Friday, January 8, 2010

DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE!!!

IF YOU EVER RECEIVE A PHONE CALL OUT OF THE BLUE FROM EITHER CUSTOM MUFFLER CENTERS, BLUE FLAME MUFFLER CENTERS OR NOW MUFFLER 1 PERFORMANCE, "DO NOT", I MEAN "DO NOT" GET SUCKED IN BY ANY ONE OF THEIR HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE SALESMAN. THESE GUYS CAN SELL ICE TO AN ESKIMO (I'LL GIV'EM THAT). THEY SURE DO TALK A GOOD STORY AND MAKE YOU BELIEVE IT'S THE NEXT BEST THING TO A SLICE OF BREAD.

UNFORTUNATELY I WAS JUST "ONE" OF THOSE SUCKERS. I GOT RAPED FOR JUST SHY OF $60,000 OF WHICH STARTED OUT AT AN INITIAL $35,000, GOOD CREDIT,BAD CREDIT OR NO CREDIT, YOU'LL GET THE FIANANCING. EVEN IF YOU HAVE A-1 CREDIT, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A GUARANTEEOR.

IT ALL STARTED FROM DAY 1 OF SIGNING (AUG 1ST 2008), WENT TO THE BANK AND GOT A CERTIFIED CHEQUE FOR $12,000 FOR A DOWNPAYMENT ON AUG 5/08. ON AUG 19 I RECEIVE A FAX FROM "LEASE PLUS FINANCIAL" STATING THAT THE US CURRENCY HAD GONE UP AND IT WILL COST ME ALMOST ANOTHER $9,000.

NEXT MY EQUIPMENT DOESN'T SHOW UP AS PROMISED ON TIME. THE 220V PLUG IS US SAFETY APPROVED. (ANOTHER $75.00 FOR A NEW PLUG/ELECTRICIAN).

FEW WEEKS PASS, MY INITIAL INVENTORY SHOWS UP, OR SO I THOUGHT. I RECEIVED 50 CHEAP $15.00 MUFFLERS, 3 TIPS, 2 CATS, SOME HANGER/CLAMPS AND SOME PIPE. SOME OUT DATED CATALOGUES. NEWEST ONE WAS 2005. MY HATS, T-SHIRTS , BALLONS, FLYERS, BANNERS, 4X8 SIGN, DISPLAY RACK(S) WITH SUPPOSIVELY FULL SHINY MAGNAFLOW PRODUCT LINE, MY WELDER, CHOP SAW AND I'M SURE THERE'S A FEW THINGS MISSING BUT YOU GET MY DRIFT. NOW I'M ON THE PHONE AGAIN WITH THEM AGAIN......AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE...(I'M SO SORRY I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED", "I'LL LOOK INTO IT RIGHT AWAY AND CALL YOU BACK". 2 DAYS, NO CALL, SO I CALL THEM BACK. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE WELDER TO SHOW UP SO WE CAN SEND IT ALL TOGETHER........YADA YADA YADA.......ANYWAYS ANOTHER WEEK HAS PASSED STILL NOTHING, MIND YOU MY FIRST PAYMENT OF $1300.00 HAS CAME OUT OF MY ACCOUNT AND I HAVEN'T MADE A DIME. FINALLY A PARCEL TRUCK SHOWS UP WITH "SOME MORE STUFF" LESS THE WELDER, DISPLAY RACKS AND MY SIGN......OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION MY CD SOFTWARE FOR THE BEND CARDS...GUESS WHAT, WON'T WORK, SO I MAKE A TRIP TO THE COMPUTER SHOP, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE CD....GO FIGURE...........SOOOOOOOOOO, I CALL THEM AGAIN (I'M A REAL HAPPY CAMPER AT THIS POINT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE)........OH SIR, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE BUT WE'LL SEND YOU OUT ANOTHER ONE.............SO A WEEK AND A HALF LATER IT SHOWS UP, GO TO DOWNLOAD IT........IT CRASHES MY COMPUTER, PACK IT ALL UP, HEAD DOWN TO THE COMPUTER STORE.......AND ANOTHER $125.00 TO FIX IT. SO I CALL THEM AND EXPLAIN, OH SIR IT MUST BE YOUR COMPUTER, WELL IT WAS 2 MOS. OLD......ANYWAYS I ASKED THEM WHEN IS THE REST OF MY STUFF COMING BECAUSE THE TRAINER STILL HAS TO COME FOR 2 DAYS, MY 2ND PAYMENT IS ABOUT TO COME OUT AND I HAVEN'T MADE ANY MONEY YET AND I WANT TO GET MY GRAND OPENING SCHEDULED.

ANOTHER FEW WEEKS PASS AND THE TRAINER IS FINALLY COMING. STILL NO WELDER AND OTHER THINGS, 3 CUSTOMERS VEHICLES SITTING HERE READY TO DO SOME EXHAUST WORK ON. SO I HAVE TO BORROW A WELDER FROM A BUDDY SO WE CAN DO THE JOB. THIS TRAINER CLAIMS HE OWNED A MIDAS SHOP FOR LIKE 17 YEARS, WELL MY GRANDMOTHER COULD OF DONE A BETTER JOB. SO NOW AFTER 2 DAYS OF TRAINING, I'VE LEARNED HOW TO DO THINGS THE WRONG WAY, PISS 3 GOOD CUSTOMERS OFF AND IN DEPT $60,000.....(SHOOT ME NOW)....SO I CALL AGAIN, EXPLAIN EVERYTHING........OH SIR, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIS TRAINING.........I TOLD THEM EITHER YOU SEND ANOTHER TRAINER OR THE NEXT CALL YOU'LL GET WILL BE FROM MY LAWYER......FEW DAYS LATER I GET A CALL BACK (IMAGINE THAT EH???) THE NEW TRAINER WILL BE THERE IN A WEEK OR SO. OK, SO WHENS MY WELDER COMING AND MY SIGN? THE WELDERS SHOWED UP DISASSEMBLED (NICE), SO I TOLD THEM I COULD BUY ONE HERE IF YOU COULD REIMBURSE ME....THEY AGREED, SO I GO BUY A WELDER....$676.00.......NOW I STILL ........NEED MY SIGN.........I'LL CHECK INTO THAT SIR......ANOTHER FEW DAYS PASS.....I CALL THEM AGAIN......WELL THE SIGN SHOP SCREWED UP ON THE COLOURS....FOR f%$# SAKE.........TELL YA WHAT, I GOT A BUDDY WHO MAKE SIGNS.....OK GO AHEAD GET IT MADE AND WE'LL REINBURSE YOU FOR THAT AS WELL....IN THE MEANTIME I'VE POSTPONED THE GRAND OPENING 3 OR 4 TIMES NOW FOR THE NEWSPAPER AND THE RADIO STATION. MY SIGN SHOWS UP IN 3/4 DAYS HANDS ME THE BILL $825, SO I FAX IT TO THEM.....1 HR LATER, PHONE RINGS, SIR WE ONLY ALLOW UPTO $500 TOWARDS A SIGN........I LOST IT......(FILL IN THE BLANKS AS PER OUR CONVERSATION)

I TOLD THEM I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT (MIKE CHRISTIE = NOT AVAILABLE, NEXT IN CHARGE...ANDREA SORRENTINO= NOT AVAILABLE, JOHN GRECO THEN PLEASE (BY THE WAY HE'S THE MF, SMOOTH TALKIN, SCAMMING PIECE OF TRASH THAT SUCKED ME INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE= NOT AVAILABLE, IMAGINE THAT, NOBODY TO TALK TO...............YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IF YOU'VE READ IT THIS FAR YOU GET MY DRIFT.......I'M SICK OF TYPING......THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED AND I'VE LEFT IT OUT BUT I'M REALLY HOPING YOU GET A CHANCE TO READ THIS BEFORE ANYONE FROM CUSTOM MUFFLER, BLUE FLAME OR NOW THE NEW MUFFLER ONE PERFORMANCE SUCKS YOU IN TO.......

I ALMOST FORGOT, IT WAS 4 MONTHS BEFORE THEY PAID ME BACK FOR THE WELDER AND ALMOST 10 MONTHS FOR THE SIGN......AND TO THIS DAY JAN 8 2010, A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THEY HAVE STILL NOT PAID "THEIR" BILLS AT MY LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND RADIO STATION..........AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.........THEY STILL WILL NOT RETURN ANY PHONE CALLS........I CAN'T EVEN ORDER PRODUCT...NOT THAT I WOULD NOW....I THOUGHT I SAID I WAS GOING TO STOP NOW.......YOU CAN BUY ANYTHING LOCALLY FOR THE SAME PRICE IF NOT CHEAPER ANYWAYS !!!!

ONE LAST QUOTE BEFORE I GO. JUST THINK 3 DIFFERENT COMPANY NAMES, 3 DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS ALL AT THE SAME ADDRESS WITH ALL THE SAME CROOKED STAFF...OK, I'M DONE NOW!!!

DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!!