I worked for my brother-in-law, Franklin P. Harris dba PayLess Glass Service (as office manager) in Marysville, Ca from March to January. My brother-in-law was the owner operator of Payless Glass Service.
Shortly after taking over as office manager a representative of Northern Leasing Systems Inc. Came by and talked us into leasing their credit card machine. Victor (their rep.) told me that I (as office manager) should sign the contract and they would just check out Payless Glass. When it came down to ordering the machine I went out into the shop and brought Frank into the office and had Victor explain everything to him. Frank signed the contract and we were in business.
Victor continued to come by and visit? He would come in the evening, or on a Saturday mostly when I would be in the office alone. I was uncomfortable and told Frank, Tracy (our employee) and my son-in-law Matt to stick close if they saw him. One evening when he offered to stay, and walk me to my car I told him I did perfectly fine with the dog (the Rottwieler) and the office gun (the 357). Victor never came back.
I quit (with notice) in January and moved to Texas where we bought our business. I started getting letters and phone calls from Northern Leasing. They harrassed me so much I refused to answer the phone and turned it over to an attorney.
The bottom line is, although I have had platinum credit all my life I am now being sued for the credit card machine. When I was served with papers, the copy of the contract has only my name on it. Someone has written in "partner" (not my writing) afer my signature. The contract with Frank's name on it is not there and they deny it exists. After month's of harrassing Frank to send them their machine (he claimed it was in storeage) Northern Leasing denies having it even though I have a copy of the return receipt signed. Now I am going to have to pay them $2,400.00 and I do not even have the machine. Their representative Victor, totally misrepresented their company, sexually harrassed me (I have witnesses), they deny having the credit card machine, they switched the contract and wrote in "partner" and there is nothing I can do about it. I "CAN", however, write this report and write a letter to the editor in our home town paper. People deserve to know just how Northern Leasing Systems Inc. And Franklin P. Harris conduct business. I believe I am a victim of a double whammy! Family skunk on one side and Business Skunk on the other. If enough people let others know about both Skunks people will begin to be leary.
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