Very unprofessional. Doesn't even deserve a star period. I got called names by the owner Chad. HEADS UP EVERYONE. This company is the worst. Seemed more like scammers to me.... never been contacted so much over a course on weeks. Then I have to leave for work I had no phone to contact and I get belittled about it. Chad needs to learn to grow up in order to run a company. If any one needs proof contact me I have total of more then 7 screen shots of multiple contacts within the last 3 weeks. Very inprofessional and Not worth time read more

Roger Quataro's Testimonial Aloha, I recently visited Hawaii and participated in my family's fundraiser and I have to say how incredibly happy I was to see our family's success with The Ultimate Fundraiser. We were raising money for our large family reunion and we far surpassed all of our goals, especially the money we raised! We worked with the whole TUF team, but we especially worked with Chad, who is the owner of the company. He couldn't have been any better for our family. He was detailed, organized and very professional. We and his company helped our entire family from beginning to end of all 3 of our fundraisers. They paid for everything, did pretty much all of the work and we were able to have a bigger and better family reunion than we ever expected. They gave us great fundraiser packets and they even had 15 products in each one of our fundraisers. We not only sold a bunch of their products in Hawaii, I did the fundraiser on the mainland and along with the rest of my immediately family, we raised enough money to fly to Hawaii and pay for entire trip and family reunion. They even helped us with the shipping of all of our products to the mainland. We were even able to have better food and a huge raffle at our reunion with all of the money we raised with TUF. More important than anything else, Chad and The Ultimate Fundraiser gave us the most awesome customer service and took care of our whole family. We were really taken care of and we will use TUF for our next family reunion in Hawaii 2 years from now. To even have a better family reunion next time, instead of 3 fundraisers, we will be starting to fundraise earlier and do 8-10 fundraisers with TUF so that we can have even a better family reunion than we did this year. To everyone out there about thinking using TUF, myself and my whole family highly suggest you use The Ultimate Fundraiser for all of your fundraisers! They will take good care of you and they will help you raise a ton of money! We couldn't be happier with their service and we will put our family name backing this company! read more

This is the best Fundraiser in the sate of Hawaii! They can do pretty much any type of fundraiser from products to store front sales to door to door to Big events! They have the largest selection of products anywhere around, all of which are really easy to sell and priced incredibly well! TUF also has the best marketing materials from any other fundraiser we have done before. They gave us big packets with tons of products, pictures of the products, prices and order forms. On top of that, they gave us additional fliers, posters and banners that helped us make so much more money during our fundraiser! During the whole fundraiser, TUF took care of EVERYTHING from A-Z. They paid for all of our up-front costs, gave us the best marketing materials, launched our fundraiser for us, did a full text and email system that helped out our parents and families tremendously, answered any questions we had throughout the fundraiser, they handled all of our accounting and then even picked up and distributed all of the customers products all by themselves! On top of that, they have the most amazing prizes for kids and adults. For our fundraiser, we had tons of prizes set up for us including bikes, play stations, sports equipment and even trips to Vegas! At the end of our fundraiser, they even threw the kids and all the parents and families a pizza party that everyone in our organization loved! THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST FUNDRAISER WE HAVE EVER DONE! We will be using The Ultimate Fundraiser for all of our future fundraisers and would consider using anyone else. Everybody in our fundraiser from the leaders, the kids, the parents, the families and all of our customers loved TUF from start to finish. It couldn't have been a better fundraiser or experience and we would recommend The Ultimate Fundraiser to anyone who wants or needs a fundraiser! read more

Linda Rose's Testimonial I have lived in Hawaii for 39 years. I have worked as a pre-planning advisor in Hawaii for 35 years. I have interacted with thousands of businesses, business owners, and professionals through all these years. I have known Chad Bergantz for many years and am honored to recommend him for all your fundraising needs. Chad is very organized and detailed oriented. He spends so much time with his clients on the phone and in person, plus he really listens to all their wants and needs. He has a great presentation and fully explained all his services to me and what he offers. I have to say that my mind was blown with all of the different fundraisers they have and can run for people! They literally offer everything under the sun for fundraising and it allows people to choose any type of fundraiser they want that works best for them. I have personally interacted with Chad Bergantz in numerous business and social gatherings. He was incredible from the very start. From the first minute I met him, he was respectful, honest, positive, extremely helpful, very professional. His desire to take care of his clients and be of service is obvious. My overall experience with Chad and The Ultimate Fundraiser has been wonderful all the way around. He strives to make the process of working with him very easy, fun, free and most importantly, very profitable. I love the Hawaii community and I'm always for giving back in any way I can. So, it means so much to me on how much Chad wants to give to the community in general. His desire to support so many wonderful charities is great to see and I would recommend him to anyone in Hawaii who needs fundraising. I have referred many people to Chad. I am confident he will take excellent care of them. I honestly can't say enough good things about this company. This type of company fills a great need in the Hawaii community and they are definitely a huge asset to anyone they work with! If I could, I'd give this company 6 stars in my book! read more

Not sure what's changed (looking at the prior reviews) but this fundraiser is incredibly supportive. Most places just sell you the product and ask you to come back when you're done to collect... Not these folks. You don't have to pay for anything upfront. And, once you decide which of the tons of options you're selling, you get this giant marketing packet. It looks kind of intense but that's because it's designed to help you sell... It gives you instructions and ideas and rewards! What other place gives you prizes for fundraising? Anyway, it was a well thought out and profitable experience - one anyone who's interested in fundraising should consider. read more

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT USING THIS FUNDRAISER, YOU SHOULD READ THIS WHOLE THING BEFORE MAKING THE MISTAKE OF PARTICIPATING WITH THEM!! Overall, I think this fundraiser should NOT be a first choice, or a second choice, or even a third choice. Actually, you should just go ahead and put this fundraiser as a last resort. Sure, they pay for everything and it really takes a lot of fundraising stress off of you, but they are NOT professional AT ALL. All of the times that my organization met with them, they were at LEAST 15 minutes late, which would be understandable except for the fact that they give you NO heads up what so ever. Also, when they came and gave their presentation, they gave me and other people in my organization completely UNREALISTIC expectations. They kept talking about how you would sell SO MUCH and how people would just buy SO MUCH product in SUCH BIG BULK sizes, which didn't happen for anybody that I know of in my group. They give you prizes when you reach a certain amount sold, yet, NOT A SINGLE PERSON that was in my organization reached those goals because, honestly, to reach those goals you would have to do nonstop fundraising, which is not going to happen because people have other obligations. You would have to continuously go door-to-door and get your family and friends to ask everybody they know to buy. Then, there was this incident where the guy was completely yelling at a fundraiser participant. This lady was there with her daughter and they had already picked up their orders, but came back because the guy had miscounted and not given them enough product to fill all of the orders. They walked up to him and they were explaining the situation and everything was fine. Then, the guy was telling them that he wasn't going to give them the products that they needed in order to give people their full orders because they had signed some paper that, in NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, clarified that signing it would make fixing their order impossible. Now, keep in mind that they only needed two more bags of product. The lady then proceeded to ask him what they were supposed to do. She was going on about how the customers paid for what they were supposed to get and that it wasn't right to not fill their orders because of a careless mistake that could've easily been fixed. The guy then starts to raise his voice at the mom, as well as the daughter, continuously asking the daughter why she signed off on the form if the numbers weren't right, yet, he wouldn't admit that he miscounted. He was a complete asshole and kept on yelling at them and told them to go away. He said that if they came to the next meeting at the PUBLIC park, he would call the police on them and that they weren't allowed to come near him. I couldn't believe that he had the fucking audacity to try and ban them from a public park because his arrogant self believed that he had any authority over who came and went form there while he was in that general vicinity. The other part that was ridiculous was the fact that he wouldn't even consider the thought that he miscounted! He kept going on about how he doesn't miscount and how he was right and they were wrong and that it was impossible that he didn't count right. All I could think was, well sir, actually, there are quite a few things in the world that are impossible such as having a goldfish live out of water, living without oxygen, and stapling water to a tree, but a human miscounting bags isn't one of them. It's not by any means impossible. It's actually pretty probable. For anybody that thinks this will be a good fundraiser, you are wrong. I would no recommend this to anybody unless you enjoy having your time wasted and intelligence and integrity both insulted and compromised. read more

This was the most HORRIBLE experience with a "business" I have ever had . The owner Chad and his girlfriend came to do a presentation of the fundraiser . He offended everyone there and he is lucky he didn't get his face punched on the way out because He made many rude and offending remarks regarding our children,the way we look, our intelligence and our efforts. He says he is hawaiian but he is NOT. Don't let him thru the doors and don't invite him to your meetings . Aloha. read more

Please if you want the best fundraiser than this is not it! Just because my order wasn't $1000 and that he doesn't never make mistakes, he has not made it a point to full fill my order. My poor teachers and co workers are still out of their product that was purchased through the Farrington Project Grad! The sad part is that my teachers were using that to make stocking stuffier for their kids and now they can't because he will not full fill my order. As a person of business you make sure that all your products are delivered and that your customers are taken care of. How's this the coordinator of the project suggested that they refund me back from the Project grad money. How's that!? That is not cool! He made the mistake then he should fix it! read more

Rating is "no stars" for The Ultimate Fundraiser**DO NOT USE** I Repeat **DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY** There should be some kind of BBB laws stopping this company from even existing. I am speaking from an experience witnessed first hand from the guy that runs it Chad Berguntz and the leaders of our organization that was trying to use his company. He is very rude and unprofessional and for some reason when he feels threatened (even though he wasnt) he feels the need to start yelling and then being racist. I think hes bipolar and he has something against locals although he claims he is one. All you'll need to know is there is no reasoning with this guy he thinks he's bionic and he's perfect. Don't sign any contracts just do your reviews and background checks on this fraud company and you will see that you shouldn't make the mistake of doing any fundraisers with them. My advice is to shape up Chad change yourself and your company for the better and learn to be professional and put your own personal issues asside. You have upset and pissed off alot of different people. One day you probably will piss off the wrong person and I have a feeling that person will not be as nice. I'm glad that we didn't follow through with pursuing a fundraiser with your company we actually went and found another fundraiser and it worked out great for us. Save us the drama and headache you bring. I wash my hands of you and am glad I don't have to deal with you no more. I wish you nothing but the best but on a real you need to grow up!! read more

Found working with tuf easy and well worth it. the staff was great. made my event go smoothly. we found out about tuf through an old friend. who used them. Any problems we had they fixed immediately.It is really a great opportunity for anyone to get help for any type of business to raise money. The fact that they are non profit makes me feel 100%. I am glad they are around to help make all fundraising easy. read more

In my opinion, this company doesn't even deserve one star as this has been the worst fundraising experience. My personal view is that Chad "I-think-I'm-Hawaiian" Bergantz, has been the biggest headache. I think a few words to best describe him are immature, unprofessional, and habitual liar. It is my opinion that Chad lies so often that he forgets what lies he's told and gets caught in his lies. I think he's gotten to the point that he can't differentiate between fact or fiction. I think he's told the lies so often that they become fact in his mind then tries to make excuses for his lies and keeps digging himself deeper and deeper with more lies. The contracts his company makes you agree to are ridiculous in my opinion. One of their slogans is "We take the headache out of fundraising". I don't think I've ever had a bigger headache from a fundraiser in my life. I think Chad uses intimidation as a means to get naive customers to give him money. It seems that threats and insults are commonplace with Chad and his company. It's funny that the 5 star reviews seem to come from Chad himself or his make believe staff. One 5 star review even has "The Ultimate F." as the reviewer. Oops Chad, it appears that you've screwed the pooch on that one. It's seems like this company has had legal troubles in the past. Stay far away from this company. In my opinion, if you're looking for an easy fundraiser, honest company, and professional staff, then this company and its practices are definitely not for you. read more

Definitely would NOT recommend this fundraiser to other organizations. Beware of the "too good to be true" adage because in this instance it is sadly true. The representative for this fundraiser was a complete tyrant & malicious bully when fundraiser sales did not meet his expectations. Despite the efforts of all individuals who participated, the representative undermined the hard work and efforts of all those who participated in the fundraiser. In fact, he point blank scared people and the police were almost involved to pacify the situation. After reading the posted reviews, I completely concur with their feelings about this fundraiser and am saddened that they had to experience what our organization went through. Reading their posts gave us the courage to speak out about our experience and hopefully we can prevent other programs from going through a harrowing experience. It is highly recommended that fundraiser seekers find reputable and highly established fundraising events rather than the ultimate fundraiser. read more