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I would just like to state that although their marketing is a bit unconventional than most I am more than happy to admit that it worked for me. Several years ago after my husband passed away I entertained the idea of going to one of these lunches because quite honestly I knew nothing about my finances. After the lunch I decided to sit down with the gentlemem and from there have been a loyal client. My family is now going to be protected in the event of my death and I am going to live the retirement I want. Neither of these would be possible without my advisor so my suggestion to you is to give “Joe” a chance and at least see if he can prove his value. Thank you!!

Rosemary - I might have given that a second thought if you werent writing from ameriprise

Im guessing since they own your ip address, they own you?
12.104.244.6

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERIPRI939-244 (NET-12-104-244-0-1) 12.104.244.0 - 12.104.244.255

Dude, are you ignorant enough to realize what a financial planner is? And do you really have nothing else to do during the day than to talk about your lunch?? Get a life.

Yeah, no kidding. Advisors/planners actually help people. Would you want them to cold call you day after day instead? If you don’t want their services, it doesn’t bother them. They make enough money as it is, and they do the lunches since its fun for them. But don’t be an asshole/ignorant about it. My roomate from college is an Ameriprise advisor and she’s helped me a lot.

Wow, Emily and Romeo - do you live in the same house? You guys have the same IP address: 71.232.13.172

Granted, it’s a Comcast and in MA, not an Ameriprise IP this time… but you guys are really not that clever. In fact, there is no comment that you can post that makes it seem like Ameriprise isn’t behind it.

Ameriprise ‘financial advisors’ make a habit of doing this. Here’s another example:

http://www.amexsux.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1141459652/0#0

And, these guys have been caught messing around with wikipedia…deleting what they don’t like and adding glowing accounts of themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ameriprise_Financial

Too bad they don’t spend their time learning how to provide proper financial advice.

This is too funny. It is like a bunch of twelve year old kids trying to cover their tracks. I can’t believe that any adult professional would think that this is a good idea. Thanks Colin for making my day!

There is no cake.

I’m doing the Ameriprise lunch next week. Is their pitch very high pressure, or do they really leave you alone if you’re not interested?

Joel, it probably depends on the rep. My guy gave up after I blew him off a couple of times.