Baron Buildings aka Baron Steel aka Baron Steel Buildings is a steel building scam company claiming to be in Pierre, SD while headquartered in Cumming, GA. After researching their company all phone numbers go to the same phone answering service and after asking them various questions about the company, they obviously don't work there and will not give out the correct contact information. I have also found that while maintaining their headquarters in Georgia, most likely where these rats crawled out of, they have claimed to start plants in North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. They advertise in about every publication you can find and no doubt rack up bills and run off without paying. All of their prices are not even close to what they could make a profit on and the few buildings they put together are nothing but junk and are crooked and falling down. Their Better Business Bureau rating is a D-, and they never resolve complaints. This is an obvious red flag that they are scammers who don't care about their reputation.
Please keep this information as a reference to their historic past of lies, as they will probably "relocate" their new plant to another state to take advantage of the innocence. The only difference between good and evil, is the indifference of good men. These people are evil, 100%. The pictures on their site are stolen from a builder in Indiana. Their addresses are all phony, and their so-called office phone of 605-224-9888 goes to a full robot voicemail to a company called Get-Away-Guys, fitting name no doubt. The owners are named Karla & George Nelson and they will try to rebuttal any post made describing the realty of their fraudulent activity. All of the threads posted similar to this contain replies by Karla claiming otherwise. They will even offer to send a list of customers that are satisfied, but its fake and they are from across the country. Even on their website they claim to do business in all 50 states.
I've compiled a list of their contact information, please add a post and keep this updated. I hope by now the law is hunting them as I am assuming they have stolen consumers money and not delivered on their services. Even Amarr Door, whom they supposedly are a dealer has never heard of them. Here is all the contact info I could dig up:
Contact Main Office
1400 Market Place blvd Suite 128
Cumming, GA 30041
678-771-8529
South Dakota Plant
29302 Gary St
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 888-782-2766 Fax: 888-782-2766
[email protected]
Karla Nelson
Cell: 605-222-4205
Office: 605-224-9888
Www.baronbuildings.com
http://www.facebook.com/people/Baron-Buildings/100001968144506
https://twitter.com/#! / BaronBuildings
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/baron-buildings/29/73a/651
The most ironic things I've found were that on their Twitter page they claimed to have had Morton Buildings stop at a Loomis, NE build site and say they were impressed since they used a higher gauage steel than Morton did. I later found a post on www.agtalk.com by a very disgruntled man in Loomis, NE who said is building was extremely crooked. They also threaten to sure you for slander and libel, and whatever improper legal term they can conjure up for the situation. Since many Midwesterners are extremely trustworthy and afraid of these claims, it has even caused a few to go back and say on their posts that it was just my opinion. Well I would like to see them sue me for slander or libel! If they have anything to say about it, I will give them my e-mail address so they can reply at: [email protected]. I am an advocate for consumers against gypsy scammers like this and will continue to take them out one by one.
Here is another good one, I've called and spoken with their fake answering service several times this last month, and the gals answering have even slipped up a few times, saying Baron Brothers Buildings, Barone Buildings, Baron Steel Structures, the names go on... There are about three completely different voices that pick-up, and they are all named Charmayne, that seems like an awful coiencidence.
The last I've heard of George and Karla Nelson is their running from the law and I hope they get caught and anyone they have ripped off get their money back. I have been contacting them for months falsely trying to get a building quote and I haven't even got that far. Well folks this will stay on Google for years and years to come, so have a great time continuing this scam. I am real glad that in today's day and age a lie has trouble growing in a new place with all the communications we have today. Lets see if I can add a few more key words below to make sure this hits right up top for other concerned Midwest consumers.
SpecialsSignature Series
100 x 100 x 16
1-3068 Walk Door
2-12' x 14' Overhead Door
$ 142,090.00
So this scam has been running for 30 years? Go back to the holes you crawled out of.
When you choose Baron Buildings you get great customer service and we work with you every step of the way. We have over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. We stand behind every building we sell and will never compromise quality for a dollar, take our Aspen Series Packages, unlike the competition we use 4 ply (4-2 x 6 laminated treated posts) that are concreted into the ground for superior strength and durability.
No we do not have fancy computer color generators or a sales staff in every state but our building packages are of the best quality and our prices can't be beat, just ask for a quote and see. We also take the time to know our customers by name and make every effort to make sure, in the end you are completely satisfied by our product and our service. Feel free to check out the competition and make sure to ask them what materials are used in the construction, then call us for a quote and let us show you how much money we can save you.
Steel building scam! Beware south dakotans and fellow americans!
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