This company - "ministry" is a rip off and a scam. Do NOT Donate to them.
I called a week ago for a pick up of my late grandfathers and aunts household belongings after we had an estate sale. They came out and told me their truck was full and I would have to reschedule. Also they requested that all items be put into boxes or plastic buckets.
After I purchased 30 plastic tubs at $6 each PLUS tax and paid neighbor kids to organize the donations so I could at least walk up and down the driveway, I called for another pick up. There were over 100 plastic tubs full of movies, electronics, tools, household goods, and miscellaneous collectibles and some furniture all in good repair. In addition there are various antique radios that are valued between $10 and $1,000 along with tubs and tubs of parts for these radios.
I was in need of their type of services a few years ago and felt that giving to an independent company would actually put work and $$ into the hands of those who need it.
The second time they came out again their truck was full but they did manage to take all the new plastic tubs. I was told that I would be first on the schedule the next day. I called at 8:30 am as directed and was told the schedule had already been made and that I would FIRST on the schedule for Thursday, 10 days after my first scheduled pick up.
Then today, Thursday, February 26th, at 1pm I called because no one had shown up. I asked to speak with the director and NOT Mike the scheduler. I explained my problem and of course she put me through to Mike.
Mike told me that it is up to drivers discretion what they take and don't take and the drivers determined that they didn't want it and to have a blessed day.
I explained that NO ONE had been by today and that rain is coming and it will ruin the antiques and furniture. He said again "all I can tell you is God bless you and have a blessed day"
I have also written them a letter. Rain is coming in a few hours. I do not have the physical capability of returning the items to safe cover before the storm arrives and I am left with 60 + buckets of items I can not physically move. Their behavior is outrageous and unacceptable. They ripped me off by only taking what "the driver" wanted to take.
There is hundreds if not thousands of dollars just in recycled metals if nothing else. I am so ashamed that I told the remaining family that I would take care of it all by donating to a good cause.
They are rip off artists, scammers and using the words "ministry" out of place. Telling me to have a blessed day is not the way to represent an organization claiming to do "God's Work." They give Christians a bad name and recovering individuals as well. I would never hire anyone who came out of their program for any reason knowing that this is how they represent "God's Work".
Please share and forward this review as you see fit. I know I will. They stole from my family, not only material goods but also "God's good name". read more
