One of our guys got wacked $24K from ASPREI. Anyone heard of them?

[Nick Gromicko]

One of our members said he paid ASPREI $24,000.00 and is not happy. Anyone had good or bad experiences with them? I never heard of them. I'm a life member of SPREI, but I never heard of ASPREI.

[Nick Gromicko]

$24,000.00! Maybe we should raise NACHI's $289 dues...

[Gerry Beaumont]

Hi Nick,

I have heard of then before, they are based up in Vermont, I thought tey had dissappeard but it appears they are still around.

http://www.asprei.com/

Regards

Gerry

[Greg Bell]

How in the world does someone get taken for 24k?

[wforsyth]

All the members fit in one photo.

[phinsperger]

The web site looks like it was thrown together in an afternoon with very little thought.

Also if you look at the html code for their list of members by state you can tell that the member info does not pull from a data base but is hard written directly into the code of the page.

Can't do a memebr search by any other parameters other than state.

Benefits of Membership
...Placement of the ASPREI logo on your promotional pieces will signify a certification that is built on a foundation of understanding and expertise exceeded by no one in the home inspection industry.

humm... I hope they don't mean that poorly scanned image that is on their own web site.

Originally Posted by wforsyth

All the members fit in one photo.

The orginial Mircrosoft team had a lot less than that and look at them today.

[rwand1]

Well at least we don't have to worry about this particular company in Ontario. There appears to be no Canadian members.
I tried the Annual Meeting link at bottom, it is dead.

[Jeffrey D. Clark]

24 k for what?

[Nick Gromicko]

Exactly.

I received a second similar complaint after posting this. I am asking them to come forward on this message board. They are consulting with their attorneys first. I hope to have them here soon to explain what happened. It is quite amazing.

[Nick Gromicko]

It appears they are infringing on our Trademarked professional designations too. See last line in http://www.asprei.com/Ethics.htm Their email bounced back.

[jferry]

I don't think this outfit is anything to worry about:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/ma...url=asprei.com

[Jeffrey D. Clark]

I hate to say it but, who in the hell would give that lame *** outfit 24k? That's got to be one of the sorriest looking website I've ever seen.

[Jeffrey D. Clark]

You can't even say *** on this board.

[wforsyth]

Most boards have that restriction.

As to the infringement, it says the last update was in 2001.

Using the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PROFFESISSIONAL REAL ESTATE INSPECTOR'S "CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL INSPECTOR" and "CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR" name and logo is limited exclusively to those persons holding a current CERTIFICATION. ASSOCIATE Members may use specially designed logos and text in advertising and promotional materials.
(c)ASPREI


all rights reserved
Last revised Jan. 2001

[wforsyth]

Proffesissional.

Hmmm....very professional.