Rich Dad Poor Dad- UK Training.

weetonto

I paid up to go on a Tigrent UK-( RDPD service deliverer) course in 2010 and was cancelled 3 times; this was after having arranged, time off, childcare, flights and accommodation to three different UK destinations. Whilst I appreciate these things can be hard to arrange, such a consistent lack of customer care, is abhorrent. To date despite repeated complaints being made to Tigrent and RDPD, no one has offered me compensation for my costs. They will be happy to take your money though; I'm still waiting for a course. Hope you have better luck, or has anyone else got similar experiences?:(

Mrs_Money

Apparently if you Google Russ Whitney and Whitney group and scam and Tigrent you can find an awful lot of unhappy people who have had experiences like yours - just found this and this on a quick search as I hadn't heard of them before.
No comfort to you though, but people seem to be saying that the sort of information/training you are looking for can be found for free on the internet? You may well never get your compensation unless you have the resources for a court case, I suspect.

weetonto

Since posting this, I have been offered a satisfactory solution by the company. This is dependent, however on the course I’m booked on in September going ahead.
But thank you for your comments.

qsuzie1

Hello Weetonto

I wondered if you would consider reporting back on the seminar after you attend in Sept?

I recently signed up but am now worried as I only read very negative comments about the training - in the US.

I'm hoping that the UK training may be different but it seems that basically it is a high pressured sales pitch for 3 days to get you to sign up to their advanced courses (as noted by Mrs Money in the previous reply with links).

This is not what I expect from a brand like Rich Dad - but as I say maybe it is different in the UK.

If you could post about your experience that would be great. I can't see anything from anyone in the UK complaining about the courses but I can't find anything (good) either.

£773 is lot of money.

:eek:

Good luck

Alibye25

In 2010 I decided to pay over £700 to go onto a three day Rich Dad Poor Dad real estate training.
It was awful. All the bad stuff you have heard from the US and Canada is the same as what is happening over here. It is one big sales pitch to try to get you to sign up to more training that costs over £20,000!!!!! That is more than my three years in university!
I did not learn anything that I have not read in one of the rich dad books.
They pressured people to call up their credit card companies to increase their credit so that they could buy the course.
I was so angry after the three days.
I wrote to complain to the company and received nothing back not even an apology.
Please do not attend any of these seminars or sign up for training. Invest it in books and time getting to know your area and the true specialists where you live who are buying and selling on a daily basis.
Good luck. x

torbrex

Why bump a 2 year old thread?

geordie_joe

torbrex wrote: »

Why bump a 2 year old thread?

Forum rules, don't start a new thread if one already exists.

When you join MSE the default setting is to show the oldest threads first. Alibye may just have seen this thread near the top of the list and not noticed how old it was.

Alibye may have actually searched for the best thread to post in, and not noticed how old it was.

Either way, posting in an existing thread was the right thing to do.

qsuzie1

Hello

I don't mind how long it takes - that people can do some due diligence on the whole area is essential. Thank you for posting Alibye25.

I did attend my course. I second everything that was said by Alibye25. Pure pitch for the next courses, followed by phonecalls trying to get me to sign up to 'offers only available to those specially selected'.

A lot of US style 'Ra Ra' (manipulative NLP methods?) used to make you feel that you are a 'loser' if you don't 'take the opportunity NOW' - i.e. sign the big cheque.

Fine if you have that kind of money to play with. I don't recall being pre-screened as to whether I had £20k to spend over the weekend! Let’s face it - it's a sizeable house deposit in many parts of the country and never 'small change' among average wage earners. Getting people to increase their credit card limits to 'prove' their commitment ('or else you’re wasting my time' - What? despite having paid £700 to be here??). So you are a ‘loser’ if you think splashing out £20k when you are unemployed/on a low income job isn't an 'opportunity'?

I guess I felt at the bottom line that I didn't trust that the company could deliver - and I had to bet £000's (I don't have) to find out. Testimonial 'sound bites' about what (apparently) a few previous participants have achieved doesn't really stand up as proof. Obviously each person has to be able to actually action any training they receive but you need to trust that the company might be in a position to educate participants and not just sell courses.

They should make it clear at the offset - don't bother trying to get into property using our method unless you have £000’s to spend because it is not going to happen. Note that is £000k's for training not for a deposit on a property!

The whole sales pitch thing was 'icky' for me. Where are the statistics on people successfully completing the courses and becoming financially free? The 'buddies' in the room on my course had only recently completed their 1st property deals. One had literally JUST completed and in no way knew whether it had 'come off' in terms of creating the start of actual financial freedom.

Having decided it's not the way for me to go I discovered the Property Tribes forum. It has been an excellent source of information on property if you are interested in the subject area - but you need to do lots of reading!.

I just suggest that people 'get it'. The information that does come out always covers the same modus operandi:

• Giving you books at your sign up date - which most normal people are keen to open and read. However on reading the small print, if you then decided to cancel your training within the cooling off period they charge you £300odd off your £700odd course fee for just opening the packaging (or they did when I signed up!
• On the 3 day course itself: getting you to increase your credit card limit, making you feel like a muppet if you don't 'grab the opportunity now'. Getting you to write down your true and very personal reasons behind wanting to escape the Rat Race - more NLP ammunition to get you to sign up using your own genuine reasons for not wanting to be Just Over Broke all your life.

Absolutely Buyer Beware - if you feel stressed and pressured into signing up for any course from a intro seminar, let that inform you - you are being manipulated. A good indicator is the old 'sign up today or else the cost goes up to xxx as soon as you leave this room'. That is sales pressure not information on how good the course is.

Good luck to all those out there trying to improve your financial education and situation. Thank goodness for forums like this where you can share experiences.

SuzieQ

Lighthouse_in_the_dark

didnt the author of rich dad poor dad go bankcrupts a few months ago?

droopsnoot

SuzieQ, that sounds very like an Inside Track property development seminar that I went to - they used to do a short 2-hour presentation in the hope that you'd sign over the few thousands to go on the weekend course. There was very much the implication that you had something wrong if you couldn't see how valuable it would be, but in fairness they did mention that after the course, if you wanted to use their procurement and management services there would be a few more thousand (£7-9k I think) to pay. I signed up on the night. Then overnight I decided it was a stupid idea, so the next day I phoned to cancel the card payment, and in fairness they processed the refund quite quickly and without any fuss. Then a few months later they went bust, so that was a bullet dodged.

I had a look at Property Tribes, after Singing Pig seemed to go quite rapidly downhill. As I still don't have any property investment (and am not sure it suits me) it's not been that meaningful to me, though it's interesting research.

googler

Lighthouse_in_the_dark wrote: »

didnt the author of rich dad poor dad go bankcrupts a few months ago?

...and the source of this info is .... where?