By Chad Petri Reporter
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Published: Fri, November 14, 2008 - 3:31 pm
Last Updated: Sat, November 15, 2008 - 10:28 am
Chad Petri
Meanwhile, things have been busy at the Better Business Bureau this week. The office has fielded dozens of calls and written up 14 complaints about the House of Brides. Compare that to the nine they got over the last three years. BBB President Tina Waller says this is a civil, not criminal matter.
“You have to prove intent, that this was an intentional deliberate attempt to take someone's money and not deliver a product,” says Waller. At the businesses, notes from distressed brides continue to pile up at the front door. Velma Lenox says her daughter got a strange call from the House of Brides last week asking her to pick up her wedding dress early.
“They had told her that they were going to repaint the entire building, they were going to put everything on trucks and they didn't want to be responsible for the bridal gowns,” says Lenox. The attorney says refunds should start after December 1st.
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My only question is about a possible bankruptcy and how claims would be handled before and after a possible bankruptcy.I think it would be prudent for those involved to find out before it might occur.The old"fool me once,shame on you,fool me twice,shame on me” kind of thing.These people might be upstanding people of the community but bankruptcy laws have no friends or morals.I’ve been though a similar situation with a business that went out of business with no warning what so ever and they kept my money and my item and it was ruled by the BBB the same way,not a criminal act even though they knew what they were gonna do when they took my money,so buyers beware and take what ever actions needed to protect your self before it happens.