If I could give this business ZERO stars, I would. If you are considering doing business with this…read morecompany, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS REVIEW.
We found them at the Florida Design and Remodeling show. They called us to set up an appointment to do a free "energy survey". They sent out a representative (salesman) who made a point of calling his "boss" when he arrived, and again when he was about to be thrown out of my home. He insisted that he wasn't a salesman, he said he was only working in the advertising/promotions department. He opened with a presentation slide that stated that this company is A rated by the Better Business Bureau (IT IS NOT).
His business card had a sticker over the name and phone number of someone else - either he is new, or the company is so cheap it doesn't print new business cards for their reps. That was the first red flag for me.
He stated that they had a special being offered now and that they were "selecting" four homes in every zip code. Those households had to agree to submit pictures of their energy bill and of the installations of the solar and energy saving systems. Those pictures would be used in their promotional material. The use of those pictures would get us a 50% reduction on their fees and services.
He then proceeded to take up 2 hours of our time and insisted he could install his solar system on our house, blow insulation into our attic, line the attic with some NASA foil stuff, and install a solar attic fan to reduce our monthly energy bill by approximately $100, all at no cost to our monthly budget.
How on earth do you think he could do that? Well, he said it was because their company would self-finance us for 1 year, with monthly payments of $35, then in a year the "loan" would be re-financed and our payments would be $54. But since he also PROMISED that their system would reduce our FPL bill by $100 a month, we wouldn't be paying anything out of pocket - a weird sort of logic.
What raised the 2nd red flag with me was that when I said, "Of course you'll give me and my husband a couple of days to do our research and due diligence, right?" His response was NO. The offer was only good NOW. Sign right now, and you get this super-duper deal.
I told him that is NOT how I do business. I always check the background of any contractor or worker who I'm considering allowing to do anything to my home. He said they might find someone else in our zip code and the offer would no longer be available to us.
I told him that I felt it was time he LEFT. Before he would leave, he insisted on calling his "boss" again and giving him a synopsis of what he had covered in his presentation. I thought that was creepy - his "boss" obviously trained him on what he had to present, I would assume. I felt that phone call was a round-about way to reiterate what he had said here. It was very strange.
So, after he left, I went on the Internet and did a Google search. There are numerous complaints against this company both in Florida and in Texas.
This is a SCAM. Buyer beware!
The person who did the presentation was Mike Matamoros. Company address on the business card was 3406 SW 26th Terr. suite C-11, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. and the business phone number is 877-503-4328. The sticker for Mike had this phone number: 954-696-7002. The State of Florida's website, SunBiz.org shows a corporate address for State Energy Conservation, LLC in Sanford, Florida. The Registered Agent Name & Address is:
ACKERMAN, RICHARD S
3999 W. 1ST STREET
SANFORD FL 32771
Name Changed: 11/13/2008
Address Changed: 03/11/2010