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Complaint Review: Apartment Association of Greater New Orleans and Tammy Esponge - Metairie Louisiana

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  • Reported By: MTERRY — Metairie Louisiana USA
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  • Apartment Association of Greater New Orleans and Tammy Esponge 3017 Harvard Ave. Suite 201 Metairie, Louisiana USA

Apartment Association of Greater New Orleans and Tammy Esponge AAGNO Did not pay reward owed. Lied for 6 months. Tammy Esponge is a complete fraud! Metairie Louisiana

*Consumer Comment: Thank you. Update

*Consumer Comment: Again..Typical

*Author of original report: "Robert" one final time.

*Consumer Comment: Typical

*Author of original report: "Robert's" ridiculous analogy

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In July 2015 UPS delievered a package to my apartment complex which is Yorkshire Edenborn Apartments in Metairie, LA.  Since I was not home and the complex is gated, UPS unwisely left the package at the door step and did not knock on the door.  The package included an expensive camera lens.

I was sitting in my apartment when the package we delievered.  With in 5 minutes of the package being dropped off, a neighborhood teen stole the package and took it into his own apartment.  The teen was caught on camera by the apartment complex cameras.

Once the teen realized that there was no value to him with the lens, he returned the lens (now damaged) to my door step to try and convince me that someone else stole it.  It was obvious he was trying to get a reward out of me.

After the video footage from the apartment complext proved this young man stole and damaged my lens beyond repair, I filed a police report with the Jefferson Parish County Police Department.  The officer who filed the report was Officer Canatello and the Police Report number is G5084-15.  The young man was arrested for theft and found guilty in court.

The teen who stole my package was "staying" with a group of people who were a problem in the complex.  This incident was the final straw and the entire group was evicited from the property.

One of the reasons I moved into Yorkshire Edenborn Apartments was due to the security cameras, gates, and a sign that stated that clearly stated:  "Up to $200.00 dollar reward paid for the arrest of any person found guilty of vandalism, theft, or burglary on these premises.  Apartment Assocation of Greater New Orleans."

I felt I was covered at least in some fashion with this sign being present.  Boy was I wrong!

I first contacted The Apartment Assocation of Greater New Orleans (AAGNO) on July, 28th, 2015 to begin the process to collect my reward.  One of the AAGNO's board members, Tammy Esponage (associate excutive), request I send a photo of the sign and the info that I stated above.

After a discussion or two with Tammy it was very obvious the she and the AAGNO were doing everything they can to not pay the reward.  I instructed Tammy on what the nature of a unllateral agreement states.  Tammy claimed the AAGNO didn't know the sign existed and that my case would be discussed in a "board meeting" in October, 2015.

The sign was removed from the property by the AAGNO promptly.  Follow up calls occured on my end in October.  I was told the board meeting was pushed to November.  Then it was pushed to December.  There was always an excuse and a story of why there was no direct answer.

My area code starts with 323 (Los Angeles) not the local NOLA 504 area code.  I would call in December on my 323 number and be told she was not in.  Five minutes later I would call back and Tammy would pick up the phone.  This happened many times.  Several times Tammy promised that she would call me back.  I have emails documenting all of our conversations and her brush offs.

After 6 months of being lied to and brushed off I offered the AAGNO a "cure peroid" of two weeks to make things right.  I told Tammy that I either needed a direct answer or I will be filing the small claims court paperwork.

Before the cure peroid ended Tammy wrote me a letter on the AAGNO letterhead stating that the AAGNO is not responsible to pay the reward.  The letter went on to state that the sign was not theirs and reward is not a program to offer.

My question is why not tell me that 6 months ago?  Why take the sign down if its not yours?  Why does the sign have your name on it?  There is only one AAGNO in this town.

Bottom line is that Tammy Esponge is a proven liar.  Its documented in my email dealings with her.  If you would like any of this proof please feel free to contact me  The AAGNO did not live up to their own unilateral agreement.  Obviously I would never suggest doing business with the AAGNO or Tammy Esponge in any capacity.

If you have one of these "reward" signs in your apartment complex, you will get the run around and not get paid.

 

-MT

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#6 Consumer Comment

Thank you. Update

AUTHOR: TerryM - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, February 22, 2016

I had to change my login name, but I wanted to provide a quick update.

First off I want to thank everyone who contacted me or that I have been in touch with about this case.  "Robert" is correct you are not able to find my email on this site but those of you who were smart enough to put my name in a search engine were easily able to reach out and find my email.  Many of you expressed your issues or conerns with the AAGNO. 

If you type the name Tammy Esponge into a search engine this, rip off report is hanging around #2 or #3 on the search for her name. Tammy Esponge AKA Tammy Lynn Froscen is currently a 47 year old woman who lives in LaPlace, LA off Ellerslie Ave.

I have been working with the BBB on this matter and they have been extremely helpful. 

The small claims suit is around the corner.  We don't want Tammy and friends to know when its exactly coming.  My guess is she would hide or duck a process server just like she did with paying me for 6 months.

There was a gentleman over on Cleary Ave that had some negative dealings with AAGNO as well.  Instead of posting on a public site, we mutally felt a written testimony would be better served for my case.  My assumption is that the AAGNO and Tammy know about this site and they know who what property and who I am talking about on Cleary.  If they "forgot" their memory will soon be refreshed.

Once again, thanks again everyone I will be posting more as it becomes available.

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Again..Typical

AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, February 01, 2016

You see this is a PUBLIC web site as such the PUBLIC is going to post.  So with this you go to the usual..I'm not going to post every tiny detail.  Of course you are not, you would much rather post "fluff" to try and make your report sound more legitimate while at the same time not really saying anything of importance.  I wasn't asking for "every tiny detail", just one.  You spent just about half of your original post talking about the entire circumstances.  Where a couple of sentences could have sufficed...you know such as "I turned this guy in who stole my package and he was convicted".


Had your original post stated what proof you had, such as you had something in writing that said it was their sign and you were going to get the $200.  I wouldn't have even touched your report.  Had your updates stated this, I wouldn't have said anything else.    But the fact remains that even after all of your posts you have still failed to mention the ONE detail that is important.  What exact document in writing do you have that they specifically say that it was their sign and they were going to pay you.  Because the closest to anything in writing you have mentioned is a letter where they specifically stated that it was NOT their sign.


But we get to a couple more interesting things.  For one, you mentioning that you didn't want to make this person's personal life public.  I totally agree, that this person's personal life has NOTHING to do with your "RipOff".  So why did you even bring it up in the first place?  Well let me help you out.  Because you know that even getting it out there infers that she is not the best person.  How in the world do you even know this person on a personal basis?  All that suggests is that you are a bit more personally aquainted with her than you are posting here, and that is actually what is driving this entire thing.


Next, you talk about taking them to Small Claims and how everything will come out in "Discovery".  Sorry dude but you have been watching too much CourtTV.   You may file the case, they will probably file an answer.  Your small claims case will be about 15-20 minutes if that.  The "Discovery" phase will be the administrator(yes it is doubtful you will even have it heard in front of a full judge) will say what proof do you have.  They will say what proof does the other party have to say.  The court will be a bit forgiving with you but they won't let you go all "Perry Mason" on the case.


Then of course we get to the final item...you keep saying you have all of this evidence that you will win this case.  You offer people to contact you.  But you have said you are not going to post any details of the case.  By the way..you should be well aware that this site redacts all e-mail addresses and phone numbers so there is no way to contact you.

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"Robert" one final time.

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POSTED: Monday, February 01, 2016

Nothing you said in your original post confused me or went over my head.  I simply feel that your comments are ridiculous and I don't agree with them.

This web site is not going to be my public forum to list every tiny little aspect of this case or personal life.  I created this rip off report to help others.  There are other aspects of this case that I didn't even list in my report.  They show Tammy in a terrible light.  I didn't want to make her personal life public.  I am only writing about aspects specific to my case.  Everything else will be saved for discovery during the small claims procedure. 

There are plenty of emails and documentation that I have that will support my claim and win me the case.  I urge anyone who is interested in the case to contact me via my email address.  The best way to prove that "Robert" is not an anonymous worker from the AAGNO is to speak via email or the phone.  If you had the same issue and want to speak via email/phone and not a site, please contact me.  If I can share anything to help you with your fight against the AAGNO, I would be happy to do just that.

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#3 Consumer Comment

Typical

AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, February 01, 2016

Oh yes, you are being such a good person and spreading knowlege to "warn" others.  But you won't do the final step and tell people the result or any information of your Small Claims Case.  To many people that basically says..."I'm not going to tell you that I lost", or "I am just blowing smoke and not actually going to file a suit".  Because you see if you prevailed you would be posting that all over the place to "assist" others. 

Your excuse for this...the typical "You must work for them".   Well sorry to burst your bubble but I am not now or have I ever worked for them.  In fact I am no where near New Orleans. 

Now, contrary to your claims, no where in your post do you show that they admited that the signs were theirs.  Asking you to send a picture of a sign is not an admission of anything, it is standard practice when someone wants to see what you are talking about.   Telling you they need to research your claim is not an admission of anything.   Taking down a sign that reports to being belonging to them does not mean that it actually was.  Taking 6 months to get back to you is not an admission of anything.  You talk about a Unilateral Contract, and yes this sign could be seen as one.  However, as stated you have to prove that it is their sign and unless you have something in writing that specifically uses terms that state that the sign is theirs you have no proof that they put it up.  For all you know it could have been the Apartment Owner, it could have even been the security company.  And that is your entire problem....proof.

By the way as for the analogy you find invalid.  That was a generic analogy since I obviously don't know who you are or anything about you.  Now, of course it could have been taylored to something you are involved in, or some organization you are tied to.  But even if I did, I am pretty sure the points would go right over your head.  So just like you posted this to warn others, I will leve this for others to ponder as well. 

 

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"Robert's" ridiculous analogy

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POSTED: Sunday, January 31, 2016

Robert,

Tammy Esponge did state that the sign did belong to the AAGNO but only to back track on her words.  I have that documented.

I can totally understand the language of the sign where it says "up to" $200.00 Reward.  If the AAGNO decided that only a 1.00 reward was fair, it would need to be followed with some explination on why.  If the AAGNO did not need to feel it was necessary to explain why they would pay 1 dollar, I can understand.  However, it doesn't take 6 months to decide that and it wouldnt require lies and brush offs.

To reply to your "standing on head sign theory."  Its ridiculous. 

1.) Yorkshire Edenborn Apts is part of the AAGNO.  I am not part of any break dancing or head standing society.

2.) I can prove with out a shadow of a doubt that a head standing sign is not from me.  I never stated that I had a head standing sign like AAGNO stated that the 200 dollar reward sign was theirs.

3.) AAGNO was worried about the sign.  They did at one point feel responsible and as soon as I called the AAGNO themselves removed the sign.  They thought I would go away which is why the AAGNO spread this process out of 6 months. 

A unilateral Contract agreement is a contract in which only one party makes an express promise.  Please google the term.

The reason for this web site is to spread knowledge of shady dealings.  If someone else has a similar sign like this in their complex its only fair to explain they will not get paid, they will get lied to, and a universal unilateral contract will be broken thus its a rip off.

Bottom line is we are going to see what the small claim judge says.

I will not post the final judgement on this site, but "Robert" I am assuming you will find out what the result is as you likely work for the AAGNO.

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#1 Consumer Comment

Up To

AUTHOR: Robert - (USA)

POSTED: Sunday, January 31, 2016

If you look at the picture of the sign you posted you will see the first 2 words are "Up To".

So there is no guarantee of a $200 reward or actually any reward.  If they really wanted to, they could give you $1 and it would still make the sign valid.

But really to take this to another point. 

My question is why not tell me that 6 months ago?  Why take the sign down if its not yours?  Why does the sign have your name on it?  There is only one AAGNO in this town.

- So let me ask you this.  Say someone puts up a sign and says that "MTERRY of Metairie LA" will give them up to $1000 if they stand on their head for 60 seconds.  Now, you get a call and someone says that they saw this sign and wants the $1000 you promised them.  What would you do?  After all there is only 1 MTERRY in town so you must have put it up and approved it right?

The answer to that question will answer your other questions.

 

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