A company called Solar Powered Products called me & offerd a free solar system. They said they wanted to use my property as a display home. I said ok & agreed to a sales person calling and going into greater detail.
I searched the internet for scam info, nothing turned up. Their website was a bit mickey mouse but I thought it all seemed good.
After a couple of hours going through all the details we agreed. We were to display a sign outside our home for 6 months. The salesman took a $900 bond for the advertising, refundable at a rate of $150 per month for 6 months after installation.
We signed the contracts & were given a 3-4 week installation time frame. Everything seemed okay.
Now here's how the scam works.
You only start getting a refund on your $900 after installation. They put off installation, delay, use any excuse possible to avoid installation. If you cancel your contract you loose your $900.
They never install & have absolutely no intention of installing!
After being given numerous installation dates that keep getting cancelled, you decide to complain to the office of fair trading. To fall into line with the office of fair trading they offer you "as a gesture of goodwill" a partial refund of your $900 with a letter from the so called 'Managing Director'.
Everything they are doing is totally legal, so I guess you can call it a legal scam. You do not get your $900 back & YOU DO NOT GET A SOLAR SYSTEM!
We have found at least another 6 people in the same situation as we are in Brisbane. We have got together & after swapping info have come to the conclusion that the same man has been to all of our homes.
We think this is 1 person operating under a false company name, addresses etc.
We need as many ppl as possible to come forward & post here. We are trying to find out how many ppl this con man has scammed.
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