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Complaint Review: Hansons Windows - madison heights Michigan
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1000 tech row madison heights, Michigan, United States of America
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Hansons Windows HANSONS & BRIAN ELIAS are complete lying thieves - PERIOD ! eastpointe, Michigan
I was a Hansons window crew leader in the early to mid 90s. I saw first hand on a daily basis how dishonest they are. Brian Elias (the owner) actually teaches his salesmen and other staff how to lie to customers in order to get the most money from them and/or to get customers off their back. Every other job i went on, the windows were mis-measured so i would call the office and tell them, "these windows are wrong". The response i got EVERY TIME was, "just make them work somehow". One of their biggest keys to profiting is selling a junk product for top dollar. Or, if you insist you want the best, theyll gladly get you a better product but youll pay AT LEAST DOUBLE of what they should really cost. Their professional liars/salesmen will try to convince you that youre getting such a good deal, but in reality your getting scammed by trained liars. They know that most people dont really know much about windows so they take advantage of that fact. Little do most people know - you can get a better window for less money any day of the week all year long. Your best option by far is to contact a local smaller company - like (Improve USA - 586-610-6161) honest & inexpensive - where they truly care about their customers and their work because they survive on referrals from happy customers - (not - RIDICULOUS GIMMICK SALES TACTICS & EXPENSIVE ADS). Dont people understand it yet ? I cant believe how vulnerable some people are to fall for all of their ridiculous nonsense. Those companies (HANSONS for sure) take advantage of you every chance they get. The companies with all of those big TV ads, mailing ads, phone book ads, and huge salesmen commissions ("get as much as you can") have to charge you back DIRECTLY for all of their huge advertising costs - youll be paying MORE the minute you dial their number. Hansons is simply a full blown major league SCAM !!! WAKE UP FOLKS - HANSONS IS THE BIGGEST SCAM COMPANY OUT THERE - A TOTAL RIP OFF ! A huge scar on the industry. Theyve completely ruined the trust and honesty factor for others with all of their scheming gimmick nonsense.
Just because you see their ads every where you look doesnt mean theyre good and/or honest - it just means youll PAY MORE - THATS ALL !!! Since leaving Hansons many years ago ive heard many more (an uncountable number) of horror stories about them screwing people over continuing their scamming. When i go to customers homes now where theyve already had Hansons liars there, I beat their price drastically EVERYTIME and provide a better window. Dont waste your time and your (hard earned money) with Hansons, they are complete thieves.
Thats all Brian/Hansons does is - hire smaller companies (sub contractors) to do the installation anyway. You can call a smaller company direct yourself and save a lot of money. Hansons/Brian Elias is a JOKE !!! A little story - I was at a party at Brian Elias personal home (Waterford area) years ago in the 90s where i stood and watched him and a few of his salesmen laughing their asses off about how they just scammed an elderly couple for an extra $6000 on a particular job. I interupted them and said, "what are you talking about, do you really think thats funny?" They all looked at me like i was nuts - as if thats how it was supposed to work. Its a NORMAL daily practice for them to get as much as they possibly can out of every customer no matter what it takes - GET THEIR CASH !
(DONT [YOU] BE THEIR NEXT PUNCHLINE) -
(DONT FALL FOR THEIR THIEVING NONSENSE)
a side note:
Brian Elias used to have (might still have) a personalized license plate on his car -
(WHOGAF) - meaning - (WHO - Gives A Fk) !
That should tell you something - (he sure doesnt - give a fk) - thats for sure !
Brian Elias is just a lying greedy ego freak making a fortune on vulnerable people - PERIOD !
Just because you see their ads every where you look doesnt mean theyre good and/or honest - it just means youll PAY MORE - THATS ALL !!! Since leaving Hansons many years ago ive heard many more (an uncountable number) of horror stories about them screwing people over continuing their scamming. When i go to customers homes now where theyve already had Hansons liars there, I beat their price drastically EVERYTIME and provide a better window. Dont waste your time and your (hard earned money) with Hansons, they are complete thieves.
Thats all Brian/Hansons does is - hire smaller companies (sub contractors) to do the installation anyway. You can call a smaller company direct yourself and save a lot of money. Hansons/Brian Elias is a JOKE !!! A little story - I was at a party at Brian Elias personal home (Waterford area) years ago in the 90s where i stood and watched him and a few of his salesmen laughing their asses off about how they just scammed an elderly couple for an extra $6000 on a particular job. I interupted them and said, "what are you talking about, do you really think thats funny?" They all looked at me like i was nuts - as if thats how it was supposed to work. Its a NORMAL daily practice for them to get as much as they possibly can out of every customer no matter what it takes - GET THEIR CASH !
(DONT [YOU] BE THEIR NEXT PUNCHLINE) -
(DONT FALL FOR THEIR THIEVING NONSENSE)
a side note:
Brian Elias used to have (might still have) a personalized license plate on his car -
(WHOGAF) - meaning - (WHO - Gives A Fk) !
That should tell you something - (he sure doesnt - give a fk) - thats for sure !
Brian Elias is just a lying greedy ego freak making a fortune on vulnerable people - PERIOD !
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Justin
Clinton Township,United States
This is completely false!
#2UPDATE Employee
Sun, March 25, 2018
I’ve worked for Hansons for a few years now and everything that I just read is complete nonsense, this person sounds upset that his "new business” (never heard of), keeps getting turned down by customers for a professional company like Hansons. Hansons does not over charge customers, they actually have a policy in place that you can not over charge a customer, they have even put new technologies in place that prevent it. Everything gets priced out on an IPad and the application automatically generates a price based on the windows you’re replacing.
window professional
roseville,Michigan,
USA
HANSONS - what a joke !
#3General Comment
Thu, November 17, 2011
WAKE UP PEOPLE - DON'T BE SO d**n FOOLISH - STOP GETTING RIPPED OFF!
HANSONS IS NOTHING MORE THAN TRAINED (PROFESSIONAL LIARS) TAKING YOUR CASH.
THE COMMERCIALS YOU SEE ARE ALL MISLEADING NONSENSE FOR THE VULNERABLE SUCKERS.
CALL A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD COMPANY FOR YOUR BEST DEAL & HONEST DEAL.
CALL A BIG COMPANY - YOU PAY BIG COMPANY MONEY (and you get nothing special) 'but lies'
(REMEMBER: you're the one that's going to pay for all of their expensive advertising costs !!!)
CALL A SMALL COMPANY - YOU PAY SMALL COMPANY MONEY (and you get everything you want)
(REMEMBER: smaller companys don't have big advertising costs to pay for - use save DIRECTLY)
Check out all the different complaint sites about Hansons - do your homework - be smart !
DON'T BE A FOOL BY LETTING HANSONS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU ! (they laugh about it)
liscensed builder
brighton,Michigan,
USA
Glad to see another installer tell the truth
#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, October 15, 2009
I also installed for hansons for 6 years. I have seen on too many occasions the way brian elias and his managers treat homeowners. ESPECIALLY ones over retirement age. They routinely install windows and doors that they know leak water and air. And then they force their installers to go run service calls and try and rig them up to work, by thraetning not to give them installs for the day if they refuse to comply. One little fact that i'm suprised you didn't tell about is that hansons, a 30 million dollar a year company DOESN"T HAVE A SERVICE DEPARTMENT! but brian routinely goes on tv and speals his lifetime guarantee to the public. He bought into the now defunct republic window company for a million dollars so that he could make tv comercials about having his own factory too. I quit my job because I couldn't be a part of that mess anymore. and I couldn't stand to watch people get ripped off everyday and be apart of it. Because the worst thing in the world is when a customer asks you as an installer "did i get a good deal" or "are these windows really as goos as they told me they were" and you have to lie because it's not your place to tell a homeowner that the place that you work for just ripped them off!
