3025265412

Wow!  I would definitely say this is a scam. My letter is EXACTLY like the one Valarie, JKinNorthTexas, and the others posted.  The date, name, verbiage, everything is the same.  This is a con job.  I just threw it in the trash.  Thanks everyone for blogging.  This has saved me precious time and money.

My husband recieved a letter today in the mail from this Erickson Wade Co with a Samantha Cox being the Vice President of the Travel Awards. They too, said they had been trying to contact us and that this was their last attempt. Thanks for the info. Since me nor my husband will not be contacting them back, I guess my two "free" tickets will be going to the ALTERNATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the blog.
My letter is from Erickson Wade and signed by Samantha Cox. No return address and with telephone number from Newark DE and post marked Phoenix!

I got the same letter that many others have gotten with the same claim that they "tried to contact me."  I have one day to reply.  I have no idea how I got on that sucker list, but I don't intend to take the bait.  After all, the letter advises, "Certain restrictions apply."   It doesn't say anything about the prize or the circumstances of my selection, and Erickson Wade has NO useful info on their website.  Great on promises, but devoid of information.  Coincidence?

scam

I also received a letter from erickson wade. The best part after doing a little research found out that these scammer don't even bother to change their logo. But they do seem to change there name alot. Here are a few. Spencer Burns, Hammond Reed, Donovan Rick, Lambert Steel, Peterson Burke and guess what they are all the same. ERICKSON WADE is just another name from these scammers. Please do not call!!!

Hello all, my girlfriend recently received a letter from Erickson Wade. We live in Philly so it is feasible for us to visit the company in Delaware. We are thinking of going "dressed up"---I may wear a sombrero, etc. I thought it would be fun to audio-record the session and to ask questions that let-on I know it's a scam, etc. Basically, I want to waste their time for sport and comedy. Does anyone think this is a *bad* idea----could we be harmed legally or financially?

If nothing else, they're getting a crank call.

It's a scam!  We got a letter from "Samantha Cox" of Erickson Wade. Same letter, same logo, different company and different VP.

Beware, contact your local BBB and by all means DO NOT accpet their free tikcets offer...it will have serious strings attached.

My wife received a "Erickson Wade" letter that is identical to those mentioned above. The letter contains the Delaware telephone number 302-526-54123 which comes back to an unpublished land line located in Dover Delaware. Persons and/or corporations who do business under assumed or fictitious names are required to register with the Delaware Dept of State; the name "Erickson Wade" is not registered as of this date. I have sent the letter to the consumer protection section of the Attorney General's office

This is a follow up to the previous post.  I called 302-526-5412 and spoke to a person who called herself Megan who said she was employed by Erickson Wade & located in Phoenix Arizona. She further stated that the "appointments" would be scheduled at 875 AAA Blvd, Newark Delaware and that the travel agency that sponsors & conducts the program is called STS Travel. STS Travel is not a listed tenant at 875 AAA Blvd.  She also said that no purchase or commitment was necessary to receive the airline tickets which were worth a max of $700.00 each. After I ended the call I checked on the status of both entities on Arizona & Delaware & learned that neither entity has filed the documents to do business in either state. I will not deal with a business that fails to comply with the most basic registration requirements.

Same as everybody else. Darn! Oh well. Thanks for the info.

Got the new letter 9/28 Now it's Erickson Wade same logo and structure word for word as the Peterson Burke Image from
http://brahblog.com/2009/08/08/all-the-same-s ... rooks/#comments

Added Samantha Cox to the signer list as VP

Warning you don't actually receive a free gift by attending any vacation club presentation. You get a Rewards card from a different scam company.
1. The free $100 bonus gift by definition is provided once you select one of the reward's vacations. You can't just say send me the $100 cash, gas or restaurant certificate.
2. You start with registration fees, all replies must be done by expensive certified mail, every thing is subject to change and availability until you run out of time or finally give up after sending in money for taxes, pre-registration etc..
Through the offer away and you'll save a lot of money.

Got the same letter but it was from Richardson Blake at 800-369-0282. Called the number, they set me up with an appointment at 'The Vacation Station' downtown for a presentation. I guess Richardson Blake gets a fee for everybody they set up with an appointment. Went to the presentation, it took about 90 minutes, it was for membership in a Wholesale vacation club. Declined the offer and got a brochure from Premier Choice rewards offering a Reward Choice and a Bonus Choice. Going to mail it off tomorrow and see where this thing goes. Note: the presentation is similar to a Time Share presentation in that they want you to join before you leave, if someone is vulnerable to a pressure presentaton or a good salesman - then they should not go. I haven't done any searching on the Wholesale vacation club they offered, so I don't know how good or bad it is.

Update March 3, 2010: Got the paperwork for my Rewards.One was the $100 gas rebate reward. First you must return the GasPass registration form along with a stamped self addressed envelope  by certified mail. Then they will send you a rebate coupon. You buy gas during the month(must have bought at least $100 worth) and then within 7 days of last gas purchase you mail the rebate coupon and your gas receipts along with a self addressed envelope by certified mail back to them. Then they send you a check or gift card for $25 worth of gas. Repeat for 3 more months and you got your $100 worth of gas. The other Reward was for two round trip airline tickets (max $250 per ticket). You had to send in $50 each for a processing fee. I quit reading after that. I'll keep my $100. The other thing they sent was a $100 gift card for Dining Dough see www.DiningDough.com. You print you a coupon for a local restaurant. One I looked at was a $25 off coupon if your meal came to at least $35. I will probably give this a try. After calling to set up the appointment, driving downtown, sitting thru the 90 minute presentation and sales pitch, mailing the reward choices back in, then trying to figure out all the rules for redeeming the rewards, next time I'll just throw the letter in the trash.

Received exact same letter as other posts.  Mine was on Robinson Rhodes letterhead and was dated "August 2nd, 2010".  The person who signed it was Stacy Duly, Vice President, Travel Awards Division.  At the bottom of the letter is New York, Chicago and Los Angeles-which I guess infers they have offices in all 3 cities.  I checked out the website: www.robinsonrhodes.com but it is just propaganda about a travel company.  The phone number in the letter is (866) 951-5597.  Called the number-just to see what I had to do to get the airline tickets.  Talked to Maria who told me that we had to sit through a 90-minute presentation about a travel agency.  They gave me a local address here in Knoxville and set up a time for us to come.  We went today (August 14th) and it was your basic hard-sell, high-pressure sales pitch to buy into their Wholesale Travel Agency called "The Vacation Station."  Membership is $8,995 plus $399 one-time processing fee and a $199 annual dues.  If we were to buy today the price was $6, 995 plus several other incentives thrown in.  They would even drop the one-time processing fee and would just have to pay $199 one-time instead of every year.  We were promised that we would get our tickets whether we bought in or not.  After listening to presentation and then some one-on-one with another high-pressure salesman, we said NO--More Convincing--but we said NO.  On our way out, the receptionist said "We didn't get the vouchers for the tickets on time.  They were ordered late"  She had us fill out an envelope with our address on it and were told that they would be sending the voucher by mail on Monday (Today is Saturday).  I asked how I could be sure we would be receiving anything in the mail.  She said if we didn't get anything in about week to call her-she gave name & number-although I'm not convinced it was her real name.  Anyway, we will see if we get anything.  I will be cautious to say the least.

Got a similar letter and visited their "office on Park Center here in Knoxville. Did feel any pressure, great presentation and it could save money, but it would take a while to recover your capital outline. After group we went one on one, told them it was not something we could use. He said thank you and signed off my form. Stopped by the receptionist got paper work to complete for our free airline ticket. Now we will see if we get our ticket.

LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN. Got a similar letter and visited their "office" on Park Center Dr/ here in Knoxville. Did not feel any pressure, great presentation and it could save money, but it would take a while to recover your capital outlay. After group we went one on one, told him it was not something we could use. He said thank you and signed off my form. Stopped by the receptionist got paper work to complete for our free airline ticket. Now we will see if we get our ticket. There were some really good sounding deals

Same letter from Harris Fields signed by Lisa Max wanting me to call 866-963-7230 dated September 20, 2010.  www.harrisfields.com info@harrisfields.com bf-30482

Did you get your airline tickets? I went to the same one in Knoxville in July, sent in voucher, and still no tickets, nor even a response. When called, they give the run around about calling some other scam "company". I wonder if the Knox County Sheriff cares? Might be worth a try.