Apparently, those on TT are not alone. I spoke to the New York State
Attorney Generals office in his county. He is getting calls from around the
country regarding FirstCall and is very interested in hearing from anyone
who feels they were not dealt with in an honest way. Call him and get the
forms sent to you if needed.
Scott
AC3A
----- Original Message -----
From: <UpTheTower@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <K4XT@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] First Call Communications
> My business with FIRST CALL COMMUNICATIONS
>
>
> Hello to all interested parties,
>
> When I first published my difficulty in obtaining a refund with First Call
> Communications I thought I was alone. Immediately upon publishing my
> difficulties I have received numerous calls from other Ham's who were
> experiencing similar difficulties. As a result we have formed a suppport
> group with the express purpose of sharing information with regards to the
> success any individual might have getting his monies advanced to first
call
> Communications refunded to him..
>
> To date I have authorized two advances to First call Communications in the
> amount of $9,451.60 for goods never delivered, the duration from date of
> order placement to date of order cancellation occured over a 8 month
period.
> Joel on many occasions told me he would refund my money and in hindsight
> this was a stall tactic to get me to continue to buy his story the tower
> would ship in the next week or next month.
>
> The purpose of this message is twofold, the first to restate I canceled my
> order Jan 5, 2001 and as of today Feb 2, 2001 I have not seen a penny from
> First call Communications and secondly to inform others of the
questionable
> business practices of First Call Communications. Joel states in the first
> paragraph of "one" of his messages to me (see below) that he will be
> responsible, of course he is as he charged my credit card. What he does
not
> say is if and when he will refund the moneys advanced other Amateur Radio
> operators and myself to his company.
>
> To all who read this be aware that a charge on your credit card that goes
> over 60 days is very difficult to get corrected when you do not recover
the
> merchandise you ordered.
>
> Should anyone care to share there experiences with me, I may be contacted
at
> 540 454 0614 or my E mail address K4XT@aol.com.
>
> E mail from Joel: You may judge for yourself his approach towards his
> customers and his suppliers.
>
>
>
> Subj: e-mail
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: 1/11/01 1:50:16 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: firstcall@cyburban.com (firstcall)
> To: k4xt@aol.com
>
>
>
> Dear Bill,
>
> I just received your e-mail concerning the Sky Needle. I understand
> that Robert is going to refund the money directly, if not I will be
> responsible.
>
> I take exception to one thing you said however and that is I told you
> the rotator is at Paragon to match up with your Sky Needle. I even sent
> you confirmations from M2 when it was received. I will attempt to get
> the rotator returned directly to M2 hopefully without a restocking
> charge as the box has not been opened. Do you still want the rotator
> returned or do you care to use it in another tower?
>
> Just for your edification, when we were talking about lies from Robert.
> His number two in command informed me yesterday that your Sky Needle has
> not been galvanized so you have to look at who you are dealing with in
> California as a posed to us at First Call. We tell it " like it is" as
> the information is received from Robert. When I quote seven weeks, I
> don't make up this number.
>
> It is important that you separate the two companies. I have always told
> you the truth and with this galvanizing story I just told you, you know
> where the truth lacks.
>
> Tri-Ex towers are now being built by another company and orders have
> been transferred over to them. The company does 53 million in sales and
> has a little under 400 employees and is the largest manufacturer in the
> world of telescoping masts. All orders have been transferred to them.
>
> I will keep you informed of my progress and will be back to you within
> two days. Please comment about the base you have from me that I already
> took care of with Paragon.
>
> Joel
> First Call Communications, Inc.
>
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