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Signtronix - LED Sign Company Sales rep took a deposit for our company and said he wouldn't cash until we finalised our plans. He cashed it and now we can't get ahold of him. 3 months ago! Jacksonville Florida
We are a garden center located in Jacksonville, FL. We wanted a LED sign in front of our nursery. Gary Hoerlein is our sales representitive, and he came in and we talked about what we wanted done and he gave us a bid. We gave him a check for a deposit of $1204.00 on January 20, 2010. We had told him not to deposit the check until the plans came back confirmed and we were also trying to get it financed. Well, he sent us back the plans completly different then what we talked about and with a different price. He also deposited the check two days later!
For the last three months we have been trying to get our money back but Gary has suddenly disappeared. The Corporate office isn't doing anything and the local number has been disconnected!
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Saint Andrew
Florence,South Carolina,
USA
If you read this, maybe you can save money
#3UPDATE Employee
Fri, April 09, 2010
I worked for this company for two months this year. I have been in sales for 20 years, and have sold pretty much everything. I thought selling signs to help out business owners should be no problem. And it wouldnt be a problem as long as you don't mind robbing real people. They have mastered their scam. They will send a person in and it is the same old scam, we are here to make you a "main street America location" they say that to every person they walk in to. They get on the phone with a person to get you the best price ever, so you think. Then they get you set up with a leasing company that charges out of this world interest no matter what credit rating you have. The way they are able to do this, they call it a lease, so your interest doesn't have to be shown on the paperwork. It is close to 35% interest, with no way to pay off early to save money. You are locked in. They make every promise in the book that it will help you business, you only need to bring in one customer a day, to pay for this sign. Then they have you make the check out to Signtronix or the rep,"to verify funds" It is not to verify funds, it is part of the money the reps make. The worse part about this, the rep can add on overage to the price which they get 50% of that. The real sad part is the company loves this; they get awards for putting the most overage in. This is a problem for me, you can not make someone pay crazy interest payments, give them a sub par product, and them add money into the product. I really don't know how other sales reps sleep at night. Don't get me wrong it is great money, but it is not worth the price on the soul you have to live with. The LED's that they sale, bought in China, sell for about $600 dollars, they turn around and re sell them for $2400, know that is a mark up! Plus if you lease it you end up paying $3600, if they put $500 dollars overage in it, then it raises you leased price another $1000. Check the internet if you don't believe me, you can get a better, bigger, and brighter LED for about $800. Every time you read something about a rebuttal on him that is positive to Signtronix, it is a wife of a manger that puts the posting up. If you only knew the people that work for this company, it is a 'Whose Who of Con Artist" I meet a guy in FL that had been to prison, felony. The worse mistake you can make for your company is letting one of these guys into your business. If you read all of the comments, you will notice that the customer is always wrong, that is what caused me to post this! I have been out of the company for a month now, actually still have my samples but I am trying to get ride of a free sign before I leave. They actually give you a free sign for selling 10 contracts in a month. If you dont believe any bit of this. Tell the sales person in front of you come back next week let me sleep on it, and I will get it There is no way; they have to close the deal today. Please, it you are in a small town and one of these tricky sales people come into your doors, call any friends that are business owners and warn them. I can assure you, you will have nothing but problems from this company. If you have been ripped off from this company, the only means you have is to file a warrant with your local PD for theft by deception. I have seen this work many times! It is the only way you will get any funds back. The main office set it up for the contracts to read, NO REFUND, the transaction is being handling by a Independent Dealer, this covers them from repercussions. You are not REALLY dealing with anyone from the company. If you really really think that you want to get the sign, ON your Deposit CHECK only put SIGNTRONIX, do not put OR, this way they will have to send it to the corporate office. This will give you about three days to put a stop check on the account. This will cancel your deal. DO NOT MAKE THE CHECK OUT TO THE REP!!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Helping Joe
Carrollton,Georgia,
United States of America
Learn the hard way
#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, April 08, 2010
This company has no such thing as a bid. They never leave paperwork behind. This is a true true rip off report company