MarkSnow
01-06-2009, 06:29 PM
Hello,
I am looking for CC processing solutions. Is this person still working for 2CO?
webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=587781
2CO 2Checkout warning / review - unbelievable information!
Hello,
I was doing some research before choosing a credit card processor and was looking into 2Checkout. I have seen many "warnings" from people who claim they are former merchants but was suspicious of those posts and decided to do some investigation myself and came across this post (2co email.. is this a scam?):
neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=476808&pid=587682656&st=0&#entry587682656
this post is from a guy who received an email from 2CO that his account is in negative balance even that he "NEVER even used 2co before, either to buy stuff or sell stuff, never ever had an account there..."
The email from 2CO which is mentioned in that post is from one "Ronald H. Sebree" who is working for the company. I called 2CO support to double check if that email was indeed from them and that a person with that name actually works for them. The answer was positive. I decided to run a background check in Google (google.com/search?q=%22Ronald+H.+Sebree%22&hl=en&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-33,GGLG:en&filter=0 )
and I found that this employee of them had his law license taken from him because of "multiple counts of professional misconduct involving failure to handle client funds and maintain his law office financial records in accordance with mandatory provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility." ( see more at the end of this post, taken from here
sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_Office/summaries/2006/1122/discipline.asp )
I called several times to 2CO support line and was answered by "Mike" who refused to let me speak with anyone about this issue. I called again after a few hours and was able to speak with a guy names Gino who is responsible for customer relations. I informed him about this disturbing information and he told me that he will check with their HR department. I called the next day to inquire if the information I provided him was indeed correct and if anything has been done about it, and he told me that I should not worry as this Ronald is only responsible for accounts with a negative balance and that I should not take this into consideration when choosing a credit card processor, and that there is no plan to remove him from his post. My question is - how would I know if my account did not reach negative balance BECAUSE of this Ronald? That is exactly what is described in the above post! How can a company such a 2CO, whose business is to handle other's people money, can have someone who was found guilty with "multiple counts of professional misconduct involving failure to handle client funds" work for them?
When I told Gino (the customer relation liaison) that I am starting to think that all the negative posts about 2CO are justified he claimed that any large company have this kind of posts about them and he specifically mentioned PayPal. I forgot to ask him if he knows how many millions of dollars ( $9.25M ) PayPal had to pay back to their customers due to the different issues they had.
Also, what do you think VISA/MC/AMEX would do if they will find out about this?
Here is some more text about what this Ronald was involved with:
"(Nov. 22, 2006) The Supreme Court voted 7-0 to suspend the law license of
Ronald Howard Sebree of Columbus for two years, with one year of that term
stayed, for multiple counts of professional misconduct involving failure to
handle client funds and maintain his law office financial records in
accordance with mandatory provisions of the Code of Professional
Responsibility."
"On July 3, 2002, we suspended respondent's license to practice for six
months but stayed imposition of this sanction on conditions that respondent
submit to monitoring of his office practices and management skills for one
year and pursue further training in office management. On July 3, 2002, we
suspended respondent's license to practice for six months but stayed
imposition of this sanction on conditions that respondent submit to
monitoring of his office practices and management skills for one year and
pursue further training in office management."
I am looking for CC processing solutions. Is this person still working for 2CO?
webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=587781
2CO 2Checkout warning / review - unbelievable information!
Hello,
I was doing some research before choosing a credit card processor and was looking into 2Checkout. I have seen many "warnings" from people who claim they are former merchants but was suspicious of those posts and decided to do some investigation myself and came across this post (2co email.. is this a scam?):
neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=476808&pid=587682656&st=0&#entry587682656
this post is from a guy who received an email from 2CO that his account is in negative balance even that he "NEVER even used 2co before, either to buy stuff or sell stuff, never ever had an account there..."
The email from 2CO which is mentioned in that post is from one "Ronald H. Sebree" who is working for the company. I called 2CO support to double check if that email was indeed from them and that a person with that name actually works for them. The answer was positive. I decided to run a background check in Google (google.com/search?q=%22Ronald+H.+Sebree%22&hl=en&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-33,GGLG:en&filter=0 )
and I found that this employee of them had his law license taken from him because of "multiple counts of professional misconduct involving failure to handle client funds and maintain his law office financial records in accordance with mandatory provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility." ( see more at the end of this post, taken from here
sconet.state.oh.us/Communications_Office/summaries/2006/1122/discipline.asp )
I called several times to 2CO support line and was answered by "Mike" who refused to let me speak with anyone about this issue. I called again after a few hours and was able to speak with a guy names Gino who is responsible for customer relations. I informed him about this disturbing information and he told me that he will check with their HR department. I called the next day to inquire if the information I provided him was indeed correct and if anything has been done about it, and he told me that I should not worry as this Ronald is only responsible for accounts with a negative balance and that I should not take this into consideration when choosing a credit card processor, and that there is no plan to remove him from his post. My question is - how would I know if my account did not reach negative balance BECAUSE of this Ronald? That is exactly what is described in the above post! How can a company such a 2CO, whose business is to handle other's people money, can have someone who was found guilty with "multiple counts of professional misconduct involving failure to handle client funds" work for them?
When I told Gino (the customer relation liaison) that I am starting to think that all the negative posts about 2CO are justified he claimed that any large company have this kind of posts about them and he specifically mentioned PayPal. I forgot to ask him if he knows how many millions of dollars ( $9.25M ) PayPal had to pay back to their customers due to the different issues they had.
Also, what do you think VISA/MC/AMEX would do if they will find out about this?
Here is some more text about what this Ronald was involved with:
"(Nov. 22, 2006) The Supreme Court voted 7-0 to suspend the law license of
Ronald Howard Sebree of Columbus for two years, with one year of that term
stayed, for multiple counts of professional misconduct involving failure to
handle client funds and maintain his law office financial records in
accordance with mandatory provisions of the Code of Professional
Responsibility."
"On July 3, 2002, we suspended respondent's license to practice for six
months but stayed imposition of this sanction on conditions that respondent
submit to monitoring of his office practices and management skills for one
year and pursue further training in office management. On July 3, 2002, we
suspended respondent's license to practice for six months but stayed
imposition of this sanction on conditions that respondent submit to
monitoring of his office practices and management skills for one year and
pursue further training in office management."