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Complaint Review: Curtis Eugene Lovell - columbus Ohio

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  • Curtis Eugene Lovell columbus, Ohio USA

Curtis Eugene Lovell Awesome Family Entertainment, Curtis Lovell, Magic Of Curtis, Curtis Eugene, Curtis Eugene Lovell. A.F.E. Productions.Curtis Eugene Lovell LlEugene & Lovell Ll Credit card charg-back fraud, theft, scam, con man, malicious, crook, don't trust, don't do business with him. columbus Ohio

*Author of original report: Consider the source of the complaint

*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Rock Rental LLC ripped us off when they sold us junk!

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I have a party rental and manufacturing business in which I build and then sell dunk tanks to people all over the United States.  My customer, Curtis Lovell, purchased a dunk tank on January 14, 2015.  He paid with a credit card then later disputed the charge for being not as described.  He received the chargeback (full credit, all his money back). 

He never contacted me asking for his money back.  He never returned the item to me.   In fact, currently and for the past several months he uses my pictures from my website rockrental.com/dunk-tanks.html to market the dunk tank on his own website. How ironic that he claims the item is "not as described" yet uses the same pictures off my website to market and describe to his customers a dunk tank that he rents for $295 per day.  What a scam.  These pictures are from my back yard with my daughter as the dunk tank participant.  See Curtis’s website in which he advertises the same dunk tank for rent in his business for $295 per day. Yes he is benefiting from the possesion and rental of the dunk tank and has received all his money back.  Clearly this is fraud.

I called his personal cell number which is his only phone number displayed on his website and he answered the phone.  I asked him why he disputed the item and got his money back and never made any attempt whatsover to return the item.  He said he was having dinner and would get back to me.  Of course he did not.  Just another lie.

I read the following Ripoff report from another victim.  This person wrote more detail about Curtis the crook.  All their description of Curtis is believable based on what I went through and experienced in this back and forth ordeal I played with my bank and Square, my credit card processing bank. 

In case you have not seen other victim's accounts of how they were ripped off, read this person's summary:

"WARNING!!! CON ARTIST, CROOK, SCHEMER & THIEF!!!

Magician and self-proclaimed escape artist Curtis Eugene Lovell II is an accomplished professional thief. Curtis is a wolf in sheep clothing. This perpetrator portrays himself as entertainer, and a magician. For several years this individual has been breaking contracts, breeching contracts and agreements with numerous entertainers and small businesses.

He breaks the law on a regular bases by hiring or sub-contracting entertainers such as, DJs, jugglers, clowns, caricature artists etc. and doesn't pay them for the work that they do for him.

Curtis has been sued dozens of times in small claims court in Columbus, Ohio. You can verify this information and cases. atfcmcclerk.com click public access and type in his name, Curtis Lovell. He was featured on a local news affiliate ABC 6 Trouble Shooter 6, a segment of the show that warns consumers about con artist like Curtis Lovell.

POOF! He'll make your money disappear! Curtis Eugene Lovell II is still robbing, cheating hard working people and companies. Watch out for this guy, because he appears to be charming when you encounter him. His magic and tricks are quite convincing, and he appears to be using these gimmicks to seek out those individuals he can steal from. Some other key things you need to know about him is that he is extremely manipulative and clever. He knows how to get around the laws and avoiding court appearances. Some tactics that he has used were, filing chapel 7 and constants uses of alias names, addresses and Web sites.

Alias Names: Curtis E Lovell
Curtis Eugene Lovell II
Curtis Eugene
Eugene Lovell II
Alias Addresses:

Los Angles, California, US
Las Vegas, US
New York City, US
Columbus, Ohio, US
Reynoldsburg, Ohio, US
Pataskala, Ohio, US

Alias Companies:

Magic of Curtis Eugene Lovell
C.E.L. 2 Productions
A.F.E. Productions
Awesome Family Entertainment

Some Web sites that Curtis Eugene Lovell II is affiliated with

magicofcurtis.com
youtube.com/magicofcurtis
myspace.com/magicofcurtis
myspace.com/lovellvsblaine
toydirectory.com/magicofcurtis
rickyhitmanhatton2.com/video/user/magicofcurtis
gigmasters.com/magic/magicofcurtis
talentdatabase.com
.partypop.com
ebay.com/MAGIC-INSTRUCTIONAL-DVD-POOF-YOURE-A-MAGICIAN-CURTIS
amazon.com/magician-Learn-magic-everyday-objects

Alias E-mail addresses:

curtis@magicofcurtis.com
info@magicofcurtis.com
press@magicofcurtis.co
curtiseugene@yahoo.com
pr@magicofcurtis.com management@magicofcurtis

Forthepeople
Los Angeles, California
U.S.A."

Based on his track record, I predict Curtis will write a rebutal to this report with some BS that he is right.  But whatever he says does not help me in that I am out a $1500 piece of equipment that was not paid for and I never got it back.  It is clear he is using my equipment and he is charging his customers $295 per day.  I can only imagine how much he has ripped off other people. 

Curtis, pay for the item, then right your rebutal and try to salvage your reputation. 

 

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#2 Author of original report

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POSTED: Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The only negative statement I have ever received in business since I started my party rental business in 2000 is from Curtis Eugene Lovell 2.  In 5 minutes I have found the following complaints about Curtis Lovell the 2 on the Ripoff Report ripoffreport.com/

 

All these negative reports on Curtis and his many companies have a very similar content. See for yourselves:

Go to .ripoffreport.com/

Insert the file number to see all about Curtis Lovell 2

  1. report 1300442
  2. " 1256694
  3. " 299358
  4. " 587194
  5. " 324245 I find this last report interesting.  In the rebuttal, the author states this about Curtis Lovell:

    I also checked with the Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus, Ohio at "http://www.fcmcclerk.com/pa/pa.php" as suggested in report #299358 and looked at their public records. If you go there you'll find that Curtis Lovell has had no less than 11 lawsuits filed against him by individuals and companies. Furthermore, the judgments ALL went to the plaintiffs totaling over $20,000 dollars.If you don't believe me, go to the link, enter Curtis Lovell, and see what you get. It's in the public record. I didn't check Los Angeles' court records because quite frankly, he's not worth the $4.95 to get access.We have been in this business for nearly 20 years and have never had a problem with a performer like this. This guy is poison. Hide your wallet.I invite any and all questions regarding this matter. 

In regards to what Curtis Lovell has written about my company and the details of the event, let me correct his false statements:

Curtis stated the dunk tank was rusted and had a hole in the vinyl liner.  Yet he forgot to mention he was so tight with his money when he purchased the dunk tank, he bought a used dunk tank at a big discount.  It was sold as is and the condition was actually almost new.  He mentions it is rusty yet in the picture he provided in his report, there are no signs of rust.  He mentioned the liner leaked.  Yes the picture shows a leaking liner.  However the nature of a soft liner verses a solid fiber glass or plastic liner is they can be punctured. This is caused by neglect or mishandling by the operator.  It is not a defect.  The fix is easy.  Simply patch it from inside the tub with a patch kit you can buy at Home Deport for $4.95.  It takes 5 minutes.

Curtis stated his credit card company made an effort to contact my company to pick up the dunk tank.  This never happened.  In fact, I contacted Curtis in the evening when he was having dinner and he asked me to call him back the next day.  I did and he never answered or returned my calls from that time forward.  I was willing to take back the dunk tank so that I could recoup some of my loss.  Yet Curtis charged back the dunk tank and kept it in his possession and rented it out.  He kept using pictures of this dunk tank which he stole from my website to market his dunk tank to customers for $295 a day.  The picture he used even had my daughter on it.  You would think if the dunk tank was "far from functional or safe" he would not continue to market it as a rental item in his inventory. His website marketing and use of the "Junky dunk tank" went on for at least 8 months. 

I disputed his charge back with my credit card company and I filed a police report and in the end, I got all my money back.  I guess once the whole story was told, the credit card company did further research that supported my argument. Also, the credit card company was able to see a history of Curtis Lovell's criminal background and multiple Ripoff Reports and lawsuits.  They reversed the charge back and did the right thing. 

Yes Curtis Eugene Lovell 2 is poison.  Just look at the source of this one complaint against me and the dozens of complaints and lawsuits against Curtis and I think you will know who is credible and believable.

His current websites can be seen at these web addresses:

.columbusparties.com/

.awesomefamilyentertainment.com/

 

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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Rock Rental LLC ripped us off when they sold us junk!

AUTHOR: Owner - (USA)

POSTED: Sunday, April 24, 2016

I purchased a dunk tank from Rock Rental LLC based in Alpine, CA  for our party rental business.

Our company handles over 1,100 clients a year very successfully and we purchase about $150K to $200K a year from vendors.
We successfully work with many vendors all around the world and we have built a strong working relationship with and a business friendship. Also, our rental company won two awards of excellent in 2015! 
 
Unfortunately back in 2015, Rock Rental was not a fair vendor and sold us a junky dunk tank. Rock Rental business practice in this transaction was very shady!
 
The dunk tank we received from them was far from functional and safe.  It had rust on the frame, the frame was all beat up, the back drop was filthy, the liner had a hole in it. 
Please see attached photo evidence of such! Sadly we were the true victims of being ripped off and now Rock Rental LLC is trying to blame us for their poor and unethical business practices. 
 
I have invoices to prove that we had to purchase another dunk tank through another company within the same time frame of this failed purchase. Available upon request. 
 
Prior to the chargeback, I emailed Rock Rental of Ca and no reply. Please note this was the main form of communication with them initially and they had very poor phone manners of not returning calls or picking up the phone.
 
I contacted our credit card company, they created a claim. We had a third party inspect the dunk tank and report back their findings which was required by the CC company.
Also, Amex made us make the item available for pick up. It sat in our warehouse taking up space for many months. Amex, sent Rock Rental a notice of the location and times they could arrange to pick up their junk!   They failed to do such. They didn’t really want their trash back! 
After Amex and the the third party report,  in about 90 days they found in our favor. We are thankful of such. 
 
Mr. Casey, sadly you play the victim and you scream the loudest, but you are the one who is selling junk. 
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