Check out the You Tube clip of how Charles LaBoone of Christbilt canceled a order for a metal building and kept the customers $10K deposit in the metal building scam he is running:

http://www.youtube.com/user/christbiltinquiry

And below is a night with Charles rants and how he talks to you after he has your check. Everyday new people are contacting us with the same story pattern. The victims are just trying to save the public from what we have and are enduring. Please spread the word:

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:42 PM
Subject: I KNOW you're OBSESSING over me...

I KNOW you're OBSESSING over me right now. Hurry and say something, LOSER! Hahahahahaha!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:43 PM
Subject: Hurry and get online to post...

Hurry and get online to post something and have it REMOVED like they have done! Hahahaha! What an IDIOT!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:46 PM
Subject: C'mon,

C'mon, I KNOW you're thinking about me! HURRY and get online with your PATHETIC life! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:48 PM
Subject: All your attempts to hurt me are...

All your attempts to hurt me are SO STUPID! How DUMB! My life is GREAT! Selling buildings to HONEST customers and delivering with NO PROBLEMS like YOU!


From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:50 PM
Subject: Patrick has already left you by...

Patrick has already left you by now, right? I doubt he even exists! If he did, he would have controlled your STUPID behavior against me.


From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:57 PM
Subject: I hope your OBSESSION with me...

I hope your OBSESSION with me RUINS every dinner, every lunch, EVERY second of EVERY DAY you keep messing with me. Your ANGER keeps your life IN SHAMBLES!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 8:59 PM
Subject: YOU have ruined YOUR OWN life with...

YOU have ruined YOUR OWN life with all your spite, anger, vengeful behavior, LIES, DECEIPT... YOU have been YOUR OWN worst ENEMY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 9:53 PM
Subject: You can say what you want,

You can say what you want, BUT we have a contract, AND I HAVE $15, 000


From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: Hurry, get the last word, you...

Hurry, get the last word, you UGLY, MANNISH-LOOKING, dyke-looking, slanderous, libelous, defematory, witch. HURRY! HURRY!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: Hurry up and waste your WORTHLESS...

Hurry up and waste your WORTHLESS life getting online posting LIES. You're a waste of space and air Brenda. What a LOSER.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: Your "FRAUD" case is SO strong...

Your "FRAUD" case is SO strong that it's NON EXISTENT.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: You think you're so tough...

You think you're so tough...YOU ARE A JOKE making EMPTY THREATS that can't argue with our CONTRACT. IDIOT.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:13 PM
Subject: With the $15, 000 contract,

With the $15, 000 contract, my dogs are loving their $15, 000 beds and treats.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: You're an IDIOT that THINKS you...

You're an IDIOT that THINKS you can scare me, with a CONTRACT that you have breached with your online antics. The $15k per our contract was FUN spending.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: The only "case" you've built is...

The only "case" you've built is libel and defamation AGAINST YOURSELF, you in-bred, David Koresh looking, mannish FREAK.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: You have a bigger penis and testes...

You have a bigger penis and testes than Patrick. You are a sick-looking excuse for a woman, and it's easy to understand why you're ALONE.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: I just can't get over how BUTT...

I just can't get over how BUTT ugly YOU ARE.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: $15, 000 LEGAL.

$15, 000 LEGAL. Actually, I paid for landscaping with your $15k. But, that allowed me my Kenya and New Zealand vacations after the massive landscaping project!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: Patrick DID finally leave you,

Patrick DID finally leave you, right? If not, he's a spineless pussy that let's an evil woman like U control him, and he deserves it for staying. YOU'RE UGLY!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: You should go get a new drivers...

You should go get a new drivers license with a MASK on!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: You CAN'T KEEP agents working for...

You CAN'T KEEP agents working for you, because they HATE you. They talk on the internet too, just like LOSER BRENDA.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: With the court-awarded damages...

With the court-awarded damages from your libel/defamation, I'm going to go to New Zealand this time. Thanks Brenda!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: When I see your UGLINESS,

When I see your UGLINESS, I understand why you have all this time to libel and defame me. You're a PATHETIC LOSER and YOU DON'T HAVE THE FORTITUDE to br

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: eak me down.

eak me down. You're a WEAK, SAD, sorry excuse for a human being that thinks getting online and posting lies will work. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR IT?

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: I used the rest of your $15k from...

I used the rest of your $15k from our LEGAL contract, after spoiling my dogs, in Australia now, LOVING LIFE! Thanks Brenda!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: Not to mention the customers that...

Not to mention the customers that have posted their blogs about you. I don't really care about that online stuff, but I know that's your life, so IT KILLS YOU.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: We have a CONTRACT,

We have a CONTRACT, u CANT deny the contract, and w/your libel +defamation, u contributed to my Kenya vacation that I LOVED SO MUCH. Better than South Africa.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:45 PM
Subject: Good night LOSER.

Good night LOSER. Have fun pretending hen-pecked, pussy Patrick is there to hold your MANNISH, DYKE-LOOKING, UGLY body while you wretch at night!

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:49 PM
Subject: NODODY wants YOU.

NODODY wants YOU. You are a selfish, pathetic, vindictive, controlling, impossible freak that NOBODY WANTS. NOBODY WANTS YOU. YOU'RE NOT WANTED.

From: +16789104192
Sent: Jan 22, 2010 10:51 PM
Subject: NOBODY wants YOU.

NOBODY wants YOU. You are a selfish, pathetic, vindictive, controlling, impossible freak that NOBODY WANTS. NOBODY WANTS YOU. YOU'RE NOT WANTED.

I wish someone would have warned me about Christbilt Metal Buildings prior to my purchase. I am only one of many upset customers you will find complaining about this company on this and other sites. Please take the time to view them all. Seems funds where retained from customers in Aug., Sept., Oct., and Nov. of 2009. I hope we have saved any lose for Dec.

Many of those complaining have lost their deposits in full from $3, 500 to $10, 000. I paid for 1 building in full, 2/3 of another in the amount of $15K and have not received any thing more than 1 set of plans that cost $800, no delivery date or promise to deliver. Any time I request a delivery date I get verbal battering instead. He has suggested to others that he is retaining their deposits to pay for his legal defense.

As a business owner myself I always thought I was a good judge of character, I now am second guessing myself. We had priced out his buildings over a year ago. When we re-price the buildings again, he emailed us an offer too good to be true, 25% off the price. I took him up on his offer and ordered the 2 buildings. We paid for one in full, and the second one almost 2/3 paid for in the amount of $15K total sent to him. He stated I needed to get that into him by Friday as his engineer was leave for the rest of the month and it would delay our project. So we did. Later to find out that he plays the role of his engineer, of course without a license.

He received our check Oct. 5th. I emailed a week after to ask about our plans that per the contract we where to receive within 21 days, to find a totally different man on the other end. I offended him by questioning my order and the verbal battering began. He seems to enjoy this and is very good at it. He will say things to you and about you that even your worst enemy has not said to your face. Next thing you know you find yourself sinking to his level and you are calling him names back and wondering what the heck is wrong with this picture as "You get what you pay for" is ringing in your ears.

He offered to just send back my check, an offer I jumped on right then and there. I wanted nothing more to do with this company. He back peddled realizing I would not hang in there but would pay more to order from another company. He than would not agree to uphold his offer but started quoting all the fees he would charge me. I later got that in writing below that he would keep over $11k of our $15K.

I hired a male mediator to assist in the communication thinking maybe it was a male chauvinist issue and this would help everyone just calm down and complete the transaction. He sent him page after page of rude comments about me personally and ramblings, and has even attacked him personally. Male/Female doesn't seem to matter.

After rounds and rounds of battering emails (I have a book of these texts and emails sent from him with no response from us at all) we looked over his contract to see the cancellation fee was only $175. He addressed a restocking fee but does not state the percentage or amount. We all know about the disclosure laws. We thought it would be better to pay this fee, and the $800 for the plans already received and be done learning a valuable lesson. He sent us an email breaking down that if we canceled our order he would charge us and keep over $11K of our $15K. See this actual email from company:

I offered to cancel BEFORE we had completed engineering and supplied drawings. If there is a current cancellation request, its by the Buyer, not us. Of course cancellation is always an available option, but after having engineered a building, its not my first choice of remedy.

If the Buyers intentions are to cancel, here is the itemization:

Entire cost of Building A would be forfeited: $5, 997.03

$175 change-order fee (paperwork) for canceling Building A.

8% ($479.76) of the total cost of Building A would be forfeited for an order canceled after engineering has been completed, allocation, scheduling, production disruption.

$175 change-order fee (paperwork) for canceling Building B

Given that the larger building, Building B, is the building that most directly influenced the pricing structure of steel and delivery that we offered the Buyer, canceling Building B would incur a forfeiture of 30% ($4, 279.29) of the total cost of Building B for allocation cancellation, production cancellation, and logistics cancellation.

Net refund for canceling both buildings = $3, 893.92

We did not cancel but I wonder if this is not how it works so he makes money without ever providing any more than the plans he only charges $800 for. I'm just saying...

We have received one set of plans, when it turned out that the county required stamped foundation plans and we ordered them from him, he would not give us the 25% discount on these sets of plans. Stating again in writing that if I had ordered those with my original order I would not have gotten the offer for 25% off at all, and he can pick and chose who get the discount and who doesn't. But when a friend went on line and did the building pricing for a building with stamped foundation plans, yep you guessed it no change he got the same offer of 25% off. This we also have in writing. We also noticed he stamps his own plans putting himself out as the Engineer on stamped engineered plans, an item that is also being looked into.

Now many months have gone by and we can't get a delivery date for the building we have paid for in full. Or who the manufacturer is, as he feels this is none of our business. I'm not at all convinced I would have ever seen the building I have paid for in full now. But he has given us all a common bond to ban together.

And now that I'm posting our experience with this company they are holding my paid for building and stating that their 12 month lay away program which did not state terms is my fault, and either both buildings must come together or the lay away building first. They continue to demand more money from us without sending the building already paid for that had a 6 - 8 week business days delivery time, which has past. The list of unfair business practices gets longer with this company every day.

If you have had the same experience with Christbilt, The Attorney Generals Office of Consumer Affairs would like to hear from you.