Who do you believe--Kelly G Rogers or Avie DeSwardt?

I'm giving you, our readers, a homework assignment today. Read these two comments and simply tell us who you believe?

On August 02, 2009, Kelly Rogers wrote the following on the Ripoff Report about A.D. Design; 

DO not have your cabinets done by Avie De Swardt or A. D. Designs. He is a swindler and a fraud. He will take your deposit and not deliver your cabinets. If he does deliver any cabinets they will be substandard, different than what you ordered, and he will not care.

He will make promises to you to make you believe that his work is the best in the industry. Then he will steal your money, refuse to take your calls, agree to meet with you and fail to show up, and never meet his promised dates for delivery and installation. 

Then he will try to intimidate you with his size and threaten you into accepting his sorry excuse for cabinets, and then he will file a lien against you if you don't pay him for what he failed to deliver.

Former Customer Dallas, Texas U.S.A.
Mr. Avie De Swardt from A.D Designs responds......


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

 

I have only filed a lien on one persons property in my 22 years in business. That was against Mr. Kelly Rogers. I filed the lien for one reason only and that is because he didn't pay me. 

My builder on the project was Mr. Mike Brown had advised me to file a lien as he (Home owner Kelly Rogers) was not paying him either or his bills. Mr. Mike Brown of MJB Homes can be contacted at 214-236-2617 to confirm this information. 

Mr. Kelly Rogers was sued by my lawyers at Higgier & Allen in Dallas and we settled. The outstanding money owed to my company by Rogers was delivered to my lawyers office before the case went to court.

I, Avie De Swardt, settled for about 40 cents on the dollar so I was the only one who lost money here. I believe my builder/customer Mr. Brown lost in excess of $100,000 that was owed to him by Mr. Rogers. I also did not get a final payment of approximately $1500 from Rogers and did not bother to pursue it and just moved on. 


The only truth about his report is that I did run into him afterwards at a Costco and I was rude to him in front of his wife, however, I did not threaten him in any way.  I did insult him and that's probably why he filed this nonsense to try and hurt me or my company. I can send you a customer list of a few hundred if needed so your office can make this false report disappear. 
 

Many Thanks, 

AVIE DE SWARDT
214-693-1992