Complaint Review: Charlotte Firefighters Association FireCo

 that are really UPS stores. Or how if they are in law enforcement, firefighters, emt's , or anyone with half a brain that questions the "donations " how that is a FORBIDDEN SALE. how you and all upper management and those of you with a title collect seven checks per week fromeach OFFICE (UPS STORE),. How you all tell your callers about having their sales KICKED OUT so they don't count towards commission collection on their checks yet you bigwigs are still collecting on those KICK OUTS! how you all skim off of the top of the pot before sending over your bottom lines to the big deals in Tennessee.

Tell how your buddy ROB, manager of GASTONIA AND CHARLOTTE. ..and his CHILD BRIDE, she's 19 and robs near 60), tell the hard-working folks what their DONATION IS GOING TOWARDS... A COCAINE HABIT FOR ROB AND HIS CHILD BRIDE!!!!!! I HAVE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE ON HAND.I'LL BET YOU ONE OF THE SEVEN CHECKS YOU COLLECT WEEKLY THAT WHEN I START BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON CH. 9 NEWS, I WON'T STOP UNTIL EACH OFFICE IN NC IS SHUT DOWN, THE TWO PHYSICAL ONES AND THE PHANTOM ONES, TOO YOU ALL ARE JUST A BUNCH OF CROOKS. ...ALL OF YA!

Sir. with all due respect what you are saying is complete bs. that is not true!  we do not ask to speak with the women of the house, it isnt a scam! we support your local firefighter programs in all the schools, help the community programs and so on. we do not ever ask for your credit card info in fact, we trust YOU by sending you our tickets to the events that your donation gets you in return, before you send in any money. . i do not appreciate your post- please make sure it is the correct company that you are posting about before you tarnish a name. thats defamation at its finest

Please understand that FireCO is not the CFFA it is a private company. With that said I worked there for a while and never were we directed to ask for the female of the house or if the husband was home unless they were the one we had dealt with in the past of directed to speak with. Now we were told to on the other hand to tell people one of the reasons for the call was to see if they had checked their smoke detectors recently. While this in and of itself is not wrong or bad because people do not always remember to check them.

I believe this sets up a false idea that the caller is a firefighter. Second not all of the callers say they are calling FOR the CFFA some just state hi this is Joe Everyguy Charlotte Firefighters Association. This i believe is wrong too and they should HAVE to say im calling FOR. It gives a false impression and while not illegal I believe it to be immoral.

Now as far as monies raised and distributed I do not know that. What I do know is all of the 24 employees get paid for the residential they also do business and the current manager has boasted him and his wife each make $1,000/wk for running the business. The callers also get holliday bonuses and some of the FFA even bring them lunch and throw in extra bonuses on top of their hourly and commission. This money comes from the profit raised from the concert tickets.

I was told while working there that paid professionals cannot ask for donations themselves thats why companies like FireCo take advantage.. I mean "help" them out by making the calls for them. But with management making so much weekly the goals they set being each person raising $78/hr they work plus im sure the owner of the whole company makes his money and business expenses and promoting for the show the venue for the show plus the entertainers I cannot see a whole lot of money going into these programs. The programs are great I just do not believe that Fireco should be making as much as they are and their methods are questionable. Please donate to help these guys but donate directly to them CFFA on their website not through their "fundraising" Office as Fireco calls it.

Let me start by setting a few things straight. First off they do not ALWAYS ask for the female of the house so please speak strictly on your own experience. They most likely had it down to avoid you since you were uncooperative in the past second of all the company does not ask for a credit or debit card over the phone and are not set up to ask for one over the phone and the $52 was for two tickets to a benefit show and the price increased to $26/each in 2011 beggining of the year. With that said I am not defending this company more setting the record straight so more knowledgeable consumers can get the fact which will be in my next review.

Mr. Hopkins:

Is that not you in the picture included within the report? Do you care to explain to the City of Charlotte why you are not wearing clothes?  In fact this is the same picture that was posted on your website  up until two weeks ago. 

Also is it not true that Fireco and CFFA are the same company? If not then within job postings for Fireco, the President of your association is named as the contact person.  It is illegal for policeman or firefighters to solicit donations, what you are doing is wrong.  The fact that you are also targeting the females residents of the home is also suspect.  I would suggest that any persons who are questioning whether this organization is a scam to google CFFA or Charlotte Firefighter's Association and read the pages and complaints within the following websites.

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-704-248-9016/6
http://whocalled.us/lookup/7049273276
http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/7042489016/2

Also is this not a job posting of Fireco/CFFA below?  It seems based on the posting that you are not concerning about raising money for the firefighters of Charlotte but rather yourselves. 

Per other research it seems that though a legitimate company, only 20% of your proceeds benefit charity.  What happens with the other 80% and why aren't all fire stations in the Charlotte area benefitting?
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I am on the Board of the Charlotte Firefighters Association and this report is incorrect.  We (Charlotte Firefighters Association) contract with Fireco to sell concert tickets for two concerts we put on each year as fundraisers.  We are not asking for donations we are selling concert tickets.  Part of the monies raised from the tickets go to pay salaries at Fireco and the other monies come to the Charlotte Firefighters Association.  To say that the caller only speaks to women is incorrect.  Part of the money we raise is used to provide smoke detectors for families that do not have them and part of the questions are to find out if their is a man in the house that could install the smoke detector if we send it to you.  If their is not we will come out and install it if need be.  The Charlotte Firefighters Association has nothing to hide and if you had called us we would have answered any questions you may have had.  Last year alone the Charlotte Firefighters Association donated more than $50,000.00 to charities and programs in Charlotte from the monies raised from this fund raiser.  If you have any questions please feel free to call out office at 704-331-9515.

Thanks
Jeff Hopkins
Treasurer
CFFA L660