Complaint Review: Quality Promotions

Terry Brown, owner of quality promotions based out of Weaver, Alabama runs a company that does fundraisers for non-profit organizations (picture, family portrait). Most are volunteer rescue squads and fire departments. Many of his staff members will go out and mis-represent who they are conducting the fundraiser for or allow people to think it is for their local department when it may not be. We had numerous complaints about his "sales persons" actually saying they were part of our rescue squad and several complaints of unprofessional conduct. In addition, we had several checks returned, allowed them the use of our building which they were goiung to reimburse us for and we incurred fees from the bank that he promissed to reimburse us for. Mr. Brown not only never paid for these things but left without making sure that everyone that wanted a picture had gotten one. I was in contact with him for several months, he even called trying to get us to do the fundraiser again and then finally when I called him to try to get him to settle up he became very disrespectful, belligerent, and started saying very derogatory things about our organization. In my opinion Mr. Brown is not only unprofessional but a con artist. He will come off very nice and promise the world but when it is all over he will do what is in his best interest. He did raise some money for our organization but it is his attitude towards our squad and his demeanor towards us that makes it very unprofessional to deal with him.