EXHIBIT - 8 Letters to Eric P Telford in January 2004, attempting to resolve the issues he, Telford had created by his own means & evidently premeditated, our minimum demands to continue with Telford Investments & Intimate Attitudes Ltd. Knowing already what Telford had done, this was an attempt to hold him to his word, a last desperate effort to continue and resolve our differences. In light of recent discussions on debt owed, THE TELFORD “PAYBACK” ACCOUNT, contract and previous promises made: 1. We bankrupted ourselves, “voluntarily”, which has released TIL of its obligation Or exposure to past liability. 2. We have bankrupted Intimate Attitudes Inc under Eric Telford’s guidance! 3. Developed the present no BS bonus program, which has indicated to be a very successful program for IA / TIL. About to roll out the next sales / lifestyle goals, on hold, which again would improve sales for TIL distribution and IA 4. We have rid IA of Zector Design, a net savings to IA / TIL 5. Everything we have done has been in the best interest of TIL and IA overall, but we are required to give personally for business expenses, carried forward that were required for the best interest of all, not just Steve and Sheila, as it is constantly being pushed in our face that all this is just for our “benefit”! We see no benefit for Steve & Sheila, paying to have a Job! 6. As well we made the decision to come to TIL, as Eric was very enthusiastic and made promises of fairness for us. 7. After review Estimates and financials. TIL has acquired IA for: $5000 For IA the name $2000, paid the phone bill for the 1 888 886 4099, $15,000 for furniture and fixtures Total of Approximately $22,000 & 100% ownership! Steve and Sheila are being asked to pay around $90,000 back to Intimate Attitudes Ltd / TIL “personally”, post bankruptcy, & have zero ownership, no concrete guarantees of anything. So we are paying $90,000 to have a job! As well, this debt was carried forward to ensure the success of the new business and to maintain the client base. None of which was deceptive, common sense actually, all was discussed at length, Eric, you made the final decisions on everything! In reality IA Ltd is getting a 2 for 1 deal, Sheila and I for the price of one. If the mind set is that Sheila and I should be at the level of a store manager and paid just that and the entire home party co. viewed as a Corp store, Steve should get another job if the Company cannot afford to pay him. Think again, managing people and motivating them to sell is a lot different then making them, sell! (Inspiring & rewarding people gets better results than leveraging them). These Consultants are with IA because they want to be and we make it desirable to be here! Intimate Attitudes Ltd must pay for directly related business debt as with any fair business deal. Why would Steve and Sheila pay personally for business debt? Why as the key people to IA, where most reputable companies reward there key people, which in turn inspires them to work harder, thus profiting for the company. By garnishing our personal pay and taking advantage of us has only pushed us further apart. Again being the leaders who are responsible for the entire company and its sales, taking advantage of us is not a well thought out business move. My understanding coming here was fairness and to work hard to turn IA around, make the new business succeed, now after bankrupting the business and us personally you want us to keep paying personally for IA debt which was carried forward to ensure the success of the new business. We are obligated to pay friends back personally now, who have nothing to gain from future revenues of IA. Which we were promised help with by Eric, his word! Now we are being hit personally, from within and by the entity we have created and put faithfully into “trusted” hands. IA Ltd needs to payback Eric through company dividends / profits, monies, revenues. The business needs to pay’s it’s way over time, the business needs to “stand alone”, again Eric’s word. Like any fair business deal, as promised and give Steve and Sheila, (CEO of the company), a lifestyle, which she deserves for her contribution / our contribution. Short term pain, long term gain for all. There is no reason we should have to be taken advantage of like this when we put this much commitment and trust into TIL based on Eric’s promises. People we trusted all along have taken advantage of us and now we have put our trust in Eric and it is clear that he is willing to take advantage of this situation instead of a fair partnership, which could payoff in spades over time. We simply will not allow this at our expense! This whole situation has now affected my marriage, my children’s well being, Sheila’s overall health and now mine. I can’t live being this stressed, sad and angry nor can Sheila, projecting this to my family especially my kids or Consultants. Taking advantage of the people who mean the most to IA is not good business, it has been very detrimental, believe me, we will not sell a company that keeps taking from us personally. Consultants at the tradeshow approached Sheila, who is trying to make sense of all this and put on a happy face, asking, “something is terribly wrong you look sad inside, what is it”? I don’t think the Consultants would be very receptive knowing we are paying personally on business debts. How can we promote a company driven on motivation and pure inspiration, when it is being sucked out of us at every turn? As well I was about to roll out an entire IA Lifestyle plan for IA, which the Consultants are very excited about, but I can’t nor will I as long as we are not being treated fairly. Put yourself in our shoes Eric and truly think how you would feel. We can’t continue to scratch and fight to obtain fairness, when we should be focusing on moving forward. IA could pay off in spades overtime for all, as in any good business partnership, but I guess a nickel today at our expense, isn’t worth the dollar down the road. We started IA for the passion & sheer love of working hard and the people involved, but I cannot always be on guard as our commission seems to be under attack or a way to bring cash back to the company, when it should be through growing the business. I have never seen personal wages or commissions garnished for absolute business expenses, this mindset has to stop, this is stupidity, when our mission is to make IA succeed. Reputable companies reward there top people, the mind set here seems to be how can we take from them. This certainly is not a home party environment. Sheila and I are making all the major and required decisions to make IA work in the turn around, as well as managing >100 sales consultants who choose to be with IA / Sheila and I! We know why we failed and why we succeeded Eric, by living it, no one will ever take that away from us. You should try to see the true value in Sheila and I as we have >100 sales Consultants who follow and growing, based on the content and philosophies I provide and Sheila’s sales and motivational experience. Sales were not that good in the beginning because our Consultants were unsure of TIL, the bankruptcy and a lot were sitting back watching to see what was going to happen to us. Now we have ensured them that this is the place for IA, but we need IA to be fair now to us. If it cannot be fair to us it cannot be fair to our Consultants either. We have been taken advantage by a lot of people along the way and I will not do it again, you ensured fairness and we believed in you and if that is not worth anything to you, we cannot continue with you. At this point I won’t pay personally on the business debts anymore, I have no problem paying what is truly owed, Van & wage overpayment, but not business expenses that were required by the business to carry on and be successful by maintaining it’s sales force. I would never expect this of anyone if the tables were turned the other way. Especially right now when we are barley afford to live as it is. IA has taken everything away from us, I have lost my dearest friends and based on what I have been told recently, IA will keep taking from Sheila and I, the two people that have traded their lives for it. I have nothing left to give to IA; it needs to take care of us now, or it never will! Eric, you have become a father figure to Sheila and I, therefore we would always act accordingly, respectfully and loyally to you but only if you can do the same with us. We need to know our future and need someone in our lives who we can trust and rely on, but this needs to be fair. We need some piece of mind from you! IA has been our life and we need to know if this is going to continue to be our life and the right thing for us now We need to know what our future is now, as we will not keep going 6 months at a time. We are concrete in our convictions, trustworthy and live by our word. We need to be in business relationship with someone the same. This is IA’s 6th year, post bankruptcy, improving monthly & Consultant base is growing. There is no reason we need to be put through any of this, any longer. We want to see IA grow and succeed with TIL, as we are not the enemy! Steve & Sheila
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
This says it all
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