Warning: Avoid University Painters
Dave
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
Excerpt from a letter I am writing:
"We received a proposal #xxxxxx from Victor Krasij on July 16, 2003.
We paid a deposit of $400. The painting was to begin some time
between August 7 and August 21, 2003. That time has come and gone,
and nothing has been done. It seems that our numerous attempts to
contact Mr. Krasij (or anyone else at University Painters) have been
ignored.
We are canceling the contract for non-performance. Since it is now
impossible to start the work within the date range specified in the
proposal agreement, we are demanding a full refund of the $400
deposit.
As we have heard nothing from your company in response to any of our
inquires, we have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau
and the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. If we do not
receive an IMMEDIATE REFUND, we will file a criminal fraud complaint
with the local police department. "
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
University Painters
Maxco Development Corp.
333 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 305
Alexandria VA 22313
University Painters
PO Box 549
Alexandria VA 22313
1-800-879-2656
703-836-8000
University Painters/Victor Krasij
243 Haynes Road
Avon, CT 06001
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
AVOID UNIVERSITY PAINTERS
Keywords: refund, disaster, non-performance, complaint, problem,
fiasco, no show
Barbecue Bob
counter_coun...@hotmail.com (Dave) wrote:
For some reason, people confuse my corporation, Bob's Barbecued Bunnies,
with the Better Busines Bureau.
Victor Krasij had probably just finished his sophomore year at college
when you paid him the deposit. He's probably back at school.
Maxco hires recruiters to hire interns at college campuses. Interns
manage University Painters offices, make the estimates, keep the books,
and hire the painters. An intern can make $1,000 a week.
With inexperienced temporaries running the show, aren't there bound to
be problems for customers?
It appears that for several years, University Painters offices have been
opening around the country. They don't seem to answer BBB requests for
information or stay in business long.
The BBB calls Maxco, the parent company, unsatisfactory.
--
Barbecue Bob serving family-style roast bunny
at convenient restaurants
from Montana to New Mexico
Dave
about University Painters. My experience is consistent with your
description. As you say, the local temp-du-jour who took our money is
probably back in school.
I don't know how much heat has to be applied to get my depost back,
but I decided to "kick it up a notch". It just so happens that we got
into this mess when my wife responded to a University Painters direct
mail solicitation. That's right folks, good old USPS. Is this a
simple contract case or postal fraud? I doubt that anyone at
University Painters is going to end up in Club Fed over this case. On
the other hand, postal fraud is a felony and I bet they spend more
than my deposit on legal advice. If this doesn't get their attention,
nothing will.
For anyone else interested in dealing with University Painters,
consider visiting http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/welcome.htm
if the disappearance of your money was in any way linked to the US
Postal Service.
The Fairfax County (Virginia) Dept. of Consumer Protection seems to
have a 4-0 record against University Painters Alexandria Va. office.
More information at http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/dtcs/consserv/IQext/csd_acs.asp?byletter=Y&lookup=9567&lastset=U
Two places I should have checked before getting stuck in this mess:
http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?compid=W8000646&national=Y
http://nadoka.vipnet.org/vipnet/vdacs/cgi-bin/comp_search.cgi?act=2&rcode=27662
Barbecue Bob <bu...@nospam.com> wrote
Jeff Wisnia
About ten years ago I tried letting a group called "College Pro" paint my
home. They did a fair to poor job, but what pissed me off the most is that
they pulled off the dozens of well nailed on decorative shutters on our
colonial style home, so they could paint them and the wallspace behind them
separately, not a bad idea. But, the shutters were originally held on with
16d galvanized finish nails and they put them back up with non-galvanized
10d common nails barely long enough to get a half inch into the siding. I
never thought to look for that, who would? As soon as the fall winds stated
kicking up, shutters began flying loose, some even busting a bit when they
crashed onto the driveway from two stories up. It took me a month of Sundays
to get 'every damn shutter fastened securely on, using 3-1/2" black coated
deck screws.
PS: Four years ago I painted the entire house myself with a little help from
a teen aged son, and did it right this time.
Jeff
--
Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"If you can keep smiling when things go wrong, you've thought of someone to
place the blame on."
Dave
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