85 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not Only for 21st Century, Cutting-Edge, Wave 4 Networkers, March 18, 2000
This review is from: The Pre-Paid Legal Story: The Story of One Man, His Company, and Its Mission to Provide Affordable Legal Protection for Everyone (Hardcover)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Very excellent, inspirational and easy read -- not only for cutting-edge 21st Century, Wave-4 Network Marketers, but for anyone with an appetite for turning a dream into an extraordinarily successful reality. This book illuminated the genesis of Harland Stonecipher's gutsy leadership and adherence to his vision, mission and guiding principles which resulted in the PrePaid Legal Revolution.
I was wowed by Stonecipher's living legacy of an affordable access to the legal system for middle-income members and families. Protection, peace of mind and security by a nationwide network of top-rated provider law firms is quite impressive.
Also intriguing, are PPL's pro-active efforts to embrace little-known business trends that virtually guarantee the continued growth of the network-marketing industry's track record of making more millionaires.
Looks like the secret's out on "The Best Value in America." I won't just tell folks to get this book; I'll buy several and present them in gold wrappers. ==================================================
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28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
As a Pre-Paid legal Member for 16 years, the story is TRUE!, August 12, 2000
This review is from: The Pre-Paid Legal Story: The Story of One Man, His Company, and Its Mission to Provide Affordable Legal Protection for Everyone (Hardcover)
I've been a Pre-Paid Legal member for 16 years. As a single parent raising 3 children, this membership has been a LIFE SAVER.
PPLSI has saved me countless thousands, especially on car warranties that insurance companies did NOT want to honor. They have helped me with insurance claims too. The adjuster is NOT your friend. It is their job to reduce or deny your claim !
Pre-Paid Legal is one of the main PIONEERS in the Industry, and the industry now also bears the company's name in part.
Like any product or service, when the VALUE is becoming WELL known, then imitations start popping up, some good, some bad, and some terrible. Those that market the imitations will try to bad-mouth the company they are trying to copy. This makes no sense at all.
A good copy of a priceless painting may be very valuable, however the ORIGINAL is priceless.
I remember what Zig Ziglar says when a person says a product or service is "JUST LIKE" another product. (Paraphrasing) He says I understand what you mean. My wife and I are "JUST ALIKE" We both have two ears, two eyes, two arms, two legs, one mouth. We love to eat and dance. However, there are a FEW "UNIQUE DIFFERENCES" and that is WHY I married my wife. There are also a FEW "UNIQUE DIFFERENCES" between the products that I'd like to explain.
There are some "UNIQUE DIFFERENCES" in Pre-Paid Legal (PPL) Services, and that is what the book points out. ONLY PPL has a "Closed" panel of lawyers so they can AFFORD to INVEST vast amounts of money to connect the provider law firms in the states by computer to Ada OK, train them and their staff to give the BEST quality service, owns the 800# to the law firms, and give the law firms daily, weekly, and monthly report cards to help them give the best service. They mail out surveys to those members who use the service to have them rate the lawyers.
PPLSI is the ONLY company that specializes in the Pre-Paid legal service that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and is DEBT FREE to boot.
PPLSI pays the law firms hundreds of thousands per month to provide membership services at "No Extra cost" to members. If the law firms do NOT give the BEST services to members or can NOT keep up with the rapid growth of the membership base, then they are replaced. Many law firms are on a waiting list to replace them. The Texas firm is paid over $700,000 a month, or over $8.4 million dollars a year and that figure is increasing in ALL states !
Thus, Pre-Paid legal members are (collectively) the law firm's #1 client. They are given the SERVICE and RESPECT that Pre-Paid Legal MEMBERS deserve by the nation's TOP-rated law firms. They have a network of lawyers in case you need a closer lawyer.
I have the NEW "Legal Shield" for 24/7 NATIONWIDE help if a family member is detained, questioned, or arrested by a law officer or a security guard, with a few common-sense exceptions.
In my opinion, Pre-Paid Legal Services and the book is like the TIP of an iceberg. You are impressed by the 10% of the iceberg that you can see, but the 90% BELOW the water is what will really knock you off your feet ! What is NOT yet told in the book, will make a great sequel !
Harland Stonecipher wants to help make many MILLIONAIRES. The book tells of only a few. However, the "Profiles of Success" available from associates has the stories of over 200 people ... well on their way to being millionaires.
"The Pre-Paid Legal Story" talks about how we are "one big family" that helps other family members and prays for them, like Wilburn Smith when he was expected to die from cancer. I understand that Wilburn was in the hospital for 4 months, and in ICU for over 40 days. Then 3 days after he had a national prayer call made for him, he went home from ICU !
It was too late to include the story about the prayers that went out for Ken Moore in September, 1999 when he had two back-to-back severe heart attacks and was NOT expected to live through the day. Wilburn Smith, the PPLSI President, sent his personal plan and pilot to Dallas to bring Randy and Pat Moore, his son and wife, and Bake Baker, a close friend, to Oklahoma City, OK. The associates prayed for Ken who has made a REMARKABLE recovery !
If they told the WHOLE story, it would be thicker than "War and Peace," and some people might NOT believe that a company or business opportunity could be this GREAT. They played down the story to make it more believable. The TRUTH will blow your mind !
One major point that needs to be made are cases when associates (with good downlines) are hospitalized. When Wilburn Smith was in the hospital, his earnings did NOT stop or go down. Wilburn's easrnings increased, because of his over-rides from his growing downline. Ken Moore has had about 6 major hospital stays for heart attacks and strokes, and other reasons. Yet each time, he was making more money after a hospitalization than before he went into the hospital.
The book mentions about Woody and Fran Alexander taking off about THREE years for personal family reasons, yet their checks NEVER STOPPED !
What company can you name where you can stop working for any period , let alone THREE YEARS, and not be history ?
Another unbelievable fact is PPLSI has NEVER raised the rates to members in over 28 years, and they don't PLAN on raising any rates. Can you name even ONE product or service that was sold 28 years ago that is the same price today, as it was then ? PPLSI has new policies with MORE benefits that are more per month, but the member does NOT have to upgrade or pay more.
I enrolled on 4-1-1984 and paid $10 a month, then they UPGRADED my benefits to what brand new members were paying $16/month. Yet my membership dues remained ONLY $10, even though I was getting the benefits of the $16 plan. That show how much PPLSI VALUES their members. The service from the lawyers is outstanding. You don't get services, calls, or letters written by clerks or paralegals. Your services are done by SKILLED, highly compensated, TOP-rated lawyers.
I just wish the book had more member testimonials of these great services. I won't leave home without my PPL member card and "Legal Shield"
It is amazing that PPLSI has changed the compensation plans to fine-tune them. Yet each time, the plan was BETTER benefits for the associates, rather than DECREASING their compensation like other companies.
I'm looking forward to the sequel to this book !
If anyone doubts what is in the book, they can read magazine reports about PPLSI in Money, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, Equities, and many other EXPERTS that would NOT risk their professional standing to exaggerate the truth. They PRAISE PPLSI !
The deeper and harder that anyone INVESTIGATES PPLSI, the more impressed they will be. Financial magazines and stock broker firms have invested countless hours with their EXPERT skills and the money to do a VERY THOROUGH investigation, and have been writing great reviews of PPLSI...
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