Complaint Review: Redwood Paper

I believe there is a story at this particular address in Champlain NY - 12919.

The address is 1320 Route 9.

My story: One of my employees (my daughter) received a call from an office supply company. He told her he had our order and wanted to confirm a shipping address. She knew nothing about this order as he tried to get her to tell him that she was to approve the shipment. It was for cash register tape and other supplies. She said she didn't order it but maybe her mother did. He said if it was her mother then she was authorized to approve the delivery. In other words, a scam.

When she relayed the story to me, that is what we determined. I told her and the rest of the staff not to receive a shipment from this company if it came in. Two weeks later, an invoice from a company called "Redwood Paper" arrived. It was for supplies I never ordered and totaled $$258.50. I own a small miniature golf business at a resort location. There is NO WAY I would have ordered all of this cash register paper. I pick up my supply of about 10 rolls a summer at Staples.

At the bottom of the invoice it read:

No returns after 30 days.
20% restocking fee on all returns.
No cash refunds, credit only.
2% interest per month on overdue accounts.

I immediately called the number on the invoice and told them we would not receive the shipment so don't both delivering it. If the shipment was received by mistake I would not be paying it. And if I heard from the company again, I would report them to the BBB.

They returned my call and told me that the product had been delivered and that I owed the amount on the invoice. We never received a shipment, I told them I wouldn't pay the bill . . .

After this I googled the company - no luck - then the address that was written on the invoice - Bingo. There are many, many companies using this address to run these scams out of this location. Many of them have a website and they all look extremely similar, all probably designed by the same person. They all have 800 numbers. They almost all have dates by their copyright between 2005 and 2007 (a slew of them are copyrighted 2007). One in particular has been written up on FraudWatchers.org. That company was called Easton Consulting Group. Most have offices in Champlain, NY and in Montreal, Canada.

Other business names at this location:
ClearPoint Distribution
Abra Electronics Corp.
MagnaPlan Corp.
Maris Cruise & Freighter Travel Club
InfoDMI Software
CPRS Buyers Guide
Westport Publishing (also listed as a Spam Molester on Comedyzine.com
Freeport Forwarding Inc.
KayCom, Inc. - GovernmentContractsWon.com
InterPlus Online
AASA Buyers Guide for Educators by MultiView
Vanguard Airlines Inc. (this website came up with a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Document
Goliath - The Gale Group, Inc. - Thomson Gale
AllPages.com
CAN/US Liasison 1986, Inc.
efundraising.com - a subsidiary of QSP Reader's Digest
Comai Sat - God's Learning Channel DBS Installers
LibraryJournal.com - Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
PC One - also found out this company was reported on a telemarketing scam website www.telemarketingfaq.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-1179.html their phone number was listed by people claiming they were involved in a credit card scam
Cheap Thrills - NY
Select Agenda's
www.MutualRX.com
Aquam Aquatic Specialist, Inc.
Bonjour Fleurette
First American Consulting - home based business. listed on the following website as a scam: www.badbusinessbureau.com/reports/0/203/RipOff0203255.htm

I'm sure there are more. I wish to God someone would look into this.

Lynne
Stone Harbor, New Jersey
U.S.A.