Complaint Review: TKO Sports Advertising - Houston Texas

My wife and I have small businesses that wouldnt otherwise be given this opportunity to get the word out if it were not for TKO, so let me put in my 2 sense!!! The negative comments listed on this site are definitely from people who dont know what it takes to give our small businesses this kind of opportunity for exposure. Many people didn't pay enough attention when the sales call was made and it's hard to understand the complexity that goes into everything they do, so let me help the rest of you: 1- if you dont recognize the value in having an entire army of kids walking around in shirts with your business contact information on them, then you need to re-think your entire marketing strategy altogether, or just go ahead and close the doors. tko is a company that has been a major factor in helping me build the brand of proactiveparentonline.com 2- the quality of the graphics is excellent. i am quite impressed with the final result. granted, some people will always expect a ferrari for the price of a Mustang, but i recommend charging $800-$1000 per ad. at those current rates, how on earth do you guys pay the light bill??? 3- the specialized shirts are GIVEN to the schools, not sold to them. that's one less financial burden on our school districts and more funds that can be re-invested back into our kids education i, for one, am grateful to contribute and have my business listed on the back of every kid in so many towns, so please ignore the ones who are NEVER happy with anything. you guys keep up the great work and we look forward to next season! -Jason

I worked for T.K.O. Sports until my brother offered me a position with his company. People don't realize how hard it is collect the sponsors, do the art and print the shirts. Tko offers discounts to help people that otherwise wouldn't be able to sponsor. The shirts do go to the school and help them raise much needed funds. They are great shirts. I own a couple of them myself. I hate to see a hard working company with good people get slammed like this.

Jeff states that they have only had 5 complaints against them, however, when you check with the BBB they have 14 complaints against TKO Sports advertising. It is now 15 complaints as I have filed a complaint against them also. They contacted us and requesting that we sponsor our local high school football team shirts. We initially said no, but they continually kept calling back, stating how hard it was to get sponsors. They told us they would give us 90 day before we had to pay the bill. They also advised that it would be full color and we could use our logo which has multiple colors at the same price. When we received the proof, we realized that it was not for the school that was in our demographic area but a school that is much farther away. They also said they could not use our logo but a generic that they had made. Within the month, they sent us a bill stating it was now due. They have been calling lately stating that the bill is past due. They also state they have never said any of the things we know that have

IN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT WE RECEIVED FROM SPANISH RIVER AUTO I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING YES, WE HAVE RECEIVED 5 COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS OF BUSINESS AND YES WE HAVE RESPONDED TO AND TRIED TO RESOLVE EVERY ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER 10,000 SPONSORS AND 1000 COACHES WE WORK WITH ARE SATISFIED WITH OUR COMPANY AND CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS WITHIN US ON A DAILY BASIS. WHERE FOOTBALL SEASON IS CONCERNED, ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL WE WORK WITH HAS A FOOTBALL TEAM. WHEN SCHOOLS START A NEW YEAR WE ALWAYS REFER TO IT AF "FOOTBALL" SEASON SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION. THE SHIRTS YOUR COMPANY IS FEATURE ON ARE ALREADY PRINTED AS OF TODAYS DATE ( JULY 24TH 08') AND WE WILL BE SHIPPING THEM AS SOON AS SCHOOL OPENS. ALSO, YOU WILL SEE THAT ANY COMPLAINT REFERENCED AGAINST OUR COMPANY HAS TO DO WITH TIME FRAME. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY PROJECT WE DO INVOLVES MASS COORDINATION WITH SPONSORS AND COACHES. WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF MAN-HOURS COMPLETING THESE PROJECTS AND WE DO HIT " BUMPS IN THE ROAD " EVERY SO OFTEN. WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANY SPONSOR MAY HAVE MON-FRI 8AM -7 PM. WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY FORMALY THAT WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE WE MAY HAVE CAUSED AND HOPE YOU DO WELL WITH THE SPONSOR SHIP YOU DID PROVIDE FOR YOUR LOCAL H.S. AND THE ARTWORK WE PRODUCED FOR YOUR COMPANY. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL AND WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST. SINCERELY, JEFF KIRK PRODUCTION DEPT.