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Complaint Review: ServPro - Allentown Pennsylvania

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  • Reported By: Todd — cherryville Pennsylvania U.S.A.
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  • ServPro Kiowa St Allentown, Pennsylvania USA

ServPro Driven by desasters Frauds, Forgery and Liars Allentown Pennsylvania

*Author of original report: Lie's filled with More Lie's

*UPDATE Employee: Employee

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In August 2015 we had a water line break and soak our family room while we were away. We contacted our insurance company rep,(Erie). They in turn contacted an adjuster to come make the report on our damage. Professional Claims Services (Paul Jackson) came and checked our home. They contracted ServPro located in Allentown. 2 Service men showed up (Reggie & Anthony). Anthony was the man that explained what they were going to provide. The job was only $2100.00 complete start to finish. Inclueded moving furniture, moulding, pulling up carpet. Re-hanging Trim, putting back furniture and shampooing the complete downstairs. Once we agreed, they went right to work. Now mind you. No contract was completed and we were not given copy of any paperwork as this was supposed to be an "Insurance Job and everything would go thru them".  After days of commercial fans and heaters running. The place was dry. after another contractor we hired repaired the plumbing and drywall, Servpro showed back up to get the equiptment. No one showed except a subcontracted guy from Nazareth, Pa, to give us an estimate to hang trim work. Saying he would bill us... Since servpro was due back to re-stretch the carpet, I had to hang the trim. Anthony said he was also there to get the check from the Insurance company. They sent another guy back to do the carpet. A few days later we got another check from the insurance company for an additional $398.77. Not knowing what this check was for we contacted the Adjuster and was informed it was for additional charges for the carpet cleaning(supposed to be included in the price first quoted.) We contacted the office of ServPro and spoke to a woman who said she was the office manager (Tonya) Told her we got the second check and was instructed by Tonya to just sign off on the check and mail it to their office. That was all done the day the 2nd check arrived. Approx a week went by and this Tonya called to verify the check was mailed. Which we assured her it was. No further contact with servpro after that last call. A year later we get a notice in the mail that ServPro filed a civil suit stating we never paid the moneis due. Low and behold we appear at the magistrait's office and are informed that there was a formal contract on file(We never even saw this contract till today) and it was signed by the owner of the proterty.  We then discover her signature was fordged on this contract not once, but twice. This Office manager for ServPro (Tonya) was aked who signed this contract and her only reply was that she "presumed" we did. Now ServPro's attorney is seeking All his fee's, intrest, and court costs for a matter that could have been all taken care of with a simple call saying they never got the 2nd check.

ServPro not only never fulfilled the agreement of the verbal but they also now comitted fraud and forgery acts in order to ripoff an 82 years old woman. Thie office manager (Tonya) Lied to their own lawyer and comitted purjery in a court of law. Now we have to wait 5 day's to see how the judge will decide this case. Once that is finished pending any appeals. Legal actions will be gone after for Fraud, forgery, Unlawful Business Practices, theft by decption and any other charge the local police department finds. We will also seek damages, and mental angwish caused by these theives..

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#2 Author of original report

Lie's filled with More Lie's

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POSTED: Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Since you were not present during this so called estimate. You cannot and do not have the right to make your comments. There was never a "Walk Thru" and the agent didn't have an Ipad in the home at any time. Why was there not a copy of this contract given to the home owner at that time? Because she would have seen that her signature was forged by one of the 2 employees that were there to perform the service. And as for your mailings.. How is it that when produced in the court there was a return to sender on the envelope.. you say several letters were sent.. If the company that acted on behalf of the insurance company was able to mail paperwork, the insurance company was able to as well. But your company wasn't able to mail anything because YOU had the worng address..That fault lies on you. And also, why if you hadn't gotten the 2nd check couldn't you do the very simple thing like make a phone call.. You had the number.. No you waited an entire year and tried to take a senior citizen to court.. You and your Attorney got caught in your own lies and the court ruleing proves it.. The judge found for the defendant.. YOU LOST!!! That's all that matters now... She won. An 82 year old woman beat the big bad ServPro company and their Attorney..You can't continue to take advantage of people and expect everyone you lay down and roll over.. We didn't and I sure hope everyone that reads this understands that the law does work if your honest.. Hope the owner of ServPro fires your liying rearend now

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AUTHOR: Employee - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, December 27, 2016

When the employees got on site for the original loss, a walk through was done with a son and then the paperwork was gone over and signed by the home owner. This was completed on the employee's ipad. No work can be started without an authorization signed by the home owner giving the company permission to do the work. An explaination of what was to be done occured. There may have been some miscommunication about the capet clean and the carpet restrech being a supplemental estimate to the work that was origionally completed.

 

The second invoice was mailed to the home owner. Thirteen days later, the home owner called the office to say she received the check and what should she do with the check. She was told she could mail the check, someone from the company could pick it up or she could drop it off. She decided she was going to drop the check off to the facility.

 

When the check was not received several weeks later. A letter was sent to the home owner as a remminder of the over due amount. Two days after the letter was sent, a phone call was received from the son, Tim, stating he refused to pay this bill. He said this was included in the origional amount that they were given to give to us. He was informed that this was not the case. A copy of the estimate, was resent to the home owner so she could give it to her son Tim. When no reply was received, it was sent to the attorney.

 

The attorney sends several letters to the home owner before this is sent to the court and a court date is set. There was never any response to any of this information. When the court papers were received, a call was made to the adjuter. The adjuster, then called Servpro and she was told that if the amount due, plus the interest and the attorneys fees up to that point were paid, then this would be dropped. The check from the insurance company was received, but the interest and attorneys fees were not paid.

 

The son, Tim, called again, saying they were not going to pay anything else and that the company should be ashamed to go after an 82 yr old woman. Never once was the company ever told that a check was sent to the facility.

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