fgavitt
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Aidand people keep buying from him is what I do not get , lol .:doh::doh::doh:
I won his "raffle" in December, a raffle that raised nearly $10,000. I haven't seen the award and doubt I every will. I've already filed a complaint in Fl. as you know. I'm going to file in GA., here in a few days. The difference is GA. SAG doesn't assist in individual cases but they do if there's a pattern and there certainly seems to be. I may be asking for your name and another information you may have, off line of course. You're a generous man to have given him a second chance, I sincerely hope it works out for you.
Please contact me as well, jahruan@yahoo.com I'm in the same exact situation as you are, and will have to make a drive to Georgia. I've been in touch with the Detectives, but he has yet to be arrested. I will I found this thread before sending my depositDidn’t ever anticipate after 9 months I would have had to drive a little over 9 hours to confront Donnie. It was a very long 2 days. The deputy who helped out today was very open and honest with me. He told me he has had to arrest Donnie in the past for this very same thing. Donnie has violated the law because he took money from me and has nothing on his lot to show for it. I had 2 options today and both of them sucked. Option 1 was to have Donnie arrested and charges filed against him in criminal court. I would have also filed civil charges at the same time. Option 2 was to come to some agreement with Donnie. I chose option 2 because I believe it was my only way of ever getting my money back in somewhat of a timely fashion.
Donnie has agreed to pay me all he owes me plus $500 for the trouble. I would liked to have seen a bigger number because Donnie used me like a bank and as such he owes me 9 months worth of interest in my opinion. Donnie however claimed he couldn’t come up with that much money in the 60 days we have set as his timeline. If after 60 days he has not given me everything he has promised then he will be arrested and charged. I will then file civil charges and also looking into a federal charge of interstate commerce fraud because I paid him via a wire transfer from my home state to a bank in Florida.
While I was leaving town today another person came into town looking for Donnie. The deputies were called out to escort the folks to Donnie’s house just like they had done with me. I was also made aware of the fact that in December of 2017 Donnie took a rather large deposit for a food trailer, the deposit was $1500 more than mine. Almost 7 months later that customer has still not received his trailer.
I believe that this is a much bigger problem than any of us are aware of. I believe he may have as many as 15-20 folks who have already put down a deposit.
To Donnie’s credit today he didn’t get rude and act like he has in the past. He did lie to my face today by saying he told me he Built the smoker intended for me but sold it to someone else. He never told me that and the timeline didn’t line up.
Donnie has 60 days to wire me my money or I will be back in Georgia filing charges and suing him in civil court. I hope he uses this last chance and understands that I didn’t want him arrested in front of his family today.
I won his "raffle" in December, a raffle that raised nearly $10,000. I haven't seen the award and doubt I every will. I've already filed a complaint in Fl. as you know. I'm going to file in GA., here in a few days. The difference is GA. SAG doesn't assist in individual cases but they do if there's a pattern and there certainly seems to be. I may be asking for your name and another information you may have, off line of course. You're a generous man to have given him a second chance, I sincerely hope it works out for you.
I'm not even mad. This is something that he knew was a priority to me, I made it quite clear and yet he chosen to ignore me. I communicated with him that I intended to use this to assist in Operation BBQ Rescue and other charity causes. It appears to me that this is deeper than typical incompetence, it may very well be criminal and we have an obligation to do everything we can to make sure no one else loses their hard earned money and more importantly,maybe even their hope and dreams