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Crystal of Pleasant View, TN July 25, 2008
Crystal of Pleasant View TN (07/25/08)
I entered my name in a drawing at the local H.G. Hills in Pleasant View, TN. I also entered my boyfriend's name and he received a phone call days later saying that he won the drawing and he won a trip to Gatlinburg. All he had to do was come to a dinner show and book the hotel. That day he and I went to the dinner show which turned out to be at a house, not a resturaunt as we assumed. The man gave a presentation on cookware, cooked cabbage, carrots, Hawaiian fruit salad,and chicken. I didn't eat any of the meal because I thought he might poison us. My boyfriend did though and he's fine. I thought this is like the beginning of a lot of horror movies. Needless to say we refused to buy any cookware although we were informed that 8 out of 10 buy the cookware. We recieved a brochure to fill out for our free trip for filling out his report card and left. I felt that it was a scam and instead of sending off the form to get a Reservation Validation Form I looked on the Internet to see if any complaints had been made. I thought it was a little funny that we had to send off 50 for a trip that he had won. I found this site and realized that another person visited the same David Foyer and had a luau just like we did. Down to the tee the very same event happened to us except we did not purchase the cookware! We will not be sending any money to them thanks to this site.
Fortuneatly, we only spent the money in gas, about 15 to get there and back. More importantly we lost a night with our 9 month old child (he was at his grandmother's house) Elizabeth of Paterson, NJ July 9, 2008
Elizabeth of Paterson NJ (07/09/08)
On 5/20/08 a young lady by the name of Nathalie Jean-Louis contacted me saying that my water filter needed to be service. This is a filter that i had bought from this company in 2005. On this night she talk me into signing a form for a juicer at the price of 599.00 with a 20.00 deposit. She said that the cartidge for the filter would be free which was said to be 150.00. I received the box on 05/28/08. I was told that i had three day to cancel at that time
on 6/03/08 Miss Nathalie came to show me how to use it she brought the fruits. At that time i told her that i didn't like the product so i mail it back to Carico International Inc, Fort Lauderdale Fl. This was on 6/16/08, the box was returned to me. I informed Miss Lardieri that i will not pay for this juicer she said that i could get something for Thank you Mrs Elizabeth Dix
I am retired and can't afford to buy something that i can't use. I don't drink juice with pulp in it and this juice was nasty. I know this is going to make my credit bad. This is my damage. Miyo of Clarksville, TN March 17, 2008
Miyo of Clarksville TN (03/17/08)
I received a telephone call from a man inviting me to a complimentary dinner with my husband at a place the caller described as the Luau. He also offered a complimentary trip to a Gatlinberg for coming to the dinner, saying that he was making the offer because I probably knew a lot of people who would be interested in coming to eat at his business, and he wanted my referrals. When we arrived at the business, we found it was not at a restaurant, but a kitchen and dining/ living area in the basement of a residence, set up with rows of tables. A couple and a young woman were seated at a table across the room from us. A man who turned out to be David Foyer invited us to sign the guest book and directed us to sit down at a table farthest from the other couple, but facing them. It turned out that the man's business was not really in cooking meals, but in demonstrating Carico cookware and the marvels of waterless cooking which could be done in the cookware sets and gadgets he was selling in a pyramid- type marketing set up. A long time of sitting at the table and listening to his stories about the health benefits of using his cookware, eating unseasoned cabbage, carrots, and chicken and being asked to provide contact information and list the many pro's of his cookware over conventional cookware, I eventually bought a liquid core skillet .
It is, I think, of fair quality, but I had no idea of the market value of a liquid core skillet and I paid more than twice what it was worth had I known what they sell for elsewhere. At the last minute of the sale, David Foyer hand wrote on the credit slip "all sales final" and although this sounded alarm bells, I was so ready to get out of the place, I went ahead and signed it. I have since checked the price of liquid core skillets, and found that they sell for less than half of what I paid. I called David Foyer to request a refund, but he replied that he could only give merchandise credit. I paid much too much for the skillet, and as all the rest of his merchandise is similarly grossly overpriced, a merchandise credit leaves me in the same situation. Although I cannot prove it, I am pretty sure that the other family there was a plant, They responded very enthusiastically to everything he does, and are very forthcoming in supplying referrals and praise and are there to help him sell his very overpriced products.
I am embarrassed to have been taken in by this, and am reporting him to the Better Business bureau. Look out for the man who calls himself chef for an evening and offers a Luau. No one in their right mind would go back for another evening. His wife, who sometimes answers the phone for him, sounds embarrassed and sad when she answers the phone, but nevertheless plays along . Mr. Foyer says that the referrals are anonymous, that he won't reveal the name of the person who refers people to him. Why would anyone need to make an anonymous referral? If I felt good about this business, I would be happy to put in a referral that I could stand behind and be happy to put my name to. Look out for the Luau man, Mr. David Foyer, who calls himself a Chef for an Evening! He puts a lot of energy into his business but uses very questionable sales tactics. If he would only only put the energy into a more honest business, he could really have something going ! Needless to say, the only referrals I am making to for his business are with consumer affairs and the local Better Business Bureau.
The consequences are economic. I paid twice what I should have for a used kitchen ware item, a liquid core skillet I have requested a refund from David Foyer but have been told that this is not possible. A merchandise credit for similarly drastically overpriced merchandise is the only offer he would make in response to my request. I will contact my credit card company to see what recourse I have. Bj of Santa Teresa, NM March 6, 2008
Bj of Santa Teresa NM (03/06/08)
While attending ASU, I responded to an opportunity to become a Carico sales rep to make money part-time during the summer. The company reps assured me that this was easy money, all I had to do was learn about the products at their training seminar and then demo the same to potential customers. They promised support, additional training, and whatever I needed to ensure my success but that the products are so well made and the Carico name represents quality, so the products practically sell themselves....I just needed to understand their features and benefits and be able to present them to customers. The training was several days at a local hotel, of which I had to pay. Then I had to pay for a distributor fee, then had to buy a sales kit and product brochures...but they assured me that all the upfront costs would be gained back in the first sale. After completing my training, I began to demo the products to friends, neighbors, and referrals.
I did eight demos, primarily of their water filtration system because the water quality is so bad in the greater Phoenix area, but could not convince a single person to purchase. I could not even get people to give me referrals primarily because they all said the products cost too much, and they would rather lug bottled water from the grocery store. After several weeks, I no longer heard from my area sales manager, but continued to receive mailers from the corporate office talking about all the trips and conventions that were coming up and listing all their top sales people from across the USA.
Bottomline: after paying about 400 and spending a weekend in training, then spending about 20 hours developing leads and doing demos of the products, I ended up with 400 less in my bank account instead of having a part-time summer job with tons of potential with 200-400 per week pay. NOTonly do their customers get ripped-off, their distributors do, too. Their sales programs is a lot like AMWAY--a lot of hype and promises but little to no results.
Instead of making money at a summer part-time job, I spent 400 trying to make money selling Carico's overpriced products. After the initial couple weeks of trying to sell their products, I stopped hearing from my area sales managers (David Quiroz and Pat Lawson) and never heard from them again. Alejandra of San Diego, CA September 28, 2007
Alejandra of San Diego CA (09/28/07)
We were called about a bridal preview for Carico Cookware, and they said for attending they would give us a free vacation. We attended hoping to have the vacation, and at the last minute they got my husband and me to purchase the cookware by saying how much healthier we'd be if we used these pots and pans. My husband and I were sold on that. We qualified for a loan immediately through them so we got them.
Everything sticks to these pans. They are actually now rusted, and that is not supposed to happen. We are still paying them for them, and I would like for them just to take the pans back and the loan be revoked. I spoke to many representatives that say that they have a lifetime warranty, and these problems should not be happening, and they are going to do their best to get me a new set. Still no call backs and no new set.
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