Nationwide Manufactured Homes
Ripoff

My $54,000 Mistake, And Now They Are Out of Business Please read my story and if there is anything you can do to help me please

Email me! Let me begin by saying thank you in advance for any thing you can do to help

My situation. I am absolutely mortified by the actions that have taken

Place in my live over the last 10 months. There does not seem to be any

Relief insight.in August of I started the process of purchasing a home from Nationwide

Manufactured Homes. At first glance, I liked my salesman, Stephen. He

Showed me homes in my price range right off the bat. No high pressure

Selling or anything. I was only home “shopping†at the time, but he gave

Me the same courtesy as any other person who would have purchased a home that

Day. Then somewhere down the road everything began to change. My salesman

Was the first to pressure me into the making the deal. Stephen told me that they were running a deal on home financing; and, if I

Went ahead and put my money down, I could get a low interest rate. Four

Months went by, and I still had not been financed. I was given a number of

Excuses; but, as I write this letter, only two come to mind. First I was

Told that the paperwork was prepared wrong. Last I was told Nationwide was

Going out of business.in January I received a phone call from Stephen. He said they had a

Mortgagor, but I had to pay for the appraisal costs. These costs were

$425.00. He proceeded to tell me that after the bank paid Nationwide for

The appraisal costs they would refund my money to me. I called Hennessey

Mortgage and asked Kathy, the loan manager about this situation. Kathy told

Me that I would get my money back as soon as Hennessey Mortgage paid

Nationwide.in the meantime, I found out that Nationwide was going bankrupt. All sales

Transactions would be handled through their sister company Oakwood. My new

Sales person was Mike. I went to Mike and told him I wanted my down payment

Back. They had not provided me with any financing or any type of closing nor

Did anything look close to happening. Mike threatened me by saying, “There

Is no way you are getting your money back. We are not going to be stuck with

A $54,000 home that no one wanted.†In February, I finally had a loan, and we did the closing. I called Kathy

Back at Hennessey Mortgage, and she told me they had paid Nationwide for the

Appraisal costs. I called Mike and asked him for my $425.00. He told me he

Could only give me $300.00 because if he gave me all of the money it would

Look like a kickback. I told him I did not want $300.00; I wanted all of my

Money like I was told I would receive. He told me that he would put me down

As a referral the next time he sold a trailer whether I referred them or not

And this way I would get $500.00. This to me seemed more like an illegal

Trade practice than anything. Talk about your fraud. Maybe that is why the

Company went out of business. I know if all the employees were making up

Fictitious referrals that could not have been cheep at $500.00 a pop. I have

Not as of yet seen my money. When you purchase a manufactured home you are told to mail in any problems

With the home in 30 days, and they would come out to fix them under the

Home's warranty. The home’s warranty is with a company called American

Homestar. The lady that I spoke with there is named Stephanie. After

Several calls, and leaving several phone messages, Stephanie finally returned

My call. She said they would be in 4-6 weeks to fix everything. It has been

Over 2 months later, and we have not seen repairmen. I tried calling

Stephanie again and again; there is no answer, only an answering machine. Following is a short list of the problems with the home, there are many mo

- The home was not leveled properly. Since the last hard rain we received,

The window is now leaking and has ruined my new curtains.

- Some of the trim on the wall was not put up.

- Security System does not work.

- Mini Blinds, and curtains were put in the home although it was requested

That they be left out. Now there are holes in the wall where the blinds and

Curtains had to be removed for items that I wanted.

- The dishwasher does not work properly.

- Staples are showing through the walls. I am not asking for much. I would like my money refunded. I would like all

The repairs to my home fixed. And finally, I would like my brand new

Curtains replaced. I can provide receipts of the costs of the curtains. I would not recommend this horrifying experience to anyone.in fact, now I

Tell everyone I meet about my situation. So if they were considering

Purchasing a remanufactured home, they are not doing so now. After getting

To know my neighbors, I feel somewhat better in the knowledge that I was not

The only one who was taken to the bank. Someone has to do something about

These companies. They have to be told that they cannot treat consumers that

Way. Now my biggest worry is that I am stuck with this $54,000 home and no

Warranty or recourse because the company that sold me the home, Nationwide

Home Manufacturer, and the company who handles the warranty, American

Homestar, are filing bankruptcy.

I received a letter from the courts regarding the bankruptcy of Nationwide

Homes, and American Homestar approximately two weeks ago. From what I can

Gather out of legal jargon is the bankruptcy will be final in June. I don’t

Know if you can help me. But maybe my experience can keep someone else from

Making the same mistakes I did.

Sincerely, Debra Fullerton

Email User Cc: CecilMiskin – Attorney at Law

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Company: Nationwide Manufactured Homes
Country: USA

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