Vending Dreams? Vending Nightmares!
I just thought that consumers should beware of Jim Ellis - the owner of Vending Dreams. I purchased vending machines about one year ago and I was referred to Jim Ellis by the company that I got the machines from. He was supposed to find locations for my candy machines but instead gave me a bogus list of businesses that I paid him $750.00 for. The locating company that he worked for returned my deposit and told me that he had ripped off several of their other customers but refused to reimburse me for the $750.00 that he stole. They said that they were sorry he "beat me" but there was nothing more they could do for me and they went out of business before I could pursue them. Most of the businesses on the list were not even in existence!
Anyway, the vending company that I purchased my machines from finally reimbursed me for the $750.00 that Jim Ellis stole from me, but it took almost a year and letters to the BBB, the NBOB and the Attorney General.
When I got my money back I was finally in a position to try to get my machines out there. I called Vending Dreams and I'll be damned but guess who I spoke with - Jim Ellis! I didn't let on to him that I knew who he was b/c he was going by an alias but he must have been suspicious because he originally told me his name was Steve and when I asked "what did you say your name was?" he said "Bernie." Steve doesn't sound anything like Bernie but I knew who it was anyway. When I got off the phone with Steve-Bernie-Jim I looked up Vending Dreams and found out that the owner was Susan Davis. Sure as shit - Susan Davis is Jim Ellis' girlfriend that "assisted" with my locating last year.
If anyone is interested in purchasing 26 candy machines I am going to list them on e-bay at about big discount!
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