- Report: #1001101
Complaint Review: Clover Leaf Consulting - Denver Colorado
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Stephen -
Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Clover Leaf Consulting
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Phone:
(720) 515-1281
Web:
www.yourmmjinfo.com
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Clover Leaf Consulting Chloe Villano, yourmmjinfo.com Borderline SCAM Denver, Colorado
Boderline scam. Chloe Villano is a one woman show working from home, not the impression one would normally get from a person representing themselves as a successful consulting firm with years of experience. We contacted Chloe to get more information on the listings that she has on her website. First we were asked to pay $275 for us to be verified to even receive the listings. This was a red flag for me but I went ahead and paid for that. After viewing the listings for a couple months I decided that I wanted to move forward with speaking with the owners. When I contacted Chloe to get the infomatiion 4 days later I still had not received.
I called Chloe and left a message, a couple hours later I finally got a call back. She told me that she is extremly busy and that if I wanted her attention I would need to pay her $1000 for a retianer for her services and that's what it would take to get the listings. Reluctantly I paid this because we were eager to get moving. After 8 days of calls and emails trying to get the info then Chloe tells me that I need to sign a buyers contract, before I ever speaking to a business owner, before she would move forward with getting us the info that we needed.
This buyers contract that had to be signed included a 3% tax on any purchase that we made from her leads....I found out the person listing the business is also resposible for 3% of sale. This seemed like entirely too much to charge for just a few hours of work since these businesses sell for $250k-1.5 million (shes asking for $20-30k for a $500k purchase). Reluctantly I signed the contract, I knew better. Nearly 2 weeks after asking for the information, paying her $1275, and signing a buyers contract Chloe still refused to send over the information so that I could contact the owner. After this I started to wonder if these listing even existed and werent just created by Chloe to scam people out of consulting money.
I asked for a full refund of my money from Chloe since she did absolutely nothing for us. She claims that she had to verify us and that is what was causing the delay....but I paid to be verified 3 months prior. She told me that it would take 30 days to process the refund and that she would be billing me for the time she spent explaing her contract and trying to sell me her services. I refused to pay that and told her I would contact my credit card company to dispute the charges. She started threating me with her attorney, and threating to hurt the reputation of my existing business....which has nothing to do with Chloe. She is hard to get in touch with, she's a liar, and she is a boderline scammer.
On the other hand I contacted a consultant from El Paso county CO, within 8 hrs of contacting him I had an appointement with a business owner! In 8 hrs he did what Chloe wasn't able to do for nearly 2 weeks!
After this happended I started asking around and I'm not the only person that has had problems with Chloe. Do your homework! Avoid the trouble I'm now having trying to get my money back for services I never recieved. Stay away from Clover Leaf Consulting, its not good for buyers or sellers!!!
I called Chloe and left a message, a couple hours later I finally got a call back. She told me that she is extremly busy and that if I wanted her attention I would need to pay her $1000 for a retianer for her services and that's what it would take to get the listings. Reluctantly I paid this because we were eager to get moving. After 8 days of calls and emails trying to get the info then Chloe tells me that I need to sign a buyers contract, before I ever speaking to a business owner, before she would move forward with getting us the info that we needed.
This buyers contract that had to be signed included a 3% tax on any purchase that we made from her leads....I found out the person listing the business is also resposible for 3% of sale. This seemed like entirely too much to charge for just a few hours of work since these businesses sell for $250k-1.5 million (shes asking for $20-30k for a $500k purchase). Reluctantly I signed the contract, I knew better. Nearly 2 weeks after asking for the information, paying her $1275, and signing a buyers contract Chloe still refused to send over the information so that I could contact the owner. After this I started to wonder if these listing even existed and werent just created by Chloe to scam people out of consulting money.
I asked for a full refund of my money from Chloe since she did absolutely nothing for us. She claims that she had to verify us and that is what was causing the delay....but I paid to be verified 3 months prior. She told me that it would take 30 days to process the refund and that she would be billing me for the time she spent explaing her contract and trying to sell me her services. I refused to pay that and told her I would contact my credit card company to dispute the charges. She started threating me with her attorney, and threating to hurt the reputation of my existing business....which has nothing to do with Chloe. She is hard to get in touch with, she's a liar, and she is a boderline scammer.
On the other hand I contacted a consultant from El Paso county CO, within 8 hrs of contacting him I had an appointement with a business owner! In 8 hrs he did what Chloe wasn't able to do for nearly 2 weeks!
After this happended I started asking around and I'm not the only person that has had problems with Chloe. Do your homework! Avoid the trouble I'm now having trying to get my money back for services I never recieved. Stay away from Clover Leaf Consulting, its not good for buyers or sellers!!!
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Chloe apologized
#2Author of original report
Tue, November 10, 2015
I posted the original complaint about Chloe and clover leaf consulting. Since then I went on to create a successful company in the cannabis space and I ran in to Chloe at a business conference recently. There was a heated discussion about what happened in the past and why I wrote the rip off report, I explained that I stood behind what I wrote 100% with no regrets. Chloe seemed to understand and ultimately apologized for what happened and I accepted. She was sincere and explained that at the time she was extremely busy at the time and agreed she didnt offer me the customer service I expected. I was happy to get this behind us and overall it was nice to speak with her. It looks like she has a viable company with a future in the industry, I'm assuming my problem was an isolated event.
Nevada,
USA
USA
I think "Cad" was Chloe trying to sound reputable
#3General Comment
Sat, June 20, 2015
So, "Cad," can you tell me the name of your business? I'm sure someone with such high regard, would have no problem being an advocate.
Caddy
Edgewater,Colorado,
Chloe Villano is Impressive
#4Consumer Comment
Thu, May 29, 2014
I hired Chloe Villano in 2012 when I was considering selling our dispensary. I knew Chloe from the many successful events she hosted at my entertainment venue. I too signed a contract for 3% on my end having full disclosure that the buyers were to pay 3% as well. Well worth it in my oppinion if we sold our shop. I also was aware that the potential buyers had to pay a fee to her in order to become a qualified prospectve buyer. She worked hard to make sure that every single potential buyer that came through my door was qualified!!!! That was truley a blessing. She weeded out all the "lookie Lous" and how did she do that? They paid her fee which came out of her comission at sale. Only a serious buyer would pay this fee. Chloe knew every single person both at the state & city offices which made our sale a very smooth transaction. Chloe is also the first state board of education approved grower and MMJ business certification specialist in the entire country. Chloe did exactly everything she promised in a timely professional manner and her business acumen is amazing. Without her professional skills and contacts we would have not gotten the pile that we did 3 days after I called her. People who are "connectors" of the dots deserve every penny and then some. Thank you again Chloe! Cad
