Complaint Review: LEASECOMM - WALTHAM Massachusetts

IN 1998 MY HUSBAND HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THREE MAJOR SURGERIES AND 5 WEEKS IN INTENTSIVE CARE. HE WAS WORRIED BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WORK AGAIN AND WOULD HAVE TO DEPEND ON DISABILITY.

I HAD JUST GOTTEN A COMPUTER AND WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO USE IT TO COMPENSATE OUR INCOME. WE WERE TAKEN IN BY SOME HYPE ON AN INFOMERCIAL STARRING A FAMOUS CELEBRITY. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THE LENGTHY STORY. BUT LONG STORY SHORT, I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS MAJOR CREDIT CARDS. I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH CARDSERVICE INTERNATIONAL.

I WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT IF I PAID $59.95 UP FRONT AND $15.00 A MONTH I WOULD BE IN BUSINESS. NO MENTION WAS MADE OF A THIRD PARTY UNTIL I GET A PACKAGE DELIVERED BY FEDEX. FROM THAT POINT ON I WAS LIED TO ABOUT EVERYTHING.

I WAS TOLD BY THE CARDSERVICE SALESMAN THAT LEASECOMM WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR EQUIPMENT AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK I COULD CANCEL MY CONTRACT. THEN CAME THE COSTS I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME SO I CAN'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT THE $15.00 A MONTH TURNED INTO CLOSER TO $100 A MONTH AND IT CAME RIGHT OUT OF MY CHECKING ACCOUNT. THIS CAUSED SUCH AN OVERHEAD I COULDN'T MAKE ANY MONEY IN FACT I WAS LOSING.

I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. SO I CANCELLED, BUT GETTING OUT OF THE LEASECOMM CONTRACT WAS NOT SO EASY. THIS HAS BEEN CALLED THE CONTRACT FROM HELL. ACTUALLY I NEVER SIGNED THE CONTRACT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF IT.

IT GIVES LEASECOMM ALL THE BREAKS, THEY CAN SELL YOU FAULTY EQUIPMENT AND NOT MAKE GOOD ON IT THEY CAN RAISE THE PRICE PER MONTH, (AND THEY DO) BUT, NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS ALL IN WRITING, AND YOU ARE STUCK FOR 40 MONTHS COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.

SO I NEVER SIGNED IT OR MAILED IT IN. THEY SENT A SOFTWARE PROGRAM BY FEDEX ANYWAY AND I WAS TALKED INTO JUST TRYING IT. BIG MISTAKE I FOUND OUT LATER. USING IT BOUND ME TO THE CONTRACT I NEVER SIGNED.

SO NOW I WANTED OUT BUT EVEN THOUGH I WAS CANCELLED WITH CARDSERVICE INTERNATIONAL, LEASECOMM JUST KEPT SENDING ME DUNS EVEN THOUGH I HAD TAKEN THE PROGRAM OUT OF MY HARD DRIVE AND RETURNED THE SOFTWARE TO THEM. WHEN I TRIED CALLING THEM I GOT VOICE MAIL AND MESSAGES WERE NEVER RETURNED, LETTERS AND FAXES WERE IGNORRED BUT THEY SENT ME LETTERS THREATENING TO SUE.

THEN IN 2000 THEY GOT A JUDGMENT AGAINST ME IN MASSACHUSETTS AND I COULD NOT GO THERE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. I SENT AN AFFIDAVIT INSTEAD. EVEN SO, I LOST BY THE FACT THAT I WASN'T IN ATTENDENCE.

THE JUDGMENT WAS DOMESTICATED TO SOUTH CAROLINA, AND A LIEN WAS PLACED AGAINST OUR HOME. IN 2000 I WAS ISSUED A SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

WHEN A JUDGMENT IS DOMESTICATED YOU LOSE THE RIGHT TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. THE COURT DATE WAS POSTPONED A NUMBER OF TIMES UNTIL THIS PAST MONTH WHEN IT COULDN'T BE POSTPONED ANYMORE.

IN THE MEANTIME I WAS TRYING TO WORK OUT A SETTLEMENT, EXPLAINING THAT MY HUSBAND'S MEDICATION ALONE IS NEARLY HALF OF HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK, AND I ALSO HAVE MEDICATION. NO SYMPATHY FROM THESE PEOPLE, THEY CLAIMED I OWED NEARLY $2000 BY THAT TIME AND IT WAS PAY UP OR LOSE OUR PROPERTY.

I FINALLY SETTLED FOR $1000. WE HAD TO BORROW THAT. I HOPE THIS THING IS BEHIND ME BUT I WANT TO TELL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO STAY AWAY FROM LEASECOMM, CARDSERVICE INTERNATIONAL AND ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT USES THEM.

MYRNA

BLYTHEWOOD SOOUTH CAROLINA

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