Juvio.com is a classic service pyramid scam in Direct Sales (these schemes have been pitch for about a decade now and 'none' have surived long term). Here is why.
For $34.95/month you get, get this -- computer support. For another $7 you can be a distributor! lol To get paid, you have to subscribe to the service -- or sell one service package -- but no one would buy this package for $35/month knowing you can get the same support from Dell (and more) for less than 1/4th the price. Also, with this comes Dell's on sight service (Juvio offers no onsight service).
The plan pays out $25 of the $35 (roughly) - they claim a 70% payout to suck in the people that have no clue -- just like getting in the pyramid scams. Your yearly cost is $425/year -- roughly a new PC a year --- or if you buy from Dell (you're welcome Dell for the Ad -- as if you need it), You can get a 4 YEAR on site support package (with fast service upgrade) for $300 for the 4 years)!!! So, you can get onsite service and a computer over 4 years for about $1000. The cost of support without the computer with Juvio is $2000!
http://www.juvio.com/associates/payout.asp
Level
% Payout
$ Payout per
Service account
1 40.068% $14.00
2 1.420% $0.50
3 1.420% $0.50
4 1.420% $0.50
5 5.000% $1.75
6 7.160% $2.50
7 1.420% $0.50
8 1.420% $0.50
9 1.420% $0.50
10 9.300% $3.25
Of course we already know matrix plans don't work (99.9% fail). So, if you even need to go further you are NOT making a business decision. These posts will help with a basic understanding of Direct Sales.
What is Direct Sales and how does it work.
These three posts are complex, but taking a few hours to read them and understand them could save you years of being scammed.
Compensation, post 1 of 2
Compensation , post 2 of 2
How and why compensation plan numbers get mis-pitched
Also, Tammy Carter did this post on the old YahooGroups that shows you where and how you can get better support, mostly for FREE and if you really want to pay for it (and it's not necessary), you can pay as you go if you need it.
Tammy's post:
From: "Tammy Carter" <tammylc@direcway.com>
Date: Tue Nov 19, 2002 5:09 am
Subject: Tech Support - Juvio is it worth paying for
Hi All,
I had a problem with NAV (Norton AntiVirus) the other day and in my search for an answer and a solution I came across free and paid for tech support.
It really got me thinking about Juvio whether or not this service is worth paying for so thought I would just do some more research. This is assuming it is legit.
Anyway - I didn't have to pay because I found the answer to my problem just by searching their database. Which wasn't hard. The solution came with full printable instructions that were very easy to understand and follow.
I also did a search on what is available out there for tech support for computer problems.
This site seems pretty good I didn't check it out completely (always do your own research) but just by the prices I would say if a person feels they need to pay for tech support to have on hand when ever they need them this is a pretty good deal.
http://www.askdrtech.com/
Microsoft has a support website with free help you just have to search for it and do some reading. http:// support.microsoft.com/
Also see:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/
Sometimes there are fees required (not sure what they are) but most commonly they range from $15 - 35 a question.
Another way of finding answers to problems is by posting to communities or newsgroups set up specifically for this type of discussion. Microsoft even tells you for "free" how to use Newsgroups.
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/
Here is just one of many free tech support discussion groups
-
http://www.helponthe.net/
Yet another -
http://www.5starsupport.com/
Any product you have from any company will have a support website with free help. Here is just one example -
Epson -
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/index.jsp
Here you go here is a list of 2000 hardware and software manufacturers that have free or paid for tech support -
http://www.compinfo-center.com/support.htm
There you have it. There is absolutely no reason to pay monthly for tech support unless you just can not find the answer to your problem for free which I find very hard to believe given the information above. Even then you will pay a one time free for the question and really with today's technology who has that many computer problems that warrant paying for a service monthly?
I found an ad for Juvio, which stated that they technicians were Microsoft Certified. Before joining I would ask to see this certification. I highly doubt they have it, it is just a ploy to suck people in. :-/
Do I think Juvio will last?? Nope I sure don't, anyone willing to pay for this is being sucked in by the money (opportunity), not by the services available.
There are many other free sources to tech support available, there are a few I use or have used that I didn't list but would be happy to if anyone needs them. I am not by far a computer expert but I know enough to know paying for a service like juvio is a pure waste of money.
Hope this helps someone and saves you some money.
Take Care,
Tammy Carter
Moderator is_it_a_scam