On October 19 we entered into an agreement with National Imaging Distributors to purchase 2 Digital Photo Kiosk machines. The concept seemed great and what sold us was that they told us they had locations in place for us and we could be in business right away.
Their representative Mark Hansen showed us signed location agreements, and promised us exclusive territories in Dade and Orange Counties in the State of Florida. They required the money upfront so that the machines could be built and so the next day we wire transfered $27,000.00 into their account. The delivery time was stated to be 4 weeks.
Early December we started looking for our machines and thats when the run around began. First, the machines had not been built yet and then the locations we were promised were not available. I left messages everyday but not one person returned any of my calls. I began leaving messages for Jack Teitelbaum CEO, but he was always out of the office.
Finally in February I wrote a letter to Jack Teitelbaum CEO and told him that I wanted a full refund or I would expose his scam to every reporter and State agency in the State of Florida.
Not 1 hour after I faxed the letter I got a phone call from Jack and a meeting was arranged at their office in Tamarac.
During the meeting we were informed by Teitelbaum that a refund was not possible because he was having some financial problems and did not have the money to refund. He assured us that he would be able to deliver the machines but he had a great location in a university for us to go into but they had to send the paperwork to their legal department so it would take a few weeks. At this point we decided to take the chance and hope to get into business, so we waited.
Mike the locations manager called me every week with an update but then during the beginning of May the calls stopped and I would leave messages but never got a call back.
Last week I faxed another letter to Teitelbaum and did not receive a reply. I drove to their office only to find a big sign on the door that says the company is closed and to send any inquiries to Box 25204, Tamarac, Fl. 33319.
The bottom line is this. What Teitelbaum did is FRAUD! He stole my money and he stole money from lots of other people. We were shown fradulent location agreements to steer us into doing business with them. Once they got our money. The locations no longer existed.
Teitelbaum needs to be in jail. If you have been ripped off by these guys you need to file with the appropriate state agencies listed asap.
Federal Trade Commission 877-382-4357
Attorney General Florida 866-966-7226
Consumer Protection Services 800-435-7352
Better Business Bureau 561-842-1918
County Consumer Office 954-357-5350
Broward County Sheriff 954-720-2225
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