Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard on Wednesday announced a $115,000 settlement with Scottsdale-based Liberty League International LLC and its principals, Brent Payne and Shane Krider. The consent judgment resolves complaints that the multilevel marketing corporation tricked customers into spending substantial amounts of money by promising "sizable commissions" if they helped market three "personal development" products and recruit new participants.
Former Attorney General Grant Woods, who represents Liberty, said the company has had thousands of satisfied customers. He said a rival company generated the complaints to Goddard's office. Woods said any customer who was "legitimately misled" will get their money back.
Goddard's office said most participants did not earn enough to cover what they paid to buy the products, which included a home-study course and multiday personal development conferences. Prices ranged from $1,495 to $12,995.
The settlement also calls for the company to refrain from making unsubstantiated income claims, to advise potential customers of the correct percentage of participants who have made a profit in the program, and to refrain from making false or deceptive statements in marketing materials.
This lawsuit was bogus, all the plaintiffs were complaining that they lost money and it was Liberty League's fault. That's a loser's nature to try to place the blame on anything and everything except themselves.
If you want to be successful at anything, Liberty League included, you have to put in work. These people who sued LLI probably thought that since it is a home-based business opportunity that they were going to be able to sit at home and collect checks. With a home-based business you still have to put in work just like you would if you owned a traditional brick-and-mortar businesss.
LLI has created a new website with the intention of fully educating potential network marketers about their company and products and the way things work in network marketing. Check it out if you know there is no free money, besides the lotto.
http://www.libertyleagueinternational.info
Posted by: Chandler | March 14, 2007 12:30 PM | Permalink to Comment