Nine years ago I purchased 'The Handbook of the Navigator' and a few CD's from 'The Higher Balance Institute' founded by Eric Pepin. I read the book, found it interesting because I was naive and listened to some CD's. I took part in some forums discussions and that's when it started to become rather creepy. I won't go in detail but long story short, I quit the HBI material and posted on a forum about my experience at that cult. I recieved a letter from Eric Robison in which he stated that HBI lawyers had flagged my post and they know who I was but Eric Robison had decided the best course of action was to threaten me that If I ever spoke against HBI I would face legal charges.
Seven months ago I decided to look upon HBI out of interest. I went onto their forums and came across a guide that contained very precise numbers and percentages on how best to promote Eric Pepin's book on Amazon via inflating the positive reviews and hiding the negative reviews. Not illegal of cause but slightly immoral. I reported this guide to Amazon and also mentioned that I found it a strange coincidence that after several years of Eric's books being available on Amazon. The exact same month a former staff member of HBI joins Amazon is the same month they release this guide. I also posted the guide to the Amazon forums.
Cease and Desist all defamation of character and reputation of Higher Balance Institute and Eric Pepin.
Over two weeks ago I received a cease and desist letter from 'Reward Claims' on behalf of Eric Pepin and The Higher Balance Institute.
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I have posted this letter to a few places looking for legal advice and guidance. A few things to note, Guy Bailey the lawyer responsible for this letter was fined and his offices shut last year. Reward claims as a company does not exist. He works from home. He works out of an outlook email address. No reference number. No signature. It's basically a thug letter of intimidation in the hope that I admit to something.
The letter claims I had been traced through my IP. I contacted my ISP and they stated that no legal requests had been made and they would never hand over my information to any third party. It also claimed I was behind multiple fake profiles and had been harassing members. Yet again untrue. On the HBI facebook page they went further, claimed I had been cyber bullying them and that I had six amazon accounts and had left over 40 negative reviews. Yet again untrue as I own only two amazon accounts and had left negative comments on books I had bought but not through Amazon.
The letter mostly focuses on Amazon stating I left negative reviews. That I attempted to get an employee fired and it even states that I impersonated my neighbors and they would be contacting my neighbours if I did not do as they demanded. My Amazon account name is 'Anklers'. My neighbors have a very similar sounding name. Amazon have stated in emails that the former HBI staff member who works at Amazon was put under review because of my actions in contacting Amazon to report this guide, has never had access to Amazon customer details despite working as a Technical Program Manager on the Amazon web services. (can anybody verify if he did have access from that job?)
One theory is that the former HBI staff member who works at Amazon saw my post on the forums and took my account profile name 'Anklers' and then handed over my information to HBI.
The second theory is that HBI kept my nine year old address, found out my neighbour was called something similar to 'Anklers' and guessed it was me. So on the off chance it was me they sent a threatening letter.
After the letter
After I had posted the letter about, i found some people posing as me and other's taking action against Eric. On the facebook page Eric had claimed they were being cyber bullied with fake facebook profiles and yet again I was blamed for these actions and branded 'A stalker'. They also made other claims that I was racist and mental deranged. Lovely stuff.
I'm refraining at this moment from posting the very long HBI information post that was sent to me and I presume others due to concerns about legal threats.
However here's a link with a discussion about HBI.
h t t ps://whyweprotest DOT NET/community/threads/eric-pepin-and-higher-balance-institute-hbi.116683/
Apologies for not reaching the 15 posts before posting this topic.
Seven months ago I decided to look upon HBI out of interest. I went onto their forums and came across a guide that contained very precise numbers and percentages on how best to promote Eric Pepin's book on Amazon via inflating the positive reviews and hiding the negative reviews. Not illegal of cause but slightly immoral. I reported this guide to Amazon and also mentioned that I found it a strange coincidence that after several years of Eric's books being available on Amazon. The exact same month a former staff member of HBI joins Amazon is the same month they release this guide. I also posted the guide to the Amazon forums.
Cease and Desist all defamation of character and reputation of Higher Balance Institute and Eric Pepin.
Over two weeks ago I received a cease and desist letter from 'Reward Claims' on behalf of Eric Pepin and The Higher Balance Institute.
h t t p://s8.postimg DOT ORG/3klk3k0ys/Multipage.jpg
I have posted this letter to a few places looking for legal advice and guidance. A few things to note, Guy Bailey the lawyer responsible for this letter was fined and his offices shut last year. Reward claims as a company does not exist. He works from home. He works out of an outlook email address. No reference number. No signature. It's basically a thug letter of intimidation in the hope that I admit to something.
The letter claims I had been traced through my IP. I contacted my ISP and they stated that no legal requests had been made and they would never hand over my information to any third party. It also claimed I was behind multiple fake profiles and had been harassing members. Yet again untrue. On the HBI facebook page they went further, claimed I had been cyber bullying them and that I had six amazon accounts and had left over 40 negative reviews. Yet again untrue as I own only two amazon accounts and had left negative comments on books I had bought but not through Amazon.
The letter mostly focuses on Amazon stating I left negative reviews. That I attempted to get an employee fired and it even states that I impersonated my neighbors and they would be contacting my neighbours if I did not do as they demanded. My Amazon account name is 'Anklers'. My neighbors have a very similar sounding name. Amazon have stated in emails that the former HBI staff member who works at Amazon was put under review because of my actions in contacting Amazon to report this guide, has never had access to Amazon customer details despite working as a Technical Program Manager on the Amazon web services. (can anybody verify if he did have access from that job?)
One theory is that the former HBI staff member who works at Amazon saw my post on the forums and took my account profile name 'Anklers' and then handed over my information to HBI.
The second theory is that HBI kept my nine year old address, found out my neighbour was called something similar to 'Anklers' and guessed it was me. So on the off chance it was me they sent a threatening letter.
After the letter
After I had posted the letter about, i found some people posing as me and other's taking action against Eric. On the facebook page Eric had claimed they were being cyber bullied with fake facebook profiles and yet again I was blamed for these actions and branded 'A stalker'. They also made other claims that I was racist and mental deranged. Lovely stuff.
I'm refraining at this moment from posting the very long HBI information post that was sent to me and I presume others due to concerns about legal threats.
However here's a link with a discussion about HBI.
h t t ps://whyweprotest DOT NET/community/threads/eric-pepin-and-higher-balance-institute-hbi.116683/
Apologies for not reaching the 15 posts before posting this topic.
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