Colorado Prime Foods is Scum Dirt, Fraud - Misleading Deceiptful Theives (and thats their good points) Farmingdale New York
9/4/02 REF: Colorado Prime Corporation 500 Bi-County Blvd, Suite 400 Farmingdale, NY 11735 T:1-631-694-1111 F:1-631-694-4064 Rep. Taylor Chamberlain met at 9/1/02 HOME SHOW Tampa Convention Center arranged appointment and seemed very sincere in company integrity and product quality. She showed up at our home for an 11:00 a.m. appointment. Proceeds with sales pitch, including bad meat re-dating story at local supermarkets aired on dateline.
(see previous dateline consumer warnings on Colorado Prime Corporation. Note: We obviously do not watch dateline often enough or would not be posting this very important warning on Colorado Prime Corporation)
She proceeded to make up a "Shopping List" for 6 months of food for our family of four. When questioned that it did not look like enough meals for 180 days of dinner (not including breakfast and lunch), she kept stating that she has done this for over 5 years, and the company has computerized how much people eat, and is adamant that she is 98% accurate on how much food is required. She then states that the company guarantees enough food for this time period will be provided even if she calculated incorrectly. (Incidentally, we never saw this guarantee written anywhere.) After a short break (3 hours after she started) I spread sheet the foods based on their printed as supplied quantities and how many meals it would provide (i.e. 4 hamburgers is supposed to feed 4 people for one meal). Her 6 month supply would feed us (as in the example above) for a whole 85 days. 96 and days short of 6 months. (This must be the new Colorado Prime Diet Plan !!)
2 hours of arguing later, that I was wrong and she knew how to calculate food, she called her supervisor, who confirmed I was correct, and she made a mistake. She then tried to explain that most people only eat at home 4 times per week and the rest of the time is eating out or ordering in. (NOTE: The math still does not work)
Once we finally got to a point where my children would not starve if we went with this program, my monthly bill went up by 180%. Now for the good part.
If we buy a TV, Grill and Cookware set, they will discount the food 60% (even though the paperwork said 50%) Of course all of that cost $10,000.
When you add the discounted food price, plus payment for goods, plus interest (had to ask the rate 4 times and she was very evasive stating it is built into your monthly payment and the discounted food % pays for it. Ultimately; when she was pinned down, she (and her boss) quoted a monthly payment of base principle reduction only they never included the 19% interest payment.
Even after all of this, it still seemed like we would save something over what we are currently spending and get an outrageously overpriced TV, Grill and cookware set.
She proceeded in filling out the paperwork and was told that the exact model number of what we were buying needed to be included. Things got side tracked and the telephone rang. When it cam time to sign papers, she slipped in the one with TV, Grill & Cookware Set, and never wrote any type of description. She also took all information that had her phone number.
She also tried to say if everything did not fit in our freezer, they would provide another one free of charge. When she called to ask her boss, he said no but they would split the shipments. She then tried to get me to sign my husbands name on the contract of which she was told NO! He was not present to which she claimed it was no big deal as we were married.
In short, we have promptly canceled this order, no longer want their services, and quite frankly do not trust them. We have send a letter canceling all contracts or representations along with their signed cancellation page by fax, and certified mail return receipt.
Now we have to call the people we referred her to, and notify them of the potential big problems. Thank god we limited the list to those we felt would not be put out by sales calls.
BUYER BEWARE. SCAMMERS TAKE HEART !!!!! WE MAY BE FOOLS FOR A SHORT TIME BUT NOT FOR 3 DAYS WORTH !! :)
By the way: For any of you who are looking for their fax number it is: 1-631-694-4064 listed from a European financial news sight, otherwise good luck.
Make sure if you send a cancellation, you send it certified return receipt.
PS, When I checked on the internet, I can not find the TV they said I would get with built in DVD. Not even the manufacture lists it as being a model they sell. An the mosts expensive HDTV that they did have was 1/3 the price.
Cori
New Port Richey, Florida
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T.
Bristol,Pennsylvania,
Food Services Are All A Scam!
#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, September 05, 2002
A few years ago I took a sales job with a food service like Colorado Prime. One of the owners was actually an Ex-Colorado Prime manager. What a scam. They work ona a points system instead of telling you what each item costs. They also throw in some groceries to make it diffcult to figure out what you are paying for each item. They never tell you how their points system works, but if are aware that the use this system and you ask them the dollar value of each point, they tell you they don't know. It's a lie. They won't tell you because if you knew the point dollar value, you could figure out what you are paying for each item.
When I found out how the system worked and figured out the point values, I was in shock. Filet mignon was about $25 per pound. Sirloin was $22 per pound. Our 5 pound prime rib roast came to about $180 or roughly $36 per pound. What a scam. Not long after I found this out, I quit. I was approached by another company, because I had a reputation as a great salesperson and was told they were different, Much better. Another lie. Same old s**t! They scammed the customers the exact same way the other guys did.
The food is ridiculously overpriced and the appliances are also. Think about it. If they can offer you a 50% or 60% discount on the food for life, if you buy 3 or 4 of their appliances, isn't the food therefore overpriced to begin with? Your d**n right it is! The bottom line here is, don't ever do business with any company that comes to your home and tries to sell you a food servcie plan.
FYI - One of the owners of the first company I worked for in Bristol, PA once told me, his business has caused numerous divorces because the husband was totally against taking the plan, but the wife wanted it so badly he would let her buy the plan.
Once the truth was found about about how much of a ripoof it was, the hus. and wife would often fight over it, ultimately ending in divorce. As he told me his story he was laughing and thought itr was hilarious. What an a*****e.
Another owner who lived in Long Island, and acted like he was some sort of Mafia hit man, told me there are 2 kinds of people in the world. The f**kers and the f*ckees. Which one do I want to be. Based on that I quit! I disagree. There can be legitimate buyers and sellers and if business is done in the proper manner, both will benefit due to the sale.
Beware of any product sold in the home. They are all way overpriced.