This has been a contiued sore point for me and I know I have been vocal
about it in the past.
There have been many warnings about the dealings with this company. I felt
lucky to get my money back and it was not close to the amount you have
potentially lost. With this many people having had similar experiences, it
just can not be bad luck.
Someone had metnioned contacting the attorney general's office in NY. If
there is a pattern here, they may be able to get to the bottom of it
Scott
AC3A
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:21 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Problem W/First Call Communications
>
>
> Similar deal here, except we sent a "deposit" check for $5,441. A
> "delivery
> confirmation" letter was received and delivery was to be made October 31st
> 2000. When we called in November, we were told that the tower was being
> dipped and would be shipped shortly. Recently, we received a
> letter that the
> manufacturing had been sold to another company. This particular tower was
> for commercial use, and we had a project slated to go live on January 15th
> 2001. Obviously, we missed the date.
>
> I just had to buy a piece of land for $14,100 so we could place a guyed
> tower. Had we been able to get the DX86, I wouldn't have needed
> the extra room.
>
> So, either way, we are out a total of $19,541 and still don't
> have a tower up.
> It would have been nice to do antenna maintenance from close to
> the ground,
> but it looks like that is a pipe dream gone home.
>
> We have cancelled the order, demanded a refund, and notified our
> attorney to
> immediately begin collection procedures.
>
> I hope I am wrong, but my guess is that our money is gone.
>
> Dave
>
> At 09:08 PM 01/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > I am one of the HAMS that was scammed by
> > First Call Communications. Here is what happened.
> > DAN, WA2NDP
> >
> >I am writing this to alert the Amateur Radio Community to the
> >questionable business practices of First Call Communications,
> >Inc.
> > I ordered a tower from First Call on 11 July 2000. I was
> >told that delivery would be 6-8 weeks and that I had to put this
> >on a credit card before the order would be processed.
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Sir, are you classified as human?
> "Ah, negative. I am a meat popsicle"
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
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