BEUTILITYFREE John D'Angelo off grid NiFe chinese cells, $15000, bait & switch, misrepresentation, Fort Lupton Colorado

I have tried posting twice now and do not get posted.

The last two posts I thought had to do with a past employee by the name of Paul Crites.

I was dead wrong. This last post entitled  ' JOHN DA"NGLEO LIE DTO MY FACE" was s written none other than Brandon Williams and NOT Paul Crites.

Brandon William's will do anything to promote his business that competes with our business. Brandon was NEVER a sales manager for our company as he claims. He was an independent sales representative that worked for us about two months before he decided to go and start his own. He cleverly used my problems with the law to make me look bad to only benefit himself.

Let see if this gets posted....

This post is interesting because the person did not follow the rules of a post here. You are suppose to put a name to any post here. Obviously and one reading the previous post has no idea who wrote it., but I do.

I believe the person who wrote this was our last independent sales rep and also worked for us in the field.
His name was Paul Crites.

We had to let him go because he had family, financial and metal issues all of which where effecting his attitude and performance with our company. So we had to end our relationship with him. And of course any relationship that ends on a sour note the employee will almost always bad mouth the employer to try and "get even". Thus his post. Sad but true.

I never lied to his face, but he will tell you otherwise. Anything that Paul bought up about past customers or other issues I told him our company's side of the issue. He can chose to not believe our side or he can not. He chose not to believe the truth and NO ONE can do anything about that.

We have been in business for a very long time and any business that stays in business always has a few problems along the way. Our business is no different. Look at Apple computer. Even they have messed up a few times and they try and make it right, but you cannot please 100% of the people ALL THE TIME even after you try and make it right.

john D'Angelo - not sure why they say not to sign your name. How else do we know who is writing these "reports"?
BeUtilityFree, Inc

As a contractor (and the manager of a nation-wide sales territory) for this company, I began to notice that there were myriad reports of unhappy customers, clients who feel they had been ripped off, and contractors who were not paid.

While defending himself against multiple allegations, John looked me in the face and said, "There is another guy out there with a company that sounds a lot like mine [UtilityFree].  If you ever run across anything else like that, don't worry, that's not me."

Well, as it turned out, that was a bold face lie.  John will work hard to cover one lie with another lie.  

I am all for supporting institutionalized rehabilitation, but this is just sad...

AUTHOR: info@beutilityfree.com - Fort Lupton (U.S.A.)SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 26, 2011   I personally consider what looked like an accident to actual be a suicide based on more evidence and facts that the young man was heavily involved in drugs. "

Proceed with extreme caution when dealing with this company.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 21:43 

I thought I had addressed our customers concerns a while back and I now realize that it was NEVER posted on this web site so I am going to address his concerns once again. I do not spend a lot of time on this web site but am aware of it.

First this customer ordered a 500 AH cells (part # 7015) and NOT 600 Ah cells. We had been selling our cells with the same measurements for almost 10 years and unbeknownst to us the manufacture changed the cell sizes on us but NOT THE BATTERY CAPACITY. One can manufacture a cell a little smaller or bigger and still have the same Ah battery capacity. If that does happen the cell can also weight a little bit more or a little be less then the cell that was made before. So our literature did not match the new cell sizes!

I explained to the customer that the cell he got, no matter what the measurements or weight was the AH cell he ordered. 

He claims that his cells, because they weighed less than the advertised weight and the advertised cell dimensions, that the AH capacity was less. What happened was simply a mistake on our battery literature and it was an honest mistake. So what he got is exactly what he paid for. No more no less. I said to him that if he actually put them in service and TESTED then according to accepted battery testing principles that if they did not test out to the manufactures specification (500 Ah at a C/5 rate)  we he could return them and we would resell them for him as used cells. 

When he wrote this complaint he had not even placed the cells in service!  As a result he was complaining about a non issue in our eyes. And we have not heard anything from him since we posted this back in May 2009, more than 2 years ago!

Normally our delivery time is 60- 90 days from date of deposit. However, in some cases things don't always go that way. What happens sometimes is that customs will randomly pull shipments for inspection and sometimes or our supplier gets an order from the chinese government and our order get set aside. I believe this is what happened with his order and that is why the order took that long to arrive. The delay was NEVER intentional, but a victim of the import world rules and regulation and the Chinese government rules.

The ordering procedure is on our web site nickel iron page (http://www.beutilityfree.com/Electric/Ni-Fe) page and is there for anyone who orders our cells. Nothing is hidden from our customer. This customer knew full well the 65% down payment terms and he also knew that the balance had to be paid for before the cells left China too. No hidden charges or surprises.

We have been importing these cells SINCE 1995 and have an excellent track record for delivery within our time frame and have MANY satisfied customers since 1995.

John D'Angelo 
BeUtilityFree, Inc

Brandon Williams is both he  a LIER and  a THEIF. 

A LIER because he makes untrue statements that make him look "good".

Brandon williams worked for our company as an INDEPENDENT sales rep and has represented our company in a RIP OFF REPORT POST as a "sales manager. He states: "As the new sales manager with BeUtilityFree". He NEVER was a sale manger for our company. What a lier!

If you look at his Link-in web page he states yet ANOTHER lie:

He states the following:

"Solar, Thermal, Wind, On-Grid and Off-Grid System Designerat Be Utility Free"

NOT TRUE! HE NEVER designed such systems. HE SOLD solar , wind and solar thermal systems but he NEVER designed them. HE was a real novice and had a very rudimentary level of knowledge when it came to renewable energy but when you talk to him he seems to know EVERYTHING about renewable energy systems. HE is a "want to be" 

How many other lies are out there? One will never know!

He posted this issue about my jail sentence so that he could profit from sealing ideas that we shared with him on our marketing plans for future marketing of our nickel iron battery divsion. 

He resigned as an independent sales rep on December 29, 2010 and he registered his web site selling nickel iron batteries December 24, 2010. The day he quit he made it all about my jail sentence, when as is his usual style of deceit and lying, his real motive was to make us thing we did something wrong so that he could freely pursue his own business.

He is both unethical and should NOT be trusted as a business person. by ANYONE!

Please find a PDF copy of his contract with BeUtilityFree, Inc. as PRROF that he was NOT a sales manager nor a PV designer as he claims.
John D'Angelo
BeUtilityFree, Inc

Dear Sir,

I am sorry to hear about your situation. As the new sales manager with BeUtilityFree, we would kindly request you contact us to resolve this matter. I am certain that we can deliver the product we promised. Your comments are not completely clear, so please reach out so we may begin to help you to resolve this matter.

Thank you. Brandon BrandonW@beutilityfree.com

But there will be no feedback from the Attorney General of Colorado. Haven't heard anymore as of January 2010. ChangHong batteries are good company but by dealing with BeUtilityFree you will pay 20% more than what you thought. Also, the Chinese battery syndicate (Seiden, and others) felt that BeUtilityFree had not charged me enough for the cells! So they would not get involved with my complaint. Bear in mind that quality matters can change rapidly in China :-)