I have to assert that the other Harmony Works complaint on this site by Karen from Lewisville, Texas is not an isolated incidence. They are beginning to build a history of kiting checks. Harmony Works preys on crafters. Beware.
For the past several years Royce Morales and Michael Morales have frequented high-profile wholesale shows posing as buyers for their Redondo Beach store, Harmony Works. They frequent trade shows such as the New York Gift Fair, the American Craft Council wholesale show, the Buyer's Market of American Crafts, ACRE, and others looking for easy marks.
Royce requests custom work on NET30 terms and then tries to return the unsold work after the selling season is over, essentially creating a custom-made consignment agreement after the fact, and leaving the unsaleable custom made goods for her marks to dispose of. NOTE: at this point you will not have been paid.
Royce then delays payment with several tricks that Harmony Works has reportedly been perfecting over at least the last 5 years according to industry newsgroup complaints. Crafters are sharing that Harmony Works doesn't pay or they take a year or more to pay after promising to pay immediately.
As an example of one of their delay tactics, after a 60 days late notice and contacting BMAC, I received several small checks that were dated incrementally one month apart with no prior agreement for financing or an offer of interest or late payment fees. The checks are only slightly larger than the bounced-check fee you are risking by cashing them.
Do not do business with this couple. You even risk charge backs if you accept their credit card payments, so just say no! Several people claim that Royce is "nice" but simply won't pay. Being "nice" is how she lures her victims into financing her store and her Perfect Love Awakening school (http://placlasses.org/).
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