WorldVentures Holdings
Reviews and Complaints

wow...that happen to me too, i was invited over to a friends house, 30 people were there...we watched a few videos...and then the pitch...i found it very interesting concept...i like the idea of selling for my team to benefit...better than my old job, i sold over $3, 000, 000 a year for 3 years straight (almost doubling the person sales before me) and only made $50, 000 a year, same as the person i replaced...i asked for a $50, 000 raise, my worth to the company, and they laughed..i was kinda surprised too, because i liked them all and i felt i proven myself to them...so, i was one of those people that signed up that night, i figured i needed to find four people so i didn't have to pay the monthly fee...then i taught them a simple concept...find 10 people each and they find 10 and so on...i was totally new to this industry myself..i thought it was a pyramid scheme myself...but, there is a product, a very easy product to see, in my mind at least...i wanted to see how the trips were, so i booked one myself..took my wife for a week in mexico...only $389 per person, 7 nights/8days hotel, food, drink, transportation to airport and taxes were all included...insane! great suite, views, golf, pool...i know we drank the value of the trip:) lol we loved it...we both were waiting for the other shoe to drop, it never did! btw, i left my job, their new guy sells about $1, 000, 000 a year, they keep on calling me for advice and how i made all those sales for them...i told them i would love to help, but, you told me i wasn't worth it...btw...i went to all my accounts i used to sell to, and pitched them this biz...plus, selling them on, they could book their employees travel from their website and get travel credits for themselves for free travel...anyway..i have friends like you too...my plan is to take them on one of the vacations...i think that will change their minds...

i dont understand why people say this is hard, just find 10 people..that is it...one time membership, not yearly! like costco and sam's club...insane, i actually email the company and asked for them to make it yearly membership, they laughed and said, "you are the first person to email us that request" ...i just figured, WE could ALL make more money doing the job just once...I understand, they maybe looking into my request..

Sorry for my long winded reply...i do respect your opinion though...since, i joined 5dayfortune and 7 dollar matrix...$10 a month and $7 a month program..direct sales...incredible! making a small fortune by working together with others...what a concept...btw, my wife couldnt get any time off around the holidays from her job, so she quit...Think Different! Have a great holiday season, bsafe! Cheers!

WorldVentures representatives like to brag that the founders of WorldVentures, - Wayne Nugent & Mike Azcue- were finalists in the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" awards in 2010, and use this claim to convince prospects that WorldVentures is a legitimate company, otherwise, Ernst & Young would not have recognized them. Well...When Ernst & Young investigative services department and Entrepreneur of the Year departments were contacted to confirm this claim, Ernst & Young staff say they DO NOT recognize WorldVentures Wayne Nugent & Mike Azcue as finalists in "Entrepreneurs of he Year" awards in 2010...and will not elaborate. They suggested to call Wayne Nugent and Mike Azcue and ask THEM why Ernst & Young will NOT recognize them as finalists in the Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Wonder what happened?
When posts asking about this were made on the WorldVentures Facebook page, they were quickly deleted. When WorldVentures offices were called, the phone operators were totally unaware of this. If anyone wants to know if this is true...go ahead and contact Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" awards department and ask them for yourself! And if you can call up WorldVentures and talk with Wayne Nugent or Mike Azcue about this...let us know what they have to say!

A case of a smart person trying to be too smart about a business model that has been proven in the industry. Is he better than Warren Buffetm, Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki? You cannot lead a horse to the water if it ain't thirsty!

were you in worldventuires

I want to travel with world venture and planned a 50 Year Class Re-union...The customer service from the Travel agents very bad. My group could not make any phone contact to make reservations for my trip to Jamaica, most of the time lost at least 30 people and it really has spoiled my reunion and credibility with my peers But I have confidence they will compensate my small group who stuck with me thru this ordeal by adding some perks for the group. I plan to continue using my membership for travel.

This business is something you have a passion for. I am in the business. My tactics is looking for people who LOVES TO TRAVEL. I love to travel. I am looking for people who understand FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ON DEALS. I tell them up front why, I need to to talk to them. Buy WV products WHY. That is a waste of my money. I am not traveling to seminars to receive training. If, I pay for a WV Seminar you better believe it, I will enjoy the place as if, I am on vacation. Prime example, I missed the $69.00 dollar cruises because, I was to lazy to sit at the computer and click. But quick to sit at the computer and wait for the Black Friday sales to began. In July 2015, I will be out of $1, 978.16 for (Flights and Cruise). Not through WV. This a group price through a Travel Agent.

@trippinagain MLM and pyramid schemes are interchangeable in the "real" world. Only the MLM hustlers haul out the "pyramid schemes are illegal so therefore it cant be a pyramid scheme" argument.

WV actually is pretty darn close to the legal definition of a pyramid scheme as they use the fake travel club BS as their tangible product to stay a step ahead of the law.

Just another in a long list of sill pyramid schemes.MLM

AVOID.

You're right about not being eloquent. Try paragraphs. They come in handy.

seems like the company only selling a dream product and hard to be true. The key word you have to be "ACTIVE" in selling the business! Sound like you work hard and loose money to make the owner and top reps become rich

I do not know what words or images you have used for your FB ads but unless you're selling a dress or a laptop, FB ads don't usually work (that's my own and other friends' experiences), although they may get you more eye-balls to your WV website.

It's like this. If you paid $600 to advertise a $7 product (for example). You get 5, 000 visitors of which only 1% bought your product. That's 50 sales x 7. $350. What's your loss? $600 - $350. That's your loss. But if you had exit pop-unders to keep them subscribed to your updates, you can expect a higher ROI because you know those who sign up to be susbscribed are more likely to want your product. Potentially, you would have covered your ad fee and perhaps make a little profit.

Using the above example, how would you be able to apply this knowledge? Did you attend all WV events or training?

The WV website is not "transparent" in a sense, because many people think they have to pay membership fees. How do you lead them to the free registration page? Have you thought of that?

You have to rely on your intelligence and some trial and error to get it right, if you did not attend all WV training events. And sometimes it's a matter of who your upline is.

kelly, MyQute.com/blog

The problem that I have with what you are saying is the fact that we reps are trained to get people to make uninformed decisions. From day one we are taught by our upline to get the person to sign up right then and there. It is a sound business strategy because if the person goes home and thinks about it they usually don't sign up. Every single training seminar (paid, by the way) I have been to has preached that we are to close the deal in our first presentation to the potential customer. The fact of the matter is people don't have time to do their own research because we are pressuring them into joining right then and there. In the event that someone actually does their own research, we tell them that their findings are false. How dare you bring us false info! Oh, and one more thing. The WV director of marketing, Marc Accetta, used to work for a company called Equinox. Ever heard of them? If not, here is some info. The FTC shut down the company and jailed many of their employees for unlawful business practices. Ironically, Accetta got out of Equinox shortly before it was brought under investigation. Why would anyone in their right mind hire a man who actively participated in a company that was shut down for unlawful practices and then make them director of marketing? As of right now, I am still a member. But I am watching closely.

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So far my experiences have been nothing like what you have described. Although I have only been a member for a short time, I know that many of the things that happened to you were due to bad advice given by reps who weren't sure of the correct practices to keep. Anyone who gives the advice that you can be a huge success in this company if you follow some sort of Internet marketing strategy is largely mistaken. The top income earners in this company never recommend anyone to do that. Also, paying for some one's membership is never encouraged. In response to hearing and upline rep. suggesting that people should pawn their belongings, I would say that I have heard stories of people actually doing that to get the money in order to join. I wouldn't personally recommend that someone do that, but another individual may feel comfortable making that suggestion. Both the good and bad thing about this business is that everyone is in business for themselves and they don't have a supervisor looking over their shoulder and hearing everything they tell others. With this business model, someone with malicious intent can spread things and make false promises that the company doesn't condone. Once there are people out there doing those things it can become very hard to control and censor. Even if someone doesn't have ill intent, they can still give recommendations and suggestions that aren't in the best interest of others if they are misinformed themselves. In the end it's up to each and every person to research the business and talk to as many people in the business on as many different levels as they can before making an informed decision for themselves as to if World Ventures is a good opportunity for themselves. That's the process I went through, and I have been very impressed with all of the people I have come in to contact with within this organization.

Name me one thing in the world that isn't a pyramid, just one thing? You can't... Everything in the business world is setup on a pyramid. The only difference between a pyramid scheme and legal pyramid is that WV has a service and a product that is delivered to it's customers, just like your Insurance Companies, Walmart, Sears, Hospital's Corporate America. Every single one of these as a CEO who gets paid by the little man/woman. So shove it [censored].

I have met some amazing people and have been on amazing vacations. I have met people through this club in the US and internationally. We all stay in touch. I have seen smiles instead of frowns through the people I met from the club. I have a few friends who was always miserable but now travel and have postive attitudes.
Things I do love: My host at each trip was awesome. I have been feature in professional trip pictures. Im happy with not having to stand in long line waiting to check in. I have done so many adventures that was included with my trip that I thought I would not ever do. I love the vacation in 4 to 5 star at low price cause i know how much i use to pay for it. I was just looking at a trip to Vegas staying at The Palazzo. I believe 3 or 4 days and The Ventian package included, welcome reception, host and more. I pay only $324.00 for two people. I tried to price myself but it was too high. I could not add a host, a receptopn for me my husband, a welcome gift, airport transfer. But I got all of this through Dreamtrips and no worrying bout what im going to do or what I have to pay for when I get there. My child got sick I called the teledoctor. No fee and No Er visit. The doctor called the meds to the pharmacy. My truck got stuck in the ditch, WV roadside assistance pulled my car out for free. I have a 24 hr concierge service. They are awesome. If you dont like anything else about the company, take a Dreamtrip. This company topped my timeshare, my travel agent, and any trip I have booked myself. The trips I went on before Dreamtrips did not create a lifetime friendship I gained through this club.

I can't believe there are still others out there that think MLM is a scam or think someone at the top gets all the money. What you think your Manager or CEO or Employer gets less money? Where have you been under a rock or another planet? World Ventures is so much of a scam its the fastest growing company privately owned in the states 490% in the last three years. That means if it was a scam would you share it with family and friends? Would it have massive growth? If it was a scam the company would of folded years ago. But I guess we still have ignorant fools or trolls employed by opposing companies praying on the vulnerable.
I saved $1600 on flights alone for 3 family members, already doubled the money invested. I'll be telling the world

World Ventures has been banned from activity in Norway (Norway deemed the company a Pyramid Scheme - officially December 14, 2014 with WV having 2 weeks to get out of the country), WV have been fined by Cyprus in the amount of $98, 000 (CYP 50, 000) for their activity in that island nation (which at last check had not been paid), Sweden's is investigating them under their gambling laws.) When will the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) get on their trail? This company is a world vulture (WV) in my opinion. The lawsuits by former top employees were settled out of court for millions, and when WV says that they settle BBB complaints internally and through a phone call to the complainer, some of us know exactly what that means. I wonder who their enforcer is on those phone calls and how much pressure they exert on the brainwashed minions?

Interesting!

Check out the Facebook page - World Ventures Disclosure - where a former Vice-President and top members post the lawsuit papers and other information on the company and how it works.

World Ventures
5360 Legacy Dr., Bldg 1, Ste. 300
Plano, TX 75024
p: 972.805.5100

1. Montana State Auditor's Office warns residents about WorldVentures.
"Pyramid schemes are illegal. Participants in a pyramid scheme that attempt to recruit new members are violating the law and may face administrative, civil or criminal actions against them. If you or someone you know has been approached to get involved in World Ventures or similar programs, please contact the Montana Securities Division."
The Montana Securities Department has received inquiries and information indicating an investment program entitled World Ventures may be operating in Butte and surrounding communities. The program appears to be a fraudulent pyramid scheme.
World Ventures appears to be operating as a classic "pyramid" scheme, asking investors to put their own money in to get started. †It appears that $400.00 is the initial amount required for entry into the scheme. To recover their original funds the investors are required to recruit new participants into the program. Once a participant brings enough new recruits into the program, they climb up the pyramid to a point where they begin sharing in the pool of money obtained from new recruits.
2. worldventures.biz/truthwv/#blank
According to WorldVentures' "The Truth about WorldVentures" Marc Accetta, the Director of Training was ONLY an independent representative of Equinox and left the company before the FTC shut them down.
In fact, let me post word-for-word exactly what WorldVentures stated:
WorldVentures' Director of Training Marc Accetta was an independent representative with Equinox (again, not part of the ownership or management). His story is similar to that of Mr. Nugent and Mr. Azcue. Marc voluntarily resigned from Equinox approximately a year and a half before its closure by the FTC.
I guess Mr. Accetta must have forgotten he was named alongside Equinox International in a class action lawsuit in Lubbock, TX that was transferred to Nevada because the FTC was shutting them down !
He also must have forgotten he was involved with Trek Alliance, another illegal pyramid scheme shut down by the FTC.

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I personally know many, many very wealthy and successful people from MLM and many who are soon to be from their shear HARD WORK! When you hear someone say, "Its' Not for Everyone" or "It's Not My Cup of Tea", that simply means they have yet to embrace a business model that we will all be seeing more and more of in the coming decades, especially in the NEW ECONOMY we now live in since the 2008 Recession. Our New Economy has pushed very hard into more of a "performance based pay scale" versus one where an "employee" shows up to clock in and clock out to get "paid for their time". Businesses and employers simply no longer want to pay you to just sit around on their company dime and underperform or not at all. The costs involved for a company on training, benefits and liabilities on an average employee for a "Traditional Job" is hugely under scrutiny today in corporate America and business due to a search to reduce operating cost even further. 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They are usually produced out of fear of someone being afraid to take a chance on themselves and really work hard to WIN in life and have financial control of their own lives. When they fail, then they go running scared back to their "comfort zone" after they tried it and didn't stick to it long enough to make a real business work, which in turn spawns dis belief due to their own lack of effort... not because the business was a bad model or a so called "Scam" But guess what? the comfort zone of the past is getting very, very small these days and one day may be to small for everyone, if it's there at all! NM is a Real Business model that works very well and has been going on for many, many years...Mary Kay has built an empire with 1000's of successful entrepreneurs in this business model! How about Avon? Yep, Avon too! Do you bash those companies too? Call them a Scam? Well, why not? They ARE Network Marketing companies (aka. MLM) Why is it that someone considers it bad thing to approach your friends and family to discuss a product or service that may be something of interest to them? If you would keep an open mind for a few minutes longer and be fair to that person's hard work ethic and their effort to be different, you may find that it's not this horrible thing that all the Sheep on the internet are saying it is! Hey, why not have a look at one of the newest MLM successes here in the USA, www.jhilburn.com What?!? you mean if you recruit one of your friends or family members to be a client or a partner with you in this business it must be considered a SCAM!? OH No! Get Over It people... MLM and Network Marketing has grown to such popularity and favor by some of the most successful business gurus (Warren Buffet, Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki ) in the world today that you will most likely one day find yourself embracing this incredible way to earn a great living! So, Stop Listening To, or Being One Of... the negative individuals who attempts to Trash NM or MLM on the internet (they are the ones who look foolish)...you may soon find yourself LOVING IT as Millions of people around the world already do! There are so many of these companies in existence today that are highly successful with many successful people in them who love their lives and NON TRADTIONAL method of earning an living. While you waste your time bashing them on the internet after you get off work from your underpaying, daily grind at your 9-5 slave job where your boss and company Control You, they are out living out their dream from working hard for something that belongs to them at the end of the day... Their Own Legitimate Business! You may want to consider Embracing It... sooner than later... your only wasting your own time and success! Just remember... You miss 100% of the shots you Never Take! Best Of Luck to All!

Take a close look first. I signed up. There is a lot of negativity in some responses without aparent validity. MLMs (Direct Marketing) is a valid business marketing method and in reality has been for a long method. Don't fall for the "box store" mentality that everything needs to be on a shelf or their website. In the 1990s, several pozzi scheme damaged this industry and many others because they we're under funded (people are still investing in Wall Street). Also if everyone joined a travel club it would not be under funded. LOL
In a society that is offshoring most of its manufacturing and on-shoring foreign labor, different techniques need to be adopted to maintain the American lifestyle. Wholesale vacations and direct marketing really have been around for a long time. The change is that your not going into a "brick and mortar" travel agency, but booking through the internet.
Representative education is the key. Even in the 50s and 60s we could buy vacuums from a "door to door" sales person who'd learned from Dale Carnegie, but then came more Sears stores and things changed.

Former Ex UK Rep of WV:

check on youtube worldventures trainings and you will find their ways to recruit people with NLP techniques into the system. Many people don't cancel their accounts right away. In my EX-Team of almost 300 people only 4 people of my team actually made some money and 296 paid their monthly fees for many weeks, months, even years...thats how worldventures makes the money. They say get back your fees in points after one year but then you only got 12 months to use them until they expire. If you can reduce between 50 and 150 point per trip as a gold member and up to 600 points for a platinum member how many trips you have to take within 12 months to use all points? And I compared the trips they are more expensive than booking the whole trip individually online at different platforms. Just compare yourself if you are a member and then proof it that you pay less. Dreambrake Paris Disneyland at Holliday Inn Marne la Valle including 3 day 2 park tickets is $250 more expensive at dreamtrips than booking directly at the Holliday Inn itself. Get a life you brainwashed reps of pyramid trips

I was a Rep for 4 Years and the only way to make money is from recruiting new members. We get trained to convince the prospects to also get involved into the business for $100 inicial fee and $25 (new price 2019) in 4 years I didn't sign in only members instead only members doing the business too like they tell us to do. I am sure that Worldventures has more Reps than only members, they never say the exact amount of members, some say 650.000 reps and in presentations they brag with having almost 2 million members. They just never tell the truth! So you get passive income from this poor people in your downline paying their monthly fees whom trusted you and your reps that this Is a legit business opportunity. Comparing the Dreamtrips to normal booking platforms Dreamtrips are mostly $200-$300 more expensive than booking the same trip over other platforms. This actually woke me up as flights are always more expensive on Dreamtrips and as a European Reps you pay lots of credit card commissions for paying in Dollars with a European credit card. Worldventures Stoped paying their Reps in August 2017 without any explanation and the leaders spread a weird story that some asians hacked the system and did a fraude that caused the company millions of $. This is a cold lie because according to the news China sued Worldventures for high amounts of money for operating illegally in their country. Of course Worldventures blamed the reps that is their fault. I know that Worldventures sends their leaders into closed countries to train their illegal reps. So the company is aware that there are huge teams in countries where worldventures is not allowed to operate like, Brasil, Italy, Portugal, Spain and many more.
Goal is to bring as many new reps as possible to the events where they brainwash them into believing them everything by creating a very positive culture made of highly positive people singing and dancing and telling on stage that anyone can achieve financial freedom. Each training event costs between $1000 to $1500 counting in trip, accommodation and food for the weekend. The company has 4 big events per year on every continent like several Regional trainings and super Saturdays in cities of many countries. At the end you spend more than you actually make but this you will not remember when you are celebrating at the events. Fact is that they promise you that it is soooo easy cause its about holidays and you don't need to create a need for this product, wich is wrong if people can buy their vacations cheaper anywhere else why should they pay a monthly fee?! You just have to show more people they say until you find some naive idiots like myself who does the business. some will some won't so what? So much fraude going on inside the Teams fake leaders who buy accounts from their up line wich is strictly forbidden but as the blue family holds together who cares right? well I care and I will report this company in each close country they work in without license until they shut down this pyramid scheme [censored] covered as VIP Travel Club. The only thing they got to prove them legal is the World Trave Awards and if you look closer to those awards is easy to win them you just need enough votes from your own reps and BINGO the winner is Pyramide trips. Helme to report this company to save lots of people from loosing their money. In total I spend like over $15.000 in 4 years in trainings and trips and they still owe me money from commissions they never paid me. In total I made like $8000 and some still not paid out.

Someone recently presented this bogus company to me and had me watch a presentation with the flye card as incentive and the travel perks. I thought the travel perks to be a complete joke and almost started laughing. It was probably the worst presentation I've ever seen so I'm really surprised it actually gets people to buy into this BS. She wanted $375 and it was $19.99 a month lol. I asked her if she signed many people up and she's gotten 35 so far. I asked her if she's ever traveled for free and she's only gotten discounted travels. Does that sound worth it to you? You waste your time working a part time job for a percent off.. it's a marketing scam.. only benefits the company... the vacation discounts were garbage.. you get better deals even w a Groupon! I think once they get you you don't want to admit to yourself it wasn't worth it so you keep paying for it. Honestly I'm pretty disappointed. I thought she had an awesome job traveling the world.. what a crock

Am a proud member of WV. Their holidays are cheaper and VVIP style. That's what they promised and that's what they delivered. I have refered people who refered others...and for building a team I have been paid. Again they promised and delivered. VISA partners with them. Who is more careful about shady business than VISA? World class airlines and hotels and cruises do business with WV. Are you any smarter? Come on now! Just because you don't understand something makes it a scam?

This is a Scam! They've gotten me for $399.98 & I have no idea who they are, have not talked to anyone so I have no idea how they got my debit card number. I will be disputing this big time. Legal or not this is wrong this needs to be shut down!

Had no comment to say but how could I join the scheme. Please e-mail me the process on my email address at cwaimenu@gmail.com
Thank you very much for your understanding and your kind assistance

Yours Faithfully

Collin Waimenu

I agree people have been sold the dream of making millions which is just unrealistic, but is it really a ‘scam’? I don’t think everyone would agree with that. http://shusharya.com/ Maybe someone would like to read more about that to ensure him/her self. It's rather interesting experience than a scam.

I find it interesting people come to an echo chamber, not to learn something new but to reinforce a stereotype that they have in their mind. I have read with interest some of the comments on here. So many are just laughable. An example is how ridiculously higher Worldventures vacations are than Travelocity etc. If that were true I would join Worldventures pick a vacation then find it cheaper so I can get my refund and sent on the vacation for free. I would literally do that all day long, it truly is that much of a no brainier. Secondly all I hear is pyramid that pyramid this. So the flip what everything is a pyramid structure, it doesn't mean squat but that's the buzz word and as soon as people hear it the reaction is "run". Walmart it a pyramid where you work is a pyramid, and you certainly aren't getting rich I'm sure, but I bet your boss is enjoying all the perks. If you don't want to market it then don't. The money isn't made from the recruiting it's made from the membership, just like you would sell any other product. I know half of the people won't listen anyway, but do yourself a favor. Do real research and not some blog written by some person with an agenda.

I just joined WV in January, and found out about DreamTrips from a co-worker as he was going on vacation all the time and was probably the lowest paid employee at our company (which he has now quit because he busts his ### at WV and doesn't have to "work" anymore. Let me start by saying I am a social worker and I love my career. I have ethics and values and I would NEVER con or scam someone, especially a friend. The purpose behind not giving a ton of information about WV immediately is because when you "word vomit" all over everyone, they pre-judge and block out half of what you're saying anyways. I'm a pretty skeptical person by nature and I am not lying when I say I drove to Chicago (8 hour drive) and once there, I stayed three nights in an amazing hotel downtown, took a lunch cruise, and enjoyed a hop on-hop off bus ticket. I split the total in half with my friend, costing us each 164 dollars. I have the receipts to prove it and I have down side-by-side comparisons of the same hotel, which would have cost $1100 alone, not including the excursions. I do not really care if I get my four people and don't pay fees - the way I look at it is that I am forced to save my money (a whopping 25 bucks a month) that I will spend on a vacation. I'm not a saver. I suck at saving money. Even with fees, the amount of money I have saved is absolutely out of this world. I am planning my vacation to Orlando in December so I can bring my daughter to Disney World, which is something I NEVER thought I would be able to afford on a social work income. My friend who traveled with me to Chicago has just signed up because she was able to see how amazing this vacation was for herself. I am excited to continue taking vacations at an affordable price. If WV is not for you, that's fine. I will continue to take my vacations and I am saddened that people are so hateful about something they haven't tried considering the majority of these reviews come from people who are not even members. I truly was excited for my friends when they signed up, not because I "made a quick buck", but because I can't wait to hear about the fun they had and the memories they made. I am grateful for this opportunity and it is actually really offensive people call it a scam. I love my friends and family and couldn't imagine bringing harm to them in any way. I have only presented this opportunity out of the genuine belief that this club is awesome, I've been on a trip I never imagined being able to go on, and I care about my loved ones and would like for them to be able to experience it as well.

All I have to say is that the person who got me to go to a WV presentation did so under false pretenses. She was someone I'd just met (we're going to be doing a play together) and she invited me to a "Social Mixer". I thought, how sweet, she wants to get to know me. I arrive, and the people gave off this vibe that I thought "Oh, no! It's an ultra-religious meeting, and they're all going to try to convert me!" Then they start the presentation, and I realize it's a sales pitch! But honestly, I wasn't that far off, because the way they were talking about how it changed their lives, it was almost like WV *was* their religion! I didn't want to be rude (heaven knows why) so I waited until the end of the presentation, but then I just walked out & told her "See you Monday." Now I have to deal with this rude idiot for the next month and a half. I had *ZERO* interest in this, especially since she felt that the only way to get me there was to lie to me. That alone speaks volumes as to the low quality of this organization.