Complaint Review: PVG Global LLC

My company Shipper Owned Container, LLC biulds and sells DNV 2.7-1 containers and cargo carrying units to many people in the Oil and Gas community in the US and Worldwide. 

PVG Global sent us a purchse order in September of 2014 for $94,550.00 for 5 of our container units. They made an initial payment of $17,650 on 12/19/14 for a modified unit on the order. This left them a balance of $76,900. 

After not receiving payment for a month or so we contected Patrick Granger the President of PVG. He said he would send us out a check immediately. We received his check on 2/1/15 for $76,900. We deposited it at JP Morgan Chase and it cleared. 

On 2/4/15 we received an NSF from Chase stating that the check had bounced. We called Patrick Greanger and he stated that he had made a mistake in transferring the funde from his lne of credit and that he would remedy it immediately and get us paid. That never happened. This was the beginning of a very long drawn out process that still is not satisfied 13 months later. 

We then began a very lengthy process of trying to collect the debt. He admitted to selling our equipment and getting paid for it, but said he could not presently pay us. Patrick stated that he would start to make payments for the equipment in installments. I wasn't happy about this but the units had already been deployed offshore to a drilling rig and we had no other recourse. We receved a check for $10,000 on 2/20/15 and another check for $15,000 on 2/27/15. Then things stopped completely. Their balance at this time was $51,900.

We tried and tried to call and send emails to all the contacts in the company, but to no avail. They just stopped sending anything and would not follow through with their promises of installment payments. 

On 5/1/15 I decided to employ a local law firm to send them a demand letter. They had their lawyer respond and we once again reached an agreement for a new payment program. We agreed to another payment now of $5000 monthly for 10 months until the debt was satisfied. The payment was to be made each month on the 21st of the month. 

We received the first payment on 5/11/15. The second payment on 6/30/15. And then once again it stopped. We emailed and tried to call and got nowhere. a few months passed with no action and no replies to our countless emails. Then on 9/10/15 we received another check for $3000. we asked why it wasn't the agreed amount of $5000 and never received a response. We received 3 additonal payments of $3000 each in 2015. Leaving them a balance of roughly $30,000. This has now been going on for 16 months. 

To start 2016 they made no attempts to pay us. After countless emails and requests we were told in early February that they would be making a payment. On 2/17/16 wew received a payment for $1000. At the present rate we would be looking at another 28 months to complete this transaction which we were now 18 months into. 

I have chosen at this point to turn them over to a collections/legal firm and will wait to sue them for the remainder. 

When we entered into this dealing with PVG Global we had no idea that this would happen or we would not have ever done this. We are a small company and not a finacial institution. PVG has continued to keep their employees and has actually opened a new office in Houston. But still refuses to pay their debt.

Mr. Patrick Granger is someone who I would never do business with again under any circumstances. He has lied, played us and still refuses to pay what he admits he owes. He has made countless agreements that he does not stand behind is just not a very honest person.  He lacks greatly in integrity. 

I would caution any company or individual who is considering doing any tranactions with PVG Global to do it only on a cash basis or find a better supplier who they can trust. They do not honor their commitments. 

I write this only to assist other people in my industry to be very cautious in dealing with this company and it's owner.