Complaint Review: Doug Westcott Northwest Imports Park Distribution

On January 23, 2009 I shipped Doug Westcott of Northwest Imports & Park Distribution 1500 Speedy Sharp Sharpeners, and 40 Speedy Sharp Demos. Demos are sharpeners on a cable for display purposes. I had received his credit references and had checked them all out. They checked out fine. I got good reports stating that Doug Westcott always pays his bill within 30 days. Previous to the order being shipped, Doug and I had had several phone and e-mail coversations regarding pricing, shipping arrangement, what type of business he was in and where he would be distributing our sharpeners. I now believe that his credit references where all setup, they were his friends, and referred to him by his first name and told me what a great guy he was. They were all in on this.

I sent Doug Westcott an invoice and statement only to have them all ignored. I placed several phone calls and sent e-mails. I would once in a while get a response to an e-mail. He promised to pay. He said he was having a hard time collecting and had no money. One point he said he may have to file banruptcy. He would continue to promise the money was coming in and he would be paying soon, and that he would be in touch every 2-3 days. Lastly he said that I probably didn't believe that he really wanted to pay his debt, but he did. All these were lies, he just kept just stringing me along.

I have checked him out only to find out that he has many many claims against him in small claims court in Canada. I am at a loss as to how to proceed at this point. An intellengence officer in Canada told me he saw in the internet that Doug Westcott has done this same thing to others. A true scam.


We are out $8643.81. We are a small company and can not afford this type of loss.

Pam
Cora, Wyoming
U.S.A.