SCAM- WIRE FRAUD- I wish I would've checked them out before I went to work for them 2 weeks ago.

I have resigned from benchcraft. I can no longer turn a blind eye to their systematic pattern of deception.



I apologize for soliciting people even though I was already pretty suspicious.

If it makes anyone feel any better, I sold a scorecard ad to my own stepfather on my third day (before I knew better)



I'm considering going to the authorities on this.



Sorry again for my involvement,

Charley Cobb, the guy who inherited this company is a horrible person. He has been involved in Coupon Book Scams in the past! He refers to women as "Split Bottoms", he also calls them "slugs" because of the slim trail he says they leave while dragging their bottoms around the office. He refers to his male employees as "Slaps" and "Boy". He is proud that he has NEVER hired a Black Person, Proud he went to a high school where no "black person" ever graduated. He uses a slightly worse name for Black People also but I won't repeat it here. He constantly refers to any clerical work as "Women's Work" as if it is all menial work and beneath him. He promotes illegal and terribly unethical business practices, credit card fraud, identity theft, selling ad space to unsuspecting customers that won't be actually displayed for years when the customer assumes that the ad will go into affect immediately. Review their contracts, there never is any reference to any date when an ad will start or end. Buyer beware of these crooks!!! Once a customer gives them a credit card number, look out, you will be charged for unauthorized ads on other courses, renewals etc. even if you totally tell them "NO". 200+ Better Business Bureau reports against them in the last couple of years alone tells you all you need to know. Oh, they also have no use for the National Do Not Call List. They think that is funny and totally ignore it, they don't even know where to find it let alone pay any attention to it. Golf courses please beware and if you wish to have the services offered by Bench Craft, please find a different company that doesn't have this kind of baggage. There are some good ones out there that you can check on if you wish.

I know all of this because I worked there for many years when the original owners were in charge, Charley Cobb got lucky when the last original owner died in a house fire and he some how inherited the operation and without the ethical guidance of the original two owners, his greedy and crooked attitude has ruined a great company.

Bench Craft Company victimizes customers and takes unethical and fraudulent sales practices to a new low. February 2007, a friend of mine was solicited via the telephone for the purchase of advertising space on a course scorecard. My friend opted to participate in the advertising offer, which was to begin May 2007.

In May, the advertising did not appear in the scorecard. The Bench Craft Company sales manager, Mark Hogan, said that the ad would be present in the following month (June).

In June, again the ad was not present. Mr. Hogan again said that the scorecard ad would arrive in July. Again, in July the scorecards arrived, however, the paid ad was not present. Again, Mark Hogan said that by August 2007, the ad would be printed into the scorecards. The advertisement was not printed in August a full 3 months later than promised.

A request for a refund, since the valuable summer golfing opportunity had passed, was refused. In September, my friend's credit card company entered Bench Craft Company in arbitration. Bench Craft Company lost. Instead of either printing the ad or refunding the amount, an additional $400 was billed on top of the $350 for the ad.

Bench Craft Company claims that a refund is against their policy as stated in their contract. My friend responded to Bench Craft Company that a contract was never provided. Bench Craft Company denied this and provided my friend with a contract with someone else's name on it.

This story gets worse. September, October, November, December 2007 passed with no ad. Every month Bench Craft Company refusing to either print the ad or provide a refund.

It is now March 3, 2008, a full year later. Instead refunding a customer, they sent the cost of the ad plus the additional cost of the arbitration they lost to collection with the aim to ruin a customer's credit.

I noticed Bench Craft Company has quite a long list of complaint filed with the Better Business Bureau. I can see why. The company supports questionable sales tactics, does not deliver on their services as promised, is dishonest about the agreement a customer enters into and attempts to cause harm. How do they live with themselves?