Sharon
Alexandria,#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, October 02, 2006
You dealt with Shavonne in the office? She has been known to lie to customers, like telling complainers that they were recently purchased by someone else (false) and are getting used to the ropes. Owner, Haim Ashkenazi, has been involved with some other companies, too. He's good at what he does. Do you have a receipt for the Western Union transfer? I suggest you call the IRS Fraud Tipline and tell them that the movers would not accept the check, only cash wired in the middle of the night. They are probably not reporting the income, which is why they wanted cash. Then again, maybe they were shy of taking a check because on a previous move, the customer paid with a check, got her stuff delivered, she stopped payment on it, and Freedom got stiffed. The foreman was so mad (the lost money is HIS money) that he filed assault charges on the customer, saying she (small lady) slammed the moving truck door on his hand and he is severely injured. Police, needless to say, saw right through it. And, of course, call the DOT tipline, 888-DOT-SAFT to report all this. Their DOT number is 1278131.