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Complaint Review: Abes Of Maine - Nationwide
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Abes Of Maine Pushy Salesman and deceptive tactics Nationwide
After purchasing a 42" Plasma online that included free shipping! I received an email the next day from a Larry Thompson, (1-800-992-2237. EXT 272) ( I see he was mentioned on here before) . Here is the email text:
Thank you for your recent online order with Abe's Of Maine.com. We appreciate your business and interest in our products. Please call us as soon as possible at toll free 1-800-992-2237. EXT 272
Thank you,
PANASONIC TEAM
Larry Thompson ext#272
Once I called back I spoke with Larry who informed me that "Free Shipping" was not that good and that they would be doing me a favor by splitting the cost of shipping and putting it on a direct route for $60. He was gonna cut me a break and not charge me $120. He would also upgrade my wall mount and send me some online coupons. I asked him why they would promote free shiping only to tell me that it was not good and try and upsell me. He really put the full court press on and I eventually went with the $60 charge, as I was splitting it with others for a bday gift. After our exchange he tried to upsell me HDMI cables. I have purchased from most of the other major players online,( crutchfield, NewEgg, Amazon, etc) I have never experienced a upsell Bait/Switch tactic like this.
I think that this Larry is shady and was extremely pushy and un professional! I will never buy from Abes of Maine again.
I hope that this TV comes in appropriately.
Rbarnes
Buffalo, New York
U.S.A.
Thank you for your recent online order with Abe's Of Maine.com. We appreciate your business and interest in our products. Please call us as soon as possible at toll free 1-800-992-2237. EXT 272
Thank you,
PANASONIC TEAM
Larry Thompson ext#272
Once I called back I spoke with Larry who informed me that "Free Shipping" was not that good and that they would be doing me a favor by splitting the cost of shipping and putting it on a direct route for $60. He was gonna cut me a break and not charge me $120. He would also upgrade my wall mount and send me some online coupons. I asked him why they would promote free shiping only to tell me that it was not good and try and upsell me. He really put the full court press on and I eventually went with the $60 charge, as I was splitting it with others for a bday gift. After our exchange he tried to upsell me HDMI cables. I have purchased from most of the other major players online,( crutchfield, NewEgg, Amazon, etc) I have never experienced a upsell Bait/Switch tactic like this.
I think that this Larry is shady and was extremely pushy and un professional! I will never buy from Abes of Maine again.
I hope that this TV comes in appropriately.
Rbarnes
Buffalo, New York
U.S.A.
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Abes of Maine, cannot be trusted
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, September 22, 2017
I ordered camera from Abe's of Maine. Received email order confirmation. I also received email to call 1-800-992-2237 ext. 272 to talk to Jeff. I did. Jeff asked me what battery pack I want to buy with camera. I told him that I can use battery from my older Sony camera. I also ask him question about camera I ordered. It was just simple question "Is the camera I ordered International version or version manufactured for US market" (since this is not mentioned on company web page). He obviously did not like my question and start to argue with me. As the result he canceled my order for no reason. Very unpleasant experience.
ox
LA,USA
Beware of Abes of Maine
#3Consumer Comment
Thu, September 21, 2017
Buyers Beware! This is a big ripoff company called Abes of Maine! They are a Bait & Switch operation!
Abes of Maine, they run a scheme called “Predatory free capitalism” it's a terrible inhumane deplorable practice, they're going to sucker you in with low prices and then they're going to rip you apart and then they going to upsell you on things that should of been involved. Abes of Maine is what’s wrong with society. If you’re wondering what is wrong with society, this is one company that is using deplorable’s business practices to do whatever they want and rip people off! There are so many complaints on this business, it is unbeliveable they are still in business.
Don't buy from Abes of Maine, these guys are a bait & switch operation, they're method of business is scheming people with extra fees, they call to verify your card but also they will add charges and bill you anyway without notification even if you decline to accept the item, they are ruthless and they have a department for chargeback, they apparently have a lot of angry customers that have declined payments where they are horrible over the phone and have the worst record on for online reviews. Yes they will think of any reason to raise the price after you made the purchase. I mean seriously read the online reviews on this company; they have customer after customer of their shrewd service on a host of complaints all over the internet on this scheme operation. Buyers beware, do NOT buy from these people. Worst experience ever is with this company, had to fight my bank to get my money back and to see how they responded to the bank, yes they lied to my bank and they wouldn't return my calls or emails to them, even their supervisor.
Yes I was a victim of this horrible business of their scheme business practice, so I am posting information allover online to inform people this is a scam business. abesofmaine.com/LG_Signature_C7_Series_OLED65C7P_-_65_OLED_Smart_TV_-_4K_UltraHD_1031760.html?l=Criteo&?utm_source=Criteo&utm_campaign=Retargeting&utm_medium=CPC
Stay away from Abes of Maine; seriously don't buy from these people.
