UnitedOnlineBusiness/Herbalife
Complaint 134676 Details

i thought i was joining a great opportunity, to earn some extra cash, on april 23 i joined up with a business called 'united online business, for herbalife' after this, they supplied me with a coach who had rang to introduce himself.
his name is 'sam calabro' he works as an independant coach, from united online business, i had received several emails and phone calls, to get me started.
i had paid 9.95, i think this was an introductory fee, i thought 'why not' then i paid another 49.95, a few days later, cant remember what this was for, anyway sam calabro had said to me, 'you need to go online to start these steps, to learn all about the business so i could get started. in the meantime i had bought all these products, that arrived at my home which cost me over 500 dollars, that was ok, then i was still doing all these steps, online to understand how the business is run.
united online business, had sent me my own 'id' number to be able to go on this site to do all these steps, 05668077, so that i can begin the training, this is the steps i have mentioned.
also in between doing the training, i was asked for a further 4,300 dollars, as i thought that this business was legit, and i had read a lot about it, and researched before i had signed up, i dont understand how they can do this to people who live day to day, and get away with it, i did pay all this money, as i was lead to believe i was going to make a lot of money on a monthly basis. stupid me, who was very taken in by my so called coach, sam calabro.
the reason i started to get suspicious, is when i was going through my training online at around 2.00am in the morning, and as i was doing this, i had an email from 'united online business, at 2.00am saying ' we recently attempted to bill the credit card you have on file for your united business account' i never gave them permission to do this, and i thought, i cant afford this, and they certainly did not tell me i would have to outlay any more money to them, and certainly not without my permission, it was then after i received this email at 2.00am, i decided to drop out. this was may 9.
i emailed my coach the next day and said i will have to drop out as this is costing me too much money, and i know now that i should have been in a better situation with money,
i have never heard from 'sam calabro again, since i said i was dropping out, i have sent several emails to him, but still no reply, this is someone that was phoning and emailing at least evey second day, i dont understand why he would do this, he was so nice and made a lot of sense.
i then emailed 'united online business, and told them my concerns, which they were no help, as they sent me an email, saying 'you will have to contact sam calabro as he would have billed your credit card, because we dont have a record of this. i dont understand this as this company had tried to bill my credit card on the 9th of may, at 2am in the morning, and i cant get any answers from sam calabro, because he has not replied any of my emails, i had been trying since may 9th.
what also concerns me is i signed a contract, but i also was lead to believe that there was a cooling off period, that i could cancel my contract.
i really dont know what to do, i need some help as i dont have the money to just give away like this, i would appreciate it if someone could give me some type of insite.


thankyou

JANE TAYLOR