IEP/International Events Inc.(located in Las Vegas NV)
Complaint 57775 Details
- Date Occurred: 01/11/2014
- Reported Damages: $14,224.49
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This company reached us in Nov and offering low rate for Chicago International Houseware Show of March, 2012. We booked 10 rooms total in November and paid $5000 by credit card. Then they offered 5% discount by check. We paid them $9224.49 by check, they promised will refund the credit back once recieve our check. When I asked for about 4 weeks about the credit refund, they told me they will be out of business in a couple of weeks. That was right after they cashed our check.
Then no one answers the phone call and always the voice mail.
Please advise if anyone here got money back from them. We should work together for this case.
- Arene SBID #d260c7be14
- Posted 01/11/2014
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- WIN1 SBID #6289caff1c
- Posted 01/19/2014
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Please be aware that International Events, AKA, IEP Group, AKA IEP Inc; in the past, known as Itravel, is located on Rainbow Blvd in Las Vegas. The doors to this company were locked as of 1-16-12 with no notification to some employees that they would be closed. It is rumored that they will open again under another name or possibly another address which they have done in the past. They also have another address listed on Lindell Road in Las Vegas, but that is their old address. They continue to use this address on letter head or on other websites so please be aware of those as well. This company had changed their name from Itravel to International Events due to customer complaints (see Itravel at BBB website) and may change their name again. The vice president of the company, Jason T. Hearne (also wife, listed as owner-Vanessa Hearne) and Director of Sales, Tony Carey along with other employees continue to use the same business model of soliciting companies over the phone to offer wholesale/discounted rates for hotel rooms for Tradeshows in cities Worldwide with the policy of paying for the rooms upfront "to get the best rate." They also continue to hire sales representatives because the majority of sales representatives left the company (because the employees found out that consumers were not getting the products and services they paid for). They continue to hire new representatives because new representatives are unsuspecting at first. There has been almost 100% turnover in staff since the beginning of 2011, with only a few left. It is presumed that the employees that remain know of the companies mode of operation and are getting some sort of kickback or payout from the company to continue to work there.
There have been multiple complaints (see BBB website under International Events) from consumers that International Events does not pay for the rooms or do not confirm the reservation. Thus when the consumer gets to the hotel, the rooms have either been cancelled or not paid for. The company has used excuses such as their wholesaler went out of business, or that the company was facing financial difficulties and could not honor their obligations to hotels. Also, attempts to get refunds have been unsuccessful. Until they are stopped by authorities, they will continue to run their business this way, presuming to take the money and doing something with it (rumored land purchases, vacations, off shore accounts, homes etc) Employees and Customers have had complaints into the Attorney General since September of 2011. At this point there has been no action taken by the Attorney General. -
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- WIN1 SBID #6289caff1c
- Posted 03/02/2014
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Update on IEP:
As of February 23, 2012, the Attorney General has sent out letters to individuals that filed a complaint. In the letter it states that the Attorney General is not filing any criminal charges against the company as IEP has been giving refunds to consumers/customers that were due refunds. If you are due a refund, contact IEP. If you have tried to get a refund and have not, contact the Attorney General (of Nevada) again so that they know whether IEP is following up on what they said they would do for their customers. Employees and companies had complained they didn't have rooms when confirmed or not paid for, but the Attorney General will not file charges against IEP. The reason they won't is because if they do, IEP will file for bankruptcy and no refunds will be given to anyone. If IEP is still operating, do not book reservations with them as you could run into this situation again in the future. Look up their information on BBB and other internet sites. Many people were scammed by this company, yet they continue to operate.. -
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- Complaint Against IEP Group Inc.
- Complaints Filed: 9
- Reported Damages: $50,215.95
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