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Complaint Review: The Protection Bureau - Exton Pennsylvania

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  • Reported By: Steven Levin Enterprises — Virginia
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  • The Protection Bureau 197 Philips Rd. Exton, Pennsylvania USA

The Protection Bureau Bait and switch, or employee undercutting? Exton Pennsylvania

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*General Comment: alarms

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*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Rebuttal Title

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Stupid Alcoholic

*General Comment: Security Company

*General Comment: second lanhuage

*Consumer Comment: Nothing to do with this

*General Comment: Green Card

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*Author of original report: Channal 6 email

*Consumer Comment: Scam Artist - he is a scammer and has failed over and over in his own businesses! Stole 15k from me!

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*Consumer Comment: minumum wage

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*Consumer Comment: name calling

*General Comment: lot of them ROTFFLMFAO

*Consumer Comment: affordable home security

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: affordable home security

*General Comment: Duh

*Author of original report: Rebuttal

*Consumer Comment: Too long

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*Consumer Comment: Youth

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*Consumer Comment: no thanks

*UPDATE EX-employee responds: wpi ifriends i was advised that i had to enter my card number to verify my age. internet

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal

*General Comment: ROTFFLMFAO

*Consumer Comment: Complaint

*Consumer Comment: Point Across

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*General Comment: Next SMACKDOWN

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*Consumer Comment: Let news report what this guy did

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: Reason 4 firing him?

*General Comment: Reason 4 firing him?

*General Comment: RED BULL SMACKDOWN RETURNS

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*General Comment: Fix it

*General Comment: Ignore this

*Author of original report: Rebuttal

*General Comment: A Break?

*Consumer Comment: Thanksgiving

*General Comment: Red Bull King of Darkness

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*General Comment: Someone else?

*Consumer Comment: Got it

*General Comment: Too long my schl*ng

*General Comment: Does he still work for them

*Consumer Comment: Too long

*General Comment: How do you know?

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Day By Day Manipulative Practices, Dodging Calls, Refusing Refunds Philadelphia Pennsylvania

*General Comment: Makes no sense?

*Consumer Comment: What?

*General Comment: SMACKDOWN of Sandy Hill & Protect Bureau B******

*General Comment: Slomins?

*Consumer Comment: Militia Hill Security

*Consumer Comment: Stop cursing please

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: OK....

*General Comment: MURICA

*Consumer Comment: All agree

*General Comment: RED BULL SMACKDOWN

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: RED BULL SMACKDOWN

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: ROTFFLMFAO

*Consumer Comment: Laughing

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*General Comment: F*** EDWARD SANDY HILL

*Consumer Comment: Own Thread

*General Comment: Can't F****** belive

*Consumer Comment: Working

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*General Comment: no surprise

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: no surprise

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: this c*** is still there?

*General Comment: Friday Night SMACKDOWN ROUND 3

*Consumer Comment: Is cursing needed?

*General Comment: rebuttal this tard

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Put this matter to rest already

*General Comment: SMACKDOWN HAMMER

*Consumer Comment: What does this have to do with Sandy Hill stealing customers?

*General Comment: Friday Night SMACKDOWN ROUND 2

*General Comment: Friday Night SMACKDOWN ROUND 2

*Consumer Comment: Off Base

*General Comment: Murica

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: HOKEY

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Home Security Store Advertises tech support; sells you overpriced alarm systems/components, then fails to support them

*Consumer Comment: Not best judgement

*General Comment: Sandy Hill SMACKDOWN

*Consumer Comment: Protection Bureau/Sandy Hill Security Fiasco

*General Comment: Friday Night SMACKDOWN

*General Comment: Funny as F*cking Hell

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: Shut UP

*Consumer Comment: Stupid

*General Comment: Friday Night Smackdown

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: English? Do you speak it

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Not even BBB Accredited

*Consumer Comment: Sharon

*Consumer Comment: Personal Vendetta

*General Comment: Channel 10 & 6

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Long Thread 3 Months

*Consumer Comment: Move to ADT

*General Comment: Red Bull King of Darkness

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Are you kidding me

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: REALITY TV ROTFLMFAO

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: LONG THREAD ROTFLMFAO

*Consumer Comment: Long Thread

*General Comment: F**K This

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: ADT, America's No #1 Home Security Provider

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: 1 Big Scam

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: ROTFLMFAO

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: Beware!! Fake health tests Add for 100% European Doberman stuservice (Los angeles)

*General Comment: Really?

*General Comment: F**K Protection Bureau and F**K Sandy Hill Security, Someone needs to save those dogs.

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: ADT, America's No #1 Home Security Provider

*General Comment: Funny because they are so stupid.

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: Frank gets it LMFAO

*Consumer Comment: Should have went with ADT

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: Protection Bureau Sandy Hill Security not spam

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: Sandy Hill Security Protection Bureau stealing clients

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*Consumer Comment: pet-indostore.com MUHAMMAD SAFI'I I ordered goods from a company called pet-indostore.com was website. I wired $1000 and of course took money and NEVER heard from them. Jakarta Raya Jakarta

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: LMFAO again

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*General Comment: LMFAO

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*REBUTTAL Individual responds: Fraudulent Postings?

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*REBUTTAL Individual responds: simple not true

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*REBUTTAL Individual responds: Simple not true

*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

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*Author of original report: Rebuttal Title

*UPDATE Employee: Bait & Switch?

*Author of original report: Sandy Hill Security, noy Shady Hill

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I am a for hire business consultant brought into business to help stream line there operations and increase there profitability. I was recently hired to help upgrade a business and besides difficulty with Valley Forge Tape and label that I submitted a rip off report on, the business hirede The Protection Bureau to install a security system.  The installer actually had the nerve to try and talk my client out of usuing The Protection Business and use his own company Shady Hill Security or something like that to sell him a security system.  I don't know if this was The Protection Bureau doing a bait and switch or if this installer was trying to bite the hand that feeds him, but it was unprofessional all around. Anytime a employee does this you should call the dispatacher to see if it is legit.

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#370 Consumer Comment

Post everywhere against ESN Direct

AUTHOR: Bob - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, June 16, 2016

 In september, 2015 ESN Direct advertised a very rare silver eagle coin set that they had exclusive access to. For $6,000.00 I could purchase perfectly graded silver eagle coins graded by a company called IGS. The Show host told the viewers that by purchasing coins in September for $6,000.00, you would guarantee receiving 1 of 10 sets in October.

 

It is now June 2016 and I have not received any of the coins. The customer service girl, Stacy, keeps telling me that they are still looking for the coins. ESN Direct claimed on their television show to have already purchased these coins. I have asked for a refund several times and now they are ignoring my calls completely. It has been 9 months and I feel that they think I am a fool.

 

ESN Direct also owes me an additional $28,050.00 for (17) 1 ounce gold buffalo coins in the grade of mint state 69. I paid $1,650.00 for each coin. I wired the money to ESN Direct in January and now it has been five months. They constantly lie to me about shipping dates and continue to ignore my phone calls on this order as well.

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#369 Consumer Comment

Scarey

AUTHOR: Wheels - ()

POSTED: Saturday, March 22, 2014

Scarey stuff. Have to be careful who you let in your home and around your kids.

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#368 Consumer Comment

mold

AUTHOR: S.T. - ()

POSTED: Friday, March 07, 2014

and then if you go to cheap you will get mold in the bath tub and could even get bed bugs because they are attracted to the mold.  Disgusting.

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#367 Consumer Comment

Bad storm

AUTHOR: Kami - ()

POSTED: Friday, March 07, 2014

these security systems are worthless if there is a big storm and the power goes out or if they cut the phone lines or you are in a area with bad cell service.  They all use the same equipment you can buy really cheap online that doesn't do no good anyway.

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#366 Consumer Comment

DB

AUTHOR: DB - ()

POSTED: Thursday, March 06, 2014

I think this shows why hes posting all this stuff that has nothing to do with anything he did.

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#365 Consumer Comment

K-Mart?

AUTHOR: DarinF - ()

POSTED: Thursday, March 06, 2014

What the frick does K-Mart or that cable guy have to do with any of this? Answer me that.

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#364 Consumer Comment

KMart

AUTHOR: Dre - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, March 05, 2014

KMart tried the bait and switch on me once.  They had a ad for a TV and when I went in 5 minutes after they opened they said they was sold out and had a more expensive 1 they tried to sell me.  I walked out and never went back. Bait and switch is lowest form of business.

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#362 General Comment

alarms

AUTHOR: Info - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, March 05, 2014

I'm thinking of getting 1 of these alarm systems but do they ring the police station or fire department when they go off or the alarm company? What if you set it off on accident can you turn it off?

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#361 Consumer Comment

Avoid Tricky Home Security and Alarm System Scams

AUTHOR: TEveler - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Unfortunately, like most popular industries and products in today’s market, the home security and alarm system market has become susceptible to scams. Often the scams are the result of a pushy door-to-door salesperson attempting to persuade residents to purchase lengthy and deceptive contracts or faulty equipment. Most at-risk to fall victim to these scams are elderly people, who are concerned about home security and often live alone, but anyone can become part of an alarm company scam.

According to AlarmSystemReport.com, a site providing home alarm system reviews of the best alarm systems, there are a number of steps residents can take to being the target of a scam.

1.    Know the signs that a scam may be taking place. Often scam artists are door-to-door salespeople, who seem pushy and are offering free upgrades to existing, products and services. They also often claim that a homeowner’s current alarm company has gone out of business, or the person may even claim to be from a homeowner’s current home alarm system company, there to replace existing equipment. All of these claims should be a red flag to residents. If an existing alarm company has gone out of business, the customer will be notified in writing, not by a door-to-door salesperson.

2.    Always ask salespeople for identification, especially before allowing them into your home. A legitimate representative of an alarm company will have proper identification.

3.    Research the reputation of alarm companies prior to making a purchasing decision. It’s often best to go with a big, recognizable security name, such as Lifeshield Security or Vivint Security. There is less of a chance of being taken by a scam with a well-known brand name company. It’s also wise to do substantial research, in the form of a website offering reviews such as AlarmSystemReport.com, or through word-of-mouth recommendations.

4.    Thoroughly read and understand all contracts before making a commitment. Wordy contracts and tricky language often go overlooked, but a security system contract can contain a number of provisions that end up being very costly for a consumer. Provisions of the contract a consumer should pay particularly close attention to include: installation price, monthly or quarterly monitoring fees, length of contract period, any applicable discounts, and an explanation of what happens if the customer opts to cancel service and cancellation forms. The contract should also contain, in writing, any oral promises made by the salesperson or company representative.

5.    Don’t be pressured by a pushy salesperson. A salesperson from a reputable company likely won’t be pushy or try to claim an offer is for a limited time only. This may be a warning sign that the person is pushing a scam. Consumers should make a decision based on all of the facts and offerings of the company, rather than a hasty decision based on a limited-time offer that may seem too good to be true.

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#360 Consumer Comment

all the same

AUTHOR: StuAl - ()

POSTED: Monday, March 03, 2014

These places are all the same.  Look at this, same bait and switch.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/American-Alarm-Company-Inc-Darryl-Johnson-Danielle-Paletz/Litchfield-Park-Arizona-85340/American-Alarm-Company-Inc-Darryl-Johnson-Danielle-Patetz-American-Alarm-will-Scam-y-347745

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#359 Consumer Comment

Protect America USA United States Alam Don,t let them into your home. They don't do what they tell you.

AUTHOR: LAUSA - ()

POSTED: Monday, March 03, 2014

 

We set up a date for the installation 2/18/14 at 11AM the tech came around 2:30PM he installed all but the cameraand said that he couldn't do it and told us to call the service dept. then he left at 6:00PM. When I called the service dept. the next day I was told thatthey would call me back. The next day they called to say that their was no camera on my order and that the camera was not their. They would send me a camera for and extra $10.00 a month and that I would have to install it.I'm not a comp. tech. I told them to come and take out the equipment They tokd me that they would talk to the salesmen. They took their money for the first month.I did stop payment.

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#358 Consumer Comment

fear monger

AUTHOR: StopTheHate - ()

POSTED: Sunday, March 02, 2014

Security companies are fear mongers.  Making you feel unsafe in your home so they can charge you every month for them to call the police instead of you insuring a longer delay.  Fear mongers get $$$ from scare tactics so what a surprise that they steal bsiness from each other.  They are all scumbags and should rot in hell like the insurance companies the worthless lowlife scum.

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#357 Consumer Comment

Home Security Home Alarm Company takes advantage of 78 yr old man. $2000 to cancel a bate and switch contract

AUTHOR: Cavaletti - ()

POSTED: Sunday, March 02, 2014

Signed up for a new contract withhttp://elitehomesecurity.co after their door-to-door sales person promised to provide services such as free repairs to their equipment and low fees.  The sales person was a very good sales person and it seemed clear this company was better than the company used in past.

There was a problem with the equipment installed and called customer service.  They said that almost nothing the sales person said would be honored.  The customer service person was absolutely terrible and taunted the fact that the contract should not have been signed without reading it all and said that it would be $2000 to cancel the contract.  Customer service person made fun of not knowing what was in the contract.

The section of the contract that denied everything the sales person said is barely legible for a normal person much less a 78 year old man.  After some magnification, the contract actually does contradict everything the sales person promised. 

It has only been 20 days and can't believe the bad situation.  More money for the worst service.  Sick, sick, sick about this bad decision.  Now they have access to bank account and will take money for the next 5 years.  Can't afford to cancel.

Found that Ben Edstrom is or was the CEO.  Ben Edstrom, if still with the company should be ashamed.  Taking money out of the pockets of the elderly and taking advantage of their naivety.  Also, making fun of the elderly for not being able to read the small print of your contracts and being taken advantage of by your sales people is wrong.  Just wrong.  It seems clear you are making money by tricking people.  Are you proud of that Ben Edstrom?  Are you proud that you can only offer a service that requires a five year contract or $2000 to cancel?

You probably tell yourself that it's okay because the equipment was free and you need to recoup the costs.  You used the same equipment from the other company except one part.  Take it back.  Utah business men have a bad name because of tactics like the ones your company uses.

It seems obvious that you are another company taking advantage of the disadvantaged to line your pockets.  Do the right thing. Take the equipment back and cancel the contract.  If not, will let grandchildren know and they will get the story out that wrong was done.

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#356 Consumer Comment

phone number

AUTHOR: Linda - ()

POSTED: Saturday, March 01, 2014

Has any body else called the number 757-704-2785 that says it has more info to give out?  I called and it answers but are you suppoed to leave a message or text it and then get a answer?

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#355 Consumer Comment

last minute cancellations, rude, poor cleaning, ignored calls and messages, inconvenience, inflated pricing

AUTHOR: Orser - ()

POSTED: Saturday, March 01, 2014

The WORST business I have ever dealt with! Believe all the bad reviews! Nearly impossible to schedule appointments! Last minute appointments cancellations!Non-existent customer service!

I purchased 3 vouchers for 3-hour cleaning services by Pro Master for $59 each, quoted to be worth $150 each; this was a lie since the service was later quoted at $100. I have used many cleaning services, but I have never experienced such horrific, egregious and ongoing problems as I had with Pro Master!

First, you must schedule your services via their electronic system rather than talking with a human being. I tried to schedule an appointment on their system 10 days in advance and received an acknowledgement but never received any follow up. The day before my requested cleaning I sent a follow up email; again I received an acknowledgement stating they’d contact me as soon as possible. I called their phone number and left a message; nobody bothered to return my call. 6 days AFTER my requested appointment date I finally received an email stating that were unable to accommodate my request – Hellooo – I think I figured that out already!

Unbelievably, they went on to say: “However, for a limited time, we might be able to accommodate your request for the following dates (4 dates more than a month later)! I should have demanded a refund but I went ahead and chose the first available date - a Friday the day before I was having house guests. I received an email confirming the services but I was expected to be available all day as they would not provide a window of time until “no later than 24 hours prior to service scheduled date.” The day before the scheduled cleaning they sent an email at 6:40 PM telling me they’d arrive between 4-6PM. NOT EXACTLY 24 HOURS ADVANCED NOTICE ! Nonetheless I arranged my schedule to be available at the cleaning service’s convenience.

On the day of cleaning at about 3PM I received a phone call from Neylor who speaks extremely poor English and was almost impossible to understand. Neylor told me that the cleaning crew may not be able to make the appointment because they were in a “car accident.” I was very suspicious in light of the horrible customer service and communication issues I’d previously experienced. I told Neylor how disappointed I was with their communication and how I’d not received any response to my emails or phone calls.

He made some excuse about a change in personnel. He assured me that they’d make up for it by providing outstanding cleaning service. Shouldn’t they provide that anyway?? Neylor said if they had to cancel I’d get another electronic message letting me know. I was incensed at this point and told him I was having company the next day and needed the cleaning service – could he send another crew out Saturday morning? No, of course could not - he’d send out a crew at his convenience the following week!

Sure enough, at 5:39 PM they canceled the service leaving me at the last minute on a Friday night before having guests to clean my house myself! I was offered no compensation for this inconvenience. I had no choice but to rely on them to reschedule the service yet again! This time Neylor at least made the appointment himself. I told him the crew needed to be out of my house no later than 5PM that day because I had to leave. He agreed to schedule the service for between 3–4PM. He said I’d receive an electronic message with a time window, but said I could ignore it as he’d be sure they would be there by 4PM.

On day of scheduled cleaning the crew arrived at 4:30PM without even calling me about the delay! Thanks to their tardiness, I was once again inconvenienced and had to inconvenience others since I could not leave my house at 5PM as scheduled! The crew leader also tried to tell me that the crew of 3 would be spending a total of 45 minutes cleaning (for a total of 2.25 man-hours) rather than the 3 hours that I’d paid for! I managed to convince her of her error. The cleaning job was mediocre; I have had far better from other services.

I had 2 remaining vouchers so again tried to schedule the next cleaning – yes, I’m either really cheap or a glutton for punishment! Again found a huge deficit in availability and was unable to schedule another appointment until over 6 weeks later! Again, they could not give me a time window until “no later than 24 hours prior to servicescheduled date. Day before service at 7:39 pm I received a final ETA notification of 4-6PM. Once again, this is NOT 24 HOUR NOTICE! 18 minutes later I received another email giving me an ETA of 8-9AM! I called the service and left a message asking what was going on and telling them that this was NOT acceptable.

At 9:19 AM on day of service Neylor sent me an email apologizing for the confusion and cancelling the service altogether leaving me once again to clean my own house at the last minute! Unbelievable! How these people stay in business is beyond my comprehension! Do yourselves a favor and AVOID PRO MASTER!

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#354 Consumer Comment

GPM Forever Comfy Ordered 1 comfy jello pillow @19.95 TV Ad was showing 2 for this price +S&H was billed $114.70 Internet

AUTHOR: Janet - ()

POSTED: Saturday, March 01, 2014

Per a TV Ad - Gel Comfy pillows buy one @ $19.95 and they will send two for this price
plus S&H

I was billed for #J6N Forever Comfy S/2 Deluxe at      $39.95 & $19.90 S&H
 and    #J6P Forever Comfy S/2 Deluxe DS at $34.95 & 19.90 S&H
My total charge was $114.70

I have reported this to my Credit Card Company  Orchard Bank

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#353 Consumer Comment

cover up

AUTHOR: SHS - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 28, 2014

With all the postings to this thread that have nothing in hell's end to do with employess theft of business makes you wonder who would be be posting this nonsense to hide stuff? Not tough to figure out.

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#352 Consumer Comment

SCAM FEES THIEVERY

AUTHOR: Rolling Papers - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 28, 2014

These ATM machines that charge you a $2.50 is the biggest scam out there.  When you are taking out $5 or $10 thats a big chunk of what you are withdrawing.  These stores refuse to take debit cards so you have to use the ATM and they make even even more money.

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#351 Consumer Comment

horizon

AUTHOR: Devan - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 28, 2014

Just saw a Horizon Services commercial on TV.  They do plumbing and heating and ac work.  The commercial said they do background checks on their people and drug test them regularly.  Messed up that a plumbing/heating/AC place checks out their people better than a security company.

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#350 Consumer Comment

professionalism

AUTHOR: Confounded - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 27, 2014

My cousins have Oliver Security from KOP and sweras by them.  I have the Xfinity security package and it frickin rocks.  I can see and control everything from my smartphone just like in the commercial. 

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#349 Consumer Comment

DO NOT FALL FOR THE SCAM!! SCUM STEALING PEOPLES MONEY!

AUTHOR: kol - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 27, 2014

I ordered Cleans FX and Pure Garnicia in the light of helping my spacial needs daughter with her weight issues. I saw the add posted on Facebook connected to the Dr. Oz sight. It was a free trial that I only had to pay shipping for. One product was $3.95 shipping and the other was $4.95 shipping. This was a 14 day free trial and if you did not want to continue using the product, you could cancel. On the 13th day of my trial, I noticed my bank account had been jacked for $180 from these 2 companies.

I immediately called them both to find out what I was being charged for. They told me I was being charged for my next shipment. My next shipment? I didn't ask for another shipment and I am not even on my 14th day of my trial. I then told them to cancel the order and take me off their mailing list, asking them for a full refund. They tried talking me into keeping the product and they would give me $80 back and I could use the product. I told them NO I wanted a full refund and I would send back both products unopened!

After pulling teeth for a full refund, they gave me all the information I needed to return the products. They told me to make sure I put all of the return information on the outside of the return shipping package. It included the order number and a return merchandise authorization number. I did exactly that and took them to the post office for return. It cost me $10 for my return, but I was okay with that thinking I would in turn get my $180 back that they stole to begin with. I did not sign a contract with them, so how dare they take money they are not authorized to do!!

I was told return processing would take up to 2 weeks and then it would 48 hours after that, that I would receive my refund. Well, it has been 3 weeks now. Still NO refund and anyone I talk to says, they do not know if the product reached the processing department. So, I called my local Post Office of which I sent the products from, to find out if there was any way they could see if the product was received. The woman I was on the phone with said, " Oh my, you are not the only one having this issue with this company." Her and her husbnad and about 500 or so more people are also having the same issue!! This company has stolen money! Yes STOLEN money right from our bank accounts!! Someone needs to do something about this! I am thinking it wont look pretty for 500 plus people showing up at 12399 Belcher Rd suite# 150 Largo Florida 33773!!

This is an absolute crime. Had I or any other person stole money, we would be sitting in jail! This needs to be stopped and the money needs to returned to our bank accounts!!

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#348 General Comment

jk

AUTHOR: CS - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 26, 2014

What a joke

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#347 Consumer Comment

Geek-Tech Tool Box credit card fraud

AUTHOR: givingup - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 25, 2014

On september 18, 2013 I attempted to purchase what I thought was a legitimate software utility program called the GEEK-TECH TOOL Box. After obtaining my credit card number and charging my account $29.97 this fraudalent company told me to download the product. The company then fraudulantly signed me up for a ripoff automatic renewal for six months. This purchase was never meant to be a subscription program and never described as such. The company then automatically downloaded about 15 malware programs to my computer which were impossible to remove.

I had to buy a new hard drive and reinstall all my software to get back on line. The Geek-Tech tool box web site never ever download a program called the Geek Tech Tool Box to my computer. The web site is now inaccessible by E-Mail, telephone or mail because they have no valid address or telephone number. They probably do not have a valid business license. The company uses an account processing service called SAFECARD which equally quilty of aiding and abetting this on going cyber crime. The DOJ says they work only to protect big banks in support of the supreme court, the white and the US congress an that individual s have no legal rights or recourse. The DOJ the FBI, and our 6 trillion dollars intelligence empire are working very hard to insure the Global PolyMegOpoly will enslave the entire world. They already have control over all the world governments. The destruction of civilization and the murder of six billion people by the year 2100 is underway. The attack is to kill people financially, confiscate their property, then use their thrre million man goon squad to murder and incinerat the homeless bodies. I am not a nut case, I have 36 years of governmrnt and military service. The people of the united states or any other country never ever had a democracy, a representive government, or socialist or communist government.  These are made up buz words to incite discord and foment war among people. The rich traders (dictators) have always ruled over the slaves who now number about 8 billion. I do not expect that this report will have any effect on the situation since treason is now the order of the day. There are no lawyers anywhere that have the courage to buck the system.

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#346 Consumer Comment

asking for it

AUTHOR: DaveZ - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 25, 2014

hey if they was stupid enough to hrie their comp[etition to deal with customers then they deserve it when he tried to take business.  this is business and that is business.

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#345 Consumer Comment

RVTL & Equinox Charged my card for undisclosed foreign fee as well as BEFORE trial period was over

AUTHOR: Forex - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 24, 2014

Saw online ad for FREE product. Only have to pay shipping. I received the RVTL immediately. Like, three days later.

The Equinox was still not here after almost two weeks. Phone company to ask for status on delivery because I had not received.  I actually thought that maybe my order didn't actually go through when I ordered the second free product.  They located my order information and advised that the Equinox was on its way and they said, "Not to worry, Mam, we will extend your trial period."  I thanked them for that.  I didn't even have to ask first. 

Well, three days later I receive the Equinox and my credit card is charged for it.  My complaint is if you are going to give someone a trial period, the product has to be in the customer's possession for that trial period.  It should not be from the date of purchase.  When I called them I couldn't believe what they said!  They said to me that I didn't ask them to extend the trial period and that is why my card was charged.  I told them that I didn't have to ask because you offered it to me first.  Had I known they were being slick with their words. 

I should have known by the accents!!! I guess what THEY meant by extending the trial period is we will allow for two more days for it to hit your doorstep and then we will charge your card.  VERY SNEAKY.   I went off on the guy and told him so.  I asked at that point to cancel my subscription and got confirmations numbers from him and demanded an email confirmation of that conversation.  I did get that but am still worried that somehow I have been fooled again by tricky language and they will send product and charge my card again.  I am keeping an eye out.

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#344 Consumer Comment

Sprint Customer service is a JOKE

AUTHOR: PHL6 - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 23, 2014

Their customer service is lacking something so obvious... customer service.  I have requested a call back from a supervisor for 2 weeks.  I have requested it 3 times so far.  I think I've done my fair share, and I have since cancelled my lines.  Now they are trying to say that I needed to cancel before my billing close date, yet after a specific unmentioned date.  Now I have a $20 higher ETF for one line... yet I bought both on the same day.  WTF right?  They are so lost in their craziness, they are a lost cause.  Buy a goPhone for something else... Don't get suckered into this pathetic company.

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#343 Consumer Comment

wai

AUTHOR: Hoffer - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 22, 2014

What a ingrate stealing business from his boss.  POS.

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#342 Consumer Comment

Profits over Customer Safety

AUTHOR: Greg - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 22, 2014

On January 19th 2014 My wife and I hit a curb which popped the sidewall of our right side rear tire. This was on a  Sunday.   We pulled into the nearest tire place "a Midas on Ogontz ave in Cheltenham, Pa".  They replaced the tire and even asked if we had a road hazard warranty with them.  We don't have road hazard with Midas, its with you ( Tire's ETC.).  For our convenience and Safety, we opted to buy Midas full size tire.  There was a polar vortex storm headed our way and the last time we needed a replacement you had to order it. We didn't want to risk having to wait again.  We took the damaged tire back to the Tires ETC where we bought it in Clifton Height for a simple exchange under the road hazard warranty.  This was not simple.  

The tire was a few months old with only a couple thousand miles on it.   What we wanted to do was to exchange the tire (not a refund).  We would keep it since we have had so many issues with these tires.  We have now had two replaced and multiple repairs which you cant even find records for.  The male manager and service manager both were very, very rude and ganged up on my wife.  This has been our prior experience at this location.  I have been to this location three times for service and dealt with Kim.  Kim has always been professional and courteous .  I have also had the displeasure of dealing with your manager.  He is not a good person and in the wrong field.  His only focus was that we should have put on the mini drove from Cheltenham back to Clifton Heights to get him to fix it.  He claimed we had to have him dismount, remount and balance and that we had to buy road hazard again.  That's crap.  
Your manager is more concerned with getting a few bucks in a mount and balance and road hazard over the convenience and SAFETY of his customers.   He claimed he can only warranty a tire on a rim.  he went further to say it was Continental problem now.. I bought the tires from Tires Etc not Continental.   We went back to a Midas just down the road in Springfield they removed the new tire and refunded it less the mount and balance fee under a ride guarantee policy.      Since I was unavailable they even dropped off the blown tire which they mounted on the rim and even drove it back and dropped it  off at your Clifton Height store.  The next day I called to see if it was ready.  It wasn't ready.  That's crazy.  Did you forget you had it?  I told Kim I would be there in about 15 minutes.  I arrived and it wasn't ready.  I could hear the manager mutter under his breath about it.  I feel he purposely delayed the entire ordeal.  I waited 40 minutes longer and my car which was snow free from driving was completely covered and never even made it in a bay.   

I asked Kim to just give me the tire and I would carry it out.  She did as I asked.  I handed her a coupon and told her I did NOT want additional road hazard as I have grown to hate the management staff at this location.  She refused to accept the coupon as a matter of policy with the manager next to her agreeing.  She was in no way rude, she stated policy as facts as she believed them to be.  Not everything you are told is right and not everything you are used to doing a particular way is the right way.  I asked for a written road hazard booklet, she had none.  That was convenient.  She also refused the coupon as a matter of policy as well.  Road hazard is NOT a coupon or even a discount, but a credit.  The coupon should not have been rejected and I should not have had to purchase a product I do NOT want.  I understand I had to pay Midas for their labor for the convenience of trying their tire.  That was fair.  Your company is and will drive away business.  I intend on sharing my thoughts via facebook, yahoo. yelp, google, rip off report, and twitter if you do not respond appropriately.  I expect a refund on the road hazard and the difference of the mounting and balancing.  Personally I think you should give me back the $20 I paid Midas too.  I would have had them dismount a prefectly good tire if you manager was so abstinent.

P.S. My original reciepts says DOT #'s not on file.  Two of my tires are original.  Is it possible they were recalled and I was not notified because they were not recorded properly.  That is a safety concern.  Should I contact the NHTSA.  I hope you have them on file somewhere as it is a $10,000 fine per concurrence.  I am a concerned  consumer.  Management and customer service takes a strong person who does not make careless mistakes and can see customer concerns from more than one angle.  You manager had NO right to tell me how to feel and whether or not I should be happy.
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#341 Consumer Comment

very sad

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 21, 2014

My email has been dinging with posts that have nothing to so with this guy stealing customers.  Guess I don't have to say again the only person who would want to cover up what he did.

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#340 Consumer Comment

FRAUD

AUTHOR: GoDaddySux - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 21, 2014

I bought a Go Daddy package that included web hosting and 5 email accounts. I am using this for my business. The emails accounts that I set up do not work. Everytime I call, the tech support person says that the email that they have me set up with is substandard. That it doesn't always work unfortunately. They also said that if I want emails that work, I have to pay an additional $50 each, for a total $300 should I get my 5 FREE emails that came with my initial package. This is a complete bait and switch, and should be illegal if it's not. I am currently loosing business customers because my emails do not work and I need an attorney to sue Go Daddy for my loss of income. STAY away from Go Daddy at all costs.

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#339 Consumer Comment

Pick

AUTHOR: restor0005 - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 20, 2014

so which is a good security company and not a fly by the night company? Just want something good that doesn't cost me a arm and a leg.

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#338 General Comment

resources

AUTHOR: tlc5611 - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 20, 2014

Do the resources you get on google go put thru a virus scan before the link to click on is shown?

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#337 Consumer Comment

Gasmart #6 (Vickee)

AUTHOR: ninat0 - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 20, 2014

I worked for the man, Vickee at the #6 Gas Mart located in Winchester, VA. I had a family emergency and had to move back down to Fredericksburg, VA.

I asked "Vickee" to please mail both my checks. He did, but the one check that had more money on it bounced in my checking account. It was only 106.78. they also charged me 9.00 for the fee.  That was over a week ago and this man refuses to make the check good or help me get that hole out of my bank account. He claims he is sending me a money order.

I have not heard from him in 9 days. He is a rip off. There is a report on this site about a bad tank of gas and I really believe he is a rip off.

On Tuesday, October 01, 2013 He forced me to break up cases of name brand beer to create 4-6packs. I do believe that is against the law according to the State of Virginia about breaking up cases of beer from 24 to 6. It is a 10.00 profit.

He is very cruel to his entire staff. He will not make good on a pay check and I have no way of getting back to Winchester.

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#336 Consumer Comment

dollar store

AUTHOR: ChakerMJdaDJ - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

between the dollar store and goodwill store I saved a lot of money this month.

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#335 Consumer Comment

Tim Warner Cable When Is Something Going to Be Done About This Truly Despicable Company?

AUTHOR: Kim45 - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

I have never dealt with a company so corrupt and crooked. I have been a Time Warner customer for over 10 years and have only had to contact customer service probably three times in all those years. However, those calls to customer service have all been in the last year or so.

The first time was when I received an offer in the mail (which is almost daily) from Time Warner promoting a deal for a better package at a lower cost than I currently had. However, when I contacted them, for some reason that made absolutely no sense, this deal didn't apply to me. If I wanted the same deal, I would have to pay $70 more than I was currently paying.

And then today, I contacted them about the cost difference if I cancelled my cable and DVR, but kept my wireless internet and upgraded it to Turbo internet. They informed me I was in a contract until 5/2014 and I would have to pay an early cancellation fee of $150 which I was willing to do if the reduced cost of just the internet would offset that cancellation fee.

The representative told me the Turbo internet upgrade would cost $20. I then asked how much my total cost for wireless internet service would be and he informed me it would be more than I am currently paying for cable, internet, and DVR. Even if I didn't upgrade to Turbo internet, the cost savings of cancelling my cable and DVR would be less than $20/month.

After this experience, I had planned to cancel everything and find another internet service provider, but unfortunately Time Warner appears to be the only option in my area at this time. Regardless, even if Cincinnati Bell's fioptics hasn't expanded to my area by 5/2014, I will be cancelling everything and I guess spending a lot more time in coffee shops.

It is completely mindboggling to me that this company has been allowed to create a virtual monopoly without any type of intervention from the government or lawsuit. And now, with the Comcast merger, there will be an ever larger monopoly.

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#334 Consumer Comment

Scary

AUTHOR: concernedof safety - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 18, 2014

You can even get a job as a bank teller without them running your credit and making sure you don't have any foreclosures or IRS Tax liens before they hire you because a teller can get people's private information.  Should be the same for security companies if they are sending these people into your houses.  Must have money problems if he is stealing business and you have to be careful who you let in your homes these days especially with kids.  You here so many horror stories on the news about this stuff. Scary.

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#333 Consumer Comment

Monroe muffler excessive charges

AUTHOR: Ollie - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 18, 2014

had my 2 year old car inspected They already charge MORE than any company. There was also a $6.95 charge on the bill- I inquired about the charge- to my disbelief I was told it was for the PAPER mat at the driver's side and USE of a razor blade to take my sticker off-- People need to be aware of their deceptive practices- there are too many places out there begging for business- This is unbelievable!

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#332 General Comment

again

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 17, 2014

He's called trailer trash and then a post that has nothing to do with this is posted again. Coincidence?

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#331 Consumer Comment

Home Security Sales

AUTHOR: ShawnP. - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 17, 2014

This company has ended up on my Consumer Credit Report as a Hard Pull Inquiry.  I have complained numerous times to them to remove it as I never had any intention of allowing a credit check.  They have fought me on this and I am not sure why it's so important they keep it on my credit (Maybe angry I did not buy from them...which I made clear to the sales rep that day).  The sales rep came by my home and caught me outside; told me they were the ones that originally put in my alarm system and wanted to talk about my "free" upgrade.  I invited her in but emphasized we would not be buying today.  She asked for some information in order to get me the best possible price, because part of the free upgrade cost money.  I gave only my name, address, and birthdate...Nothing else.  My wife then cut the meeting short as we had to leave.  I told the rep we were done, and she was welcome to leave information, but she declined to leave information as she was apparently irate at the lack of sale.

 

That night, I was notified by credit monitoring that there was a hard inquiry which is rare and harsh on your credit score.  I fought the inquiry with the credit bureau and Better Business Burea.  For rebuttal documentation, Triguard responded with the "pre qualification" card which is apparently a free pass for them to cover their unethical actions.  The card says in Large letters at the top "PRE QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATION."  It does also at the bottom in TINY TINY print read "I authorize TriGuard Protection/Security Networks LLC to verify home ownership and review my consumer credit report in connection with this application for security services."  Barely readable.  No signature or even proof I filled out this card.  Did the rep fill it out for me? How is this legal?

 

 

 

Now, here it sits on my credit as a damaging hard pull for something I did not even want.  I can't imagine they are ethical when it comes to business.  I have also learned from a law firm that if they are ambiguous or misleading about how they present permission to pull credit; they are in violation of the FCRA. 

 

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#330 General Comment

WTT

AUTHOR: Zorin - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 17, 2014

Talk about bringing white trailer trash to an all time low.

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#329 Consumer Comment

Pimsler Approach Language CDs Bad Business

AUTHOR: Kate S. - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 16, 2014

This company lures you into thinking you are getting one thing and then charges you four times that amount and makes it very difficult to cancel before they get their hands on your money... which you didn't knowingly agree to.  I went to cancel and after a painstakingly long conversation filled with repeat phrases and blah blah blah... I finally made an agreement with the customer service representative only to be charged again the next month!  The supervisor didn't have record of my previous agreement with a customer service representative and said the person I spoke to no longer works there.  She would not honor my cancellation without charging me another payment.  I don't mind paying what I agree to but I do mind companies that use tactics to trick you.  Greedy.  Read the fine print and know exactly what you are paying for which is actually 4 times higher than you think it will be if you don't read the little teeny tiny print.  SLEEZY!

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#328 Consumer Comment

Rx express They sell prescription medicine for low prices but don't live up nor contact you back

AUTHOR: NoFlowers - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 16, 2014

I placed an order 2 days ago I got the run around for 2 days they offered shipment upon payment but soon as payment went through promised shipment but of course nothing no tracking number as promised no refund another run around asking for routing number and banking account but when said and done complete FRAUD the haver other complaints for Jan I've talked to several people and they are willing to come forward so check out this site including others and EXPRESS your concern for FRAUD

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#327 Consumer Comment

Brake replacement? For real?

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 15, 2014

An article on brake replacement on a Ford?  Who would want to post an article that has nothing to do with this thread just to confuse things?  Not hard to figure out.

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#326 General Comment

Brakes

AUTHOR: mechanic - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 15, 2014

This automotive "how-to" guide was specifically written to assist owners of the 12th generation (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014) Ford F-150 truck in changing the front disc brake pads.

Owners of other F-Series trucks or other Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles such as the Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, Expedition, Explorer, Edge, Escape, E-150, E-250, E-350, Transit Connect, Flex, MKX, MKT, Navigator and Mountaineer may also find these DIY front brake job instructions to be helpful.

The tools needed to complete this procedure include a flathead screwdriver, lug nut wrench, floor jack, jack stands, 13mm socket, ratcheting wrench, a "C" clamp, a new set of front brake pads and a packet of brake caliper lubricant grease.

A few compatible aftermarket front brake pads include the following with their part numbers: Monroe DX1414, Wagner QC1414 or ZD1414, Raybestos ATD1414SV, Bendix D1414, Motorcraft BR-1414 and Power Stop # 16-1414.

The first few steps are to park the truck on a level surface, engage the emergency parking brake and chock the rear wheels to prevent the vehicle from moving.

If your F150 is equipped with lug nut covers or "hub caps" on the wheels, gently pry them off with a flathead screwdriver and set them aside in a safe place.

Slightly loosen the 6 lug nuts with a tire iron by turning them counter clockwise.

Raise the front of the vehicle with a floor jack and securely support it with at least two jack stands. (I prefer to work on one side of the vehicle at a time for extra safety.)

Spin off the six lug nuts and set them aside in a safe place before pulling off the front wheel.

Behind the wheel, you'll see the front brake caliper, rotor, bracket and suspension.

Locate the two bolts on the back side of the caliper.

Loosen the upper caliper bolt with a 13mm socket and ratcheting wrench by turning it clockwise (as seen from the outside of the vehicle).

Then loosen the lower 13mm caliper bolt.

Remove both caliper bolts and set them aside in a safe place.

Carefully pull the front brake caliper off the old pads and out of the bracket.

Rest the brake caliper on top of the rotor or hang it from the suspension spring with a piece of twine or a bungee cord. Try to avoid stressing the rubber brake fluid line.

Pull the old outer and inner brake pads out of the bracket.

If your set of new brake pads came with new metal pad abutment or "anti-rattle" clips, pull the old ones out of the top and bottom of the bracket before installing the new units.

In order for the brake caliper to work properly, the upper and lower caliper slider pins need to be well lubricated. Pull the pins straight out of the bracket and apply a thin layer of brake parts lubricant grease to each one. Push the pins back in until their rubber dust boots snap back in to place.

Thoroughly clean off the brake rotor, caliper bracket, brake caliper assembly and the lug nut studs with brake parts cleaner spray. Do not use compressed air or blow with your mouth to clean off the brake parts since breathing in brake dust can be harmful to your health. Brake dust can be carcinogenic (causes cancer) if inhaled.

 If your vehicle previously exhibited shuddering, pulsating, or vibrations during braking, you may need to have your rotors "turned" (resurfaced) or just replace them with brand new rotors. If this is the truck's first front brake job and the rotors appear to be in excellent condition, you should be able to just replace the pads with great results.

To remove the existing rotors and install new ones, just remove the two bolts on the rear of the caliper bracket that attach it to the steering knuckle. Then loosen the old rotor with a rubber mallet, pull it off, and slide the new one in its place.

Attach the "C" clamp to the caliper using the back of an old brake pad to evenly distribute the force across the two pistons.

Move to the engine bay and twist off the brake fluid reservoir cap at the right rear area of the engine bay closest to the driver's seat. Removing the brake fluid reservoir cap will allow the brake fluid to more easily travel backwards through the system whe you compress the pistons.

Slowly turn the handle of the "C" clamp to compress the caliper pistons. You may need to reposition the "C" clamp to compress both pistons evenly.

Check the fluid level in the reservoir repeatedly while compressing the pistons to make sure that it doesn't overflow. Clean up any spilled brake fluid immediately since it can damage painted surfaces.

Replace the brake fluid cap ASAP since brake fluid is hygroscopic (readily absorbs moisture).

Apply a thin layer of brake caliper grease to any place where metal to metal contact takes place such as the outer rings of the two pistons. Do not apply lubricant to the friction surface of the new pads.

Install the new brake pads in to the bracket.

Push the new brake pads flush against the rotor.

Gently lower the brake caliper in to the bracket and over the new pads.

If the caliper doesn't fit over the new pads, you may need to compress the caliper pistons back a bit further.

Line up the bolt holes in the caliper with the corresponding holes in the caliper slider pins within the bracket.

Thread in the two caliper bolts by hand to prevent them from becoming cross threaded.

Tighten the two caliper bolts by turning them counter clockwise with the 13mm socket and ratcheting wrench to just past hand tight or about 25 ft lbs of torque.

Double check that both caliper bolts are tight before continuing on to the next steps.

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#325 General Comment

working

AUTHOR: TTss - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 14, 2014

Is this leech still have a job? People at fast foood joints can't hold a job and this scum steals busines from his boss.  Terrorist on society.  Worthless chesse finger sniffer.

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#324 General Comment

Leave it

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 14, 2014

Dude, leave your email on the voice mail and wait to see what info he or she sends you on the piece of fungus. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#323 Consumer Comment

Chantily voice mail

AUTHOR: MudPumper - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 14, 2014

Chantily I called your number but there wasn't any message, just the beep to leave a message.

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#322 Consumer Comment

SCAM TO CHEAT

AUTHOR: EsIAf - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 14, 2014

****PLEASE EVERYONE READ AND HELP STOP THIS SCAM****

Hello fellow mobile game players,

This is a new mobile betting game systemwhere you wager your skills and real money at certain games they operate with different mobile game companies. It is known that a group out of China and operating in the U.S. have a scam to beat other players almost all the time. Besides myself, I do know many other people who have played and are very, very unhappy because they cannot be sure they have not been scammed and impossible to prove.

It is also rumored that they have been aware of this problem for 2 months and have chose to ignore the problem and are not concerned about other gamers. For a relatively new company bragging about how well their system is, how safe it is, and all these security measures in place to prevent cheating and stealing something is not right. They obviously screwed something up in their fraud protection and need to address and fix this problem immediately and tell anyone you know that plays mobile games to stay away from their company.

They have no phone #, no address to be found, nothing but 2 cities listed. All the warnings about this shady company posted on various social sites inform people to not try and contact them through their username because they will not respond and will ignore your questions. Then they will ban you from all their games. So, everyone warned has said to make sure you email them at their customer service email only.

EVERYONE WHO HATES TO BE RIPPED OFF PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE JUST TAKE 2 MINUTES TO SEND THEM AN EMAIL STATING AND HAVE ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS SEND THEM AN EMAIL TOO:

notifications-support@skillz.zendesk.com   "DO YOUR JOB AND STOP THE SCAM"

THESE BIG COMPANIES LIKE TO BLOW OFF THE LITTLE CONSUMER AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET A RESPONSE IS IF WE ALL STICK TOGETHER!!!! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP FROM ALL OF YOU OUT THERE :)

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#321 Consumer Comment

voice message

AUTHOR: Chantilly - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 14, 2014

To who left me the voice mail message this morning the message cut off the end of your email address. I can email you the stuff you asked for but call or text your email address again. Thx. 757-504-2785

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#320 Consumer Comment

WideOpenWest WOW! Internet, Cable, Phone WIDEOPENWEST COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE!

AUTHOR: Marie - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 13, 2014

Wide Open West has, over the past several years, tried to grow without causing pain and suffering to their customer base.  It is with simple honesty that I can say this has and never will occur, because there have been numerous instances where I have lost my phone, cable and internet service without any warning regardless if they were "upgrading" and knew there would be interference providing any of these services to their customers.  

Recently I received an actual letter from their Chairwoman apologizing profusely for their oversight on these matters, with numerous similar email correspondence flooding my inbox; stating that WOW! has upgraded their service and have more access to customer service than every before.  However, they have shown again, that they are not up to the task.  Over the past several days the picture from their cable has been jumping, stopping and in queue to run normally, but it has not. 

Today, it is worthless.  I have tried calling their customer service number at 866-496-9669 but cannot get through, because that too, is obviously not working.  I dare say that none of the leadership in this organization is working let alone managing to actually do something about the consistently poor performance WOW! provides.  I have sent an email to at least seven of these "leaders" to let them know that they are either asking me or telling me to get another provider.  Enough already!!

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#319 Consumer Comment

Call or text

AUTHOR: Chantilly - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 13, 2014

I know all about what happened and what else was done.  Call or text me at 757-504-2785 if you want more info.

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#318 Consumer Comment

Flake

AUTHOR: MudPumper - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 13, 2014

Flake.

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#317 General Comment

see what you mean

AUTHOR: BresCrestor - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 12, 2014

i see what you mean about someone posting nonsense to hide what was relly being reported here.

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#316 Consumer Comment

Security Alarm Now Rebate is a rip off.

AUTHOR: CBenniger - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Rebate is a rip off. It took them over 3 months and with many follow-up calls to send the visa reward card that was part of the promotion.  The expiration date on the card was only few months after I received the card.  You would think they would give the receipant a year to use the card.  I couldn't use the card by the expiration date due to unfortuante circumstances.  I called them and called the bank that issued the card (The PrivateBank and Trust Company pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc), but they both gave me the run around for 3 weeks and finally told me basically I lost my $100.00 rebate.

I will never recommend Security Alarm Now to anyone, and will tell everyone to stay away from them.

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#315 Consumer Comment

sad

AUTHOR: Menthol78 - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 10, 2014

Sad trying to cover it up like this.

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#314 Consumer Comment

Stability HOme Protection Formally First Defense Security Owner Thaddeus Gravo is a snake artist and rips customers and employees off.

AUTHOR: atone49 - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 10, 2014

This company used to be First Defense Security. Buyers beware, the owner and all his staff are told that monitronics are the best in the business, they lie. They say the police are moving to a non response system, where they are no longer prioritizing calls unless they have two way voice verification. They tell people that the police companies are mandating the two way voice verification to sell there products.

They lie to the customer by using scare tactics to get them to upgrade and pay 20.00 or more a month and lock them in a 60 month contract. They say they are local dealer for monitronics and they are nation wide when they have one office with 15 people in it. Thad Gravo is the biggest crook out there. Hang up if they should contact you. They have licenses in Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. He is still trying to get licensed in other states.

He uses Alliance Home Protection to get sales in other states, Thad sold first defense to Alliance and when they started ripping him off he bought out his share but still uses them through monitronics... He cheats his employees on there pay and slowly nickles and dimes them so they are making less than minimun wage. He dont give you your last paycheck or he deducts alot from it to where you have nothing. Stay away from this company and its people!!!!!

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#313 Consumer Comment

guy

AUTHOR: WVVWVVWV - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 09, 2014

Threads aren't mixed together, just the stupid guy trying to cover up what he did by posting nonesense. Kind of have to laugh at it.

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#312 General Comment

Threads

AUTHOR: Rexxfield - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 09, 2014

Is another thread being mixed with this one?  A lot of the posts here seems to have nothing to do with  why this thread was atsrted to begin with. Weird.

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#311 Consumer Comment

internetduty.com/ Nationwide

AUTHOR: stayreward.com ceahted me - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 09, 2014

It is a cheating website.They are offering $5 t0 $10 dollars per click.I worked hard and the money reached $340.But i cannot complete their survey before payment.It is a trick.We will be payed only after the survey is completed because they  you are using cpagrip.com 's utilities.If you go to cpagrip.com you will be aware of what fraud activity they are used.when we click the downloading/survey link it will go to next page .it is an ebook downloading page.there is a link ,if we click the link it will go to another page that is  earning-money-notes-and-books.blogspot.in/.This page has hidden link with php?cl=true&l=53271&u=3605&id=2651">cpagrip.com/show.php?cl=true&l=53271&u=3605&id=2651. In this cpagrip.com website if anyone can use by userID and Password .After entering it they provide a platform by some tools which can be used Internet fraud.By click this link u can understand this cpagrip.com/monetization_tools.php .

Pls block cpagrip.com and internetduty.com and advise me how to get the money which internetduty.com have to paid me

 

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#310 Consumer Comment

express flooring crooks total rip off

AUTHOR: LMcN - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 09, 2014

Express flooring is a total rip off. Sold us on a product, but then brought out something totally different. Then sold us another product only to find out they did not have enough to do the job, half way thru the job. Not only did we end up with an ugly floor but did not finish the work on time. Paid by check, which they cashed same day. Stay away from this company!!!!

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#309 General Comment

Home Insurance

AUTHOR: Osmon - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 09, 2014

Home owners insurance would probably cover that.

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#308 REBUTTAL Owner of company

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AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014

After all of the time I wasted on here for this thread, would be nice to hear from the employee and see how he explains trying to steal from the company that feeds his wife and kids. 

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#307 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014

The employe of the Protection Bureau who used there position to try and steal business I think is the 1 posting all of the these posts that have nothing to do with all of this that was posted.  He knows he tired to steal business and he knows that is not good business,  If he was a man with any self respect for them he would say what he did and except the punishment. But he is not a man.

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#306 Consumer Comment

There he goes again

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014

Look who's posting things that have nothing to do with this just to cover it up.  If you didn't do anything wrong there wouldn't be anything to hide.

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#305 Consumer Comment

what kind of car

AUTHOR: SunnyDaysAhead - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014

what kind of car do you have that youy need security cameras mounted inside it? or do you do illegal things with your cars and thats why?

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#304 Consumer Comment

Generic

AUTHOR: UniPrac - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014

The generic kind of dish soap even the ultra concentrated doesn't seem to work as good as the name brand stuff.  The name brands seem thicker, the generics seem watery.  Just my opinion.

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#303 General Comment

Cars

AUTHOR: Brian W - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 08, 2014

Can security systems be put in cars like in a home?  Like with the cameras so I can see around my car and it phone gets a beep if anyone touches it?

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#302 Consumer Comment

Loser

AUTHOR: TSwift - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 07, 2014

Loser steals business from his boss? Fire the SOB. End of story!

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#301 General Comment

Case what?

AUTHOR: LastInFirstOut - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 07, 2014

Yeah like a professional thief would waste his time taking a crappy minimum wage job just to case your place hoping to grab your framed poster collection.  Your watching 2 much tv.

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#300 General Comment

Case

AUTHOR: SGreer - ()

POSTED: Friday, February 07, 2014

That'd be a great job for a thief, work for securoity company then you get to case homes and have the entry codes.  They should make a movie about that. Only way to make sure no on knows what system you have is DIY.

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#299 Consumer Comment

CoD BO

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 06, 2014

Call of Duty Black Ops you are as bad as the guy who caused this.  You add nothing to the debate and your posts are as worthless as the ones put here to hide everything.  Put down your video game and grow up.

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#298 General Comment

Still

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 06, 2014

Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#297 General Comment

john casablancas modeling Now called model and talent management scam,rip off

AUTHOR: meme - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 06, 2014

In 2010 I filled out a application for john Casablancas modeling, couple days later I received a phone call from them asking me to come in for me to come in for an interview. At the interview I was given a cost I would have to pay for the "modeling training"' but was assured that "they seen so much talent in me and my photos that after the training I would receive job offers" I signed a contract that day before leaving. Worst choice! I paid $1,379 for just the classes alone. Then it was $50 for every photoshoot. And if that wasnt bad enough they told me in order to be a petite model with my height I would have to tighten up my stomach. At this time I was thirteen years old and paid for all the expences out of my own college saving funds. Towards the end of my classes I started herring And seeing more about them ripping people off and not keeping their word to schedule jobs for the women and young lady's who had "graduated" their classes. That's when I stopped goimg ! Being so young and my parents knowing nothinof what to do in a situation like thus we left it alone' but now as I'm approaching 19 I wish there is something I could do to get that money back.  At the least warn young women of these awful people and make sure they understand to not go to through them because they will steal your money!!!!!!

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#296 Consumer Comment

Tom Tom Last "update" destroyed the touchscreen keyboard's functionality, and the device is now useless!

AUTHOR: BWW - ()

POSTED: Thursday, February 06, 2014

I purchased a TomTom device several years ago for use in my personal automobile.  As recommended, I updated it regularly, both for software updates and for new map information.  The device functioned well until the last “update” -- after which it has been rendered virtually useless and worthless. 

The last “update” which I downloaded from TomTom Home 2 completely wrecked the touch-screen keyboard function, making it impossible to enter an address or a location.  Since the device lacks speech-recognition capability, this has rendered the TomTom utterly useless.  As a result, the value and utility of this item has been destroyed by their “update.”

What’s worse, a diligent search of their website indicates that there is no fix or repair for this “update” – and when contacted, their support staff indicated that my TomTom was “no longer supported.”  It appears, then, that the “update” has had the effect of eliminating any remaining usefulness or value of this device, without any way to recover either.

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#295 Consumer Comment

Have the Facts Jack!

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Get the facts before passing judgment? Who do you think you are you uneducated hypocrite? I am not unemployed and would never take unemployment like a scum on society.  I work and provide for my wife and 4 children.  I provide for them, no one else. I respect my employer and would never try and steal business from him like you would and it is obvious you are the 1 trying to shut everyone up because you know what you did.  I do think this post is too long.  They should have fireed your ingrate a** because I'mm sure they know this wasn't the 1st time you tried to steal business.  You are every thing that is wrong with our country.  You think you can take what you don't earn.  Don't work like that son. I think you are about to be 1 of those sorry unemployed you said I was. 

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#294 Consumer Comment

Get the facts

AUTHOR: Getalife - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Get the facts jack@$$ before passing judgement. It's pretty pathetic tho you guys sit here all day posting on one individual you have no idea about . Don't you have better things to do like work or you sitting at home on your computer all day while working folks such as myself pay for your sorry unemployed self

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#293 Consumer Comment

None of my Business?

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 05, 2014

None of my business? Why are you trying to shut every one up? You the guy who is stealing business from his boss that puts food on his table?I do think this thread it too long but it is clear someone, probably you, is putting all the other posts on here that have nothing to do with anything.  Your boss gave you a job and put food on your table, why would you steal business.  It was said before on here, stupid and greedy is a bad mix.  And this is a public forum, I can write what I want so it is my business.

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#292 Consumer Comment

CLOSE IT ALREADY

AUTHOR: noneofyourbusiness - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 05, 2014

And for somebody who keeps saying this thread is too long and wants his email to stop dinging you sure do keep running your mouth alot about something you know nothing about . 

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#291 Consumer Comment

Clear

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, February 05, 2014

It's pretty clear who is posting the reports that have nothing to do with this just to confuse and cover up the original report of his actions.

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#290 General Comment

Say what?

AUTHOR: Playa4Ever - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Are all these posts related or is someone trying to hide things by posting all this?

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#289 Consumer Comment

Ticket Galaxy BEWARE. Ticket Galaxy is not in it to help you, their goal is to rip you off. Internet

AUTHOR: Ticketless - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Ticket Galaxy represents themselves as the promotional company for the events, like Ticket Master.  In reality, they are just a predatory company charging extraordinary rates for the same product offered by the promotional company.  They were actually listing tickets for sale that hadn't even been released for sale to the public yet.  Save yourself the headache and the devastating hit to your wallet.  PURCHAES YOUR TICKETS SOMEWHERE ELSE.  This is not a reputable company.  They are predators!!!!

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#288 General Comment

Jenny

AUTHOR: Reality Check - ()

POSTED: Monday, February 03, 2014

Jenny you can't expect the state to pay for background checks for private companies.  You hire these people to install an alarm system, you shouldn't let them around your kids anyway.  If you get a bad feeling from them just make sure you change all the codes the minute they leave.  It's not uncommon to hear in the news everyone and then about someones house being broken into even when they have an alarm system.  So either change the codes once they leave or google how to do one yourself, not that hard.  But my tac dollars shouldn't be spent to get background checks for your security company.

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#287 General Comment

Should be law

AUTHOR: MJT - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 02, 2014

You're right Jenny, if they are sending these people into your home and are around your family and supposably they know the codes and access points to your home and kids rooms, they should be background checked first.  The purpose is protecting your home and your kids and from what I read here seems more danger because you don;t know who the people are who now know how to get into your home.

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#286 General Comment

clearance check?

AUTHOR: JennyP32 - ()

POSTED: Sunday, February 02, 2014

If teachers and anyone  working with kids have to do background checks, and police get checked out, why don;t security companies have a law that they have to check out the people they send in to your home? Not doing it is like giving them access whenever they want and you don;t even know them.

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#285 Consumer Comment

Mustafa Zahid, Mohamed Alyousef, Jeffery Harvey, 940 238 1893, Timothy Kinloch, Mr WJ Marcus, Jeffery harvey LOAN SCAM, Purporting to be the ZAHID Holding Group, however they use a different domain,

AUTHOR: Arm of Justice - ()

POSTED: Saturday, February 01, 2014

I saw a Post, by the suposed Jeffery Harvey on linkedin, i replied to his BS post..... he sent me to the supposed Mustafa Zahid, the same name as a Pakistani Rock Star. Then Mohamed Alyouself will contact you, and all of them will try and get you to buy a Sureity Bond to "protect their investment".

They are trying to act like the Zahid Holding Group Of Jeddah SA. However they are not. They purchased a BS Domain zahidgroupllc.com to use their web for e-mails. however this is a fron they've also been linked to the MR JW marcus sureity bond scams of ALM limited.

ALM limited is another legit company they claim to be. 

Timonthy Kinloch is the same Retarted somalian, claiming to be Jeffery Harvey, HE is a SCAM Artist and a dumb one. They all are.

They will try and get you to buy a Sureity Bond, and take the $. Do not do business with these frauds, and if you do, please waste their time.  

SCAM SCAM SCAM 

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#284 General Comment

these days

AUTHOR: Safety First - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 31, 2014

these days you got to be careful about who you let in your home.  just because they wear a shirt with a patch on it doesn't mean anything.  most of these companies even pizza places that deliver hire the cheapest workers they can find and they send these people to your home and you don't know who they are and they should have to check them out more because you don;t know what can happen when they knock on your door.

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#283 General Comment

Dog

AUTHOR: Sensible - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 31, 2014

A big dog is the best security you could want.  Then you don't have to worry about who they send to your home and no monthly fees for them to call the police when the alarm triggers. 

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#282 Consumer Comment

Beware of giving them access to your credit score!

AUTHOR: NoGo4DaPoPo - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 31, 2014

Holy cow guys. Where do I even start. BTW I am writing this review based on MY experience there. OK so I found this great car online and decided to go take a look and a test drive. We chatted with the sales associate and manager if used car sales and couldnt agree on a price. No big deal, it happens everyday. So they kept calling us asking to purchase the car so finally we said well if we can get it for this certain price, then YES we will go over there and buy it right away. They finally said ok that price is reasonable lets sit down and make a deal.

So we get in there 2 days later, speak to the same guy we had talked to on the phone, but then when we say ok so this was the agreed price, is that still om the table? He says, oh upon further review we decided can't make that deal but we are prepared to sell it to you for the price we're asking for. I'm slightly irritated at this point because I felt that they said yes to our price initially just to get us in there where they had NO intension of even negotiating. So we said thanks for your time but no way.

The next day I get called by another associate asking if they can make another deal, i say no because of the switch-a-roo that went downt the night before. He then says the origional guy wants to talk to me. I say ok since i didnt see the harm. The guy gets on the phone, tells me that I should have taken the car and says, "Well I'll tell you for sure you WILL NOT find another car like this so you're better off just taking the deal." I politely tell him that I don't think thats necessarily true since barely used cars pop up every few weeks. By the way., the WHOLE time he is cutting me off while I'm trying to be nice and say thanks for your time though, good luck, blah blah blah.

So at the end, he says, " I want you to understand that the deal you're hoping for isn't going to happen. You know that right?" then he says "so you're not going to buy the car? thats it?" I say not I'm sorry. Then he says "OK fine." and HANGS UP ON ME!!! Are you serious?!?!?! How can a place of business allow associates to talk to potential customers like that?! So I immediately called back and asked to speak to a manager. I told him that was a horrible way to conduct busniess and I hope he doesn't allow his associates to treat customers and I would like it addressed. He says he'll talk to him, blah blah blah. He probably never did and let it go, i dont know. But I didnt get a call back.

AND one of the other horrible things is that while we were negotiating initially, he asked to check my credit scores for potential financing reasons but ASSURED me that it was a soft credit check and that it would NOT affect my credit score or show up on the inquiries. Well, 3 days later I get an alert on my email that there was a hard inquiry that took my credit score down 3 points. I look and IT WAS FREAKING M'LADY NISSAN!!!! I'm going to call about it today and demand it be addressed but seriously WHAT THE HECK!!!!

I cannot believe they are in business with actions and employees like this! What a horrible way to treat people looking into doing business with you!  AVOID THIS DEALER AT ALL COSTS!!!!!  I was willing to look passed the associate being so rude and hanging up on me but this was the last straw and now I am going to make SURE I tell everyone I know NEVER to go to this dealership again! I wish they saw these reviews and gave an explanation.

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#281 Consumer Comment

Big Names

AUTHOR: Crain - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Stick with the big names like ADT or Slomin's or Guardian.  They are big enough they pay enough to hire good people.  You try to go cheap you get cheap equipment installed by unqualified people.  Or like one post said here you can really just order the stuff and install it yourself and monitor it in your smart phone. 

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#280 Consumer Comment

Try Comcast

AUTHOR: Fan of Brian Roberts - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Have you tried Comcast?  I know for a fact they check all of their installers out because they are entering your home and if they didn't and something happened they would be responsible.  You can tell alot about a company by the people they hire.  Comcast checks out and reviews regularly their employees to make sure you are safe and that they are professional.

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#279 Consumer Comment

Radio Ad

AUTHOR: PrincessLeia - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 27, 2014

I never dealt with ADT but heard a ad on the radio for Simpli Safe and it sounded really good, they send you the wireless equipment and you install it yourself so you don't have to worry about these minimum wage people the security companies send out to your home and around your family.   Look them up online.  Good luck.

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#278 Consumer Comment

ADT Security Scam

AUTHOR: The Truth Sets You Free - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 27, 2014

I decided to install ADT Security in my home because it had been pre-wired for the security system. The technician told me that I would be receiving remotes for the system. However, he forgot to leave them.

I contacted my sales person about the technician not leaving me the remotes he had promised.  The sales person said his manager told him that I would get a remote. I waited for a day and a half but no call from the manager regarding the remote plus, I called the sales person several times and he told me that she was supposed to call me. I only had 3 days after installation to cancel if I was not happy with ADT and I was Not Happy with the customer service at the security company. No manager called me back and no one could tell me about how to get the remote i was promised!

I called my bank to see about the fee I paid for the installation and was shocked to discover that someone from ADT got a bank draft from my bank account for more money than what I authorized for the installation costs! So, i was also being ripped off at the bank!

Needless to say, I canceled service right away. Not only did I not receive what I was promised but also an ADT representative tried to rip me off with my bank account!! I am running far from this so called "security company," I feel far from secure with ADT.

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#277 General Comment

tax $

AUTHOR: CMB - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 27, 2014

Tax moneys taken out of my pay every 2 weeks and part of that goes to pay the police so if we are paying them, why shouldn't they put alarm systems in our homes for free since we are already paying them?

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#276 Consumer Comment

allinclusiveads.com They have told me they would stop taking payments and still take them! Internet

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 25, 2014

This company does NOT put out ads they are a scam! Then after two emials and them confirming emails staing to stop my payments keep taking per month I had to stop my card They do not even come close to doing what they say! and Sit back and take money every month even after They agreed to stop.;

 I will be seeking an Attorney and also go through Internet Fraud and ANYONE ELSE THAT WILL LISTEN TO GET THESE A****** OFF THE NET!!

 2nd letter stating I would like to stop account If Not I will go to Ripoffreport.com and anyone who will listen! I do not appreciate this!

STOP MY ACCOUNT PLEASE AND ALLOW ME A LETTER STATING THAT! PLEASE!!

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:55 AM, All Inclusive Ads
com" target="_blank">allinclusiveads@easysupportdesk.com> wrote:

Thank you for your order!

Order Information
Merchant: AllInclusiveAds.com
Description: All Inclusive Ads Membership
Customer ID: 83
 

Billing Information 
Tony F
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Total:   US $29.95

Visa
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Ticket #   129659-7204011544
Created:   01/04/2014 15:19
Status:   Responded
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#275 Consumer Comment

Xlibris ASI- A PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE COMPANY Xlibris They will not stop harrasing you to no end,, for money American base

AUTHOR: Craig - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 25, 2014

first I googled to find a publisher in Australia I thought I had found one but its Americon based in the Phillipines 

After a tacky sales pictch about a micheal Hill like discount and a one sided contract I said No 

they harrased continueingly untill I told them I would go to Fair Tarding this did not stop them continueing to email call me tell me I need there help and that my writing skills are No go Duh I know that 

Its a Body building book 31 pages anyone could help with it I would sujest DO NOT get involeved with this company if a govermenet agency does not deture them from contacting you nothing will I will be reporting them in

Australia to Fair Trading 

 

Dear Craig,

Thank you for your frank and swift response.

Here are the things that needed to be pointed out with your words and actions:

1. Your terms and conditions do nothing to support me I have written other books and printed sold them myself I am one for resaerch no one in there right mind would agree or follow your advise

- We are assisting more than 45,000 Authors. They have agreed to our Terms and conditions. Keeping an open mind and thinking of positive things that will happen to their books brought them to success which is a total opposite of who you are and how you see things. Yes, you have published a lot of titles but are they selling? Are they popular? Did Traditional publishers took a peek at your books? 

Think about it. 

You are looking for a self publishing house for your book's publication because you have accepted the fact that publishing your book on your own did nothing to bring your book to stardom.

2. I have advised you many times on my terms by telephone you continue to ignore my requests you continue with your sales techniques and pressure sales methods you are continueing to try to minipulate my words.

- With your terms? Xlibris, a very big company, and an established one, will not change our Terms and Conditions that we have been using for 16 years just for you. 

I, on the other hand is not being manipulative, I am simply and slowly letting you understand that this is what your book needs in a professional way, not using words that will hurt your ego. Publishing your book alone will still not bring success to you. You have tried that and nothing happened to your book.

3. I told you and told you many times do not try to justify your wrong to me Do Not try your cheap pressure sales technique on me I have advised you on my progress and what I wish to do your subject title Get Started! in the first instance is annoying and harrassing you have been warned about this your attempt on hi pressure guilt of your discount continuing harassment's statements refurring I am inexpirenced in this field and your correspondence will from this moment Stop

- Again, we are professional people here and we deal with Professional Authors, I hope you are one of them, we will try our best to let you understand how worthy it is to invest on your masterpiece. The discounts are there to be offered to Authors and it is a must to tell them the truth about the offer and how they can avail with this.

Yes, you are inexperienced compared to my end. You are good at what you do and that is writing. I am very knowledgeable about Publishing. This is my job and I have assisted a lot of satisfied Authors. If I will give in on what you want then what is the purpose of me helping you and guiding you and what is the use of looking for a self publishing house if you will not listen.


4.Lastly, Please do check your spellings and your grammars you badly need an Editor.

I will not force you on securing a publishing package with Xlibris when I know that you are not comfortable with it.

On my end, atleast I did try to save you from doing the same mistake again.

Goodluck with your book and with your future publishing house.

Sincerely,
Karen Gonzalez
PUBLISHING CONSULTANT
 Xlibris
ASI- A PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE COMPANY

Suite 1A, Level 2 802 Pacific Highway
Gordon, NSW, 2072 Australia
P: 1.800.455.039 ext: 7426 (AUS Toll Free #)
P: 0.800.443.678 ext: 7426 (NZ Toll Free #)

Its just never ending what do you have to say to get RID of them

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#274 Consumer Suggestion

Why

AUTHOR: Anonymous - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 24, 2014

Why are you trying to explain to them C Yellen when they hired him to start with.  It is their fault, why blame him for trying to get some business for himself.  Of course he goes for side action if he can get it, it is their fault for hiring him to start.

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#273 Consumer Comment

Explain

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 24, 2014

Protection Bureau can call this a scam and Brumbaugh can attack me telling me to shut up like the shill he is, but from a business sense, the Protection Bureau brought this on themselves by hiring a competitor to do their installation.  They have no one to blame but themselves for hiring him and then not addressing the issue when they discovered what he did. 

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#272 General Comment

DACM, MBCM LLC, Washington DC; RDR Properties, Dugan & Associates, West Coast Modern Construction Alan Cade, Leroy Davis, Bob Resnick, Deborah Dugan, Michael Omary, Susan Alt, Paul Lamars, OIG 1

AUTHOR: Sunny Gables Estate - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 24, 2014

 DACM Project Management is in the business of ripping off school bond money, government contracts and anything else with lots of money and little oversight. The worst part is they lure small-time dishonest people in to help them for a cut, but then screw them hard and fast and let them take the fall. If you refuse to go along with their scam (and they have MANY ways of stealing from people), like I did,

after they did some work on my beautiful, historically-designated million-dollar home in a beautiful neighborhood, THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT, make you pay for it while they take it right from underneath you and they want to watch you scream in pain while they do it because they're a band of thieves who have been together since college 40 years ago and rarely get caught (one person right now is serving 9 years in Ohio for a $15,000,000.00 mortgage scam they ALL participated in--but while Susan Alt sits in prison, they'll keep her money safe and sound).

How do they do it? Help from Leroy R. Davis Jr. & Denise with his shell company MBCM, LLC registered in Washington DC to grease a few hands, overbill West Contra Costa County Schools on Measure "D" so Alan Cade could stash the money in a "trust" account at the California Bank & Trust in Encino then kick back part of it to ol' Leroy. Cliff Dewey in the Office of the Inspector General's Office at LAUSD who overlooked complaints about over billing on the New Facilities and Modernization bond money...then when Alan Cade set up yet ANOTHER trust account and stole the "WE BUILD ON SAFETY" Rewards & Recognition money issued by Aon directly to Alan Cade, Deborah Dugan, his partner at DACM and Dugan Associates covered it up by paying of David Livingstone $3300 to take the hit.

Was it worth it? He then incorporated the name "We Build On Safety" and seems fine for being the fall guy. Bob Resnick of the Redondo Beach Pier also funneled public money into a trust account for Alan, circumventing the customary invoicing and payment procedures for tax purposes. DON'T CROSS THESE PEOPLE OR THEY MAY DO TO YOUR HOUSE WHAT THEY ARE DESPERATELY, MADLY and OUTRAGEOUSLY TRYING TO DO TO THIS ONE THAT IS HELD IN A CHILDREN's TRUST!!! DO NOT WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE OR YOU WILL VERY LIKELY HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE!!!!!

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#271 Consumer Comment

Comcast / xfinity xfinityxfinity tvcomcast TVcomcast triple play Comcast, Threatens to mess my credit if I dont pay them what I DONT owe!! and they DID!! Philadelphia Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: comcast_is_scam - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 23, 2014

I have been a Comcast customer since 2008, Always made my payments. I moved to different state 6 months ago, I checked my credit score 5 days ago and I saw that my score dropped 100 points because comcast appretnly sent me to collections for $860.37!!, I never received a letter or a call from comcast or the collection agency since I moved to different address. So I try to login my online account at comcast.com but its not working,

I call them and chat with them, trying to login my account but they would not let me log in!. I requested an itemized bill of the charges Comcast claim that I owe but no responce, They basicly are saying that I owe $480.37 for my bill and the reset for not returning a cable box and a modem, are you kidding why would I need to take your equipment, YOU KNOW its not usefull to any customer to keep it since they can NOT do anything with it,

so basicly comcast try to scam customers be sending them to collection saying they owe hundreds of dollars for thair equipment and bill charges that never exsists, I filed a BBB report but they never responded to the report. Comcast has gotten so big that they dont care about any customer, its like a mouse trying to talk to an elephant. Comcast messed up my credit and alot of other people I read online.

My last chance is take comcast to small court and try to get $5000 for damages caused to me and get the collection off my account and thats what I advice anyone who cant have comcast help them to do, at least thats what my attorney told me, it only cost $150 to file small claim with court, I will be doing so on monday and update it here. If anyone had same experince please share.

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#270 Author of original report

Rebuttal Title

AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 22, 2014

My original report on Protection Bureau and there employee Ed Sandy Hill Security was said stated this "I am a for hire business consultant brought into business to help stream line there operations and increase there profitability. I was recently hired to help upgrade a business and besides difficulty with Valley Forge Tape and label that I submitted a rip off report on, the business hirede The Protection Bureau to install a security system.  The installer actually had the nerve to try and talk my client out of usuing The Protection Business and use his own company Shady Hill Security or something like that to sell him a security system.  I don't know if this was The Protection Bureau doing a bait and switch or if this installer was trying to bite the hand that feeds him, but it was unprofessional all around. Anytime a employee does this you should call the dispatacher to see if it is legit.

My client and there business is in pa and alo had problem with Valley Forge Tape I am not the scam maybe they should have looked at there employee better instead of making fun of my spelling.Can they talk or write more then 1 language?

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#269 Consumer Comment

CPI Security-RIP OFF-NEVER, EVER USE!!

AUTHOR: Oracle - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 22, 2014

In 2008, I purchased a new townhome in a community.  During my appointment with the design center, a representive from CPI Security shows up to tell me about purchasing a security system for the home.  I'm sure the builder had a special agreement with CPI Security to come out and present as the company to use.  Nevertheless, I along with everything else I chose that day in the design center, I chose CPI Security as my new home security provider. 

After four years,  I decided to explore other home security protection options.  I called CPI, only to discover that I had signed a five year contract with them, and if I wanted to leave, I would have to pay $1200.00 to break the contract.  Of course, this was NEVER presented to me during the initial presentation at the design center.  If this had presented at that time, I would have never agreed to such terms.  OK, my fault for not reading the fine print and relying on the salesperson's sale pitch to sell me the system. 

Here is the thing I'm MOST angry about, I became very ill duing the fourth year of the contract and had to leave my home to move in with relatives.  To CPI Security's credit, they did lower my monthly payments to half of what I was paying.  However, during the ten (10) months that I was away from my home, I did not have land line phone services.  I called CPI Security and was told by a customer service representative that my home was still being monitored even though I did not have land service, to which the system was connected to, and that I had nothing to worry about.

Of course, I knew this was not/could not be true because the security system was initial set up to be connected via land line. I was too ill to argue with anyone, so, for ten months, no monitoring and I'm still paying CPI.  I called back at the end of the five years and was told that I still had one more month left on the contract.  I then called back in the one month period and was told I would still have to pay for one additional month and that they would come pick up their equipment (the "brain") for the system.

If you decide to use this company, beware of the five year contract and be prepaired to deal with rude, lying, and deceptive employees, from the sales people to the customer service reps.

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#268 UPDATE Employee

This is a scam

AUTHOR: The Protection Bureau - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 22, 2014

We do not, nor have we ever had a client by this name. We don't have any clients in VA other than a couple of major National accounts. Steven Levin Enterprises in VA doesn't even seem to exist. Try googling HIM. 

This report was made and addressed in July 2013 and somehow refreshes every six months, and our rebuttal has not yet appeared from July so we're writing this AGAIN.  The complainant can't spell and seems to like to log on and complain.

If you have any questions about The Protection Bureau and how we do business we URGE YOU TO CONTACT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.  We are a family run business since 1975. Check our website www.protectionbureau.com for detailed information about us and how we operate.  We also have an extensive client list and provide impressive references. 

We have provided our phone numbers and email addresses for a "Conversation", but have been unable to get him to respond . . . so - you pretty much get the picture.

Call and ask for Client Care and speak to me directly.

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#267 Consumer Comment

oranum psychics oranum is a scam,fake,greedy,psychics giving bad advice and they also disabled my internet

AUTHOR: roberthildebrand - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Oranum is a scam, fake greedy psychics giving bad advice and it also disabled my internet. This site has many complaints against it. Stay clear of this web site. It is located in Luxembourg, this is a very small country in Europe and it is not regulated by any laws in the United States. Save your money and get real help elsewhere.

There were many times when I witnessed members complaining because the system would shut down during private readings and all they were able to view was a blank screen. All I got was bad advice from it. There are videos on YouTube warning about this site as well. These are some of the greediest people I have ever met and for them to say they want to help people is a joke.
 
Stay clear of this site, they have hackers who will disable your computer and cause you lots of problems. I am serious about this, it is no joke. I have pasted the link to Youtube, please watch for your own good.
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#266 General Comment

problem

AUTHOR: Terrell - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, January 21, 2014

thats the problem with this country. everyone is greedy and thinks they;re entitled to whatever they want and no one wants to pay taxes and makes me sick greedy tax avaders.

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#265 Consumer Comment

Smoke & Fire

AUTHOR: MDaley - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, January 21, 2014

If he did it here he probably did it other times.  Where there's smoke there's fire.  Probably makes a lot of unreportable income doing this and when someone complains he says it was a misunderstanding.  People never change they are who they are.

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#264 Consumer Comment

Brumbaugh

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Mr. Brumbaugh, what I said was that this is ridiculous because half of the posts here have nothing to do with the Protection Bureau's employee trying to steal business and that they should have dealt with this immediately and made it right to the cusromer.  I don't know what you mean about reading or hearing about this on the news, have they reported it yet?  People here have posted about Channel 6 looking into it but I haven't seen it yet.  Don't be attacking me when all I said is that there are a lot of posts here that have nothing to do with the original post and seem to be made just to take away from the original issue. 

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#263 General Comment

Red Bull King of Darkness

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 20, 2014

Red Bull King of Darkness sees all Still ROTFFLMFAO.

www.pedigreedatabase.com/doberman_pinscher/dog.html?id=1851114-red-bull-king-of-darkness

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#262 General Comment

seriously??

AUTHOR: Brumbaugh - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 20, 2014

Do you believe everything you read about and hear on the news?? I dont think so.  This is one mans word against another.  You have a personal vendetta here going on.

Seriously y'all need to get jobs or find something to do useful with your time instead of being on this website all day writing about nothing y'all know nothing about.

And Yellen if you are tired of your email going off and complaining the thread is too long then unsubscribe and stop writing already.

You should never judge anybody you know nothing about.  You know what they say about KARMA

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#261 Consumer Comment

ANKDisplay ANK Display I-Scarab Ripped-off after months of legitimate business South Korea, Gyeonggi-do Internet

AUTHOR: TT2012 - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 20, 2014

ANK Display seemed like a legitimate company. We bought LCD Controller boards from them for a few months. At first, they were helpful, accepted our orders, and even agreed to do some customization work for us.

After months of business, we have a pile of their boards, a pile of orders from customers, and absolutely NO reply/support from this company now. It has been well over 1 month, and they do not answer their phones, or reply to emails.

We have invested thousands of dollars into their boards, and also into the customization work. The work was done 50% as it should have been. We have offered them many times to pay additional money to get the custom boards done correctly/professionally. They refuse to reply to us regarding this.

They have taken our money, and have NOT gotten the work done as it was supposed to be. Worse is that they do not reply to any Calls to the company or Emails.

PELCODE in Korea, a competing LCD Controller maker did something similar to this, but their communication and attentiveness was much worse than ANK Display. It seems to be a trend for these small South Korean LCD Controller/Display makers to simply stop replying to their customers after they have been paid. PELCODE stole over $3000 worth of product that we sent to them for tuning. Stopped replying completely. 

PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH EITHER OF THESE UNPROFESSIONAL COMPANIES. We lost a lot of money both times, and we hope that the same doesn't happen to you.

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#260 General Comment

so so wrong

AUTHOR: Michelle Alvarez - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 19, 2014

This company gives him a job in a depressed economy given everything said here about his past and he still tries and steals the customers? Disgusting. No class. This is everything that is wrong with out country.

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#259 Consumer Comment

Ridiculous

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 18, 2014

This is ridiculous.  Half of the posts here have nothing to do with the Protection Bureau's employee trying to steal business.  I am getting sick of my email dinging everytime this garbage is filed.  Should have just fired him and made it right to the client and avoided all of this stuff about Kansas and Cyrpus and blog business.

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#258 Consumer Comment

"BAIT AND SWITCH POEM"...

AUTHOR: Karl - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 17, 2014

is available at this site. Just type in 502469 and it appears in the consumer comments section at Ripoff Report #502469.

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#257 General Comment

Childhood Dreams & Designs Blatant liars with dishonest business practice Phillipsburgh Kansas

AUTHOR: Danielle - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 16, 2014

On November 8th I ordered a size 7 Laura Dare Christmas night gown for my daughter for Christmas. I was happy to find somone that sold this exact gown to replace one she received from grandma last Christmas (size4/5). These were her favorite pajamas ever, she squeezed into them nightly but would not give them up.

I placed the order for a size 7 which was a listed option on the website at that time. I received the order over two weeks later. When I opened the package the first thing I did was check to confirm I received the correct size. What I found was the bottom 1/8th inch of the size tag intentionally cut off to remove the size number. I emailed stating what I had found only to be given a Blatant lie for a response. I was told it was the last one in stock and they cut the tag to remind them to order more? Really, I wasn't born yesterday. I asked to exchange the item and the responses stopped coming.

What really happened was they removed the size from a 6x gown to pawn it off as a size 7. They also updated the size options on the website and sizes 7-9 are no longer listed for this gown. I mean, why lie? If an item you listed on your website is discontinued, sold out or was listed in error, just contact me and give me options? Why be deceitful and the lie when called out? In summary they didn't send what was ordered, lied about the situation and failed to respond when given the chance to make it right. Bad business practices for a bad business.

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#256 General Comment

Blog Business, Arthur Calman, Surgatov Denis, Emdai BC Ltd Blog Business, Arthur Calman, Surgatov Denis, Emdai BC Ltd, blogbusinessesonline@gmail.com, blogarticlesbusiness@gmail.com Nicosia Cyprus

AUTHOR: Entrepreneur - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 16, 2014

I purchased a blog for $20,000 with a promise to receive monthly payments of approximately $3,500 each month ($817.00/week).  I Purchased it from blogbusinessesonline@gmail.com (aka Emdai BC Ltd) with Arthur Calman as my business contact (may also useblogarticlesbusiness@gmail.com).  All I had to do was post articles from another website onto my site daily.  Payments commenced like clockwork from week 1 and for 13 straight weeks ($10,621.00 returned from investment).  It was at week 13 that I decided to upgrade my blog to a $40,000 blog.  The upgrade was an increase to approximately $7,000 each month ($1,634.00/week).  I received one payment from the upgrade ($12,255.00 returned from investment) and then payments ceased.  I contacted Arthur (yes I contacted him, not the other way around) to inquire about the lack of payment.

My email stated:

Good Day Arthur
I understand weekly payments will stop for a couple of months.  I have not received word and was wondering if I would be informed.  Is that correct?  Is the two months firm or could it be longer?  If so, will payments come less frequently (like once a month or every other week) or stop all together?  On what date do you expect payments will resume if stopped all together?   Will payments missed be made up or just resume as normal?
If payments will stop all together, I would like to exercise my 6 month money back guarantee on my $20,000 increase (not my initial investment).  Once payments start again, I can then increase my blog back to $40,000.  This is the best option for me at this time as I need the cash flow… I wish I could wait until the blog resumes weekly payments, but unfortunately I am unable.  If payments will come less frequently, I may be able to wait the two months with reduced payments from the blog.
Thanks for understanding.
Please let me know how I go about receiving a refund if that is the step I need to take.
Regards

Before receiving an answer, I sent:

Arthur
In reference to my email below.  Have you considered the option of reducing payments by 75% for 2-4 months or paying owners one payment per month for 2-4 months to save the money required to build the central website?  It is disturbing or shocking to have payments stopped completely.  Please let me know if you have considered these options as I feel owners would be more receptive to reduced payments than no payments.
Please advise.
Regards
 
I then received an email from Arthur that stated:
 
Hello XXXX,
We now continue payments for small blogs (under $5,000). For bigger blogs we stopped payments for 2 months. This will allow to collect the money for blog network’s site and its promotion. Otherwise it will be impossible to run this business successfully. That’s why we ask not to stop articles posting for these months, even if they are not paid.
Regards,
Arthur

For the first month, when I contacted Arthur with questions, affiliates (interested investors) or updates, he responded.  In one email, he stated:

Hello XXXX,
As I wrote, we plan to complete website building in 2 months. And we plan to restart payments by the 10th of December. Maybe it will be earlier if we finish the work earlier.
Regards,
Arthur

In another, as further explanation for the shutdown, he stated how much the business would save and that the money was for the central website and promotion.  I went on business as usual, still posting articles daily as he asked, but then he stopped responding to my emails.  I got nervous.  It was then I sent an email to Arthur requesting a refund (for the second time), but only of the money sent for the upgrade ($20,000).  A 180 Day Money Back Guarantee was included with the blog purchase.  I was willing to accept any fees associated with the transaction.  No response and no refund.  Then, when the date he promised to resume payments came and payments did not resume, I ceased posting.  I still own the site that is CURRENTLY making me no money, but I own it at just under a $28,000 loss.  For lots less money I could have created my own blog.  This blog came with promises of a paying clientele and immediate return on investment.  The problem is, you never get it all back.

What is troubling in this situation is the fact that the three investors I was acquainted with never received notice the payments would stop.  That was unfortunate and unprofessional.  I never would have upgraded had I known… BUT, that is what a scam artist will do, SCAM YOU!  Arthur Calman is good at his job.

I later discovered several other investors around the United States are in the same boat.

Doing Business as:

Emdai BC Ltd
Blog Business
Arthur Calman
Surgatov Denis

***AVOID THE TEMPTATION!!***

***LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE BECAUSE IT IS!!***

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#255 General Comment

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AUTHOR: Mikie the T - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Why would a security company ever hire this loser? They send him in to peoples homes when all the people want is security? That's messed up.

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#254 Consumer Comment

Compare

AUTHOR: HideAWire - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Compare them to Hide A Wire at www.hideawire.net with great testimonials at http://www.hideawire.net/testimonials better than ADT and local with flat rate pricing.

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#253 Consumer Comment

CoD BO

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Call of Duty Black Ops.  Looks like you can't spell now. Go back to your video game and stop mocking people.

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#252 General Comment

My BIOTCH

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 13, 2014

You should have called the cops on my biotch Sandy but nor cause he is a stupid greedy chub mincher cause he losses the Friday Night SMACKDOWN.  You 2  tard biy. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#251 Consumer Comment

Cops

AUTHOR: Anonymous - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 13, 2014

You or your client should had called the cops on this guy. Trying to steal business is just like kid at Burger King thinking stealing burgers and fries. 

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#250 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 11, 2014

Fred I didn't know about the complaints to the BBB before I had my client contact them and I didn't know that they sent in there employees who had there own companies and were trying to steal business for themselves.  My client felt very uncomfortable ablout being placed in that situation and should have either gone with 1 of the bigger companies or do what you saided.

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#249 Consumer Comment

DIY

AUTHOR: FredP - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 11, 2014

Why didn't you just but the equipment online and have your client install it him or herself.  It would have been cheaper and probably more professional given how you said the installer treated your client.  Then your client could hook the system up to his internet and monitor everything anywhere around the world on his smart phone.  less money and much much better product, and then you don't have to worry about the security company not properly vetting their employees and who they send in to your home or business. 

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#248 General Comment

low life

AUTHOR: ShaunT - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 11, 2014

What kind of low life loser tries to steal business from his boss that puts food on his table? Did they fire him?

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#247 General Comment

doose bag?!?!?!?!?!?!

AUTHOR: Kukuxumusu - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 10, 2014

doosebag? lmao. learn to spell.

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#246 General Comment

doose bag

AUTHOR: Anonymous - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 09, 2014

Is the doose bag whose accused of stealing business the same guy posting all this other stuff to distract? F**king moron.

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#245 Consumer Comment

Benefit Wallet Benefit Wallet HSA rips off customers

AUTHOR: J - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 08, 2014

I changed health insurance providers at the end of the calendar year, and needed to close my Benefit Wallet HSA account.  Through mulitple (five) unsuccessful attempts with the customer service reps (who are based in the Philippines), I have been misled and been given conflicting information.  I have still not been able to get mymoney out of the now "closed" Benefit Wallet account and have incurred fees at my bank attempting to deposit my close out check. They do not offer the option to immediately speak to a supervisor, and the "supervisor call back" requests I have placed are either ignored or lost. I'm an educated medical professional, and it's enough to make me tear my hair out trying to work through this. There's no end in sight.

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#244 Consumer Comment

Reptutable Alarm company

AUTHOR: Sailors - ()

POSTED: Monday, January 06, 2014

You should have had your client go with a reputable company like ADT or Guardian.  You go 2nd or 3rd rate you get these types of installers.

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#243 Consumer Suggestion

Miguel Pagan gurugueb App Cat Rip Off, Scam 30840 Murcia Internet

AUTHOR: AppCatRipOff - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 05, 2014

AppCat.com promised when I signed up that upon paying the license, any app I produced for my clients would not have a renewal fee EVER.

Not only that is NOT TRUE, since they're now enforcing a $7,99 fee monthly for all apps produced for clients (which means, they were sold to clients WITHOUT any renewal fee and now means we as company have to pay on behalf of our clients), secondly it's been impossible to liaise with any customer account manager, customer support, no email contact that's valid, no phone contact...

The whole thing is a massive scam, leaving all of us, marketing agencies and end users having to pay, or shut up. AND EVEN WHEN WE HAVE PAID!!!.. still, they take the money, and apps are not activated either!.

We get these messages that "this is a family run business", and also "look at terms and conditions" where you find that there's 2 set of terms and conditions. 1, it says that "these are our terms.. if we don't like the way you complain, your language, we cancel you off", and 2, the "legal stuff", where you ge the usual legal wording.

Quite unbeliveable, that you also get the automated response "this is a family run business, Claudia, Ben,.. and some other made up retard with a different name, whether that is true.. or not".

This "company" is ripping people off, including reputable marketing agencies and the clients they represent.

Is there anyone in the USA that would care and put these guys in a court room? Even better, in jail!!?

Not the first rip off in history that looks "like the real thing", but eventually turns up to be a massive scam.

USA, SPAIN... EVERYWHERE.. BEWARE.

You're signing up to a "solution" that creates more problems than actual solutions.

Jail time for crooks like these guys. Or we will continue to be ripped off online by good looking marketing that has nothing to back it up with in the end.

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#242 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 05, 2014

Dan you dad never paid his bill not once time and I met with him and his manager and there employees 11 times for preparing there business plan. You are mad because I won lawsuit and your dad had to pay because he lost. Your dad as bad as these people here and trying to steal there clients.

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#241 Consumer Comment

Levin is a rip off artist

AUTHOR: Dan Valerio - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 05, 2014

My dad hired Levin as a "consultant" for his business and all this bozo did was charge money and give useless advice and then blame everyone else when his advice didn't do squat.  Scumbag.

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#240 Consumer Suggestion

smartestphoneapps.com IdeaOverTen.com, BusinessCreatorPlus.com, EasyBuildSite.com, Easy-Build-Site.com, AllianceInternetMa I was Defrauded by Edward R Kundahl of SmartestPhoneApps.com Allentown Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: robd - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 05, 2014

12-26-13 Charges of Fraud and Breach of Contract asserted against: Edward R. Kundahl of IdeaOverTen.com, SmartestPhoneApps.com, BusinessCreatorPlus.com, EasyBuildSite.com, Easy-Build-Site.com, AllianceInternetMarketing.com, SecurePayNet.net, IOTDomains.com and HavenInternet.com, which are resellers of WildWestDomains.com which is a primary reseller of GoDaddy.com                                    

“I live on the internet. I can make your life hell.”                                                                                                                     - Edward R Kundahl

The above quote is a threat made by Edward R Kundahl against me when I informed Edward R Kundahl that I would be charging him with Fraud and Breach of Contract. I was defrauded by Edward R Kundahl of IdeaOverTen. I paid $7,175 for a 2-month website project. It has now been 12 months with nothing to show. My requests for a refund have been denied. I have since done a thorough search of Edward R Kundahl using search terms "charges" "judgment" and "sentenced" and I have learned he served 10 years for several counts of Fraud and Attempted Murder, -------------

Stay far away from Edward R Kundahl of IdeaOverTen.com, SmartestPhoneApps.com, BusinessCreatorPlus.com, EasyBuildSite.com, Easy-Build-Site.com, AllianceInternetMarketing.com, SecurePayNet.net, IOTDomains.com and HavenInternet.com

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#239 General Comment

gardening madeeasy imponline.com i nternational masters publishers, inc. costs total... really montoursville Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: poison pen - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 05, 2014

I was taken in by what seemed like a good deal for a garden book. Turns out you get 36 cards for about $5 +$1.25 P&H and pay 7.95 per 12 cards + 1.25 P&H or 3sets o 12cards(36) + P&H. Real cost of book .....$683.70 + $36.25 for minimum P&H if get 3 at a time, but $107.50 if 1 packet at a time. I'm sorry but the book is NOT worth almost $700 !!! People should know what they are signing up for.  I went through alot of trouble to get the 86 packet information. YIKES !

Gardening Made Easy my fanny !! Major rip off !

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#238 Consumer Comment

Windford High School diploma, high school, g.e.d, Philladelphia Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: Reporter - ()

POSTED: Sunday, January 05, 2014

today is 1-5-2014, I have been talking to a representative from Windford Highscool, which is an online school that claims to be accredited. After calling to prentend like I was enrolling, I began to question their schooling. Upon furhter questioning, the rep hung up on me. I called back several times and the rep continued to hang up. This school is a rip off and post on every page to get word out.

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#237 UPDATE EX-employee responds

Stupid Alcoholic

AUTHOR: - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 04, 2014

Whacha expect from a stupid alcoholiic woman beater.

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#236 General Comment

Security Company

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 04, 2014

What kind of security company doesn't check out its employees before he hires them? Douce loser.

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#235 General Comment

second lanhuage

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, January 04, 2014

Hey Yellen I don't need to speak a second language.  This is America and English is our language.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#234 Consumer Comment

Nothing to do with this

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Friday, January 03, 2014

How do you know if he has a green card or not and that has nothing to do with what the Protection Bureau employee did to his client by trying to steal business.  Making fun of someone because English is his not his first language shows how stupid you are. Do you even speak a second language? Your english is all cursing from what I read.

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#233 General Comment

Green Card

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, January 02, 2014

He can't report them to the IRS, he doesn't have a green card and can barely speak.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#232 General Comment

IRS

AUTHOR: Martigan - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Should have just reported him to IRS. If he's taking business on side for himself probably hiding income to. And you get a reward if they say he owes back taxes.

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#231 Author of original report

Channal 6 email

AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Got email from Channel 6 from Monday I just saw and they want to talk to me and show me what else they found about there investigation and get my opnion and my clients about what else they found.  I don't think this was first time. If there employee tries to have you go with there company and not company you called to work, call dispatcher to see if it is legit so he can't steal business anymore.

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#230 Consumer Comment

Scam Artist - he is a scammer and has failed over and over in his own businesses! Stole 15k from me!

AUTHOR: Anony - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 30, 2013

 I bought a website from this scam artist Phil Autelitano off of Craigslist and it was so-so. I could not blame him for that not being that great, as I did not market it the way i should have and I was stupid enough to buy it from this scammer on Craigslist. The problem came later. Several months after I bought the website, Phil Autelitano emailed me about how he was looking for a loan and in return I would get residual payment, an opportunity to earn income through marketing and stock in the company. Phil Autelitano borrowed 15k from me on the promise I would be paid back, I would get stock, I would be on the board of directors of the company, etc. None of these things happened. What happened was Phil Autelitano scammed me. He stopped returning emails for weeks at a time. He never paid me the monthly residuals I was supposed to get always citing some BS expenses at the last second. He would not provide financials. He is basically daring me to sue him because he knows it is costly and difficult long distance. I have lost my money to this scam artist. He is a liar and a cheat. Before you buy any of his BS marketing knowledge ask him why his crappy business supposedly could not pay back the loan I gave him. The loan was a personal loan as well. Any that can help me get my money out of this scumbag you can keep half!!!!! STAY AWAY FROM PHILAUTELITANO.COM, HARDCORE CREATIVE OR TURNKEYPRINTSHOPS.COM. Now this peice of excrement is offering a "1 day website jam" where he will rip you and 5 of your friends off! Hopefully no one is stupid like I was and buys into his smooth talking BS. What kind of "GURU" is so flat broke that he cant pay back 15k or a stupid TAX LIEN from the IRS? Or is he just another scammer hopping from sucker to sucker? Think about it before you do anything with Phil Autelitano!!!!

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#229 Consumer Comment

Fake Link

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 30, 2013

 Yeah I saw that same fake link to the Jpeg on at least 4 other reports.

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#228 Consumer Comment

Fake Link

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 30, 2013

That link was to a Jpeg file.

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#227 General Comment

same guy

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 30, 2013

is this article about same guy here

http://tinyurl.com/non8yqb

 

 

 

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#226 Consumer Comment

Nino Scalamandre Diane A. Vandeweghe, Shana Zaman, Franco Scalamandre, Christopher Brown Alleging Investigation Reveals Numerous Lawsuits Alleging Extortion, Racketeering in Organized Crime Act

AUTHOR: Harris - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 30, 2013

Diane A. Vandeweghe, Shana Zaman, Nino Scalamandre, Global Corporate Finance LLC, Headquarters Capital Management LLC, Franco Scalamandre, Christopher Brown, Global Emerging Markets (“GEM”),

- Investigation Reveals Numerous Lawsuits Alleging Extortion, Racketeering in Organized Crime Act, Upfront Fee Scam, Fraud, Litigation, Failure to Fund, Fraudulent Inducement and Conspiracy, Unfair Trade Practices, Dishonest Business Practices, Alleged Investigation by Federal FTC for Unethical/Unscrupulous Activities.

Allegations: A friend of mine related she was an agent working on a transaction she was looking to fund and she was allegedly contacted by this Nino Sclamanadre person. He claimed to be the head of a 5 Billion dolar private investment firm.

"Global Corporate Financial (GCF) is a private investment firm operating as a consortium of funds and associated with collectively over $5 billion in committed investment capital."

An investigation into Global Corporate Finance LLC reveals they have done NO transactions and have no real funds under management. But by the time I tried to help her it was too late.

They had allegedly played some kind of shell game with her clients and basically took them away from her but also took her clients for a ride.

They also had to pay an upfront fee in $15,000 cash for "legal work".... yea right :-)

They also do not provide any real investments into companies. Evidently what they allegedly do is take a company shares, dump them in the market and take that cash and give it to the company. It seems they claim they need the shares to prevent delivery falure but in fact they just sell the shares before they give the cash. Text book case of a "death spiral" funder.

If you look at the linkedin bios of their team they claim to be a "$3.4 billion alternative investment group that manages 
a diverse set of investment vehicles focused on emerging markets across the world." They also claim to have done hundreds of transactions.

However they never show any financials and they do not actually have any funds under management Global Corporate Finance also claim to be a 3.4 billion group yet they show no transactions whatsoever. They also do not show any previous transactions.

Who is this Nino Scalamandre the head of this 3.4 or 5 billion, depending on which bio you read?

I am not sure but Franco Scalamandre is allegedly his brother and a disbarred lawyer.

Google "Franco Gino Scalamandre - california bar" see he was forced to resign with charge pending

so Franco Scalamandre is a disbarred lawyer who resigned with charges pending? Now lets dig a little deeper into his company background and get our friend google to help us out. Turns out Franco Scalamandre is the managing director of yet another supposed 5 billion dollar private equity firm Global Emerging Markets North America, Inc GEM

if you google "Court Enforces Engagement Letter That Had Never Been Signed" it makes interesting reading about his employer Global Emerging Markets North America, Inc. ("GEM"), I can only guess that this is the global consortium Nino Scalamandre claims to head up. If this is the case then it is easy to see why he does not publish any of his transactions.if you google "Wang Ruiyun GEM global yield fund limited" This GEM firm Nino Scalamandre heads is allegedly charged with "market rigging" and that target of a company that sought damages of 147,000,000 now  google "Case 3:07-cv-01562-L Document 45 Filed 12/06/07" Yet another firm has brough a lawsuit for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, fraudulent inducement, declaratory judgment, and conspiracy.

google "RA Global Services Inc et al v. Apps et al" google "Magic art of turning Tk 43 into Tk 1,200"

GEM Global bought a huge chunk of shares at a price of Tk 375. But, within a month and a half, the foreign firm dumped all its shares at a price of Tk 909 each on the bourses, pocketing an astronomical amount of profit.

It repatriated more than $2 million from Bangladesh within a month and a half investing only $500,000, SEC told the Court.

"It is not investment, it is just speculative trading."

"GEM-Investment-PT.-Agis-Tbk.-Threatened-Court"

you will see they invloved in yet another lawsuit.

if you google "Victor Muller’s games continue: Are the new Saab shares ending up in Russian hands?"

"GEM acts only as intermediary and who is actually buying is a mystery."

if you google "gem global yield fund The UK Trader's Bible: The Complete Guide to Trading the UK Stock Market"

"GEM borrows shares from shareholders to short the stock"

 google "Ridgeline announces $ 140 million dollar lawsuit against Global Emerging Markets, NA Inc."

Ridgeline will pursue civil charges including Fraud, Tortious Interference, and additional claims under the Racketeering in Organized Crime Act, which qualifies for treble damages. Ridgeline will also show  that GEM attempted to extort cash payments from Ridgeline, and its current CEO, Danzik under threats of GEM releasing negative news on Ridgeline via wire services in the U.S. and Canada


GEM has made claims to have an investment fund worth over a billion dollars.
However they never produce financial statements.

Further progress of the legal action by Ridgeline will also show GEM was involved in an attempt to setup a 
fraudulent investment in CWT, where GEM would purport to invest a total of US$ 4,000,000, but in fact was 
arranging a fraud, where the investment would be returned to GEM within few days, without the knowledge of 
the true owner and seller of CWT, which was CWT Enterprises Canada, Inc.


Who else has had a bad experience with these guys? I did notice that they announced several deals with usa listed companies who never filed a registration statement which makes me wonder if they are using a shareholder loan structure to bypass SEC scrutiny?

Can you ring some of the companies they list on their GEM website and ask them their experience with them?

Diane A. Vandeweghe, Shana Zaman, Nino Scalamandre, Global Corporate Finance LLC,  Headquarters Capital Management LLC, Franco Scalamandre, Christopher Brown, Global Emerging Markets (“GEM”), - Investigation Reveals numerous Lawsuits Alleging Extortion, Racketeering in Organized Crime Act, Upfront Fee Scam, Fraud, Litigation, Failure to fund, Fraudulent inducement and Conspiracy, Unfair Trade Practices, Dishonest Business Practices, Alleged Investigation by Federal FTC for Unethical/Unscrupulous Activities.

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#225 General Comment

thank you

AUTHOR: Emily - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 29, 2013

 Thank you Steven. I read what you wrote and everything that came to light about him and will just go with Xfinity. Want me and my kids and mom safe with no worries. Thanks again.

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#224 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 29, 2013

Emiley what he did when he was there employee is in my first 1 posting on this post. Reread and you can email me if you have any questions.

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#223 Consumer Comment

Xfinity

AUTHOR: Mark - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 28, 2013

Welcome.  I don't work for Xfinity.  Just when I switched from Fios to Xfinity I got the security upgragde.  The guy who installed mine was the same as the cable and internet and phone and did it all at the same time.  If you already have Xfinity would probably be the same guy so you should have no problems and not the stuff people are complaining about here with these companies.  Good luck.

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#222 General Comment

what did he do

AUTHOR: Emily - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 28, 2013

Thanks Mark.  I have Xfinity now and will see what they charge.  Do you know if it is the same guys who installed the cable?  They were great.  What I read here about some of the installers kind of makes me a bit leery. Do you work for Xfinity?

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#221 Consumer Comment

CoD BO Xfinity

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 28, 2013

CoD BO someone asked a real question about other alarm companies then the guys being complained about and was told to check out Xfinity and you stuck your nose in like the stoned teenager you are. Your parents should cut your internet until you act your age.

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#220 General Comment

XFinity SMACKDOWN

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 27, 2013

You really think Xfinity is any better than these scammer scum? The Red Bull King of Darkness knows.  SMACKDOWN Steel Cage Match is coming.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#219 Consumer Comment

Xfinity

AUTHOR: Mark - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 27, 2013

Go with Xfinity Security.  I tried them and love them and their installers and technicians are always professional.  These guys here are scammers it looks like.

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#218 General Comment

what did he do

AUTHOR: Emily - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 27, 2013

What did he do to your client?  Did he threaten them or was he just saying he could do it better or cheaper than his employer?  Looking at security companies and none of them really stand out from the others. Just want a simple safe system that works but don't want to deal with this stuff.

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#217 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 27, 2013

This is just there way of trying to hide what Protection Bureau and there employee Sandy Hill did to my client in haveing employee try to take business away from Protection Bureau.

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#216 Consumer Comment

Crooks. uspeoplerecords.com somehow these people got on to my website and promised a full report on anyone i was wanting to get a background check...they offered all criminal backgrounds and much more

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POSTED: Friday, December 27, 2013

uspeoplerecords.com somehow these people got on to my website and promised a full report on anyone i was wanting to get a background check...they offered all criminal backgrounds and much more info. when i went into the web site it looked promising and it displayed the person i was looking for and said they had all info i may need. i stupidly signed up for a month and when i did and tried to retrieve the info i needed they only offered me the last address of the individual [ and that was incorrect ] they wanted another $20.00 to access the info. i paid the $20.00 more on top of what i paid earlier. the info was very very incorrect so i check my own info. that was totally incorrect with my address i lived at 40 years ago. no info on me was correct. i complained and they stole a bunch of monet from my acct. i warned them to not do this.

on dec. 24th of 2013 i was interested in getting info on my late mother. this web site somehow invaded my privacy by getting on my email. so i thought id give them a chance, i noticed on their advert they offered to give me criminal and all background infor id need for a low price of $24.00...

i contacted the site and it looked official and i signed up for 1 month and i put in my late mothers name in for the info and they only had my late mothers address. that address was not correct..and it was the only info they offered me.

they wanted another $19.99 to get the needed info i wanted...so i paid. i checked the info out and the woman that was my mother had no correct info...none whatsoever. so i was suspicious and i checked my info to see how correct their info was about me.

when i checked my own info i found it totally incorect with my info showing my current address as a former address i had back 40 years ago. nothing about me was correct except a few obvious matters like my birthday and horoscope.

i contacted these people and told them they are misleading people and it is false advertisement. i warned them not to take any money and they did anyway....i want all my money back. they are fakes and a web site is dedicated to their rip-offs. i found this out after the fact.....please help me beat these people!

 

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#215 Consumer Comment

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AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 26, 2013

What do these last couple of posts have to do with Protections Bureau's employee stealing clients for himself?  This thread is long enough as it is already.

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#214 Consumer Comment

NetSpend NetSpend Corporation Debit Visa card

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POSTED: Thursday, December 26, 2013

I am a construction worker trying to make extra dollar on line, I was referral to NetSpend Debit Card as a $20 dollars bonus programs,

They advertise as a pre paid Deb it card, I went to the web site netspend.com/ and ask for local place to load the card with $40 as the state on they advertisement you load the card the first time with $40 dollars and the will credit you another $20.00

I load up the debit card with $40.00 dollars to the place they send me 2512 Waterloo Rd Stockton Ca 95205 (Kiosk Machine) the machine charge me $3.95 for the transaction and my $20.00 Dollars never were credit to my account

I call customer services 1-866-387-7363 and ask about  my $20.00 Bonus as they advertise as soon as you funded the card with $40.00 they will credit you $20.00 dollars

I spoke to a customer services Supervisor Name Raul Employee Id # 160819214 and I ask him about my credit, since my account didn't show up my $20.00  Bonus and he told me because I didn't make a  full $40.00 dollars deposit I didn't Qualify for the $20 Bonus because my first deposit to the card has to be $40.00 dollars

But I really did full $40.00 dollars deposit Transaction Id # 30022696 I load the card with $40.00 dollars -$3.95  my balance instally when from $40.00 to $36.05  plus on top of that I didn't get my $20.00 dollars bonus, they are ripping people off !!! hard working people like my self looking for a way to make extra dollar to meet ends we end ups lossing all the times and this big Corp, Inc, just coming and taking money of our hands just like that simple is that why no one can stop this??????

I am sure I am not the only one up there why we always have to the the ones, they making those millions and millions of dollars and they always wins, is there any body who can stop them!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This has to stop always happend with the worker class is time to do some thing!! Stop NetSpend from taken our money from us!!!!!! they just ripping off the middle class! They are Scam!!


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#213 Consumer Comment

ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH, Chevron Glenn DicksonComplete Property Services, LLCGarrett MohnkeLynn ElbertTerry HammanPatrick Hayden Ali killed my Mother - Death from Faulty Stairs

AUTHOR: Anony - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 26, 2013

"ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH"email AliAli67@yahoo.com phone #s 832-660-2624 and 832-533-3222, with an international phone # 9-656-663-2800. ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH who works for Chevron was notified that he had removed an important handrail on the staircase prior to my family moving into his home located at 3627 Parkshire Drive, Pearland, TX 77584 in the subdivision of Sedgefield. "ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH" used Sam Ferreri as his listing agent with RE/MAX Top Realty located at 2911 S Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, TX 77047 who can be reached office 713-733-3700 or his cell 832-200-5656 and website www.thesamteam.com and I had trusted Sam Ferreri along with my real estate agent to make sure I was in good hands. However, after the transaction I was not in good hands. However this home was a nightmare! I was promissed many things by "ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH" and he had lied! 

ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH refused to repair the staircase after serveral requests that the stairs were uneven and missing a major handrail for the wall as required by  National Staircase Code "handrail must go from top platform to bottom platform/floor and did not). This failure resulted in my mother's death. My mother who was visiting did not have a handrail to grab onto for the bottom as required. My Mother passed away Monday after Thanksgiving in 2012. During my lease of this home we had 4 others injuried caused by the uneven stairs and missing handrail. If you should rent or buy this home please contact me and I will provide you with my Law Firm Information. I ended my lease in 2013 and instructed "ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH", "Complete Property Services" and "Glenn A. Dickson" to repair these issues but they advertised this home was re-listed on HAR.com showing that the repairs were not done.

 

As of date, Mr. "ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH" or "Complete Property Services" andGlenn Dickson, President, have all been made aware of this issue. Gelnn A. Disckson has a cell phone # 713-942-7119. "Complete Property Services" website states the following people work for his company as listed 

"Garrett Mohnke", Property Management, 713-395-1401

"Lynn Elbert", Leasing, Acquisitions & Property Closings, 713-395-1434

"Terry Hamman", Acquisition & Sales, 713-523-1827

"Patrick Hayden", Make Ready & Rehab, 713-395-1433 

"Manuel Pacheco", Maintenance Coordinator & Work Orders, 713-395-1466

"Jen Suarez", Property Bookkeeping, 713-395-1437

"Abe Garcia", Rent Collection & Evictions, 713-395-1436 

"Lydi Clement", Administrative Support & Lease Renewals, 713-395-1435

Address for "Complete Property Services" is 2429 Bissonnet St. #545

Houston, TX 77005 is nothing more than a UPS Store that holds a Mailbox and is not owned by "Glenn A. Dickson".

 

Mr. "ALI AHMED ALABDULLAH" is located in the Middle East.

Please reply to this email if you should need any help or have questions.

 

Thank you,

 

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#212 Consumer Comment

omg

AUTHOR: omg - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 25, 2013

this guy killed a kid and they let him go into homes with kids?  omg!!!

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#211 Consumer Comment

reputable

AUTHOR: Payne - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 25, 2013

what do you expect when you go for dollar store companies like protection bureau and sandy hill and simplisafe? use a reputable company like adt or advent. you shop at sh*t stores you get sh*t quality and sh*t people. enoigh said.

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#210 Consumer Comment

Holiday

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Can we at least give this a rest for the Holiday? Maybe he'll repent and tell his boss what he did and make good. Happy Holidays.

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#209 Author of original report

Protection Bureu Sandy Hill not Ashley furniture

AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 24, 2013

This is about Protectyion Bureau and there employee Sandy Hill not Ashley Furniture or there damaged furniture or myscore service and banks statements.

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#208 Consumer Comment

Ashley Furniture, ashley furniture damage forgetful, used, sucks, slackers bad noncommunication swirl scratch smudge

AUTHOR: Keith - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 23, 2013

Like so many other reviews posted, I made a BIG mistake buying from Ashley Furniture.  The problem is the warehouse located in Newark, Delaware.  When the furniture was delivered (loveseat, recliner and sofa - all power, 2 end tables, coffee table and two lamps), one of the delivery guys was very rude. He walked in like he owned the place and not even a greeting.  They damaged the loveseat, couch and recliner by scratching them going up the stairs and into the door.  This also left unsightly damage to the door entrance.  When I suggested that they do more to protect the furniture in the future, he had the nerve to as me "how".  He's the delivery person and had to ask ME how.  What a joke.  I told him to wrap the furniture in the blankets they had in the truck.  Then he asked me how would the blankets stay on.  What a joke!  I told him to use the rope (also in the truck) to tie it around the blanket.  He shut up after that, but this only the beginning of my nightmare.

All the tables have swirl marks, smudges, outright scratches and a noticeable dent in one of the end tables.  I was told the swirl marks are "normal".  It's obvious they were used.  I called Ashley about repair or replacement.  They have missed multiple appointments (both telephone call-backs and visits) and not even called to reschedule.  I had to consistently call them after they missed the appt.  The manager was a nice guy, but VERY forgetful.  They came out to look at it (after they missed an appt that I had to call them about), then came out to try some swirl remover (again, after another missed appointment that I had to call them about).  The swirl remover did not remove the swirls.  Then they said they would order new table tops and have them delivered to my residence.  Two weeks passed, nothing.  I call them to ask about the delivery, they said they would check and call me right back.  Two days passed, nothing.  I called them, yet again, and was told that the separate table tops were not an option.  So tell me why didn't they call me when the found this out???  Makes it so bad is that the manager told me (on his previous visit) that he had already ordered one of the table tops.  Only a couple weeks ago did the manager get a hold of 1 tabletop and replace the one that was dented.  His doing that was the only thing that kept this being a 0 star review.  He also said he would escalate the other table issues to his boss.  Since then I've tried speaking to the main manager, but he always has left early.  I give up.

I don't know about other Ashley stores, but communication with the customer is non existent with this warehouse in Newark DE. They answer the phone, but not much after that.  Either way.  Absolutely the worse customer relations I've ever experienced.  All I can do at this point is sell this stuff at a loss, buy GOOD tables and send complaint letters.

If you live in Delaware, I strongly recommend that you don't buy from Ashley furniture!  Save yourself some money and a headache.  If you must, then don't let the delivery guys rush you to sign for the delivery like the did to me.  Inspect the furniture thoroughly because coming from Ashley (and from reading other reviews), it's automatically suspect.  If you notice damage, don't sign!  Make them take it back immediately.

 

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#207 General Comment

GLD myscore SNPEM Service, Be...... I don't even know who they are! Their abriviated name showed-up on my bank statement. 10-9-13, removed from visaCC $1.00. 10-10-13, put back $1.00. 10-12-13, charge

AUTHOR: sk - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 23, 2013

GLD myscore SNPEM Service, Be...... I don't even know who they are! Their abriviated name showed-up on my bank statement. 10-9-13, removed from visaCC $1.00. 10-10-13, put back $1.00. 10-12-13, charged $2.05 min. interest-charge-fee. Then again on 12-12-13, $1.51, another Frgn Trans. Fee-SNpem (whatever that means). I didn't signup with these people. I don't even know who they are!

 

Global Traders 365, I started with these people a couple of months ago. They made the proccess sound realitively simple. Even though most things worth having aren't. Anyway g continued to follow their progress and learn as much as I could. Spending hours and hours on their website. Finaly I invested $49.50, into The Bionary Options program they were selling. I USED my PayPal account to pay them to keep it safe, as I was still skeptical.

 

Then no matter what I did, I couldn't log into my acct. And, the $49.50 somehow became $57.99. I still couldn't do any call's or push's, so I went in and tried to recover my $49.50/$57.99, back from their sixty day no questions asked full refund! Thats when a new page, one I had never seen before that stated that they have NO Service fos my worldly location! As yet, I still haven't been able to reccoop my investment. Beware Global Trader 365 !

 

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#206 Consumer Comment

minumum wage

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 22, 2013

what did you think was going to happen when you hire low life's who work for minumim wage?

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#205 Consumer Comment

minumum wage

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 22, 2013

What do you think would happen when these comapnies hire low life's who work for minimum wage?

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#204 General Comment

security Extortion Internet

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POSTED: Sunday, December 22, 2013

I recently purchased a new home on 11/28. The former owner is 85 years old and did not remember the access codes to his ADT security system. I called ADT to see about getting the default codes which would allow me to reprogram the security access codes required to turn the system on and off.

ADT informed me they were unable to relinquish any access codes without the permission of the previous owner, who had been paying for monitored service for a number of years. I can understand this policy, it is good to be careful whom you give security system codes to.

I called the former owner and explained the situation to him. After he contacted ADT to give them permission to talk to me about the security system installed at my new address, he contacted me to let me know he had done so. When I called ADT back they told me that the only way they would give me the default codes to MY security system was if I signed a three year monitoring contract!

I do not want to pay for monitoring. All I want is to be able to turn my security system on and off. ADT was paid for the installation of the system as well as having been paid for many years worth of monitoring. The income from this one house FAR exceeds the cost of any real time or labor associated with the system. To provide me with the access codes required to turn my security system on and off would cost them exactly $0.00.

I used to think of ADT as a decent company with good customer service. I previously owned a house with an unmonitored ADT system installed in it and the one time I had trouble with it they quickly told me what was needed to solve the problem. Now I see that they are just money hungry and willing to take advantage of a person in order to line their pockets.

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#203 Consumer Comment

CoD BO

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 21, 2013

Cut the crap CoD BO. You are just as bad and stupid as they are with your comments. 

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#202 General Comment

ROTFFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 20, 2013

What if The Protection Bureau, Sandy Hill Security and The Red Bull King of Darkness are all the same company and this is all just 1 really really big scam to sell dobermans and rip people off? LMFAO

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#201 Consumer Comment

VIVENT Alarm Company

AUTHOR: BenSmi - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 19, 2013

 I was a customer for 5 years.  Our contract of 5 years was coming up last May and we had decided to put our house on the market so we called to tell them we did not want to renew for another year.

They told us we needed to send them a cancellation notification in writing with account number and specific wording signed by the person who held the account.  We did all this and sent the letter to the address specified.  I noticed two months later that we had continued to be charged (it was automatically debiting from my account).  I called and they claimed they never received the cancellation notification.  This was in September.  I immediately rewrote the cancellation letter, signed it and faxed it to them.  I thought we were all set.  I was upset and asked if they woudl refund the last couple months that had been charged since we weren't lving there and the system had been disabled - they were even monitoring it.  They said someone woudl call me and they never did.  I just let it go...and all of a sudden I notice this morning 12/1 that they have been continuing to charge me the last two months!!!!!

I call and the guys says it is our policy that after we receive the notification that we have a follow up call before actually cancelling the account.

Are you friggin kidding me....they are just total and complete scam artists!  I am so frustrated and would really love to file a class action suit against this company.  they now owe me $240 that I am sure I am never going to see.  How can they justify still charging me when they haven't monitored the house in months. The system is completely disabled. 

I at least wanted to let others knwo to stay away from this company.

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#200 General Comment

Protection Bureau

AUTHOR: Marsh - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Has anybody checked with the Protection Bureau to see if they fired this employee? If they did then problem solved and people can stop using that term for mentally challenged people. That term is disgusting.

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#199 Consumer Suggestion

APX Alarm

AUTHOR: KP - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Apx Alarm/ Apex Alarm/ SAI Alarm/ Castlerock Alarm **Deceptive sales tactics** Wouldn't take no for an answer** Had installers come within minutes!!! West Provo Utah

PLEASE report them to the FEREAL TRADE COMMISSION at 1-877-FTC-HELP. The FTC cannot do anything without MANY reports.

As others mentioned, the salesman came at dinner time on 6/21/08. I said I wasn't interested, but he wouldn't leave until I said yes. I realized that once the system was installed, I'd be entered into a contract. I'd signed just to get the salesman to leave, intending to cancel immerdiately. But he must have been texting the installers, who rang my doorbell. The salesman let them in & promptly left.

I screamed at them to leave & stop drilling. I was told by the salesman that the unit just "sat on top of my door frame". I told them not to touch my phone line, they did & my phone no longer worked. Prior to that, I told them I'd call the police if they wouldn't leave so they blocked me from my phone.

When they left, I called the company complained about this & asked the representative to send them back to uninstall, but "they were done for the day". I read the contract & knew I had 3 days to cancel. The rep said they never receive cancellations on time. I unplugged the system, took out batteries, etc. I completed the cancellation form & wrote a letter. I faxed it from 6 different places & went to the post office & sent 2 express mails, 2 delivery confirmations, & 1 signature confirmation. I called my bank and closed my account. I filed complaints with the FTC & Better Business Bureau in UT.

They got all my cancellations & removed the eqiptment several days later.

Several days ago, I got a letter from Telecheck & TRS (debt) Recovery Services. I'd been receiving odd phone calls just stating my name & a number. The number matched the number on the debt collection letter. They stated I owed a $39.99 monthly fee & a $30.00 bad check charge & that they'd reported me to all banks, credit unions, credit reporting agencies, etc.

I spent over $30.00 faxing them proof of all the faxes and mail 'd sent over a year before cancelling my contract the same day I'd entered into it. I called the FTC & updated my report. Obviously they are more than unreputable. PLEASE call or go online & file a report with the FTC. We need to get this company, who now has new names, to get put out of business.

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#198 Consumer Comment

STRAWBERRYNET.COM StrawberrynetStrawberry Net SCAM IDENTITY THIEVES

AUTHOR: Eshop Watchers - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Do not use strawberry.net. Their website is sstrawberrynet.com/main.aspx They are a scam company set up to obtain your identity information. You will not receive your order. You will not get a refund. On placing an order they took my money immediately for two packs of perfume. Then they said for security reasons they would require further documents. They wanted to see my passport, residence permit and bank statements and utility bill. The order was never dispatched and they have not given a refund. This company is a SCAM. Stay away from them!

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#197 Consumer Comment

name calling

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 17, 2013

all this name calling takes away from the point of this.

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#196 General Comment

lot of them ROTFFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 16, 2013

There chub munchers, the lot of them.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#195 Consumer Comment

affordable home security

AUTHOR: megan - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 16, 2013

yerah it was the ones you are fighting over.

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#194 Author of original report

Rebuttal Title

AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 16, 2013

What was the company you used them and ADT and what company used by there neighbor?

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#193 Consumer Comment

affordable home security

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 16, 2013

they had a rep at my house saying i would be the advertising home and that i can't tell my neighbors about being the advertising home.  they did this big thing with scary stories in it to get me to feel i needed them they told me all this stuff to con me into using them and ADT.  well they offered the same deal to 3 other people in my neighborhood and they told all of us the same thing about being the ad home.  this company comes and trashes all these systems out there and convince you to go with there stuff,

well my neighbor went with security networks and they gave her a awesome system that does so much cool stuff and i told her about what affordable home security told me about the 2 gig system and she laughed.  well i was not laughing because we checked the system out and its just as safe as the crap they talked me into.  I'm stuck with a old out of date system because they lied to me about the other systems out there.  moral of the story they lie to you and they try to scare you into there system don't fall for it oh and she pays less than me for a system that does so much more than what this crap thing does

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#192 General Comment

Duh

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 15, 2013

Duh you tard, the Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill security are chub munching f*** and no surprise they're deceptive and have poor service.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#191 Author of original report

Rebuttal

AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 15, 2013

A review of the Protection Bureau and there employee says they are very deceptive and have poor service.  I wrote reviewer to find if it was Sandy Hill security Dudley used and then sent copy of review to channel 6.  I put link to review here.

local.yahoo.com/info-12197570-protection-bureau-exton

 

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#190 Consumer Comment

Too long

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 14, 2013

I am sure the Protection Bureau did the right thing and fired this employee who tried to steal business from them.  So can we all just forget about this thief and end this stupid thread?

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#189 Consumer Comment

All Scammers. Comcast Cable Internet security scam Internet

AUTHOR: ticked off by scammers - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 14, 2013

All these companies are scammers.  We have been a Comcast customer for well over three years.  Our monthly bill averages over $200 and we have never been late paying this bill.  We have CATV and internet with Comcast and have NEVER had a virus issue since we started.

Several months ago, ALL of our in-house computers (3 desktops & 4 laptops - with three different users) started receiving a warning when we open a web browser stating that Xfinity's Constant Guard has detected that we "MAY have a bot" in our computers and that we needed to take "immediate action".  We click on the big red "Take Action Now" button and nothing happens.  Additionally, you can't close the bot window and it has to be continually moved to read the screen.  Incidentally, this alert also appears on our guest's laptops when they visit us, but not on their home Verizon FiOS system.

I called the Comcast number and the tech told me it was a legitimate alert and that I needed to download the free Constant Guard to get rid of the bot.  The tech at Constant Guard also told me she could see the bot, but when I asked her where it was in my computer, she said she couldn't tell me that. I was then told that I had to call Comcast Signature Services.  They then told me they could get rid of the bot for “only $129.99”.  It sounds like a bait and switch scam from a major company.  The Constant Guard is free, yes, but we'd then have to pay Signature Services $129.99 to "get rid" of the bot. Additionally, we'd have to pay an additional $14.00 PER MONTH from now on to remove the offending bot and "ensure future coverage".

I told her "no", and that I wanted a supervisor.  Twice I held for 10-20 minutes and was then simply cut off.  I have yet to speak with anyone other than the "customer service" people.  When I called the third time, I was simply switched to a recording advising me to go to "www.northern.com/comcastchat" to remove the bot myself.  This site comes up with a generic web page with nothing about Comcast.

While on hold with Comcast, I Googled "Bot-clearing scams from Comcast" and found quite a few different forums in which the posters were complaining about the same exact situation.  A couple of them stated that even some of the outside service techs at Comcast had told them that they feel that it's really a big sales scam.

I have current, updated Norton 360 Antivirus on all of the computers, which I update and run virtually every day as we also use these laptops at work and are very security conscious.  I do a complete scan with Norton after the usual (read CONTINUAL) BOT alerts and Norton continually tells me that there is no malware or viruses on the computer.  We have NO issues with any other program(s) or other computer function(s) or interaction(s).  We also downloaded and scanned with Microsoft Safety Scanner, which is updated every three days or so, and it finds nothing.

The IT department at work has checked our laptops, as a precaution, and found no issues.  These laptops are used at twelve different locations in a private company and at multiple local government facilities with NO issues.

Something stinks here!  I hate to say it, but I am now convinced that Comcast is simply running a scare tactic sales pitch.

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#188 General Comment

tardie

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 13, 2013

The tardie whoo started this post is the illiterate he isn't even from our country and should learn to speak the language before he opens his pie hole. But the Red Bull King of Darkness sees the b*llsh*t pulled by the Protection Bureau, Sandy Hill Security and the t*rd and the cage match will setlle all.  Still ROTFFLMFAO!

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#187 General Comment

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AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 13, 2013

What is the Red Bull King?  Is everyone who writes in this post illiterate?

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#186 Consumer Comment

Youth

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 13, 2013

CoD you are a perfect example of what is wrong with the youth today, playing video games, getting high and making fun of other people. 

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#185 General Comment

Red Bull King of Darkness

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 12, 2013

You don't need Xfinity anymore than these chub munchers.  You just need the Red Bull King of Darkness.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#184 Consumer Comment

no thanks

AUTHOR: Patti - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 12, 2013

Reading this made me decide to go with Xfinity Home Security.  I want a security system to make me and my family feel secure, not have to worry about the security company.

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#183 Consumer Comment

Rip off

AUTHOR: anonymous - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 11, 2013

All security companies are rip offs.

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#182 UPDATE EX-employee responds

wpi ifriends i was advised that i had to enter my card number to verify my age. internet

AUTHOR: ScottyV - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 11, 2013

I was chatting on a site chatngo. at the time i had a problem typing as i had had an operation on my shoulder. the person i was chatting to suggested registering on a site so we could chat verbally.

she advised that i would have to enter my card number to verify i was over 18. she did however say i would not be charged anything as it was just to verify my age.

as soon as i registered i was put through to a pornagraphic site. i immediatley left the site but they have made 4 charges on the same date 25 november 2013 for 

£1.68

£14.06

£63.73

£30.78

total £110.

this to me is a lot of money. any idea how this can be recovered.

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#181 General Comment

Chub munchers

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 10, 2013

What in the hell does that have to do with anything here you fat a** chub muncher?  Maybe you need Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security to lock your refrigerator you cabbage soup diet eating lard but, they couldn't screw that up.  The Red Bull King of Darkness is pissed.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#180 Consumer Comment

ECC FITNESS or NFF FITNESS Manager "Ofa" owes me money since may and is still giving me the run around about abc financial sending me a check. Philadelphia Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: livelifebaby12 - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 10, 2013

When i signed up i signed my son up as well. I ordered boxing shoes for my son for $80 in may. Each month would go by and OFa would give so many excuses about the shoes. They are in the supply and i dont have the key, they were sent back to the main gym but i will get them to you next week, Shoot my fault i will def get them to you next week i promise. And never recieved them.

I took myself and my son out the gym for so many reasons.  Ofa was always late and half the time didnt show up! Ofa had an excuse for everything! And why he couldnt supply the things i ordered and why he couldnt be on time

Ofa had abc fincacial taking funds out of my account and they were not suppose to at all!! I never authorized these paymwnt s and he would act like he was going to straighten it out but never did!! Ofa as a manager is COMPLEETLY unproffessional and i regret signing up there. I waisted so much time! Gas! ans especially money!

And out of the 3months i was there I was going atleast 3 times out the week and i did the cabbage soup diet and never lost weight or saw results. So i dont recommend this palce for all the above reasons. I just wish i could have avoided this place and someone could have warned me about this boxing place. If you are going thru the same thing please contact me so we can get our funds back together!

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 09, 2013

They was referred to me from a another client.  If I had known about there employees and how they worked I wouldn't have told my client to hire them.  I only found out after about them and there BBB issues.

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#178 General Comment

ROTFFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 09, 2013

Tard went to a company not accredited?  ROTFFLMFAO

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#177 Consumer Comment

Complaint

AUTHOR: Gabe - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 09, 2013

Levin, you can complain all you want about how Sandy Hill Security tried to steal your clients busness from the Protection Bureau but why did you do to the Protection Bureau in the 1st place they aren't even accredited by the Better Business Bureau.  Your fault cause you picked them.

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#176 Consumer Comment

Point Across

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 08, 2013

Call of Duty, you can't get your point across without cursing or using the disgusting word "tard"? 

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#175 General Comment

Sense shamensch b*tches

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 07, 2013

protection Bureau got what they deserved by hiring a security company to do heir work. They didn't think hiring their competitor may have the low life trying to steal customers? Who is the bigger f*cking tard here? Protection Bureau or Sandy Hill Security? Trick question, they are all tards, the Red Bull King of Darkness sees all.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#174 Consumer Comment

Sense

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 07, 2013

Sure it makes sense Lear, combination of greed and stupidity, that's it.

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#173 General Comment

economy

AUTHOR: Lear6776 - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 07, 2013

Why in the job markey today would someone try to steal business from the company that puts food on their table? Makes no sense.

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#172 General Comment

economy

AUTHOR: Lear6776 - ()

POSTED: Saturday, December 07, 2013

As hard as it is to get a job these days who tries to steal business from the company that hires them and puts food on the table? Stupid because most jobs have a line of people waiting who can do it just as good and who wouldn't steal business. No company loyalty.

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#171 General Comment

SMACKDOWN Time

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 06, 2013

If you could read English you tard you would know what it has to do with this.  Maybe if you learned the language you could get your green card.  Friday Night SMACKDOWN time and the Red Bull King of Darkness is UP! Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#170 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Friday, December 06, 2013

What does Safe and sound auto have to do with this?

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#169 General Comment

News about scumbags

AUTHOR: JeromeS - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 05, 2013

There was a thing on the channel 6 news the other night about this and how scumbags get jobs with security companys to get in peoples homes and steal stuff.  Why don't the company's check these people out before they hire them? No wonder people would just get a gun then hire a company that sends scum in their homes.

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#168 Consumer Comment

Safe and Sound Auto, Inc. Fraud Auto Mechanic Philadelphia Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: Patti - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 05, 2013

Beware of this company to.  We drove our car to this mechanic to fix a lag in the transmission.  He, Mike, charged us $1,600, never fixed the problem, and held our car for 7 months!  He kept stalling and offering excuse after excuse - we finally had to tow our car out of there and take it somewhere else! A car that we drove in we had to have towed out.

Be warned.

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#167 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, December 05, 2013

Just ignore codbo he is trying to start trouble and distract from The Protection Bureau and what there employee Sandy Hill did when he tried to steal clients for themself.

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#166 General Comment

Scared Yellen off ROTFFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, December 04, 2013

I scared that blow hard Yellen off proving he's my b*tch. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#165 General Comment

Your a waste of time

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Your son is too probably busy looking at boys than playing Black Ops. Now shut the f*** up because you are my b**** now like Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security.  Red Bull King of Darkness sees all.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#164 Consumer Comment

Waste of time.

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 03, 2013

CoD BO heep thinking anyone is lisening to you and your wrestling smackdown teenage posts.  You are the problem with the youth of America, you see someone acting immoral and stealing from the company that feeds them and you think it is a joke and make cage match comments.  I am not going to argue with an immature child who spends his time playing Call of Duty Black Ops, my sons play it too and I know what it stands for. 

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#163 Consumer Comment

Tracymacgrady clothing&shoes trade Co.,Ltd Tracymacgrady clothing&shoes trade Co.,Ltdhttp://www.uggs-boots-clearance.com/ This is a scam - not authentic UGGS Internet

AUTHOR: disapointed - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, December 03, 2013

This is not an authentic UGG site.  These are replicas - but you don't know this until you pay - then it becomes clear this is NOT authentic.

If you have purchased - you can get your bank to dispute the charge and get your money back - just email them and get proof that they are not authentic !

What a rip off !!!!!

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#162 General Comment

Next SMACKDOWN

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 02, 2013

The next Friday Night SMACKDOWN is going to have Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill and Yellen because he keeps crying like a b**** he may as be with the other whiney b****** in the next CAGE match. Telling me to leave tard alone but calling me stupid about the Smackdown.  Red Bull King of Darkness is the ref and is taking care of business. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#161 Consumer Comment

Protection1 Protection OneProtection 1Protection One Alarm Monitoring, INC. This company will steal from you!

AUTHOR: J143 - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 02, 2013

System faults and failures let me to cancel and I received talk down pressure to stay. Also will not be reimbursed for 2 months of prepayment. I've just been Robbed by Protection1!

Have had multiple false alarm issues with the Protection1 system.  I've had to provide my key and pass code to neighbors to come in my house while I'm gone and have them shut the system down.  Have had a Protection1 service inspect and give the okay everything is good, but system continues to malfunction.

I called Protection1 to cancel and was talked down to, to try to pressure me to stay with them.  I refused to continue with their service and was then told that although I'm canceling my service affective today I will not be reimbursed for my prepayment of December and January.  Also, cancelling over the phone is not acceptable.  They require an email cancelation request and if not received within 7 days they will continue to bill me and take you to a collection agency if you don't pay up.   Protection1 is stealing from me for 2 months of service that I will not be receiving.  I have sent the email request to cancel but have not received any acknowledgment of it.  Stay away from this company!  Read the reviews others have posted on cancelling with them.  Fortunately I was with them over the 3 years otherwise this could have been hundreds of dollars in theft!

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#160 Consumer Comment

Let news report what this guy did

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 02, 2013

I said before this thread is too long, you have stupid people on here writing about Smackdown, and I think anything about him killing that girl should not be here but in its own thread..  This isn't a global issue, but an employee of the Protection Bureau trying to steal clients is a major problem if the Protection Bureau is to protect peoples homes and lives yet they don't properly check out their employees for this type of conflict.  They should never have hired him but when they found out what he did, they should have fired him without a second thought.  If he did it here he probably did it other times and who knows how much business was lost because of him.  But anyway, still doesn't need this many posts and if they had fired him like they should of this post would have been shut down ling ago. Let the TV news report and expose this and we can focus on something worth our time, not these dregs.

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#159 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 02, 2013

JustUs the Protection Bureau and there employe Sandy Hill did not make it right for my client.  Thts why it was reported to BBB and channel 6 and 10 are looking into it with there reporters and trying to see how other many times he tried to steal clients from Protection BUreau and if they can provide good security with the history of there employees. 

 

Peter I don't think they fired him yet and that child being killed happened before my report and posting here and I didn't know about it until I read it here.

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#158 General Comment

Reason 4 firing him?

AUTHOR: PeterT - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 02, 2013

Did they fire him because of stealing clients or because he killed that kid?  Which came first? Not really clear from the posts.

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#157 General Comment

Reason 4 firing him?

AUTHOR: PeterT - ()

POSTED: Monday, December 02, 2013

Trying to get this straight, did they fire him for stealing clients or for killing that kid? Which happened first? It's not really clear.

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#156 General Comment

RED BULL SMACKDOWN RETURNS

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 01, 2013

Was it the Protection Bureau or Sandy Hill trying to sell you the cash flow kit?  Business must be bad stealing customers and selling cash flow kits whatever the f*ck they are. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#155 Consumer Comment

CASH-FLOW.KIT.COM/ I WAS MADE TO BELIEVE I WAS PAYING A SPECIAL OF 1.00US DOLLAR TO WORK HOME ONLINE,BUT NOT UNTIL 159US DEBIT TO MY CARDSPENDING FROM CASH FLOW KIT Internet

AUTHOR: sonal - ()

POSTED: Sunday, December 01, 2013

 I was made to belive i was paying a special price of 1$ to work from home online, demo kit. But untill  sms on my mobile made me belive that i had specd $ 159 usd ---i.e 10.351.79 Indian Rs.   to cash flow kit account.

 

Nor i have received email as per their  website nor i could reach them on the customer help desk been an weekend.

 

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#154 General Comment

Fix it

AUTHOR: JustUs - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 30, 2013

Just read all this and I hope the Protection Bureau fired this person.  I was reading parts to my husband and he said I must of read it wrong because a security company would never hire someone like that or a competing company. Steven, did they ever make it right for your client? 

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#153 Consumer Comment

SimpliSafe

AUTHOR: SimpliSafe - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 30, 2013

Try SimpliSafe, $14.99 a month and a perfectly clear record of employee conduct. You can trust our installers in your home and with your family.

simplisafe.com/security

 

 

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#152 General Comment

Ignore this

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 29, 2013

Maybe if you learned to speak English then you could tell people to ignore me but until then shut up.  This is Friday Night SMACKDOWN b*tches and the Red Bull King of Darkness will be b*tch slapping the Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill and making them beg like the b*tches they are.  Cage Match time.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#151 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 29, 2013

 Just ignor codbo he is trying to start trouble and distract from The Protection Bureau and what there employee Sandy Hill did when he tried to steal clients for themself.

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#150 General Comment

A Break?

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 28, 2013

I wrote that yesterday you chub muncher.  Don't tell me to give it a break when I didn't write today.  I am thankful I got a job and a car and a roof over my head and am not on welfare like you probably are. I don't back stab my employer and try to steal clients. Whiny little b*tches. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#149 Consumer Comment

Thanksgiving

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 28, 2013

CoD BO can't you give it a break for Thanksgiving? Bash Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill and Red Bull tomorrow but for today just be thankful.

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#148 General Comment

Red Bull King of Darkness

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Screw protection Bureau, screw customer stealing b*tch Sandy Hill Security, Screw ADT and screw SimplSafe, the Red Bull King of Darkness sees what is going on.  B*tches will be on the SMACKDOWN this Friday.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#147 Consumer Comment

SimpliSafe

AUTHOR: SimpliSafe - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 25, 2013

Try SimpliSafe, $14.99 a month and a perfectly clear record of employee conduct.

simplisafe.com/security

 

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#146 General Comment

Someone else?

AUTHOR: DoveDee - ()

POSTED: Sunday, November 24, 2013

So I should go with someone else then Protection Bureau for home security? My kids are here and just dont want any issues with any employees.

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#145 Consumer Comment

Got it

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 23, 2013

Ok I got it, he doesn't speak english as well as you like, and Sandy Hill was an ingrate and wrong for trying to steal customers from his boss, but can we finally put this to rest now?

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#144 General Comment

Too long my schl*ng

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 22, 2013

Yellen if he's gonna come on here and b** then he should know how to write or he should stick to his own language.  Dove if the Protection Bureau was stupid enough to hire a competitor than they should expect he's gonna steal customers, I don't know how long he has been working for them and if the dead girl was before or after.  The Red Bull King of Darkness will lead the way.  Friday Night SMACKDOWN B**.  Who will cry first? The b** Sandy Hill or the b** Protection Bureau? Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#143 General Comment

Does he still work for them

AUTHOR: DoveDee - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 22, 2013

Does he still work for the Protection Bureau? Was this before or after the thing with the girl? What does the Red Bull stuff mean, got lost with that and the dog stuff.

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#142 Consumer Comment

Too long

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

CoD BO, this thread is already too long all over some scumbag employee stealing customers of his employer, but you making fun of someone because they don't write well is wrong.

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#141 General Comment

How do you know?

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 19, 2013

How the f*ck do you know if that post has anything to do with Sandy Hill stealing clients? You have to speak English to read that post. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#140 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 18, 2013

That posting has nothing to do with the Sandy Hill Security did to Protection Bureau and trying to take there clients.

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#139 Consumer Comment

Day By Day Manipulative Practices, Dodging Calls, Refusing Refunds Philadelphia Pennsylvania

AUTHOR: VinnyV - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 18, 2013

My partner and I pursued Day-By-Day as a caterer for our wedding in the summer of 2013. I mainly worked with Stephen, their catering manager at the time.

 When I initially talked to Stephen in early July, he asked what other quotes we had gotten and what our budget was. I made it clear that our budget was $2500 maximum, including serving dishes and anything that needs to be rented for catering purposes. He said that was fine.  When we got updated menu with prices I assumed that included silverware, plates, serving dishes, etc since it was so much over the budget we discussed

 

 Stephen said that everything was included but we could upgrade to disposable silverware and plates for an additional cost. When we met with him he told us he would again work with our budget, and raved at how inexpensive our rentals would be, because we would only need 2 or 3 tables and some chairs.  He said he would also send us info about a grill he needed and a table for catering purposes. We put down $500 at this time to secure Day-By-Day's service

 

 

 

I contacted him on August 20th to verify, very clearly asking if non-disposable tableware is included. He replied but didn't answer the question. I contacted him a few weeks later asking what needed to be rented for catering purposes, again asking him to very that non-disposable tableware is included. He said he could upgrade the tableware to plasticware for $1.50 per person. The key word is upgrade, which implies that something is included in the first place to be improved upon. The only rentals he said were needed were three tables and a gas grill. 

 

 

 

Stephen continued to imply that we wouldn't have to rent anything beyond a grill and some tables, so we put our rental budget towards the difference.

 

 

 

On August 31st -- a little over a month before my wedding -- I sent an email asking very clearly about silverware, plates, glassware being included, and about offering soy milk at the coffee station. On September 4th he replied, not answering the question about soy milk, but now saying that if we're not interested in disposable silverware we have to rent it, along with plates and glassware. The exact opposite of what he had said upfront.

 

 

 

I believe he was acting maliciously by changing the story a month before the wedding, when it's too late to find another caterer, and too late to schedule additional rentals. He also never told us of the service costs involved, and we were only notified with the contract he sent as an attachment. This caused our initial cost of $2500 + 2-3 tables and a grill to rise to over $6000. He waited until a month before the wedding to let us know everything, and it is unacceptable. When I expressed disatisfaction, he countered by insisting that we'd never be able to find another caterer with so little time before the wedding. He said we were stuck with Day-By-Day.

 

 

 

This is all in addition to not letting us try the food we were paying for. After paying $500 he said it wouldn't be possible to do a tasting. I've never heard of a place that does wedding catering but doesn't offer tastings.  When we asked again the following month Stephen said that we could come in for lunch some time. That's not a tasting. We had already eaten lunch there, that's why we chose Day By Day in the first place.

 

 

 

When I phoned the owner to talk to her about this, she put me on the phone with Stephen rather than listening to my issues and trying to help resolve them. Stephen hung up on me. I then got an email from the owner saying that they would not return my $500 because "a lot of work went into planning" the catering. 

 

 

 

The $500 was sent under the assumption Day by Day would work with us at our budget of $2500 for 80 guests, and was not a deposit, nor was a contract signed. We can appreciate that work went into the planning, but we can't be responsible for paying for time unless we were told of it up front. We truly wished to work with Day by Day, but it is unacceptable for us to sign a contract with a company that would double our costs without any regard for our budget. 

 

 

 

The bottom line is that Day by Day was unable to provide the service we requested at the price they told us they would do. While we were prepared for a smaller increase in price, paying more than double the original quote for just 80 guests is unacceptable. We did not sign a contract, and simply sent in the $500 to hold until we had a contract.
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#138 General Comment

Makes no sense?

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 16, 2013

How could it make no sense? You speak english as well as the other tard without a green card.  I said stealing clients from your boss is pus-sy sh-it and the boss not doing sh-it shows how worthless security they give.  The Red Bull King of Darkness sees all.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#137 Consumer Comment

What?

AUTHOR: C. Y - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 16, 2013

You're cursing so much your message makes no sense. Try it without the curses so it isn't blocked out.

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#136 General Comment

SMACKDOWN of Sandy Hill & Protect Bureau B******

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 15, 2013

Friday night time to make Sandy Hill Security and Protection Bureau and Tyg cry like the pansy a** B****** they are.  Stealing clients from you boss is p**** s*** and the boss not doing s*** shows how worthless security they give. Steel Cage Match will show Red Bull Kind of Darkness makes them beg for mercy.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#135 General Comment

Slomins?

AUTHOR: Boxit - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 15, 2013

Has anybody ever used Slomins security? Have they had problems like protection Bureau has with dishonest employees?

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#134 Consumer Comment

Militia Hill Security

AUTHOR: Militia Hill Security - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 14, 2013

The problems the Protection Bureau has with Hiring its competiton Sandy Hill Security who tries to steal clients is never drama someone in need of security wants.  Militia Hill Security is the example of professionalism. 

Militia Hill Security, Inc. installs and services security systems, fire alarms, access and video surveillance equipment. The company was founded over 20 years ago. Militia Hill Security's mission is to create a work environment that encourages its employees to pursue new ideas and to keep up with the ever changing technology. Focus is put on the needs of the customer, and the company invests in the technology to keep it on the cutting edge of the industry.

Customer service and satisfaction are top priorities in our business philosophy. Our company is one of the few alarm companies that does not lock customers into a contract for a number of years. We feel our customers should stay with us because they want to, not because they are forced by contract to do so.

Alarm accounts are monitored by our central station monitoring facility, Security Alarm Monitoring (SAM). SAM is located in Woodlyn, PA Delaware County and is certified by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (U.L.#916570-001).

http://militiahillsecurity.com/

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#133 Consumer Comment

Stop cursing please

AUTHOR: Ngyuen - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 14, 2013

I asked you before this CoD BO is  the cursing really needed? You can't get your point across about Sandy Hill stealing business from the Protection Bureau without cursing and calling someone retarded?

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#132 General Comment

SMACKDOWN this and your upbringing

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Who the f*** are you to lecture me? d**n right he has issues with his English and if he can't speak the language he should go home til he does. F*** Protection Bureau, F*** Sandy Hill Security and F*** you. SMACKDOWN coming from the Red Bull King of Darkness.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#131 Consumer Comment

Ok is right

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Tyg in 1 of the early posts the installer wrote a few posts admitting he is the owner of his own security company and the original post says he was trying to push his own company over the Protection Bureau.  I do think you are right that this was inexcusable, and the smackdown and green card sentences are just garbage. 

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Protection Bureau and there employee who did install of equipment was the other company.  He didnt used to work for the other company it was hiis company and was not giving his opinion to my client was trying to get my client to go to his and not The Protection Bureau.

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#129 General Comment

OK....

AUTHOR: Tyg - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 11, 2013

 Let me be the voice of reason here. I have read EVERY post. What I see is this. A service tech tells a current customer that they should go with a different company while representing the original company. EVERYONE here is placing the blame on a WHOLE company. As NONE of us were there at the time this incident occured, ANYTHING we post is simply an assumption.

Its more then likely that the tech/installer USED to work for the company he suggested. As such what he would have given is his OPINION!!!! They may have hired him knowing he HAD worked at a competitor and may have thought he would be a good fit. Unfortunatly it looks like this tech gave his OPINION to the wrong ppl. I see everyone is sitting there useing "circular logic" including the original poster. "How can a company protect its customers when it cant even protect itself".

What the service tech did was UNEXCUSABLE in the fact that he should have gone in and done as he was instructed to by his current employer. The tech GIVING HIS OPINION as to the services provided by his current employer was a serious NONO!! But it wouldnt change the fact that this tech would have gone into a field parallel to what he was working previously. Hence an employee from one security company working for another security company. Im sure this tech was probably fired from his previous employer.

All of this aside, it still doesnt change the fact that the OP is more then a bit PARANOID. First, since no scam was ACTUALLY performed, all of this BS drama is on YOU. What the tech did was give their OPINION as to which was the better service. YOU blew this out of proportion. If your "client" was SO OFFENDED, they would have left the original company and gone with a more reputable name such as ADT. But given the price structure of ADT, It can safely be assumed that they DID NOT want to pay that much. Secondly, where I find CoDBo posts to assinine and repetative. IT IS THEIR RIGHT!!! And telling someone they cant do something without the power to back it up is almost as assinine. Third, I have to agree with CoDBo in only one aspect. It is very clear that the OP has issues with the english laungauge. Its the simple mistakes that show this. But I dont feel the "Green Card" attacks are warrented. America was and is built BY IMMIGRANTS. CoDBo Im sure if you look back you will see that some of your own relations came from another country. For you to sit there and bash someone because of the difficulty of writing in the english language simple goes to show YOUR lack of breeding and education. Your use of the "SMACKDOWN" analogy goes to show both your upbringing and simple rural mentality. Dont like that? TOO BAD!!!

Yes in only one aspect is this funny. Once the rest of the facts come out by reading the posts, it tends to lose any humor it had. The rest of the BS and DRAMA can be avoided by giving the Protection ppl the information so they could attempt to make it right. To do ANYTHING else "Steven" is just YOU attempting a form of internet blackmail. Not a very cool thing to be doing in todays age. I mean the FBI and their ICE division tend to go after ppl that do this.

 

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#128 General Comment

MURICA

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 11, 2013

My comments weren't directed at you so mind your business. RED BULL KING OF DARKNESS b**** slapped Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security in a steel cage match SMACKDOWN and tard is next. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#127 Consumer Comment

All agree

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Sunday, November 10, 2013

How bout we just all agree that Protection bureau dropped the ball in hiring Sandy Hill and we all move on and stop using word tard and murica and acting like normal people and ending this.

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#126 General Comment

RED BULL SMACKDOWN

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, November 10, 2013

This is Murica you don't tell me to stop saying anything.  You are lucky to even be here where you have rights.  Get your green card and then we'll talk. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#125 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 09, 2013

Stop with the smackdown darkness information, that is nothing to do with this and what Protection Bureau and Sandy hill Security and there people did to violate my clients trust. The news 6 called again and is getting the stort ready to run against theres.

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#124 General Comment

RED BULL SMACKDOWN

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 09, 2013

The Red Bull King of Darkness layed the SMACKDOWN on the Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill until they were crying like little b******.  RED BULL KING OF DARKNESS is still the champ and "Rebuttal Title" is next. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#123 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 09, 2013

My client contacted Kriebiels and  was very pleased with there services and there people much more over Protection Bureau and the Sandy Hill Security.

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#122 General Comment

ROTFFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 08, 2013

McDonalds drive thru is going to be asking if you want fries and security with that.  Still ROTFFLMFAO. SMACKDOWN steel cage match tonight b******!

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#121 Consumer Comment

Laughing

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 08, 2013

Ok CODBO you made me laugh out loud with that 1. Sad when McD's gives better security than a company that supposeably sells security.

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#120 General Comment

McDonalds

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 07, 2013

Even McDonalds checks out their people before they hire them. Protection F******* Bureau didn't think to check out their people to see if they are the competition?  SMACKDOWN is coming in a cage match b******! Red Bull King of Darkness RULES!

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#119 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 07, 2013

Thank you I will contact them from there webcite.

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#118 Consumer Comment

Kriebel Security

AUTHOR: The Best - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 07, 2013

They will come out the same day and do an assessment.  All of their employees are throughly investigated and cleared and no one who has not would ever be allowed in your home or your business.  Your security and safety is their number 1 priority.

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#117 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, November 07, 2013

How quickly do they come out to business and have they ever has issues with there employes trying to steal clients?

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#116 Consumer Comment

Kriebel Security is the Best

AUTHOR: The Best - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Forget The Protection Bureau or Sandy Hill Security.  Go with a reputable company that has the experience, knowledge and reliability.  Go with Kriebel Security, the Tri State Area’s premiercompany in the residential and commercial security industry.

 

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#115 Consumer Comment

Real Mature

AUTHOR: C. Y - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, November 06, 2013

You can contribute to the discussion without your cursing and the smackdown stuff.  You say the Protection Bureau madfe stupid hiring choices and Sandy Hill got caught with his hand in the jar just say it without the cursing.

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#114 General Comment

FU

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 05, 2013

I am contributing to the discussion b****. Keep up. protection Bureau and Sandy Hill security both f***** up. Protection Bureau made stupid f****** hiring choices and Sandy Hill got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. The Red Bull King of Darkness sees all. So FU and still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#113 Consumer Comment

CoD BO

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 05, 2013

CoD BO are you 4 years old? If you can't contribute something to this discussion then keep your trap shut.  This is a serious issue and you act like a kid.

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#112 General Comment

SMACKDOWN OF ALL TIME B******

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 04, 2013

Friday Night SMACKDOWN for B****** Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security.  The Protection Bureau gonna lay down the law and SMACKDOWN Sandy Hill Security to get payback for client stealing and then the Red Bull King of Darkness is gonna SMACKDOWN the Protection Bureau for sniffing glue and being stupid enough to hire their competiton.  Still ROTFFLMFAO. S*CK it B******.

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#111 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 04, 2013

This is not about a Tripod and cases and has nothing to do with the Protection Bureau and there employes.  This review says read contract with them before you sign with the company and there people. .yahoo.com/info-12197570-protection-bureau-exton;_ylt=AvWMcaJVoiSbsa5xrqrIE3twVdx_;_ylv=3?tab=reviews#reviews

 

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#110 Consumer Comment

Optics Planet eBay user opticsplanet OpticsPlanet, Inc. Another attempt to bait and switch? You decide.

AUTHOR: Bear268 - ()

POSTED: Monday, November 04, 2013

Ordered a Simmons 20-60 ProSport Spotting Scope w/ Tripod & Cases: 841101 off eBay not realizing Optics Planet was the seller.  Not surprisingly, I received an email a few days later saying that the item was no longer in stock and that they would gladly ship a replacement of similar cost and quality.  What they wanted to ship me was a cheap but over priced hunk of garbage that has extremely poor reviews all over the internet.

Normally when a product I order turns out to be out of stock, I don't think much of it and just cancel the order.  The reason I am posting a complaint is that this is the fourth time Optics Planet has done this to me and I am convince they are doing a bait and switch by offering great products for a reasonable price, then saying that they are out of stock and offering of inferior quality that they make allot more profit off of.  I've never actually taken delivery of something I have ordered from Optics Planet because they have never been able to fulfill my orders. Ever. Not once. 

My bad for not paying attention to who the seller was but I wanted to make all who care to research this company aware that they are at best incredibly incompetent at worst comitting fraud over at Optics Planet and you should stear clear of them, not matter how good the deal seams.

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#109 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, November 03, 2013

My ckient was told about this and the Protection Bureau sending someone like this into there home after what he did and not a surprising he tried to steal clients of mine and Protection Bureau. This should never have been let by THe Protection Bureau about my clients after what he did.

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#108 Consumer Comment

SoonerSoft Electronics SoonerSoftonline.com aka owner: Jason MillsAmazon: SoonerSoft Electronics - eBay: soonersoft do not do business with - Soonersoft electronics website: www.Soonersoftonline.com

AUTHOR: Dixie - ()

POSTED: Sunday, November 03, 2013

I bought a Samsung Infuse 4G Unlocked Smartphone for $213.94 - from amazon under: Sooner Soft Electronics: that said "used - excellent condition" what I got was a broken/fake/counterfiet phone that does not turn on after recharging, The seller has stalled me for 4 months - than finally agreed to return the phone. I had returned the phone to the seller as agreed from: Jason Mills from SoonerSoft Electronics, He advised me the phone has water damage - I had told him I just opened the package & the phone was not able to turn on. 

I had checked out his website soonersoftonline.com & saw that it says that he buys broken phones & sells them as used - I also checked & see that many fraudulent sellers use the line" Phone has water damage" in order to not fix or refund the buyer. The Seller : Jason Mills aka SoonerSoftOnline.com has refused to refund me & has kept the phone. Jason Mills of SoonerSoftOnline.com has stolen my phone & never gave me the phone back! I suggest amazon & ebay & his website domain registered in China take off his account - so that he may not ripoff anybody else. Thank you so much for hearing me out.

 

do not do business with www.soonersoftonline.com or soonersoft electronics on amazon as soonersoft electronics, or the owner jason mills from oklahoma city, oklahoma. he is running a scam website domain which is registered in china. I bought a samsung infuse 4g unlocked smartphone from him from amazon under soonersoft electronics for $213.94, that said "used, excellent condition" what i got was a broken/fake/counterfeit phone that does not turn on. Jason Mills owner ofwww.soonersoftonline.com has stalled me for 4 months intentially to decieve me of my refund with amazon.

I had reported him to amazon and bbb.org and finally had an agreement that he will take the phone back, jason mills of soonsoftonline.com has stolen my phone and never gave me a refund. I am writing here , as a last resort resort because he has refused communication with me or bbb.org or amazon about this matter.so that amzaon and ebay and even his website domain registered in china take his account off - and that he may not ripoff anybody else. Thank you so much.

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#107 General Comment

F*** EDWARD SANDY HILL

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 02, 2013

A different f******* thread? R U F****** SERIOUS? He steals the customers of his job and he kills a teenager and why is this f*** not in jail? SICK F****** S***!.

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#106 Consumer Comment

Own Thread

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 02, 2013

I'm sorry about what he did, but this thread is about The Protection Bureau and if they can protect their customers if they can't vet their own people, that girl dying should be in it's own thread, not here. Sorry.

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#105 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 02, 2013

That is ashameful what happened to that young girl. I though when you wrote you were 1 of there clients.

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#104 General Comment

Can't F****** belive

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 02, 2013

The Protection Bureau keeps hires their competition after he does this or keeps him if he was working for them when he did it. He tries to steal their customers. RedBull King of Darkness and Protection Bureau need a SMACKDOWN Cage Match with Sandy Hill, tag team style b******.

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#103 Consumer Comment

Working

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, November 02, 2013

Was he working for the Protection Bureau when he did this? It is tragic what he did, but if he wasn't working for the Protection Bureau at the time he did this you should write about this in its own thread.  Was he punished for this?

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#102 General Comment

a lot worsearticles.mcall.com/2006-01-28/news/3656423_1_two-vehicle-crash-critical-condition

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POSTED: Friday, November 01, 2013
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#101 General Comment

no surprise

AUTHOR: Gehman - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 01, 2013

i mean it's no surprise because he did a lot worse than this

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#100 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 01, 2013

Did you hire The Protection Bureau and were 1 of there clients and he tried to steal you to Sandy Hill Security like he did my client?

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#99 General Comment

no surprise

AUTHOR: Gehman - ()

POSTED: Friday, November 01, 2013

no surprise he did this

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#98 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 31, 2013

Channel 6 called me to talk today about there looking into the Protection Bureau and the Sandy Hill Security bait and switch and wanted more information. I gave them what they asked for and they said they will call me when there done looking over copies.

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#97 General Comment

this c*** is still there?

AUTHOR: Security con losers - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Looking over rip off report top articles and my mate pointed this out laughing. This company really hasn't fired this c*** for trying to steal the customers? Disgraceful. No wonder the blokes question a security business that can't even cover its own arse. 

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#96 General Comment

Friday Night SMACKDOWN ROUND 3

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Didn't curse in my SMACKDOWN ones but got nagged anyways, LMFAO.  Friday Night SMACKDOWN Time Round 3.  The Protection Bureau is gonna SMACKDOWN Sandy Hill Security to get payback for client stealing and then the Red Bull King of Darkness is gonna SMACKDOWN the Protection Bureau for sniffing glue and being stupid enough to hire their competiton.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#95 Consumer Comment

Is cursing needed?

AUTHOR: Ngyuen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, October 29, 2013

CoD BO is  the cursing really needed? You can't get your point across about Sandy Hill stealing business from the Protection Bureau without cursing and calling someone retarded?

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#94 General Comment

rebuttal this tard

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 28, 2013

F** The Protection Bureau who was stupid enough to hire their f**ing competition to install their second rate equipment, and F** Sandy Hill Security who tries to steal protection bureaus customers cause they can't get business on their own.  All I want to know is what is up with this Red Bull King of Darkness and the dogs.  ROTFLMFAO.

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#93 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 27, 2013

What the smackdown is and has nothing to do with Sandy Hill Security trying to steal clients from the Protection Bureau that my client hired to protect there business and The Protection Bureau couldn't even see that they hired there competitiotor to do there work.  Stop this dog and smackdown as the news channel doing there invesitagtions say it has nothing to do with scam of Sandy Hill.  VAlley Forge Tapemade right with my client but Protection Bureau can't admot Sandy Hill Security mistake.

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#92 Consumer Comment

Put this matter to rest already

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 27, 2013

I'm.n ot saying Protection Bureau made smart business decisions in hiring another security company to install their equipment or keeping them on after, but this smackdown stuff is stupid.  Protection Bureau, just resolve this and make it right to the customer who was offended by what Sandy Hill did and put this matter to rest already.

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#91 General Comment

SMACKDOWN HAMMER

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 26, 2013

Because Sandy Hill needs a SMACKDOWN for what they did to Protection Bureau and Protection Bureau needs a SMACKDOWN for  being stupid and hiring their competition and for not dealing with it once they saw Sandy Hill was stealing customers. The Red Bull King of Darkness will SMACKDOWN everyone.  ROTFFLMFAO.

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#90 Consumer Comment

What does this have to do with Sandy Hill stealing customers?

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 26, 2013

Tell me CODBO what wrestling and smackdowns and cage matches has to do with Sandy Hill Security stealing customers from Protection Bureau or Protection Bureau failing in providing security to protect them selves from employee theft like this? 

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#89 General Comment

Friday Night SMACKDOWN ROUND 2

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, October 25, 2013

Friday Night SMACKDOWN Time Part 2.  The Protection Bureau in cage match with Sandy Hill Security to get payback for client stealing and then the Red Bull King of Darkness will give the SMACKDOWN to the Protection Bureau for sniffing glue and being stupid enough to hire their competition.  McDonalds doesn't hire Burger King. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#88 General Comment

Friday Night SMACKDOWN ROUND 2

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, October 25, 2013

Friday Night SMACKDOWN Time Round 2.  The Protection Bureau iis gonna SMACKDOWN Sandy Hill Security to get payback for client stealing and then the Red Bull King of Darkness is gonna SMACKDOWN the Protection Bureau for sniffing glue and being stupid enough to hire their competiton.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#87 Consumer Comment

Off Base

AUTHOR: C. Y - ()

POSTED: Friday, October 25, 2013

How'd this go from an employee of the Protection Bureau trying to steal customers for his own business to green cards and other countries?  Protection Bureau, just resolve this and make it right to the customer who was offended by what Sandy Hill did and put this matter to rest already.

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#86 General Comment

Murica

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 24, 2013

I agree with you that what Sandy Hill Security did to the Protection Bureau was a d*** move but it was their fault for hiring a competitor and I will watch when it will be reported on the news like you said.  But don't you come to my country and tell me to stop writing. Go back to your country if you are gonna say that sh*t. Red Bull King of Darkness rules.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 24, 2013

Stop writing because you don't add anything to this about what Sandy Hill Security did to there employer the Protection Bureau.

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#84 General Comment

SMACKDOWN 2X Bxxxxxx

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 23, 2013

It sounded like their way tard because it is. Learn to speak the language if you want to work here after your green card expires Pedro. Nice you working for a security company to get in peoples homes, that why Sandy Hill Hill hired you because they were so busy takiing clients from Protection Bureau tard?

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#83 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, October 22, 2013

My client hired The Protection Bureau to install a a security system and The Protection Bureau sent there employee Sandy Hill Security and Sandy Hill Security tried to talk my client out of using The Protection Bureau and using there security system instead of.  I don't know if Sandy Hill Security uses Home Security Store but sounds like there way.

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#82 Consumer Comment

HOKEY

AUTHOR: Ngyuen - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, October 22, 2013

I don't know if they get their equipment from the Home Security Store but what I read what they did to your client is HOKEY.  The tech support department is a joke and once they have your money they don't care about customer satisfaction. I have receipts for all the money I have paid the Home Security Store but will never ever spend another dime at the Home Security Store.

 

Was Sandy Hill Security trying to sell different equipment to your client or just sell the same equipment but for cheaper?  When I called Sales Department at Home Security Store they kept transferring me to another pseron because no one wanted to help. 

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#81 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 21, 2013

Ngyuen was this alarm security home system you purchased bought from The Protection Bureau or Sandy Hill Security or was it 1 of there people?

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#80 Consumer Comment

Home Security Store Advertises tech support; sells you overpriced alarm systems/components, then fails to support them

AUTHOR: Ngyuen - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 21, 2013

I have purchased 2-3 alarm systems under different accounts from Home Security Store. I installed each system. Never had any issues. I have a background in electronics, high tech capital equipment field repairs, military avionics, etcetera. Also have much experience in computer and proprietary software, as found in these home alarm systems. Installing these rather low tech systems is relatively easy.

I have a GE Simon XT system. I wanted to add a couple outdoor motion sensors. Home Security Store sells the OPTEX VX-402R outdoor motion sensors. While their site does list compatible transmitters for the sensor, they don't come right out and tell you that you need to purchase a TRANSMITTER to go with the sensor. No issue. I had spare door sensors. 

I followed their installation instructional video, which tells you how to connect the transmitter to the motion sensor. Trust me, it is HOKEY

While Home Security Store are not responsible for the design, they are responsible for selling crap like this to customers like me. They could choose to go with a quality sensor that perhaps already has a transmitter in it, not requiring their customers to maintain batteries in TWO devices, perform wiring, troublehooting the inevitable constant "Sensor open" and "Tamper" errors.

I installed the wiring for the motion sensor to connect to the transmitter. I wired the 9 volt battery too. I installed the transmitter case into the main housing of the motion sensor. I ended up with constant "Tamper" errors and "sensor open" errors. Because I am not a moron, I understand that the "tamper" error relates to the seating of the transmitter cover, inside the sealed motion sensor. I understand that the "sensor open" refers to the state of the motion sensor, being transmitted back to the alarm panel. Try as I might, for four hours spent on the issues, I couldn't ever get both errors cleared on the two external motion sensors.

So, for the first time in two-three alarm installations with items purchased from the Home Security Store, I call the Home Security Store for help; help with the installation of the sensors that I PURCHASED FROM THEM A FEW DAYS AGO... in an order of 3 items, totaling $333.18 . 

I spoke to a tech in their tech support department. fter giving him my account information and letting him know the model of the external sensors I purchased from Home Security Store, I told the guy that I am installing the aforementioned sensors on a GE Simon XT alarm panel that I already owned. I told him the issues I was having. He wanted to know if I was using the "MCT" transmitter model... which is not used on GE Simon XT systems; clearly, the tech support needs tech support. I informed him that I was using the VISONIC MODEL recommended by Home Security Store. Next, the guy tells me that he wants to "stick with the facts"; he said that the "tamper" error was due to the transmitter cover. Next, he told me that I didn't purchase my alarm panel through them, indicating I am not entitled to their help. I guess these are the facts the tech support rocket scientist wanted to stick to. 

I told him that I purchased the MOTION SENSORS through the Home Security Store and that I needed help with installing them, not with installing the alarm panel which was already installed. At this point, I told him that I would take the trash items out in my yard and beat them with a sledgehammer, sending the remains to them. I also expressed that, after purchasing 3 alarm systems and various other orders for accessories (I have $600 worth of them on my account alone), I would never spend another dime at the Home Security Store.

I called their Sales Department, to express my outrage. I had to go through the entire saga again. I was transferred to another person... who wanted the saga repeated yet again. Her response? Did she offer to make good? Get help? Anything? No. She said "go ahead".

Trust me. These clowns do not deserve their BBB "A" rating. I imagine they have it because they sought BBB Accreditation. I will be filing a BBB complaint in the near future. My loss but it will be MY LAST LOSS from Home Security Store.

BUYER BEWARE!

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#79 Consumer Comment

Not best judgement

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 20, 2013

I'm not saying what Protection Bureau did by hiring him was the best judgement, but when they found out what he did, they should have fired him without a second thought.  If he did it here he probably did it other times and who knows how much business was lost because of him.  But anyway, still doesn't need this many posts and if they had fired him like they should of this post would have been shut down long ago and it should be shut done now.

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#78 General Comment

Sandy Hill SMACKDOWN

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 19, 2013

Theres nothing stupid about the SMACKDOWN.  But that's why this is so funny, people hire Protection Bureau to protect them and they can't even protect themselves.  Who the f*** hires their own competition to go to their customers homes and don't think he would steal. WAKE UP. Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#77 Consumer Comment

Protection Bureau/Sandy Hill Security Fiasco

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 19, 2013

This is my point, you have stupid people on here writing about Smackdown.  This isn't a global issue, but an employee of the Protection Bureau trying to steal clients is a major problem if the Protection Bureau is to protect peoples homes and lives yet they don't properly check out their employees for this type of conflict.  They should never have hired him but when they found out what he did, they should have fired him without a second thought.  If he did it here he probably did it other times and who knows how much business was lost because of him.  But anyway, still doesn't need this many posts and if they had fired him like they should of this post would have been shut down ling ago. 

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#76 General Comment

Friday Night SMACKDOWN

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, October 18, 2013

Friday Night SMACKDOWN Time.  Put The Protection Bureau in cage match with Sandy Hill Security to get payback for client stealing and then the Red Bull King of Darkness would give the SMACKDOWN. ROTFFLMFAO.

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#75 General Comment

Funny as F*cking Hell

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, October 18, 2013

It's funny you foreign non english speaking tard because you had your client go to the Protection Bureau for security and they couldn't even protect themselves from their own employee trying to steal their business. What the f**k did they think was gonna happen when they send their competitor in? So it is a joke and i am ROTFFLMFAO still.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Friday, October 18, 2013

This is not funny.  The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security keep trying to put there posts on here about other things like dogs and India pet store and GMO and smackdown because they are trying to hide that the Protection Bureau can't even protect themselves from there own employee Sandy Hill Security trying to steal there clients. They didn't answer BBB and they didn't want to have Rip Off Report decide this because they know there employee tried to steal there clients because they hired there competition.

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#73 General Comment

Shut UP

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 17, 2013

Frank shut up. This is some funny sh*t. The Protection Bureau getting ripped off by their own guy Sandy Hill Security. The cage match with the Red Bull King of Darkness will settle this in a SMACKDOWN of Sandy Hill Security and Protection Bureau. ROTFFLMFAO.

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#72 Consumer Comment

Stupid

AUTHOR: Frank W. - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 17, 2013

This is really getting stupid.  Protection Bureau should either fire this person and show the customer this happened to that this won't be tolerated, or the customer this was pulled on should just move to a reptutable company like ADT.  One or the other and then this report can be closed because it getting stupid now.

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#71 General Comment

Friday Night Smackdown

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 17, 2013

Should put the employee who tried to steal the clients for his own on a cage match with the Red Bull King of Darkness on Friday Smackdown.  Red Bull King of Darkness would give the SMACKDOWN. ROTFFLMFAO.

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#70 Consumer Comment

Energizer Bunny

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 17, 2013

I wrote last Wednesday and this past Monday about how long of a thread this is and it shouldn't have been and there is even more now. Get a headache just reading all this. It keeps going like the Energizer Bunny.

 

Why is this thread so long all because a employee tried to steal customers from his boss.  If he has his own business that competes against them they never should have hired him in the 1st place, but they should have fired him right when this happened, made it right with their client and it wouldn't be a long thread. A security company that can't even keep their customers secure from their own employees should have fixed this.  3 months of same thing over and over is old.  Protection Bureau should have fixed this at the beginning so they can only blame themselves. 

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

It is called the Rebuttal Title because it is the rebuttal to all of there postings on here. This is about The Protection Bureau not being smart enough to protect thereselves and hired there own competition Sandy Hill Security who tried to steal the business from my client from The Protection Bureau.  Channel 6 and 10 aren't only ones looking into this.  The Lehigh Valley Live is reporting it  and what happend to.

 

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#68 General Comment

English? Do you speak it

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

You're not supposed to call your rebuttal title rebuttal title tard. Cry all you want about The Protection Bureau being screwed by their own guy, but who cares because the Red Bull King of Darkness will not be silenced.  Still LMFAO.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security keep trying to put there posts on here about other things like dogs and India pet store and GMO because they are trying to hide that the Protection Bureau can't even protect themselves from there own employee Sandy Hill Security trying to steal there clients. They didn't answer BBB and they didn't want to have Rip Off Report decide this because they know there employee tried to steal there clients because they hired there competition and now all the news channels know it and are looking into it for what Sandy Hill Security did to the Protection Bureau.

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#66 Consumer Comment

Legacy Food Storage, LegacyFoodStorage.com, PrepareWise.com, BuyEmergencyFoods.com, FoodQualityCouncil.org Claim of Non GMO is not Accurate Salt Lake City Utah

AUTHOR: jmontoya - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Legacy Food Storage False Claims about 100% GMO FREE Certification

Since, approximately, November 2012, Legacy Food Storage has promoted that they are 100% GMO Free. That may be the case but, the details behind the certification are worth reviewing.  Below you will find information that is publicly available about Legacy and the certifying organization called the Food Quality Council. 

Legacy Food Storage is sold Online by sites that are owned or are affiliates of Legacy Food Storage.  They aggressively market food storage by comparative analysis between Legacy and competitors. The Legacy site is critical many of the major competitors.

Legacy Food Storage has an official certification document declaring that they are “100% GMO FREE.” That document is signed by a person named Roger Mickelsen with a title of “Certified Quality Manager.” This document has a date of 12-4-12. An image of the certificate can be found below but the certificate can also be found on the Legacy site here: http://www.legacyfoodstorage.com/index.php/features.html#

 Legacy Food Storage creates various sites; many of them have, at some point, referenced a single PO Box address (PO Box 2070. Salt Lake City, UT 84110).   When pushed, the Legacy team will explain that all of the entities are separate and different (see an example of how they explain it here:http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?p=4294557 ).

 A Google search of the terms [PO "Box 2070" Salt Lake City, UT "84110" "Food"] will generate a resulting search of six web domains that have referenced the above address. 

 They are:

Freelegacyfood.com

Preparewise.com

Buyemergencyfoods.com

Legacypremiumfoods.com

Legacyfoodstorage.com

Wisefoodinsurance.com

Food Quality Council in Salt Lake City Utah.

 Who is behind the Food Quality Council?

The Legal entity under the name of “Food Quality Council, LLC” was filed in Salt Lake City Utah by Brian L Twede on November 2nd, 2012; that was four weeks before Legacy received Certification as being “100% GMO Free” (see images from State of Utah with date and name of registrant).

The Food Quality Council domain was registered on October 31st, 2012, which is 43 days before the 100% GMO Free certification was given to Legacy.     Information on the domain registry for FoodQualityCouncil.org can be found here:http://whois.net/whois/foodqualitycouncil.org . (also see screenshot of the whois information on the registrant at the time of publishing of this document to be Brian L Twede.)

The address of record for the Food Quality Council (840 West 1700 South) is also the address for Twede Photography (see screenshot of contact address for twede.com along with screenshot of state of Utah registration details).

On the surface, The FoodQualityCouncil.org website reports to be independent and non-biased with a devotion to enforcing industry standards. The site is registered to Brian Twede of Salt Lake who is a Professional Photographer. His website and some of his work can be found at www.twede.com.

Under his gallery of work, one will find a food section. In that food section, there are images that were, presumably, taken by Brian Twede, but are also used by the Legacy Food Storage Company to promote their product (see side-by-side images of pancakes on both the Twede.com website as well as the Legacy website).

If the individual that owns the organization that “certified” the Legacy product line as being 100% GMO FREE is the same person who is either affiliated, engaged, or employed by Legacy as a photographer, it would call into serious question Food Quality Council’s claim of independence.

Even though the Food Quality Council gave their approval to the Legacy product over 7 months ago (at time of research), they do not promote the certification of any other organization other than Legacy.

This is somewhat surprising since the charter style statement of the Food Quality Council states on their website that:

“The Food Quality Council is an organization that is impartial. Our group doesn't make food, or sell food. We are the people who will test your food, evaluate it, rate it, and publish our findings.”

And

“As the time go by, more companies will be added to the ranks and earn the Food That Stores™ seal of approval.”

(link: http://foodqualitycouncil.org/Food_Quality_Council/About_Us.html ) See screenshot of the “A Little About Us” page of the Food Quality Council website.

 GMO testing:

When asked directly about the GMO testing process, the NON GMO Project (http://www.nongmoproject.org) stated that their testing period takes a minimum of 6 weeks and can last as long as 6 months. 

Seeing that the Food Quality Council was a legal entity for only 4 weeks before Legacy received “Certification,” it creates concern that the process was “Independent,” or from a “3rd party” or that it was thorough.

Relative to the process, the NON GMO Project states on their website that certain “High-risk Crops must be tested every time prior to use in Non-GMO Project Verified Projects.”  This is a very rigorous standard but their certification comes with high level of certainty that consumers will not be consuming products that have been genetically modified. 

GMO is a hot button issue and one that is very important to a segment of the population who are determined to not consume anything except NON-GMO goods.  For the NON GMO Project, the High-Risk Crops include some of the ingredients that Legacy uses. The NON GMO Project states that 88% of the Corn and 94% of the Soy grown in 2011 were “High Risk.”

Legacy includes on their various sites, on their product packaging, and on their adverts in a very prominent fashion that they are “Certified 100% GMO FREE” (see image of promotional banner with an arrow to the Certified badge).

Some industry experts talk about the extremely cost prohibitive and invasive process of becoming certified as NON-GMO. The expense and rigors create a high barrier to entry for those who would like to earn certification.  With a GMO Free certification, one company could gather a high percentage of the business from people who want food storage and want it to be 100% GMO Free. Again, Legacy might have a product that truly is 100% GMO FREE. 

The “Certificate” on the Legacy site from the Food Quality Council certifies with 100% certainty that the product is GMO FREE. Here is the wording that was transcribed from the certificate:

“The Food Quality Council is aware of increased public concern over the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) in our food supply.

To that end, Food Quality Council has conducted a review of each ingredient used in the formulation of Legacy Premium Food Storage products. During this review process, Food Quality Council has requested, compiled, and examined documents provided by the manufacturers of each ingredient used in the manufacturing of Legacy Premium products – specifically regarding each suppliers’ position related to the use of Non-GMP and GMO-Free components in formulation of the ingredients which are used in the Legacy Premium products.

After careful review of over two hundred original documents, covering each ingredient used in the production of Legacy Premium Food Storage products, we are able to certify this line of products GMO Free.”

It appears that the analysis by the Food Quality Council required for certification of “100% GMO Free” was completed by a review of documentation from the manufacturer of the ingredients with out a reference to the types of tests that performed by organizations like NON GMO Project.

Summary points:

  • Legacy Food owns or affiliates with the owners of various websites.
  • Legacy states that they are “Certified 100% GMO FREE.”
  • Industry experts question the possibility that the products are Certified as being 100% GMO FREE in the same way that other product are certified by other certifying agencies.
  • A certification of Legacy offering a product that is 100% GMO FREE is documented to come from the Food Quality Council in Salt Lake City and Legacy appears to have no other validation referenced.
  • Brian Twede created the Food Quality Council as a legal entity in the State of Utah on November 2nd, 2012.
  • December 4th, 2012 is the date of signature of the 100% GMO FREE certificate for Legacy Food; that is 4 weeks after the legal entity was formed.
  • Even though the NON GMO Project stated that their testing process takes a minimum of 6 weeks and can last up to 6 months, The Food Quality Council Certified Legacy as 100% GMO FREE 4 weeks after opening their doors.
  • Brian Twede who is a photographer in Salt Lake City with experience in food photography and some of the Food photos profiled on Brian Twede’s website are also on the Legacy website to promote the Legacy product.  
  • If there were a professional or financial relationship between the Food Quality Council and Legacy, it would contradict the claim of independence.
  • The GMO Free certificate suggests that the certification was based on a review of documentation and not a test of the individual ingredients for Genetic Modification.
  • This is an important issue. In the Food Quality Councils own words: “The Food Quality Council is aware of increased public concern over the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) in our food supply.”
  • The relationship between Legacy and the Food Quality Council appears convenient in its timing, its connections, and potentially its standards for independence and certification.
  • The analysis by the Food Quality Council appears to be exclusive to the Legacy product.
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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

If The Protection Bureau and The Sandy Hill Securioty had tried there several times to retcify this situation than they would have filed there answer to the BBB complaints against them and they didn't.  BBB compalints have been filed and logged and are on record against them and they didn't file there response and thet didn't do what they could have do here on rip off report and asked for a meeting because they know that they are security and they couldn't even protect thereselves from there own employyes.  If this was nothing there would not be contact to me from channel 6 and 10 to look into what The Sandy Hill Security did to The Protection Bureau.

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#64 Consumer Comment

Not even BBB Accredited

AUTHOR: No Lies - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

They aren't even BBB accredited. If Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security aren't even BBB accredited not a shock the Protection Bureau hires anyone and not a shock the installers try to steal customers for themselves.

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#63 Consumer Comment

Sharon

AUTHOR: No Lies - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

Sharon you may want to check the BBB for real instead of pretending you did because than you will see there are complaints. Did you really check or are you a shill for Procetion Bureau or Sandy Hill Security? You complaining about this lasting 3 months and funny as hell you writing caused all these responses.  

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#62 Consumer Comment

Personal Vendetta

AUTHOR: Sharon - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

I believe that The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security has tried several times to rectify this situation.  If you took the time to read the posts in the beginning you will clearly see that there were attempts on both parties to rectify with the client.  The fact that Mr Levine would not put his client in contact like he was asked to so that the situation could be rectified just goes to show that he has his own personal vendetta going on here.  Get over it and do something more efficient with your time because you are clearly wasting everybody eleses time here. 

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#61 General Comment

Channel 10 & 6

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

Yo, when Channel 10 and 6 do a reanactment with Sandy Hill Security trying to sell his piece of sh*t system when he's to install Protection Bureau's piece of sh*t system, they better sure as f**k have the Red Bull King of Darkness in the background like a Grim F**king Reaper laughing his f**king a** off.  Still ROTFFLMFAO.

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#60 Consumer Comment

Get over it

AUTHOR: Sharon - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

I do believe that both The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security tried to rectify this situation in the earlier posts . I read it myself.  Due to the fact Mr. Levine refuses to supply his client information to rectify all this just goes to show he has his own personal vendetta going on here . Your repeating yourself post after post . Rip off report is a known criminal extortion SCAM to extort money from people. It's highly unethical and an obvious scam. Such people have no ethics,conscience, morals,and are sociopaths and criminals . Maybe the news stations do need to hear about this .  Find another way to occupy your time !

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

Channel 10 now called me back and emailed me and wants more information for there investigation about all of this.

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#58 Consumer Comment

Long Thread 3 Months

AUTHOR: C. Y - ()

POSTED: Monday, October 14, 2013

Sharon I just wrote Wednesday about why is this thread so long all because a employee tried to steal customers from his boss.  If he has his own business thatcompetes against them they never should have hired him in the 1st place, but they should have fired him right when this happened, made it right with their client and it wouldn't be a long thread that lasted 3 months. A security company that can't even keep their customers secure from their own employees should have fixed this.  

3 months of same thing over and over is old.  Protection Bureau should have fixed this at the beginning so they can only blame themselves.  

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#57 Consumer Comment

Move to ADT

AUTHOR: Frank W. - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 13, 2013

Sharon's right and so is C Yellen.  Grow up and move on to ADT.  ADT doesn't have employee misconduct like this. Yellen was right when he said this a long thread just because an employee tried to steal customers and if they had just fired him this thread would have been done in 2 posts and not 3 months like Sharon said.  Move on to ADT.

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#56 General Comment

Red Bull King of Darkness

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 13, 2013

Grow up and move on?!?!?! No one is moving the f*ck on until we get the low down on the Red Bull King of f*cking Darkness.  ROTFFLMFAO

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#55 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 13, 2013

The BBB did get there complaint and The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security never asnwered to there complaint.  They keep laughing and posting stuff about dogs when this is serious. I have clients in all states and other countries. If they had tried to make it right with my client and not laughed about this than there bait and switch would have ended there.  That is why I contacted the NBC, CBS and ABC news TV stations. This is not a laughing matter and channel 6 already contacted me.

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#54 Consumer Comment

Are you kidding me

AUTHOR: Sharon - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 13, 2013

Seriously? 3 months of complaining about the same thing over and over.  This sounds like a personal attack on The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill  Security to me.  If this was a business motivated complaint there would of been a few posts and done.  I contacted the better business bureau myself and found no complaints on either company.  Why would the company hire somebody from out of state to mainstream their company to begin with?Enough already!  Grow up and move on!

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#53 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 13, 2013

You won't be laughing when the news shows does there report on The Protection Bureau and The Sandy Hill Security. 

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#52 General Comment

REALITY TV ROTFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 12, 2013

Hey if the news does this are they gonna do a reanactment with Sandy Hill Security trying to sell his piece of sh*t system when he's to install Protection Bureau's piece of sh*t system? ROTFFLMFAO  They gonna have Red Bull King of Darkness come in and show what is really going on? Frank was right, f*ck Protection Bureau, f*ck Sandy Hill. ADT Rocks. Still LMFAO.

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#51 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 12, 2013

Channal 6 from Philadelphia contacted me to expose Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security because this is no laughing matter.

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POSTED: Saturday, October 12, 2013

Because you all joking thinking this is funny I wrote the NBC, CBS and ABC to have them investigate this with there news teams because my client hired Protection Bureau for security at there business but the installer tried to talk him out of them and use his own company Sandy Hill security instead. How can people trust this company if they can't even protect thereselves against there own employees?

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#49 General Comment

LONG THREAD ROTFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 09, 2013

It is a long f**king thread because its so funny that a company that tries to sell security is stupid enough to hire their own competition to install theiur stuff and then is surprised when he tries to steal business from them. It's like Burger King hiring Ronald F**king McDonald to sell whoppers.  ROTFLMFAO

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#48 Consumer Comment

Long Thread

AUTHOR: C. Yellen - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, October 09, 2013

This is 1 long thread all because a employee tried to steal customers from his boss.  If they had fired him would have been over.  I think the dog stuff and India pet store stuff is in wrong thread but was all fun to read.

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#47 General Comment

F**K This

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, October 06, 2013

F**K ADT that stands for All d**k Tracy, F**K The Protection Bureau who was stupid enough to hire their f**king competition to install their second rate equipment, and F**K Sandy Hill Security who tries to steal protection bureaus customers cause they can't get business on their own.  All I want to know is what is up with this Red Bull King of Darkness and the dogs.  ROTFLMFAO.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 05, 2013

This isn't about ADT and there professionism.  This about I was recently hired to help upgrade a business and besides difficulty with Valley Forge Tape and label that I submitted a rip off report on, the business hirede The Protection Bureau to install a security system.  The installer actually had the nerve to try and talk my client out of usuing The Protection Business and use his own company Sandy Hill Security to sell him a security system.  I don't know if this was The Protection Bureau doing a bait and switch or if this installer was trying to bite the hand that feeds him, but it was unprofessional all around. Anytime a employee does this you should call the dispatacher to see if it is legit.

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#45 Consumer Comment

ADT, America's No #1 Home Security Provider

AUTHOR: Frank W. - ()

POSTED: Saturday, October 05, 2013

ADT better and doesn't cost as much and is more professional over Protection bureau and Sandy Hill Security and you don't have ADT installers trying to do this stuff.  Better system with ADT anyway. Look at all the trade papers. Everyone says so.

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POSTED: Friday, October 04, 2013

It is a scam of Sandy Hill Securit in trying to steal clients of there employer Protection Bureau and anyone this happens to should report it here and to the Protection Bureau and BBB. This bait and switch is wrong and should be stopped and is not legit.

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POSTED: Friday, October 04, 2013

It is a scam of Sandy Hill Securit in trying to steal clients of there employer Protection Bureau and anyone this happens to should report it here and to the Protection Bureau and BBB. This bait and switch is wrong and should be stopped and is not legit.

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#42 General Comment

1 Big Scam

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Thursday, October 03, 2013

What if The Protection Bureau, Sandy Hill Security and The Red Bull King of Darkness are all the same company and this is all just 1 really really big scam to sell dobermans and rip people off? LMFAO

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 29, 2013

That is there enough.  You and trying to distract my clients with all this dog darkness to take from there bait and switch with Sandy Hill taking clients like mine from Protection Bureau. No more dog doberman posts.

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#40 General Comment

ROTFLMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 29, 2013

This sh*t keeps getting better and better, you got dogs with fake papers, you got Protection Bureau being undercut by their own guy, and you got the Red Bull King of Darkness whatever that is.  ROTFLMFAO

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 29, 2013

This isn't about dogs and there fake health tests.  This is about I am a for hire business consultant brought into business to help stream line there operations and increase there profitability. I was recently hired to help upgrade a business and besides difficulty with Valley Forge Tape and label that I submitted a rip off report on, the business hirede The Protection Bureau to install a security system.  The installer actually had the nerve to try and talk my client out of usuing The Protection Business and use his own company Sandy Hill Security to sell him a security system.  I don't know if this was The Protection Bureau doing a bait and switch or if this installer was trying to bite the hand that feeds him, but it was unprofessional all around. Anytime a employee does this you should call there dispatacher to see if it is legit.

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#38 Consumer Comment

Beware!! Fake health tests Add for 100% European Doberman stuservice (Los angeles)

AUTHOR: Doberman Patrol - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 29, 2013

Doberman community. Please be aware of a scam artist advertising his European Doberman stud Red bull king of Darkness. Health tests are fake !!! Doberman is a VWD CARRIER and hip tests are fake.. The owner of this dog already scam a couple breeders here in California with fake health tests. Go to OFA and check his health results
http://www.offa.org/

Brucellosis is a bacterial infection which affects the reproductive organs of both male and female dogs .. Females can acquire the disease through breeding with an infected male. This is of particular concern to breeders, because males can harbor the bacteria for life.
Do not bred to his dog until test is proven to be real........ CAUTION................

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#37 General Comment

Really?

AUTHOR: H2M - ()

POSTED: Saturday, September 28, 2013

Wait, this company that was to be trusted with security hired their competition to install security equipment? No wonder the other company stole from their boss, why wouldn't they. Protection Bureau should say sorry, give this guy free service, fire that employee and go after him for fraud and theft.

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#36 General Comment

F**K Protection Bureau and F**K Sandy Hill Security, Someone needs to save those dogs.

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POSTED: Saturday, September 28, 2013

Everyone knows about Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security doing bait and switch to steal clients, enough already, lets hear more about the dobermans and the Red Bull King of Darkness. LMFAO. You can't make this stuff up.  

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POSTED: Friday, September 27, 2013

Sandy Hill Security and there realy sad attempts to hide what they tried to steal from THe Protection Bureau by hiding behind there fake postings shows how desperate there are.  Why the Protection Bureau hired you when you were there competition makes no good business sense. They never should have hired you and should have fired you when it was told to them about you trying to bait and switch there clients and mine.  If Protection Bureau can't protect thereselves why would they be able or capable to protect anyone else when they let there enemy in.

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europeandobermanstud Gerald Antoine Aka Richard Red Bull King of Darkness ( fake health testing) Fake dog photos ( falsely Advertising a European Doberman Lawndale CaliforniaGerald is a bad bussines p

AUTHOR: Doberman Patrol - ()

POSTED: Friday, September 27, 2013

Doberman community beware of Red Bull King of Darkness fake health certificates and fake dog photos. Geralad is copy right photos of President a dog from King Of darkness kennel in Hungary, Europe. The owner is advertising his dog everywhere on the Internet with fake health certificates. Red Bull king of Darkness AKA Alonzo is a Vwd Carrier and not Vwd Clear. You can verify His health testing with this Orthopedic Foundation for Animals   http://www.offa.org/ 

Gerald is also claiming his dog to have excellent hips and this is not true because only his Vwd and thyroid are done. I would also verify his Brucellosis test . Brucellosis is a bacterial infection which affects the reproductive organs of both male and female dogs ..Females can acquire the disease through breeding with an infected male. This is very alarming concern to breeders  because males can harbor the bacteria for life.

Gerald is a bad bussines person because he has a bad reputation with the Doberman community here in CalifornIa. He already scam a couple breeders with his dogs fake health certificates. He does not care about the Doberman bred and will stud out his dog to anyone for a cheap stud fee $750.00. He will stud his dog out to Vwd carrier dogs and there is already proof of this in the Doberman community. Gerald does care if he produces Vwd affected puppy's and there is proof in the Doberman community he bred Alonzo a Vwd Carrier to another  Vwd carrier female. He took no action to help the owner of the Vwd carrier female and ls screwed him over with Vwd affected puppys..  All this information is verifyable and not fradugelent like his dogs health certificates..  He told the owner of the carrier female his dog was Vwd clear Because he was advertising his dog as a Vwd Clear dog. He continues to advertise his dog as Vwd clear on the Internet, specially Craig list Forum.  

 

 

Doberman community please help stop this individual fradugelent behavior  and help protect our Doberman bred. Spread the news with all the reputable breeders and share this page. On Facebook there is also a warning about his dogs fake health cerificates. Go to Facebook and look under European working line Dobermans Group.
 

Doberman bred  already has health issues and we do not need Richard  falsely advertising his dogs health . Producing Vwd Affected puppy's is Alarming and should not be allowed....

 

 

 

 

 

I strongly encourage everyone to post to this report and help stop  Gerald Antoine Doberman stud owner of Red Bull King Of Darkness Aka Alonzon from scamming another Doberman breeder looking for a health tested dog with verifiable health certificates from OFA. Thankyou for reading this rip off report and helping protect our doberman bred.

 

 

 

 

 

Red bull king of darkness                               Gerald Antoine  4566 W 172nd St Apt 3. Lawndale , Ca 90260

 

Akc # 36636501

 

born 10/24/2010

 

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POSTED: Thursday, September 26, 2013
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POSTED: Monday, September 23, 2013

The company The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Securityy knows there employee Sandy Hill Security tried to steal there business so they hired a company to try and flood searches to cover up there bait and switch.  My client was so offended when I told him he decided to hire company to show how corrupt employyess of Protection Bureau are and stealing there customres by Sandy Hill Securoty to stop this bait and switch.  !!!

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#31 Consumer Comment

ADT, America's No #1 Home Security Provider

AUTHOR: Frank W. - ()

POSTED: Monday, September 23, 2013

ADT, America's No #1 Home Security Provider and no bait and switch.

 

http://www.securitychoice.com/adt-home-security/Pennsylvania/E/Exton/

 

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#30 General Comment

Funny because they are so stupid.

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POSTED: Sunday, September 22, 2013

It's funny you foreign non english speaking tard because you had your client go to the Protection Bureau for security and they couldn't even protect themselves from their own employee trying to steal their business. What the f**k did they think was gonna happen when they send their competitor in? So it is a joke and i am LMFAO still.

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POSTED: Sunday, September 22, 2013

My client did talk to ADT with me after this happened and there people say there was not a big surpsirse they had heard this before about employees of the Protection Bureau and there person stealing clients.  Not a joke so I don't get why you are laughing. This is serious.

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#28 General Comment

Frank gets it LMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, September 21, 2013

Frank gets it, you don't see the employees of ADT pulling this s**t because ADTdoesn't hire their competition. LMFAO

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#27 Consumer Comment

Should have went with ADT

AUTHOR: Frank W. - ()

POSTED: Saturday, September 21, 2013

Should have had your client go with ADT, don't see them having these problems with their employees. 

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POSTED: Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Call it spam if you want but want Sandy Hill Security did in trying to steal the my clients and the client of The Protection Bureau was bad business. Why the Protection Bureau hired competition so they could steal there business was not what they should have done, they are security.  They should be more careful next time with protecting there clients from this bait and switch guy. But it is not spam.

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#25 General Comment

Protection Bureau Sandy Hill Security not spam

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 15, 2013

I never said what you posted about Protection Bureau hiring a competitor and then being surprised when he tries to steal your clients was spam you tard.  I said that post about that pet store was. I post under general comment that was a consumer comment. Maybe if you spoke English better you could see that and maybe you could have protected your client from the bait and switch. You want to live and work here learn our language.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, September 11, 2013

I can read and write english and other languages and you only know 1.  I said and wrote before I don't know there reason of the Protection Bureau and why they have a competition working for them is there decision that I don't understand. Having there competition working for them is why Sandy Hill Security he was trying to steal there business from my client.  This isn't spam and they didn't even answer BBB because they know what he did was wrong and this is not a funny matter.

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#23 General Comment

Sandy Hill Security Protection Bureau stealing clients

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Friday, September 06, 2013

I didn't post that Levin, that was spam you foreigner who can't write english.  Still LMFAO that that you are surprised that the Protection Bureau got it in the spider bite by hiring their competition. Hell yeah he was going to try and steal business for himself. What the f*ck were they thinking? Why the f*ck would anyone trust them when they send their competition to their customers and they are supposed to give security? That is why I am LMFFFFFAO you non english speaking reseller.

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#22 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 01, 2013

What you posted is nothing to do with the bait and switch done by Sandy Hill Security and The Protection Bureau. The pet-indostore.com of Indonesia is not part of this and nothing to do with Sandy hill and what they did to my client and Protection Bureau and trying to steal there business from my client. Post your pet stuff somewhere else or explain how this is part of Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill and there bait and switch.

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#21 Consumer Comment

pet-indostore.com MUHAMMAD SAFI'I I ordered goods from a company called pet-indostore.com was website. I wired $1000 and of course took money and NEVER heard from them. Jakarta Raya Jakarta

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Sunday, September 01, 2013

I ordered goods from a company called pet-indostore.com was website. Wired them money, $1000 and never heard from them again. This is all I got from them...I wired $1000 and of course took money and never heard from them. 

Here are there details :


BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION
BANK NAME : BANK MANDIRI 
ACCOUNT OWNER : MUHAMMAD SAFI'I 
ACCOUNT NUMBER : 90000-1536-6850 
SWIFT CODE : BMRIIDJA 
BANK BRANCH : KC KISARAN
ADDRESS OF BANK JL.PROF. DR. LATUMETTEN NO. 17 E JAKARTA - INDONESIA
ADDRESS OF OWNER JL. JENDERAL SUDIRMAN KAV. 1 JAKARTA - INDONESIA

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Sunday, August 25, 2013

No what Sandy Hill did in there acts in trying to steal my client from The Protection Bureau made him feel unsecure in services he wanted. He was trying to take there business and that is bad business.  Nothing funny about that or your insults.

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#19 General Comment

LMFAO again

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Saturday, August 24, 2013

I don't give a flying f**k if you or your client thought this was funny. Plus your english sucks, guess it isn't your first language. If the Protection Bureau was stupid enough to hire a competitor to talk to customers, then they desrve to have their customers stolen. Why would anyone trust this company with security when they can't even handle their own. So yeah, it's funny as hell.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, August 21, 2013

What he did was not funny to my client.  Why they have a competition working for them is there decision that I don't understand. Having there competition working for them is why he was trying to steal there business from my client.

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#17 General Comment

LMFAO

AUTHOR: CoD BO - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, August 20, 2013

What the f*** did they think was gonna happen when they hired their competition to work for them and he still has his own business. Would be like Phils letting Gee pitch for them when Mets are batting. F***ing stupid.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, August 12, 2013

And my client called and told me there BBB complaint filed still was not ever answered which means you admit when my client said in there claims about what you did.  And they have heard of The Protection Bureau before because of other complaints. Wonder if it was for same reason of Sandy Hill trying to take there clients.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, August 05, 2013

You never answered to the BBB and there asking you for your side. You didn't answer because you know what my client says is true thay you tried to steal business for yourself from Protection Bureau. Or was it you did it so many times you couldn't remember which one that week?  My client feels proven right because you won't answer.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, July 25, 2013

You say you didn't try to have my client and there business go with your Sandy Hill Security instead of The Protection Bureau but you you wouldnt accept to arbitrate this. If you weren't trying to steal Protection bureau and there business you would have done it so you know what my client said is all right. Good luck with BBB complaint filed there by me and my client because you can't tell truth.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, July 23, 2013

and funny how BBB at least heard of The Protection Bureau but never even ever heard of Sandy hill security as being in a business.  If you say you never tried to steal clients from Protection Bureau because its bad business then why dont you click the ARBITRATE button and prove you and Valley Forge Tape and Label didn't do what my client said. 

My client never hired you, hired The Protection Bureau. You thinking my client is yours could be why you tried to sell your comapny when they wanted Protection Bureau.You write like you are The Protection Bureau but you are using an writing under name of Sandy Hill Security just like when you tried to sell your services instead of The Protection Bureau. My client never was and never will be your client.  

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Monday, July 22, 2013

Funny how I contacted the Better Business Bureau and there was other complaints on Protection Bureau and in last year alone. Was that your fault to for trying to bite hand that feeds you and steal customers for yourown from Protection Bureau?

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Friday, July 19, 2013

Your the cause of these problem. My client will deal with The Protection Bureau directly with the BBB about this. Because you can't remember which client shows you did this before to.

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#10 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Fraudulent Postings?

AUTHOR: Sandy Hill Security - ()

POSTED: Thursday, July 18, 2013

I never stated I was The Protection Bureau. As a matter of fact as I stated previously I am an employee of The Protection Bureau.  You continue to refuse to provide your client's contact information,  there obviously will be nothing we can do to recify this matter.  There will be no point in giving any further credence to this matter either.  With that said, you leave me no alternative other than to assume "your client" does not seek resolution because there is no resolution for a client who does not exist.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, July 18, 2013

My client never hired you, hired The Protection Bureau. You thinking my client is yours could be why you tried to sell your comapny when they wanted Protection BUreau.You write like you are THe Protection Bureau but you are using an writing under name of Sandy Hill Security just like when you tried to sell your services instead of The Protection Bureau. My client never was and never will be your client.

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#8 REBUTTAL Individual responds

simple not true

AUTHOR: Sandy Hill Security - ()

POSTED: Thursday, July 18, 2013

We appreciate your response.  It is unfortunate your client felt he/she was taken advantage of by two companies - and at the same time.  We can't speak for Valley Forge Tape and Label,  but we would like the opportunity to recitify this issue with your client.  We genuinely want your client, once again, comfortable with The Protection Bureau, a company that remains unparalleled in this industry.  Please be so kind to provide your client's name and contact information.  We will immediatety contact this client and do whatever reasonably possible to make this matter right.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Thursday, July 18, 2013

I said yesterday in my rebuttal title that I talkedto my client and they said there version reported was right.  My client hired Protection Bureau not you.  Protection bureau says this must be misunderstanding or miscommunication but it wasn't. And its bad business to bite the hand that feeds you. My companies that I consult under are all searcheable on internet and have perfect reviews because I know my clients and there needs.  And my client felt like he was being taken advantage of by you and Valley Forge Tape and Labe.

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Simple not true

AUTHOR: Sandy Hill Security - ()

POSTED: Thursday, July 18, 2013

I would like to take this time to defend myself.  I am the owner of Sandy Hill Security as well as a Senior Technician for The Protection Bureau.  I have been in the industry for over 24 years and have had a working relationship with The Protection Bureau for the last 16 years.  The Protection Bureau is my full time employer for which I am proud to work for.  I have never tried to solicit any of their accounts nor would I, that's just bad business.   The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security are completely innocent in this matter.  Your claims and vague and anonymous and this hard to defend on your end.  All you are giving is hearsay. Also why is it there is no information about your company on the Internet yet you can Google The Protection Bureau and Sandy Hill Security?  My direct number is 215-696-4161 if you care to discuss this matter or have your customer call The Protection Bureau or myself to explain your faceless attack.  If not, I request that this post be deleted. Thank you.  

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

I talked to with my client and they said there version reported for the Protection Bureau and Valley Forge Tape and Label was right and not a misunderstanding or miscommunincation.  The details are in the report.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Recheck of months of records show same problem before with Valley Forge Tape and label and there billings.

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AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I will talk with my client and if they want to talk to you perons to person I can email you there number.  My company does consults and is hired by clients to stearm line there operations and increase there profitability.  We do assessments of clients and recommend actions after the review. My client business told me there dealins with you and Valley Forge Tape and Label and that was reported.

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Bait & Switch?

AUTHOR: The Protection Bureau - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, July 16, 2013

First of all, we would love to be able to respond to this, but since it it so anonymous and we do not have any way to question, research or validate this claim . . . . a rebuttal is almost a moot point. We have tried to research Steven Levin Enterprises, and cannot find a thing about them.  As far as a bait and switch . . .

We HAVE investigated this with our entire staff,  and nothing is known about this supposed incident.  We can tell you that our entire staff is vetted.  All we can gather is that there must have been some kind of misunderstanding or miscommunincation. If the client with the actual complaint would like to contact our Client Care Advocate at 610.903.4900 and provide details, we'd love to be able to research this further and reply will full knowledge. 

The Protection Bureau is known for its high standards and has been a family run business since 1975.  Within the past several years, we've won awards for both Installer and Dealer of the year from our peers in the industry, and have a great relationship with our clients. This recognition was due to our outstanding customer service program.  If any of our clients have an issue, they have numerous ways to contact us with any comments, suggestions. 

Our team bends over backward to assure 100% client satisfaction.  The Client Care division calls all of our clients at three points - upon receipt of a job they place a thank you call for the business; a call to follow up on any service or installation, and a letter each year of their anniversary which includes contact information, surveys and an opportunity to let us know how we're doing.  So, as you can see, they have ample opportunity and time to bring to light any issues they may have, and we would respond with an open mind and resolution.


We respectfully ask that if this cannot be verified, that this complaint be retracted.

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Sandy Hill Security, noy Shady Hill

AUTHOR: Steven Levin Enterprises - ()

POSTED: Saturday, July 13, 2013

I was corrected by my secretary that iot was Sandy Hill Security. Not Shady Hil, not a big difference.

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