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Complaint Review: Palmetto Marketing and Pitts Sales - Coral Springs, Florida

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  • Palmetto Marketing and Pitts Sales 7522 Wiles Rd. Ste. 112, Coral Springs, FL 33067 Coral Springs,, Florida U.S.A.

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I am a 19 year old man with a family who recently became homeless. Me and my family are staying at the homeless shelter in San Luis Obispo, Ca. I was trying desperately to find work and one afternoon I noticed an ad in the Local Paper that stated a demand for young sales people. I called and I was promised by a woman, paid training, good money, travel expenses for two weeks and a gauranteed return trip home.

The job was to travel the U.S. and sell magazines door to door. I didnt want to be away from my family but we were in a desperate situation so I accepted the position and started the job the next day. I was driven with another guy from San Luis Obispo to the city of Oxnard in California where I met a very sharp yet deceptive man by the name of Vinnie Pitts who was the owner of Pitts Sales (the company wich hired me) I went out the next day to begin training and couldnt believe the underhanded dishonesy that these young men and women were taught.

The "salespersons" pretended to be high school and college students from Oxnard trying to win a contest for kids and some of them were as old as 32! Within eight hours I had seen over eight hundred dollars in reciepts from Residents Of Simi Valley destroyed and disposed of and the money that people entrusted these "kids with, divided among the wolves. I was utterly disgusted and I decided I would let the boss know what his employees were up to.

When I confronted Mr. Pitts his smile turned into a snare and his eyes were lighted with greed and hatred for all who would stand in the way of his lust for money. He told me that he had ran his company for 12 years this way and that if I were smart I would keep my mouth shut or suffer consequences. I became very uncomfortable and I let him know that I was resigning my position. He became furious and the next morning when I inquired for my bus ticket home that was promised he ordered several of his other emplotees (if that is what you would call them) to harass and threaten me.

They finally gave me a ride to the Oxnard Transportation Center and told me that my ticket was paid for over the phone and that I could go inside and pick it up. I waited there for 9 hours until the place was almost closed until it finally sunk in that I had been lied to and ripped off. In the end I had to hitch hike back to San Luis Obispo empty handed with my head hung in shame for failing my family because I was unable to provide for them.

The bottom line is, Palmetto Marketing Incorporated (the parent of Pitts Sales) and Pitts Sales are Scam Artists and Rip-Offs. They steal from theeir customers and attempt to destroy those who oppose them. Unfortunately for them, I will not be destroyed and I will stand up for whats right and for what I believe in.

Thank you BadBusniessBureau.com for this opportunity to let me inform the world of this companys deception and for allowing all of those who read this to be warned of the underhandedness of Pitts Sales and Palmetto Marketing Inc.

Sincerely,
Dana
San Luis Obispo, California

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#6 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Joust? what a f*g

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

POSTED: Saturday, September 18, 2004

Ahhhh, you worked for the gayest crew of all. Gemini. How sad. Hmmm, so what if they smoked pot? Sounds to me like that's all you ever did. Just another deadbeat loser whose life really hasn't gone anywhere. Seems to me like you're lashing out because you got fired. So, how long was it until Tina fired you?? What's the matter, she wouldn't let you suck her d**k??????? If that failed, you could have gone and volunteered to suck Jill's. She's always "up" for that. Her man of a beast Janet, too. Only HONEST companie's need to have the right to survive.

There's absolutely nothing honest about this bullshit company at all. Just why did you order magazine's for your family? You were hired to SELL magazine's, not BUY them. The only reason people buy them for their familie's is so they can make their quota, and why do they do that???? Because they're not good enough salespeople and aren't making their quota. As for you saying joust, how GAY does that sound???? Seems to me like you picked up on alot of their q***r habits.

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#5 UPDATE EX-employee responds

You're All Full Of It

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

POSTED: Monday, September 06, 2004

Well, I worked for crew Gemini (070) and I have to tell you that we were not trained to say that we were high school kids in a contest, we said we were kids in a contest, we go up to the doors with enthusiasm, that's how a salesman works if you aren't a complete moron. What salesman tells 100% truth? There was no ripping people off, people got their magazines, and so what if some of the people smoked pot. This whole entire web page sounds to me like someone getting pissed off cause they couldn't sell someone a magazine, grow up already. Companies have to survive and if they have to stretch the truth a little bit to do so, then whatever. That doesn't change the fact that the people got their magazines, I know for a fact because I ordered magazines for my family. Get off your lame excuses and get out their and do something productive, because obviously you are not good enough to sell magazines. Joust

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WE ARE SORRY

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

POSTED: Wednesday, August 11, 2004

LISTEN NOT ALL OF US KIDS ARE BAD OUR CO GIVES US A BAD ANME ADN WE DONT EVEN WORK FOR THEM WE WORK FOR INDEPENDENT SALES CREW PMI IS THE MAG CLEARING PLACE. YEA SOME KIDS ARE SCANDELOUS I AINT GONNA LIE ABOUT THAT BUT SOME ARENT THEY ARE REALLY JUST LOOKIN FOR SOMETHIN DIFFERENT NOW MY BOSS WAS AN a*****e IT WAS DAVE HIPPLEY AND GF TRISH THE b***h.

I WORKED FOR 069# AT LEAST WE TRAVELED WITH A GOOD CREW. BONNIE AND MIKE THEY WERE HONEST DAVE WAS TO BUT HE TREATRD YOU HORRIBLE SOME DAYS WANT BAD IF THE CREW MADE HIM MONEY BUT IF YA DIDNT YOU WERE SCREWED I SORRY TO AL THE PEOPLE THAT I SOLD MAGS TO THAT NEVER GOT THEM OR DID GET THEM DONT DO IT AGAIN IF YOU DO MAKE SURE THE KID IS HONEST EW AINT WITH A SCHOOL OR THE GIRLSCOUTS OR BOYSCOUTS WERE NOT IN COLLEGE WE ARE JUST KIDS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING SELLIN MAGS.

IM HOME NOW AND I HAVE A LIL GIRL SHES 4 MO OLD I WOULDNEVER GO BACK OR LET MY DAUGHTER EITHER FORGET THAT I ENJOY SLEEPIN PAST 8 AND ONLY WORKIJG 40 HOURS A WEEK NOT 80 GOOD LUCK

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I saw alot over reciepts ripped up but only when the orders were cash orders...

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

POSTED: Tuesday, December 09, 2003

about a month and a half ago i saw an ad in the paper for this company stating that it was a fun job, good pay and traveling..... well in question i called the agency where i was then directed to mr. Sean Impara where then he hired me on the spot i was picked up the next day... Mr.Impara himself picked me up at my residence and took me to Newcarrollton, Md. i was payed 25$ that night the next day i was woken up at 7am and was told to shower..At 8am i was taken to a morning meeting where we did some un-nessasary yelling and when you yawn or are late to the meeting you are made to run laps around the hotel.When the meeting is over we loaded up in the vans and went to our destination to sell magazines. I saw alot over reciepts ripped up but only when the orders were cash orders...But anyway we had 5 drops a day where we would be out for an hr and a half the we were picked up and taken to the next drop...We were to return to the hotel by 9pm every night 6 days a week..at the end of the night befor heading back to the hotel the car handler would sometimes go thru the ghetto parts of neighborhoods searching for marijuana and smoke it on the way home...Some of the car handlers werent even liscensed drivers and alot of the employees had warrants out for their arrest..well i kept this job for about a month and never got more then a 25$ draw which is our nightly pay except on the weekends we might get at the most 50$....Well any i got so frustrated that i went a few days with only making a few sales...Oct 31,2003 holloween night we were back at the hotel and i was getting ready to go to bed when to of the employees came in my hotel room and jumped me,breaking my nose and stomping and punching me repeaditly...I faught back and they left the room so i called the police and the boys were arrested..I was taken by ambulance to the Virginia Beach main hospital where then i had a cat scan done and a bunch of x-rays...so anyway when i was released the next morning i called Mr.Impara when i was told to find my own ride back to the hotel and he would take me to the bus station...so i found a ride he took me to the bus station and bought me a ticket back home...The point im making is this company should be shut down because there is nothing honest about this company at all...Now im stuck with Hospital exspenses of over 2,000$ and dont have any way to pay them....I am due to go to court for this incident on january 5,2004 but im sure the defendants wont show up...but this is my reflection on the company so feel free to respond below.....

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I saw alot over reciepts ripped up but only when the orders were cash orders...

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

POSTED: Tuesday, December 09, 2003

about a month and a half ago i saw an ad in the paper for this company stating that it was a fun job, good pay and traveling..... well in question i called the agency where i was then directed to mr. Sean Impara where then he hired me on the spot i was picked up the next day... Mr.Impara himself picked me up at my residence and took me to Newcarrollton, Md. i was payed 25$ that night the next day i was woken up at 7am and was told to shower..At 8am i was taken to a morning meeting where we did some un-nessasary yelling and when you yawn or are late to the meeting you are made to run laps around the hotel.When the meeting is over we loaded up in the vans and went to our destination to sell magazines. I saw alot over reciepts ripped up but only when the orders were cash orders...But anyway we had 5 drops a day where we would be out for an hr and a half the we were picked up and taken to the next drop...We were to return to the hotel by 9pm every night 6 days a week..at the end of the night befor heading back to the hotel the car handler would sometimes go thru the ghetto parts of neighborhoods searching for marijuana and smoke it on the way home...Some of the car handlers werent even liscensed drivers and alot of the employees had warrants out for their arrest..well i kept this job for about a month and never got more then a 25$ draw which is our nightly pay except on the weekends we might get at the most 50$....Well any i got so frustrated that i went a few days with only making a few sales...Oct 31,2003 holloween night we were back at the hotel and i was getting ready to go to bed when to of the employees came in my hotel room and jumped me,breaking my nose and stomping and punching me repeaditly...I faught back and they left the room so i called the police and the boys were arrested..I was taken by ambulance to the Virginia Beach main hospital where then i had a cat scan done and a bunch of x-rays...so anyway when i was released the next morning i called Mr.Impara when i was told to find my own ride back to the hotel and he would take me to the bus station...so i found a ride he took me to the bus station and bought me a ticket back home...The point im making is this company should be shut down because there is nothing honest about this company at all...Now im stuck with Hospital exspenses of over 2,000$ and dont have any way to pay them....I am due to go to court for this incident on january 5,2004 but im sure the defendants wont show up...but this is my reflection on the company so feel free to respond below.....

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#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds

I saw alot over reciepts ripped up but only when the orders were cash orders...

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

POSTED: Tuesday, December 09, 2003

about a month and a half ago i saw an ad in the paper for this company stating that it was a fun job, good pay and traveling..... well in question i called the agency where i was then directed to mr. Sean Impara where then he hired me on the spot i was picked up the next day... Mr.Impara himself picked me up at my residence and took me to Newcarrollton, Md. i was payed 25$ that night the next day i was woken up at 7am and was told to shower..At 8am i was taken to a morning meeting where we did some un-nessasary yelling and when you yawn or are late to the meeting you are made to run laps around the hotel.When the meeting is over we loaded up in the vans and went to our destination to sell magazines. I saw alot over reciepts ripped up but only when the orders were cash orders...But anyway we had 5 drops a day where we would be out for an hr and a half the we were picked up and taken to the next drop...We were to return to the hotel by 9pm every night 6 days a week..at the end of the night befor heading back to the hotel the car handler would sometimes go thru the ghetto parts of neighborhoods searching for marijuana and smoke it on the way home...Some of the car handlers werent even liscensed drivers and alot of the employees had warrants out for their arrest..well i kept this job for about a month and never got more then a 25$ draw which is our nightly pay except on the weekends we might get at the most 50$....Well any i got so frustrated that i went a few days with only making a few sales...Oct 31,2003 holloween night we were back at the hotel and i was getting ready to go to bed when to of the employees came in my hotel room and jumped me,breaking my nose and stomping and punching me repeaditly...I faught back and they left the room so i called the police and the boys were arrested..I was taken by ambulance to the Virginia Beach main hospital where then i had a cat scan done and a bunch of x-rays...so anyway when i was released the next morning i called Mr.Impara when i was told to find my own ride back to the hotel and he would take me to the bus station...so i found a ride he took me to the bus station and bought me a ticket back home...The point im making is this company should be shut down because there is nothing honest about this company at all...Now im stuck with Hospital exspenses of over 2,000$ and dont have any way to pay them....I am due to go to court for this incident on january 5,2004 but im sure the defendants wont show up...but this is my reflection on the company so feel free to respond below.....

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