Longwood Industries Aka Thebiglot Aka Autohopper Complain to their local Better Business Bureau RIPOFF Bedford Virginia
This company telemarkets to cell phones and numbers on the DO Not Call Registry, which I believe is not legal in both cases. They also engage in lead generation and sales, which is the selling of your infomation to other telemarketers. Their business is listed with the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce as selling "Silk Screening and Embroidery".
Chamber of commerce:
www.bedfordareachamber.com
Phone: (800) 933-9535
Fax: (540) 587-6650
Longwood Industries, Inc detailed information:
1618 Longwood Ave., Beford, VA 24523
ph: 888-734-6931
fax: 540-586-8943
www.longwoodinc.com
email: rfisher@longwoodinc.com
FISHER, RENEE C, TREASURER
DAVIDSON, CAROLYN R, VICE CHAIRMAN
STEPHENS, CURTIS, CHAIRMAN
DUNS NO. 093563179
Calvin
Corona, California
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Renee
Bedford,Virginia,
U.S.A.
Inaccurate Information Posted About Longwood Industries
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, December 07, 2005
As Director of Longwood Industries, Inc., I would like to rectify some misstatements made about the law in the above comments. Longwood is a nonprofit organization located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Thus, FCC rules govern interstate calls it makes. FCC Report and Order in Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, CG Docket No. 02-278, FCC 03-153, paras. 74-85 (rel. July 3, 2003). Contrary to Calvin's assertion, Longwood, as a nonprofit organization, is legally permitted to contact numbers registered on the national do-not-call registry. See 47 C.F.R. 64.1200(c)(2) & (f)(9)(iii). Furthermore, there is no blanket prohibition on contacting cell phones to offer goods and services. In fact, federal law specifically permits certain solicitations to wireless numbers. Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 CG Docket No. 02-278, Report and Order, FCC 03-153, 166 (rel. July 3, 2003).
With that said, it is not our intention to contact people who do not wish to be called. If we contacted Calvin, we apologize for any inconvenience a phone call may have caused Calvin. We simply seek to offer a premium service to a targeted audience in an effort to raise money for our exempt purpose of assisting disabled and/or economically disadvantaged local residents by providing an appropriate work environment to develop their wage potential. This service is one of many that we offer in an effort to diversify our fundraising channels in order to continue to serve our nonprofit mission.
Two last comments - It is not clear how Calvin deduced that because Longwood generates leads and offers goods and services, it therefore follows that we are selling information to other telemarketers, but I can assure you that that is not the case. Longwood is not also known as The Big Lot! or Autohopper Longwood is reselling services provided on websites which are actually owned by another company.
We appreciate the opportunity to post this rebuttal.
Sincerely,
LONGWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC
Renee Fisher, Director