Robin
Waldron,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, June 15, 2003
Carol, You have done a brave thing here. When you publish your ad put a phone contact number as well, if at all posssible. Not everyone has access to the web. Recently did something similar in my little town.. I was amazed at the support I received from total strangers! People will rally for a common cause. This is what consumers are forced to do sometimes out of sheer exasperation with businesses that do not care. "You go girl", and best of luck!
Carol
Urbana,#3Author of original report
Sat, June 14, 2003
On 6-14-03 I protested with my sign at Hanson's. I had 2 people stop. One actually got out of the car & shook my hand. He thanked me for doing this. He said he had been ripped off also. The other person stopped & told me they had been ripped off too. She wondered how they stayed in business. I told her that most people just let in go & didn't spread the word. My photographer was threathened. We had to end up calling the police to get things calmed down. My photograher was smart enough to take a picture of the man's licence plate & the man as he was coming after him. That stopped him dead in his tracks. The owners son Brett Enghansen also grabbed his gentials. I expected that from those kind of people. Brett Enghansen also decided to water the sidewalk with his lawn sprinkler. It was raining at the time. So I had my umbrella & was not detoured. I would like to say that I wished I had a video camera. I think the "EDitor" was very smart to suggest taking one. It would have been great to be able to show the judge. I will be sending in the protest pictures as soon as they are developed. I almost everyone I gave the flyers to had heard of Hanson's ripping off people. I am concerning putting an ad in the local paper, to have people email a yahoo address if Hanson's ripped them off two.