CoPilot AI - stay away

TLDR: CoPilot AI lied to me about capabilities, kept me subscribed after I had canceled, and refuses to refund the payment even though the subscription was unuseable/never used.


Alright, so sales stacks are getting leaner, right? So I thought I would sign up for an LI automation tool, since our call and email connect rates are in the shitter.


Signed up with CoPilot AI, and both the sales and CS person told me that they would have a workaround for a super basic functionality - a blacklist. Of any kind. That would allow me to remove from lists people I am already connected with, or that exist as a certain lead/contact status in my CRM.


We turned on the campaign - which I immediately paused because there ended up being NO blacklist function. I reached out and asked for a fix, and the advice they gave me amounted to manually culling my lists of thousands of leads to look for and remove folks that I wouldn't want to be contacted. I told them in a live check in call a week after the start date that it wouldn't work for me, gave them product feedback, and told them which competitor I was going with.


They charged me another $489 a month later, claimed I never canceled til I pulled receipts - but refused to refund the first month as, according to their TCs, all they have to do is turn on a campaign to lock in that payment. Forget the fact it was never used and couldn't be used, and that I was lied to by their employees.


Furthermore, they lied to AmEx in my dispute as well, saying that I never canceled.


What a shitshow ๐Ÿ˜‚ avoid at all costs.

https://www.g2.com/products/copilot-ai/reviews/copilot-ai-review-7712644
๐Ÿค“ Sales Tech
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oldcloser
Arsonist
5
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Hardly even believable. What a nightmare. I was considering. This post just cost them at least 1 deal. Thanks for the warning.
KickSomeSaaS
Executive
3
Enterprise AE
I ended up with Skylead - way less money, basically the same functionality - but with a blacklist ๐Ÿ˜‚
jefe
Arsonist
4
๐Ÿ
Thatโ€™s downright criminal, but unfortunately not too shocking. So many shit organizations out there
Diablo
Politicker
1
Sr. AE
We donโ€™t use this but this experience is quite shitty.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
1
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Wow. Have you escalated the dispute with Amex? They are lying, and that just sits wrong.
KickSomeSaaS
Executive
2
Enterprise AE
Escalated it - again - today. If the dispute doesnโ€™t go through as it would traditionally, I expect AmEx will cover it as a fraud/scam?? Not sure but delivered the receipts today haha
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
๐ŸฆŠ
I'm just saying, I wouldn't fuck with Amex ๐Ÿ’…
Sunbunny31
Politicker
1
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Iโ€™d just be very persistent. I hate being taken advantage of, and I donโ€™t like losing. Companies count on you giving up. I hope to hear you won!!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
1
๐ŸฆŠ
Yup. That's why I'm sayin put Amex on those rat bastards. They about to find out. ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Maximas
Tycoon
1
Senior Sales Executive
Sorry for the bad experience and thanks for letting us aware of those terrible practices some companies follow!
Pachacuti
Politicker
1
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Good to know. Thanks for sharing.
TennisandSales
Politicker
0
Head Of Sales
ugh thats rough!! sorry to hear!

Also i find it annoying when companies put "AI" in their title. like we get it everyone is using AI you aint cool!
KickSomeSaaS
Executive
1
Enterprise AE
Absoluuuutely, they may have an OpenAI api plug in now; but they were making verrrrry liberal use of the term beforehand ๐Ÿ˜‚
ZVRK
Politicker
0
Enterprise Account Executive
Thanks for sharing! That`s such a bad experience... I`m very very wary of automation tools, especially because I`m in enterprise sales - I can`t afford any mistakes like this one, it could burn my entire pipeline LOL
What are you selling btw?
Justatitle
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
Kinda surprising, usually amex is pretty great about cancelling charges and helpful.
ABX
Opinionated
0
Account Executive
What competitor did you end up going with?
ChickenWings
Opinionated
0
Tom Callahan's Son
What a bummer. I was pumped when that release demo vid dropped.
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