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Complaint Review: Estate Shutters Discount Blind And Shade Factory Ken Montoya Kristen Wolfe David Patai

Estate Shutters, Discount Blind And Shade Factory, Ken Montoya, Kristen Wolfe, David Patai Took my money, never delivered product!! Beware!! Ripoff!! Phoenix Arizona

  • Reported By:
    Scottsdale Arizona
  • Submitted:
    Thu, January 18, 2007
  • Updated:
    Tue, February 12, 2008
  • Estate Shutters, Discount Blind And Shade Factory, Ken Montoya, Kristen Wolfe, David Patai
    1711 S. 47th Avenue Suite 500
    Phoenix, Arizona
    U.S.A.
  • Phone:
    602-2545320
  • Category:

Warning!! Please Be Ware!!

Estate Shutters of Phoenix AZ, formerly know as "Discount Blind and Shade Factory" of Southern CA has taken large amounts of my money, while failing to deliver any product whatsoever. I had placed numerous orders in the months of March and April of 2006 with the said Company, and instead of the product I ordered, I come to find out they no longer exist.

Fact of the matter is, they dissolved their business, left the state and changed their company name. For further information, please google search "Discount Blind and Shade Factory" and read away.

Their previous company (Discount Blind and Shade Factory) had been under numerous investigations by many local news stations, and private party undercover investigators. Also, the Better Business Bureau was all over this company for Bad and Unethical business practices.

Consumers and retailers alike, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!.. Please, at all costs avoid this company. Save your money. Owners David Patai, Ken Montoya and Kristen Wolfe shouldn't be allowed to sell anything, period. How they are continuing to find loop holes in our free enterprize economy, and take advantage of good natured fellow americans as yourself is beyond me. It should be stopped! They should be stopped! Please help shut these criminals down.

Elena
Scottsdale, Arizona
U.S.A.

7 Updates & Rebuttals


Derger

Mesa,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

Tom what is Ken Montoya's relationship with Carpet Creations and Blinds of Phoenix?

#8Consumer Suggestion

Tue, February 12, 2008

It seems that you claim to never sell directly to the public, but are a wholesale distributer of shutters....Hmmmmm. Why is it then that Ken Montoya goes out and fliers neighborhoods with fliers that have Creations Carpet and Blinds of Phoenix? Is he not your President of Sales and Marketing? If I call the number on the flier it goes to Ken who is very willing to come out and give me a quote. So ken does sales for Creations Carpet and spends his time putting fliers in new homes, works for you and also works for Creations carpet? Also, did you know it is illegal to have builder keys and use them without permission? I can only assume that's how Ken gets into these houses that are locked.

So... you are free to explain to everyone how it is that your president of sales also does sales for a separate company, but yet you claim you only sell to dealers. Is this a fun little side job for him? Sounds like shinanigans to me.


Richard

Gilbert,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

Kristens dribble

#8Consumer Comment

Fri, January 19, 2007

Kristen Wolf, it looks like you came out of the woodwork and couldn't take the truth any longer, so you posted a novel of dribble to try to make yourself look like the victim (again) instead of the criminal that you and your deadbeat husband really are. You can try to hide behind the Corp. structure of your new company if you like. But we all know that you and Ken are up to your old tricks agian. Hmm, does David P. have a role in this? Funny how this new shutter company found you, Ken and David to run his company. I'd think that after seeing the news clips and the failure of Discount blind and shade factroy, and all the other companies you had, he'd think twice before allowing Ken to run sales, and you to run the office! Are you going to be in charge of this mans millions of dollars? Holly cow, this guy must have a brain tumor, or your sleeping with him, but that's nothing new for you!
I will post the lawsuit in detail regarding the company you were liable to. The case went into your Bankruptcy and of course discharged. You remember the bankruptcy, right? Why is it that you had to file BK in the first place? Is it because you stole money (over $200,000) from customers and did'nt give them their product? Why don't you share the amount discharged in your BK Kristen? You have nothing to hide, right?
You, your loser husband and your entire gang of theives are going to jail one day, you'll do it again, that's why you ask customers for cash with your new company. It's not because credit card companies charge a fee, because as you should know, it's against the policy of Visa and MasterCard to charge more to customers that elect to pay with a credit card. but you know that, you're a genius!

Guess what genius, your gonna have visitors at your grand opening of your new shutter company.
I'm sure that people that got burned will make sure that if you Goggle Estate shutters, only negitive information wil appear, and that really hurts business. I'll bet if someone really wanted to make sure you and your gang don't hurt other retailers out there, they could do a mailer to all the retailers in AZ. and let them know what kind of people are running that operation. I'll bet lots of them had to clean up your mess when you left us all high and dry.
Well, that's all for now, bad luck to ya!


Richard

Gilbert,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

Kristens dribble

#8Consumer Comment

Fri, January 19, 2007

Kristen Wolf, it looks like you came out of the woodwork and couldn't take the truth any longer, so you posted a novel of dribble to try to make yourself look like the victim (again) instead of the criminal that you and your deadbeat husband really are. You can try to hide behind the Corp. structure of your new company if you like. But we all know that you and Ken are up to your old tricks agian. Hmm, does David P. have a role in this? Funny how this new shutter company found you, Ken and David to run his company. I'd think that after seeing the news clips and the failure of Discount blind and shade factroy, and all the other companies you had, he'd think twice before allowing Ken to run sales, and you to run the office! Are you going to be in charge of this mans millions of dollars? Holly cow, this guy must have a brain tumor, or your sleeping with him, but that's nothing new for you!
I will post the lawsuit in detail regarding the company you were liable to. The case went into your Bankruptcy and of course discharged. You remember the bankruptcy, right? Why is it that you had to file BK in the first place? Is it because you stole money (over $200,000) from customers and did'nt give them their product? Why don't you share the amount discharged in your BK Kristen? You have nothing to hide, right?
You, your loser husband and your entire gang of theives are going to jail one day, you'll do it again, that's why you ask customers for cash with your new company. It's not because credit card companies charge a fee, because as you should know, it's against the policy of Visa and MasterCard to charge more to customers that elect to pay with a credit card. but you know that, you're a genius!

Guess what genius, your gonna have visitors at your grand opening of your new shutter company.
I'm sure that people that got burned will make sure that if you Goggle Estate shutters, only negitive information wil appear, and that really hurts business. I'll bet if someone really wanted to make sure you and your gang don't hurt other retailers out there, they could do a mailer to all the retailers in AZ. and let them know what kind of people are running that operation. I'll bet lots of them had to clean up your mess when you left us all high and dry.
Well, that's all for now, bad luck to ya!


Richard

Gilbert,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

Kristens dribble

#8Consumer Comment

Fri, January 19, 2007

Kristen Wolf, it looks like you came out of the woodwork and couldn't take the truth any longer, so you posted a novel of dribble to try to make yourself look like the victim (again) instead of the criminal that you and your deadbeat husband really are. You can try to hide behind the Corp. structure of your new company if you like. But we all know that you and Ken are up to your old tricks agian. Hmm, does David P. have a role in this? Funny how this new shutter company found you, Ken and David to run his company. I'd think that after seeing the news clips and the failure of Discount blind and shade factroy, and all the other companies you had, he'd think twice before allowing Ken to run sales, and you to run the office! Are you going to be in charge of this mans millions of dollars? Holly cow, this guy must have a brain tumor, or your sleeping with him, but that's nothing new for you!
I will post the lawsuit in detail regarding the company you were liable to. The case went into your Bankruptcy and of course discharged. You remember the bankruptcy, right? Why is it that you had to file BK in the first place? Is it because you stole money (over $200,000) from customers and did'nt give them their product? Why don't you share the amount discharged in your BK Kristen? You have nothing to hide, right?
You, your loser husband and your entire gang of theives are going to jail one day, you'll do it again, that's why you ask customers for cash with your new company. It's not because credit card companies charge a fee, because as you should know, it's against the policy of Visa and MasterCard to charge more to customers that elect to pay with a credit card. but you know that, you're a genius!

Guess what genius, your gonna have visitors at your grand opening of your new shutter company.
I'm sure that people that got burned will make sure that if you Goggle Estate shutters, only negitive information wil appear, and that really hurts business. I'll bet if someone really wanted to make sure you and your gang don't hurt other retailers out there, they could do a mailer to all the retailers in AZ. and let them know what kind of people are running that operation. I'll bet lots of them had to clean up your mess when you left us all high and dry.
Well, that's all for now, bad luck to ya!


Kristen

Chandler,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

And By The Way...

#8REBUTTAL Individual responds

Thu, January 18, 2007

I just realized your post supported my post and the fiction posted here. Unquestionably this is another statement of fabrications. Case in point, there was no way you purchased anything from Discount Blind & Shade Factory in April or May of 2006! A pathetically feeble attempt to present claims on a public forum that can easily be discredited! Again, you've done nothing more here than prove my point. You've allowed insight into your hidden agenda and malevolent purpose.


Kristen

Chandler,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

Witch Hunts & Smear Campaign

#8REBUTTAL Individual responds

Thu, January 18, 2007

An e-mail was forwarded to my place of business today. The author was not courageous enough to provide their name or an e-mail address that would accept a response in return. First and foremost, if any individual is to determined to attempt to affect my employment or life as to send messages of harassment, have the gallantry to include who you are. This was and continues to be a cowardly act. If you are so confident in your position, expose yourself.

The e-mail received is what compelled me to look at RipoffReport.com. It came as no surprise the smear campaigns and accusations made in this forum were alive and well. My statements are not outwardly directed to anyone specifically. Undoubtedly, I'm sure he/she/they know who they are.

I spent more than a year electing to ignore the conjured up stories and allegations made against us. Considering there was absolutely no accuracy to the accounts and what had transpired in my families personal and business lives, why attempt to further defend or explain when our every statement would most certainly be met with aggression of a mind closed to the other side.

In short, many chose to accept information provided and discussed among groups at face value. I remain firm in my position. No matter what is said here, in e-mails or anywhere else, what has been posted is chock-full of half truths at the very best. Most of it being a figment of a very active imagination(s).

Individuals who convince themselves, as well as other, the concocted series of fictional events are the reality. The version provided on the multiple links on this website reeks of the representatives propaganda. Nothing more than twisted gossip and no where near close to a precise recollection or educated declaration .

Using words to define us as con-artist, crook, thieves and contend we belong in jail is preposterous. The evidence of our having written a check and lost an extraordinary amount of money to the same business would most certainly quash the label assigned . Con-men, crook's and thieves do not devote personal funds to any cause while a malicious agenda is in place.

These most current attacks are yet another effort to redirect attention from an individual or group and their personal/business issues, legal matters, questionable activities and aim for what he/she/they perceive to be an easy target. It's amusing how accusers often claim other's function in a manner as the accuser does. Literally, all that has been affirmed has been projected on us based on the behaviors of others.

Most shocking is with minimal effort one could find detailed information on any contributor listed on this thread who has graced us with their true identity. Seeking a complete and thorough background check on those condemned would enlighten views, while dark clouds would form over those who instigate drama and add fuel to a faux fire. Real truth has a way of coming to the surface and exposing wrong doings of the truly guilty. I suspect this may be the case currently, generating the need to create a wave of controversy focused on us.

Addressing the author claiming to be a Police Officer; your investigation skills are in need of evaluation. The entire entry you have posted consists of lie, after lie, after another lie. For example, tell me where to find case history of the lawsuit filed by Shoreline Shutters against us seeking a judgment of over $300,000. What state is this in? I'd like the jurisdiction and case number you have claimed to have stumbled upon. I'm most confident an answer to my request for this information will not be forthcoming. Why? Because it does not exist. Never has! Not only that, but the sum you've quoted never existed.

A writer who has consistently contributed to the many threads on this site over the course of the past year recently stated Your postings here and on other sites that allow anonymous postings are worthless at best. Would it be safe to say regardless of the author, there is no value to anything that is said here? Or would that be the case only if the comments were not favorable?

Prediction of the future is not so difficult to ascertain. There is no question multiple responses will be fired off attacking me, my family, my credibility, you name it. The same author will post attack after attack under a multitude of alias's. More imaginary stories will be posted. I don't pretend to kid myself into believing a response in good-taste or no response at all is to be expected. I'll take an optimistic stance thought. Maybe the aggressors will surprise me.


Tom

Phoenix,
Arizona,
U.S.A.

to whom it may concern

#8REBUTTAL Owner of company

Thu, January 18, 2007

Estate Shutters Inc.
1711 S. 47th Ave. #500
Phoenix, Az. 85043
1~888~602~6020


To whom it may concern,
My name is Tom Witzke and I am the CEO of Estate Shutters Inc., an Arizona corporation in good standing. I have invested nearly one million dollars in components, machinery and build out in my new shutter production facility, inventorying over 40,000 sq.ft. of Basswood components on our shelves at all times.

Estate Shutters Inc. is a wholesale to the trade only company and has never had a retail customer, as has been alleged. I offer only painted shutters at this time and have never offered stained product to any company.

The grand opening of the new facility is Jan~19th from 2pm till 7pm. No customer has been offered installation of product, as it is not an option at this time. No customer should expect installation of product by Estate Shutters Inc... Arizona does not require a contractor's license to manufacture or wholesale shutters to any company in this or any other state. I do however have all required resale licenses, occupancy certificates and tax identification numbers, as well as a multimillion dollar general liability policy to protect my staff and Customers.

Kenneth Montoya is my Sales and Marketing lead. Although he had a retail business that failed and was forced to file for bankruptcy protection due to a series of events that I will decline to elaborate on, it is irrelevant to Estate Shutters Inc..

I feel he has the experience and product knowledge that will benefit my customers. He also possesses intimate knowledge of price points and sourcing making Estate Shutters Inc. more competitive than other shutter fabricators or distributors in the state.

Kristen Wolf, who is married to Kenneth, will head my office operations. As previously stated, she too has years of experience that will prove invaluable, to both my customers and myself.

Unfortunately unfounded statements with regards to outstanding legal issues can go unchecked on some sites such as this one. Kenneth and Kristen's address as well as other personal information has been listed on this site for well over a year and there has been no attempt to hide from any law enforcement personnel. If anyone needs to find Kenneth or Kristen, you can find them working at my facility daily.

Please feel free to contact me directly at 602-254-5320 or come by and talk with me in person at 1711 S. 47th Ave. #500 Phoenix, Az. The bogus complaints about my Company are without any merit!

I take it as a compliment that there are competitors that will stoop to this type of deception to retain business. My product and delivery time will lead this industry into a new era. I look forward to speaking with anyone who has any questions regarding Estate Shutters Inc.

Sincerely,
Tom Witzke
CEO ~ Estate Shutters Inc.

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