Andrew
Oshawa,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, March 03, 2007
Have the meat tested at a lab to see if it is really organic if it's not you can file an additional case againist the company for false advertising and not delivering what was promised
Andrew
Oshawa,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sat, March 03, 2007
Have the meat tested at a lab to see if it is really organic if it's not you can file an additional case againist the company for false advertising and not delivering what was promised
Carmela
Bridgewater,#4Author of original report
Tue, January 30, 2007
Don't know why he chose us to deliver to... but I figure it's because we went to the media - ABC's "7 On Your Side" and they took cameras into his basement office and confronted him at his desk and put it on the air. The following week we had a call promising the food - and it came a week later. According to consumer affairs nobody else who's complained has seen any food or money yet. Go to the media and get all of the comsumer advocates after this nasty man. If indeed he has all his assets in his wife's name as stated in other reports (Nature's Prime, Naturally Prime, Organic Natures Prime... who knows what other names) then he prepared himself up front for this rip-off.
Christopher
Middletown,#5UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, January 30, 2007
Hey Carmella, I worked for this company as a tele-marketer unfortunatelly. The farm i supposed to be in lancaster PA, but I think he just goes to the gorcery store and buys it himself. I agree with you, he does have an nswer for everything just trying to cover up lies. I am in the process of taking him to small claims court becasue I lost $796 on him due to bounced checks, if you want to add in the $5 bounce fee for the last one it's $801. I am willing to make him a deal pay me the $801 lost and I won't press charges or sue him. When the check first bounced, he said "the bank is in ohio" than their was something on their that said it was ADP, than the name of the bank was SYNERGY, than he said it was a credit union. Then he said he was swithing banks, and I asked him if I could cash at the new bank, and he said no, because it takes time for the new checks to clear. He is a total scam artist. He owes me $801 and taking him to small claims court, not dealing with him directly any more. If he didn't deliever the food because he though it wouldn't fit thant why did he take the money. He is a scam
Kathy
New Providence,#6Consumer Comment
Tue, January 30, 2007
Hi Carmela, This is Kathy from New Providence. I can assure you that I've been updating my posts regularly and he has not resolved our issue. He said on Thursday that he was on his way to the courthouse to find out how he needs to handle giving us our money since it went to civil court. I didn't think to say this at the time but he's been to court several times...he should know how to handle this without asking! Needless to say, I never received a phone call back. How did you get him to finally deliver? It's been since August and I just want my money back!
Carmela
Bridgewater,#7Author of original report
Mon, January 29, 2007
Guess the fear of consumer affairs filing criminal charges did the trick... Steve Billig appeared in person at our home with the delivery man and a truck full of food. He told me all the same old excuses about the last 6 months of family problems, so I asked then how come there were so many complaints going back years. He said that all of you who have been duped by him are a vocal minority out of thousands of satisfied customers, and that he's made everything right but you fail to follow up and report that your complaints have been satisfied. He's a misunderstood saint! Then he came up with one more excuse... it was a tight fit getting all the food into our standing freezer and two refrigerator-freezers (it did all fit), seeing that, he said "that's why we didn't deliver, because I thought it wouldn't fit." This man has an answer for everything, then seeing the little symbol on my auto outside asked what church we go to because "I'm a Christian." SHAME on him. He's promised us hundreds of dollars of "free food to make up for this situation" - I'll update this if that ever happens. THE BIG QUESTION...He markets this food as "organic", and the vegetables are labeled organic. The butter however, which last time was certified "organic" is now labeled "all natural", check the USDA website, that label has no legal definition and means NOTHING - so we don't have organic butter. And he still will not prove that the meat is organic so we're pretty sure it isn't organic either. Of course "naturally prime" and "nature's prime" don't specify organic and his order sheets say "the best naturally", but HE most certainly does make that promise in his sales pitch that it's "all organic". I asked him why he won't prove the meat is organic and he said "I'll send you something if it makes you feel better" - ya think we'll see that? I feel sorry for the poor delivery guy, he has to face irate customers all the time. Needless to say, we will NEVER place another order from this company.