Lakefront Transportand/or Acadian Flooring

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Lakefront Transport, 16 Gracehill drive, Stoney Creek, ON
We still have 2 outstanding invoices from November and December 2009. We have been calling them but it just goes into a voicemail that says it not yet activated. We tried calling the customer, Acadian Flooring and they say they have paid Lakefront and still use them, however, Lakefront only seems to answer the phone when they call from their cellphones!!! You would think that would send up a red flag!
Anyone else have a problem or heard of a problem with either Lakefront Transport or Acadian Flooring???
 
Sounds like over kill for a small company that is doing their best to servive. Just like ll the rest. I'm sure that it ahs been taken care of.
 
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The Capon...I'm not exactly sure who you are or what you mean. We, G&B Transportation, are a small flatbed company that hasn't been paid by Lakefront transport who brokered us a couple of loads from WI to ON. I realize times are tough for the brokers but the same applies to the transport companies. We just wanted to know if anyone else has heard of them or had problems with them before we go throwing money around for lawyers.
We are not affiliated with Lakefront or Acadian in any way and I am not advertising for anybody...this is my first post to this website so if I did something wrong, by all means feel free to let me know!
 
GB you did fine have no idea what Capon is trying to say. Unfortunately or fortunately we have never dealt with the company you are enquiring about.
 
GBtrans said:
We are not affiliated with Lakefront or Acadian in any way and I am not advertising for anybody...this is my first post to this website so if I did something wrong, by all means feel free to let me know!
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GB Trans - I deleted a post before yours in which The Capon had responded to another member regarding advertising. I have deleted the reply portion from The Capon which pertained to the misunderstanding here. Just wanted to clarify this for both members - sorry for any confusion.
 
I had quite a bit of trouble collecting from this husband & wife run company. I will leave them on hold. They finally paid their bill, but it was like pulling teeth to get a payment.
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We are now approaching 120 days on outstanding invoices. Still no anwers as to when we will be paid.
 
Still no luck with this company. Will have to get more aggressive...

I tested the theory of an earlier poster in this thread that said this company only answers if they don't know the caller's number. TRUE.

I called and left a msg this morning. When I called back from my office phone I got general voicemail, and this was at 3:00pm, not quite closing time. So I left a message and then immediately called back using my cell phone. BINGO! The phone was answered by a "low-talking" woman... I had to ask for her name several times because she seemed to be purposely mumbling... She gave the name Jean.

I gave her my invoice numbers and she said she would have to look them up and call me back. Her reply was telling... She said she would try to look them up but if she "can't" then she said the owner of the company would be calling me first thing in the morning. Well, that has got to be a BAD SIGN...

I asked for the owner's name, again several times because of her mumbling and she gave me the name Lenny.

Looking at their address I can see they are located in a rather expensive residential area that is not far from my office. I will be paying them a personal visit tomorrow morning.
 
If you have trucks - go over in one of them and block the street. And if people complain just say you are trying to collect from a deadbeat company that is running a business out of their house. If it doesn't work at least the neighbours know.

Amazing what embarassment will do.
 
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If you have trucks - go over in one of them and block the street. And if people complain just say you are trying to collect from a deadbeat company that is running a business out of their house. If it doesn't work at least the neighbours know.

Amazing what embarassment will do.
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This is a great idea that I highly believe will have positive results....

Good Luck Jonny-Chicken & keep us posted....
 
Good Morning All,

Johnny just picked up two cheques for his two loads. The issue now is one was short $ 25.00. I have assured Johnny that I will bring him the $ 25.00 this afternoon.

I am the one who answers the phone. I work 8 to 5 in dispatch plus take messages about A/P calls and make sure that the owners get them. I do not screen calls but do miss the odd one.

We have been slow paying but have always paid our invoices.

Oh crap now I find out they are post dated. As soon as Johnny gets back it will be off to the bank to pay him from my own account. Sigh
 
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I have received my payment in full. The details of how I got that payment are strange but true... Here is the story:

This morning I called Jean at Lakefront again. She told me that she does not have a copy of my Feb. invoice even though they had promised to pay over a month ago. She asked that I fax a copy and she would be able to get me a cheque this afternoon. I told her, "no problem, I will bring the paperwork to your door and then I will wait on your porch for the cheque". Seemed no problem to her.

I was there within about 40 minutes but surprise surprise, she was gone... The gentleman who answered the door got quite a heaping helping of scorn and ridicule, as I had assumed he was the infamous Lenny, the owner. Turns out the guy at the door was Kevin, and he explained to me that the owners had left to take their daughter to the hospital. Kevin gave me a cheque which was $25 short so I told him what I thought of that... He gave me both owners cell numbers, here they are for the record:
Lenny can be reached at 905-971-0495
Jean can be reached at 905-981-8086

I left them both messages to let them know I would be waiting for them when they got home. I then left to go get their cheques certified but had to return as I noticed they were post-dated. I let Kevin know I was coming back. Kevin met me at the door and agreed to take me to a bank where he then presented me with a bank draft for the full amount outstanding. It would appear that Kevin has paid me from his personal account.

So, end of story, I got my money, after much work. I feel that Lenny and Jean had no intention of paying me had I not been so agressive with them. Please do not let these people get away with this. If they owe you money, take it to their doorstep!
 
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