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#99862 - 06/09/08 09:24 PM Guess I should Have asked around first!!!
pebbs310
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Registered: 04/09/08
Posts: 11
Okay. I was sucked into the Trans-am getup. I have been doing the practice files for about two months now, I guess. I went to a webinar the other day and behold someone private messaged me with a warning about them. Was just asking a question about me getting discouraged about the whole deal and they knew exactly who I was talking about. I went to some topics you had posted about them here. Now I am not only very disappointed in myself for allowing to be sucked into a scam, but wondering what in the world I am going to do now....guess keep on trucking, huh?
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#99863 - 06/09/08 09:30 PM Re: Guess I should Have asked around first!!! [Re: pebbs310]
tropsicleAfter
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Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 2683
Loc: Vicksburg, MS
It all depends on what your ultimate goal is, pebbs.

If you want to become a working MT, getting a living wage, then you are going to have to suck it up and go to one of the two best schools, the names of which you probably already know from our forums.

Keeping on trucking with what you have now will get you nowhere, so why even do that? You will make a better wage tomorrow by hiring on at Burger King.
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#99874 - 06/09/08 10:22 PM Re: Guess I should Have asked around first!!! [Re: pebbs310]
niche
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Registered: 04/01/05
Posts: 59
Your situation sounds very similar to mine. I was suckered into Trans-Scam about 7 or 8 years ago. You got out much quicker than I did, so kudos to you. I took their transcription "course" on the promise of a job following completion. Then I played their practice dictation game for several months before I found out I was in a no-win situation. It took me about 18 months unfortunately total before I wised up. I researched the heck out of MT schools and went to M-TEC. I got a job immediately following graduating M-TEC about 5 years ago. Still after so many years and seeing so many people being had by these con artists, I am amazed they are still out there. Why haven't they been shut down yet?

Good luck to you! The 2 big schools are the best and will prepare you well for a legitimate job......one that actually pays you for work!

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#99876 - 06/09/08 10:35 PM Re: Guess I should Have asked around first!!! [Re: niche]
tropsicleAfter
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Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 2683
Loc: Vicksburg, MS
Originally Posted By: niche
Why haven't they been shut down yet?

Because, despite their horrid business practices, they do nothing illegal.
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#99903 - 06/10/08 11:01 AM Re: Guess I should Have asked around first!!! [Re: tropsicleAfter]
pebbs310
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Registered: 04/09/08
Posts: 11
Thank you for the advice from you both. I had went to At-Home professions and graduated from there back in March. Then I took the test through this other company and well as you know of course I am having to do the whole practice thing. I am now looking for jobs elsewhere. So any job openings you all know of would greatly be appreciated at this point.
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