Save up to 25% on your electric bill!!!
Here we go again... this scam taking off in September 2007
http://www.myxedia.com

Xpower Energy Saver... "created/ invented" by Texan Greg Dockery.. the self proclaimed "Modern Day Thomas Edison." His supporters claim he holds over 240 patents when, in fact, records show he only has 4 (four).. those being:

No's 6317101, 6369778, 5327230, 5151838
http://uspto.gov/patft/index.html

(Apparently his zealots can't distinguish between "inventions" and "patents." So already we're off to a bad start!)

So Greg Edison (I mean Dockery) has come up with a coffee-can sized miracle gizmo named XPOWER ENERGY SAVER that you plug into your wall which they guarantee will save you 10-25% on your monthly electricity bill.

BIG FAT RED FLAG
Simply too good to be true... hence, it's the PERFECT product for MLM scammers! As you can imagine, it's receiving glowing testimonials.. from those who are selling it! But a device like this can easily be tested to see if it works or not...

See what others have to say about Dockery and his Xpower electrofried coffee can:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/...Off0248438.htm

In a nutshell, the coffee can contains a $1 "capacitor"
(more on what that is and how it functions later)

While there are some instances where a much more robust devise of this nature are called for (i.e. industrial settings running large motors), scientific testings say that something like this is simply not justified for most residential consumers.

INSANE CLAIMS
I just watched (and highly recommend) a documentary called "The End of Suburbia." It talked about the monumental changes that are coming to America because (a) worldwide oil and gas production has peaked and begun falling at a time when (b) worldwide demand for energy-- which is essential for economic growth-- is rapidly increasing. It then speaks of the incredibly difficulty (costing trillions) to generate 25% of our energy from alternative, renewable sources (solar, wind, geothermal, etc).

And who shows up but Greg Dockery and his miracle coffee can who'll save that 25% lickety-split!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More to come on Greg Dockery and his history to come.

The reviews are coming in!!! Forget those "unbiased testimonials" by those who are selling these coffee can power generators... ask those who bought them and actually expected them to reduce their electric bill.

Xpower does not work as it claims
I am an electrical engineer and have found that a number of my family members have gotten involved with Forum Technologies which markets products designed by Xium Corporation. Their showcase product is the Xpower which claims to save up to 25% on your electric bill.

After doing my own research, this device simply corrects your "power factor" by reducing your reactive power usage but [results in] very little change in real power usage. If the unit is placed close to an inductive load (such as a motor) with a bad power factor it, will save you some real power in your wiring. This is simply because you reduced the amount of current flowing in the wires due to the reactive power, but not the real power used to drive the motor.

A few key pieces of info in my research are the following:

Article written by an EE that is fairly technical but does explain that it [Xpower Energy Saver] is not justified for nearly all residential consumers.

http://powerelectronics.com/power_ma...507/index.html

Article and Video piece by KUTV done on the Xpower. He buys two units and tries it in someone's home and the other unit is evaluated by University of Utah EE department.

http://kutv.com/letbillbuyit/local_story_038185542.html

Additionally, I personally contacted the independent testing lab that purportedly did the testing and wrote the report on the Xpowertechnology website [ http://www.ptitest.com ]. I talked to Jason Anderson, Director of PTI Testing Services, and he told me that they have sent a letter to the company in question telling them to 'take it down' and 'that the report has been falsified. He said he would not make any further comments. Here is the link to the report [Xpower is using to falsely validate their claims].

http://www.xpowertechnology.com/independent_testing.pdf

Lastly with a basic engineering understanding of power and electronics, even if I don't count the info above, the claims of this device are bogus.

Posted by: Beng 8-18-07
Annville, Pennsylvania
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/...Off0248438.htm

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You brought up the subject but do your own homework and call Intertek to see if the Xpower is ETL listed. No it is not I just contacted them today. Maybe it is in process but that is long over due.

But forget about ETL listing that just shows that it is safe, similar to UL listing. It does not say that the product was tested to work as advertised.

You said you are selling them by the piles, but that is not because they work but because you have sold it and in this case you have ignorantly lied to them. That is it.

I have tested the product myself using a kwh meter and guess what. The kwh never change when you use the xpower or if you don't use it. In PA and most states you are charged based on kwh usage. So if that never changes then your bill will remain the same.

As far as testimonials, bogus, your electric bill will fluctuate from month to month due to many reasons including weather and varied daily living that involves electricity usage. Meaning it is not a controlled environment. Give me a controlled environment plug the Xpower in and see if you have a change in kwh. You won't, because that is what I did.

If Greg can test it like this and show a change in kwh that would show a 25% savings in kwh, go for it. I dare you and him.

This posting is NOT for people who feed on NEGATIVE information

Hello to everyone that comes to this Forum. I want to address the accusations on this webpage not to convince you to believe one side of the story or the other but to simply give you something to think about. I do support Greg Dockery and the Xpower Energy Saver. I am a skeptic as many of you and I thought it may have been a rip off when I first got my Xpower but that is not the case. Anyway for anyone who has the time to read this negative information I hope that this posting will add some salt and make this reading somewhat palatable.

Point by point I will address the things posted here:

1. Greg never wanted to be called the "Modern Day Thomas Edison" That was a hat given to him by an older "mentor" that is truly a scammer and was going to use that title given to Greg to scam people. Greg never wanted that title and left that title in Forum Technologies.

2. Greg never claimed to have 240 patents. He does claim that his 4 utility patents can develop 240 plus products. Obviously the person who write this report did not do their homework. Notice the verbiage in parentheses, he states that it is the zealots and not Greg. Well then which is it? Perhaps this is someone that never learned to be compassionate, someone who does not have a happy life and so they feed on putting others down?

3. The next paragraph is right. The Xpower is the size of a coffee can and it will save you up to 25% on your electric bill and it does carry a 6 month guarantee. Hmmm.... how many scams would offer a 6 month guarantee and honor it? I am amazed how little common sense there is left in the world.

4. Too good to be true...so was caller ID, the digital answering machine, and sliced bread... how many of those products were used to scam people? Weak point....

5. Let Bill Buy It news report. I personally asked Greg about this and he sent me a letter that he had sent to Bill with no response. Apparently Bill was not looking for a good report. I mean what sells in the world today? Positive or negative reports? Bill made a few mistakes like just plugging it in. There is actually a little thought that needs to be put into plugging in the Xpower. This technology has been used for decades in commercial applications. Bill brings it to a university....and Greg didn't? Xedia has numerous engineers and electricians very qualified and even US government agencies are purchasing numerous Xpowers for various applications. That may not say a whole lot but why would they spend their money on them???

***INTERESTING NOTE***
The Xpower was not designed to save power but to reduce the noise on high tension lines for video data transmission. Greg (a radio frequency engineer) was working on this project with other engineers.

6. $1 Capacitor - That is what someone else told me a year ago and he would go build one. Just last week I left 2 units with him. After one year he neglected to make his energy saver. So easy the proud say...and yet...well you know "talk is cheap"

7. Not for residential customers? I would be the first to say that people with an electric bill of less than $125 would not have a good ROI. We are not here to rip people off and I turn away business based on the fact that I am not looking to sell Xpowers if I don't think it is justifiable.

8. Other energy saving methods...of course. Solar-great! Wind-great! but until then lets allow the Xpower to help reduce the over consumption of natural resources. Even in these areas there will be some brilliant person that makes a new discovery and I would be willing to bet this scoffer that writes this post will also be one of the first to put down the person that truly invents one of the ways to save electricity that this person advocates. This is the story of history and it repeats itself over and over.

9. Only works with the Power Factor - Power factor (PF) is but one part of saving power. There are units that just work with PF and they lower the voltage and burn people's motors. The Xpower does not do this and that can be proven with any number of meters that would be used to show that. The Xpower on the other hand was engineered to bring a balance of correction to 1) power factor 2) harmonics (4th and 5th wave) 3) voltage sag. Power factor alone...not.

10. Not listed with ETL... here is the URL for the report http://www.myxedia.com/pdf/xpower/ETL.pdf and the sticker in on the Xpower.

11. Watch this demonstration on the Xpower and see for yourself that it does work in a residential application. http://www.xpowertechnology.com/xpowervideo.html

12. Electric bills fluctuate - Absolutely and that is why we recommend people check not one month to the next but one month to the same month a year ago and then use http://www.wunderground.com/ to even check the temperature.... A scam??? We are being honest and refuse sales to keep a clean record. I can't but believe that this report is placed here by the previous company that Greg worked with and took his products from. Reminds of the story Zig Ziglar tells about kicking the cat...wich I had time to share it here but you will have to find it. Great illustration!
Anyway we make people very aware of the temperature factor. We could sell them real well if we only sold them in July and August just when bills are about to go down due to the cooler weather, but this is not our plan. On the other hand people plug them in in October and November and then claim it does not work because their bill goes up...Hmmm, I wonder why a bill goes up in December...reader, can you guess why? Another question, what color was George Washington's white horse? Anyway there is education and some thought that goes into this and that is why the Let Bill Buy it Report is totally Bogus.

THIS IS GETTING LONG...Sorry

13. KWH - Right, we are charged by KWH. What is the equation to get to the KWH? Well here is a great website to look over but in case you don't want to look at the site I sum it up below: http://www.sci-ed-ga.org/modules/k6/elec/elec.html

By the way, Greg did not create that website to SCAM people. Just in case you thought this was bigger than life itself.

Website summary: we are charged by the amount of watts we use, kilowatt = 1000 watts.

How do we know how many watts we use. Well light bulbs are easy 40, 60, 75 and 100 watt bulbs. Now how about your fridge? Well there is another equation and it is this:

Watts = Voltage x Amperage

Watts = 120V x Amperage

Watts = 120V x 12amps (washing machine)

Now if we reduce the voltage or the amperage then we reduce the watts right? Yes, no trick here.

Watch the Xpower demo if you haven't. The amperage is dropped in usage on the source side but not the load side. Voila! Savings!

W=VxA
W=120x12
W=1440

If we reduce the amperage usage by 2 amps we get...

W=VxA
W=120x10
W=1200

Now be careful of other units out there that will manipulate the voltage because these will burn out your motors in your appliances. If you have not seen the demo I really would encourage you to. Next....

14. Oh...THE END

Really now, I think some common sense with the previous information would help you see that the negative reports may not be all that founded and that light from another perspective needs to be shed on the matter. The Govt. using the Xpower and soon Xedia will have a...

COMMERCIAL XPOWER

This unit will hardwire to the breaker box (3 phase, 240V) and will be for larger applications. Only licensed electricians will be able to install them and there will be serial numbers and a department just for that unit. Does that sound like a SCAM?

Happy investigating and don't miss an opportunity because one bad apple spread the infectious rot through the bushel. I do appreciate the people that try to prevent people from getting ripped off but I doubt any of these people have talked to Greg. hmmmm.....

For some of those "scam" testimonies you can view the electric bills of many people by going to the Xedia website... Try http://www.XpowerAmerica.com

Now it is time to Think for yourself...

We personally have these products along with hundreds of others and we can verify that they DO work and we have over 800 people just in our area that are all saving $. There wouldn't be appx 10,000 reps already in this business still using the products if they weren't seeing results in their electric bills. I'm not on here to argue with anyone, because there's no need to. We know that they work and I watched the so-called news report that said the Xpower wouldn't affect lights, etc. and the company never claimed that it would. It saves on inductive loads on items with motors (washer/dryer, dishwasher, microwave, heat/air units, etc.) which our customers are averaging about a 20-40% savings on each month, not $.05 like some news reporter that knows nothing about electrical engineering mentioned. But, now we have 11 watt LED bulbs on the website ($10) that will reduce the bill another 20% or so on the light portion of your bill, which is sometimes 1/2 of your bill plus they will last 8-10 years to give you an overall savings of around 80% on their lifespan. They also cut the EMF radiation that CFL bulbs that contain Mercury (which is highly toxic) give off along with the Xguard that reduces household radiation by 85% (that is linked to a high percentage of childhood Leukemia cases and other cancers plus many, many other harmful diseases like Parkinsons, Alzheimers, etc.)

We also have a retired Chief Engineer in electrical and mechanical engineering of over 20 years in our group that showed us and believes in our products whole-heartedly. At first he was skeptical, but after testing it himself, he now sees how they work and uses all the products. He was amazed that someone devised a way to do both in one. It not only conditions the line saving your appliances but also reduces the energy consumption thus lowering the bill. ampXvolt=watts. The meter shows it dropping when plugging it in and the volts stay the same so how would it not drop the wattage? I'm no electrician but was a science and math major in college and even I understand that.

I can give anyone his number or email address if anyone would like it that may have further questions. We can also quote tons of electric bills that have dramatically dropped that can be verified through our elec. cos. also. (not all on the same one). When you save $150 on a $355 elec bill from a similar month the previous year that IS impressive, I don't care who you are!!! Our day to day is not going to change that much to justify it going down like it does. We actually had a substantial hike in our energy costs from the co. this year and we still are seeing big savings, not because we aren't home or not taking showers, doing dishes, washing clothes, drying our hair, etc. that we always do, but because of the Xpower.

Power on to whomever was wanting solid verification that these work and don't let anyone try and discourage you. There are always nay-sayers in anything and some people don't like MLM cos. because people want to get into them and have everything handed to them on a silver platter and don't work them and of course they don't make anything. If you don't go to work at your job, you won't get a paycheck, plain and simple. But, what they don't tell you is that there have been more millionaires made from MLM than any other field and even Donald Trump stated that if he ever lost his a-- in real estate he would start a MLM co. I guess hes a moron now? My husband has been in only 3 but has made lots on all of them because he understands how they work and he is not a scammer. He won't get in one that doesn't have quality products and/or services and a good company reputation with a solid foundation. Greg didn't come in behind Michael Dell for Entrepreneur of the Year for no reason. You can't dispute facts guys!

Ok.... questions to your points:

1. I'm assuming the "older mentor" is Dr. Forest E. Watson (as in "doctor" of education), CEO of ForumTechnologies, correct? Isn't he, along with Steve Gotberg, ForumTechnologies President the two kingpins behind this new MLM/ Network Marketing scheme? A statement online says “Greg is moving his headquarters to Austin, TX to locate near Forum Technologies”… is this true?

2. Dockery and his MLM partners must begin RIGHT NOW to reign in the claims made on behalf of their venture. Hype, hooplah and exaggeration designed to generate excitement and sales--- are LIES nonetheless. Just ask Mannatech (and their ex-CEO Sam Caster and stockholders NYSE: MTEX) what can happen when the Attorney General sues you. Go read your legal counsel's website --Gerald P. Nehra-- and read his article called "Looking Beyond the Paper" for guidance.

3. If you can truly deliver a 25% savings... you can LITERALLY rule the world. This is something the bet scientists and engineers would pay TRILLIONS for. Frankly I think you are full of gas my friend. A guarantee is only as good as the person behind it. I understand these coffee cans sell for about $250 each, right? Frankly, I wouldn't mind having a multi-million dollar, interest free use of other people's money for 6 months myself!

4. Not weak at all. Those were simple, useful innovations. Promising to reduce the need for 25% of the nations nuclear, gas and coal fired, hydroelectric generating capacity...now THAT'S simply too good to be true!!!

5. What did Bill do wrong? He bought it, opened the box and plugged it in and realized no energy savings. I don't care what it was originally designed for... it is being HYPED at this moment as a miracle energy saving device.

6. I think he knew it was bogus for home use and simply didn't waste his time.

7. Here’s a sample of what your distributors are saying: “Xium Corp. has come up with the Xpower Energy Saver. We have been very pleased with the results. There are still many skeptics, but when is there not? We were skeptical ourselves, until we tried it out in homes and businesses. The XPower is supposed to save you up to 25% on your electricity bill. But we have found some save much more.” MORE THAN 25%???? HYPE HYPE HYPE!!!!

8. You know… if the thing does what you say it does… I’ll hook a trailer to my van, load it with cash and drive to Amarillo and load both up! However, I’m betting my considerable scam busting reputation this is yet one more in a long line of fairly worthless, overpriced, over-hyped, miracle products. It's in the same line as lifelong serial scammer and ex-Mannatech CEO Sam Caster’s bogus electronic rodent repeller http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=3228488&page=3 The only thing I’m against is gullible people being ripped off... especially through MLM.

9. I’m not an electrical engineer but I’m certain others much more qualified and independent will both dispute and disprove your claims of significant monetary savings for the average household.

10. No one disputes there’s an ETL sticker on your miracle coffee can. What Mr. Beng said was, “forget about ETL listing... all that shows is that it is safe, similar to UL listing. It does not say that the product was tested to work as advertised.”

11. See my answer to #9.

12. Again.. all these questions should be easily answerable through independent, scientifically controlled testing.

13. Again, see my answer to #9.

14. From what I’ve read, it seems opinions range from “miracle product” to “worthless piece of crap.” That being the case I simply think the public deserves to have access to the truth before a boatload of money starts changing hands. Any product that can’t withstand such intense, public scrutiny doesn’t deserve to be marketed until it passes muster.

Finally, I have no reason to believe Greg Dockery is a scammer…yet. But I have my doubts about others he’s climbed in bed with. To start with:

“At this point, you may be asking, so who is “Forum Technologies“? Enter Dr. Forest E. Watson, CEO of Forum…. Dr. Watson started up a new network marketing venture and brought it public. That company, Mighty Power U.S.A. (BANKRUPT?), was then acquired by Royal Bodycare (BANKRUPT?), placing him in an active role on their board where he helped take them public. Dr. Watson now serves on the board of investment banking and advisory firm Motorskill (GOOD GOD… say it ain’t so! Stand by for my report on this!!!) in Houston, where he is Chairman of their International Advisory Board.

Because of this long track record of success, as well as his advisory relationship to Xium Corporation, Dr. Watson was asked to start a network marketing company to take Greg’s never-ending supply of new ideas to the marketplace through the channels of distribution we know today as referral-based marketing or network marketing.

I AM ABOUT TO HAVE AN EVERLOVIN FIELD DAY!!! PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR EYES OPENED!!!

Seriously... if "guilt by association" were a crime (and in the world of MLM scamming I think it is) then I think certain people ought to start running for cover. My report of "who's connected to who" and their histories is forthcoming.. and it may well curl your hair. Stay tuned.

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My Scambusting credentials and reputation are fairly well established here. And, I believe, this story will certainly be of interest to some people who read this blog:

Stanley A. Leitner (69) of Argyle, Texas is convicted on all 27 counts for his Megafund Ponzi scheme. He could well spend the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced in April.

FBI Report:
http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pr...raud013008.htm

This is but one episode in a much larger, $300+ million scam currently being prosecuted in Sherman, TX... stay tuned!

Hi windvoyager,

Some questions for you...
With all due respect what are your qualifications? I still can't find Forem in the dictionary? I mean what do you do for work? How do you earn a living? Is this a hobby for you or do you make money off of this somehow?

Anyway I will respond to your points but I am not up for a pissing match.

1. "Old Mentor" You were close in guessing Forrest but it is was sidekick Bill Johnson. I only referred to him as mentor in quotes because he was NOT a mentor. Those guys are scam artists and I know that from personal experience. I must say you are not up to date though. Greg is NOT affiliated with Forum Technologies anymore after realizing their scamming and dishonest ways. Steve Gotberg was gone a long time ago and I am really disappointed with your keeping up with us. Xedia Technologies is moving to Austin (not because of Forum Technologies) but because it is the Silicon Valley of Texas and we will be able to hire god qualified IT people as well as other good staff.

2. windvoyager, Have you ever seen Greg at a meeting? Anything but Hooplah and hype. Sorry but that is not accurate in the least. There may be some stray distributors out there but the company is solid and we DO NOT promote hype. I am level headed like Greg and we don't hype people knowing the principle that emotion and excitement are not a good foundation for a company to be built.

3. We can deliver up to 25% and in some cases more. Rule the world??? Maybe that is an exaggeration.

4. Those innovations are great and I believe we need to try to save resources any way possible.

5. I have an electrical engineer that will reply to that point in due time.

6. Nope, he believes in it and got 4 off me the other day when I saw him. He did his research and knows it works. I will let you know how his savings are.

7. windvoyager, there are people that save more. We DO NOT emphasize that but it is out there. Look at the website and see if that is posted by the official company website. The company is not hype but you know how people are and we are quick to deal with it when it comes.

8. Well I will let you borrow one and you can try it for yourself. Just private email me your address. Again the word miracle is never used on the website and is NOT a word we would ever recommend.

9. ...

10. Right but it has approval and we are seeking Energy Star Approval.

11. ...

12. Yes, you are right.

13. ...

14. You use that word "miracle" again and it surprises me because I have never heard that word in the company. We also heavily regulate the "up to 25%" savings with the Xpower.

Greg is not a scammer and I do appreciate you saying that. He is no longer "in bed" with Forrest Watson and I agree Forrest is BAD NEWS.

He did not serve as an adviser to Xium in the least bit.

windvoyager...you were out of date there a couple of times and that word Forem. What does it mean? You know I hope you have a sense of humor and are not the negative and pessimistic person your posts make you appear to be.

Be good

"Forem" was a type-o... meant to say "Forum." Problem is once you start a thread you can't go back and rename it (at least I haven't figured out how).

I earn a living by working... not by misleading others so that I can get lifetime residual income off their efforts.

Nope.. it's not a hobby.. more of a public service of sorts. Kinda like those people who work the computers to round up sex offendors for that "Catch A Predator" show. I research, dig, investigate, report my findings and express my opinion.

When I've been proven wrong (which has happened several times) I am happy to humbly apologize and retract my statements. There is an archived record on Scam to prove that.

Since it's late I'll keep this short:

1. I don't yet know what to make of Dockery as a person. Seems like a smart, enterprising guy. I just find the the incredible claims being made about what his products will do extremely hard to swallow.

2. Anytime you team up miracle products like these with lifelong serial MLM'ers... trouble follows! Xpower saves up to 25% and possibly more? Up to 20% fuel savings with your Xair Chip? The same sort of bogus claims were made by Bioperformance... they sucked in tens of millions before they were shut down. And I see at least one of their "Top Earners" has joined Forum.

Again...feel free to clue me in... I'd love to know who's who. I'm no fan of MLM .. especially as it tends to be infested with so many scumbags at the top. I've already found some world class rats here... some who go back to other scams I've helped bust and resulting in criminal convictions.

Inquiring minds wanna know...

1) Did Greg Dockery "invent" the Xpower and all these other devices... or does he just reconfigure existing inventions and import them?

2) So you are saying there no business connection whatsoever between Greg, his company (or companies) and Doc Watson's "Forum Technologies" group?

If true, then why hasn't Dockery demanded Watson remove all references of such a connection/ partnership from countless websites and cease and desist promoting the connection? Here are some examples floating around:

Forum Technologies inc gets exclusive rights to Greg Dockerys Xium Corporation Products
http://millionaire-mindset.blogspot....exclusive.html

FORUM Technologies Inc. of Austin, Texas, Opens Its Doors to the Next Generation of Technology Products, Offered Exclusively through Network Marketing
July 26, 2006 -- Forum Technologies Incorporated of Austin, TX, has partnered with Xium Corporation, and will be exclusively marketing original technology products. Xium is a global leader in providing unique and innovative technologies for state of the art electronic solutions... All the above patents and products are exclusively dedicated to Forum Technologies Inc.
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Where are the public announcements from you guys proclaiming your disassociation from Watson, Forum Technologies and his band of scammers? Are you guys suing each other?