“A+ Rated” BBB Members Sued Again!

Mechanic’s Responds® New / Opinion Report

Mingledorff’s Sues Dan & Barbara Jape, Both Listed By The Atlanta BBB As “President” of  “Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning” And  “Reliable Heating & Air”, Respectfully, For $173,750.00

Mechanic’s Responds® Investigative Team has done it again!

In a Breaking News Story, Mechanic’s Responds® has learned that “A+ rated” BBB members, or at least the people that operate these “A+ Rated” BBB members (“Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning” And  “Reliable Heating & Air”), Dan and Barbara Jape have been sued in Cobb County Superior Court for Dan and Barbara Jape’s failure to pay back a promissory note to a local HVAC distributor and supply house called Mingledorff’s.  According to Court Documents obtained by Mechanic’s Responds®, Dan and Barbara Jape signed this promissory note back on August 7, 2008.

In Court Documents filed by Mingledorff’s attorneys, Mechanic’s Responds® has learned Mingledorff’s is suing Dan and Barbara Jape for $173,750.00 plus interest and attorney fees.

You can check this information for yourself at the following location:

Cobb County
Barbara & Daniel Jape
File Date: 8/12/09
Case # 09107780-49
Judge Kell
Mingledorff’s VS Daniel Jape
Mingledorff’s VS Barbara Jape

Also Mechanic’s Responds® investigative reporters have obtained the following link for your convenience.  Please feel free to read all the details for yourself.

Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning and Dan Jape/Mingledorff’s vs Dan & Barbara Jape/09-1-07780-49.pdf

Despite all of the mounting evidence against Dan Jape, Barbara Jape, and Reliable Air (“Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning” And  “Reliable Heating & Air”), the Metro Atlanta BBB, under the leadership of BBB President Fred Elsberry, still refuses to do anything to warn the public about the alleged practices of Dan Jape, Barbara Jape, or Reliable (“Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning” And  “Reliable Heating & Air”).

This reporter finds it very interesting how the Japes seem unable to pay their bills, yet they apparently make sure the BBB has their BBB Membership Fees paid up to date.  I wonder why this is?

On September 3, 2009, Mechanic’s Responds® sent the following email to Fred Elsberry, President of the Atlanta BBB:

Dear Fred Elsberry,

Mechanic’s Responds® is working on another new investigative news story in relation as to why your BBB continues to show an “A+” rating for the following member:

http://www.bbb.org/atlanta/business-reviews/heating-and-air-conditioning/reliable-heating-and-air-conditioning-in-marietta-ga-4004103

http://www.bbb.org/atlanta/business-reviews/heating-and-air-conditioning/reliable-heating-and-air-in-woodstock-ga-7268

We are breaking the news that this current “A+” rated member has just been sued in Cobb County for $173,750.00 plus attorney fees, by Mingledorff’s, for failure to pay back a promissory note.

Please see the following:

Cobb County
Barbara & Daniel Jape
File Date: 8/12/09
Case # 09107780-49
Judge Kell
Mingledorff’s VS Daniel Jape
Mingledorff’s VS Barbara Jape

Before we post our breaking news story, we would like to give you the opportunity to be interviewed for this story.  In the alternative, we are requesting a written reason(s) as to why your BBB appears to have such blatant double standards in your grading system?

We look forward to your immediate response.

Thank You,

J.R. Adams
LLC Manager
Mechanic’s Responds®
A Division on Mechanic’s Heating & Air Conditioning, LLC
770-425-0000
www.MechanicsResponds.com

As of this posting, Mechanic’s Responds® has NOT heard anything from Fred Elsberry or the Atlanta BBB.  This is of course in keeping with the BBB’s policy of ignoring tough questions.

To add insult to injury, Fred Elsberry and the Atlanta BBB still have Reliable (Dan and Barbara Jape) listed with an “A+” rating (“Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning” And  “Reliable Heating & Air”).  This is the highest rating the BBB gives out.  What the BBB does not make clear, is that a Company can only get this “A+” rating if they pay! (in the form of heavy membership fees)

Try to find this fact on the front of the BBB’s web site!

Check out the Reliable’s (“Reliable Heating & Air Conditioning” And  “Reliable Heating & Air”) BBB ratings yourself:

Why does Fred Elsberry and the Atlanta BBB continue to give Reliable (Dan and Barbara Jape) an apparent “free pass” and turn a “blind eye” to their every growing list of problems?  At a minimum, why does Fred Elsberry or the Atlanta BBB not inform the public of Reliable’s and Dan and Barbara Jape’s ever increasing problems?

Is it because of the membership fees Reliable pays to the Atlanta BBB?

Does the Atlanta BBB engage in “pay to play”?

Why is the Atlanta BBB so unfair?

Why does the Atlanta BBB and Fred Elsberry have one standard for one Company and a different standard for another?

In this reporter’s opinion, this “pay to play” the Atlanta BBB engages in has to stop.

Mechanic’s Responds® will continue to ask these tough questions and keep on exposing the unfairness of the Atlanta BBB.

You can reach Fred Elsberry at his work email at fred@atlanta.bbb.org.

You can reach J. R. Adams at 770-425-0000 or via email at News@MechanicsResponds.com.

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