Never advertise with these people. 100% scam.

They call and claim to be from "Canadian Credit Management" which is a phony company. They are actually employed by Cedar Publishing who use deceptive practices to trick people into accepting an ad in their scam magazine. Ours was for their Missing Kids magazine which has absolutely nothing to do with Child Find Canada or any other organization and is basically just a magazine full of ads with a few pictures of missing kids. One of them is in the magazine 4 or 5 times. The money is purely ad revenue for Cedar Publishing. They tricked our receptionist into okaying the ad by telling her that they needed to verify our business information for our ad. Now they are trying to scare us into paying for this 2012 ad by claiming they are calling from a collection agency! If you get any calls from Missing Kids, Cedar Publishing, Cdn Credit Mgmt etc HANG UP IMMEDIATELY!!!

I also have been getting nasty phone calls from them and have done my research on their ads. There is no magazine and it is a scam. Calgary police have warned about these guys. If everyone effected could report their problems to the police something could be done to shut them down. I told the rude man on the phone if he could tell me where I could buy a copy or find one I would pay him. He responded that I should have thought about that before I agreed to run a ad. I'm not paying them and have blocked their number on my iPhone and will pursue police action!! Hope more will follow.

This guy has been calling repeatedly every day from a blocked number. He always asks for my colleague by his first name, pretending that it is a personal call. Naturally, it isn't. He finally admitted that it was something to do with Seniors. He asked for my colleague's cell number!!!!!!! I told him that I didn't know, and hung up. Today, he called from an unblocked number that said "Main Head Office" and this number. When I told him that he was disrupting my business he said "well you shouldn't have answered the phone, then!" and wished me (sarcastically) a nice day and hung up. It's no surprise to find he is from Cedar Publishing. They appear to be crooks, and judging from how quickly this sales rep became hostile, they appear to be hiring only the "best" people for this work. Probably ex-cons or street people who can't find work anywhere else. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY as their publications are not worth the paper they are printed on and you will NOT get any business from the very expensive advertisement that they want you to place. BEWARE of Cedar Publishing.

Cedar publishing will try to scare you into making payment by threatening to take you to collections. If a "collections agent" calls on their behalf, ignore it!! All it is is a person who works for cedar pretending to be from a third party collections agency. If they call, ignore and don't pay. Simple as that.

They have been calling me for months for the samething. I got a copy of the advertisement and it looks nothing like my company logo. So it was not approved but I still got billed. Anyhow now they have transferred it to some credit risk management company (smoke screen) it is the same company of some sort. Number that shows up on display is +1 877 159 1739 this is a fake i wish I knew how he does but the number she leaves (Leah is her name) is +1 888-454-3349. Total scam. They will have go beyond the ends of the earth to get money from my company

Class A scam artists!! They trick people into running an ad with them, without any proper due diligence to get a contract or written consnet. They lie that they have a 'proof', which they never produce, and which is inadmissable in a court of law and you're not supposed to record someone without their permission. I had just refused to pay an invoice for an ad they ran without my authorization, and waiting for the harrassing phone calls to start. But I'm on to them and a step ahead. I plan to file a detailed complaint report to every place possible. I don't understand how in a country that has laws, people like them and like this con artist, Moe, could be licensed to operate a business!! Why isn't he behind bars already???

Doug, you got ripped off. Think carefully, except for the copy they mailed you, have you ever seen the magazine *anywhere* else? They claim to only direct-mail them - but how would anyone know to request a copy if there is no general circulation? I'm sorry to inform you that you have been had. I'm sure Moe thanks you for your generous donation to his three million dollar house being built in castle downs...

This company is horrible! They now are phoning and saying they are the canadian credit bureau, I don't think so. Although they did have me a little worried when I answered and heard that.  Now that i have calmed down, I have come to realize that this is probably there new way of scaring people to get money. People Beware!

So is this the same guy calling me regarding magazine ad space in a magazine called Missing Kids News Report? I don't really know what to do or how to handle it? I called to say I didn't want it, but couldn't get through to anyone, never signed anything, never gave them any payment info and never saw or received a finished ad, now they are calling me saying I owe them money for 2 ads, and that they'll send me to collections? I don't think that they can actually do that, as they have no financial info on me, also it costs them money to use a collections agency, but I want to be sure that we are talking about the same people...the guy on the phone was super rude and sounded like the brother from Everybody Loves Raymond?

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This company "cedar publishing" is a scam company, they do call you up and get as much information about you as possible, then without you even agreeing to it, they send you a bill for an ad that you did not agree to.  The people who work as telemarketers for this company are nothing but single moms who did not finish high school, or people who can't find a "real" job, or just lowlifes in general.  Do not buy anything from this company.  They are out of Edmonton Alberta, and have a bad name with the BBB.  Moe is the owner and a crook.  Don't let them use children to make you feel guilty.  They don't give a care about kids.

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This should include:Why you are callingAny social proof you haveWays to establish yourself as an expertScript Sample example: Jenny, we specialize in repairs to home PC?s and we?re known widely in the area for the quality and efficiency of our work ? in fact you may have seen us in the local paper only last month when we won the small business award in our category.Identifying a needNow we will start a conversation, asking questions about the specifics of their situation. Remember, we are gathering information here, so encourage your client to talk.This should contain:Open questions relevant to your product or serviceScript Sample example: Can I ask Jenny, how many PCs do you have at home? And how are they working out for you in terms of speed and storage? How have you found your current PC repairer to be?Personalising our product to suit the clients needsThis is where we use our feature/ benefit/ reason presentation of our product to personalize our product presentation to this clients needs.This part will include:Relevant information about your productRelevant featureRelevant BenefitsRelevant reasons your product suits this clientScript Sample example: Jenny, we offer a low cost alternative for PC repairs. We are able to do that because we are a word of mouth company who keeps our advertising costs down.Now Jenny, you said earlier that your childrens? computer is very slow and we understand how frustrating that can be when they have homework and assignments to complete.We currently have an offer where we fully service your machine and increase it?s memory. We also give you a free storage card for free! We do all of this for only $149 which saves you over $100, which I?m sure you?d agree is great value for families like yours.The closing questionThis must include:assumptive wordinga sense of urgencymust be a closed question.Script Sample example: Jenny this offer is only valid for another 10 days and if you take advantage of it now, I will also give you a 30 day free wireless internet trial.I can fit you in for that on Thursday or Saturday. Which is a better day for you to bring that in?Lock InThis must includeConfirmation of any further meetingsThe logical reasons why they said yesScript Sample example: So, I will just confirm I have you booked in for 9am Saturday and it will be ready to pick up by 5pm that same day. Jenny, your children will be so pleased that they can get so much more done on their desktop. We look forward to doing that for you.ThankyouScript Sample example: Thank you for your time today Jenny and we really do appreciate you choosing us.Now let?s look at the completed Script Sample:Hi Jenny, my name is Cathy and I?m calling from Technoglobics, we are a computer repair business located in your local area of Crows Nest. The reason for my call today Jenny is that a friend of yours, Marcia, recently had us repair her desktop and she kindly passed on your details.Can I ask Jenny, how many PC?s do you have at home? And how are they working out for you in terms of speed and storage? How have you found your current PC repairer to be?Jenny, we specialize in repairs to home PC?s and we?re known widely in the area for the quality and efficiency of our work ? in fact you may have seen us in the local paper only last month when we won the small business award in our category.Jenny, we offer a low cost alternative for PC repairs. We are able to do that because we are a word of mouth company who keeps our advertising costs down.Now Jenny, you said earlier that your childrens? computer is very slow and we understand how frustrating that can be when they have homework and assignments to complete.We currently have an offer where we fully service your machine and increase it?s memory. We also give you a free storage card for free! We do all of this for only $149 which saves you over $100, which I?m sure you?d agree is great value for families like yours.Jenny this offer is only valid for another 10 days and if you take advantage of it now, I will also give you a 30 day free wireless internet trial. I can fit you in for that on Thursday or Saturday. Which is a better day for you to bring that in?So, I will just confirm I have you booked in for 9am Saturday and it will be ready to pick up by 5pm that same day. Jenny, your children will be so pleased that they can get so much more done on their desktop. We look forward to doing that for you.I will leave you with our contact details, our address is ??.. and our phone number is ???..Thank you for your time today Jenny and we really do appreciate you choosing us.

the lady that called me today said the same thing "unprofessional" when i told her to go f*uck herself after spending 20mins arguing that this was a scam....ha!...i have video proof of the voicemail msg she left on my phone proving that she harassing me threating to call my bosses to try and get me in trouble and then told me on the phone that she (quote) " was going to call me everyday to disrupt my life until i pay this bill)...i dont even own the company i just work there and have been dealing with this for almost 3 yrs!!! this is getting way out of hand!!!!