OK, they got me again.
About every two years the paper scammers manage to get a new employee on the phone and have them “confirm” an order for cash register tape and other products at about 8X the regular price.
They ship this stuff to you… I guess a substantial number of folks just pay the bill and never realize they were ripped off. If you notice that this was stuff you never ordered and ask to return it, they say “sure, you pay the freight and a re-stocking fee”.
When you tell them kiss your keester and either send a call tag or come get the stuff in some other way, but no way you are going to pay, they threaten to take you to collection.
In my experience, with these companies, I have had to take the matter to the state attorney general and the BBB each time to get them to back off. For years, these outfits were clustered around Niagra Fall in upstate New York. The last one we saw was in Florida.
Yesterday I opened the mail and got an invoice from an outfit called “National Retail Supply” based in Pittsburg. It seems they called the store and asked for the owner’s name (me). A week or so later, they called again and asked for me by name, then, since I was not there, asked my employee to “confirm the shipping address” for an order I had placed (Which I never did, I have never even spoken to anyone at this outfit) and shipped off about $30 worth of stuff we can’t use and invoiced us $300 for it.
So… keep an eye out for this Cr@p and train your employee not to confirm ANYTHING.
About every two years the paper scammers manage to get a new employee on the phone and have them “confirm” an order for cash register tape and other products at about 8X the regular price.
They ship this stuff to you… I guess a substantial number of folks just pay the bill and never realize they were ripped off. If you notice that this was stuff you never ordered and ask to return it, they say “sure, you pay the freight and a re-stocking fee”.
When you tell them kiss your keester and either send a call tag or come get the stuff in some other way, but no way you are going to pay, they threaten to take you to collection.
In my experience, with these companies, I have had to take the matter to the state attorney general and the BBB each time to get them to back off. For years, these outfits were clustered around Niagra Fall in upstate New York. The last one we saw was in Florida.
Yesterday I opened the mail and got an invoice from an outfit called “National Retail Supply” based in Pittsburg. It seems they called the store and asked for the owner’s name (me). A week or so later, they called again and asked for me by name, then, since I was not there, asked my employee to “confirm the shipping address” for an order I had placed (Which I never did, I have never even spoken to anyone at this outfit) and shipped off about $30 worth of stuff we can’t use and invoiced us $300 for it.
So… keep an eye out for this Cr@p and train your employee not to confirm ANYTHING.
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