2015-01-14 14:12

 

Wall Street English brainwashed like pyramid selling exposure

 

 

CNDSN January 14th news [] (Zhejiang online) problem of Hangzhou Wall Street English difficult be refund after exposure, many netizens reflect, Wall Street English the whole selling process is more like the legendary "pyramid schemes," brainwashed sell let students at that time can only choose to pay, but when it comes to God, it was too late, or choose swallow insult and humiliation silently, or go on long adults road.

Recently, Zhejiang online reporter visited a store in Hangzhou Wall Street English, field experience "brainwashed netizen said sales".

Preferential as bait selling staff with "scholarship" and "internal grants"

According to the introduction of Wall Street English official website, Wall Street English in the global business belonging to the British Pearson, officially launched in 1972. Since its creation, Wall Street English operates over 460 centers in 28 countries and regions. In 2000, Wall Street English into Chinese market, as have 66 learning centers present in the China, throughout the Beijing Tianjin, the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and other areas, all the center of all straight battalion.

Zhejiang online reporter learned from the business sector, Wall Street English currently has four stores in Hangzhou.

In Hangzhou near the Wall Street English of a shop, the reporter was a part-time personnel leaflets over. As previously has said, part-time staff will complete the work to their own needs, need help for reason, please press followed him to the shop to understand English in Wall Street, the part-time staff in the mouth, this programme from hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars.

The reporter entered the store in the name of a migrant workers, part-time personnel first asked the journalists to fill in a form, which includes the name, date of birth, education, the demand for English learning and the current situation of self-study etc.. The part-time staff told reporters that requires 20 minutes or so, accept inquiries and the detection level of English learning.

According to the requirements to fill in a form, a self proclaimed W name of the course consultant with a reporter visited the shop after, the reporter to a separate room, and started an investigation and detection.

W asked the question including the resume to the family background, but always focus on one topic: to Hangzhou Wall Street English can improve the ability of individuals to have a bright future. In the detection of the level of English, W problem with the previous Chinese exchanges are basically the same content. W thus determined, the reporter English general, suitable for learning the basics to intermediate level of english.

W explained that the learning time can be divided into 18 and 27 months of two, the former costs forty thousand yuan, which costs fifty thousand yuan. She also mentioned that day just can apply for 5800 yuan "scholarship", only need to pay 580 yuan deposit, information and identity card etc..

At the press to pay a deposit, W said, as a friend, I just have the Wall Street English internal family grants quota, and only one, is willing to provide to the reporters, only need to fill out an application form, 24 months interest free, but have to pay a 5.5% fee. W stressed that grant only 5% applications through rate.

Three cards to play, ideal, warmth of the sales personnel ""

In a narrow space, one to one exchange some people feel depressed, not to mention the W doesn't give reporters too much chance to talk. In addition to impose "scholarship" and "grant" grace, W mainly makes an ideal, bear, warmth that "three cards".

"You come to Hangzhou mainly to what, to make money, right? Make money need confidence, communication, networking, Wall Street English can all give you." W side is written on a piece of paper, one side is the reporter analysis.

"You as a man, to play, your parents need you, your girlfriend later need you, these are to you personally ability as the foundation, right?" W reporters standing point of view, language earnestly.

"I was originally the Wall Street English students, previous salary only 3000, but through my efforts to study here, I am now salary covers. I feel you are very motivated, see you, see me in shadow." W said his experience. It is worth mentioning that, different salesman more than users were encountered in different stores, have heard similar words.

"Big guy you more than 20 years, the nerve with the family for money? I treat you as a friend, or I let you go out today directly!" When the reporter mentioned, spend several million dollars to learn English, may need to family economic support, W suddenly excited.

Around the "three cards", W has been trying to reporters signed loan application form. But this time, the distance she said "can be five to ten minutes to determine whether the application 'scholarship' down", has passed more than half an hour.

From the warm welcome to cold not agreed twenty minutes inquiry lasted two hours

According to the previously distribute leaflets part-time staff is that, the inquiry and the test takes about 20 minutes, but the reporter calculated, inquiries and test lasted nearly 2 hours. Among these, at least 80% of the time, is W in the pot "Chicken Soup for the soul", the analysis of a variety of favorable here to learn English, urging reporters pay deposit, fill out the loan application.

It is not difficult to imagine, if it is just out of school, or just to Hangzhou job seekers face off the reel, theory, no time to think, can only follow each other's thoughts. Have a netizen told the Zhejiang online journalists, he himself in Wall Street English accept inquiries, course consultant with him from six p.m. talk to nearly morning, until the netizens agree to pay tuition so far.

In the whole process, W or sincere words, or excited, or overbearing, or whisper, always guided reporters according to her analysis to think. Every passage, always with "you know", "do not you say" like the language.

"I assure you, no longer consider learning English you must go back to the future, you might think to find work, you may think of English is not so important to you, may your family don't suggest that you spend so much money to learn English, you this is to give their shilly-shally and lazy excuses, you have to think about your future?" Even when the reporter mentioned that "go back and consider whether to learn English", her words to this idea of posterior blocked.

Until the reporter stood up, said again consulting another day, W's attitude had changed, first let's sit down and talk puts forward for many times, and then very impatient zone reporters to refund the deposit, finally leaving only one reporter for the refund.

Out of the store, is the first feeling of reporters, if this is not the town, perhaps now also accept W's "education", or already completed loans paid the tuition, but also like a sketch "Maiguai" just like Wei Fan in the shed tears of gratitude, say "ah thank you for W".

The inquiry process lies repeatedly avoided refund matters

Inquiries and test process for nearly two hours, W repeatedly promised, if not before users have to provide information and data, and some of her words cannot distinguish true or false.

Whether or users encounter reporter unannounced visits, Hangzhou Wall Street English almost every day is the last day for "scholarship", and friends have said, if his attitude is not tough enough, before deposit will be for "scholarship" is not successful reason returned.

Hangzhou Wall Street English official "various loan scheme", in W's mouth "became her only student of a Wall Street internal family gold places", and "if you do not give you will give other people".

In the process of talking to reporters repeatedly asked, if the learning process is proposed to drop out of school, tuition how to handle, W first said "you when we open a black ah", after he said he could transfer, can be remote learning, distance learning, do not mention a refund thing.

While more people are wrong is, regardless of sales personnel commitment to good and perfect, the two sides signed the contract will have a "no verbal communication and commitment of both parties of this contract and the written expression of inconsistent are invalid". The netizen comments, this clause has the "right of final interpretation of all Wall Street English" means. *

(original title: exposure of Wall Street English brainwashing similar to pyramid selling)

Editor: small Shen