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STAY AWAY. These people take advantage of the elderly. My father is 95 years old, cannot see, and has dementia. He was recently charged $149 on 4/2/26 and they do not respond to multiple requests... See more
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ERIC WADE who runs their CRYPTO CAPITAL page is the most incompetent person on the planet. He knows nothing about the industry and all his choices went to zero. He has no buisness holding that positio... See more
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Give you a lot of promises to get you to sit through the long tedious, information less pitch in the end. They work with variations of the classic sucker pitch that is some version of the theme that... See more
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I have joined Stansberry Research and they said I have 30 days after signing up to get my money back if I am not satisfied.When I cancelled they did actually give me my money back.I think the problem... See more
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Delivering World-Class Financial Research and Tools to Over 1 Million Subscribers Since 1999. Stansberry Research is a subscription-based publisher of financial information and software, serving millions of investors around the world. Our business is guided by two simple principles: We strive to give our customers the information we'd want if our roles were reversed. We only publish analysts whose advice and strategies we'd want our own families to read and to follow.
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I got so much junk from them and didnt realize i hadnt turned off auto-renew. caught it 3 days after the 30 day grace period and had never opened the service,,,would not refund the $199 only cancel future auto-renews

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Here is 2024, Stansberry Research is being very aggressive in their marketing of their service with the strong words of ethical, honest, transparent, etc etc. it sounds so nice. Just unfortunately not true.
Around 15 years ago, I purchased the Flex Alliance Lifetime Membership. It was a lower cost option to the full Aliance Membership, in that I am only allowed to have access to 5 of the services at any time, and that I can only switch access from one service to the other nice every 24 hours.
The terms were the same for both memberships, with the primary driver of making the purchase the access to all present and future offerings.
Here are the words as promoted by Brett Aitken - Publisher in 2022.
“For those who don't know, our first Alliance membership sale in 2003 promised essentially all our financial research at Stansberry Research – both now and in the future – for an initial fee of less than $3,000.”
Well it was a 100% lie. As a Flex Alliance Member, who pays my annual fee as required, do not have access to any 8 of their newer publications. They said I would. But I don’t. They are only available for additional fees. Yet the Alliance Members get their access. Not Flex Alliance Members. Even though the sales pitch said the only difference was access to just 5 at a time.
I have written and called for years to get an explanation. No one cares about what was sold in 2009. They are just not going to stand behind what they said.
I have zero respect for their management. They are the epitome of greed, corporate dishonesty, and that customer service is not a priority.
It really is sad. And I have absolutely zero recourse unless I file suit n their jurisdiction. That would be a big waste of time and money.

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We found the information that was presented as absolutely ironclad that the United States was going to collapse 15 years ago absolutely false. We have no respect for this company's advice.

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They are a very shady company!!! Don't do business with them.

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The 1-star reviews here are annoying me, because it's full of hyperbole and inflammatory rhetoric and people who didn't read the terms and conditions. Yes, they send too many sales pitches in email, but the research allowed me to do something I've never been able to achieve before Stansberry. Long-term retirement savings is simple, but short-term investing for targeted goals is nearly impossible. With Ten Stock Trader, I was able to juice my returns safely with the goal of purchasing a house. I went with a 95% short-term bonds 5% options strategy thanks to Greg Diamond, Dan Ferris and Stansberry. I've been using it for 2 years. One year return today as of this moment is 17.7% and YTD is 9.9%. The best part is that I'm excited about a bear market, because we can just use puts. So, I don't just do whatever they say, I get great ideas and an understanding of where the market is going.

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I subscribed around 4 years ago and cancelled last year and received an email stating that a refund would be coming, it never has! Despite cancelling, my credit card has been charged again on 1.8.2024. They do not respond to emails. They don't answer the phone. I would steer well clear. Dodgy in my opinion.
Reply: 13.8.2024: amazing that you respond on here! I emailed you on 12.9.2023 on the email that you advise using

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I got so much junk mail after signing up for Stansberry that I had to quit using the email address. Two years after the fact I was getting dozens of unsolicited emails per day. The more you unsubscribe, the more different emails you get. They claim they are not selling the address but it is the only financial letter I ever signed up for on that address. To top it off, the advice was not good.

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I just canceled my subscription after about 3 years. Service is complete garbage 🗑️. Tons and tons of third party emails!!!!!! My subscription service renewed for $199.00 in April of 2024 I was told you can’t get a refund if you’re more than 30 days past your renewal date. How is that possible? It’s unearned revenue that I paid for in advance… Time for a mass class action lawsuit even on a small scale that should produce big results

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I wondered what made my credit card bill much bigger than usual. I found a 211 USD charge from them. I logged in and checked my billing report
May 30, 2023 The Ferris Report $49.00
on the invoice "One-Time The Ferris Report"
That fit my memory.
But also
May 30, 2024 The Ferris Report $210.94
which on invoice says "Recurring The Ferris Report"
If I go into "my subscriptions" I can see it is labelled "recurring" and next time in May 2025.
This is over 4 times the original years price.
I'm not interested in that, and don't remember signing up for a recurring thing.
In the Manage dropdown "preview autorenew" "preview cancel" "Billing information".
What does "preview" mean here?
I tried the "preview cancel" and there it looks like I can cancel and get this 210 USD back. If that pans out, I will consider their customer service to be honorable, (Even if you have to "jump through some hoops" to find this) I will give at least 2 stars.
I'm not a active stock trader, so I'm not going to grade their info. I must concur with some others that many things coming from Stansberry tend to be thin scary stuff that is to get you to buy more info packages.
One rather strange thing under payment methods, where you can add credit cards:
"In the near future, we will allow you to manage your payment methods more fully (e.g., delete)." Seems like something that should be there from the beginning.
Update 2025-3-7
I was checking to see if I did get a refund after "jumping through hoops". I did get a mail
25 juni 2024 saying I had cancelled and would "receive any applicable refund". I think I got the whole 1 year payment back. So I will bump up to 2 stars.

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They advised me to buy Nvidia 2 years ago, my investment is up 3000%. Need I say more.

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Biggest SCAM out there. You are going to be kidnapped by one of their subscriptions. Besides that, their biggest revenue source is selling your information to third parties. I acquired a report for $49 that had nothing of value in it, and after that I delete around 200 emails a day from their "partners". Staying away is my best advice.
Look at Stansberry reply below. It's laughable, "we want our own family to read and follow".
Not even the hundreds of emails you spamming every day is for free. Again, stay away from this StansberryResearch.com.

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After buying a service from Stansberry Research, I began receiving 200+ spam emails every day due to Stansberry Research selling my information to 3rd parties. Avoid Stansberry Research at all costs, their main business is to sell your information.

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This is the biggest ripoff company you will ever deal with...they talk a big game and don't deliver at all. Pricing is ridiculously high. Content and what you get...extremely low. Just a lot of hot air. IF YOU have already signed up with them...there are yearly maintenance fees and those are NON REFUNDABLE...so be careful there as well. Just a horrible service with guys sitting back and getting rich on people paying their yearly subscriptions and fees. Absolute joke of a company.

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I recently had an extremely negative experience with Stansberry Research.
Many years ago, I subscribed to a newsletter called Gold Stock Analyst (GSA), edited by John Doody, which gave detailed analysis and insights on the gold and silver industry. It was a premier publication and was followed by individual as well as institutional investors. When a stock was added to the top 10 (gold) or top 5 (silver) list, it was a market moving event. Because of this, the publication cost thousands of dollars per year.
In January of 2018, Gold Stock Analyst offered a special lifetime subscription offer to its clients. It was thousands of dollars, but I felt it was worthwhile to make the investment so I’d have the industry insights for many decades to come. Prior to committing to the subscription, I went back and forth with a representative at GSA in order to get assurances that the newsletter would continue on for many years. I received assurances (in writing) that the publication would continue for several more decades under John Doody as well as a successor if he were to retire. With that assurance, I made the investment to become a lifetime member.
In July of 2019, the GSA newsletter was sold to Stansberry Research. John Doody ended up retiring a few years later with Garret Goggin taking over the editorial duties. Things were continuing just fine until May of 2024 when Stansberry Research sent out a note saying the GSA newsletter would be discontinued. No refund was offered and the only alternative was to their existing True Wealth Systems newsletter. But after looking at the newsletter, it was clear it would not offer any of the analysis, in depth coverage, and expertise which I had with GSA.
I sent an email on May 8th to their two main email addresses asking for more information about how they would offer similar coverage of the gold & silver industry, a refund, or at least another newsletter that was on par with GSA. After 9 days, I received no response so I called them.
I explained the situation to their representative and after confirming my information and subscription, I asked for a refund. She replied “that’s not going to happen”. I threatened to take legal and she said she would circle back with her leadership team and call me back. She never did. So after yet another follow up email she replied that they would not offer a refund and “our hands are tied” because my payment was paid to GSA prior to Stansberry buying them out.
When a company acquires another company, you’re purchasing that company plus all the obligations and agreements that former company engaged in. That’s why due diligence is so important. Stansberry’s “tough luck” approach has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth and no alternative but to sue them in court (which I will do).
I would stay far away from this dishonest company.

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Very lengthy presentations an hour or more long designed to scare you. Of course they know the secret and it only costs $2500 and they do this more than once. Wind bags. It came with my subscription to Chaikin Analyitics. They have a deal for sure.
I use Chainkin Anylitics which is worthwhile the $2500 annual fee. That also has a lot of very long an hour plus repeating and repeating. How this works for them is a mystery. These two groups work marketing over time. You just need to tune out the blah blah! Focus on their great tools. That’s my take.

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I have followed S.R. since 2008. Have subscribed to a few services with limited results. i just listened to the sales pitch video on Altimetry - Joel Litman (not to be confused with a service with a similar name - Altimeter Capital) that promised a 2 stock recommendation and the reviews talked about a trial period. The reviews were as many 1 star vs. 5 star. I'm always leary of 5 star reviews. Anyway - bait and switch( no 2 recommendations or 30 day trial) and complete waste of time watching the video with the exception I learned about the Russell reconstitution on June 28th.
I will also say during the 2008/09 financial crisis and housing collapse - Stansberry discussions about a historic housing event were correct.

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This company treats the average person like an idiot. Usually you get invited or see an "urgent" ad for to a 3 hour "panel" where they have their analysts discussing the current market status and economy but it is actually a sales pitch to sell you one of their products....which is fine.
They will try to lure you in with a "limited one time" offer with a lifetime subscription to their product. You pay a multi thousand dollar "upfront" fee and you get lifetime access to their service.
They will lure you in by cherry picking examples of 500+% gains and neglect to mention that 90% of their picks are flops and will lose you money.
Once they have your money, you will find that the portfolio solution you just signed for is completely mismanaged, neglected and underperforms by a mile. They will attempt to sell you additional services and try to extract as much money from you as possible.
Screw these guys

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Once you subscribe to their emails you will NEVER cease to receive them! I have unsubscribed numerous times yet my inbox continues to fill up with their ridiculous rantings. Check out their profile on the BBB website. Very sketchy operation. So glad I did not give them any money.

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If I could give them a zero I would. Porter Stansberry offers free research and after sitting through a 1.5 hr video about biotech and the key stocks to buy that are net net positive meaning their actual assets are higher than the value of all of their stock...soo waiting for the info and get sent to another link.....a mere $2,500 to get the names of the stocks...sorry, not biting. Stay away folks...scam.

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This is a business information company. They sell your contact details and you will receive hundreds (this is not an exaggeration) of unrequested emails. I asked the office to take my name off their subscription list and Jason replied (on 28 Feb) and said they would. But they had sold my name to many other lists so I am still getting hundreds of emails even though I have asked that my name be removed from all the emails it was sold to. Stansberry should arrange that for me if it wants to regain its integrity. It feels like a daily assault when I open my computer. I was asked to supply further information and I have added the name of the person who emailed me and the date to this review.
A week later on 25 March 2024. Stansberry may have removed me from their own mailing list but they have not removed me from their sales list although I asked them to. So I am continuing to receive dozens of spam email daily and some of them I have never seen before. I am not sure who is running this company but I don't know how he or she can look at themselves in the mirror every day as this is a company with no integrity. I hope someone at the top of the company will write to me to apologise and, much more important, assure me that my name has been removed from all the email lists they have sold it to and this avalanche of spam will end. Thank you.

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