Spark Innovations
Millionaire robert (bob) g dickie of spark innovations robbed me blind!

Spark innovations got paid for professionalism but delivered a pile of sh_t. The true story of how I got financially cheated by Robert G. Dickie!

I apologize in advance for my English writing. I’m French!

The first week of March I signed a $24,859.50 contract with Spark Innovations. A Design Company based in Toronto. Their job was to handle my project from start to finish. They were to product & patent research, develop & design my idea based on my specifications: using my own designs & pictures & build a functional prototype for me to shop around to investors. Each Phase had a set delivery date, but when I started noticing delays from the designer’s, I decided to cut them some slack & not make trouble. Meanwhile, I kept my end of the bargain a 100%. I made the payments requested by the owner Robert G Dickie, the office Manager Lara Clair & the CFO Gary Vilinsky, yet I was still not getting the designs I expected. Disappointed, I decided to not pursue to Phase 3. Which was the Prototyping part & begged them to correct all the mistakes they’ve made before closing my file.

Here is a list of all my payments: March 11 - $6080, April 6 - 11,000, May 30 - $2800, June 27 - $1500, July 11 - $500, Feb 28 - $945.50. I have proof of the contract I signed with all the phases described in details, every bank statements & emails exchanged. Please notice that I’ve held back on making the last payment of $945.50 for a while because I was still waiting for them to finish the other part of my work. But under pressure, I caved in & did pay up. What a big mistake on my part. I know, I’m a classy idiot!

I'm not sure if Robert’s partner as well as some of his employees quitting made a difference in the unusable drawings I received but even when they were around, they sadly failed to deliver. Look, I could go into details but here is one simple example for why I couldn’t work with them anymore. I asked for my product to run with batteries, they tried to convince me an electrical cord would be better. I insisted that having batteries would make the product easier to move around. They agreed & even suggested having both. At the end, they only gave me an electrical cord. WHAT? You see where I’m going with this? Yeah, it’s actually worse then you think.

Trust me, it’s not like I didn’t kiss their ass. I was very patient & really wanted things to workout. I emailed, called & sent pictures of what I wanted, happy to help but in spite of it all, my specifications kept on being ignored. All the back & forth nearly drove me nuts. The entire team at Spark knew I was being taken advantage of. Yet they still didn’t bother to help me. Honestly, I think Robert himself forbade them to do so. It’s only after I got a little angry via email, & emotional over the phone while talking to Lara, did Robert give the OK for his designers to continue work on my project. You want to laugh, Spark’s CFO Gary Vilinsky even had the audacity to send me a new bill trying to cash in for correcting mistakes they made. I swear, I’m not making this up. I have tangible proof. You would think with all the experience Spark’s has, they’d have no problem copying from the designs I drew & forwarded to them. Wrong, we still had to do more back & forth & yes, I refused to pay for any of it! My patience had run its course.

Is Spark Innovations in the business of taking advantage of trusting people like me? It sure seems like it – right?

Meanwhile, I had paid an amount of $22,825.50. For YES you got it - unfinished & unusable designs! Still, willing to quietly fix things & not fight with anyone, I got in touch with Robert & Lara in order to be reimbursed part of my payment. But they remained uncooperative! It’s only after I explained to them how I was going to expose their thievery did they decide to reimburse me $1808.00. Their excuse was someone else had made an error in billing me. Look, I had to hire another designer to work on my designs & I have deadlines to respect. I can’t just forget about $14,240 tax. So, offering me $1808 is not only insulting but it’s also a slap in the face. Are they kidding?

Furthermore, my patent lawyer, my accountant & I have been trying to match the payments I sent Sparks & the receipts they’ve finally agreed to forward to me after numerous request – RED ALERT, many discrepancies! Even the Patent Research they claim to have done for my product has no paper trail. Plus I did part of that research. I had sent it to them so they could have a clear idea of what I wanted. Yet they still managed to cheat $850 tax out of my pocket, convincing me they had been more thorough in their research. God am I ever gullible!

And can you believe that even if Robert admits to feeling sorry his people did not live up to my expectations, he still feels entitled to keep $2780 for the Detailed Concept & $6860 for the Cad Development. Wait, it gets better, he also wants $2150 for the Prototype Development, $1800 for the Physical Prototype & $1600 for the Production Preparation? Buddy, you not only didn’t design what I wanted & paid for, but you also didn’t make the Prototype!!!

Although I’m already unfairly allowing Spark Innovations to keep $8585.50 of my hard earned cash, it’s seems they also want my blood. Is there any justice out there? Anyway, to all inventors with a desire to create, please BEWARE & help me spread the word!

We can’t let Spark Innovations & Robert G. Dickie’s Dream Team get away with robbing us blind. We deserve better!

Company: Spark Innovations
Country: USA
Address: 2189 King Road King City L7B 1G3 Canada
Phone: 9058335122
Site: sparkinnovations.com

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