Pet Corner International claims it offers a low-investment, home-based distributorship that will enable you to capitalize on the $54 billion pet care industry. Is Pet Corner International a scam?
(UnhappyFranchisee.com) The Pet Corner International distributor program claims it offers “an affordable, easy to operate business in a thriving industry.”
According to the Pet Corner International website:
Enjoy a proven business model with numerous competitive advantages:
- Recession-resistant industry
- Flexible, home-based business model
- Ground Floor Opportunity
- Offer the most in-demand, all natural pet products
- Company Established Accounts
- Growth Opportunities
- National Television Advertising
- Strong Company Support and Local One-On-One Training
The company claims: “PCI can be your vehicle to a reliable and growing income and a business that, with our help, can develop for you into long term financial security.”
Numerous complaints about the Pet Corner International business opportunity have been popping up on complaint sites lately.
Don’t Buy into Pet Corner* wrote:
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2011
Reported By: Don’t Buy into Pet Corner — Sneads Ferry North Carolina United States of America
Pet Corner International
Pet Corner International This Company misrepresented itself to me and hasn’t done the things it said it would do. Deerfield Beach, Florida
I bought a distributorship from Pet Corner International in December 2010. They claimed to be audited and inspected by the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation has denied that they have any relationship with Pet Corner International. That claim was one of the main reasons I bought into this Company. Also,the product hasn’t sold very much at all in 9 months. Pet Corner has abandoned me as a distributor, not contacting me anymore. They haven’t done a thing to help me in this business as promised. I just want the public to be aware of them so people won’t make the same mistake I did.
* UnhappyFranchisee.com received the following message 12/7/11 from the author of this complaint: “There is an agreement in place to resolve all the issues between Pet Corner International and myself. These issues have been resolved to both Parties mutual satisfaction.”
October 14, 2011 EJ wrote:
I purchaed a distributorship in Sept 2010. Product doesn’t sell like they tell you.I’ve yet to see one advertisement on TV. The 2 distributors they gave me to contact (Norfolk Va. and Seattle Wa) told me the products sell immediately off the shelf. Vets and store owners tell me the product price is too high at $19.99. In one year 11 retail accounts I’ve sold less than 25 bottles. In this time frame not one representative from Pet Corner has called to ask how I was doing or if they can help. I’m fairly well off so I can handle the loss. I understood the risk going in. What I don’t get is if we as distributors can’t sell the product Pet Corner International will never survive. They should have a vested interest in making sure we succeed but that just doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m going to think about trying different approaches to sell the product. To those of you thinking about buying –BUYER BEWARE
October 25, 2011, Hamond B3 wrote:
…The product only has a 30% profit for the retailer. Even on consignment they turn it down because everything they sell outside of pet food they work on 50 to 60 % margin. They dont tell you that in the sales pitch.
The displays they have for the product are lame at best. The bottles do not stand up straight. One has to kneel down to read what the bottle says. They will tell you the average distributer sell 60 bottles a month or one a day. Not even close at 19.95 I was lucky to sell one a week. The product is overpriced for the market. My displays were located in high end car washes with plenty of traffic. My peeve with them they are very evasive to give you any information on there dealer network if they even have one. They are more interested in the short term of selling start up inventory at 15,000 a pop. I thought I did all my home work after months of research but obviously that was not enough. There is no company dealership or distributorship that will not allow you to use social media to advertise. I believe they do not want there failure rate to be known through this media. Be very aware of them. These guys are preditors on the phone.
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I am interested in seeing that email of PCI shutting down. I am a distributor and did not receive the notice. [redacted]. I would also love to talk to someone else that bought a franchise. seven one nine four nine two four four one one.
I found out today that you can still purchase the product from the manufacturer. When I called Jared Luke of Palmer Natural Products he said that I was only the fourth distributor to call. We can place a different label on the bottles and sell them with the exact same ingredients. I have not been able to sell many bottles and started with 18 stores and am now down to 12 but would like to somehow recoup my losses. Maybe if enough of us get together and keep buying the product, we can get it at a much lower price. At the very least, with PCI out of the way, we won't be paying them anymore for the product. Then it may sell much faster if we can put it on the rack at $15 each. After talking to Jared, we will be paying much less than what PCI charged us. The trick is to do bulk buying. Maybe we could come up with another name for the company, get new labels made and rent a small warehouse that could take delivery of all orders. We could also use that location to package orders done on-line. The on-line orders would pay for the warehouse and any personnel needed. Let me know what you think. I don't mind heading up the warehouse but if someone else wants to, that would be fine with me. At the very least, I think we could re-coup our investments. Personally, I think if the price was at $15 per bottle, it would sell like hotcakes. This doesn't mean that PCI should not be sued. What they did was wrong but the product is still good. I am interested in joining up with the class action suit. But I am also interersted in the continuance of trying to sell this product. My office number is seven one nine five three six nine zero six three. I would love to talk to other distributors, which was considered a no-no when Ted was around. I talked to Bernie in Oklahoma and he is interested in the continuance of his distributorship. I know there are a lot of smart distributors out there, let's get together and brainstorm. We still have the product and I think we can make a go of it. Also, if you want to confirm the possibility of buying the product directly from Palmer Natural Products then call Jared at one eight hundred eight four one four one three two. There is power in numbers! Maybe we could communicate via facebook or something.
Well only one person has called me so far and he is very interested in a lawsuit. I am all for that but it would be better if we had more distributors involved. You can email me at Greg dot Jones at PetJetLLC dot com.
I too was taken by these scammers I would gladly join a class action suit, or any attempt to get a portion of my investment back, I have had little success in any of my 16 locations and most are telling me to come and pick-up my stuff. I think all of the distributors should ban together. email me : [redacted]
Greg C.
Pet corner international move to hawaii .business name Healthy Doggies Hawaii INC. the doing ADV. on Hawaiiwellness Magazine. ---= Hawaiiwellnessmagazine.com/photo/album/petcornerinternational
I am a retail Natural Foods Store, and I would be interested in getting a refill on some of the product. My local distributor has taken the loss and moved on. Any other distributors in the NE area?
hi ATBMass i am distributor contact me maybe i can help .To all the other distributor i discuss with the conpany (Palmer) The can make the prouducts for us ,but minimum order need . Contact me [redacted] NadiaP
I too am a PCI victim of this SCAM from NJ. Had 16 accounts set up by the VA Beach guy. He set them up as exclusives, and of course when the stores found out they didn't have exclusives they started cancelling. So I set up the stores (total of 20). After a full year and 5 shows, give-aways, etc. I have sold less than $750.00 worth of product. I did the advertising, the flyers...and nothing. Then I found out about Ted/Ed/Bob Lambert. Please write me at glempicki at yahoo dot com or call at nine one 7 - 8 six nine - seven one seven 5.
I am very interested in a class action suit.
Also ANYONE who wants to buy any Product, please contact me
If there is a class action lawsuit I would be interested in joining other distributors that bought into this too.
Is anyone pursuing a class action suit or any legal action against PCI or the principles Ed, Ted alias whatever and Bob Lambert.
Also for those who claim to be selling SOOOO much product, I will sell them my product a 1/2 price, but they are liars, so I don't expect any response.