Metropolitan Educational Enterprises
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Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc. is a company, founded in 1968 and based in Chicago, Illinois, that reportedly sells educational materials through independent contractors. The company often targets US military members as potential customers, sometimes even conducting door-to-door soliciting on military bases.
Military families have complained to the media and on websites such as Ripoff Report that the company's representatives use deceptive selling techniques and hidden fees and charges. If military families fall behind on payments for expensive encyclopedias or educational materials, which customers report are often never or tardily delivered, the company used aggressive collection tactics, including calling the commanders of customer's military units.
References
- Better Business Bureau (July 26, 2009). "Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc.". Council of Better Business Bureaus. http://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/encyclopedias/metropolitan-educational-enterprises-in-chicago-il-809. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- Dun & Bradstreet (Undated). "Metropolitan Educational Inc". Manta.com. http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_cxsw6q. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- Ripoff Report (November 19, 2008). "Report: Metropolitan Educational Enterprises". Ripoff Report. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/392/RipOff0392871.htm. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- Teegardin, Carrie (July 25, 2009). "Military members pay price for finance plans". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/news/military-members-pay-price-100345.html. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- Supreme Court of the United States (January 14, 1997). "Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc. (95-259), 519 U.S. 202 (1997)". Cornell University Law School. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-259.ZO.html. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
Categories:
- Companies established in 1932
- Military of the United States
- Companies based in Chicago, Illinois
- Consumer fraud
- Direct sales companies
- Retail financial services
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