- Report: #862760
Complaint Review: Alliecat Jewelry - San Diego California
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Jon -
San Diego, California, United States of America
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Alliecat Jewelry
9405 Mira Mesa Blvd, Suite C-507 San Diego, 92126 California, United States of America
Phone:
800-781-0902
Web:
www.alliecatjewelry.com
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Alliecat Jewelry Allure Designs were supplied $5000 worth of marketing materials and refused to pay, San Diego, California
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Alliecat Jewelry, Sanford (Sandy) Weisman, and Allison Weisman ordered and received various marketing materials from my company, Streeter Printing, from January 2011 - June 2011. These materials were then resold to various jewelry distributors across the country. All requested orders were manufactured and delivered on time by Streeter Printing, all high quality with no delays. Alliecat has still yet to pay for their orders.
After months of attempting to collect the debt owed to us, the Weisman's continued to state that they had no funds available for payment. All while continuing to run their business as usual, reordering their necessary materials from other print vendors.
In November 2011, Sanford then offered to pay his previous debt if we would print his newest catalog, at a discounted rate, on credit terms. Streeter Printing decided that it would be in our best interest to not move forward with that deal. What's to prevent him from non-payment yet again?
Here we are, April 2012, and still no payment. Small claims court suits have been filed and have been won, judged in favor of Streeter Printing, requiring Alliecat Jewelry and the Weisman's , to pay all back debt owed to us. In both cases, the Weisman's have decided to not show up in court, abusing our time and wasting the court's time, taking money out of taxpayer's pockets.
Both Sanford and his wife, Allison, are dishonest, unscrupulous, and swindling, business owners, a far cry from the "Values We Live By" section on their website (located here: http://alliecatjewelry.com/values.html). Whether you're a vendor or a sales rep for Alliecat Jewelry or the Weisman's.... BE CAREFUL! You're at a high risk of being separated from your hard earned money with nothing to show for it in return.
After months of attempting to collect the debt owed to us, the Weisman's continued to state that they had no funds available for payment. All while continuing to run their business as usual, reordering their necessary materials from other print vendors.
In November 2011, Sanford then offered to pay his previous debt if we would print his newest catalog, at a discounted rate, on credit terms. Streeter Printing decided that it would be in our best interest to not move forward with that deal. What's to prevent him from non-payment yet again?
Here we are, April 2012, and still no payment. Small claims court suits have been filed and have been won, judged in favor of Streeter Printing, requiring Alliecat Jewelry and the Weisman's , to pay all back debt owed to us. In both cases, the Weisman's have decided to not show up in court, abusing our time and wasting the court's time, taking money out of taxpayer's pockets.
Both Sanford and his wife, Allison, are dishonest, unscrupulous, and swindling, business owners, a far cry from the "Values We Live By" section on their website (located here: http://alliecatjewelry.com/values.html). Whether you're a vendor or a sales rep for Alliecat Jewelry or the Weisman's.... BE CAREFUL! You're at a high risk of being separated from your hard earned money with nothing to show for it in return.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
LFC
Sacramento,California,
Correction to "Consultant Left Holding The Bag" complaint.
#2Consumer Comment
Wed, May 15, 2013
I am the author of "Consultant Left Holding The Bag" complaint. After hearing from Sandy Weisman, husband of Allison Weisman who owns AllieCat Jewelry, apparantly the following three corrections need to be made to my complaint:
- AllieCat Jewelry was not renamed Half Price Jewelry, which is a different company with different ownership.
- AllieCat Jewelry continues to accept phone calls, orders, etc., and Consultants may continue to submit orders.
- Sandy Weisman has not been affiliated with AllieCat Jewelry for quite some time.
I have not yet confirmed that the company continues to accept phone calls because they never answered their phone during the business hours that I made unsuccessful attempts to reach a live person. Everytime I called their phone number the answering machine said for me to leave a message.
Sandy Weisman claims he has not been affilliated with AllieCat Jewelry for quite some time, however, he continues to maintain an email that is linked to AllieCat Jewelry - www.alluradesigns.com - which will take you to AllieCat Jewelry if you click on "click here to visit our new website". Allura Designs has a big logo of AllieCat Jewelry right on their home page. I have pasted the following information from the Allura Designs website below:
Allura Designs is now
More products, more opportunities!
Click here to visit our new website!
Click here to visit our new website!
As of today, 05/15/2013, Sandy Weisman is listed as the founder or co-founder of Allure Designs and AllieCat Jewelry at the following 2 websites:
http://www.alluradesigns.com/Makingalluragems.html
http://www.alluradesigns.com/ourstory.html
The main concern I had when posting all the information you have read here is so that anyone who is interested in doing business with AllieCat Jewelry knows how they run their business, and to be sure to have everything in writing before sending them your money. I do not mean any harm to AllieCat Jewelry or to their future success, I am just asking for them to keep their promise to me and be the decent corporate citizen as I am sure they would like to be known for.
LFC
Sacramento,California,
Consultant Left Holding The Bag
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, May 14, 2013
Within one month of ordering $250.00 worth of jewelry and catalogs (sales kit) to become an AllieCat Sales Consultant, Sanford (Sandy) Weisman and Allison Weisman have changed the name of their company to Half Price Jewelry and no longer are answering their telephone calls or emails. At the time when I first spoke with Allison about becoming an AllieCat Consultant, she promised a full refund if I was not fully satisfied with the products or services. It also stated the same thing on their website (unfortunately they have shut down that part of the AllieCat website now). When I received my sales kit inventory, and inspected the product, it was apparant that the product was a much inferior quality than I had been expecting. Because of the poor quality of materials (mostly the metals used but also some of the glass was defective), and the bracelets being so small that only someone with an extremely small wrist could wear most of them, I immediately knew that I was not going to be representing this company or their product. I scheduled on my calender to contact Alison within 30 days of receiving the sales kit to request the full refund she had promised. About 3 weeks after receiving my inventory, I received an email from Allison Weisman stating the company is changing their name to Half Price Jewelry and they would be discontinuing the AllieCat direct selling business and the "back office" will be shut down. Immediately it was clear what was happening and I decided not to wait any longer - make the call to her NOW in order to get my money back! Well, you guessed it! Allison nor anyone else has been available to answer my calls ever since! I have written multiple emails directly to Allison as well as Consultant Services without any response from either parties. I have left multiple phone calls to her as well as her staff.
The bottom line? I signed up in good faith that the company would be there for me if I had a problem. Allison and her husband have proven they are not trustworthy, ethical, or honest. Don't do business with these people or the same unfortunate situation can happen to you! Allison - do the right thing and respond to my calls and emails.
Below is the email I received from Allison on April 15th, 2013:
Important AllieCat Announcement-PLEASE READ
I would like to announce a major change that has happened very quickly. As of today, AllieCat Jewelry is now a part of Half Price Jewelry. You can find their website at www.HalfPriceJewelryBusiness.com. Half Price Jewelry is an exciting, next-generation direct sales company where you always sell jewelry for 50%-80% off. You pay just $7.50 for each piece, and sell it for $15-$19, so you can double your money. They have lots of different kinds of jewelry, now including our dichroic glass jewelry at great prices, and you can join for free!
What does this mean for you?
The AllieCat direct selling business is now being discontinued, please submit any orders you have ASAP. Once the back office is turned off, you may continue to communicate with us via email. You are welcome to email us at[email protected] if you'd like to place more orders. We plan to fill all backorders in the next 2 weeks.
You can continue to purchase AllieCat jewelry through Half Price Jewelry! You'll find some of the same AllieCat jewelry that was in our catalog at AMAZING prices. For example, you can purchase mystery pendants with a ribbon cord for just $7.50! I'm really excited about Half Price Jewelry and I hope you take a look at them. We have arranged for any AllieCat consultant to receive $20 off their first order, just use the coupon code 'AllieCat.' I'll be helping out there for awhile to facilitate the transition.
I apologize for the short notice, but this has happened very suddenly. I have enjoyed working with you and I hope that you will consider Half Price Jewelry as a partner. My best wishes for a happy and healthy future.
-Allison Weisman
Jon S.
San Diego,California,
United States of America
Resolution / Update to Original Post
#4Author of original report
Tue, May 22, 2012
The situation between our company, Streeter Printing and Alliecat Jewelry has been resolved.
We attempted to remove the original post but per the terms of this website, they do not allow any original reports to be removed.
Sanford (Sandy) and Allison Weisman have never been sued by Streeter Printing nor has any judgment been awarded in favor of Streeter Printing with regards to Sandy or Allison Weisman.
Streeter Printing did receive payments totaling $4500.00 from AllieCat, Inc. in February and April, 2011.
We regret stating any personal opinions or accusations we may have had in the original post.
Sandy and Allison Weisman have never been personally invoiced by Streeter Printing.
On a personal level, I, Jon Streeter, apologize on behalf of Streeter Printing for any harm caused by our posting and wish nothing but the best for Sandy and Allison Weisman in the future.
