Complaint Review: South Bay Office Products, Inc - Deerfield Beach Florida
- South Bay Office Products, Inc 1100 S. Powerline Rd. Ste 101 Deerfield Beach, Florida United States of America
- Phone: 954 834 5370
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- Category: Consumer Services
South Bay Office Products, Inc Used Controller's name falsely, Sent me an abundance of supplies, Deerfield Beach, Florida
*Consumer Comment: Common Scam..
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I had received a phone call saying they had spoken with my controller and she directed them to call and ask for me. Seeing as how we were trying to cut down our cost for office supplies the deal they were offering was great. I took it and Dawn told me I was going to a special thats for me. After finding out this was a scam I asked my controller if she ever heard of this company or person and she said no.
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#1 Consumer Comment
Common Scam..
AUTHOR: Robert - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, July 23, 2010
This is a very common scam. These people generally "cold call" offices and get the name of the first person that answers. That person then amazingly becomes the purchaser for overpriced office supplies. In your case they probably called previously or looked at your web site to get your controllers name. They then call and say that they talked to person xyz and that xyz gave them your name. If that happens again tell them that you are going to put them on hold and check with xyz. Odds are before you can hit the hold button they will have hung up.
The "scam" comes in when they send the bill. They hope that they got a big company and the invoice just "slips" through the cracks and gets paid unquestioned. If it does not slip through they get you another way. They allow you to return it for a "restocking fee" that again amazingly enough is about the same amount it would cost for those supplies at a regular store. If they didn't try and get you to pay a restocking fee then be glad you got out of this with only a little hassle.
However, you actually did have the right to keep the unordered merchandise and not pay for it. That is probably one of the better ways to try and shut these places down. If everyone kept all of this merchandise they would eventually be loosing money and have to shut down.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/fraud/bus24.shtm
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