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Complaint Review: Trade Electronics - Hollywood Florida

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  • Trade Electronics 5800 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, Florida U.S.A.

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I first became aware of Trade Electronics when I was looking to leave my present employer for another position. I didn't seek them out, they actually contacted me via email and after reading their proposal for a home business I was really excited about working for them as the idea of making twice the money than my old job, plus working at home and with computers, it was an easy sell for me.

After thinking about it for a couple weeks and actually talking to "Karina" I took the position and put my two weeks notice in at my old job. I left my old job in mid December of 2005 and decided to take some time off for moving to a new apartment and for the holidays and started for Trade Electronics after the new year (2006). I first became weary of Trade Electronics after repeated attempts to get information regarding health and dental insurance information as Karina was not good at supplying this info, which I felt I should have available when I start. I didn't think much of it and decided to start working for them.

In my talks with Karina, she indicated that I would deal with resellers around my area, so I thought that was good as I didn't have to do any long distance calling, it would be all local. She also indicated that I would be supplied with leads that signed on via the website, which was good to as I didn't have to cold call anyone in order to get business, it would be all warm leads. Both of these proved to be untrue as I was calling all over the United States and I was hardly getting any leads from her, just like or two throughout the day. So I ended up getting my own leads through the internet and calling on PC builders and resellers that I could find in my state (Michigan).

Karina indicated that I forgot to fill out the call reports the first couple of days, which were my fault as I was doing all emails as my phone was being installed. So after my phone was hooked up, I began making phone calls and logging all the calls on my call report, which weren't that many as I wasn't getting much from Karina and I was still figuring out who to call.

After the first week, I asked about pay and when will I get my first check. After several attempts asking about this, she indicated that the pay frequency is bi-weekly, so I would have to wait another week for a paycheck. So, I waited for another week, just working and doing what I could do. After the second week was over, I began to ask about when checks would be sent out. At this time, I had bills that were due and needed money to pay them and things were getting tight. Again, it was like pulling teeth with her, took her a long time to get back with me. After finally hearing back from her, she said that I wasn't doing enough phone calls and needed to do more. Now, she was getting all my reports for those two weeks and never said anything about my quanity of calls. So, she used this as an excuse to further delay me getting a response about my paycheck. At this point, I'm late with a lot of my bills and it's really stressing me out. I contantly stressed that I need the money or I'm in trouble financially. She didn't really care too much about that. She also said that I wasn't getting enough info on my call reports. That puzzled me as many of the people that I called were either not home or maybe on the phone and got their voicemail or their answering machine.

So, I agreed to do increase my phone calls for the following Monday, which I did, wrote several pages of phone reports and sent them to her. Now, I'm hurting finacially and her response was that I wasn't getting much information on my calls, which I told her, what am I supposed to put down when nobody is home? She didn't have much of a response to this. Finally, I got so frustrated and felt that it didn't matter what I did, I would never get a paycheck from this company. I told her that I'm not doing this anymore and I'm parting ways.

I did some further digging into this company and found a couple other people who had the same issues with Trade Electronics as I did, which felt a little better as I know I wasn't the only one, but still didn't help my situation.

So, I tried looking at legal action against them, but couldn't find anyone in Florida who was either interested or didn't think it was worth their time or the money involved. I really wish I could do something against them to get back at them for what they did to me and to stop them from doing this to anyone else. I did report them to BBB in that area, along with the Attorney General of Florida and a few other sites that I posted my issues with them.

I wish I could do more, but my financial situation made it impossible for me to carry anything out. Hopefully someone does something about them as this company should not be able to operate in this country or anywhere for that fact.

One other thing, I'm not sure if this place is even located at this address or not. I tried to locate them and they had a few different addresses out there, so who knows where they are at. Also, I tried calling all the numbers at their place and could never get a hold of a single person. The only person I dealt with was "Karina". I think she is doing this out of her house as a couple times I called her number I could hear a baby in the background.

David
Shelby Township, Michigan
U.S.A.

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#8 Author of original report

Trade Electronics Hollywood, Florida

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

My post is not really an update, just trying to get a sense of what's new with Trade Electronics. From what I read it looks like she was sent to jail but then others talk about doing business with her at the end of 2008. I can't believe she is still out there. Like my post said, I was a victim of hers by accepting a home-based job with her company. I basically lost everything I had and went into severe debt. It took me two years just to pay everything off that due to her scam job. I was talking to another victim via email. I haven't heard from her in a while, so not sure where she went, but she did send me a CD with pictures of all the supposed addresses that they claim is Trade Electronics businesses. I also kept all my email correspondence that I had with her.

I would love to get back at Karina, she really screwed me over big time and I would love to see her get put out of business for good and thrown in jail and the key thrown away. If anyone is planning on going after her and would like some evidence, I would be happy to help.

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#7 Consumer Suggestion

Court Date Set

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, June 30, 2007

On July 10, 2007, the Magistrate here in Georgia will be hearing arguments alleging Karina Knausederova of Theft by Deception.

It would be very helpful if all past fraud to could brought to light. I have provided my contact information, as well as that of the court, to editor@ripoffreport.com. Hopefully, they can give you the Court's address to send a statement, or put us in touch.

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#6 Consumer Suggestion

More info on criminal charges

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Thursday, June 14, 2007

The editors of this site will not post contact information. All I can tell you is that I have provided law enforcement with all of the information regarding my case, plus links to all the Ripoff Reports that have been posted. I sent an e-mail to the ripoff report editors with my contact info, plus a few documents that have been filed with the FTC and FBI to prove I am not in collusion. You can contact the editors and ask if they can put us in touch.

You can read my Ripoff Report here:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/251/RipOff0251297.htm

I am NOT a lawyer, and I am not seeking to capitalize on anyone's suffering. I had to work to get CRIMINAL charges filed through the courts because I cannot afford legal representation. She owes all of us money, but criminal charges will go a long way to make sure the scam is stopped for good.

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#5 Author of original report

Response to Criminal Charges Being Filed Against Trade Electronics

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, June 08, 2007

Hello there Mr. Warner Robins. I saw your response to my initial posting against Trade Electronics and was most pleased to see that someone has finally taken action against Trade Electronics. I kept a lot of my documentation, including all my emails to and from "Katrina", my signed employment agreement that I signed to become an employee to one of the biggest scams I've ever experienced.

I do have someone else who also has a lot of her documentation, including pictures of all the supposed places of business that Trade Electronics is supposed to be at. Let me tell you, it really pisses you off.

Anyway, you must understand my caution at this. It's not that I don't believe you, it's just I've been had big time by this company and feel they would do just about anything to maintain their scam. So, I need some kind of proof that charges have been filed and that this legal action is legit.

Do you have some sort of attorney that I could contact to prove this or someplace I can call to verify this. Once that is verified, I will contact you back. I don't know how to contact you back, you left no email address etc. I hope you understand my position on this as I don't want to give my information away to anybody as I've been really hurt by this company both financially and mentally, so I need that reassurance that this is legit.

Thank You,

David

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#4 Consumer Suggestion

Criminal charges have been filed!!

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, June 08, 2007

After getting ripped off by Karina, I took action and contacted the FBI's IC3 division, the FTC, the BBB, the Miami-Dade Sherriff's office, my local Police department, my District Attorney and other consumer protection agencies.

Her actions should not go unpunished, so I am soliciting information from everyone harmed by her antics to show the court that this is a negative trend of shady, criminal behavior and she should be stopped. Court date is set for late July/early August (finalized date coming), so I need documents/info as soon as possible so, please contact me.

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#3 Consumer Suggestion

Criminal charges have been filed!!

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, June 08, 2007

After getting ripped off by Karina, I took action and contacted the FBI's IC3 division, the FTC, the BBB, the Miami-Dade Sherriff's office, my local Police department, my District Attorney and other consumer protection agencies.

Her actions should not go unpunished, so I am soliciting information from everyone harmed by her antics to show the court that this is a negative trend of shady, criminal behavior and she should be stopped. Court date is set for late July/early August (finalized date coming), so I need documents/info as soon as possible so, please contact me.

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#2 Consumer Suggestion

Criminal charges have been filed!!

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, June 08, 2007

After getting ripped off by Karina, I took action and contacted the FBI's IC3 division, the FTC, the BBB, the Miami-Dade Sherriff's office, my local Police department, my District Attorney and other consumer protection agencies.

Her actions should not go unpunished, so I am soliciting information from everyone harmed by her antics to show the court that this is a negative trend of shady, criminal behavior and she should be stopped. Court date is set for late July/early August (finalized date coming), so I need documents/info as soon as possible so, please contact me.

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#1 Consumer Suggestion

Criminal charges have been filed!!

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, June 08, 2007

After getting ripped off by Karina, I took action and contacted the FBI's IC3 division, the FTC, the BBB, the Miami-Dade Sherriff's office, my local Police department, my District Attorney and other consumer protection agencies.

Her actions should not go unpunished, so I am soliciting information from everyone harmed by her antics to show the court that this is a negative trend of shady, criminal behavior and she should be stopped. Court date is set for late July/early August (finalized date coming), so I need documents/info as soon as possible so, please contact me.

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