In August of 2011, I was hired as an Assistant Territory Manager for Dixon Golf. I presided over Phoenix, Tucson, and all of Florida. My job was to contact charity golf events and educate them about their Dixon Challenge, which was a putting/driving contest in which golfers donated money to participate.
I really enjoyed my job, and I was great at it. It got to a point where my manager Danielle would have to come to me and tell me, "no more events this weekend, I don't have enough girls to cover all of them". So I was great at it, and everyone seemed to really like me.
In October, I was laid off. I was so upset. A girl who worked above developed cancer, and with her on medical leave, they couldn't afford to pay as many people, and someone had to go. They had just hired a girl two weeks before who happened to be of the same religion they owners of the company were, but told me that because I had been with the company the least amount of time, I was the one they had to let go. Even though this girl of similar faith was fired a month and a half after I was.
That afternoon, I spoke with one of the Territory Managers, who had the same job as the woman who got cancer. This person (to protect their identity, I won't identify their gender) asked me if I had done any extensive research on the company. I told him no, that I had read the website and the information they gave me when they hired me, but that was it. He told me to look into them a little further, and what I found was shocking.
Dixon Golf uses an elaborate take on the PONZI scheme. They prey on charities they know are successful (Make-a-Wish, the American Cancer Society, Wounded Warrior, etc.), convince them to allow this Dixon Challenge under the false pretense that all proceeds go to the charity, when really, Dixon is skimming 80% off the top, claiming thats how much is required to pay their employees working the event, set up, supplies, travel, etc. But unless the charity asks how much of the proceeds go to them, Dixon won’t tell them until after the event. Which may not be entirely illegal, but it is shady and morally reprehensible. I do know, however, that they are a 501(c)(3) not profit organization that is not truly non-profit, and that it is illegal to misrepresent yourself as a non-profit organization, due to tax reasons. That being said, tax evasion my best guess for their misrepresentation of 501(c)(3) status.
In 2012, after I discovered what owners Dane Platt and William Carey were up to, I reported it and tried to draw attention to the issue so that these criminals would no longer be able to exploit charities, I was very aggressively threatened by their PR Specialist and they demanded I take it down. Fearing not only legal action, but other rammifications, I did as I was commanded by the company to do. Now, three years later, as I’m doing more research, I see that more people have come forward accusing Dixon Golf of the very same things I had. The exact things they are guilty of. Legal action needs to be pursued against this company and they need to be shut down.
I completely agree with the Dixon scam report written on this site. I was thinking of investing in Dixon Golf and started to research the company. I came across several disturbing reports so I looked into the company deeper. The company is ran by William Carey and Dane Platt who show up as the current owners. If you pull up Eyconic Marketing it's shows Pace Jordan. If you google Pace Jordan there are many articles listing him as the owner of Dixon Golf and William Carey as the CEO. All this research led me to conclude that Dixon Golf did indeed own Eyconic Marketing which collected money for distributorships to sell their golf balls. The sold booklets of 30 sleeves of golf balls which they list as a $300 value for only $30. Sounds like a great deal until they stop bringing in money from new distributors to keep the book purchasers from complaining. Once this happened people stopped receiving the golf balls or they wouldn't send them till you complain. This is called a Ponzi scheme. Dixon Golf thinks they can get away with it by passing the blame on other shell companies they own. There is always a paper trail and it only takes a little digging. I want to thank the author of the other complaint for saving be from being ripped off by Dixon Golf. I will definitely not be investing in Dixon Golf and if everyone does their due diligence on Dixon Golf they will not have the money coming in to continue this Ponzi scheme. Shame on you Dixon Golf.
Dixon Golf aka Dixon World Charities aka Eyconic Marketing, LLC along with owners William Carey, Dane Platt and Pace Jordan perpetuated an elaborate PONZI scheme on unsuspecting victims. They sold distributorships for $12,150.00 to multiple persons and non-profits and then skimmed all of the money off of the top and bankrupted Dixon World Charities and Eyconic Marketing, LLC. There are many non-profits, schools, hospitals and organizations that were bilked by this group of scammers.
They brought in an Exconvict from California (Steven Lee . . not his real name) to put this business model together for them. He had done time in California for a cereal scam that used exactly the same business model. All of the money that was collected by selling these bunk distributorships was channelled out of Dixon World Charities back to Dixon Golf. Since this PONZI scheme was executed across many state lines it is now a FEDERAL offense and several key watch dog organizations are looking in to this fraud and the fraudulent owners of the company who are not taking any responsibility.
Dixon Golf used the distributor monies to fly William Carey and several others to Costa Rica for an eco friendly golf tournament in August. Now they are claiming they have no money to reimburse angry distributors and non-profits that are and have been demanding refunds.
Employees of Dixon World Charities were told to keep selling distributorships, even though the company knew they were in the process of skimming all monies and assetts and bankrupting the companies. These people are scammers of the worst kind. They take money from the people that need it the most, sick kids, injured animals, distressed school districts, and cancer victims
Dixon Golf contacted me by phone and mentioned that they saw that we were having a memorial golf outing and wanted to be a par three sponsor with demo balls and chances to win prizes. After not hearing from them or receiving the sponsor prizes i reached out through e-mail and phone calls. After ten days a young girl called and confirmed that she would be there and would need help setting up, she called the night before to confirm saying that she was traveling with another employee that was to do 2 tournments at a country club near by and that she would have to leave right after to attend that on. Well 3 days after the outing we are still waiting for her to call. What kind of business would make this offer in a memorial outing and not show? I guess a company without a future.
We recently put on a fund raising golf tournament. Dixon Golf asked if they could come, sell tickets for a driver and who ever participated would be allowed to place their ball 100 yards from the green and lie 0 on a par 5 hole. This was a 9 hole coarse and even though the Dixon Rep was suppose to do it on the first 9 only, he did it on both 9"s. He was already doing it, so I could not stop him at that point. According to everyone I spoke to, they participated, so I would say we had at least 90% participation. Well the Dixon Rep apparently stole the money, so I had no way of knowing what was collected. Given what his boss said, they usually have 50% of 60% participation. So being fair, at least I thought I was, this is what I proposed. 62 players at $40 per 18 holes = $2,400. I said assume 50% participation = $1240. We should have received 30% of that, which would be $372. I believe under the circumstances, this was fair to both parties. They decided just not to pay us anything. $372 is not going to make or break me, but it is the principle of the whole thing.
Dixon Golf, Inc. Reviews
In August of 2011, I was hired as an Assistant Territory Manager for Dixon Golf. I presided over Phoenix, Tucson, and all of Florida. My job was to contact charity golf events and educate them about their Dixon Challenge, which was a putting/driving contest in which golfers donated money to participate.
I really enjoyed my job, and I was great at it. It got to a point where my manager Danielle would have to come to me and tell me, "no more events this weekend, I don't have enough girls to cover all of them". So I was great at it, and everyone seemed to really like me.
In October, I was laid off. I was so upset. A girl who worked above developed cancer, and with her on medical leave, they couldn't afford to pay as many people, and someone had to go. They had just hired a girl two weeks before who happened to be of the same religion they owners of the company were, but told me that because I had been with the company the least amount of time, I was the one they had to let go. Even though this girl of similar faith was fired a month and a half after I was.
That afternoon, I spoke with one of the Territory Managers, who had the same job as the woman who got cancer. This person (to protect their identity, I won't identify their gender) asked me if I had done any extensive research on the company. I told him no, that I had read the website and the information they gave me when they hired me, but that was it. He told me to look into them a little further, and what I found was shocking.
Dixon Golf uses an elaborate take on the PONZI scheme. They prey on charities they know are successful (Make-a-Wish, the American Cancer Society, Wounded Warrior, etc.), convince them to allow this Dixon Challenge under the false pretense that all proceeds go to the charity, when really, Dixon is skimming 80% off the top, claiming thats how much is required to pay their employees working the event, set up, supplies, travel, etc. But unless the charity asks how much of the proceeds go to them, Dixon won’t tell them until after the event. Which may not be entirely illegal, but it is shady and morally reprehensible. I do know, however, that they are a 501(c)(3) not profit organization that is not truly non-profit, and that it is illegal to misrepresent yourself as a non-profit organization, due to tax reasons. That being said, tax evasion my best guess for their misrepresentation of 501(c)(3) status.
In 2012, after I discovered what owners Dane Platt and William Carey were up to, I reported it and tried to draw attention to the issue so that these criminals would no longer be able to exploit charities, I was very aggressively threatened by their PR Specialist and they demanded I take it down. Fearing not only legal action, but other rammifications, I did as I was commanded by the company to do. Now, three years later, as I’m doing more research, I see that more people have come forward accusing Dixon Golf of the very same things I had. The exact things they are guilty of. Legal action needs to be pursued against this company and they need to be shut down.
I completely agree with the Dixon scam report written on this site. I was thinking of investing in Dixon Golf and started to research the company. I came across several disturbing reports so I looked into the company deeper. The company is ran by William Carey and Dane Platt who show up as the current owners. If you pull up Eyconic Marketing it's shows Pace Jordan. If you google Pace Jordan there are many articles listing him as the owner of Dixon Golf and William Carey as the CEO. All this research led me to conclude that Dixon Golf did indeed own Eyconic Marketing which collected money for distributorships to sell their golf balls. The sold booklets of 30 sleeves of golf balls which they list as a $300 value for only $30. Sounds like a great deal until they stop bringing in money from new distributors to keep the book purchasers from complaining. Once this happened people stopped receiving the golf balls or they wouldn't send them till you complain. This is called a Ponzi scheme. Dixon Golf thinks they can get away with it by passing the blame on other shell companies they own. There is always a paper trail and it only takes a little digging. I want to thank the author of the other complaint for saving be from being ripped off by Dixon Golf. I will definitely not be investing in Dixon Golf and if everyone does their due diligence on Dixon Golf they will not have the money coming in to continue this Ponzi scheme. Shame on you Dixon Golf.
Dixon Golf aka Dixon World Charities aka Eyconic Marketing, LLC along with owners William Carey, Dane Platt and Pace Jordan perpetuated an elaborate PONZI scheme on unsuspecting victims. They sold distributorships for $12,150.00 to multiple persons and non-profits and then skimmed all of the money off of the top and bankrupted Dixon World Charities and Eyconic Marketing, LLC. There are many non-profits, schools, hospitals and organizations that were bilked by this group of scammers.
They brought in an Exconvict from California (Steven Lee . . not his real name) to put this business model together for them. He had done time in California for a cereal scam that used exactly the same business model. All of the money that was collected by selling these bunk distributorships was channelled out of Dixon World Charities back to Dixon Golf. Since this PONZI scheme was executed across many state lines it is now a FEDERAL offense and several key watch dog organizations are looking in to this fraud and the fraudulent owners of the company who are not taking any responsibility.
Dixon Golf used the distributor monies to fly William Carey and several others to Costa Rica for an eco friendly golf tournament in August. Now they are claiming they have no money to reimburse angry distributors and non-profits that are and have been demanding refunds.
Employees of Dixon World Charities were told to keep selling distributorships, even though the company knew they were in the process of skimming all monies and assetts and bankrupting the companies. These people are scammers of the worst kind. They take money from the people that need it the most, sick kids, injured animals, distressed school districts, and cancer victims
Dixon Golf contacted me by phone and mentioned that they saw that we were having a memorial golf outing and wanted to be a par three sponsor with demo balls and chances to win prizes. After not hearing from them or receiving the sponsor prizes i reached out through e-mail and phone calls. After ten days a young girl called and confirmed that she would be there and would need help setting up, she called the night before to confirm saying that she was traveling with another employee that was to do 2 tournments at a country club near by and that she would have to leave right after to attend that on. Well 3 days after the outing we are still waiting for her to call. What kind of business would make this offer in a memorial outing and not show? I guess a company without a future.
We recently put on a fund raising golf tournament. Dixon Golf asked if they could come, sell tickets for a driver and who ever participated would be allowed to place their ball 100 yards from the green and lie 0 on a par 5 hole. This was a 9 hole coarse and even though the Dixon Rep was suppose to do it on the first 9 only, he did it on both 9"s. He was already doing it, so I could not stop him at that point. According to everyone I spoke to, they participated, so I would say we had at least 90% participation. Well the Dixon Rep apparently stole the money, so I had no way of knowing what was collected. Given what his boss said, they usually have 50% of 60% participation. So being fair, at least I thought I was, this is what I proposed. 62 players at $40 per 18 holes = $2,400. I said assume 50% participation = $1240. We should have received 30% of that, which would be $372. I believe under the circumstances, this was fair to both parties. They decided just not to pay us anything. $372 is not going to make or break me, but it is the principle of the whole thing.