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Financial Services

CST Consultants Inc

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    Customer Review Ratings

    1.22/5 stars

    Average of 18 Customer Reviews

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    • Review fromBADER A

      Date: 11/01/2024

      5 stars
      I had three children with RESP plans with CST Consultant Inc. All of them went to university with the income from the plans. I used to contribute monthly $20 each. After 18 years the income from the plans and principal was enough to pay one third of the university fees for each child. It was the best investment I made.
    • Review fromBren P

      Date: 15/11/2023

      1 star
      ***DO NOT GIVE YOUR MONEY TO THESE PEOPLE
      *** *** **** ** ** ***** *** **** * ***** have to jump through hoops and the government was able to decide how much money I received of my money for my child's tuition from these people I would have never gone with CST. *** do your own investments, not only did they *** about how much money we would receive but about the whole process.
    • Review fromChris N

      Date: 06/08/2023

      1 star
      Monitoring the value of my childrens' RESPs and understanding the financial statements has been the hardest knowledge seeking venture I've engaged in. The financial statements are confusing and non-transparent.
      Furthermore, the fees and deductions do not make any sense. The increase in value of my investments over the 18 years of each of my childrens' youth has been bitterly disappointing but not only because of the low interest rates but because of the way this company structures its fee and other charge schedules.
      Make no mistake - this is a business that makes money for itself as the primary goal. Making money for your child is a secondary goal.
      You are better off in personal RESP rather than a group RESP
    • Review fromMaureen M

      Date: 21/04/2023

      1 star
      ************ *********** ***** Untruthful, disorganized and contradict what they say to what they send you. Too much double talk. Take zero responsibility for their lack of getting it done. Was told 5-7 business days 3 months ago. Still waiting. So frustrating!
    • Review fromBrittany S

      Date: 21/02/2023

      1 star
      I never reached out to this company. My name was given to them by another company, **** * *** ********, that I had signed up to in order to receive coupons for diapers. This woman called me a couple days after I gave birth, she knew the sex of my child, she knew his due date, and she wanted to come over to talk to me about investing with CST. She heavily pressures me into signing a contract and even tried to make me feel guilty for not contributing more than $50 a month. Now 3 years later I have decided to invest with the bank instead, and CST is only returning to me less than half of my contributions. This company should stop targeting girls who just gave birth and are sleep deficient and not in their right state of mind, and let the girls come to them if they wish to.
    • Review fromWilliam L.

      Date: 02/12/2022

      1 star
      This company sends a sales rep who **** *** claims that they are working with the government and uses all sorts of underhanded tactics. **** **** *** *** about the kind of growth you can expect *** *** ** saying that their fees are lower than any financial institution. After you do some research after you look at the progress of your investment and realize they are paying themselves 10x the fees that banks are, you can’t even get a hold of CST suddenly. They don’t answer calls or emails and then finally conduct a long fake investigation where they admit they are selling are horrible but essentially tell you there’s nothing you can do. They prey on people during the most vulnerable chaotic time of their lives. They *** **** ***** *** then deny everything. We are trying so hard to get our money back but they continue to stall and mislead.
      We went to a few banks to ask about RESPs and brought up CST and the financial advisors were all aghast at CSTs horrible product *** ****** *******. ****** ********** ** *** ********* *** *** *****.
      They promise to look into our situation but then send us a canned response exonerating themselves.
    • Review fromAaron M

      Date: 01/12/2022

      1 star
      Has taken me over 1 year to transfer my accounts out of this **** ** * company. ****** ***** ** *** *****. They will take your money via fees, fees, fees, and they over no support.
    • Review fromDesirae A

      Date: 07/11/2022

      1 star
      they literally take half your contributions for service fees and the money doesn't build as fast as a common bank service does- *** ****** ** ***** ************ ****** *** **** ****** ***** *** ********

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