Sooner Delivery NOTHING BUT A CON ARTIST!! Oklahoma City Oklahoma
My boyfriend and I are fed up with the owner, Jim Johnson (if that is in fact his real name). My boyfriend worked for him the first few months of last year and this character has YET to pay him! It's been a year!! Since the beginning of this year, my boyfriend has called approximately 10 times trying to get the close to $600 that he's still owed. The owner has his employees (which surprisingly are all family) cover for him so he can dodge the people he owes money. My boyfriend got to talk to him once and Jim promised that he would get him the money within 2 weeks, maybe with 2 separate checks, but within that time. It's been a month, no check, no phone call, and everytime you call and leave a message it's never returned. I know for a fact he owes one man $900 and another retired gentleman $7,000!!! He's constantly running ads in the paper for drivers because he can't keep the ones he has because HE NEVER PAYS THEM!!! If you try to garnish his wages to get the money that's rightfully owed to you, he will just change his bank account. There's no way to get ahold of this idiot, messages are never returned, and you know he's lying if his lips are moving!! Also, he owns a bail bonds business. This guy is just a poor excuse for a human being who is scamming people out of money that they earn while working for him, fair and square! I would love to see this moron get put out of business!!
100% pissed off
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
U.S.A.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
J. Johnson
Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,
U.S.A.
23 years in Business - NO RIP OFFS HERE!!
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, February 04, 2009
The person that posted this report is obviously a third party. Most drivers associated with Sooner Delivery are "Contract Drivers". That means that each person signs a contract and takes full responsibility for obtaining all legible proof of deliveries for the purpose of legitimately billing the customers. Proof of deliveries that do not contain legible information can not be billed. A driver that does not provide legible POD's will not be paid for the deliveries in question. Some drivers might disagree with this concept, but after all, the contractor's actual payment is based on the company's ability to receive payment for jobs that are actually able to be invoiced.
The delivery business is risky for anyone and can be stressful when you are waiting on payment from customers. The "transportation industry" is economically driven, lots of money in the market usually means quicker payment from the customer. A stressed economy could mean slow or no payment for services provided. Customers can take from 15 days to 60 days to make a payment on any given invoice or if the POD is not legible, the customer can refuse to make payment altogether. A contractor's risk involves his immediate expense for fuel, wear and tear on the vehicle and the labor directly involved with each movement. If payment is delayed, the driver's money is delayed. Attempting to explain this to some people who have selective hearing or are overly stressed because they have bills to pay with the money that has not arrived yet can be difficult.
To some people, being a delivery driver supports a certain amount of mental freedom by not being in a enclosed cubicle or having someone standing over your shoulder watching every keystroke, but with the added freedom there is always implied and self imposed risks. At any degree, supplying delivery service to a variety of customers can mean that your income is spread out and will not always show up in one lump check.
Before you make a decision towards a career in the "transportation industry", I would strongly recommend that you have enough financial support to cover you and your bills until the customer payments actually start coming in.