Ripped Off by 1800SkyRide
Complaint
Nat M.
Country: United States
1800SkyRide is a telemarketing fraud. They sell trips and sporting events that do not exist. The company operates under different names:
1800Skyride
Adventure Skydiving Center
Adventure Sports
Luxergy
IGO Vincent
Spagoda
Tandora
Granter Media
Thrill Planet
Soaring Sports
Hot Air Balloon Team
The address of the company:
2593 Kennesaw Due West Rd Ste 300
Kennesaw, Ga 30144
They refuse to give refunds to customers, there are hundreds of unresolved complaints with BBB. Stay away from this company. When a customer wants a refund because most of the time they were sold something that did not exist or was given false information on locations, they refuse to give it and offer a different activity which again is either a fraud or hundreds of miles away from the client.
I've launched complaints with BBB, FTC, and The Attorney General. If you are reading this because you paid this company money and want it back, send your complaint to the above places as well. I hope we can beat this company if we do it together.
1800Skyride
Adventure Skydiving Center
Adventure Sports
Luxergy
IGO Vincent
Spagoda
Tandora
Granter Media
Thrill Planet
Soaring Sports
Hot Air Balloon Team
The address of the company:
2593 Kennesaw Due West Rd Ste 300
Kennesaw, Ga 30144
They refuse to give refunds to customers, there are hundreds of unresolved complaints with BBB. Stay away from this company. When a customer wants a refund because most of the time they were sold something that did not exist or was given false information on locations, they refuse to give it and offer a different activity which again is either a fraud or hundreds of miles away from the client.
I've launched complaints with BBB, FTC, and The Attorney General. If you are reading this because you paid this company money and want it back, send your complaint to the above places as well. I hope we can beat this company if we do it together.
Comments
I think I am eventually believing that I was scammed by 1800skyride.
Here is the background information:
We had brought Skydiving deal from Groupon for Sportations (http://www.sportations.com/). On my first call to Sportations Customer Service , their representative offered me a one time deal to add photo/video package for additional 95$s person (x3 of us =285$). I thought it will be good to have some documented memory of this event and brought the deal. At no point during my phone call was I informed that this photo video Package was from 1800skyride. I was charged on my card and the reciept was given to me, only then was I able to see that the bill was under 1800skyride. The receipt was under 1-800-skyride but The deal was offered and brought from a Sportations CSR. So I believe SPORTATIONS is equally responsible for the fraud.
CURRENTLY:
We ended up having to reschedule it for last one year for some or the other weather conditions every time.
And few due to negligence in rescheduling us by SPORTATIONS.
And every time we would also reschedule photo/video package through Sportations.
Finally we got scheduled for skydiving for tomorrow and while talking to a Sportations CSR again, I was informed that they won't reschedule my photo/video package this time because they have parted ways from 1800skyride back in November 2011. This is a complete shock.
This split should have been informed to current customers by SPORTATIONS and 1800skyride.
I have been calling 1800skyride since today morning but no one picks the phone.
SPORTATIONS is useless too. It has raised it's hand in air and won't cooperate.
It's like buying branded accessory from MACY's or JCPenney and when there is a problem with the goods, will you go back to MaCYs and JCPenney or the original vendor?
Groupon, Sportations and 1800skyride, all three should be sued.
I know Groupon is already sued for $8 million. Groupon for not really checking the authencity of the vendor whose services they are selling. I hope there is a class action lawsuit against SPORTATIONS and 1800skyride both.
Anyone else had this problem with Sportations?
And keep the efforts against 1800skyride strong!
I was scammed as well by Sportations! Do you know if there is any kind of lawsuit that I can get in on? It is really not about the money but the principle of it all. We need to put these guys out of business and in jail once and for all. drop me a message if you can provide anymore information. Thanks. benjamn.stern@gmail.com
The other posts here to the contrary are likely meant to confuse those that have been scammed by Lilliam Dejesus and her partner Fred Burke. I now have a judgment against her and Fred and am looking for information about where they have a bank account. My lawyer also obtained her latest phone number and verified it today.
Call her at 770-265-7334 and you can verify this for yourself.
Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Suite 356
Atlanta, Ga. 30334
I was screwed out of $850 in June 2006. I finally got a check in 2010 by bringing my original complaint to the GA consumer affairs office. The guy that helped me get my money back was fantastic.
Good luck and I'm sorry for anyone that has to go through what I did.
The other posts here to the contrary are likely meant to confuse those that have been scammed by Lilliam Dejesus and her partner Fred Burke. I now have a judgment against her and Fred and am looking for information about where they have a bank account. My lawyer also obtained her latest phone number and verified it today.
Call her at 770-265-7334 and you can verify this for yourself.
And good luck if they don't. I have $ 4000 at loss myself.
As far as the comment concerning me or my company and a flight canceled What I think is interesting is that after 35 years Ballooning a another balloon Pilot publicly questions my judgement and Ethics..
I do understand this is how people learn so I will take the time to explain my position & comment on the blog comment that "I should be ashamed of myself" posted on this site.
First their are few things you should understand, I have a full time company in the furniture industry.
So , I fly balloon charters as a contract charter company.
Very simply put , I don't sell rides myself I just fly internet charters and that works great for me.
Second - I did what I thought was the safest and best thing to do under the circumstances. You should never second guess those decisions where you do the safest thing.
Third- you shouldn't believe everything you read from a Balloon passenger
During this flight in January we launched pie balls from the 7-11
that morning and I launched from a golf course next to that 7-11.
And we always have the passengers involved with the Balloon inflation.
Basically if people are paying for a private charter I may run 2 crew but on low end shared basket charters I run one crew on my 8b.
What happen that morning was we launched the Balloon and with weather briefs and pie balls we flew in the opposite direction directly towards the york river.
It doesn't happen often but sometimes the winds will will just go the wrong direction. I see it more on the peninsula with the rivers and near the Chesapeake bay and Hampton roads.
And, On winter flights we do not cross the rivers because they are 3 miles wide and flying over rivers in the Winter is not safe.
So after I launched and the Balloon and the winds had reversed its directions.
I landed safely after flying 20 to 30 minutes in flight.
In fairness to the customer I told them I would give them a re flight on their charter. Which was the right thing to do.
So, after trying to fly a over the winter a few times the client becomes unreasonable and makes comments that I become up set with.
I believe in the Joy of Flying
and if I lose that Joy of Flying
or the passenger loses that joy of Flying.
It's over. They should go fly with someone else.
Please understand , I don't sell rides,
so they should go back to who ever they purchased the ride from. I will choose to take a pass.
I will not fly a customer that threatens to sue me, slandered me
Or that has a attitude and question my judgement.
And the fly no fly decision or decision or the decision to land early was the safest and best decision then and still is now.
I don't have their money and really
don't plan to fly the passengers in the future or put any more time into them.
I lost the joy of Flying them, they should go fly with another pilot at this point in the future.
Mark Nelson
So, all the people on here, whether you're a rep from the company or someone from the BBB, who are claiming that this company is "fixing" things.... THEN FIX MY ISSUE! I've left several voicemails for "one of the sales representatives" to get back to me. I WANT MY MONEY BACK.... even if someone DID call me from the company... I DONT WANT TO JUMP WITH YOU. Horrible customer service. Horrible.
Thank you.
Any help is greatly appreciated