Majon International:
Matthew Hesser just takes the money
This company — claiming to be "Internet Marketing Specialists" — offers services to the public using the following websites: www.majon.us, www.majon.com, www.majon.cc, www.majon.net, www.safeannounce.com, www.clickexposure.com, and www.coolsurveys.com.Majon International owner and president:
Matthew Hesser, matthewh@majon.com
Is Majon International a one-man show?
Though I have received email communications from Majon International with the senders shown as Tom Harris, Jake Klamka, Monique Vautor, and Matthew Hesser, I have never spoken with anyone except Hesser.
A most deceitful practice pursued by Majon International:
The use of testimonials that are grossly misleading, false, or phony.
The Better Business Bureau reports complaints against Majon:
http://www.bbbonline.org/cks.asp?id=10109071224619023
What are the issues?
Are they fraud, deception, false advertising?
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I ordered Majon International's "popular SAFE ANNOUNCE (Power Blast) Email Service", paid for the service one month ago, and Majon promised to send out 450,000 opt-in email messages.
The result: There has been no response whatsoever to this alleged mailing. None! Zero! Zilch! (By the way, they claimed to have mailed 900,000; see below) And no one at Majon, including the company's owner and president, Matthew Hesser, has responded in a responsible manner to my numerous emails.
Was I the victim of a con? You decide.
■ Majon lured me with promises to help significantly in expanding my business.
■ Majon accepted my payment in full in advance of rendering the service.
■ Majon advised me that the service was rendered, claiming they carried out a 450,000 count opt-in mailing.
■ There was not even one response. So I questioned the results and complained.
■ Majon promised to do the mailing again. Now we are at a count of 900,000 opt-in emails supposedly having been sent.
■ Surprise! Surprise? There still was no response to this alleged mailing. Not even one! Common sense will tell you that zero returns from a 900,000-count mailing is simply not plausible. A PhD in statistics will call such mailing a sham or non-existent.
■ Again, I complained.
■ Now a red flag ascends the pole: I am being ignored; no one from Majon responds to explain and give answers.
■ Wouldn't you too be mad as hell now? This blog posting appears on the Internet for the worldwide Internet audience to read.
■ Lo and behold I now hear from Majon International. Monique Vautour informs me, "I'm sorry that you are still unsatisfied with the results. I've therefore asked our payment department to process a refund."
■ Does this not add insult to injury? How can anybody be "satisfied?" What about my economic losses as a result of trusting Majon? What about the credibility losses as a result of believing in Majon International?
■ The quintessence of justification of events occured at 51 minutes past midnight on March 1, 2006: Majon International president Matthew Hesser sent me an email message. I am sharing it with you in my comment below.
■ It's getting to be interesting and ripe for action by the appropriate authorities: Beginning March 1, I am now receiving telephone calls in response to my alleged online inquiries for products/services including diabetes cures, hair restoration, and mortgage loans. I am not in need of either. How childish a prank intended to get back at me. Not even my grandchildren would stoop so low to do what children love to do. For grown-ups claiming to be responsible business people to engage in such silly antics should make us wonder and begs this question: Can you trust them with services to help your business grow?
■ I requested a list of 10 customer references from Mr. Hesser. He referred me to http://www.majon.com/customer-testimonials.html.
Here is what we found: Of the 52 names listed, 39 were not reachable for various reasons including no contact information, no email address, invalid email address. Of the 13 reached, none matched the testimonials stated by Majon; three confirmed they used Majon to send out press releases some time ago but no longer use Majon's services.
Here's the real stinger: Of the 52 so-called testimonials, we could not find a single company that used Majon International's "Safe Announce" email service.
■ 03-02-06 — My email to those featured in Majon testimonials: Mr. Matthew Hesser, owner and president of Majon International, gave us your name as a reference [http://www.majon.com/customer-testimonials.html].
I will appreciate your commenting on your experience as a customer of Majon International. Please, also identify the type of service(s) you contracted for.
Your response may be shared with appropriate authorities pertaining to business practices including but not necessarily limited to Internet marketing services.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Heinz Dinter, PhD
HDinter@GrandLifestyle.com; 305-859-9695; http://www.grandlifestyle.com/
Addressees:
matthewh@majon.com (he was copied); khafner@provide.net; info@weil4feet.com; peterhebda@sbcglobal.net; mfleming@farrellsusa.com; donate@afcef.org; info@acclaropartners.com; sales@choicescooters.com; Michael@monicoproducts.com; webmaster@e-mailpaysu.com; mike@neorealestate.com; info@gematria.com; service@edson.net; kvkreative@aol.com; wayne@elektrolumens.com; sales@mrremotecontrols.com.
[This report will be updated as more responses are received.]
■ 03-03-06 — Telecon with Matthew Hesser: Hesser urges me to switch to Hypertracker (http://www.hypertracker.com/). Though he argued that Majon (http://www.majon.com/) is “just a customer of hypertracker.com,” I urge you to visit both websites and compare.
Searching Google for hypertracker sent me to Amazon.com. A customer review published there is titled “How to Destroy your Business fast with Hypertracker” and reads as follows: I really liked the idea of Hypertracker, to be able to measure your ad performance for each ad source and make more money by reallocating advertising dollars. So, I subscribed to the service, enthusiastically directed thousands of ads to their tracking URLs and pumped in a bunch of money the Pay Per Clicks and other ads. After a couple of weeks work to get it all right, I turned on the computer expecting good results. What happened was their server went down, and is still down as I write this. The money I spent on the service was wasted. But worse, MY ENTIRE ADVERTISING BUDGET IS BEING WASTED BECAUSE MY POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO HYPERTRACKERS DEAD LINKS!!!”
■ 03-06-06 — My attempts to communicate with Majon International are thwarted by Majon: All emails are bounced back with the message, "Sorry, that address is not accepting mail." Would you deal with your customers like that?
■ 03-08-06 — Email addressed to Matthew Hesser, owner and president of Majon International: In response to additional considerations following further detailed investigation of your company’s Internet marketing services, including but not limited to your Targeted Opt-In Email Service, ListKingPro and Hypertracker, please be advised we will not accept your offer for a “special deal” and renew our request of February 27, 2006 for the reimbursement for damages we suffered as a result of your failure to deliver the services promised — for which you accepted payment — and deceiving us regarding the nature, extent of and quality of Majon International’s services. The damages you caused us with your so-called “Safe Announce” email service dubbed “Safe Announce Power Blast” are very significant.
More facts will be posted.
"There's a sucker born every minute." Those words, uttered by David Hannum, P.T. Barnum's competitor, are words that rile those who are unwittingly dumped into this category. They are fighting words for those who believe in fair play in the world of business and got suckered by those who do not believe in ethics.
Gotcha!
Is my experience with Majon International an exception rather than the norm? Who are happy and satisfied customers of this California company? If you are, please come forward and let all of us know of your success doing business with Majon International.
What's been your experience with Majon International? The worldwide Internet community needs to know.
Who is out there with requisite authority to do something that protects others from suffering a similar fate?
posted by grandlifestyle.com at Monday, February 27, 2006
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