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I subscribe to over one hundred news feeds on the subject of Network Marketing (yeah, so you don't have to) and a lot of the time I run across what I consider to be cookie cutter/fake reviews.

But once in a while I run across someone who has posted a real review.  When I find one, (good or bad) I try to make sure we cover it here at MLM Blog.

That said, here is one customers review about the travel rewards associated with Ambit Energy.  

Post your thoughts in the comments!

I am a customer of Ambits since 2007. The rate for electricity is average but their "Travel Rewards" are a joke. In 2007 they had gas cards and grocery vouchers that looked nice. Those were taken away and they only kept the air fare and vacation packages". I called my travel agent and got a 1 week trip, including airfare, to Cozumel for $710 a person at an all inclusive 5 star resort!. Ambits free airfare is only applicable if you stay at one of their selected hotels wich range upwards of $160 a night for a minimum of 7 days'. Their Cancun package, etc?. does not include airfare and is only at Grand Incentives hotels!. These are not all inclusive and by the time fees, deposits, etc are appplied you've spent the same amount or more than I have just using a travel agent|. Not to mention the dates are somewhere between September through February, you have to request 90 days ahead of time, etc'. What a joke! Just bring back the REAL incentives like gas cards and grcery vouchers with no strings attached.. I have 68,000 points with Ambit and they are good for nothing!

I did an article last week about and Ambit Energy customer who claimed that the company was a rip off even though she failed to pay her bill, blaming the company for turning off her service for non-payment.

Today, I found another article about a Dallas woman who claims that an Ambit Energy rep robbed her.  It's pretty much a "she said, he said" story because the guy denies any wrongdoing, but what I found to be really interesting was an Ambit Energy rule.

The rule states:

"Ambit Energy independent consultants are prohibited from door-to-door marketing and only offer our service to people they know. No one should let anyone claiming to be an Ambit consultant in their home if they do not already have a a personal relationship with that person."

Isn't it ironic that Network Marketing companies have a (bad) reputation for being "door to door" sales, yet a company like Ambit has a rule against going door to door?

For more on the story, here is a video:

View more videos at: http://nbcdfw.com.

While looking for Network Marketing news to keep you in the loop, I ran across a very interesting "Rip Off Report" about Ambit Energy.

Here is a portion of the report:

I am a new ambit energy customer and hadn’t had a problem with them until last month. I recently had a baby in Oct.2011, so I had to quit my job, and a month later my boyfriend changed his job also. We were managing fine, until Dec. came around.

With the holidays here and everything else, we were on a budget. I called an agency they told me about, that helps low income families pay their electrical bills.

One week before my Dec. bill was due I was approved and the agency sends ambit a pledge for $72.05, I called Ambit two days before the bill was due to let them know about the pledge and that the payment might be late, they said it was ok.

Then when I received my Jan. bill I noticed that I owed $171.33 for Dec. and Jan. but before I could call the agency or even make a payment my services were interrupted, without a disconnection notice.

We went to the agency right away and they told me that the pledge had been sent, but did not know why it hadn’t been posted!. They called Ambit and refax the pledge, and then asked me to make a $66.00 payment to ambit, for my service to get reconnected.

I called Ambit after I made the payment and was told that it would take 24hrs for the pledge to show on their system so that they couldn’t send a reconnect order until then.

The next day I get a lease violation at the apartments where I live, for having my electricity disconnected!.

A week after that incident I received a disconnect ion notice telling me that I had to make a $99.28 payment or I would get disconnected!

Whoa horse!  This person did not pay her bill and her energy company shut off her service for non-payment and that makes the energy company a rip off?

By the way, I do feel bad for this woman and the hardships she is going through.

But this really got me thinking about how the reputation of Network Marketing (and in this case, Ambit Energy) can be tarnished even though Ambit doesn't appear to do anything wrong.

My guess is that energy, phone and other services might run into this type of thing a lot.

Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences.

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Ty Tribble
Founder, MLMBlog

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