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Troubleshooter Tom Martino uses TV and radio to promote the trickle-up economics of Efusjon

A A A Comments (11) By Jared Jacang Maher Thursday, Jul 23 2009

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He made no mention of these complaints in the show's spot touting Efusjon, which is marketed as a work-from-home opportunity on hundreds of websites.

Martino also listed some red flags that consumers should watch for before signing up with a work-from-home company: "Anything that would require a registration fee. Up-front money. Don't do it. Also, mandatory purchase of supplies. You have to assemble something. You have to buy the supplies to assemble it, and they buy it from you. No way. Remember, if it's a job, they're the ones who should be paying you.

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"Any company, a real company," he continued, "has bricks and mortar, and they want you to do a job and assemble something, and you know this company, that's fine. But when you've never laid eyeballs on this company, please, do me a favor and don't fall for it. It is a scam. I can't tell you how many people get burned. And they get burned when they are at their most vulnerable positions."

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Connie G 01/08/2011 1:34:00 AM

do you have any imformation about fireplace warehouse

Eleanor Salzano 11/25/2010 11:27:00 PM

hi Tom,

Ellie 11/24/2010 12:27:00 AM

Tom, I bought a brand new house on January 2003, my toilets back up and I called the plumber he referred me to call Colorado sewer they came and drained out the sewer one month later same problem again colorado came to drain my sewer line for the 2nd time They told me they would have to pull up the concrete in front of my house and will have to put in a larger pipe, they put in a very long snake and said they could not get their 3in knives in the pipe they had to use smaller knives in the pipe to drain it. I clled Richmond builders to explain to them what has happened, they told me I am out of warrante and said they are not responsible for the repairs. I wrote to the better business bureau. I have to wait at least 30 days. I have no children, I live all alone, very rarely I have company, I believe this is Richmond Builders fault, also nothing comes out of the ducts in my house, one in the spare bedroom, loft,kitchen living and dining room, I have to use electric heaters down stairs. I had to take an early retirement because in 2004 I had to have a mechanical valve place in my heart. came back home after I was gone for 6 months, I had the surgery in Temple University in Philadelphia. when I came back, only home for 2 months, my job transferred me to Minnesota for 1 1/2 years. camr home in early 2007. I Called A real estate attorney and have not heard back from him, Can you help me, I would like to speak to you directly, however I do not have your phone number.

Mike 10/25/2009 5:05:00 PM

I used to really enjoy listening to Tom's show about 5 years ago. This looks like a classic case of being blinded by money. To bad, the concept of a consumer advocate is a great one, but you loose a lot if not all of your credibility when you start to profit from it and don't keep the public first in your mind. To Bad.

Brad 08/12/2009 10:21:00 PM

Martino just came on his show and said the article was garabage, the writer & Michael Roberts scumbags and Ms. Calhoun just told him that there will be no corrections. I think you ought to do a follow-up article to his comments.

weege 07/24/2009 9:59:00 PM

i dont know of tom the businessman, but i do know of him and his wife to be really generous kind people. they have great well behaved kids and tom and his wife were always very gracious whenever i saw them at the club. just my two cents.

gone ridin' 07/23/2009 11:33:00 PM

Twelve years ago Martino would've ripped this company to shreds. Nice advocating for consumers, Tom.

Matt 07/23/2009 8:03:00 PM

It is no coincidence that mortage brokers are now pushing this product. The biggest get rich quick at no expense slumdogs now have a new 'dream' to sell, it is no longer enough to peddle homeownership but now they peddle the ability to be 'rich and healthy'!

Justin 07/23/2009 7:39:00 PM

I think its only fair to say that if you have done your research on the company and understand it then you can make a comment. Shooting from the hip and thinking that every network marketing company is the same, is someone who is misinformed or has lost on a company they did not put the effort into. To be sucessful in a network marketing company you have to actually work. Just because a company uses the power of people vs. spending millions upon millions in advertising to get there product out does not make it a scam. Network Marketing Companies dont make people sucessful, people make people sucessful. You say efusjon is over priced? You get what you pay for. Sure I can go spend less on a Redbull, and I will get what I pay for. Besides Redbull or Rockstar or any other energy drink on the market does not allow me to get paid when I buy their product. As for Facebook, it is a platform open for people to use applications. Efusjon created an application to be used on Facebook that allows people to invite others to check out the company and see what it has to offer. The same way as someone uses Mafia Wars to invite players to join. What company out there has actually utilized an application on Facebook to promote a product? To the author of the article I would love to invite you to sit with me and let me show what a great company efusjon is.

cal 07/23/2009 4:32:00 AM

The real Martino Matrix is a parallel universe where the rules apply to everyone but Tom Martino. Take the red pill, neo!

kirads09 07/23/2009 1:39:00 AM

"legitimate multi-level marketing business" - there is no such thing. The only way these companys make money is getting more people to join and order product to sell. Only about 2% realize the success that these pyramid scemes promise to all. I beg you don't waste your precious time, energy and hard earned money getting into one of these scams. I am horrified Tom is promoting this kind of thing because of his influence. I was involved in a well know Multi Leval Marketing beauty product company for a long time. They too claimed to be legit. All these things do is drain your wallet, time and relationships. Relationships because friends, family and coworkers become nothing more to you than potential customers and recruits as you attempt to develop your own downline. MLM's also can leave one scarred emotionally, mentally and spiritually because of the heavy handed cult like tactics used on their members. I know times are tough and some are desparate. These companies are taking advantage of that. Stay far far away from this type of thing.