I along as many other have gottentangled in this companies scheme. I Recently I have tried to get aloan but found out that they have placed a debt in my credit. Isanyone dealing with this issue or have you delt with this issuebefore? Is there an open case against this company?
Any Help would be great. I have placedcomplaints to the atterney general's of NY, FL, MI, AND TX. Alongwith the BBB and I have contacted Equifax to place a fraud alert onmy account and stated that it would be sent to the other two creditbureaus. Here is my story.
In June of '06 I was recentlyunemployed from my job at the time I was 21 Years old. I contactedStartup Essentials via Email after a TV commercial I viewed. Theyquickly responded to me via telephone within a day or 2. The person Ispoke to on the phone seemed to be very intelligible to the companyand businesses and me being ignorant on such issues took the bait. Hehad me verbally "sign" the agreement for a 2 yearagreement. Once I received the products I went through most of thematerial but, when I needed help when the hard drive died I couldn'tfigure out how to contact the company. I soon gave up and decided Iwas paying for a dead horse. I figured I didn't have any credit Imight as well pay the full 2 year lease agreement or as I believed itwas and get some. Spring of '08 I paid approximately 22months of a total of $137.50 that is approximately $3025. Upon as Ibelieved it was a 2 year agreement I could not contact StartupEssentials to cancel my account with them so blocked my bank accountfrom their withdrawings. I tried contacting via telephone severaltimes in a month span and received a message from the the numberprovided on the website and my documents from them that that numberwas no longer valid. I contacted my bank and had their automaticwithdrawing blocked. January of '09 I again had them tryto withdraw from my account but through a different name A-1 Leasingwhere I have had them take out previously as Bond Corp. I again hadthem blocked from withdrawing from my account costing me $24. I have been contacted by A1-Leasing'sMatt Frost on 4/16/09 and they stated I owed them a total amount of$6122.34 for unreceived services and a computer that died with in 3months of receiving it. I tried to explain that I have a minimumwage job and that is just not feasible for me to pay. He stated thatA1 Leasing has been taking 50% to settle. I asked him why I am liablefor paying that if I couldn't contact Startup Essentials because theyreneged on their agreement. He stated that the owner has "skippedtown" and he had over 1000 accounts like mine and they were justtrying to get back their money.
When I got off the phone with him Istarted looking up Startup Essentials and A1 Leasing and found manysites on Scams and Fraud. I found a site that said a David Grossmanhad sued them previously for the same thing. I contacted him and hetold me not to pay them "they don't have the balls to sue you. "as he so elegantly put it. I also found that the Lease was through A1Leasing and not Bond Corp so, they actually broke their contract byusing a third party and hot having that in the contract. Today3/12/10 I have tried to get a loan and progress from that has beenhaulted due to the fact that A1 Leasing has placed a Debt in myCredit Report.
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