yammo
Queensbury,,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, October 14, 2012
These people have a long legacy in the area for being rude and deceitful. Many contractors in the area will not work for them anymore which makes it hard for them to fulfill any promises.Not that they are concerned with that anyways.
Deb
Bethany,#3Author of original report
Sun, April 01, 2007
I have been doing my research since my initial report in December. I found that Sam Wahnon's company has had many names. They were Glens Falls M & M Homes, Glens Falls Mobile & Modular Homes and now they have changed to Glens Falls Custom Modular Homes. I spoke to a local business person and he told me that Sam Wahnon's company had been on the local news before and that when the heat is turned up, he just changes the name slightly and moves on. Another modular home dealer tells me that the name of Sam's scam is called "dupe the stupe" and is common practice w/ many of the modular home dealers on that street. This is his standard way of doing business. Along w/ changing the name, I have noticed that the address he lists is different everywhere I look. It's listed as 1304 Route 9 in Gansevoort, NY; 1304 Saratoga Rd in South Glens Falls, NY; Exit 17 N Rt 9 S in Glens Falls, NY; 1304 Route 9 in Moreau, NY. I even went back to one of the sites where his business info. is listed and the spelling of Sam Wahnon's last name had been changed and he removed his partner Jamie Lemnotis all together. They are listed w/ the BBB as president and vice president, so the company structure has not changed. The Attorney General and the BBB forwarded my complaint to Sam Wahnon and all he had to do was say that he didn't do it and they closed my case. I guess since he keeps changing the name, they don't find much when/if they look for other complaints. Still, what kind of consumer protection is that? No investigation... NOTHING! When I called the Attorney General's office, nobody wanted to help me. They transfered me all over the state and eventually transferred me to a FAX machine! Maybe it was because he was too busy running for governor to make sure his office was actually doing it's job. On the bright side, my website http://www.gfmhomessucks.com is doing well and I have met many others who have been ripped of by Sam Wahnon. Those poor people payed the ransome and ended up with garbage homes. One poor guy told me that he has been sinking thousands into it for 4 years and is not finished. Another I met actually punched Sam in the face and paying a lawyer thousands to get the thousands back that he has spent finishing/repairing his house. I'm so glad we cut our losses and stuck him with the house. Despite what the papers he sent our lawyer said, that house is not even on his lot. It is sitting down the street, still on trailers. According to his bank and what I believe is called a "plot plan" it is supposed to be on his lot. There were 5 others houses piled up down the street, but he has moved them and there is now a for sale sign on that lot. I don't know if it's all somehow connected, but all these changes started happening after I put up my website and started filing complaints. I'd appreciate any advice I can get. Is there any agency out there that actually cares? I wonder if he paid taxes on the money he stole from us.
Jacque
Effingham,#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, December 11, 2006
Hi, Deb, Like with most complaints these folks are vicious and as you stated, they have been doing this to others for a long time. Military, Elderly, Single parents, the ill, does not matter to them. You are very smart and do hang in there. Mortgage Freud Office in your area should be contacted. Seems to me it is a feleny and should be no statute of limitations on it, need to check up there. Folks need to stick together on this. Read and decifer every word. Keep going to see what foot they are trying to stand on. VMF won't turn over their phone account. Need to record every call on a pad-time, date, and number. Get a pattern of calls. We are dealing with harassment calls, threats, and taking pictures of our double wide, etc. If you read other Mortgage Finances, Manufacture Home Dealers, Builders and Contractors. You will get an idea of what has been going on and how many and for how long on this web site. So many are using this M. O. and destroying peoples' lives. Major Problem. Take care! May God Be With You and Yours,