Cardinal Custom Furniture
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Chanse DiGiovanni - Cardinal Custom Furniture's A SCAM
I made a trip to the Morrison County Courthouse (Little Falls, MN) yesterday (4/24/2012), 962 miles roundtrip. As expected Chanse DiGiovanni was a no show, but the judge ruled in my favor to the tune of $1075. I understand I’ll most likely never see a dime of it, but that doesn’t mean I won’t continue to pursue it. If anyone has any advice as to how to proceed collecting it, I’m all ears.
I noticed the number of folks looking at the posts regarding Cardinal Custom Furniture is growing, hopefully people are getting the message before they send any unanticipated “donations†his way. I also see he has moved his hosting site to officelive.com because custommade.com gave him the boot. I may have to place a call with our Microsoft rep and find out who I need to contact have his site taken down, as I know they will remove it if it can be proved it’s being used to scam and steal money from consumers.
As for those that have fallen victim to Chanse DiGiovanni and his scams; I highly recommend taking action using the small claims court process. The more people that let him get away with it, the more he will do it. Chanse DiGiovanni is a scam artist, fraud, thief and most of all a coward! What kind of “man†doesn’t show up to his own court hearing, minutes from his house to defend himself? That pretty much tells you all you need to know.
After dozens of unanswered calls and emails he finally told me he'd send my deposit back on January 5. Still waiting.
I started a small claims case and because of that he told me i would not be receiving my deposit back at all. BUYER BE VERY AWARE.
Everett, Washington
Over promise and under deliver
I was a customer of the company, "Chanse Digiovanni's Custom Furniture" which is now "Cardinal Custom Furniture" and I just wanted to let anyone who involves themselves in this business, that he has quality furniture. However, I was told I would get my furniture in 6 weeks, but 4 months later, 17 weeks and 3 days to be exact, is when I recieved my furniture. I will not sit here and say that the quality sucks. the quality was wonderful. HOWEVER.... I was told it would get done in 5-6 weeks AT THE MOST. I've never heard so many excuses in my life for failing to deliver on time. For example, his dad was in the hospital, his personal vehicle broke down, his wife was sick and in the hospital, a tool broke down, his email dont work, his phone was shut off, his phone is broken. The list goes on and on.
All I ever wanted was for him to be honest. However I don't feel this man is capable of telling the truth. If he would have just told me what was going on, I would have done my best to understand. I want this furniture to last a long time, and I know that it will based on the quality I've seen. I was willing to give it time... HE signed a contract telling me it would be done in 6 weeks.... and he lied.... if he would have just told me, "I need to take my time, I have issues" I would have understood.
While the quality of the furniture is great, I would never place another order with this person because of his over promising and under delivering experience he put me through as a customer.
Lies, all lies. Chanse DiGiovanni tells nothing but lies.
He promised me the money he owes me and I don't have it. He said that I voided the contract, he did. Stearns County Small Claims Court agrees with me. PAY ME MY MONEY BACK!
ps. A Stearns County Sheriff Officer will be stopping by soon to collect my money for me, you crook.
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And for those of you curious his phone number is 320241**** and he has moved to bemidji mn. He has changed his business name to lumberjack custom furniture and I fully agree that any and all who have been taken advantage of, should pursue and let's figure out a way to get him.locked away for fraud and theft!!
His specail needs child is a very bright boy who was supposedly diagnosed with fas. (According to the liar,chanse) I know the boys mother, she is a mother of two other little boys and she is an amazing mom. Chanse pulled many strings and told many lies to alot of people to get that boy in his custody, but only uses the poor child for a paycheck for disability because chanse cant keep a real job.
He has no drivers license, but continues to drive, he has three or four other children that clearly dont want to be woth him when they are in public, and who knows...
maybe all this money he is stealing is paying for his child support?
Clearly this man cant pay any bills, he cant pay for day care, his public record has many evictions and unlawful detainers, along with people wanting their money back.
I hope that somewhere, Someone sees all this and will put him to a stop.
Somehwere along the line this has to be illegal. And he shpuld be doing jail time
His new company is lumberjack custom furniture out of bemidji mn. Please look into this and shut him down.
After numerous attempts via telephone and certified mail trying to reach this company, they have chosen not to respond to our requests. We understand this does not resolve your complaint against the company and empathize with your frustration over this issue. We will be closing the case as "unanswered".
Your complaint will remain in the company's business review for 36 months, our standard reporting period. That review is made available to the consuming public, the news media and various regulatory agencies. Your complaint will reflect the lack of response by Cardinal Custom Furniture and cause their BBB grade to drop. Hopefully your complaint will spare another consumer from having the same experience that you had.
If the company contacts you and a resolution is reached, please let me know so our records are current.
Thank you for using the BBB's free services.
Sincerely,
Jayme Markus, Mediation Coordinator
Your story is exactly like mine. I have been trying to shut him down for the past 6 months.
I don't want any more people getting taken by this crook. He claims to be a religious man. He claims to have a a special needs child. He makes a lot of claims, but I just want my money back too.
Speaking of claims, I took him to small claims court and won. I can't stand this guy and I wish you the best of luck.
Please help us find chanse's child's mother asap. her child is involved in a chips petition in bemidji,mn Beltrami County contact kris_mor26@***.com
He has now changed his business to lumberjack custom furniture... how is this legal??!!
how does one get ahold of you..?? I need to speak to this childs mother ASAP..!! kris_mor26@***.com
Chanse is a THIEF,
I assure you I am not Chanse, as "Mary" stated, "he has moved to Bemidji, MN". The business website also indicates the owner lives in Bemidji, MN.
If you did not notice, I live in Minneapolis, MN.
Judging by his website, and recent completions, I see no evidence that he is scamming anyone. Both his website, and my dear friend whom recommended this business, both show he is cable of producing a high quality product, those are talents I know I do not have, which would suggest this individual knows the art of woodworking.
Again, because I know someone who has made a purchase and received goods from this business, I believe you need to look up the definition of a scam. It seems clear to me that someone has a personal vendetta against the owner of this business, and considering there is a comment from "ex gf of his", I should think this is coming after a recent breakup or falling out of some sort.
I am a attorney, whom happens to take cases primarily in Personal Injury, which this case falls under.
I cannot answer as to why someone would have a judgment. However, it is a known fact the at least 1/3 of Americans have a below average credit score, and it is not uncommon in today's society for someone in the middle to lower class to have at least one judgment. I would also like to inform you that when a person sues for Defamation of Character under Minnesota Statues 609.765, the Plaintiff is entitled to damages, which include: punitive damages, compensatory damages, emotional and mental distress. As an attorney, in cases such as these, I charge a standard flat fee of 25%.
If the owner of this business elects to file a claim, utilizing my services, I will be sure to suggest he uses a portion, if not all monetary gain, to repay any outstanding judgments he may have.
Good day
A good attorney would suggest to this thief of a business owner to pay the judgments against him. But we know this is Chanse and he is so FOS its getting funny.
You're a crook and a coward. You're new "business" is a scam and anyone considering doing business is going to lose their money.
Chanse cannot hold a job, most likely doesn't know a thing about woodworking and will STEAL your money.
BUYER BEWARE!
I was recommend to the owner of this company from a dear friend of mine, who recently purchased a custom bed bed, and has nothing but praise about this company. Of course, when I conducted a web search, I was astonished to see this headline in the search engine results.
To make it clear, I am an Attorney in Minneapolis, MN.
Clearly Mary, you are not familiar with Minnesota Laws, are you aware by posting these allegations with no merit of proof, you are undoubtedly creating a libel statement. Thus, I am considering to contact and represent the owner of this business, as I see no clear evidence of anything you have written to be truthful, nor does anything you state have any little significance regards the business. Nowhere in your review of this company have you stated whether you have made purchases from this company; however, it would appear to me,
you are only attempting to defame the owner of this company.
Furthermore, Minnesota Statutes 609.765 CRIMINAL DEFAMATION states:
Subdivision 1.Definition.
Defamatory matter is anything which exposes a person or a group, class or association to hatred, contempt, ridicule, degradation or disgrace in society, or injury to business or occupation.
Subd. 2.Acts constituting. Whoever with knowledge of its defamatory character orally, in writing or by any other means, communicates any defamatory matter to a third person without the consent of the person defamed is guilty of criminal defamation and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. Subd.
3.Justification. Violation of subdivision 2 is justified if: (1) the defamatory matter is true and is communicated with good motives and for justifiable ends; or (2) the communication is absolutely privileged; or (3) the communication consists of fair comment made in good faith with respect to persons participating in matters of public concern; or (4) the communication consists of a fair and true report or a fair summary of any judicial, legislative or other public or official proceedings; or (5) the communication is between persons each having an interest or duty with respect to the subject matter of the communication and is made with intent to further such interest or duty. Subd. 4.Testimony required.
No person shall be convicted on the basis of an oral communication of defamatory matter except upon the testimony of at least two other persons that they heard and understood the oral statement as defamatory or upon a plea of guilty. History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.765; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444
Yeah this guy is a real peach. I'm not sure how someone can be such a dispicible human being.
I feel for his kids and hope they can somehow grow up avoiding the same path of their so called parent. Hopefully some day he is rewarded with a wakeup call and tries to right his wrongs, but I highly doubt it.
His picture is right next to the definition of loser in the dictionary.
I see he pissed someone off so bad thet registered his name as a domain (ChanseDiGiovanni.com) tonwarn others about.
Attorney in Minnesota...
Please...any good attorney would do his homework before he publicly defended anyone. And this thief, Chanse would probably need a public defender because he likely doesn't have any of his stolen money left.
If you're truly an attorney use the tools at your disposal to see the judgments against him...by the way just because I say I live in the white house doesn't make it so.
Man up, right your wrongs!
Somebody does have a vendetta against you! Everyone you've ripped off!
For being an attorney, you'd think you could at least spell attorney right in your posts...
A real attorney wouldn't threaten with claims of defamation.
It is not defamation, when its true. Just people getting facts out in the open so nobody falls victim to this coward again.
THIS GUYS THIS THE BIGGEST LOSER. CANT PAYS HIS BILLS LET ALONE BUILD FURNITURE . DON NOT TRUST THIS MAN
Has there been any recent news on this loser? Is he still out there scamming people with defunct businesses, gofundme scams and other criminal activity?