So, I had posted about this Haverhill Home Staging course at Everyday Finance regarding the frustrating experience that people are citing and the comments are coming in every few days from irate people that feel that it’s a Haverhill Home Staging Scam. If you haven’t seen the commercials, evidently, they advertise routinely on HGTV touting jobs paying $24-$31/hr after taking its $997 course. But readers are stating that it’s next to impossible to be granted the opportunity to pass the exam and actually make any money. I have to be careful what I say here since according to some bloggers, Haverhill is coming after them for “libelous claims” and I’ve found that battling it out with corporate attorneys over a single blog post isn’t worth the hassle (Shop to Earn MLM anyone?). I just wanted to revisit this one and bring it to your attention since it’s a moderate comment stream for such an old article at my old blog and now they’re riled up enough to be talking class action. Below are some comments left by individuals who feel that they’ve been scammed and came back to comment so others would avoid the same fate. I’d say, do the research yourself and decide whether you think Haverhill home staging is a scam or legit and – (for the lawyers)…the citations below are reproductions of comments from other readers and do not reflect my opinion nor are they portrayed as a statement of fact:
Reader #1
“…Haverhill is a scam, my wife just finished the coarse, and test. As I suspected all along, they failed her. The test was ridiculous, impossible to get the correct answers even with the open book test…”
Reader #2
See the original article for full comment stream.“…I have taken the Haverhill training coarse. Yes, it is a scam. I am so very disappointed that Haverhill has just taken my money and not given me the material, information, support or resources needed to be successful…If you are looking for a training program please research all of your options. If you still choose Haverhill consider yourself warned…”
What I haven’t come across yet is an actual success story or favorable review. Does anyone have anything good to say about Haverhill Home Staging?
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I wish I would have seen these posts before I went through the cost, trouble and hopes of becoming a home stager. I started my course work in November 2009 and sent in my homework in December with proper time for it to get to Canada. Because of the holidays it arrived 4 days late and they used that as the excuse for not hiring me. I passed the homework with excellent grades and with comments like “excellent work” and “you really have great potential for being a great stager” , passed the online test with flying colors BUT cannot be hired because the homework showed up a few days late. When I posted a comment that they are basing my potential as home stager on the fact that the postal service delivered my homework late the response was “we need documentation that you sent the package before the due date”. Well I didn’t have a receipt at that point and now I understand the reasons. It has nothing to do with me or a receipt, it was an excuse NOT to have to hire me. It also said on the website that my certificate was mailed out in March and it is now May and I still do NOT have it. I went to the website today and it is not longer working. This is so disappointing but it will not stop me from trying to get a business going of my own. Good luck to all of those who share my pain of being ripped off.
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Debi Peck Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
@Kathleen, Folks go to http://www.facebook.com and in the search bar but haverhill staging students. the facebook page comes up and I do believe we together can start a class action lawsuit but we must be together to do it. TOo many of the stories are the same.
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Hi Kathleen,
I understand your frustration 100%. I too went through the “H” word for training and had a horrific experience that was incredibly stressful and maddening. On a bright note, I did launch my own company and am doing well. Don’t be discouraged; if you have the will to get your own company going, you can do it. Don’t let them get you down, although that’s easier said than done. Go for it!
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Elke Braun Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
@Heather,
Hi. I read your commentary. I too had nothing but trouble with Haverhill. How did you go about setting up your own business and how did you decide what to charge? Elke
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I took the Haverhill course and I feel like many others, they scamed alot of people. There is a lawsuit pending against them and I would like to know more about that. Can anyone there tell me more about this. Who is involved? Can I join? etc. Your prompt attention would be greatly appreciated.
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Debi Peck Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
@Kathy Dimovski,
go to facebook.com and join the haverhill staging students in their fight. I will see you there.
Debi
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I’d be interested in finding out about the lawsuit too.
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Debi Peck Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
@Debbie, I have an attorney that I’m currently working with on something else. I will mention this to them. Please if you have been scammed by Haverhill please join the Facebook group. The more their the better. We could shut them down and possibly get our money back.
Deb
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Rose Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
@Debi Peck, Hi Debi, I also have been scammed by HH. and have not heard anything since but the ironic thing is I just recieved a certificate from HH and I did not even take the course I paid the 250.00 at first… do you know how this could be and if anyone else recieved this certificate ? I see that they are no longer in operation.
Thanks,
Rose
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Hi:
I completed my H.H. course 2009, but of course did not get approved for employment, on my own I am doing small jobs regarding home staging, but if you have the talent before H.H. , theirs is just a piece of useless paper.
Count me in for a lawsuit, nobody has extra money to spend on a course for $1000.00.
Thanks Darlene
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I too took the Haverhill course. I did manage to pass it & get my certificate but not without tons of frustration, minimal guidance & a lot of stress. As I was going through the course, they continually changed what they needed from me making me feel like it was impossible to complete the course, never mind pass it.
At the end of it, I emailed them….because as we all know, you could never phone them…& mentioned that I wanted to purchase the book that they advertised in their course manuals, that gave you the know how to continue as a stager. Their response was that it hadn’t been published yet. I was miffed at how they could advertise a course the way that they did & leave people at completion time, with minimal tools to be able to start their own business. I will go on to work as a home stager…..Unfortunately, it won’t pay the high wages that Haverhill claims that it would but I will make the best out of a bad situation & carry on. Good luck to everyone out there that has been scammed by Haverhill. Hopefully they can find some kind of positive out of a negative situation.
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Has anyone recieve a certificate from HH? I did and did not go through the course.
Thanks,
Rose
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