This is what I sent to the BBB:
In the Summer of 2010 my husband & I provided a $5000 (payable to Eco Green) deposit to a consultant, Mitchell Pinsky, of what we thought was One Price, Inc. The deposit was to lock in the current price ($139,000) of a turnkey dry cleaning store. When the meeting was over, we were informed that the company was actually Eco Green Dry Cleaners & the consultant was not aware of operations under One Price, Inc. He gave us information from Eco Green Dry Cleaners & in return we gave him what he stated was a fully refundable $5,000 deposit with no catch. We realized the contract we were signing did not state that it was fully refundable under any circumstances, so we told the consultant he had better write that on the document before we hand over any money. The consultant obliged & provided his signature. We began to work with the owner of the company, Harvey Kleinman, to secure financing & find a location. He connected us to a Joe Decker of Diversified Objectives. This seemed weird to us because it was not a department but turned out to be an entirely different company. This person insulted us via email & phone because we asked questions about the fee he was going to charge. We informed Mr. Kleinman that we were not willing to work with this person. At this point, Harvey promised that he would help us find a location (1500 sq ft for $3000/month lease) & get funding. We said ok & he said that he would have a real estate person contact us & he would work on financing. On November 5 a woman (not a real estate agent) contacted us & sent a property that was for sale for $1.5 million dollars which was insane & not related to our needs. We knew something was fishy and that these people did not know what they were doing... So of course we knew we were not going to continue the relationship with these people. We contacted Mr. Kleinman many times & told him that we wanted a refund & did not feel comfortable continuing. At this point, Joe Decker began to call us & harass with obscene calls. We were suspicious & drafted a letter which stated our $5,000 was fully refundable at any time for any reason & asked Mr. Kleinman to sign it. He signed it & faxed it back to us on November 2. We decided to talk to our personal financial advisor who told us Eco Green was charging us predatory amounts to secure a loan & it sounded like a scam.
On January 31, we talked to Mr. Kleinman & told him we sent a letter & fax requesting our refund. He said it would take 30 days. After the 30 days he had not sent anything so we called & he said Joe Decker was in the hospital & we asked what Joe Decker had to do with Eco Green refunding our money. He hung up the phone & a day later left a message that he would send a check. The week of March 11th we received a check for only $1,000. We called & said we received a check but it's the wrong amount. He than insulted me by saying "your husband doesn't speak English & I don't have your money." I said why don't you have our money which should have been in escrow. He told us "I have to close a deal first." We told him that sounds like a Ponzi scheme. He screamed "I don't have the money!" I said we were going to get a lawyer & he hung up. The week of March 25 after numerous nonreturnable phone calls to Harvey he called on March, 30 & left a message saying "do you want our lawyers to fight this out or do you want me to write a check." We called & said "Fight what out, you rightfully & legally owe us $5,000." He told my husband he would send us another $1,000 because that's what he had & this is "America" & "if you don't have something we don't give it to you & you don't even speak English... You're from Africa." April 4, he screamed at us on the phone & said he knows that its our money but we can't get it. Please help. We have all proof. Please see some of the other people's complaints:
Http://usacomplaints.com/browse/index/company/21010/ECO-GREEN-DRY-CLEANERS-aka-HARVEY-KLEINMAN
Http://usacomplaints.com/report/view/41294/ECO-GREEN-DRY-CLEANERS-aka-HARVEY-KLEINMAN-False-Advertising-for-4000.00-on-07-01
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