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From: Rod Moehlmann Having worked for Pacesetter for a number of years, I have never felt they had deserved a suck.com site. I know they weren't perfect, but neither is the military. They taught me more about the home improvement industry in the three or four years I worked for them, then I had learned in the prior 20 years of my sales life.
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From: gus If Pacesetter held the paper on your note you may be in luck - but if another co. is holding the paper - you will still have to pay. Whenever you have work done to your home a LIEN is put on the home if your not paying cash. |
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From: Lana Howard Just found out today that PaceSetter has a lien on my home!!! I was refinancing and the Title Ins. company discovered this. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? I can't lock in an interest rate because of this. Someone please give me some advise on who to contact to clear this up. Thank You, Michelle in Texas. Please post replys on Message board. |
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From: jimmy hopkins that's interesting. |
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From: George I recently heard from an employee of My Contractor.com that they have a new Vice President. I don't know for sure, but I have heard that this person has worked with Mr. Iskra in the past.. an old Pacesetter big wig perhaps? |
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From: BJ I had Pacesetter storm windows installed 10 years ago and am surprised to see so many unsatisfied customers on this site. I am sorry to hear all the horror stories listed here but have to admit that I had nothing more than pleasant experiences with the company and their service. I have had to call for replacement items and never had a problem getting what I needed and I was totally satisfied with the service technician that did my installation. |
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From: tim clark i was a victim of the exact sales tactics described by the ex employee of the company.all the methods are exact to the point,make friends,pull out the papers,and close the deal asap.it is my error not to shop around,these methods are very good,and a good salesman will get the job done...i did end up paying 6000.00 for six windows,and when i went to call and complain about the locks not working ,,,the old phone numbers are gone,,hey pacesetter,if you want to stop the complaints,,give all your old customers a good phone number,and fix the crap you sell.... |
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From: OPS Here is why the BBB had a challenge with issues this company was involved in from time to time. If your COO is also a big wig for the BBB..well, you can connect the dots... |
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From: Madge I paid top price for inferior storm doors, installed by inexperienced people. Like many others, the office I order from was no longer in operation and a report to the Better Business Bureau did nothing to help me with my broken hinges and inferior door closures(both of which are not the proper weight for the doors)...expensive lesson learned. Forget about the guarantees. They are not worth the paper they're printed on. How do these people sleep at night! |
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From: ordell robbie wow! |
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From: Charming Charmin Anyone ever hear the outcome of the BK trial of Iskra's Pacestter? |
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From: Esther Tashiro Pacesetter install our baywindow and we have a frame window and had them put glass on them to keep the rooms warm. Then they came and did the job.they completed one side and did not come back to finish the other side and when I called they said that they made the same side so that as soon as they finish that part there will send the person to install it.If you come to the house we have 2 rooms side to side well the room on the left is done but the one on the right side never got done. Is there anyway we can get someone to finish the job????Thanks The Tashiro |
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From: greg lol...wow! |
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From: jimbo just wonderin...did anyone in the greensburg office get the stuff they ordered from angie for her daughters fundraiser last summer??...ha ha. just bein sarcastic. yall dun got ripped off by the manager. she prob. thought yall forgot about it. wonder if its still a madhouse up there? |
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From: jimbo just wonderin...did anyone in greensburg office get the stuff they ordered from angie yet from her daughters fundraiser last summmer?? ha ha...just bein sarcastic..she kept yall money...dun got ripped off by your boss.. wonder if its still a madhouse up there. |
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From: Gus The 5000 series window Pacesetter made and sold in the 80's and 90's was and still stands as one the best I've seen. Anyone know anything similiar on the market today?
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From: Jared If anyone is interested in looking for lock/latch adaptors or spacers for pacesetter 2000+ windows or any pacestter single or double hung window with recessed closers and flush glass to use standardized equipment contact me at juglenaut@hotmail.com
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From: Friend of Robert Douthit Robert Jefferson Douthit passed away on February 4, 2008. He died after a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 49. Enough said. Please let him rest in peace! |
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From: Friend of Robert Douthit Robert Jefferson Douthit passed away on February 4, 2008. He died after a courageous battle with cancer. Enough said. Please let him rest in peace! |
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From: an ex'er Anybody know what RD died of? |
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From: rob terrel yes indeed me and robert had some misunderstandings but all in all he stood up for his employees and helped me out in alot of situations when i needed it.
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From: john gosa I worked for Pacesetter for 9 years in the service depatment. I lost my job in 2004. I will say they did have a great product and it is worth fixing. I have a limited amount of parts and would be interested in helping those who need repairs. I reside in the Quad Cities area of Il and Ia. 309-737-2025 |
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From: Longtime former employee Is my understanding that Robert passed away after battling a significant illness. For those of us who had the pleasure of working with Robert, we will always remember his optimistic attitude and never say die work ethic. Like all of us, Robert had his ups and downs and his pluses and minuses.
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From: Jeff Gary Kluck has a company called Quality First. They supply the same type of products like Pacesetter. Here is the hook. You go in, pick out your windows or other home improvements, then they suggest using Solutions Lending (also owned by Gary Kluck) to finance the work. Based on the feedback I have found on this website, the last person I want providing me home improvements, and then taking a second loan on my house is anybody but Gary Kluck. Admin's Response: I couldn't agree with you more. |
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From: Kris Have a problem, we weren't aware of all the problems with Pacesetter Corp. and now we have a damaged window that is warrantied. However, we have the impression from this site that we're screwed and on our own. We're right aren't we... Admin's Response: I'm afraid so. |
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From: Gus Trade Show Brand Ambassadors
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From: makis deming When dose the sixth book come out. |
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From: Elsie Spires Just a brief message about our problems with Pacesetter Windows.
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From: jerry dandritch bruce...u sound like one of them class A jackboxes...i'm surprised you're not working for mycontractor.com? |
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From: bruce i think your website sends false info and a wrong image to adults and kids alike,i think you have too much time on your hands,if you had a real job you would not have had time to do this website,also you must be very boring and not have any hobbies besides stuffing your face,,if you do not have anything good to say why say it,you are a disgrace to the human race,,by the way i worked for pacestter 6 years and i know first hand that phil and harley was top class people before it ever got sold,futhermore pacesetter lost a vaulabe assett in 1996 with the death of John Knoblach if you knew evey detail about this company and had any class about yourself you would have never started this low rent website,also note you are very lucky that John Konblach is no longer alive because i can rest assure that he see to it this website is shut down,also note this if you want to talk about other people doing bad take a good look in the mirror |
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From: Jeff We unknowingly did business with Gary Kluck. We provided him
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From: Sandra Sagerian We contracted with Pacesetter corp on 12/4/04 to get new windows (13 in all) installed in our home. We were made aware of the company when we were presented a brochure while shopping at Sam's Club.
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From: kenneth keith kalenbach ok. |
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From: moved on with my life Thats right I got a check for 937 from the 401k account. Do not know where it came from but because I had trouble getting my 401k out whatever money was left over was split between like 25 people. And on another note thank god pacesetter closed down they were killing me I had no life except work. An we all know how carring Gary K was about our family time. Like work 35 days straight no time off you get xmas and thats it. Loved that man. Or how about sun thru sun. and you have to go to the office bite me. But wait send guys out of townfor two weeks and no check.Naw good thing the ship went down I got my life back. |
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From: Dale Meador Although I am not totally dis-satisfied with the quality of work that was done, I do have one issue,-- parts that have been broken can not be found on the open window market. I guess the old addage--Let the buy beware still holds true. |
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From: xyz I speak with a person I know on a regaular basis and he does work for MyContractor (as an employee);some sort of sales trainer. He tells me Gary I. does own the company or runs the company and that the other company is under a Gerry Anderson but is run by Gary K. He knows this to be fact becasue he trains the sales people.... |
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From: Curious Did anyone get any money owed from defunked Pacesetter Corp. I speaking about the vacation time etc..? Or did everyone not get monies(s) owed? Outside of the usual suspects - did anyone get paid from the BK hearings? |
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From: Private look up 411.com shows this adress
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From: Lynn Dee Nielson I've read for days all the disturbing info about Pacesetter. The search is prompted by the need to buy some matching aluminum vertical siding.
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From: g oh. |
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From: dave for real. |
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From: mike sullivan If you are lucky (joke) enough to have a mycontractor.com sales rep. to your home to give you some form of a high pressure pitch, and you're getting sick of it. just ask the rep to see his contractors liscence. pretty good chance he don't have one..which I think is illegal. i've heard of it happening more than once..they train these monkeys real quick,(high turnover rate) then they send em out to family homes to try and get them to sign a contract that day (why do you think they want husband and wife home at same time? to get you to sign that day) for thousands or tens of thousands of dollars worth of product. it seems like 20 people have to get paid in order for a person to have windows put in..why not just pay one contractor a quarter of the money for the same or better product....seen it many times...more expensive doesn't always mean better product or service. anyone who's thinking of getting product from one of these outfits should not let them talk you into signing something that day...do your research first! Look them up on the internet, better business bureau and such. I myself would take the chance on jim, the contractor down the street that did your neighbors for 500$, rather than an outfit like mycontractor for 5000$ (hell even Lowes and Home Depot are cheaper, and you KNOW they are going to be around for a while)...at least you won't be as dissapointed when 3 years later u can't get company to repair because they went bankrupt. you also won't get called 3 times a day until you sign. Learn from the past. and do your research. I'm tired of reading about people crying because they been had from one of these outfits. If they did a little research, there is no way they would have went with one of these companies. maybe internet wasn't as accessable back then. but it is now. so, good luck! |
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From: ted bundy happy thanksgiving....wonder how many people myco burned this month....it would be interesting to see the local news do a piece on that outfit. (hint). |
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From: Junior Johnston Gerald Anderson is now doing business under another DBA, and his email address is fathertime1543@yahoo.com, and his phone is
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From: mary jo greynolds
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From: Gus I have read some of this site and it appears others are not. Its obvious Pacesetter is history but people are still writing in saying they're seeking legal action if they don't get service? |
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From: Tina I bought 2 doors from them/custom made at that for $1400.00 and I need some parts for them which I wouldnt need if they had been good doors like they said they were. I cannot locate them anywhere. If anyone knows where to find them please email me at trom351@aol.com... either they fix my doors or they go to court and pay back for them. thanks |
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From: rob terrel if anyone needs any info on the three stooges, i work for a colection agency collecting very very large balance commercial credit card debt, and i have access to info and any info that you want it is what we use to track down scumbags that do what they did. I know that larry k doesnt even own a house, his address is all apt's any how if you guys need my help finding other employees from the past i can help you get in touch with them, LET ME KNOW and i will run lwc holdings comprehensive report by lexis nexis a very reputable data base in which lawyers and banks use to find info on people that ripped them off
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From: Private I forgot to mention that I was a call center manager -- until they hired a racist and a bigot to be my boss. I had meetings with all of the people you mentioned..I was directly under Larry Krempasky and had reoutine personal or phone meetings with the likes of Larry, "Mickey", Gary and the Pittsburgh sales manager Rich - who routinely stole leads and cussed out other workers. |
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From: Private I worked for MyContractor.com from May 2006-July 2006. I can verify everyone one who worked there. I was hired by Larry Krempasky who I beleive is no longer there. If you need any verification...I was there when they're Greensburg office was new. I can verify if you want to email me. They are a bunch of scumbags and their lawyer is obviously a liar. |
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From: April April Gary Iskra is an evil man and this story is a very good example of just how evil he is.
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From: Danny Scolaro I was hired At Hagen Glass in Rapid City SD in there sales dept. and started my training using Pacesetter training materials given to me by the sales manager(TRG Sr) there. When I went home to review the materials. I wanted to see what the Pacesetter company was about. I found out that they are high pressure sales and that the company I was working {Hagen glass} for used the exact same tactics plus a couple more. I didn't last very long there as I don't like high pressure sales and deceptive practices. The main reason I wrote in is to say that the Pacesetter training works for them and it works for other companies or they would not be using the system. I was taken back when I read some of the stories on your site because it was the exact method being tought to me. I am very happy that I didn't fit the mold of a Pacesetter / Hagen Glass sales person.
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From: rob terrel just had a couple root canals done and have the day off, wow never of that before from pacesetter. It did not matter how much pain you were in they wanted you to show all the time. I figured I would tell everyone about the teeth so they could say yeah all that meth smoking in sacramento. lol you guys know it all to well. I just wanted to tell everyone that the people were crooked and the system was great. I worked for a guy by the name of BILL GOLDMAN in Grand Rapids, MI where i started my career i went to sales then back to telemarketing where i worked into upper management "i mean i must have been pretty good after all i was the only training manager left making 1400.00 per week out of the entire company. One thing that goldman was so good at was WORRY ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT. I hear so many people say the leads were junk, yours were not better that is all i have to say. I moved to the west coast seattle to be exact and the mentality of blame everyone else was disgusting, if you actually knew what your problem was and knew how to fix it upper management did not like you because they would then look stupid yelling at you. I want to pay thanks to GOLDMAN< TONY DENTICE< MIKE CHACHULSKI< JOE BLESSINGER< JOE SHUETTE these peole here had a passion of getting things done and were great to work with.
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From: an ex'er Dude, you were in the wrong business. Yes, the products were pricey, but, there whole gig was overcoming objections, boiling it down to price only and then doing the magic drops, payments, etc. I do think you learned a valuable lesson, but the direct in home business is not for the faint of heart or testicles. |
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From: Chris Funckes I used to work for Pacesetter. I was a Sales person. Here was my experience; as quick as I can put it. They paid me commission only. I was working over 65 hours a week. I had to drive over 300 miles a day on my personal vehicle. I worked from 8am until 11:30pm every night. Sat. we worked until 2PM. I was a single parent and never got to see my daughter. While, the whole time, I could NOT sell there over priced windows. When I did make a sale, I felt kind of guilty over the price. One month, I worked the whole month without making a single dollar. The next month I quit, and they stiffed me a $1500 bonus from a sale because of a car insurance technicality. The night I decided to quit was when I went to a prospect's house and they needed 4 sliding doors. After making appropriate measurements and looking up the price in the book, the 4 sliders came to a total of over $14,000! I knew that this was a rip off. I even told the customers this, and advised them not to purchase. The next day, I QUIT! And I am glad I did. Glad to see they are bankrupt. I went bankrupt working for them. I had NOTHING. I spent it all on them, trying to build THEIR business. I hope that they have to live on nothing for a while and see what it is like. I have never gotten so low in my life as working for PACESETTER!
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From: Chris I bought some custom made doors from pacesetters few years back. I was given a 25 year warranty on everything but the glass in the doors. Hmmmmmm cant seem to reach them anymore. The doors are junk, falling apart and Im not happy. does anyone have a phone number or anything????HELP |
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From: ed 209 lol. i forgot about this website....while i'm here, i might as well post up...i used to work in mycontractor call center. first off, if you are a potential customer. you best HOPE they don't get a hold of your telephone number. you'll prob. be called 1000 times. i know because i used to make these calls. pretty much the call center atmosphere was (and prob. still is) a free-for-all, with the exeption of 2 or 3 people. the assist. manager and one other dude actually did work when they were there. that leaves about 6 or 7 other heads just about doing nothing (making about 50 calls in an 8hr shift, ignoring inbound calls,, smokin cigs every 10 min. and shopping on ebay all night instead of working, taking hrs off the phones to cook on the grill.). the words "fuck it" about sums it up. i saw some wild stuff in my time there. manager leaving for hrs at a time on a reg. basis with nobody there to run the joint. everyone would just clown around till she came back. people bringin their kids in to play on the internet all night, when we were not supposed to be on the internet because it used up bandwith. but "fuck it", right? an all this stuff would happen while are daily appt. goals were way under. i don't know what to say, i worked some wild jobs before. but i couldn't hang with this one...like i said. "un-believable". |
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From: btk that was pretty funny....scandalus man!! |
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From: buddy revell funny...go to this page and listen to the podcast from the man himself. G.I. . http://feeds.mn1.com/mycontractorcom.htm , now even funnier. call myco and ask them for an estimate on half the stuff he said we do, and they'll tell you that they don't do them products. |
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From: buck satchel are you guys still updating this at all? its been about a month since any posts. i am an ex myco employee...i got some stories for you if this ste is still being updated. Admin's Response: Life keeps us busy, but yep, we're still updating. In fact, we just posted a new letter we recently received from a different MyContractor.com laywer. |
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From: Shade Dawson, Jr. This is not a complaint, but i was a member of th sales team in 1987 when the company was just expanding into total home improvement products. I was a recently college grad and my brother-in-law was the sales manager in Charlotte, NC
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From: an ex'er To all those who read the posting from the ex-employees, I know it sounds weird, but, unless you worked(slaved) for the "good ol boys" and experienced all the amazing crap that went on, it doesn't make sense. It was really war, telemarketing vs sales, install vs sales, sales vs sales. Lots of big money to be made if you new how to manipulate and juggle the numbers at a certain time of the month(prod 7) sound familiar. The telemarketing management team was really good at making themselves look great, despite putting out for the most part, pure trash. As long as the sales rep just opened up his mouth for one second, the TM's got credit for a "demo" and made money off of that. Amazing, but, it was created and lots of "smart people" knew how to manipulate the system to steal, oops, earn big bucks. All of us sales guys could probably tell hours and hours of stories about the houses we were in and what happened , etc., etc. Lots of laughs I am sure. |
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From: gus sorrenson I hadn't read much of the MyContractor.com material (the link above Vistor Feedback:Book8) but I just did - wow. Must be a pretty productive environment with all that positive, motivational, uplifting, activity being displayed by the overall operation. Having spent a good 20 years for the previous company PACESETTER I can say without hesitiation - many good people worked for them that wanted and did good for others (co workers and customers) while a some also did very bad for others. Having spent many years in many differant states for Pacesetter I can say many of those years were filled with good postive times - then again the operations I was part of did outstanding business and a lot of repeat customer business. It really is sad when new ownership performed in lack luster fashion when it was their time to step up to the plate. You can run a large company and have good customer and employee relations, most don;t bother becasue they can't see the direct impact to the bottom line. When I worked for the bunch mentioned I worked many more hours, made less money and had no future. Today I use many of the same process and procedures I helped develope over my 20 years and guess what - they produce business and good business that nets and provides refferals - funny I think of my present client base as a referal network - "I wouldn;t give my business to anyone else," "I don't mind you charge a bit more but your service and caring is just grand," are comments I hear all the time - and remember..Positive Tings Happen To Positive People.... |
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From: Lars Richardson Sr. The class action suit to get employess paid - what ever became of that? If anyone knows please let me know. I was getting letters from the court on a regualr basis to keep updated (I'm owed a small chunk of change) then the updates just stopped. |
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From: gus sorrenson One of the headings said the turn over rate for sale reps was 99.1 % The truth of the matter is the turn over was closer to 365% - and thats no inflated number. I can recall meetings as if it was last week. The turn over in the call centers varied by location. |
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From: ex employee in grandrapids,mi they made us say whatever it took to get a rep out to peoples homes.they pressured us non stop to get the job done,i felt like i was in a liers bootcamp,constantly threating our jobs if we didnt put out appointments.i quit because it was unethlicial and the wrong thing to do so i left after they fired my wife because she wouldnt lie to get out appointments for the reps. and then the reps would complain so my manager suggested i put out fake ones as well and send reps to peoples homes wheather they said yes or not.i think this company is ran by evil rich people...money is truly the root of all evil for they have proven that..
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From: Pamela Hicks I just found your website after calling all of the numbers that I had finding out that they are either disconnected or have been assigned to someone else. Please by no means am I sticking up for pacessetter i think that they are overpriced after looking back (hindsite is 20/20). I have one window that is broken and no one to contact, am I just screwed? I am not really sure what to do or where to go with this. All i really want is my window fixed, i live in the mid west ( nebraska) and am nsure what to do. If someone could reply to me at mommah@hotmail.com and give me some advice I would appreciate it. Thanks!
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From: Carolyn Frady We called Pacesetter in the fall of 1999 because we needed to replace some of our windows and doors, and my parents had purchased some through them. I really liked the product my parents received so decided to go through them.
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From: Rick Ok here's the deal. As all the previously mentioned people go (Larry, Mick, Fred, etc), NONE of these guys are currently associated with mycontractor.com. Gary Iskra IS indeed running the company as a "consultant". Basically due to past legal issues from my understanding Gary Iskra is not "allowed" by law from past illegal activities of his, to own or operate a business in Westmoreland County (Maybe even PA). This is all public information and was on PA's channel 2 news a few years ago. So Gary basically got some good guys with money that he calls "investors" (I know them and their names but will not post them as I don't want their images tarnished) to "officially" be called the owners. But they actually have nothing to do with the company nor ever even go there. Gary runs everything and takes his 80% of every sale. So he found a loophole. But is this legal? Considering he runs everything at mycontractor.com and everyone who works there openly calls him the owner. Not legally being able to own OR OPERATE a business in Westmoreland County and mycontractor.com's corporate headquarters office is in Greensburg - the county seat of Westmoreland county. |
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From: Joe R. Paul S. is a fat ugly fag who likes to think of himself as a 'somebody' but you're nobody. People only talk down to others and talk themselves up whenever they know they're a loser and they have no self worth, it's all about confidence and you have none. P.S. After mycontractor goes out of business either in the 4th quarter of 2006 or the 1st quarter of 2007 I hope you don't get evicted for not paying you're rent like happened before to you in Blairmore Apartments. |
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From: Joe R. Paul S. is a fat ugly fag who likes to think of himself as a 'somebody' but you're nobody. People only talk down to others and talk themselves up whenever they know they're a loser and they have no self worth, it's all about confidence and you have none. P.S. After mycontractor goes out of business either in the 4th quarter of 2006 or the 1st quarter of 2007 I hope you don't get evicted for not paying you're rent like happened before to you in Blairmore Apartments. |
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From: Brian I worked for Mycontractor.com for over 1 year. There were Pacesetter manuals and Pacesetter sales guides everywhere. It IS the same company. If anyone has any questions about this business feel free to ask. I know everything about the shithole. |
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From: Andrea J. Wow, there are already reports on Mycontractor.com signed to do a job and either didn't finish, broke stuff, etc. but they took the money and ran. Sounds like Pacesetter to me, I got great advice from my neighbor here in Vandergrift, PA - DO NOT BUY FROM MYCONTRACTOR.COM they'll make you sign a contract, take your money and probably not do any work. If the do, chances are they won't finish the work. And the owner is indeed Gary Iskra, which the news said he was not allowed to own or operate a company, but somehow he does by listing himself as a consultant. Very strange. Good luck to all of you with bad experiences, and hopefully the IRS looks into this company soon. |
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From: LR The story about crusty the evil clown.I had to read out loud to my wife.I worked for Pacesetter in about 6 different offices,believe me there was at least one of those on every proffit center.Thanks for the laugh. |
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From: Rob As an ex-salesman this line was hammered in our heads every morning at sales meetings. This was my first job out of college. Before I realized how bad this company was I had already sold thousands of dollars of overpriced home improvements. The salesman's commission is based on how high the sales price is to the list price. We were allowed 3 price drops (10-20-35% off). Average sale was $5,000 with commission ranges from 10-25%. Then we financed the job at what ever the state maximum allowed was at that time (24% in NC). Being right out of college making $2000-3000 a week was great. If you did real good, then they made you take a trainee along to show him the ropes and split your commission with him. Then we sold a payment insurance protection plan on top of that as well. We ran day leads and night leads. Day leads preyed on retired or non-working families only receiving social security. Night leads were normal working families. At the time I had no idea what these products cost until I went to Lowe's and saw what you could pay for similar windows, cabinets, doors, siding, etc. I remember selling a storm door for $1,600 to a poor old woman for $35 a month for 5 years!! What made me really realize how corrupt they were was one time I made a mistake on the finance contract and they did not want me to go back and risk the customer canceling the job, so the sales manager told me to forge the customer's name on the revised contract. I later found out that this was normal procedure. Some customers were never given a finance contract. The salesman would just write a sales price and payment numbers on a estimate sheet. Then go back and write the whole contract with forged signatures. The sales pitch was very high pressure. The customer had no way out unless they were tough enough to say "NO" for a sometimes 5-hour sales pitch. Everything boiled down to the monthly payment and there where so many ways we could play with the numbers. After I quit the company and found a legit company I received a letter from the main office in Nebraska with a questionnaire about why I quit. I blew the whistle on the sales managers, and all the other corruption that was going on. I even mentioned that I may let the local media know as well. He was very surprised at what I told him. He asked that if they fired the managers and made things right with customers would I keep quiet. I received a call from my friend still working for the company the next day and he said all the big wigs flew in on their private jet that morning and where shredding files all day. I could write a book on this company with a ton of similar stories and experiences. Glad to see they are not ruining anymore lives. |
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From: Sacha I was sitting in my home this past week here in Southern CA, enjoying my vacation from my wife (don't tell her I said that). She was at work all week and I took some time off as I have plenty and we already went to Europe |