6077484686

I got a voicemail from Amanda Spreg on Monday, November 28th, 2011.  On her message she said that she was a credit manager calling about a delinquency.  I called the number and this "Amanda person" then told me that I had not paid a bill for newsletter.  (I did not order nor did I ever receive this so called newsletter.)  She went on to tell me that this so called "client" of hers has been trying to reach me by phone and mail with no success.  I asked her to please email over the documentation that she had on record from her client.  She said that she did not email documentation from clients and could only fax it to me.  This representative then told me that if I did not pay this money a claim was going to be filed against the company that I work for.  I told her to send the documentation over and I would forward that to our corporate council for review.  She got a bit irritated and asked for the number to our corporate office and I told her, "This IS the corporate office".  I have yet to see any documentation.  I discussed with council on staff and they told me that this particular company is out of New York and is a SCAM!  The name of this company is International Credit Recovery and their number is 607-748-4686.  Hope this information helps.

To all: I also had similar experience with Amanda, she even threatened me that she will call our IT to get the email I am suppoed to have received regarding the subscription and it will cost my company lots of money if i don't cooperate.  I heared of such scam before so I palyed with her on the phone for a while acting scared until I cannot keep up a straight face.  Then I did some investigation on those scambags, here are somethings I found out for your laughs (or cry since the FTC did not act on it for such long time):
When you check their website and they do have a "submit payment" page http://www.intlcreditrec.com/MAKE-PAYMENT.html, go there and type in anything you want, such as name as Haunt Your Dream, and address as North Pole Lane, Santaville, HL (short for hell) and any number of money amount (I put in a million dollars) and click submit, it came back thanking you for your payment!  Please all go in there and have some fun with those ugly cheaters.  Be creative with your name and address.  
And check this out: when I used mapquest AND zillow to check where they are located, and the areial shot of the property, the address 300 main street, Vestal, NY 13851 is actually Vestal Park Cemetary, I can't see any real house structure at that address!
Also called PBP costomer service and "alert" them of ICR using their inocent name to scam people and large corporations, not suprised that the costomer service staff answered me with the strongest tone of conviction "They are NOT scam!" and when i ask to speak with amy managers, the PBP rep replied that ALL managers are on vacation.
Now pretty much convinced that ICR and PBP are operated by the same people.  Funny thing is that in PBP website, they have so many seemingly good materials, one being the founder has been awarded 2009 Humanitarian of the year award, which confused me a bit.  Will keep on digging, I am sure lots of good material will come out of it.  Will keep you all posted.

We got a call from "International Credit Recovery", somebody name "Bobbie" said that we have ordered some news letter since 7/11 that we have nevery paid for it. She ask me to pay for the invoice. We have never order or recived any of it. After reading all others report, now i know why. I hope no one every pay any of their false claims.

please do.

1st of all you're probably on multiple lists.  2nd of all if you do not realize that *you are a moron too.  And 3rd, these supposed "idiots" have to work for a living too.  You have no respect for others, therefore it stands to reason you come off as a stressed and angry person.

ICR and Progressive Business Publications are just as bad as the reviews they receive.
I do not understand how with the repretation that they have justly earned, the state lets them stay in business instead of in jail.

This company is doing the same thing to us

We have recieved a call from this group and we have never signed up for progressive business publication.!
They indicated that we owed money from a program that NEVER registered for!!!

I am talking to Amanda, who claims the same....she is trying to collect $$$ for not having sent anything.....I argued that she did not and she eventually hung up on me...guess I was too confident....Good luck to anybody else ...

I got a call from Lisa with International Credit Recovery this morning at 7am. She claims that I owe them money from an OSHA Safety Publication that I received on a trial offer basis. She stated since I did not send in a notice within 30 days of receiving it that I owe them some $200 + dollars. I blew a gasket and told her that I was paying them anything, especially over the phone. I am so such and tired and of these GDMF's. I will love to be part of a class action law suit. Where do I sign?



Caller ID: 607-748-6016

Here is the address:  370 Technology Drive
                               PO Box 3019
                               Melvern, PA 19355

No phone number on invoice I received today.  What is up with this company.  FRAUD!  Someone needs to stop them!! Hope this helps

I just got a call as well from a woman with the "selling advantage" newsletter stating the exact same story as above.  Her name was lauren and stated that we were delinquent.  I told her that all billing went thru my Director of Operations and corporate office...and she said we have your DOB and that you are now verbally responsible. When asked if I could get a name and number to have him call her back she was reluctant and said this bill needed to be paid TODAY or it was in collections against me personnally.  HOw are these companies still allowed to do this?

I received a call from "Kelly Hershaw" asking me to pay an invoice that was not correct.  When I attempted to speak with Ms. Hershaw I was placed on hold only to be disconnected.  I do not wish to receive any further calls from her or "ICR".

They keep sending this trival so called safety newsletter looking thing.  Opened the first one just thinking it was more junk mail.  Happened to receive a call the same day from a lady saying we owed
money for the newsletter we subscribed to from their company.  After I told her nobody here subscribed to any newsletter and we don't buy from people we don't know.  I asked her for her phone number and I would make sure no one authorized it and I would call her back she said "oh, i'm in and out of the office so I'm kind of hard to get hold of by phone".  I said you know what so am I but I still have a phone number now what is yours?  She hung up.  SCAMMER caught!

Said I had ordered a publication that I did not order.

A "Lindsey" called saying that our account was sent to collections.... Never ordered/received such "Loss and Prevention Newsletter."

a "Lindsey" called saying our account was sent to collections. Never ordered/received any "Loss and Prevention Newlsetter."

In my case I was called by telemarketer to sign up for "Quality Manager's Alert" which LOOKS and SOUNDS - on the surface - like a pretty good IDEA for a business management environment, but when you receive it, the publication looks like a high school project or newsletter, and pretty much regurgitates ideas pulled from OTHER companies.  Like I said, like a high school newsletter.  My staff could create a **PROFESSIONAL** publication in minutes, by comparison with this.

While not totally **USELESS** it's definitely NOT worth the publication price of $299 (that's what they're charging now).  I could pay an intern a stipend of $20 to create something far, FAR superior.

Oh, there are also spelling errors and other grammatical or word usage errors, like they're instead of their, and bought instead of brought.

Perhaps they have interns putting this together.

The telemarketer reminded me of a co-worker (yes, a **SLICK** salesman type who can talk his way out of a paper bag), but he was at all times courteous and friendly.  He knew the right "buttons" to hit, and all the key "buzz words" such as quality control, performance monitoring, compliance and assurance to sell the publication.

I also researched the company itself, they have a website with a photo of what could be their office staff, probably not their executives:

http://www.pbp.com/

A satisfyingly vague website, try clicking on any of the links (try the Online HR Legal Training), they are filled with stock photos pulled from various sources.  My first impression, any company that uses **TONS** of photos, mostly stock photos, is just trying too hard to build credibility...or something.  This won't let you actually view the training materials unless you have a membership ID and login password (assuming you've created an account and bought the program), but I'm **ASSUMING** the material is similarly regurgitated from someone else's work, or else hacked, cut & pasted from other training material.

I handled this in a professional way, after all rule #1 in Business Etiquette 101 is not to antagonize, even if you have a problem with them or their practices.  I was simply reviewing the publication, so I did not actually order it yet.  I called, referenced the account number, and in the very NICEST way possible, asked the lady to cancel.  She indicated that we were reviewing only, so she made a note to "NOT" send any additional publications.

Overall my confidence level was low enough to cancel upon review of the materials they sent; my overall ratings:

Actual Publication Quality Manager's Alert: 2/10
Telemarketing Style, Etiquette, and Behavior: 4/10
Customer Service (i.e. in canceling account): 7/10
Overall impression of PBP: 3.5/10

We shall SEE if I do or don't get billed.  Stay tuned.

Amanda called and said that I was being sued and that she would get us out of it if I paid the 249.00 that was due. She was very nice to me and I fell for it. Within minutes I looked them up and realized that I had been scammed and I called them and asked that the card not be used and that I would give them another number. Another woman got on line and yelled at me for wanting use another card. I cannot believe that they are still in business with the same number and the same people all these years.

Rec'd call from ICR re: collection against our Company; I looked them up ~ good thing I did. When they call again I'll not listen to a word that's said & hang up !  Thanks for the input...