905-370-0460

please enlighten us. what above statements are wrong?

It's true what that person said about nobody checking the legitimacy of ads. I've worked as an advertising graphic designer at ewspapers for over 28 years, and I can verify that ads' legitimacy is not the responsibility of the paper. I've been ticked off to see newspapers I worked for running awful scam classified ads that some con artist placed, without even a disclaimer. All the "Work From Home" classified ads are, without exception, rip-offs. I wish newspapers would just refuse to run them.

So did that keep them from suing you? Didn't your lawyer tell you that no one can sue you for telling the truth?

This is pathetic.

me too, I just spoke with them on the phone and it sounds pretty good but after reading these reviews I certainly have to do more research..

Go with Barbara Jennings I have done both.

are you aware you need to find your own clients?  haverhill has also changed the pay rate.  they were bought out this past summer and are not hiring anyone---so, do not take the course

I have just finished taking the haverhill course and passed with a grade of 83.  I am in the process of gathering up the documents to apply for a job with them.  I have only had good experience with them, prompt replies and remedying situations on timely basis.  My only complaint is that they don't give enough detail about the actual job of staging and they could also give more tips on staging, such as how to hang towels in bathrooms and things like that.

Just go to Barbara Jennings home staging.com

Oh my Goodness!  I can not believe a site like this exists!  Whoever the disgruntled bloggers are, you clearly have not been informed properly!

BUYERS BEWARE – READ ALL THE MATERIAL BEFORE YOU PURCHASE!

Here is my two cents (for what it is worth)

FIRST – if you are not able to pass the course, perhaps you should reconsider venturing down this avenue.  You either have an eye for design or you don’t.  You can not learn creativity – you are born with it.

SECOND – the books that you are given, I agree are basic at best, however, to my aforementioned statement, you either have it or you don’t.  If you can’t make sense of the material and create a good looking “after photo” of a room, you aren’t going to do well in this profession regardless of where you took this course or not.

THIRD – If you had read all the material, taken part in the telecourse and had an interview with Haverhill, you would know about the refund for the course cost.  For those of you who like to jump the gun and get all fired up without being informed correctly, here’s the real deal when it comes to refunds…

    The employment guarantee only applies if you PASS the home study section, participate in the teleclass, PASS the exam AND have a successful interview with Haverhill all within the time allotted to you by Haverhill (I think it is between 4 and 6 months?).  It states that if there aren’t employment opportunities to be had in your area you will then be offered a full refund.  Possible reasons for not offering employment could be: there are too many stagers in your area or there isn’t a need for stager in your area – based on simple supply and demand principles.

    If you DO NOT PASS the course or complete the material outside of the time allotment (regardless of your marks), Haverhill has no obligation to offer you a refund or employment.

    People, please understand that Haverhill is just like any other employer, they have the right to hire (or not) whom ever they want.  The employment guarantee does not mean that you are guaranteed a job if you take this course – seriously, if you believed that, then I can understand why you think this is a scam, but that is no the case at all.  If life were that simple, do you think the unemployment rates would be as high as they are?

FINAL POINT – I am NOT a Haverhill stager.  Nor do I want to be.  I am in the process of taking the course and am just waiting for my exam marks.  After I complete this venture, I will take my ASP designation, which for those of you who are worried about a lousy thousand bucks, it is nearly two-thousand dollars for a hands-on 3-day course and is internationally recognised - Haverhill isn’t.  Haverhill is a basic course.  If you cannot pass this one, perhaps you should reconsider this trade altogether!

i wanted to enroll to course.
so went for interview here in Toronto
they are located at Sheppard & Yong.
but funny thing happened
on the stand in lobby there was a different company name instead of haverhill
so like if i need to go to 7 floor office # 72 it`s will say
floor 7 # 72 haverhill right no apparently not
it was totally difrent company
so haverhill for some reason lied about they location.
at this moment i thanked higher power for stopping me loose hard earned money.

I did not fail.  And if you were to call them or ask questions on the faq page, you'd get all the answers you need.  I asked many questions this way and one time I wanted to talk to someone pdq, colleen leblanc returned my call within the 1/2 hour and resolved my issue within the hour.

PRESS RELEASE:
For immediate release…


To all Haverhill students and potential students this release is directed to you  

I’m just a normal person who was cheated and wants to help other from the same fait


Is Haverhill a SCAM..YES YES YES…
I have like the many of you, saw their commercials on tv and wondered wow that sounds like a great opportunity for me to work in, and to much too my dismay I signed up for the program back in May, when even at the time I felt very sceptical and weary of this company. At the time the only answers that I was given about employment and how this new innovative way of work was going to commence were very vague and confusing, but against my better judgment I signed up anyway and not listing to my inner voice telling me to run…..  

Well I received my course material and was off, excited to begin a new career in staging and design, who was I kidding, that would never come to fruition. So I staged and design several friends homes and completed all of my course requirements and handed them in on time, only to learn that the rules have changed several times since signing up, there was no longer a segment of the program that one would be working with accredited stagers as a internship to learn hands on skills, that is when the red flags really started to raise.  After handing in all of my assignments, I waited months before any of them got marked and then even more weeks before I could take part in a tele class,  oh yes that was changed as well,  I’m sure to keep all of us students from each other and that way we could not form a coalition and demand our marks and commute our frustrations among each other.
Then there was the TEST…. oh yes,  the test that everyone seams to have failed or not had enough time to finish, now I am not a fool by any means I think by now that is quite obvious , so I found it completely un comprehendible that I was not able to finish this exam in the time allotted, and those questions,  well that is something to be desired, now looking back I can find them quite humours especially the one that seams to be just plucked out of the text book and we had to fill in the blanks, well now that I setting someone up for failure if you ask me.

And now after all of this hard work NOTHING, absolutely nothing has come of it. What a waste of time , and I’m sure that many of you feel the same way I do, its not only the $1200 fee for the course, it is the fact that they connived us all into believing that we would be employed after the training was complete. That was never part of their plan at all.  They are a company in the business of collecting tuition fees, not a staging company at all , and if they even have staging jobs I wouldn’t think that they are not at  the top of their piers in their respected field. In regards to ASP, CPS, RESA

So now this is what has been done in the process to vindicated all who have lost and protect those who may have lost in the future…..

Litigation lawyers and attorneys that are experts with consumers rights laws have been briefed on this case and have agreed to work pro bono (free) with the expectations that we will win a class action suit against them, and Haverhill Staging and Design Institute will be forced to out of business and pay back restitution to thousands that have been defrauded by them.

The RCMP has been notified of this companies business practices here in Canada and their respected counterparts in the US as well (FBI). To investigate the legitimacy of this company and their claims of employment. And if so any wrong doing on their part of falsifying marks to not allow students to pass with the grades that they deserve. And resulting in non-employable status

Also the Commissioner and Chair of the CRTC has been notified of their ads and commercials in regulations with the CRTC regulation act:   Act: Broadcasting Act, 1991, c.11, s.1 in regards to their commercials on HGTV in associations  with CW Media Inc will be notified of their commercials and we appeal to them to suspend all ads immediately.  As Haverhill preys on consumers that are inherently loyal to the brand of HGTV station and its shows and only demand the highest qualities of commercials and stock being sold on their channel, and also Haverhill being a major sponsor of many of their shows and programming time slots.

And the same has been done once again in the US where claims are being sent to the FCC  in regards to Haverhill Staging and Design. Also in the US where the ads and commercials are being broadcast on the Fox  Network and all of its affiliates and the Fox network as Fox Entertainment Network and owned and operated by News Corporation, one of the US largest media conglomerates, this network is also being advised to suspend all ads and endorsements  from Haverhill.


Now if you are a student and would like more info on how to get involved in this process please post your story and contact email. I’m sure there are a lot of us out there that have been robbed from this company of both our time and money


Now on the personal end of this story and those involved ….


Lets begin with Darren Morgenstern owner of the company and master mind behind it all and all of  it wrong doings, here is some info on his past business ventures, I’m sure you will be intrigued

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/02/morgenstern.shtm


Kimberly Uksik, the face that may of us know behind this whole thing, is the national creative director for Haverhill and the instructor of the course, but I don’t recall many teachings by her, other then her reading from a sheet during the tele class , and even at that, she was unable to perform. It’s a shame that she had to get caught up in this scam, and completely ruin here career in the process. We appeal to all staging and design professionals  that she be stripped of all credentials in staging, and Associations will be recommended to take back accreditations and awards given to her. APS, RESA CPA ect.  She is the one that most of us have been talking to, or lack there of, never seaming to be available to answer a phone call.
She supposedly owns a staging company of her own and is located at:
Elite Home Décor
Office Phone:(647) 223-6777
Fax Number:(905) 426-8828
Address:173-71 Old Kingston Road , Ajax, ON, L1T 3A6


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Valerie  Gibson sits on the Board of Advisors for Haverhill, which I found completely shocking to me, Valerie  is a well respected media personality and has been a columnist for the Toronto Sun for years is, and that is why I found it completely shocking and appalling that she was involved in this sham as well, her email is  valeriegibson@rogers.com.  
And publicist is
http://www.celebrityspeakersintl.com/index2.html
I will be appealing to both her affiliations and the public to boycott any involvement with her, and her speaking engagements and or any other media or public events.






Mike Bullard is the host of HouseCapades which is the show in the US where they launch a lot of their bogus ads and promises from, to lure people into signing up for this course. And it is quite convenient that Darren Morgenstern’s brother Marc is one of the producers and creative director of the show….the dots are all seaming to connect now, so here is their info and contact numbers as well. And both show and Haverhill  are located in the same office. Coincidence, I think not.

Mike Bullard
Show Host
mike@housecapades.com
Marc Morgenstern
Creative Director
Ext. 2223
marc@housecapades.com
40 Sheppard Avenue West, Suite 500
Toronto, Canada • M2N 6K9
Phone: 416.440.3177
Fax: 416.440.7787

So as set forth herein, all of above statements, we ask to all of the above mentioned in this statement; such as companies, stations, affiliates, programs, design associations  and media personalities, we ask that you immediately release all ties and affiliation with any and all of Haverhill companies owners and its affiliates and its employees, as to keep your own good standing and ratings within the public image.

So I ask you all to join me in the pursuit to divulge this company and their hench men for what they are all about.

Your Sincere Appreciation,


other blogs: that will reveal the same sentiments from many other as well .
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http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-647-477-3132/2


Released to the following:  RCMP, FBI, CRTC Commissioners, FCC, HGTV, CW MEDIA, Fox Network,
Fox Entertainment, News Corporation INC, Celebrity Speakers Intl, Valerie Gibson, Mike Bullard, ASP, RESA, CPA, Sun News Corp, CTV, Global news, City TV, CBC, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, CNN, New York Times,  29 WUTV, USA today, L.A times, BBB OF CANADA, MINISTRY OF THE ATTERNY GENREAL.

What position did they offer you?