Complete scam. They should be ashamed.
Complete scam. I would encourage anyone reading this to put in a complaint with the ACCC as the organisers refuse to provide a refund (they confirmed that today via email). That's what I plan to do after posting this. my research indicates that submitting a "misleading" complaint is the way to go. I attended the Brisbane event only because I didn't want to offend my friend by saying no to her invite. I was skeptical but tried to be open on the day. I lasted until 11am (which was way too long) and left during the property speaker - he was a misogynist and didn't teach the audience one single thing - he was purely there to push his course, which, undoubtedly is also a scam that sadly exploits our most economically vulnerable. While Michael Crossland is a great peformer, sadly his material is the exact same stuff I saw three years ago, with the exception of the updates on what's happened recently. And he was absolutely there to sell his course and book, he was just way more subtle and clever in going about it. Again, he taught the audience absolutely nothing substantive - from memory his main takeaway was three words "move", blah, blah. That's how memorable it was. I felt it a bit sickening that in both key note presentations that morning, they brought children on to the stage to pull at people's heart strings as a strategy to sell. Exploiting their own children, is there nothing that they'll stop at to sell? I didn't bother waiting around for "Sir" Richard Branson. I felt that if he was willing to endorse such scammers then he is not someone I could respect to teach me anything worthy, well not from an ethical standpoint. I walked away with these mental visions of all the presenters sitting back of stage, sipping champagne, laughing about all the silly people in the audience funding their lavish lifestyles. What a hoot. Shame on all of them.