 4 mo.& I could not get calls or emails returned. Finally, the Pres. appointed a guy, so great, 2 wks.later he was promoted, & things stopped again. So, I contacted & asked for his help. I got both the dept,mgr,&the programmer working. Then programmer left town & nothing!
    I finally reached her 3 wks. later & she thought the web was built. The hard time this guy gave me, was overruled by the mgr. and I have a draft in hand, Wed. we review, and Fri. it will be ready to go live.
    THE DATE TODAY IS 6.13.11–4.5 yrs. later. But, it is getting closer to what I want and I will be sending him changes and updates today.
    So, keep in touch and hopefully you can get your website done quicker.
    The only people who got “some” money back were those who worked with their state Atty.Gen., but you need more than 1 complaint.
    I also contacted PMI … & they have upgraded their study guides, and call me at the appt’d. times & said I did not lose anything, they just needed a website to work from. They have proven to be great. The next step is they will review my site for keywords, help with links, metatags, etc.
    I am so excited…but it has been a long haul and we lost years of making money … & I know it will not happen overnight, but I don’t regret paying for PMI. The person who was assigned to me was the very person I would have chosen after reviewing each of their consultants & their education. We are truly a team.
    Fri. my site could go live, but, it will not as I want it really ready to go.
    >>>>> Now, I am thinking that those who wish me to help them built their website, I will try to do so. It is a lot of work on my part, so I will have to charge a fee, but that is better than blowing $20,000+++.
    >>>>>>I will not be able to help you until much later in the year, so send me your contact info. (2 have already) & I will do my best to accommodate you.
    >>>>>>I have built my own websites before, but never to this extent and I want to be QUEEN of the INTERNET before too long.
    My name is Donna

    • bakersfield beware says:

      NO site should take 5 years to build…. are you kidding me???? how is that even remotely reasonable.?

  39. Bobbie Fisher says:

    An AG is short for Attorney General and don’t forget you should also get in contact with the FTC(Federal Trade Commission) and your Stat Department of Consumer Fraud .I have done all of these. The only thing I got out of storesonline was a cancellation of their Platinum Packaged but no refund. The BBB in Utah only wants to handle the mediation part so they can charge you an extra money and small claims court is not an option for us in NY either as the company is based out of Utah we would of had to go their so my hope is for a class action law suit in NY and did any of you guys know that they were sued in the southern district of NY storesonline lies cheats and steels lets bring it to them and Kim contact me ok I sent you an email and will get in touch with anyone else about this company

  40. sknosey says:

    I’m in the UK but business registered in WY, and bought the Platinum package last year for 6 websites but now not sure what I’ve bought as I have to build most mself and pay additional for hosting. PMI and Taxclub tagged along. SOL will not “allow” me to sell certain things which were not made known at selling time. Got full refund from Taxclub. No website up yet. Anyone from WY?

    • bakersfield beware says:

      clarifying….SOL is in UTAH people… that’s why you can’t find them. They are hiding even thou UTAH bbb.org has blocked them. They are suppose to be banned from working in their own state.

  41. MChappell says:

    Can someone contact immediately regarding alternatives to this enormous debt that exceeds $6,000K. I am being threaten to pay or my wages will be attached. Please help by responding to this email or at marie.chappell@cchmc.org.

    Thank you and God Bless!

  42. Jessica says:

    This is too bad- I have a similar story. They really paint a pretty picture when the sites are being sold. Not the case… Watch out!!!

  43. Alan says:

    I purchased in 2008 and wasted my money. SOL could never get me up and running even though I wasted a year of my life uploaded all my products, information, prices, etc, only they could not input the shipping calculations. One excuse after another. I refused to pay the monthly hosting and cut my losses at $7700.00. I filed a complaint with the old attorney general in Florida, who did nothing. Maybe if all the Floridians start sending complaints to Pam Bondi, the new Atty General she will help us. It’s worth a try. Good Luck.

  44. bakersfield beware says:

    Just so you all know Gallaxy mall, Cash Flow systems, Imergent inc. are all the same company as sol. I contacted the St. Attrny Gen way back in 2009, so unless they decide to deal with this….who knows considering California new elections, money problems…it might be a while. But it would definitely promote a better moral for california or any state if the a.g. would get moving on this.

    • kim says:

      I filed my complaint with the California AG Feb of this year. They set my a letter confirming they recieved my complaint and that they would forward it to SOL, along with inquiries of their own they said they had. I never received another bit of information about my complaint, though I sent an email inquiry the next month and a follow-up letter the month after. Finally, in June, I was able to speak with someone from the AG’s office about my case, only to be told they no longer had it in Consumer Complaint Department (now closed). But they had sent it over to the Consumer Law Department, where it remains open. The reason they never got back to me…I was told, SOL never responded back to the AG request and/or my complaint.
      I paid for the 5,000 Pro Pack with credit card, tried to disput that after having my cancellation request denied, (I was one day past the final day for rfund return). Complained to BBB, contanted Marie Silva with SOL Public Relations, but NO DEAL. They got their money in full from me because I paid my CC.
      I was counting on my STATE ATTORNEY to act on the misrepresentation…false addvertizing…consumer fraud…lies and not complying with the Courts of California rulings last time they settled in this state! Now what…I’m burned? I’m going to the Investigating Media with this issue next, because the seminar I attended in Bakersfield was supposed to be recorded for the AG and if it was, then my voice had better be on it because I’m the only one in that seminar they allowed to say what product I had in mind…and I have my witnessess!

  45. jack wills says:

    A unique discussion merits a comment. I think that you need to write more on this subject, it might not be a taboo issue however normally people are not enough to speak on such topics. to another. Many thanks

  46. kim says:

    All of you who are unhappy with SOL, and from California, should file with the AG. I filed way back in january and they have taken a second look at my complaint. I spoke with the AG about this horrible mess, just last week. They are waiting to see what I’m going to do about what SOL is offering me now, but it’s not something I’m interested in, at all. So, without organizing a class action law suit, there’s nothing the AG can do…at least that’s the impression I got. So I’ve decided to contact Dateline about doing a follow up story to the one they did a few years back. Since SOL has changed their name so many times, and they are changing their name again and will no longer be doing seminars. I wonder why that is???? Maybe Dateline would like to know why too. There’s really only one reason a company would feel like they have to change their name so many times…and I, like so many others are all part of that reason. I’m not happy with what I purchased, and I want a refund…PERIOD!!

  47. Jill says:

    If you need a witness, I worked for the company on those seminar teams for years. But my identity will have to be kept secret.

    • kim says:

      I am definately interested and if you search the archives in these post you will find my email address. Please, PLEASE contact me. If nothing else I would very much like to ask a couple questions. I am never going to stop persuing this matter.
      Thank you so much for offering to help.

    • Teresa says:

      Please get in contact with me, I purchased SOL and right after that contacted them several times for help, did not understand the site information and continued to be left on hold. This is nothing but a confusing mess. I then contacted them to tell them I would need to put everything on hold due to a critical illness in the family, they told me it would not be a issue to get back to them, only to find out now they want to charge me with everything…..what a joke!! Please help us all to get our money back.

  48. j says:

    SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM. I can’t say it enough. They promise you that you can do this and make money. Make it sound so great than take your $7,000.00 plus and leave you there in the mud. I am so sick of calling and asking for help. After three years of not making a dime I have had enough of this company. To you that are thinking of doing this DON’T DO IT! They will take your money and laugh in your face while you lose your home and your mariage goes down the drain because you have no money left. THANKS ALOT STORESONLINE. They will not refund your money either. Ohh you get three days to decied if you want to back out or get screwed. What can you possiable do in three days to see if it’s going to work or not. This should of been our RED FLAG RIGHT THERE. PLEASE DON’T GET SUCKED INTO THIS. Very unhappy sucker!

  49. Mary in NY says:

    My website is no longer active. I purchased the SOL websites in 2005 and got 3 websites up and running, but never made a penny. I got many telephone calls that my website was not available to the public for some reasons I did not understand. No one would be able to find me on the web. I would love to get at least some of my money back. I ended my website in 2009.

  50. Bob in MN says:

    A friend bought into stores online. She got all the calls and I advised her not to put out the other money.(7k, plus) We did manage to get the website up and running. It took a lot of calls to support, which some were real help. Some we couldnt understand. IT isn’t very user friendly software. Its been 5 months now. Its not a perfect website, but you would think in 5 months you might get one customer to purchase something. . I have put out other money for links and seo help. You will find no advantages to be associated with them. At least with ebay they do most of the work for you if you are starting out small and in the long run its a lot cheaper. I have no ebay store, but its my opinion. Good luck to all that fell into this scam. My friend feels she will stick it out a while longer. She is down about 4 grand in expenses. I doubt you will be hearing any good news from me.

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  53. Oswald Johnson says:

    I am interested, class action also, I live in in New Jersey

  54. Oswald Johnson says:

    They are not doing as they claimed

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  57. suzanne sumrow says:

    does anyone know about a lawsuit being filed against storesonline? I have invested $6000+ and never could get the site up letalone actually make any money from it. would love to get my $6000 back…

    • jude says:

      sol is so full of it…..but i think it’s time that we all fight back against this company by using anything we use. We all know how bad this company is now its time to let the world know.lets start using site like facebook, youtube, myspace, keep calling your AG office try and get a local t.v station to help us out…..i will start a facebook page and i will let you all know…..ITS TIME WE ALL FIGHT BACK!!!!!

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  59. iahabba says:

    i agree with you if we all rise up and fight back this greed(SOL)using all the means you already mentioned then we will win and gets our money back ,iam ready to join
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  60. Daniel MC says:

    I signed out for the $6000 software that I pay $207 monthly, I never build any web site because its so complicate to use and now do they blocked my access to my account, I can’t even keep trying to build an WS if I don’t give them more money. Can I ask my bank to stop the payments? I’m in the same situation as everybody else, but is there anyone who ever get the money back? I asked to myquickresponse and do they say there’s nothing NOTHING I can do, I’ll have to pay in full for the 6K? Please help!!

  61. AndrewB says:

    I was pressured into leaving a $300.00 deposit for a package under the promise that I could cancel in three days if I did not like what I saw. Tried to cancel for two days, numerous times with no call backs. Finally got someone in customer support.They told me my contract would be cancelled, send an e-mail but a refund was probably not coming. This all happened in June 2011. Now I got a call from a collection company wanting the rest. I live in Canada, they are not getting another penny. I can’t believe what they are doing to people.

  62. Iene says:

    I purchased a package from SOL in 2003 and they charged my credit card several times. I never did anything with these websites and forgot all about it then I got a letter in 2010 from a collection agency asking for some ridiculous amount like $12,000. Recently, I got another letter from the same agency giving me an 80% discount if I pay $1800 in full. I don’t feel I should pay anything for this crap. I live in nj. Isn’t there some statute of limitation in NJ?

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