Sweet Southern Pickins

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Brent B.

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4 years ago

Scams customers out of tens of thousands of dollars! https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/money/jacksonville-family-loses-money-to-interior-designer/77-06426520-ce7a-4454-a037-b8f2fb60ffe3?tag1=wtlvshare&fbclid=IwAR04Fp8HhpPdbhQY6rmPGhPb6WxuMDLyRdMdKdC__ZrqJcN6SGcIu0CH32Y&fs=e&s=cl#l5n2h4sacmexaxg2e2u read more

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Jenee S.

8 years ago

To be fair I am giving a 3 star review ONLY because the work Marlena and her crew did was amazing and my house looks amazing aside from a bar stool issue I just had to deal with. Dealing with setting up the install of the decor and the time it took to have everything completed was ridiculous as I was promised a quicker turn around. If you are on some type of time crunch or you actually want to get an itemized receipt to know what your budget money went to then look somewhere else. I sent Marlena my budget money check on Sept 29, 2017 and it was received beginning of October 2017. I was told once it was received they aim to have everything completed within 4-6 weeks. With multiple text to Marlena following up the install of everything and decor was completed on February 8, 2018. FIVE months later, I finally had it completed. I was given every excuse possibly as to why it kept getting put off. I am happy that is has been completed but I asked for a receipt to see where exactly my money went and never got one OF COURSE. Just beware and read the reviews on BBB before hiring this company. If I had read the reviews I would have went with someone else as it seems I am not the only one that has had to deal with this issue. read more

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Vicki B.

9 years ago

I do not recommend using this business! Her interior design/decorating is beautiful but, she is not a woman of her word. We meet for a consultation August 29th 2016. I hired her and the install was to take place in October. She postponed my date 3 times and finally installed my decor December 8th 2016. The decor was beautiful but, not what we had discussed. I never discussed with her installing Christmas decor in my home and it was not in my budget. After all....why would I, we meet in August and the install date was to be in October. She spent roughly 500.00 on Christmas decor which was as waste since, I already had tons of Christmas decor. After Christmas when I removed the Christmas decor, I had to go out and by more casual decor to replace it because the room was so bare. When I hired her she told me she was a thrifty shopper and would spend my money as if it was hers. Unfortunately, that is not what she done. She purchased expensive items which I already had. So, by her purchasing all the Christmas decor and items that I already had she used up a lot of my funds. She also did not complete the job. It took me 4 days of asking for my invoice before she sent it. When I did receive it there were no receipts showing what she paid for the items or where they were purchased. The description of the items were listed on the invoice and rounded off to the dollar. Unfortunately, for her she left the price stickers on many of the items. I compared the items with price stickers to the invoice and was appalled at the price difference! When I emailed her about how I felt about what she had done, she became very defensive and said "I no longer want a business relationship with you". She then told me she would mail me a check to reimburse me for the Christmas decor but, I have never received it. I will be pursing this matter in small claims court. Why can't people be honest and do what you pay them to do. read more

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Carol W.

4 years ago

Marlena Heck, owner of Sweet Southern Pickins is a fraud who operates under the facade of professing to being a Christian (child of God). I signed a contract with her in November 2021 to decorate our newly built retirement home. Needless to say, I paid her $58,000 to procure furniture and other decorative items. Upon several attempts of contacting her and receiving numerous excuses, promises and lies, I came to the realization that she was not going to honor the contract and had no intentions of refunding me my money. With that being said, the only alternative was to contact a lawyer and enter a lawsuit against her with the Duval County Courts in Jacksonville, FL which can be found online (coj.net). Ms. Heck's non reply to the courts regarding the lawsuit resulted in a default therefore I filed a judgement against her which was granted by the judge. She completely ignored the summons as she has done with other lawsuits listed on the Duval County Courts online website. To this day, I have not received any items, services as listed in the contract or my $58,000 from her. My husband (Navy veteran, 30 years) and I are retired and live on a fixed income. We built our retirement home and never dreamed we would be scammed out of the money we worked so hard for and saved to decorate our home. We will more than likely never receive the money back that she STOLE from us. Please share this review with others so that they will not be in our situation. NOTE: I had to give one star in order to submit my review... read more

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Cheryl B.

7 years ago

We contracted with Sweet Southern Pickins to remodel and redesign our home...this was in May of 2019. We agreed on first week of June while we were on vacation. Our house was painted inside up and downstairs in May...we were very satisfied. We came home and after 3 days Marlena had transformed our home .. everything we had agreed on was done. I trusted Marlena with keys to my home and never worried about it.. she sent me sneak preview pictures as they worked. I would recommend Sweet Southern Pickins to anyone...as in anything else read the contract and make sure you understand what you have agreed on.When we arrived home we were amazed... our home had been transformed!!! read more

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Kristina J.

9 years ago

Our home decorating job / staging was left incomplete and after waiting over five months from the original completion date, we were told we would get a refund of the items not completed. We never received a check and all our communication attempts have been ignored. read more

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Crystal O.

8 years ago

Cute store however it is merchandise she buys from TJMaxx and Hobby Lobby. So keep in mind you'll be paying more in her store. It is nice to go in and get decorating tips and ideas but I rarely purchase anything. read more

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Crystal, we appreciate hearing from you. Our merchandise is purchased…

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Vickie H.

9 years ago

This young lady is amazing. Her work looks like something Joanna Gaines would do. She is talented, gifted and the transformations of the homes she has done are awesome. Her store is beautiful and unique. I and more than ten of my friends have shopped there and we are all repeat customers. Her customer service skills are unbelievable. She takes time with each customer and so do her employees. I would recommend her to everyone and as a matter of fact I do. I have personally had friends come in from out of town just to seek her decorating advice and shop at her store. read more

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6 E Macclenny Ave
Macclenny, FL 32063
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Our store location specializes in farm house decor. Our business as a whole offers interior design & consulting, faux cabinetry painting, home staging, & remodels.

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Susan S.

7 years ago

01/22/2019 BUYER BEWARE I AM registering Our experience with ******* and her biz Sweet Southern Pickins so hopefully it prevent another from such an ordeal. Firstly, there are no receipts provided. We spent over $60,000 in CASH in renovations- there are no receipts provided . In addition to that, we gave ******* over $10,000 for decorating . I told her before we began the process - I wanted receipts for every and all items purchased. She happily agreed as we sat across from each other in a nearby ***** *** * -going over the details of cash payments . I would not recommend Sweet Southern Pickins to anyone. I was promised a professional experience - and received nothing shy of a nightmare. What was promised in 3 weeks time - was completed in almost 3 months. Her father Rick who is on disability runs the renovation side of her business - one issue was the vanity /sinks were leaking immediately after installation- when I brought this to Rick's attention - he was very reluctant and rude to return to fix the problem stating that I shortchanged him 150.00 !! (After, handing over approx 60k in cash)! The leak was not fixed until he received the 150.00! There are too many issues to list - including the painter was in my home for 3.5 weeks and actually averaged painting approx 15 hours per week!. He could be found either on the phone or on the porch or in his truck a good portion of each day. When i logged the complaint with Rick he stated " he's not hourly -he's paid for the job"!! Great! It's our home - our time and we were put out by this man daily. I continually would call rick to report the poor paint job (this guy did no patching of holes etc - skipped areas of baseboards and walls, drips on walls ) rick was busy at another customers home and would promise to address - well finally when the painter finished weeks later - Rick reported 'let's just say I am no longer using him"!! The company that he had install my shower doors scratched my newly installed bathroom tile with some of the materials he used. When I brought it to ***** attention - he refused to replace the scratched tiles. They remain scratched. (Keep in mind the shower door company would have paid Rick as they came out and verified the scratches ) Back to *******'s decorating - i was away on a biz trip during the install of furniture. I returned late that night and upon walking in our front door - i was pleasantly surprised. I want to be fair and state that ******* does have a natural flair and talent for decorating. She is very creative. I asked my husband if ******* left the receipts to which i was promised prior to work commencing - i was handed 3 sheets of paper with hand written amounts next to each item !!! This is unacceptable! I contacted ******* in a text the next day requesting receipts - what took place after that text message was ridiculous- excuse after excuse - upset re: "after all we did for you" and i was immediately blocked from her phone and from her partners phone . Prior to being blocked - ******* informed me that NO DECORATOR provides receipts !!! Additionally, i noticed on her Facebook page - she immediately adjusted that site so that I could not comment hmmmmm... I did not request any refunds. I merely wanted receipts for items purchased. Okay. Understood - The customer will not receive any receipts !! Why is that ?! I contacted another customer that I had been in communication with customer on same day - she reported her experience was same! Please note: that if you call or text ******* with a concern or complaint on a Sunday, there will be no acknowledgement other than "this is the Lords day and I do not work on the Lords day" but if you want to give money or a compliment- then responses are almost immediate ! BUYER BEWARE: C**** BBB REPORTS under SWEET SOUTHERN PICKINS there is consistency and truth VERIFY contractors credentials - I hope this report of our experience will help another to do their due diligence before going forward. read more

Vince S.

7 years ago

MY wife and i have had a 'real' experience with sweet southern pickins' we are not one of the owners or partners 'friends' nor facebook friends. we have lost thousands of dollars and only hope that if anyone should read our posts- they are welcome to contact us.we do not recommend sweet southern pickins! we will be happy to explain with the hope of helping another so that they can have full disclosure before going forward. if you read the reviews, it is clear to see what reviews are prompted from 'swp' and those which are real! ******INSTEAD OF SWP TRYING TO RAISE HER RATINGS BY RESORTING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS PROVIDE PSUEDO POSTS INCLUDING HER 9 YEAR OLD SON-DEALING WITH US DIRECTLY AND HONESTLY WOULD PROVE MOST EFFECTIVE!!!! *********if anyone is reading SWP response, please know she has NOT addressed any of our emails with regard to the facts. she does however send cease and desist letters! because my wife paid a compliment at FIRST GLANCE upon walking in from a california biz trip late at night and after getting some sleep and seeing the furniture in daylight- it was then she saw that there is NO way THOUSANDS of dollars were spent on the furniture. we estimate under 2000.00! she refuses to provide receipts and where items were purchased! so we were forced to do our research! we found the same items a BIG LOTS!!! the couch and 4 side chairs!!! so for 10,295.00 -****** do your homework !DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS US! read the 'real' reviews from people who complain about the same` one person actually writes about honesty OR A LACK THEREOF AND ANOTHER WROTE "IS NOT A WOMAN OF HER WORD' a - also about refusal to respond and no receipts!! we spent over 60,000.00! we post to spare another from the lo$$ we have experienced. read more

Renee B.

4 years ago

Please be aware if you are planning on or are inquiring about this business. Search on www.COJ.net and you will find multiple judgements on the owner Marlena Heck. In the past few years she has taken numerous people for their money. Money in the excess of 30,000, 80,000 and most recently 58,000. She claims to buy the HIGH price furniture that her clients are wanting from very nice retail stores BUT in all reality it is being purchased at BIG LOTS, HOME GOODS, TJ MAXX etc. What's even worse is she tries to avoid her summons and when she finally does get served, she is a no show in court. Don't let her FB fool you with professing to be a CHRISTIAN, that is how she was able to scam those that she has. She may be one BUT a TRUE CHRISTIAN would repent and try to make good with those she has done wrong. Meanwhile, she keeps getting jobs and more people are getting scammed. She can THANK those she has stolen from for the expensive divorce lawyer she had to hire. Oh and if you check out her FB Business Page then you will see her nice Louis Vuitton, fake eyelashes, hair extensions, EXPENSIVE SUV and let's not forget THE SPA DAYS. And if you decide to dig a little deeper, you will see she has judgements throughout Florida. One last thing, why has she turned off reviews for her FB Business Page and most recently, removed her business off Google Reviews? That's because her dishonesty is catching up with her. read more

Sonia C.

7 years ago

I recently contacted Sweet Southern Pickins to decorate my new home. From Consultation to Installation I have been nothing but pleased with their work! They practically read my mind on the design! Marlena and Chris were able to incorporate personal items into their design, creating a space that was familiar, warm and inviting! They were also able to work with my budget and adjust timelines to meet my needs! Thank you for creating a home that I am proud to show off! read more

Doug D.

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4 years ago

Business stole $58,000 from a local military veteran and his wife. And despite a court judgement ordering her to repay the money, the owner so far has failed to do so. Do NOT trust this company. https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/money/consumer/on-your-side/jacksonville-family-loses-money-to-interior-designer/77-06426520-ce7a-4454-a037-b8f2fb60ffe3 read more

Paul D.

4 years ago

Pay back the Weldon's $58,000. See https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/money/jacksonville-family-loses-money-to-interior-designer/77-06426520-ce7a-4454-a037-b8f2fb60ffe3?tag1=wtlvshare&fbclid=IwAR0e5g5GhcI1wO7mPPeoGU7vBy_G9TOwLp1dMLoVmlR9bX0D9k4Izp97J1c read more

Paige T.