Integrated Management Associates

Integrated Management Associates

Integrated Management Associates is a publisher of books and articles from various writers, almost all concerning the philosophy of Neo-Tech. The company has published under a few DBA's[1] including Neo-Tech Publishing, the Nouveau Tech Society, Newly-Forming Neo-Tech/Illuminati Societies, the Athenian Secret Society, and the Society of Secrets. Prior to being called Integrated Management Associates, books about Neo-Tech were being sold under the company name I & O Publishing, which was founded in 1968.[2] The company was owned by Wallace Ward, Ph.D. (pen name Dr. Frank R. Wallace). Authors have included Frank Wallace, Mark Hamilton, Eric Savage, Drew Ellis, Matt Keys, Brett Peters, Neil Lock, voluntaryist Carl Watner, philosopher Yasuhiko Kimura (pen name Ray Kotobuki) and Ted Nicholas.

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History

On August 6, 2007, Neo-Tech Publishing's membership in the Better Business Bureau of Southern Nevada was revoked.

In May 2008, Neo-Tech Publishing was given an "unsatisfactory" rating by the Better Business Bureau of Southern Nevada.

Currently, Neo-Tech Publishing has a satisfactory rating [3]

Criticisms

Some individuals have filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau against the company, mainly for false advertising. The Better Business Bureau's web site itself says that "Neo-Tech Publishing" "has been a member of this Better Business Bureau since May 1992" and its original business start date was May 1990, which would seem to be less than 35 years before NTP's 2006 claim of a "35-year record" with the BBB.

Australian Fair Trading Minister Margaret Keech has also called Neo-Tech a group of "con-artists", for claiming to select "a small handful of 'special' individuals" to receive "secret wisdom of ages", and then asking the individuals to pay money to obtain these "secrets".[4]

Tony Levene of The Guardian has also pointed out that the company was the subject of a 2000 ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority of the United Kingdom, in which it was stated that Neo-Tech had "not provided evidence, other than anecdotal, to show the guaranteed earnings, improvements to health, and other benefits" which Neo-Tech claimed to offer "had been, or could be, attained".[5]

References

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doing_business_as
  2. ^ Colby Magazine, Summer 2006, Vol 95, No 2
  3. ^ http://www.vegasbbb.org/bbb_rated_acc_rpt.asp?bbbid=48788&tr=rated&lg=C-&ex=18%2C19&cc=q82BqB$8@#rat
  4. ^ (2005). 'Mystical' letter scam warning. The Age Online.
  5. ^ Levene, Tony (2005). Capital Letters: Secret society rubbish is fit only for the bin. The Guardian.

External links

  • Message from Mark Hamilton exhorting "Level Four Apprentices" of Neo-Tech to engage in "network marketing" (accessed Jun 15, 2007)

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