This company (SOLA, S.O.L.A. Of Canyon Lake, S.O.L.A. Of Austin Texas, etc.) claims to help inventors by producing a list of manufacturers and a sales introduction letter with artwork. Then, if a manufacturer is interested in producing your product SOLA claims to be able to represent the inventor in the negotiation of a license agreement.
The list of manufacturers is supposedly generated by an affiliate company called Federated List Service. Federated then supposedly sends the list to SOLA. SOLA supposedly combines the information in the list with the sales letter. These letters are then supposed to be sent to the inventor and mailed out to the manufacturers.
What actually happened to me has been very different from what is claimed. SOLA claims that they don't collect any up front fees. But they want the customer to send money, (a check) made out to a List Service, directly to SOLA. I now have credible information that the money actually goes directly to Joe Geraci at SOLA.
The process of generating the list of manufacturers is supposed to take approximately 80 days. If the list and introduction letter are not received by 85 days a refund of my fees was to be sent to me, according to my contract. I have been waiting almost a year now and no list has been supplied.
I have been told by Joe Geraci (SOLA president) and Edward Wagner that the list has been generated but I have not seen any evidence of that fact. All I get is a phone call once every several months with some excuse as to why my list hasn't been sent to me yet. I have to admit that the excuses they use are quite novel at times. But the bottom line is that over a year has gone by and I have received nothing for my money.
I sent a certified letter to SOLA asking for a refund of my money, but the letter was returned unclaimed.
If this complaint generates any positive response I will be happy to update my comments when my fees have been returned and deposited to my account.
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