Complaint Review: Bytheplanet.com - Gainseville Florida
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- Bytheplanet.com 5111-A NW 13th St Gainseville, Florida U.S.A.
- Phone: 877-354-8244
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- Category: Alternative Health
Bytheplanet.com right after ordering my credit card number was immediately some how stolen and used Gainseville Florida
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Bytheplanet.com Is Bad News
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Right after ordering from this company on April 19, 2007 . The credit card information that I used for this order was some how stolen, It was a good thing that my credit card company was on top of everything and contacted me right away of suspected fraudulet use, as all kind of charges started flooding in, needless to say I had my account closed right away and the charges were still flooding in , all denied because of the account being closed. I did not use my card in any other unusual situation so I'm pretty sure it was because of this order.
And to date I have not recieved my order although today is day 10 and the email comfermation said 5-10 days. I called the number that was listed with the email comfermation 813 600 5786 that is listed fro any questions and I get a recording saying the number that I reached is temporarily disconected and the number that the recording give is different it says 367-8600 ?? I loged back on to there site and it is a different site now it says it's been modified 4-27-2007 and has new numbers 1 800 742 5841 and the numbers listed for questions is 1 877 354 8244. I ordered this in the evening here my time and by 10:00am the next morning I had a message from my credit card company suspesting fraud.
Janett
Kamuela, Hawaii
U.S.A.
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#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Bytheplanet.com Is Bad News
AUTHOR: John Henry - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, May 08, 2007
The new bytheplanet.com website (legal name: By The Planet, Inc., a Florida corporation based in Gainesville) was taken over by YourBodyNaturally.com, which is owned by By The Planet, Inc.'s biggest vendor, Lotus Light Enterprises, Inc. About 70% of By The Planet, Inc.'s products are from Lotus.
If Lotus bought them out or if By The Planet, Inc. went out of business is not clear at this time. By The Planet is past due in filing their 2007 annual business report with the Florida Division of Corporations, so the odds are they are out of business, which doesn't surprise me.
As a former employee, I can tell you, and that I saw with my own eyes, the President of By The Planet, Inc., Anthony McKnight is one bad person. His behavior in business included: not paying vendors on time or not at all, keeping double books, skimming off the top, using corporate monies for personal expenses, tax evasion, failure to file tax returns and pay tax, filing of fraudulent tax returns, pocketing employees witheld federal witholding, social security and medicare taxes instead of paying it to the IRS, failure to pay overtime to employees, falsifying financial statements to get capital from investors, and use of illegal pirated and cracked software. In addition, alcohol and drug use were rampant on the job.
By The Planet was sued a total of five times, Mcknight was sued four times. They have some judgment liens against them. The IRS has tax liens against By The Planet totalling $68,985.62. By the planet has been audited by the IRS, the FL Dept of Revenue, and the U.S. Dept. of Labor. All this is a matter of public record.
When payments were received in cash, of course McKnight would pocket it and not report the income. Even worse, when people paid by credit card over the internet or by phone, people's credit cards, their credit card information was left wide open for anyone who just sat down in front of a computer of theirs to access and see. It's no surprise some were stolen.
Looks like Anthony McKnight is now being held accountable and suffering the consequences for his bad behavior. Good.
Do yourself a favor, avoid By The Planet like the plague.
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