- Report: #802212
Complaint Review: South Beach Coffee - Miami Florida
Reported By:
John -
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
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South Beach Coffee
13301 SW 132nd Ave Miami, 33186 Florida, United States of America
Phone:
8663053311
Web:
www.southbeachcoffeeco.com
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South Beach Coffee Troyal Inc SCAM Miami, Florida
The SCAM starts with an add in the local paper for a coffee route for sale. The number listed is a Miami 866 number which belongs to South Beach Coffee.
After several conversations with Michael Hutton, he pushes you to look at the option of a new route in your area vs. purchasing an existing route. They claim to have distributors in over 34 states averaging selling 4-5 bags of thier coffee per day.
To help sell the new route, he gave several references which included a "distributor" in NY, TX and DC. All have a very good story to support the SCAM and with great detail they all have a success story.
Once you have the product, they push you to engage a "locator" company to establish the route. For a separete fee per location, A-1 Locators AKA Stan Lewis sends out a local rep to help locate your new sites. Half of the ones they found were in areas which required a police escort or stores which ened up NEVER able to sell one bag of coffee.
After having several conversation with Michael and a dedicated customer rep named Elizabeth Anderson about why sales were so slow, a call to South Beach Coffee rolled to the answering service. After early Oct , no more e-mails were answered and calls to the "distributors" revealed bad numbers.
In addition, calls to Stan Lewis with A-1 Locators were not returned. For over two months I spoke with 10 different individuals all taking part of this SCAM. Michael Hutton, Elizabeth Anderson and Stan Lewis need to be sent prision for LIFE.
After several conversations with Michael Hutton, he pushes you to look at the option of a new route in your area vs. purchasing an existing route. They claim to have distributors in over 34 states averaging selling 4-5 bags of thier coffee per day.
To help sell the new route, he gave several references which included a "distributor" in NY, TX and DC. All have a very good story to support the SCAM and with great detail they all have a success story.
Once you have the product, they push you to engage a "locator" company to establish the route. For a separete fee per location, A-1 Locators AKA Stan Lewis sends out a local rep to help locate your new sites. Half of the ones they found were in areas which required a police escort or stores which ened up NEVER able to sell one bag of coffee.
After having several conversation with Michael and a dedicated customer rep named Elizabeth Anderson about why sales were so slow, a call to South Beach Coffee rolled to the answering service. After early Oct , no more e-mails were answered and calls to the "distributors" revealed bad numbers.
In addition, calls to Stan Lewis with A-1 Locators were not returned. For over two months I spoke with 10 different individuals all taking part of this SCAM. Michael Hutton, Elizabeth Anderson and Stan Lewis need to be sent prision for LIFE.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Randy
Wadsworth,Ohio,
United States of America
South Beach and Stan The Man
#2Consumer Comment
Tue, November 29, 2011
John
You should file a similar complaint about Stan Lewis with A1 Locators separately. Just search for him on this site. He already has a journal of complaints about how he conducts himself, and his business. I too had a similar experience with South Beach and then with good ol' Stanley.
