I contracted for a home delivery service from service foods in august 2008. In order to get the discount on the food i had to purchase some appliances. Originally i was going to get a water filtration system, but when i found out they were going to cut into my granite i told them i didn't want the product. Service food Garlin) offered to give me pans and cutlery in lieu of the filtration system.
My problem started when i rec'd past due notices before i rec'd the cutlery and pans. After several calls and emails i was promised by service food Garlin and stephanie) that they would correct my bill with jefferson financial and send me out a new bill. I continued to receive incorrect bills, but started to pay for the cutlery in april 2009; i made 5 payments to jf but stopped when i notice my balance was not changing. I have copies of emails i have sent and rec'd from service foods stating that they would correct these issues. To this day they have not sent me a correct bill, and the only way i got a call back from garlin was when i sent in the complaint to the bbb. I rec'd one call telling me that he would correct the bill and give me 10% as long as i could show via bank statement that i had made the 5 payments. I did and that was back in oct 2009. I continued to copy the bbb on anything i sent or rec'd from service foods.
I contacted bbb a year ago and just went through arbitration. The arbitrator stated that he felt my issue should have been with jefferson financial not service foods that is why i asked if these companies were owned by the same person. Garlin stated under oath that service foods and jefferson financial are not owned by the same person. Garlin said he would settle for me paying the current balance off minus the interest and that service foods would write/pay off the interest to jefferson financial.
I have found through research on the internet that they are indeed connected. They have the same address on certain sites, same owner/president/cfo, keith kantor, but their paperwork states differently. They have 2-3 different addresses, i can not find a business license for jefferson financial, and some of these businesses are inactive, yet they have websites where you can order from.
Several blogs, manta, & the secretary of state business search are a few of the sites i searched. However.
These companies all seem to be connected service foods, inc., blue ribbon foods, inc, jefferson financial, h-sons, inc. Southern foods, california food plan, inc. Colorado prime.
They have to be stopped, we as consumers need to pull together! these companies are harassing and scamming people out of their money and they need to be held accountable for bad business practices. I have spent 2 yrs trying to get correct billing and now they are threatening to sue.
I received a call from Joshua Colon, a representative of Service Foods, Inc. He was a good friend of mine or so I thought. He told me he started working for this company that sold meat and vegetables and thought it would help with my diabetes. I agreed to let him come by to do a presentation. He came by on 1/18/10, the date I signed the contract. The food was delivered on 2/4/10. I should have followed my gut and not signed the contract but he promised me everything was on the up and up and that I would love the food. He was very pushy. He said the food would be enough for 2 people (my mom and I) and that I would need to get the freezer to be able to get the food discounted. I agreed to it (thinking we had a history of friendship) and didn't think Josh would lie to me to get me to sign up. Well he did and I can't believe how gullible I was to trust him. These people are rip-off artists. The sale tactics are pushy, vague, and go around in circles to keep your mind off the fact that you are paying $5,000 for a $1,000 freezer. I was constantly told bold face lies. I was told I needed to purchase the freezer to guarantee the quality of the food and to get a good discount. He emphasized that it was just to help me (even though I never knew how much the food really was and got the turn around every time I asked).
Josh asked me what method of payment I was going to use. I told him I would use my Amex card. He took down the no. and wrote it on the contract. They delivered the food when I wasn't home. My son accepted and signed for it but expressed to me that this didn't seem like enough food for me and my mom. Josh had assured me it was enough for 2 people. When I got home I was floored. I could've put the food in my own freezer!!!! I didn't need to purchase a freezer from them. I contacted Josh via email on Feb. 8th and told him I didn't want to go through with this and would like for him to take the freezer and the food back. He said he would see what he could do to help me. I didn't realize that they only gave me 3 days from the date the contract was signed to cancel. How can you cancel something when you haven't received the food yet? Well I've been back and forth via email/phone calls to no avail. He fabricated the contract. He told me the order was for 6 months of food and its actually for 6 orders!!! I couldn't believe he had done this to me. After numerous emails back and forth, I received a letter in the mail stating that my contract was purchased by Jefferson Financial. I emailed them about the situation to no avail. Service Foods filed a summons/complaint and now I have a court date of Feb. 20, 2012. I can't believe this! How could Service Foods sue me when they sold my contract to Jefferson Financial? I found out that Jefferson Financial belongs to the same owner of Service Foods, Mr. Keith Kantor (who I also emailed and he told me he was sure something could be worked out). Please note that Service Foods never billed my American Express. They sold my contract to JF and they kept sending me invoices that I refused to pay. I have this eyesore freezer in my garage (which is causing my electricity to soar) and I still have all the food in the freezer. I have never touched it. I have found numerous complaints on Service Foods, Jefferson Financial, etc. They also did business as Quality foods & LTT Gourmet Foods, JLS Financial. They are doing business under several entities. Please look into these people. They need to be stopped! I can't believe that have been allowed to get away with this unfair business practice for so long. I even found out that Jefferson Financial does not have a license to conduct business in George. This company is not a legal entity within the State of Georgia (there is no legal business entity with this name filed with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporation Division), according to that Licensing division for the State of Georgia a Finance Company that finances any one for over three thousand dollars is not regulated by the State of Georgia, they would be regulated by the FTC. Upon calling the FTC the FTC does not show them with an RN number which according to them (FTC) they have no information on this company. Are you kidding me?? What is going on?
Service Foods Inc Reviews
I contracted for a home delivery service from service foods in august 2008. In order to get the discount on the food i had to purchase some appliances. Originally i was going to get a water filtration system, but when i found out they were going to cut into my granite i told them i didn't want the product. Service food Garlin) offered to give me pans and cutlery in lieu of the filtration system.
My problem started when i rec'd past due notices before i rec'd the cutlery and pans. After several calls and emails i was promised by service food Garlin and stephanie) that they would correct my bill with jefferson financial and send me out a new bill. I continued to receive incorrect bills, but started to pay for the cutlery in april 2009; i made 5 payments to jf but stopped when i notice my balance was not changing. I have copies of emails i have sent and rec'd from service foods stating that they would correct these issues. To this day they have not sent me a correct bill, and the only way i got a call back from garlin was when i sent in the complaint to the bbb. I rec'd one call telling me that he would correct the bill and give me 10% as long as i could show via bank statement that i had made the 5 payments. I did and that was back in oct 2009. I continued to copy the bbb on anything i sent or rec'd from service foods.
I contacted bbb a year ago and just went through arbitration. The arbitrator stated that he felt my issue should have been with jefferson financial not service foods that is why i asked if these companies were owned by the same person. Garlin stated under oath that service foods and jefferson financial are not owned by the same person. Garlin said he would settle for me paying the current balance off minus the interest and that service foods would write/pay off the interest to jefferson financial.
I have found through research on the internet that they are indeed connected. They have the same address on certain sites, same owner/president/cfo, keith kantor, but their paperwork states differently. They have 2-3 different addresses, i can not find a business license for jefferson financial, and some of these businesses are inactive, yet they have websites where you can order from.
Several blogs, manta, & the secretary of state business search are a few of the sites i searched. However.
These companies all seem to be connected service foods, inc., blue ribbon foods, inc, jefferson financial, h-sons, inc. Southern foods, california food plan, inc. Colorado prime.
They have to be stopped, we as consumers need to pull together! these companies are harassing and scamming people out of their money and they need to be held accountable for bad business practices. I have spent 2 yrs trying to get correct billing and now they are threatening to sue.
I received a call from Joshua Colon, a representative of Service Foods, Inc. He was a good friend of mine or so I thought. He told me he started working for this company that sold meat and vegetables and thought it would help with my diabetes. I agreed to let him come by to do a presentation. He came by on 1/18/10, the date I signed the contract. The food was delivered on 2/4/10. I should have followed my gut and not signed the contract but he promised me everything was on the up and up and that I would love the food. He was very pushy. He said the food would be enough for 2 people (my mom and I) and that I would need to get the freezer to be able to get the food discounted. I agreed to it (thinking we had a history of friendship) and didn't think Josh would lie to me to get me to sign up. Well he did and I can't believe how gullible I was to trust him. These people are rip-off artists. The sale tactics are pushy, vague, and go around in circles to keep your mind off the fact that you are paying $5,000 for a $1,000 freezer. I was constantly told bold face lies. I was told I needed to purchase the freezer to guarantee the quality of the food and to get a good discount. He emphasized that it was just to help me (even though I never knew how much the food really was and got the turn around every time I asked).
Josh asked me what method of payment I was going to use. I told him I would use my Amex card. He took down the no. and wrote it on the contract. They delivered the food when I wasn't home. My son accepted and signed for it but expressed to me that this didn't seem like enough food for me and my mom. Josh had assured me it was enough for 2 people. When I got home I was floored. I could've put the food in my own freezer!!!! I didn't need to purchase a freezer from them. I contacted Josh via email on Feb. 8th and told him I didn't want to go through with this and would like for him to take the freezer and the food back. He said he would see what he could do to help me. I didn't realize that they only gave me 3 days from the date the contract was signed to cancel. How can you cancel something when you haven't received the food yet? Well I've been back and forth via email/phone calls to no avail. He fabricated the contract. He told me the order was for 6 months of food and its actually for 6 orders!!! I couldn't believe he had done this to me. After numerous emails back and forth, I received a letter in the mail stating that my contract was purchased by Jefferson Financial. I emailed them about the situation to no avail. Service Foods filed a summons/complaint and now I have a court date of Feb. 20, 2012. I can't believe this! How could Service Foods sue me when they sold my contract to Jefferson Financial? I found out that Jefferson Financial belongs to the same owner of Service Foods, Mr. Keith Kantor (who I also emailed and he told me he was sure something could be worked out). Please note that Service Foods never billed my American Express. They sold my contract to JF and they kept sending me invoices that I refused to pay. I have this eyesore freezer in my garage (which is causing my electricity to soar) and I still have all the food in the freezer. I have never touched it. I have found numerous complaints on Service Foods, Jefferson Financial, etc. They also did business as Quality foods & LTT Gourmet Foods, JLS Financial. They are doing business under several entities. Please look into these people. They need to be stopped! I can't believe that have been allowed to get away with this unfair business practice for so long. I even found out that Jefferson Financial does not have a license to conduct business in George. This company is not a legal entity within the State of Georgia (there is no legal business entity with this name filed with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporation Division), according to that Licensing division for the State of Georgia a Finance Company that finances any one for over three thousand dollars is not regulated by the State of Georgia, they would be regulated by the FTC. Upon calling the FTC the FTC does not show them with an RN number which according to them (FTC) they have no information on this company. Are you kidding me?? What is going on?