Last year I was approached by a person who said they were writing a Quilling book (Quilling Success) and wanted to know if we would share with him pictures of quilling from our customers. We declined but decided to buy the book for our Daughter-in-law who was learning to quill. The book was very poorly written and we asked for a refund which we got.

I started corresponding with the person (who I thought was a person named Chris Freville) and pointing out the problems with his/her quilling book. Much of the information in the e-book was wrong or difficult to read.

It also came to my attention that a number of the pictures and patterns he/she was "including" as part of the package were in fact not his/hers to use. Many were simply lifted from a variety of websites without permission. Eventually this issue was resolved and I thought no more about the product other then warning people to steer clear of it when asked.

Then a few months ago the book reappeared with a new author. I found this out because there was a link offering 20 free patterns if you clicked on the link. I filled out the form thinking I would be able to view these patterns. Imagine my surprise when it turned out that there were no free patterns unless I bought their book with turned out to be "Successful Quilling by Teresa Leys". Hmmmmm, I wondered, is this the same book? Then I read their disclaimer/legal jargon at http://www.quillingsuccess.com/purchaseagreement.htm  Now there are no refunds for any reason. So I decided not to waste almost $40 on something I could not return if it turned out to be junk. I wrote "Teresa Leys" an email asking if she was the same person as Chris Freville and about the "free 23 patterns". I didn't receive an answer (which didn't really surprise me) so I put the matter out of my mind.

Then a friend sent me an email informing me that she (and others she knew) had received a number of emails using my name to promote the following products:

• Quilling Success at http://www.quillingsuccess.com
• Quilling Magic at http://www.quillingmagic.com
• Sell Your Beads at http://hop.clickbank.net/?blakes7/beadprofit
  

The person selling the 1st 2 of these products goes under a variety of names including

• Chris Johns
• Chris Freville
• Teresa Freville
• Teresa Leys

I have NOT recommended and DO NOT recommend these 2 e-books.

As for the 3rd product,  I do not know anything about the "Sell Your Beads" e-course so can not comment on it but I would read their disclaimer at http://www.sellyourbeads.com/privacy.html before I bought anything.  I also find it strange that Teresa Leys is the author of the email saying that I am promoting this product (the Sell Your Beads) so I believe he/she is somehow involved in that venture too.   Also the websites are very similar.

NOTICE:  If you are thinking about buying either Quilling Success or Quilling Magic please read the following articles.  They are written by the same people who wrote the e-books and  reflect the quality of writing you can expect from the books.  In fact some of the articles are from the Quilling Success book (almost word for word as I remember).   

• Quilling Paper Types By Chris Freville
• Same Article as above but different website. Here is says that Chris Freville is the author of the highly popular Quilling Success.
• Quilling Paper Types by Chris Freville
• Same article as above but now written by Teresa Leys!
• Quilling Hints And Tips By Teresa Leys
• Quilling Hints And Tips by Teresa Leys published 8/3/06
• Dimensional Quilling with more then 1 strip

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU:

If you've gotten an email that is promoting any of these or other product and the email says that the product is endorsed by Charli AKA Charlotte, or that I recommend the product, please email me at ggcharli@gmail.com.  Please do not destroy the emails.  If you can forward them with the headers attached that would be appreciated.