MAXIM ENTERPRISES/STEVE MAXIM ERNIE HUMMER THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO WORK FOR THIS COMPANY NORTH CANTON , Ohio
In the fall of 2008 we began workwith Maxim Enterprisesand like many othersub-contractorswesigned a contract anticipating to be compensated fairly for the work performed. Of course under most property preservation contracts there are penalties for a sub-contractor if work is not performed properly and/or not perfromed at all,however we are an experienced company and were familiar with how to perform all assignments in the field.when we received our first set of orders we were already in the hole because we were cleaning upthere previous contractors mess within the territory that we had taken over.To make matters worse we were not properly trained to submit the work orders once completed in there system. each big preservation company has a software system that they prefer there contractors to use to upload there work and photos if this procedure is not performed by the subcontractor then the work order may become late .During our intial conference with Ernie Hummer which at that time and probably still is was one third of a management staff second only to the owner Steve Maxim informed us that we would began receiving payments within the first 30 daysafter turning in all necessary docs and photos for our work orders after those thirty days we would receive payments on a weekly basis.Like many other sub's we expected to be paid in full.once we received our first check within the first30 days the check was on a couple of hundred dollars out of some 2-3 thousand dollars worth of work.when we inquired about the matter it was brushed off as if we did nothand inour paperwork in time and therefore there maybe a delay in processing the first two payments.But each week would pass by for the next three months and each time pay day for contractors went by we would only receive a less the operable payment.We would sometime only see50 -200dollars deposited to our account when we averaged 10 work orders per day for the 5 months were performing services for maxim covering several counties within Ohio. When we began to investigate a little further we discovered that the total amount that was owed to us before we were drained of our savings paying our employess,suppliers,and transportation cost the total owed to us from maxim was 42,000 as shown in the fieldcom website that was used by Maxim at the time.Also we discovered that we were not the only contractors that were in this same situation.companies likeMaxim Enterprisesuse the sub-contractor to perfrom field services work for the banks to increase there revenue and help assist them in moving to new territorieswhile withholding payments as long as they can untill the sub-contractor is either broke or discovers there pattern and decides not to work for them any longer. to collect you money from these type of croooked people you need a litigation attorney,collection agencies just dont work because they have learned the art of stalling.our company has survived but we still have not been able to collect from Maxim the balance of the money owed to us and are in the process of doing so. Once they start paying some of the funds they will stop once they think they have paid you enough and find ways by contract and/or plain ignoring what they owe you. my advice do not get involved with this companyif you do have a attorney retained to go over the contract with youand keep them for collecting the money rightfully due to you.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
sandblaster
columbus ohio,Ohio,
United States of America
Did steve move
#4Consumer Comment
Fri, January 06, 2012
Sorry to here of your issues but did Steve relocate to Reynoldsburg to Mid Ohio Field Services The same thing happens there and his name is Steve as well.The whole Bank hasn't paid us yet is rediculous the bank didn't hire you the company did. If you go the other route and tell the bank hey you haven't paid the company who pays me so I can't pay my mortgage They will take your home. File against them in court if you don't win you will publicly humiliate them.I would sue over 400.00
Jim
columbus,Ohio,
United States of America
RESPONSE TO CONSUMER
#4Author of original report
Sat, December 24, 2011
FIRST I WILL ADDRESS THIS J@@@SSS ! THAT THINKS HE KNOWS IT ALL AND WANTS TO TRY AND TAKE AWAY FROM NOT ONLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEBSITE BUT MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE'S BAD EXPERIENCE WITH A CUSTOMER AS IF THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS WEBSITE IS FOR. MY PURPOSE MR. HOWEVER YOU THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM MEETING YO PERSONALLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOP DISCUSS THIS MATTER PRIVATELY WAS TO NOT ONLY ADD TO THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT THIS COMPANY WAS TO ADD TO THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT THIS COMPANY. AT NO POINT IN MY ADDRESS ON THIS WEBSITE DID I ASK FOR NOR WANTED SYMPATHY NOR DO I NEED IT. I AM A MAN UNLIKE YOUR SELF AND HAVE AND CAN HANDLE ANY SITUATION. WE HAVE SURVIVED THIS ORDEAL AND KNOW SERVICE INSTEAD OF THE ONE TERRITORY IN ONE STATE FOR THESE SUDO PONZI SCHEMERS BUT SEVERAL STATES ALL STATEWIDE COVERAGE. MAYBE YOU NEED A JOB IF SO I WILL LET YOU SWEEP MY FLOORS OR BETTER YET PICK UP A CUP AND I WILL THROW YOU MY SPARE CHANGE BUT YOU MUST KNOW I WOULD GIVE YOU MORE THEN A COUPON FOR A PRIVATE BEATING THEN COMMENCE TO RIP YOU A NEW ONE LITERALLY.
PEOPLE THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEBSITE IS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF COMPANIES THAT STEAL FROM YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY AND USE IT FOR THERE OWN PERSONAL AND PRIVATE GAIN AT YOUR EXPENSE. TO EXPOSE THEM AND THEN ERADICATE THEM. THERE ARE ATTORNEYS OUT THERE THAT WILL TAKE ON CASES LIKE THIS ONE ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS IE: WITHOUT UPFRONT COST TO YOU ( ARE YOU LISTENING CONSUMER THAT MEAN NO UPFRONT OUT OF POCKET COST.IF YOU ARE WILLING TO SHARE IN THE MONEY OWED TO YOU GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY HAS NO INTENTION OF PAYING YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE AND YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESS GOING AND/OR DON'T HAVE ANY CASH DUE TO THE BAD EXPERIENCE THIS MAYBE YOUR ONLY CHOICE.
DUE TO THE TERMS OF THE WEBSITE I CAN NOT GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFO BUT I CAN AND WILL IF NEEDED GIVE OUT ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION I CAN TO ANYONE THAT NEEDS HELP IN FINDING TO GET RID OF THIS COMPANY THE REAL WAY .NOT BY TRYING TO MAKE DUMB COMMENTS SUCH AS THIS IDIOT THAT RESPONDED TO MINE BUT TO ANYONE THAT STILL HAS ISSUES WHETHER PAST OR PRESENT THAT NEED TO GET SOME TYPE OF JUSTICE FOR WHAT STEVE MAXIM HAS DONE TO ENDORSE YOUR HARDSHIP.
DON'T LET A PERSON LIKE THIS TAKE AWAY ANY MOTIVATION YOU HAD OR HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS WEBSITE FOR THE PURPOSE THAT IT IS FOR. WHAT TOOK MAYBE YEARS FOR SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS THAT WERE RIPPED OFF TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS MAN ONLY TOO TWO MONTHS FOR ME. THERE WAS NO PUBLIC INFO REGARDING THIS MAN PRIOR TO THE TIME I WORKED FOR HIM NOR WAS THERE INFO SUGGESTING THAT HIS BROTHER SUED HIM. THE ONLY THING ON THIS WEBSITE THAT MAY SUGGEST A RIFF BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT HE DISASSOCIATED HIMSELF FROM THE COMPANY AND STARTED HIS OWN SEPARATE FROM STEVE.
NO BACK TO THE MR. HIDE BEHIND A KEYBOARD AND ACT LIKE NO ONE WILL RESPOND OR BE ABLE MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS PERSONALLY. ANYTIME ,ANYTIME AND WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU IF YOU NEED MY HELP FOR YOUR PLASTIC SURGERY. I DID LOOK AT THIS POST FOR AWHILE SO I DIDNT KNOW THAT IT WAS HERE I WILL CHECK ON IT AND SEE IF YOU FEEL FROGGISH.
maxim is a joke
north canton,Ohio,
United States of America
wow... amazing....
#4General Comment
Fri, May 13, 2011
First I'd like to express that the author of this post is an idiot to begin with... You have the nerve to post how terrible Maxim Enterprise is to work for and that Steve Maxim is a crook. Hello? didn't you look up this company and research who you were signing a contract with? If you are dumb enough to sign a contract he wrote to protect himself and screw you , well you were dumb enough to screw yourself.
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re was post on this rip off report from 2008 that had over 50 posts saying don't do business with Steve Maxim as he is a crook and won't pay you what you should be paid, so shame on you for signing a contract that says he only has to pay you when he gets paid. I mean come on do you really think he will ever say he was paid? Doh wake up people!!!! Didn't you bother to look at the court records to see his own brother even sued him!!!! that should tell you alot about a person, not to mention all the other lawsuits against him....
I don't feel sorry for you Jim in the least as your blind faith cost you a bunch of money. Good luck with a lawyer helping you as there is no lawyer who works for free, whatever little money you do manage to collect will probably not even cover your lawyer fee. You have been duped by Steve Maxim, just like dozens of other contractors across the U.S.