I received an offer in the mail to earn some extra money with Dry Tech services as a "lead finder". I usually trash these kinds of ads even before opening the envelope but since I had heard of Dry Tech before, I read the offer and it sounded like a fair deal. There were many testimonials written in the flier about how profitable others have been as lead finders and how risk free it would be just to try it. The information stated many promises of commissions awarded for each prospect that would reply to the fliers that I was to put out with my own given Dry Tech code number. The flier suggests starting a business in carpet cleaning through Dry Tech. My only job as a lead finder was to distribute the information to the public. The agreement in the information I received stated that I could try this lead finder program for 30 days. They make it look like a no fault, no risk wonder.

I would be sure to recruit prospects easily as long as I followed their directions. They stated that each time someone agreed to start a business and would call the company with MY lead finder number (which is on every flier that I put out) I would collect $1200.00 each time. They made it sound like a sure deal and that even one prospect would profit me greatly and that one person was no problem to recruit. Dry Tech stated that they were so sure that I would recruit at least one prospect and that if I didn't by the end of 30 days I could cancel the program, and my credit card would not be charged for the program with no questions asked. After I received the actual lead finder "kit" in the mail, I found out that I would have to invest my own money in getting fliers made which was not mentioned in the initial sales pitch.

They sent ONE flier in the lead finder kit and I was to copy my own fliers off of that one. I had to pay out of my own pocket for the fliers. Also, in the initial sales pitch they stated that all the marketing materials/fliers would be supplied by Dry Tech. I called and talked to a lady about that and asked her why I only had one flier in my kit. She told me that I would have to have those made myself. I mentioned to her that it wasn't stated in the initial letter. She was silent on the matter. So, I just went on with it and had the fliers made anyway because I thought if I did get even one person to respond, the commission would well take care of any fliers I had made.

So I went ahead and had a stack of fliers done and distributed them as suggested by Dry Tech. Weeks went by and I received nothing in the mail. As they had promised that if a prospect was recruited the $1200.00 check or checks would be sent in the mail. So it was just days before my 30 day trial would be over and I called a woman who's name was Rose Mary and asked her to cancel me from the program. She said o.k. but you have to send the kit back. The kit is just a thin binder that contains information about how to advertise and be a lead finder.

Remember they did NOT supply all the materials as they had promised in the beginning. So I told her that neither was it stated in the initial ad anywhere that I would have to pay to send the kit back if it didn't work and that I wasn't going to spend another cent on this program. She said that she would talk to her supervisor and that he would call me back. I firmly stated that I would stop payment if they were to charge my credit card because they promised they would not if I had not recruited anyone to the carpet cleaning program. Well her supervisor never called me back and my credit card was charged anyway. Even though I clearly requested cancellation and even though I said I would not authorize my credit card to be charged, they charged it anyway.

Only if I had decided to go on with the program after the 30 days, my card was only to be charged a $47.00 fee per the initial ad. But not only did they disregard my request to cancel the program, they charged me close to 4 times the amount that was supposed to be charged even IF I had agreed to keep on with the program. They charged my card $179.00 unauthorized! I was not to be charged anything because I had cancelled before my 30 days was up.

I have come to the conclusion that Dry Tech preys on people who need extra money to make ends meet. They get free labor by getting the "lead finders" to do all of the footwork for them. Then they even make more money by persuading the lead finders to BUY promotional materials from them! They DO NOT supply all the materials as they state in the beginning. I am ashamed to say that I have earned the sucker trophy. That's how convincing these sharks are. Buyer beware!