Dry Tech Systems

Debi   KC, KS

5:15pm on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

A friend of mine has ordered and paid for the "gold lead finder" program. He asked me to research ways of finding his personal site that dry tech set up for him. I googled dry tech systems and found this to be the 2nd site to pop up so naturally, I read everything here. I told my friend about these negative comments so now he is rethinking his large investment. He bought everything including the web site. I find no way of finding his website without adding his name to the end of the drytechsystems.com/friend name. How would other people be "led" to his site? I would really appreciate any more comments, advice or suggestions anyone may have. Thank you.

roadrunner64   MN

6:44pm on Sunday, October 18th, 2009

I have no rating as of yet. I just purchased the lead finder program a short time ago. I also have plans to test there payment practices by having an "inside" purchase made by a friend. I'll keep you posted!
TO: momathome - I hope you will return with your test results as well.

momathome   ok

2:13pm on Sunday, September 20th, 2009

I don't have a program rating just yet because I am getting ready to find out if this lead finder bit is really a scam or not. What I plan to do is have someone I know sign up for the business and see what actually comes of it. Mind you this is a test and from what I've read from this sight a long overdue one. Hopefully it is not a scam, but if it is we can nail them and put them under by letting the whole world know about what they really are!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe I'll get paid as promised, but if not I feel sorry for THEM! Wish me luck

C.L.Green   Location unknown

6:31pm on Friday, September 18th, 2009 

I really appreciate all of the comments about this company. I was still going to go thru with it despite all of the negativity. I felt that the thirty day money back guarantee was exactly that. I read one complaint too many and that was a deal breaker for me about the many delays on getting money back if at all. Plus I was going to make sure it was a credit card to protect myself even more. Thanks a bunch going to continue to throw these scam toilet paper scams GET RICH QUICK PAPERS AWAY!

Too Good to be true   New York

1:10pm on Monday, August 24th, 2009 

RED FLAG - Their letter asks for $149.00 + $15.00 S&H, No mention of the $900.00 "Gold Plan with Internet- Web Site" until you call on the phone. RED FLAG You'd think they might have put that somewhere in the 14 page sales letter. Watch Out. Also, the overseas (outsource) Salesman, if you know what I mean! Last I knew a website cost $7.95/mo. and its their product, run by them????!!!!

Helpnet   S. Cal

7:31pm on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 

REPORTING BACK Re: DryTech Systems

The machines are great--you can see the difference in the color of the rug as it works. The cleaning solution isn't so good, though, stains come back. I was the best lead-finder they'd ever had--over a hundred leads counting my personal contacts, with just 3 weeks of advertising--but none of them became carpet cleaners. I think people would be happy to try it but they balk at the investment. They want a job with a salary, sweet and simple.

My experience with the company was just as negative as other people reported, though I found ways to get around it. In the end I believe I was tricked into waiting beyond the refund date because "a sale is pending and should close by next Friday" so I took the risk. Of course the sale never went through. Did it ever exist in the first place? No way to tell. I investigated filing a class-action lawsuit but DryTech has closed all the loopholes and "there is no law against lying--salesmen do it all the time," said the lawyer.

If anyone out there wants to start a business where they provide the equipment and do the advertising and set the appointments, and just pay the workmen a salary, I'll give you my leads to hire. However, the carpet cleaning business is down like everything else. Where I live the ones still in business are so desperate they are charging as little as $15 per room. At that rate you can't break even.

Best Wishes-- Sharon at Helpnet

Andrea B.   Saint Simons Island

10:29am on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 

Don't believe Helpnet, California. Apparently he/she hasn't been scammed by these people or he/she is a part of the scamming company one.

I requested my refund of ONLY the Gold program, which I am fully entitled to, within their noted 60-day period, but they refused to acknowledge it. I also faxed them, and now filed a complaint with the BBB. They came back with a bunch of lies, false reports, and tall tails just to keep my money.

This has got to be one of the most, dishonest companies around. THEY ARE CROOKED!!! And I plan on letting everyone that I can know about their dishonesty.

Edgar Vanlokhoret   Sebastian, FL 32958

9:59pm on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 

I am scared. I put a lot of money in advertising. I paid $798. for only a better commission of $2000. commission for lead which results in getting someone hooked into cleaning carpets. I paid in total $962. for Drytech material plus upgrade to gold member. And a lot of money went into advertising as well.

Scammer   everywhere

12:10pm on Friday, July 10th, 2009 

ALL SCAMMERS WILL BE FOUND...

Jon Rowe   Seattle, WA

2:19am on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 

I,too, found that 'coaching' for the Lead Finder program to be very poor. I finally did get through to someone but there suggestions were, at best, mediocre. I'm sending my kit back this week. I'll be talking to billing tomorrow about just billing me for the original shipping fee, which is fair, and not the kit. I'll see how that goes. The materials are poor in quality and I really did think that I'd get better support for the coaching dept. than I did.

Sandi Seip   California

2:58pm on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 

I just contributed my opinion on Dry Tech yesterday about not receiving my refund and what should come in the mail today but my entire refund by check from Dry Tech Systems, Inc. I am stunned and very happy so I guess I shouldnt have bad-mouthed them so soon. Perhaps they are turning over a new leaf!

Screwed again in CA

Screwed again in CA   California

1:25pm on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 

I too was a sucker for Dry Tech garbage. They took $176 from and I sent back their box of crap and called for a refund and they have not done so yet. They were supposed to wait 30 before cashing the check too. I have called numerous times but I get a fax sound and then a hang-up. What a way to spend your life. Screwing people out of money they don't really have. the poor idiots at the order center are robots giving out that one phone number and seem to not be able to say anything else. Guess I learned the hard way, but boy did I need that money!

Helpnet   California

8:22pm on Friday, May 15th, 2009 

Here's an Update for you: Customer Service tells me that the DryTech company is currently working with The Better Business Bureau to all meet their standards for approval.
I've already seen several improvements, such as the fact that they DO use escrow accounts for your initial, refundable payments, and they DO include printed instructions on how to obtain a refund with the info packet they send. As with most things in life, it is up to the purchaser to read and understand and follow all the instructions from the start. (I spoke with one customer who purchased from them on impulse and when the materials arrived she had no idea what she could do with them!)
Apparently DryTech only has two customer service people assigned to the support phones and their lines are often busy, but I HAVE received return calls quite promptly.
This is a bit premature still, but I can tell you there is a market for would-be entrepreneurs in the carpet and upholstery cleaning business. In two weeks of very limited and inexpensive effort, I have gotten 38 leads.
It should be noted that I am NOT using DryTech's suggested marketing methods nor using their excessively hyped materials. From my own experience in marketing, I have my own. Will any of these leads become customers? It is too soon to tell yet (this is not an instant-satisfaction process). However, I strongly suspect that if not, it will be because of the negative influence of that obsolete BBB review and scambuster websites. This website is more balanced and fair than most.
I'll get back to you as things develop. Thanks.

Trudy   Hagerman NM

1:07pm on Thursday, May 7th, 2009 

I sent all that I had left of there Material back over a year ago and they are now turning me over to a bad check company, by the name of america net work Inc. whom I cant find any thing out about or if they even exist, I am going to wait it out and see what happens next, the collection lady told me I would have a criminal charge on my name if I didn't pay up. so any one out there thinking of joining this so called comp. please check them out first, I wish I had.

Helpnet   California

12:57pm on Monday, May 4th, 2009

I think the BBB has made a mistake on this one and they are unfairly scaring off customers. I've read the complaints on both the BBB website and another "scambusters" site. They nearly all sound like the results of not understanding or not following the terms of the offer. The "ex-employee" remarks sound like grudge-holders as much as whistleblowers, causing me to appreciate the Trustlink website's policy stating "Do not submit a company review if you are an employee or former employee."

Evaluating the BBB statistics, 31 complaints over a 3-year period do not seem unreasonable given people's propensity to have unrealistic expectations of both the business opportunity and themselves. Nearly all complaints were made about two years ago, and none recently. That is certainly time enough for Drytech to have corrected itself. As for problems obtaining refunds, I find the company's responses to the individual complaints quite plausible.

Starting a home-based business takes more know-how than a company's cookie-cutter instructions can provide. I know, I have tried and failed at many. As a result of what I learned, my husband and I started up our own carpet-cleaning business a few years ago. We quit because of cancer, but if we were to do it over again we would definitely use the Drytech system. We've checked out their equipment and technology and found it to be superior. The Drytech system costs very little more than it cost us to build our business from scratch, and all the help they provide would
shortcut the process tremendously. We've had our carpets cleaned by one of their successful affiliates and been pleased with the whole experience.

I'm writing this to declare confidence in this company, and with my background perspective, I intend to become a leadfinder for them. Thank you for providing a public disclosure of negatives for gaining a balanced view of the company.

Cleofas   INDIANA

11:40am on Monday, April 27th, 2009

Thanks, Thanks A 1000 Thanks!! to all
for this excellent Report,
Now I will put my money back

William   Scottsboro Bama

3:40pm on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 

hello I also received A letter from Dry Tech Read letter and checked it out here. its just another Scam to take your money. This whole letter was just False. I AM SO GLAD I SAW THESE REPORTS!! DO NOT SEND THEM ANY M ONEY YOU WILL LOSE IT!! Dont say you were not WARNED!

Rahou   Rhode Island

8:50pm on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Thank God I've read all these comments before sending my money. I was this close to sending them a check today. Please keep sending feedbacks to people. You are doing the honest and hardworking citizens a life saving favor. Thank you all,
Rahou

Ron Waldron   Silver Springs N.V.

1:21pm on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 

I too was sucked into their "no risk" offer and they sounded very legitimate. Upon receiving other offers for different advertising (at my risk of investment with the same money back guarantee)Then I received an offer for my own website for about a grand. I smelled something very familiar to another scam company that I gave credence to. The bottom line is that the company answers the phone but you can never get a return authorization. For some reason they are ALWAYS away from their desk and if you do leave a recorded message you will never get a call back. I am stopping payment on my check!!!!!

Broke & Desparate   Columbia, MO

12:06am on Saturday, April 11th, 2009 

I'm glad I read these reviews before I sent Dry Tech my last $149. I can't afford to give away my hard earned cash. I read the long letter from Dry Tech and it takes a leap of faith to think they would not fool me by keeping any finder fees that I may be entitled to. There is no way for me to trace whether a lead has resulted in a sale or not. No way to enforce any payment rules. Thanks to all those who reviewed and saved me $149.

GO-Home   CA

10:41pm on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 

In May 2008 I received an unsolicited advertisement for a make money program generating leads for prospects to buy a dry cleaning business. I returned mail their application with a personal check in the amount of $164.00. I had second thoughts whether I had done the right thing so I did what I should have done first. I Googled "Dry-Tech scam and found so many complaints that the next day I called and told them that I was rescinding my application and wanted my check marked void and returned to me as soon a it was received but I was told that my check would be cashed and I could request a refund in the next thirty days. I found many complaints from others on the internet that they could not get their refund after many times trying. I decided to take action and called my bank and stopped payment on the check. They sent me a package anyway which I return by the USPS. Fast forward to February 2009, I received a call from a Georgia collection company saying that I now owe $720.00 because Dry-Tech was filing a criminal charge against me for issuing a non-sufficient funds check (short-check) to them and they are asking for the California triple damages. I told the collection company not to contact me again and am now waiting to see what happens. DO NOT BE TEMPED TO DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE!! They are poison.

Comment Reviewer   Lawton, OK

9:37pm on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 

Reference: FA Hate's customer comment
I did not become a Dry Tech Systems Affiliate because I noted too many questionable aspects and loop holes in their promotional letter. 1) When I refer leads to DT there was nothing to advise me of any Affliliate's address, or e-mail address, that I might sponsor or to even let me know that I did sponsor. Although they said my name and special code would be printed on the brochure I am to mail for them, I have no way of knowing whether or not Dry Tech "ignores" the name and code and retains the $1,200 due me as a result of the lead I submitted which sponsored the Affiliate. In other words, DT does the selling but I don't know who they sell to, when or how much they sell to the people my leads sponsor. Neither does the Affliliate know who his/her sponsor is. There appears to be a big "loop hole" here. DT could sponsor 3 people in a week from my leads and pay me for only one, or none. I saw no reason why DT couldn/t make money off of leads I produced - and never send me a dime - or maybe $1,200 every now and then to keep me busy finding new leads. With another company I sent out letters, brochures, passed out cards and published ads - and utilized my valuable time - and have not received one penny to show for it. I know they're making money as a result of my efforts because they keep sending me letters advising me of other ways I can increase my income with their company. There is a charge, of course. Recently, however, they fouled up. I received a letter from the same, identical address but using a different company name. The owner, however, was the same. I looked both companies up on the Internet and found many reports from people saying that both companies were scams. One person said he even drove to the address provided and was unable to locate the company building. Like Dry Tech, those companies were supposedly located in California. 2) Like DT, both companies said I would know I was getting paid for everybody who comes to them using my ID code because I'll receive a computerized breakdown of my checks telling me what was sold and how the profits were divided. I would also receive a 10% commission on all products and supplies sold. As stated above, "I haven't received one penney" even though I began many months ago. 3) I re-read all three of the letters that I received from these companies and noted that they all were quite similar and their programs are almost identical. It leads me to believe that all 3 companies are owned by the same man. To give DT the benefit of the doubt - maybe they all used the same copywriter. In any case, I believe Dry Tech is a scam.

FA Hate   Delaware

10:39pm on Friday, January 16th, 2009 

I sent them a check to get the postcards to mail out and they didn't send it yet; and it has been past 30 days. It should only take 10-14 business days at MAX to actually mail some damn postcards, I mean come on.

And they said they would not charge me the $164 until I generated a lead and received $1300 from finding it. They still have not sent me the postcards today; and they have took $164 off my credit line, without my consent or even a phone call or email; what a disgrace to humanity. These people are one of the biggest rip offs I have ever seen in my life. If they expected me to generate leads, how was I to generate any if you don't send me the postcards in the mail. And then you take all my credit line on a Friday; right when I was going to use the credit card tommorow for a rent-a-car.

Now we're all screwed and we must be stuck in Delaware this four day weekend, great shot guys and great shot me too for trusting these guys in the first place. It happens to the best of us but the best of us all learn from it. At least they could of ripped me off Wednesday, when I was going to be back home and back to work and able to dispute transactions but now I gotta wait till Mon or tues for and if the pending transaction from Dry Tech goes through or not.

But they said it was all free until I make them money. They're full of it! This kinda stuff makes you wanna go out and rob some people and perhaps even kill them... real talk; you can't do that to broke person, and a broke person without a car too.