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Davison Design & Development not fulfilling Contract

In April 2010, i contacted Davison with my Idea, everything was going well while i was being lied to by Chadd Murray.Next step was Development of my idea.My sample was unaccptable, and i continually called and had recorded phone conversations with them, and was promised a new sample and packaging that was never fullfilled, also my idea was to be out for presentation and i contacted the companies after my contract out and they neverrecived any presentation, i was told By Autumn Lewinski, my idea was notaccepted per phone conversation from the targeted corporation, I have an e-mail from them stating he never had any conversations with them and my idea was never presented to them..I also paid another 355.00 for another presentation as of today there has been no presentation to this company...In June i called Davison, and told Lynn Gottesman, my sample was unacceptable and i was informed to e-mail Frank Vescio and tell him exactly what i wanted, i told her we did that in Jan. then i asked if my idea was out for presentation and was told MOST DEFINATELY... i am still waitingfor my weekly pudated phone cals as pe contract, my packaging as per contract, my proper sample as per contract, my presentations that i paid for per contract.Frank Vescio has totally lied per recorded phone conversations and threatened me to retract my statements on rip-0ff reoprt, which they are in cahoots with, b/c Frank Vescio told me i would be hearing from Ed real soon..Hmmmm interesting..I Wish George Davison would step up and answer his certified registered letters, to only be accepted and signed by him, and 3 times these were signed by someone else in the company. I want a resolution and notthe run around any more and stop the lies and just be truthfull, I WILL NOT GO AWAY until there has been a resolution, they can keeep ignoring me and i will go farther into the media, to getthe word out about this company

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Davison Design & Development credibility for fixing complaint

My name is Rev. Anthony Gargotta. I filed a complaint against Davison - Invention Land in Pittsburgh, PA. I want to retract my complaint and say that Davison has worked with me in clearing up the issues I had and I have no complaint about them or their integrity. Please remove my complaint or make an addendum as to their credibility. They have went above and beyond what they could do in kindness and fairness to help resolve our issues and possible misunderstandings. Thank You, Sincerely Rev. Anthony Gargotta [protected]@gmail.com 245 Azalea Dr. Monroeville, PA, 15146

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Davison Design & Development lied to, deceived, and paid $10, 000.00 with incomplete services

I am writing about Davison and Invention Land based in Pittsburgh. Davison has taken over $10, 000.00 from me and claim they have done nothing wrong but I have been robbed. I have also been lied to, falsely misled, and pressured into signing an agreement with lies.

When Davison submitted my product concept to me in drawing form, I was very concerned that it did not reflect my concept at all. Davison does say that the final product may not look like what the person originally thought it would. I understand that, but the whole concept was different. I was given a drawing of a manual product and my concept was for it to be automatic. When I expressed my concerns to 2 of the coaches, I was told that this is to just get us in the door with a major company then they would present the automatic idea. I made 8 phone calls before I signed to make sure this was true. I did not feel comfortable with signing it, but was assured that my “automatic concept” would be really what is being presented.

I signed it under their pressure to trust them and that they needed this manual version to get a foot in the door with the company to market it. It was rejected. When I talked to Mr Vescio he claimed it was my concept. After a long conversation he admitted it was not my concept at all and he would give me a new start and they would go back to the drawing board, so to speak, and give me a new drawing of my automatic concept. It has now been 6 months and I have heard nothing.

I sent a letter giving them a chance to admit that this is not a possible product to make my concept a reality. In the letter I told them I would be happy to cancel the whole thing and requested 65% refund|. I thought this was fair since it allowed them to keep 35% ($3, 500".00) for their work even though it was not my concept and was filled with lies and deception, . I gave a June 14 deadline and told Davison that if I don’t hear from them by that date I would contact you and some other complaint organizations/.

Lastly I am a priest and I am appalled that they would lie to me with no moral objection and steal money from a minister by using lies and deceptions..

Do not use Davison for any ideas you may have'.

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I lost $795.00 for no results with my idea, no patent search, no prototype, no picture or drawings, just some DVD's and a contract wanting $8, 770.00. I understand it takes money to get an idea going but I wanted results pertaining to my idea and never got anything, very hard lesson learned especially after being unemployed for three years and husbands hours cut back. After reading all the complaints against Davison's, I still gave them the benefit of doubt, had I of known the upfront cost to begin with, I would have never done it and Justin Garvey was great while I was paying money, when I didn't have $5, 000.00 of the $8, 770.00 it was a different attitude. I was told in the beginning $795.00, then there would be other charges, no problem but $5, 000.00 more at one time was to much when nothing had been done. I pray for people who can scam others without blinking an eye. Justin made the remark "I hate to see you let your idea go and then down the road you see on all the shelves", I'm ready for it !

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Jul 21, 2012 2:52 pm EDT
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Same thing happened to me as did FRAG. I was also "fortunate" enough to have a discussion with mr vescio in which he educated my dumb butt on how great he is and how great his company works for their clients and it could take 10 times at $333 a pop to get someone to license it. They also kept putting off my concerns saying it would be taken care on in the next step, just sign the papers. I wish I would have taken my $12000 to Atlantic city and blew it ! At least I would have the memory of having a good time and possibly met some DECENT people that I could have some life memories about. The way it is now, I have a big folder with a bunch of crap from INVENTIONLAND that I could have made in my basement for TEN BUCKS.
Stay away from them and remember what they say about their lips moving !
Sign me still mad after 2 years. 7/22/12

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May 16, 2012 6:58 pm EDT

Rotten ### took my invention that I invented not yous ### george nick willma william maridith Every one of yous had something to do with stealing my invention some day you will all pay ! Take me to court you ### or give me my invention back and the money made from it, from Angel care, Angle Care Products sells stolen inventions ( MINE ) Its at WalMart

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Superior, US
May 16, 2012 6:47 pm EDT

Davison Inventions stole my invention And its at WalMart, Rip off ### George,

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Davison Design & Development - fraud

I am writing about Davison and Invention Land based in Pittsburgh (585 Alpha Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15238). Davison has taken over $10, 000.00 from me and claim they have done nothing wrong but I have been robbed. I have also been lied to, falsely misled, and pressured into signing an agreement with lies. When Davison submitted my product concept to me in...

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Davison Design & Development wrong design

I went to Davison to create a clothing design for my disabled son and all chlidren and adults with disabilities. They have almost 10K of my money to produce the product that I sent to them, I have emails and pictures of what they produced and it is no where close and they have been aware for sometime how I feel about the design. I was told certain things would happen and they did not. I sent in a certified letter to get Mr. davison to call me back or someone who could see what I am talking about with the letter I sent and all the copies from the previous conversations and pictures. almost a week after getting the letter still no response. I ask for a refund, I know it cost them something, however I went and paid to have it done locally with no hassles and the design is what I sent to them to do, the price was for my design not theirs that is way off base. All I want is someone to pick up the phone and call me! I as many others have worked to hard to scrape the monies together to let this go, and I will not, I will take it as far as needed get anyone involved that needs to be to fix this. 10K for what I have done for less then 500.00?

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Davison Design & Development ripped off

After spending close to $15, 000 to make my product that should have cost maybe 3 to 4 hundred, Davison Inventegration kept asking me for 330 dollars each time they said they were going to present my product to another company. I have spent close to $20, 000 on them with very little results. After two years of this I asked for my product and they sent a cheap facsimile of my vision. It must have cost them $100 to make it.
I am thinking after reading some of the similar stories on here that we should get a class action suit against these people. I did receive some moneys a couple years ago that was awarded from another class action suit. But that barely covered any cost to me.

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Update by D Pete
May 21, 2014 9:40 am EDT

I suppose, just like the CCA anyone can post as many times as they want, Davidson has many violations, one in particular is a class action law suit that the Davison agreed to settle to keep it out of court where they would have been liable for many more dollar's. See the post above. Why else would they hire some dude to run around putting out fires on this site. (paid for with our money)

Update by D Pete
May 13, 2011 7:57 pm EDT

The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.
In a complaint filed in 1997 by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of "Project Mousetrap, " it alleges, in part, that Davison & Associates represented that it has successfully marketed many inventions ideas, that those purchasing its services have a good chance of realizing financial gain, that the company prepares objective and expert analysis of marketability and that it has a network of companies with whom it regularly negotiates successful licensing agreements.

The FTC charged that the company made false claims about their selectivity in choosing products to promote, false claims about their track record in turning inventions into profitable products, and false claims about the relationship they had with manufacturers. They charged that the company deceptively claimed that their income came from sharing royalties with inventors rather than from the $800 to $12, 000 fees they charged inventors.

The FTC alleged that the defendants made false and misleading statements that:

Consumers who bought their invention-promotion services stand a reasonably good chance of realizing financial gain.

Their invention-promotion services helped many of their customers' invention ideas become profitable products.

Their invention-promotion services helped specific inventions become profitable products.

That they have a vast network of corporations with whom they have ongoing relationships and regularly negotiate successful licensing agreements.

That their invention marketing services are necessary for consumers to register their invention ideas.

That they prepare objective and expert analyses of the patentability and marketability of consumers' invention ideas.

The case had been pending when a bench trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania began on June 20, 2005. The FTC alleges that defendants have engaged in deceptive practices in connection with their invention promotion business in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The FTC seeked a permanent injunction and ancillary equitable relief.

After three weeks of testimony, the parties filed proposed finding of fact and conclusions of law for the court's consideration. The parties made all submissions and the court rendered its judgment on March 17, 2006. The court ordered that the defendants are enjoined from making, or assisting others in making, any material false representation or material omission in connection with providing any research, patent, marketing, and/or invention-promotion services.

The U.S. district court judge has ordered the company to pay $26 million in consumer redress and has ordered a permanent halt to the bogus claims the company used to recruit customers. The court also ordered that in future dealings with consumers, the company make specific, detailed disclosures about their track record in helping inventors market their ideas. The judge agreed that the company had engaged in deceptive practices, noting that even after he had issued an order barring deceptive claims, defendants continued to engage in deceptive practices, albeit in slightly different forms.

To prevent those practices, the judge ordered the company and its principals to pay $26 million for consumer redress and to provide any future clients with a 10-point disclosure statement to allow them objectively to measure the value of the defendants' assistance. He ordered that when they highlight or advertise specific consumer products or ideas in advertising, they disclose whether the inventor earned royalties that exceeded the total amount of fees paid by the consumer to the defendants. If the defendants claim that they have "matched" or "targeted" an invention to a corporation, they must disclose how many submissions they have made to that corporation in the past five years. He required them to disclose that the "Pre-Inventegration" and "modeling" services they sold to inventors were not necessary to achieve licensing agreements and that they disclose that they are not providing consumers with objective or expert opinion of marketability or potential commercial success.

The court also established record keeping provisions to allow the FTC to monitor compliance with judge's order.

On July 14, 2008 there was a proposed settlement which suspend the judgment once the defendants transfered cash and other assets valued at about $10 million, including residences in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. The cash payment includes $6.8 million specifically listed in the order, plus approximately $105, 000 in interest on a cash bond.

Defendants in this case were Davison & Associates Inc., now known as Davison Design and Development, Inc., Manufacturer's Support Services, Inc., George M. Davison, President and CEO, Thomas Dowler, Gordon M. Davison and Barbara Miele-Davison. The defendants are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but have operated nationwide.

To view the Order of Final Judgment, Order for Permanent Injunction and Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law presented by the judge from the bench trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania go to the FTC website at www.ftc.gov. The FTC has established a telephone line for consumers who may have been harmed by the defendants' conduct. Consumers may call [protected] for more information.

Update by D Pete
May 13, 2011 4:17 pm EDT

We are a member of the Online Business Bureau and other affiliate groups.
Funny I did NOT find your company on Online Business Bureau. That is very strange indeed. http://www.onlinebusinessbureau.com/lookup.cfm

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May 13, 2011 2:37 pm EDT

To CAA,
Maybe you can answer why you lost a class action suit if you are such a caring wonderful company. LOST being the operative word here.

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Jun 16, 2014 11:36 pm EDT
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Davison are crooked business operators. Misleading and misinforming. I am still trying to find Erik Tomko to see why he is no longer there. I would say he would know what went on over the few years he worked for Davison.

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Apr 22, 2014 2:35 pm EDT
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Here is some contact information. If enough people come forward with complants re Davison he can pursue it further taking it to State Atty Gen for prosecution. Here is his name etc David Gealy United States Postal Inspection Service 5315 Campbells Run Road Suite 300 Pittsburgh Pa [protected] His phone number is [protected] Anyone who has also lost money to Davison Inventions contact David...

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If this is the case then why did your company take me for $13, 000, tell me you are going to make a presentation to a prestigious company who were definitely interested, . I called you the day of the " Presentation" and the female informed me that Davison made the 'Call" to the supposed interested company. But the so called" interested company" Sunny Distributing hung up on Davison and was not too pleased with Davison contacting them. Your female employee told me this on the phone when I called that day excited to hear the outcome. She laughed on the phone and said " Yeah Sunny Distributing hung up on us and weren't too happy!
I said to the female from Davison " So you're big Presentation to Sunny Distributing was a phone call? " She said " yeah"
You guys know your scammers and good at it until us inventors start talking! Thank God for computers where we can find out anything now a days. Oh and by the way the female I spoke with didn't sound professional for an employee of yours! She slipped through your cracks I guess. You guys need to be shut down and hopefully that is going to happen in the future if we have our day in court!

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May 17, 2011 12:37 pm EDT

First, we would like to note the fact that in the past competitors have posted false and malicious complaints about us on the internet. Instead of choosing to compete by offering economical product design, development and packaging services they have chosen to confuse consumers with false information. We don’t know if this person is a client, competitor, or “Google Bomber” because they did not include any contact information, not even an email address. We have found in the past that competitors hide behind “internet handles” rather than out in the open where their own conduct can be questioned. If a real client has a complaint they were really trying to resolve, why would they post anonymously? Particularly, on Complaintsboard.com that does not offer any type of consumer resolution services. Complaintsboard.com is simply an advertising link farm owned outside of the United States.

Yes, there was an advertising and marketing lawsuit filed in 1997 by the FTC and settled in 2008. Within the settlement Davison agreed to provide more risk statements and greater transparency. We have actually added more disclosures to what the government originally asked for – We have nothing to hide. Inventing is high risk. If you take a few minutes and look at the history of the FTC they have had lawsuits with thousands of companies ranging from consumer protection issues to company mergers and acquisitions. We are in complete agreement with the FTC’s desire for greater transparency and that’s why we are ahead of the curve when it comes to regulatory control and disclosures. You need to understand that this 14 year old lawsuit had nothing to do with customer service or invention design and development processes.

If you are a client who has been working with us for two years, then you received the benefit of the disclosures agreed to under the settlement with the FTC. You received full disclosure of the costs of all of our services and the numbers of clients we have served and the licensing and profit rates of those clients. More importantly, you received that before you spent any money with the company.

In your blog you express concerns pertaining to not finding us on the Online Business Bureau (OBB) website, you are mistaken. We are member of their organization. Please access their website at www.onlinebusinessbureau.com and simply type in our company name (or just the word “Davison”) in their “Look up a Company” search dialog box. We are the first company that comes up. The OBB is a great company for consumers and companies. In the past, we have found the OBB to be an organization that truly helps to resolve customer grievances. Our company is contacted by over a 100, 000 idea people and inventors yearly and although our marketing, advertising, contracts and risk disclosures are very clear and easily understood we value the OBB’s efforts to resolve any issue of concern when a customer becomes unhappy – for whatever reason. Communication always seems to be the key element in resolving the concern. However, we can’t assist you because, although asked in the past to contact us, you have chosen to blog anonymously.

If you are an inventor we wish you the best of luck with your invention. If you are a customer of ours we encourage you to contact at cca@davisoninvents.com.

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May 13, 2011 12:23 pm EDT

If you have read the other posts, as you claim, you should be well aware that we monitor and respond to bloggers on this gripe-site, complaintsboard.com. We noted from your post that you claim to have spent monies on our invention development services and believe you received “very little results”. The operative word here is “results”. We can guarantee that if we were contracted to design, build, fabricate, construct and/or package your invention, we accomplished exactly what the agreements required. Part of our quality control process is to send the designs to the customers to review and approve. This approval process assures that we are going to construct what is required. Once the designs are approved by clients our team completes the development process. So “results” to us means that we built what you had previously approved and what was accomplished met all contractual obligations. Now, if you want to imply “results” means invention profits, then we have a problem because you were more than adequately warned that invention development is high risk and that hiring us did not mean that your invention was going to be profitable.

If a manufacturer agreed to license your idea and to pay you a royalty after we built and packaged your invention, would you still feel that spending monies with us to build your invention, package it and present it to companies was a waste of your time and money? If the answer is “no, ” then it was that ultimate outcome of licensing and money paid to you that is the sticking point. We never promised that developing your product would result in money for you.

As for the fees you paid, have you taken the opportunity to price out the services we performed for you. You’re more than welcome to take our service agreements to other product design, prototype, and packaging and development companies to receive quotes. We would suggest blacking out the fee structures in our agreements so you receive their typical pricing. We believe that what you are going to find is that most design and development companies charge 3 to 4 time more for the exact services you paid for with us and with no greater chance for success.

Everyone understands that customers are not always right and companies are not always right. Therefore, the effort to curing issues of concern, addressing questions, listening intently and calmly addressing each client is a role our Chief Consumer Advocate’s office has enthusiastically taken on.

If you are a client, we are sure that you received our initial printed brochure, visited our website and received subsequent materials - all of which thoroughly described our services. In addition, you would have received simply written contracts that clearly describe each service offering and the fees associated with those services. When you have the opportunity please re-review the materials.

If you still feel as though you did not receive the services that were described to you in writing, you should contact our offices. We try to communicate in a very complete manner while recognizing the fact we are contacted by individuals from all over the world. Sometimes communications can be difficult because of cultural barriers. Thus, we recognize the need to describe all of our service offerings in clear and easily understood agreements. If you chose to contact us we will not post negative content about you or your invention on the web. We have chosen to privately communicate with our clients.

Obviously, posting anonymously does not afford us the opportunity to contact you directly. Below you will find the Chief Consumer Advocate’s email address. Please send us a note describing your post on this “gripe-site” and we will contact you.

On another issue—please be advised that Complaintsboard.com offers no corporate advocacy or mediation program to help companies and consumers resolve customer care issues, their site is registered in a foreign country, they don’t even verify if the complaint is legitimate or from an actual consumer or user of a service, competitors can post false and defamatory information, they don’t disclose who actually owns and manages their site and their primary concern is receiving advertising revenues from those who pay to run ads on their site – commonly known as a “link-farm”. So, you should probably do some research on “gripe-sites” and what they are all about before you further place yourself in legal jeopardy. Here’s a link for you to learn a little about these gripe-sites and what gets posted on them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUFDeDrbNyw

We are happy to assist you, however using complaintsboard.com as a mechanism to spread libelous information is not helpful and has placed you in legal jeopardy. We strongly recommend you read complaintsboard.com’s legal disclaimers found at the bottom of their homepage under “Legal Information”.

For over 20 years, Davison has helped everyday people prepare and present their ideas to corporations, manufacturers, and retailers to see if they would be willing to license the product ideas. Our exclusive idea to product method is responsible for more products on the store shelves than any other competitor in this industry.
Quick facts about Davison and our process

• We are based in Pittsburgh, PA and works with clients from around the world.
• We have been in business since 1989.
• Our products have been sold by over 850 stores & online retailers.
• We design, build and package products for both individuals and corporate clients.
• Our staff of 250 plus are dedicated to helping bring new product ideas to store shelves.
• Our staff has won numerous design awards for innovative product designs.
• We are a member of the Online Business Bureau and other affiliate groups.

We encourage any questions or concerns be brought to our attention at CCA@davisoninvents.com. Maybe we can help.

Thank you for your time.
CCA

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Davison Design & Development inventors

My names is Dewey Evans, I was defrauded by Davis and associates for 16 thousand dollars this is a true statement, so help me god. I was sitting behind my desk going through my emails, and Davis and associates sent me a email" if you have an invention please contact us"So I called them up and this is what they instructed me to do. Send us seven hundred dollarsand we will review your case and paperwork and see if our company will accept your invention. A week later Curtis Carlton, called me and said Davison and ###. Approved your invention. So then they told me to send then fifteen hundred dollars to begin work.

Two weeks later they mailed me a list of all their propositions which was for for propositions.

There were four separate choices for me to choose from.
One was an option for $165.00 per hour plus expenses

Another option was $15835.00

Another option as well was $13835 plus five percent royalty assigned to Davison.

Finally the last option was $11835 plus a ten percent royalty to Davison.

Unfortunately Davison charged me $15835 plus one and a half percent which I was not aware of until later. Also thy sent me a picture of a prototype many months later and told me that this was mine. They had me sign for it and the appearance was like I requested four inches wide and eight inches long. I sent it back the papers in the mail which I signed, a month later they sen me the same picture and in the picture was a box next to the prototype and it said easy up pet waste vacuum. And a picture of my prototype was on the box. And the companies name was coastal pet products Inc. Then I waited about three months and started becoming suspicious because they kept delaying me for month after month and they would advise me about the purchase of my prototype.

I then took a flight to Pittsburg with my grandkids and proceeded to Davison and associates. Kurtis Charlton
And he called us into his lobby and asked us to wait. We waited for a prior of thirty minutes and then we were called in and showed us all of their inventions. They were on a rack going around the inside of the room on a conveyer belt.  The. He took us to show us my prototype. The device was round and looked like a duplicate of armor all vac. Which is sold in auto zone stores all over the united states I did not realize what was done. I later found thus all out on my own. Davison defrauded me and I knew I. But could not prove it at that time. Then we left Davison,  I had to sign papers to play along with their game many months later I contacted coastal pet products Inc. And contacted mr Bob Holt, he told me he's heard of my invention along time ago and had told Davison that he was not interested in my product. I began to get proof of their fraud at this time they were still insisting that coastal pet products were stilll interested. I knew I hda the proof I needed. Because they were still trying to say thy were still interested. When I confronted them they said they don't k ow what I'm talking about everything is on schedule, I explained to them I had contacted coastal pet products and Davison said I had no rights to call to them. And I complete my case on Davison and associates fraud Inc. Also I found out from the Bbb in Pittsburg pa that they defrauded 250 people that thy knew of so far through a sting operation labeled mouse trap in 1997.

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May 20, 2011 3:55 am EDT

Dewey, I did a lot of research on Davison after they rip me off. Not only do I feel foolish, but it's apparent through my research they really don't care about their Clients. It's all about the money, how to get it from you at any cost! If you noticed in the New Product Sample Agreement, you paid for your invention but they keep it! You have to put in writing to Davison in order to get your product. You paid for it, they keep it! If you go back through your paper work, see if you can recognizes a pattern. In my opinion, the Client takes all the risk, Davison takes none, no responsibility for anything. They don't take any responsibility for your Product. Davison continues to use the deceptice practices that they were barred from in their settlement. When you go onto their Website, check out again their section "About Davison" and George Davison is standing next to all those product, smiling. Now I know why (in my opinion) his smile is so big. All the money he rip off of his clients. It is our idea and invention that has made up that show case, very few make it to a creditable company. I'm glad that some have and I wish them the very best. When you read the lawsuit against him, he is really deceiving, he used his friends to deceive people out of their money. I wish we all could get together and sue them. A.Adams

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Davison Design & Development scam

your companys sales men are misleading and are no differnt that a cars sales man. i am a father of three that has been laid off there for very little income and your salesman had me thinking that my idea was the greatest idea in the world and that the hole comp;any was talking about how great the idea was i sent you every extra penny i had for a stupid cd and some patient research. the thing that gets me is that after i paid you over $700.00 you said it would be a couple week that you would get ahold of me when it was done i waited a couple weeks, still didnt hear from you at all no calls no email nothing so i called you and you went on saying that my idea must be further along than you thought because you didnt see my file anywere then i started to wonder why you were stallingand why you copuld find my file i said i had changed my mind i would just like my money refunded and you said quote " no refunds my friend " then you sent me some email of a product that wasnt even mine and when i wrote back upset because that wasnt even my product you covered your ### by saying that that was a company that was interested in my product but how could that be if you hadnt even presented my product to anyone yet you dont even have a prototype to present yet and never stated in our privacy policy that you were going to present it yet and i would be getting a portfolio in a couple of weeks then i got a couple cds with some patents of similar products and i paid that much money for what to anyone thinking about going threw with davison.. be ware that talk a good talk but are just educated scam artest they dont care about your invention just there commision

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Update by ljess
Jun 05, 2011 10:32 pm EDT

IF I COULD TAKE THIS POST OFF I WOULD BUT IT WONT LET ME DAVISON ISNT A SCAM THEY MADE IT RIGHT THANK YOU, JESS LUND

Update by ljess
Jun 05, 2011 10:27 pm EDT

i am the one who posted this comment and take back what i have said about davison they have made it right

Update by ljess
Jun 05, 2011 10:22 pm EDT

i am the one who posted this comment and would like to say that since then davison has agreed to make it right and if i could i would take back what i have posted here on complaint board thank you

Update by ljess
May 03, 2011 8:25 pm EDT

you should have seen the comment they posted first and must have taken off BASICLY IN SO MANY FANCY WORDS TELLING ME IM A LIAR AND IF I DONT TAKE MY COMMENT OFF THAT THEY WOULD TAKE LEAGAL ACTION BUT IM NOT A LIAR AND IF THEY WANT THEY CAN TAKE LEAGAL ACTION I HAVE NOTHING TO TAKE ANYWAYS AND THEY ALSO SAID THEY WOULD GET A HOLD OF ME AFTER THEY LOOKED INTO THE RECORDED PHONE CALLS BUT STILL NOTHING NO PHONE CALL OR EMAIL NOTHING

Update by ljess
May 02, 2011 2:15 pm EDT

you can take leagal actions if you want. just for the record i never said all of your staff members were rude in fact i said just the opposite, a car salesman is always nice and tell you what ever you want to hear. then stand behind all the small print. but this the one time i talked to a suppervisor yes from the first moment i was on the phone with her she was very rude and had a very had attitude it might of been that she was haveing a bad day but as the only suppervisor available at all according to her . then maybee she should be able to still keep a professional tone. of corse i started yelling through the phone. anyone would the way her tone of voice was. as she called me a liar. she didnt know i was lieing because nothing i said was a lie nor is anything i said in these comments yet you call me a liar in your response to.

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Pierrie James
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May 18, 2022 2:55 am EDT

Well I'm going to have a class action lawsuit against them if I don't get my $1,797 that I totally sent them so far and by me not just reading these reviews I definitely want a refund

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phxgirl101892
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Mar 02, 2018 6:32 pm EST

That's what happened to me in 2013 after my father passed away I am an Epileptic and I took my invention to Davison I really thought they was going to help me they got 900.00 out of me and wanted 5000.00 for a proto-type said they did all the patent work and had a buyer being on a fixed income it was hard to come up with 900.00 so they let me do it in payments called me all the time even Talked to my Aunt I was living with to make it seem so real I believed them they He stated because it would help people Medically he was giving me a break and the had my whole Invention done but needed a proto-type because he had a Company that was interested in my Invention. I had no more money to give and I lost my invention to them they still have it need it more than ever now.
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Water904
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Dec 18, 2017 2:09 pm EST
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I HAD CONTACTED DAVISON BACK IN 2006. TALK WITH THIS SALES GUY. HE HAD ME TO DESCRIBE MY IDEAL OVER THE PHONE AND WE WAS SURE THAT MY IDEAL WAS ONE OF ITS KIND. HE CALLED ME ALL TIMES OF THE DAY, AT WORK, WHILE I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE. HE ACTED AS IF I HAD A GOLD MINE OF AN IDEAL. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 2 SMALL KIDS AT THAT TIME. AND HE TOLD ME THE ONLY WAY TO EVEN GET MY IDEAL LOOKED AT WAS TO SUBMIT 265.00 TO THEM IN THE MAIL. I WAS SO PROUD OF MY IDEAL, I WAS SO EXCITED. HE EVEN HAD ME TO DRAW MY IDEAL ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND SAID THAT IT WAS FANTASTIC. ONE DAY HE HAD HIS WIFE WITH HIM AND HE CALLED ME ON A SATURDAY WHILE HE WAS SHOPPING WITH HIS WIFE AND HAD HER TALKING IN THE BACKGROUND TELLING ME HOW GOOD AND BRILLIANT MY IDEAL WAS. I WAS SO EXCITED. I WENT RIGHT THEN GOT THE MONEY ORDER . AFTER I SENT THE MONEY HE SENT ME A LARGE BLUE BOOKLET THAT HAD SEVERAL PICTURES OF OTHER PEOPLE IDEALS AND DRAWING, THEN HE CALLED AFTER RECEIVING THE 265.00 FROM ME, HE CALLED AND SAID THAT THE NEXT STEP WAS PUTTING MY IDEAL TOGETHER. HE SAID THAT WOULD COST ME 500.00 BECAUSE IT HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. SOMETHING CLICK IN MU HEAD AND I KNEW HE WAS FOOLING ME TO DRAW MONEY OUT OF ME, AND HE WAS CALLING ME ALL THE TIME I HAD TO BLOCK HIM FROM CALLING MY HOUSE. PLEASE DON'T SENT THIS COMPANY ANY MONEY, I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS . IF MY IDEAL WAS SO GREAT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE PAID ME FOR IT.

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kim4
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Dec 08, 2015 3:56 pm EST

with Davison. I told Davison representative whom got really upset and said there was a confidentiality document they has to sign so there was no way they were going to tell me they worked with Davison ... totally red flags right. The company they said would love to take my invention has on their website the companies they affiliate with. If Davison is such a great company or they really work together why wouldn't they put them on their website, right? when the representative from Davison realized i was not a person they could scam . she said they had to terminate there services for doing my own research on the company they claimed to work with.i tried to talk with the supposedly kind lady i was working with but she gave me nothing but the runaround.I am glad i found out before i gave them $10, 000 . That's what they wanted to make my invention.I know it is scary to have your invention on the market but don't go with Davison, They are nothing but scams. I was already working with someone as well as with Davison to get my idea patent.So they couldn't still my idea. I would tell you guys go with legal zoom.com they will help you as they have helped me for a fraction 1000.00 compaired to 10, 000 they have people who will do the sketches and submit your application. These are patent attorneys who work with legal zoom. plus the go with Idea Design studio. Thats who i worked with and everything is wonderful.

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Gmoney1
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Apr 30, 2014 11:48 am EDT

Because your are uneducated you need to blame someone. I believe you had to sign a contract before they did the work. Did you really sign a contract to something you did not understand in full. I believe you are the wrong person to give advice.

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troutb
Lancaster, US
Apr 19, 2012 8:24 am EDT
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Okay,

I was contracted with Davison Inventions to pursue "pre-development" work. This was about 800.00 to pursue. No big deal...

Now let me preface this with the fact that I had ONLY signed the contract to pursue this initial stage. I had not in any way agreed to pursue any other services through Davison. I paid the ~800 in full right away.

They had put together the pre-development work, to completion, and mailed it to me...

A few days after I received my package, both of my "backers" had to drop out due to financial reasons.

I emailed Sean Jones, my sales rep, and told him that I wasn't able to pursue the 2nd stage (licensing presentations/prototype, etc).

When I told Sean to close my account, I was replied to, via email, with the words "What a waste of time, I will close it now."... ... ... That was it. No "sorry for your troubles", no "best of luck", rather an email telling me that, EVEN THOUGH I FULFILLED MY OBLIGATION OF PAYING THE 800.00, I wasted their time...

If Sean thought that I was going to be pursuing the next step, that was an assumption on his part. If they offer services in stages, and we decided to pursue ONLY THE FIRST STAGE, how would that be a waste of time? I just don't get it...

If this was a "Waste of time", then I would expect a full refund of my 800 dollar, waste of time, investment.

Knowing that the pursuit of my invention from start to finish, was going to be between 8 and 12 grand... I would expect a significantly higher level of service and, even more so, professionalism.

I email the CCA and called and left a voicemail for their "president"... No response from the CCA, but I did get an email from some lady in response to my email. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to understand what I was communicating. She kept speaking over top of me and eluding the point of professionalism lacking in my time with Davison. She kept repeating herself saying "we fulfilled our obligation"...

I am not speaking to their obligation.. The bottom line is, don't tell someone who paid for a service that it was a "waste of time".

My issue was not resolved. And the woman that called me back, told me that the decision to not give me a refund for this "waste of time" was coming "Straight from the president"...

Fellow Inventors, do not "waste time" by even thinking about contacting Davison. I would hate for anyone else to receive the same lack of service and professionalism that I did.

Again, I invested additional time emailing their CCA (which has been responding to just about every complaint with the same canned email), and calling the "President"...

I feel like a fool for investing a dime. Don't do the same.

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nofoollikeanoldfool
Hendersonville, US
May 03, 2011 12:25 pm EDT
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PS.i ask davidson for all copies of phone calls each time i got one, and there were a lot, cover thier back calling rather than put in writing,
i was on phone with a mr davis in the beginning, he was excited as he said, so, if davidson keep calls on file, they should hear him tell me he mentioned it to his disabled father who thought it was a good idea I had, when i called next, i was told "Mr davis was no longer with us, "my last phone conntact with the Vice President was useless, he should have the recording about how he told me, if i post and reject all complaints, they will give me 2 free showings, if i dont then i wont get 2 free showings, i refuse.so mr vp let me hear your phone recording, you have my E Mail address and name, what is the delay in replying to me?

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nofoollikeanoldfool
Hendersonville, US
May 03, 2011 12:16 pm EDT
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your companys sales men are misleading and are no differnt that a cars sales man

sorry to hear about your complaint, read on, and notice all complaints sound the same, lost 12 grand, yes, 12 grand, and i agree the salesman do give impression Iinvention is good, well i am dealing with them here, have they mailed me yet?no,
i got in touch with the area, Attorney General for my area, you should look it up and talk to them, i had no luck, because i could not prove the things said on the phone, and when i ask for a written copy of calls, they said no, they dont do that, well good luck to you.
my name in here for complaints is nofoollikeanoldfool, and nofoollike

you can read my complait, take care.,

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Davison's Chief Consumer Advocate
Pittsburgh, US
Apr 29, 2011 7:08 pm EDT

To the anonymous poster,

Customer service is vital in all businesses and is imperative when operating a successful business. Customer concerns upset everyone and our staff works very hard to troubleshoot them so communication errors are kept to a minimum. From reading your complaint there appears to a communication breakdown and you are upset. We are acknowledging your post so let’s fix this.

In truth, customers are not always right and companies are not always right. The effort to curing issues of concern, listening intently and calmly addressing issues is a role our Chief Consumer Advocate’s office has enthusiastically taken on.

If you are a client, we are sure that you received our initial printed brochure, visited our website and received subsequent materials - all of which thoroughly described our services. In addition, you would have received simply written contracts that clearly describe each service offering and the fees associated with those services. When you have the opportunity please re-review the materials.

One of the things you will notice is that all of our contracts and the disclosure documents that you received said explicitly that we don’t evaluate product ideas. So, if you were thinking that you had the greatest idea in the world, it wasn’t because the company was offering you services or telling you that.

If you still feel as though you did not receive the services that were described to you in writing, you should contact our offices. We try to communicate in a very complete manner while recognizing the fact we are contacted by individuals from all over the world. Sometimes communications can be difficult because of cultural barriers. Thus, the great need to place all of our service offerings in clear and easily understood agreements.

As for your claimed experience with our representative, we would like to verify your remarks. We can do that because our representatives’ phone conversations are recorded and monitored to ensure compliance with company policies. Please understand we are contacted by tens of thousands of people each year, so there is no reason for a customer service person to act like a “cars salesman.” However, if one of our representatives acted inappropriately we would like the opportunity to investigate and take corrective action.

Obviously, posting anonymously does not afford us the opportunity to verify your remarks. Below you will find the Chief Consumer Advocate’s email address. Please send us a note describing your post on this “gripe-site” and we will contact you.

Davison is well ahead of the curve when it comes to compliance with strict regulatory control, which among other things provides inventors with greater transparency and written terms and conditions. All individual clients and even potential clients are provided risk statements in the form of an Affirmative Disclosure and the American Inventor Protection Act disclosure. No other company on the globe can compete based on the quality of product design and development services at the price points we offer.

We would like to note the fact that in the past competitors have posted false and malicious comments and questions about us on the internet. Instead of choosing to compete by offering economic product design, development and packaging services they have chosen to confuse consumers by posting false information on “gripe-sites”. Our staff of over 250 people and their families don’t deserve to be defamed by an anonymous poster. In general, companies are no longer letting anonymous posters on the internet get away with intentionally harming their reputations. We suggest that this poster read complaintsboard.com’s legal disclaimer concerning personal liability for posts. Comments like “scam” are actionable.

On another issue—please be advised that Complaintsboard.com offers no corporate advocacy or mediation program to help companies and consumers resolve customer care issues, their site is registered in a foreign country, they don’t even verify if the complaint is legitimate or from an actual consumer or user of a service, competitors can post false and defamatory information, they don’t disclose who actually owns and manages their site and their primary concern is receiving advertising revenues from those who pay to run ads on their site – commonly known as a “link-farm”. So, you should probably do some research on “gripe-sites” and what they are all about before you further place yourself in legal jeopardy. Here’s a link for you to learn a little about these gripe-sites and what gets posted on them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUFDeDrbNyw

For over 20 years, Davison has helped everyday people prepare and present their ideas to corporations, manufacturers, and retailers to see if they would be willing to license the product ideas. Our exclusive idea to product method is responsible for more products on the store shelves than any other competitor in this industry.
Quick facts about Davison and our process

• We are based in Pittsburgh, PA and works with clients from around the world.
• We have been in business since 1989.
• Our products have been sold by over 850 stores & online retailers.
• We design, build and package products for both individuals and corporate clients.
• Our staff of 250 plus are dedicated to helping bring new product ideas to store shelves.
• Our staff has won numerous design awards for innovative product designs.
• We are a member of the Online Business Bureau and other affiliate groups.

We encourage any questions or concerns be brought to our attention at CCA@davisoninvents.com. Maybe we can help. Thank you.

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Davison Design & Development scam

Davison have scammed me – offered to take on my product with no expense to me – then it was on – first of a fee for ‘pre-development’ – which I had been assured was underway – then their rep went AWOL. A month later, I got a new, ball breaking rep who knew nothing of my product and advised of upcoming pre-development….yet next call congratulated me for an upcoming sale to an interested buyer.
Received an email saying deal would be null and void in 24 hours if I didn’t take offer. Called them, waited for ‘mail’ which demanded $15000 in 24 hours AND a prototype was to be presented. Called again and was coached on how to get the money. When told them it was not possible – as told from the start, it got nasty. I was bullied – ‘you agreed to this, we have your signature’ – ‘well, there’s nothing further we can do for you.’
Checking agreement, they had not carried out any actions agreed to and what I paid for. Requested refund, told I had agreed there would be no refund. Well, they had agreed that they would help me and were actually putting teams into it.
Further request for refund with deadline resulted in “Call me” emails – that’s it.
From the start I admitted I was flat broke and had to borrow even the first fee – which I now am unable to pay back as my finances are desperate.
They have already had to pay out 26 million for fraud – I don’t have money for court!

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Tong Xiong
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Aug 08, 2013 12:19 am EDT

If who plans to sue Davison, please count me in. We will help each other and find more partners and bring Davison down. Let me know at txiong5125@gmail.com if you plan to sue Davison.

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geee
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May 03, 2012 11:32 am EDT

I have bin with DAVISON for mouths they lead you to believe you have it the big one and you trust them to bring it to life. They took $700 from me to start; Months go by they send me a letter saying they targeted a company and lead me to believe they had 2 not 1 licensing agreemeants WRONG they had worded it that way to get you siked up but it meant they had gotten 2 l.a. for other products read read they play with words to. I got out be for I was in to deep ...

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#1 Stunna
chra, US
Mar 10, 2012 4:09 pm EST
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I had worked for Davison and they def rip people off not only people but thier employees as well who they hell do you know has to pay to work. And when i came you had to to be there 6 months and get charged 200 dollars and than once there for a year they charge 400 altogether and say if you do good you still get bonuses but at the end of the day your still paying them monies and they deduct the taxes at the begining of the month instead of each pay so say u get some pds which is for predevelopement fee you get a bonus for them right so all that bonus money u got it's like u didnt make anything. And your constantly trying to sell, sell, sell. When people all over the economy is suffereing and broke. That job is not reliable at all and when you get hired they throw things at you fast instead of actually one on one training just like they do with clients especially once it hits the cost after the predevelopement cost if client doesnt fully read the contract and thier being pressured on turning it in than the agent doesnt get paid for the pd until the contract is turned in. And the agents read from scripts and the bible which is the Q&A which has a detailed info on what clients may ask. But i always thought was wrong was with telling them the back end cost if they didnt ask about the cost after the intial amount was taken. And diidnt read contract the client is out of luck. Which i think is wrong. If a company is able to provide the intial front fee than they should be to provide the cost afterwards instead of playing mind games with people. Well all i can say they wont be in bussiness too long especially if thier hiring and firing people like its nothing.

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StevieJ241242
Brooklyn, US
Aug 27, 2011 7:41 am EDT

This post is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Davison never agrees to do work for free. Would you do your job for free?

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Sherry Wood
Ladysmith, US
Jul 24, 2011 9:34 pm EDT

Your a liar "Chief" you've ripped many people off and you are ruthless! You have sales people to sway hopeful inventors and suck them dry and you know it! That's why you hand them off to different people so the game just keeps going. Shame on you and all those that work for you!

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Davison's Chief Consumer Advocate
Pittsburgh, US
Mar 24, 2011 3:59 pm EDT

Mrs. Kenzig,

Again, we are really trying to be patient.

Although you reside in Australia, we have attempted to communicate professionally with you.

You state in your complaint that we “offered to take on my product with no expense to me”. If that was the case then why would you consider paying and then pay a contract service fee for us to conduct a patent search and competitive product search for you if we said there was no expenses for you? Also, you received a disclosure statement when you submitted your idea that informed you in writing that we charge fees for our services and what those fees were.

You also stated, “Yet next call congratulated me for an upcoming sale to an interested buyer.” It’s hard to even figure how you could possibly gain this impression. No such call was ever made but, even more important, how could our staff possibly have any manufacturer interested in your product idea when it wasn’t even developed into anything more than an idea you had described? All you submitted to us was an idea for a product. You do recall that don’t you?

Furthermore, the first section of the service agreement states “Davison will not communicate with any Licensee concerning details of Client’s product nor may such communication be required, until Client and Davison agree upon the final design of the product.” There was no design, there was no discussion.

Mrs. Kenzig, you don’t even have a finished product to a manufacturer and we didn’t provide a name for a possible buyer prior to you purchasing the services so why are you claiming we already had in interested buyer?

Your description of our company and the events that you claim took place are untruthful and actionable under defamation and slander laws. You’re probably wondering why we are so absolute in the previous sentence. Besides the above examples of inaccuracies on you part, here’s why.
1. You need to recall that our policy is to record all phone call conversations. Let me repeat that, we record all phone conversations.
2. Our phone system and computer system are linked - providing a very good record of our customer service quality.
3. In addition to our phone recordings and computer records, you signed an Affirmative Disclosure Notice - disclosing the risks of inventing.
4. You received an American Inventors Protection Act disclosure - which included risk disclosures and an outline of all services and fees we charge for those services.
5. You received written agreements that outline the services and discuss further service offerings and how there are additional fees associated with those services. You were and are under NO OBLIGATION to purchase those services. However, if you wanted us to represent your invention to manufacturers you needed to provide a prototype and retail packaging for our team to use.

You have chosen not to respond to numerous emails or phone messages asking you to contact us so we could get to the bottom of this. You continually attempt to frame yourself as some type of victim. We truly want to settle this matter with you because you don’t seem to grasp fact from fiction. We even had our legal counsel contact you via email to resolve this matter.

It’s astonishing how our attorney offered you a complete refund and you chose not to accept it and now you continue to blog misrepresentations.

In addition to the above inaccuracies you assert in your complaint, you claim that we did not offer you a refund. You must think that companies don’t track correspondences and keep accurate records. Let me assure you – we do. Our attorney made a very good faith refund offer to reasonably resolve this issue prior to this online complaint. Here is a portion of his email to you dated February 28th 2011. . . “I am legal counsel to Davison Design and Development, Inc. Your request for a refund has been forwarded to me for resolution. While the company does not agree with your claims, I am authorized to resolve this matter as quickly as we can agree on the terms” . . . “After you sign and return the agreement the refund will be immediately processed.”

You definitely received his email because you responded to his email on February 24th 2011 stating that you want a refund, can’t feed your children, need fuel for your car, and so forth. This is bafflingly to us. We offered to return your money, which you now claim you could not afford to spend in the first place, but you turned it down because we asked you to remove your slanderous comments prior to receiving a refund. You could have removed those comments on blogs in less than an hour and your VISA account would have been credited the entire amount you spent.

Come to think of it, our attorney didn’t even ask that you return the patent search and competitive product search data. You have been offered a complete refund while keeping the work we provided.

Please consider your actions, our offer and your situation.

If you accept a refund then everyone can simply go their separate ways. You remove blogs and we end this relationship by refunding you the entire amount you paid while you are keeping the work you originally paid for. We simply want to go our separate way.

On another issue—please be advised that Complaintsboard.com and many other “gripe-sites” do not offer a corporate advocacy or mediation program to help companies and consumers resolve customer care issues. Complaintsboard.com’s site is registered in a foreign country, they don’t verify if the complaint is legitimate or from an actual consumer or user of a service, competitors can post false and defamatory information, they don’t disclose who actually owns and manages their site and their primary concern is getting advertising revenues from those who pay to run ads on their site. So, you should probably do some research on “gripe-sites” and what they are all about before you further place yourself in legal jeopardy. Here’s a link for you to learn a little about these gripe-sites and what gets posted on them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUFDeDrbNyw

For over 22 years, we have helped people prepare and present their ideas to corporations and manufacturers to see if they would be willing to license the product ideas. Our exclusive idea to product method is responsible for more products on the store shelves than any other competitor in this industry.

Quick facts about our company and our process:
• We are based in Pittsburgh, PA and work with clients from around the world.
• We have been in business since 1989.
• Our company’s products have been sold by over 700 stores & online retailers.
• Our staff designs products for both individuals and corporate clients.
• We have over 250 staff members.
• Our staff has won numerous design awards for innovative product designs.
• We are a member of the Online Business Bureau.
• Our services include research, prototype development, and packaging design.

Please understand that companies are taking legal action against bloggers that defame their reputations and staff members. We are simply asking that you remove your comments, accept a refund and, if you would like, contact us so we can have a meaningful dialog about how or if we can help. Please call or feel free to email us at cca@davisoninvents.com or use the email address of our attorney, which you have, and he will speed up the process to get you your refund.

Respectfully,
CCA

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Davison Design & Development all is foregivin

I complained about davison not returning my money. They made contact with me the next day. And we resolve the issue that I had press the accept agreement button on thier activate Portal, so that said i was lock in a contract even though i did not sign any agreement. They are refunding my $750 dollars, their general manager made everything go smooth. I have no problemwith davison Invention.Sorry for the confusion...

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TweetyBird76
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Mar 15, 2012 9:41 pm EDT
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I am still not sure about this company. My husband and I were looking to have the help from this company to bring our ideas to life, after reading all the bad complaints we are just plain scared! I hope we are not passing up an awesome opportunity but I see no reason at all to deal with this company.

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Davison Design & Development return my money

Fraud! Fraud! I submitted my idea. A man name steve gallippi, had called me. He got me all worked-up about my idea being great. I ended up giving them $750.00. And he told me in order to get process started, I would haveto make a sketch of my idea and sign some documents. The next day I decided I didn't want to go through with the idea and, that I would loike my money back for, the simple fact that I did not sign any agreement and no sketch was sent to start any process. I gave me the run around he first said yes" I could get my money, then the next called was he's not sure I could get it back. Then he told me that he was calling back that afternoon with the vp of the company, which I found out that it's 6 of them. To never receiving a call at all. I call 3 of the vp's leaving vouice messages no returned call and, nothing from salesman stave gallilppi. I want my $750.000 dollars.

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freddymac
Stockport, US
Feb 21, 2013 4:21 pm EST
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Still out of 12K with no word of advice from anyone..
Stay away from these people. They will not satisfy you..You will lose your money like most people do.

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freddymac
Stockport, US
Nov 22, 2012 1:38 pm EST
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Well there you go folks. They say in the beginning that they want to help you but when you are unsatisfied they 'DAVISON' EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ALL THE CONTRACTS YOU SIGNED. HAPPY THANKSGIVING PEOPLE AND MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO YOU IS FREE ADVICE TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS GROUP OF CONTRACT TOTING INVENTION "HELPERS" HAA HAA...

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May 04, 2012 6:14 am EDT
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Me too spend 10, 000$ and now that I have the provisional patent and a prototype they don't return my calls, gone

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Stockport, US
Apr 11, 2012 3:00 pm EDT
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Still S.O.L. !

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freddymac
Stockport, US
Apr 11, 2012 2:58 pm EDT
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S.O. of L.
You can imagine what that stands for.
Join the elite club.

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Joesph Huddleston
Kent city, US
Mar 02, 2012 1:22 am EST
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How can i get in to the lawsuit.can you email me and let me now jjhudd7@gmail.com

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Joesph Huddleston
Kent city, US
Mar 02, 2012 1:19 am EST
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I got rip off.can i get into the lawsuit.email me at jjhudd7@gmail.com.

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freddymac
Stockport, US
Dec 29, 2011 4:50 pm EST
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Derek Thomley, the exact same thing happened to me but I was lied to and strung along to keep pating more fees. The poorly designed idea of my invention was their rendition that they thought would sell better but was a piece of crap that I could make in the basement in 2 hours. I ended up with $12, 000 in it and it is rediculous. Davison showed me all the legal forms that I had signed after wards. I was tied up in legal mumbo jumbo to that point. What a rip off. Can anyone out there help unsatisfied customers or is this life versus corporations in the United States.
Fred McInturf - Ohio -- freddymac@embarqmail.com. 12-29-2011. Still unhappy since 2010.

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Derek Thomley
Birmingham, GB
Oct 07, 2011 9:37 am EDT

I was not as fortunate as Nickita28, I paid Davison more than $5000 to design a box they did it very badly, when I complained they asked for $3000 "To put right my issues" I refused to pay further and the Vice President said youve lost your money, I think Davison should refund me on the grounds that they produced a poor product, and they should acknowledge that on this occasion they got it wrong, it happens sometimes.Many Thanks Derek Thomley.I dealt with Davison during July 2009.

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Pittsburgh, US
Mar 07, 2011 2:48 pm EST

For nickita28’s follow-up post, in which she admits her mistake as to the contract, go to: Davison — all is foregivin

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Davison Design & Development scammed

I am also another victim of Mr Davisons souless sales team. There is not much point going into too much detail as my story is no different to any of the others that have been screwed. $685 up front but started to smell a rat when they asked for a further $14, 000. What happens next?

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Davison Design & Development fraud/ robbery

Davison what a company, there to help you along with your idea. Tell you it's unheard of, so you pay in a good chunk of change. So on the way they tell you one company they are going to present your idea too. Oh wait it's this company and then gonna have to change your idea to better fit the consumer. Now it's another company in which this company has nothing to do with marketing ideas but Davison says they have presented 15 ideas to them. The company has never delt with Davison let alone turned down any ideas. I wonder who the brain was behind that scam. The funny thing is after they get your money, they then send an agreement form stating your pretty much hung. The sad thing is they sent me this form after they took my money 8, 458.00 of it. I thought this form stating your out look on a persons idea, the statistics was to be presented in the beginning. davison is a circus act and anyone who backs davison is a bigger joke.i also have all the proof I need, I've been at this since 2003 and recieved a single paper with my idea on it, thats it.

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Apr 18, 2011 5:25 pm EDT

Shut the f--k up CCA, your as bad as hitler.

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Davison's Chief Consumer Advocate
Pittsburgh, US
Dec 03, 2010 5:20 pm EST

We are happy to address your comment.

If you are a former employee you would understand that China is a major player in the world’s economy and that large product design and engineering firms having locations in the United States, like Frog Design and IDEO, have established offices located in foreign countries like China. We invested in China to establish an economic means to help save consumers money. As a matter of fact, in over 22 years in business, our prices have rarely gone up. We’ve been able to achieve economies of scale by working here in the United States and in China. (We’re pretty sure that the people in China desire the right to want to better their lives as we have been able to achieve here in the US so we don’t really understand why you would want to strike out at our Chinese employees. They are good people who believe in quality, integrity and our mission to be able to provide the most cost effective product design approach ever created.)

There are even design firms establishing offices in Mexico not to mention many have offices in Europe. As well, I think we all know that most major manufacturers here in the United States have offices and manufacturing plants in China and other parts of the world. It’s simply good business and saves the consumers money.

One additional fact that bears mentioning is that every product sample that is made, is assembled and packaged in the United States. There’s not really that much more to say except that we wish you the best with your career.

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Anaheim, US
Dec 03, 2010 9:16 am EST

The employees at Davison don't give 2 [censored]'s about you r invention. The salesman (director) is just making a commission, the designer is just making a per-project commission passing your idea to the guy in China who works on your engineering and graphics and has no idea what's going on, and you just get a crappy end product. Oh ya..the China people...they never tell you that part do they. LOL.

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Davison Design & Development davison process

We have found through other complaint channel web based services that in some cases over 70% of the complaints on a particular website were tracked back to competitors. We understand that we offer the best quality services at the best price points so do everyone a favor and please comply with the rules of business etiquette – compete on quality and price. All of our ads and promotional materials are scrutinized and have to meet legal approval before they are published to the general public.

Finally, allegations that Davison is a scheme is defamatory and legally actionable. They should be taken down. How can individuals make such scurrilous, unfounded accusations when the company provides full disclosures, works only through written contracts and has opened its doors through its Chief Consumer Advocate.

For those that would like to understand our services we hope you find the information below helpful.

Step One: All consumers must acknowledge invention development is high risk. In order to do so, each prospective customer is provided with an Affirmative Disclosure and an American Inventors Protection Act disclosure. All potential clients must acknowledge that they received and read these disclosures before we accept any idea submission from them. Thereby, we ensure that the general public understands that inventing is time-consuming, costly and rarely results in profit. Inventing can be educational, fun and exciting as long as everyone keeps in mind that there are no guarantees that profits are eminent.

Step Two: Pre-development Service Offer: After receipt of an invention idea we could offer to perform preliminary design research services on the project. This would include researching prior patents and other products are for sale or have been for sale that are similar to the one submitted. Any service offer made to a potential client is made in writing. Therefore, consumers are assured of exactly what services they are purchasing and shall receive in a timely manner.

Step Three: Invention Prototype Services Offer: If the inventor does not have a professional quality sample for use, we can perform one or more services, including brainstorming new product designs, designing components, creating prototypes, building working models, virtual reality renderings, video demonstrations of the invention in use and complete product graphics and packaging. Here again, any service offerings are outlined in a written contractual format. Therefore, clients are assured of exactly what services they are purchasing and shall receive in a timely manner.

Step Four: Licensing Representation: Once projects are designed, built and packaged our team presents them to companies licensing consideration. Licensing means that a manufacturer is willing to produce, distribute and sell the new product for a set number of years as you, the owner of the invention is compensated in royalty payments. Of course, any service offering would be on a written contractual basis.

The above is a basic outline of how our team can help create what inventors find to be necessary product development materials. We wish all inventors the best of luck with their invention or idea.

Chief Consumer Advocate

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Rose Beaulieu
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Sep 23, 2012 1:34 am EDT

Have you ever been so sure of an idea being able to sell that you were willing to put the money into its production yourself and see to it that it is put on market? ...And, are you still willing to allow for a certain percentage royalties be granted the person who gave you the idea for that product?

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Pittsburgh, US
Jan 07, 2011 9:30 pm EST

Egipt26:

It is surprising how some people simply feel it is the responsibility of others to do the work for them. At least you now know the types of services you should be considering when developing an invention so you can price out the work. We can only assume that any companies that quote you in the future will be cast in a negative light too because they charge fees for their services.

All services are offered on a written contractual basis. In addition, each client must acknowledge, by actual or electronic signature, an affirmative disclosure notice which outlines the risks associated with inventing. We also provide the American Inventors Protection Act (AIPA) disclosure to all potential clients prior to our staff taking on a project. The AIPA disclosure further outlines the risks associated with new product development and describes all of our services and anticipated fees. As well, each contract describes what services will be provided and the price for those services.

Inventing and new product development is not right for everyone. You have to be willing to understand that inventing is high risk with no guarantees of profits. We are in the business of building product samples and packaging. When you are in business you are obliged to pay the staff, taxes, operation expenditures, vendors, telephone companies, utility companies, and so forth. You need to realize that being in business costs money, but we run into inventors such as yourself that think we are a charity or simply that we should work for free while you gain the opportunity to collect royalties from our hard work. Simply put, it cost money to build products. You seem to forget that it was your invention and you contacted us seeking assistance. We are here to help, so if you have questions or want to provide information on your complaint to our Chief Consumer Advocate, we ask again for you to contact us at cca@davisoninvents.com

We wish you the best of luck with your invention or idea.

Thank you,

CCA

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Davison's Chief Consumer Advocate
Pittsburgh, US
Jan 07, 2011 2:09 pm EST

Mary Riley please contact our Office of the President as soon as possible so we may discuss this issue and clear up any confusion. Although our processes and contacts are very transparent we’d like to have a conversation clarifying the service offer.

Please reach us at [protected] Extension #: 40009. We wish you the best of luck with your invention. Thank you,

CCA

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Jan 07, 2011 4:52 am EST
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SOON AS I TALKED TO JAMES @ DAVISON I KNEW IT WAS A CATCH! LOL HE CALLED ME 4 A WEEK GETTIN A UNDERSTANDING OF MY IDEA. DESCPTION, USE, ETC. I WAS SO EXCITED UNTIL HE HIT ME WITH THE $740.00 & MY MOUTH DROPPED! IF MY IDEA WAS SO GREAT Y DO I HAVE TO FUND IT! LOL I KNOW IT TAKES MONEY TO MAKE IT BUT DAMN $700 THO! TOLD HIM NO THANKS & ASK IF ALL THE INFO WE TALKED ABOUT CONFIDENTIAL HE SAID YES! SURE! THEY CAN THREATEN LAWSUIT ALL THEY WANT I OUTTA SUE THEM 4 BULLS***N & WASTIN PPLE TIME!

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mary riley
saranac, US
Jan 07, 2011 3:58 am EST

I would like to say I have already invested $745.00 in Davison for the first steps of developing my idea to product. Now it is time to pay the price for my idea to be produced, patented and presented to the targeted company.
Before getting to this point it was stated to me by the Director over the phone they had a company who wanted my product. This has brought many questions, especially since the documented paper stating the targeted company(s) name, says that no information will be disclosed to the targeted company until I have secured a patent. Did not say anything about that company really wanting the product, and now the Director is stating she can not say if this company is interested in the product.What is this? I am confused ... Was this bate? I have no legal papers stating this.

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Davison's Chief Consumer Advocate
Pittsburgh, US
Dec 03, 2010 9:00 pm EST

This post is directed towards Inventilante.

Obviously, you are not of the inventing spirit. As most inventors know, inventing is high risk and we ensure that every consumer is well aware of these risks prior to choosing whether or not to purchase our design and development services.

The spokesperson for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been quoted as saying, “There are around 1.5 million patents in effect and in force in this country, and of those, maybe 3, 000 are commercially viable.” (Richard Maulsby, Director of Public Affairs, USPTO, quoted in Business Week, November 10, 2005.)

No one here is hiding the fact that inventing is risky. Simply put, we offer to the general public and manufacturers the most economically priced services for an invention to be design, developed, engineered and packaged. In layman’s terms, “The most bang for the buck”. If you are a former product designer or animator you know that most design firms charge fees 3 to 4 times in excess of our standard fees.

Your accusations of referring to our company as a “scam/scheme” are false, misleading and, simply put, not possible. Our brochures, affirmative disclosure notice, American Inventors Protection Act notice and written service offer agreements are extremely informative and clear. Unfortunately, we must now consider our legal position and contemplate taking legal action against you in the state of Pennsylvania. From your statements you are subject to intentionally publishing false and defamatory information intending to cause the company harm. You have left us no choice but to instruct you to remove all your posts or a lawsuit will be filed.

Our 250-plus staff-members, and the families they support, don’t deserve to be mistreated by you. You have 48 hours to remove all posts. If you choose not to remove the posts, expect to be served with a lawsuit. Attempting to hide behind anonymous posts will not help you. Complaintsboard.com can expect to be served with a subpoena that will require them to release your email and IP addresses and any other contact information they may have in their records. Complaintsboard.com subjects its posters to all legal liabilities for defamation. You may read their policy at http://www.complaintsboard.com/legal-information.html. Note, that paragraph 3 of the Terms of Use for Complaintsboard.com require you to pay its legal fees. (http://www.complaintsboard.com/terms-conditions.html)

Thank you,

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Inventilante
Anaheim, US
Dec 03, 2010 9:11 am EST

As per Davison's website...18 client's since 1989 have made a profit vs. their initial investment with the company. 18. that's less than 1 person a year. That's a hell of a profit margin for Davison. Over $10, 000 per project and maybe 1 person a year actually makes that back. That's not a scam/scheme? Wow.

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Choker
Wrangell, US
Oct 23, 2010 8:09 pm EDT
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You guys kill me, you talk intelligent but your actions are that of a 5 yr old. Show me the paper that says 70% of the complaints are set forth by your competitors. Also why is it you send the agreement form stating the customer has a 1% chance of ever making it after you take thier money. Don't you think that agreement should be sent in the beginning of the process but then how would you guys make money right. Don't give me the run around I want to see your claim on paper. Oh by the way the last company you targeted has nothing to do with manufacturing ideas although Davison claims to have presented 15 ideas to them. The Eisner Brothers have never delt with Davison let alone denied any presentations, I have it all on paper how about you.

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Davison Design & Development fraud

I submitted an idea to a company named Davison Design and Development. It has been weeks and now they are contacting me and wanting to discuss my idea. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is yet another scam. Does ANYONE know about this company and what their real deal is? I need to know ASAP cause they keep calling and I want to tell them forget it but if it is legitimate then maybe I'll listen to this guy and what he is offering. I really need a quick response on this one, so if anyone can help please do.

Thanks, Corajo

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Aug 28, 2010 6:42 pm EDT

I google them ... they have not good reputation ... lots of complain about them google should stop ads for these peoples

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Sep 21, 2015 8:38 am EDT

Davison continues to hound people on the Internet for their no-cost help you invent scam to send in your ideas.

This type of scam is not sufficiently regulated, and it should be no surprise that consumers are ripped off right and left for there innovation, incentive, and ideas.

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Dee Gold
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Jul 15, 2014 4:20 pm EDT
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Be careful with some of the companies out there! We agree, you must get to the honest, trust worthy companies, that your peers can share their experience in a members only platform. Try inventorznetwork.com to find good companies and opportunities. Just relanched also for inventors to get their products in front of the media, retailers and experts.

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pdva
e creek, US
Feb 13, 2014 8:39 pm EST

i do agree alot of ideas out there that will never get on the market becaus they are a bunch of thefes stealing your ideas! i had many, but they will get it. some how, if its a good idea and it sells well they will nab it and they takeall the glory! i do wish there was a way. as we are in 2014 if we were free not to have our ideas stolen we would have gone a lot farther than we are now in 2014!

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Dj Hart
Saint Paul, US
Feb 05, 2014 2:21 pm EST

most invent help company's are a scam it seems no one wants to better
the world they just want to screw* you out of your idea and money
every company i have searched into is either a scam or funded by a
company that scams people out of there inventions markets them in other
company's and takes patient money and does nothing due to the fine
print.. one day i will make a real company that helps inventors free of
charge but first i would google into how to get a invention patiented
and the steps needed to create a product and work on it on your own
instead of paying some company that does nothing.

yours truly
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Zamil Ahmed
Oz, US
Aug 26, 2011 9:50 pm EDT

Initial amount I was asked to pay up front $745 to lunch the project for my idea. And down the line I was told that I have to pay more and more as the project developes, which might cost me after all few thousands $$. Now I figured once I stick my head into this black hole, it might suck me in all the way and I will end up loosing big time here. They offered me 90% profit from the product and 10% for themselves. Now I'm not sure and I do smell something fishy here and there, so I'm not sure if the product will end up exactly how I have planed it or some what more crapy and not worth any $$$.

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Davison Design & Development expectations not met

I paid approx. $12, 000 for an idea to be developed that I was unsatisfied with the result, sent it back to Inventionland once and hesitantly signed the contract with a footnote that I didn't like it because it was not the cutting edge product I was promised. Their answer was that it would be rectified by the company that purchased the license agreement and it was shown to 2 companies that have no history of picking up a liscense agreement from them. They charge $340 to repackage for every presentation. I was lied to every step to get me to continue on, getting more wrapped up in it. I turned them in to Western Pa BBB. I wat a refund for not delivering a promised product.
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6. Following discussion, the product sample was re-designed and you approved the re-design on 08/10/2009 and you completed a questionnaire in which you provided positive feedback.

I WAS TOLD BY YOUR REP AT THE TIME. MIKE O BRIEN TO JUST SIGN THE DOCUMENTS AND SEND THEM BACK AND GIVE A GOOD REVIEW...IT WOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE PEOPLE THAT PURCHASED THE LICENSE... AT NO TIME DID YOU EVEN ATTEMPT TO MAKE AN APPEALING PRODUCT. AT NO TIME DID YOU SAY - WELL WE CANNOT DO WHAT YOU WANT - HERE IS A REFUND ! WHY? BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE ANY MONEY DOING THAT...

AND YOU JUST POSTED MY ENTIRE NAME ON THIS WEBSITE... YOU VOWED TO KEEP IT SECRET AND EVEN SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT YOU WOULD... LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO CONTACT AN ATTORNEY BECAUSE YOU BREECHED YOUR CONTRACT, EXPOSING MY NAME TO THE THIEVES ON THE INTERNET !

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May 20, 2014 6:25 pm EDT

Then why do you demand upfront payment for services? Why dont you collect payment after the product is delivered like almost everyone else? What recourse does YOUR company provide for unsatisfied customers? To have Mr Vescio tell them they arent committed enough? Mr Mike O Brien kept telling me to just sign the papers and it would be taken care of in licensing. So where is HE now? Why does he not work for Davison? I am not slandering your company. I am free to express my experiences.You just dont like them because they are negative. That is not my doing. It is yours. Enjoy that 12K you got off me cause my goal is to educate 10 times that. That is my perogative. And it aint 4 years later. I have been posting here and involved in discussions for a couple of years already. At least since 2010.

And - you presented my item to 3 companies. You said 2. What is the deal there?

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Jun 14, 2011 6:19 pm EDT

[protected] and still unhappy. I should have taken the $12, 000 to Vegas and WASTED it there! Bad thing is, I know there is a use for my product if it were designed the way I intended it to be.

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Aug 23, 2010 7:08 pm EDT

And, I may add that since you have explained it to me so well in your above response that I intend to educate some people who may or may not be possible prospects of yours. Sure is odd that your people did not explain it that way when I was asking about it UP FRONT...So enjoy the $12, 000. Maybe I can educate some people and save them 10 times the amount I evidently so foolishly wasted.

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Aug 23, 2010 5:44 pm EDT

Why would I spend $12, 000 to get an unmarketable product? I would have been better off to spend the money at Vegas as someone else suggested. Every corp that they present it to has a ZERO history of purchasing a product ! That is explained away also by them. ! As I said before, when I asked about the verbage of these approval points, I was led to believe that it would be taken care of in the next step. Besides, I could have come up with their final product with stuff I have in my garage and I told them that before the last steps. If some one thinks that people are paying good money for this stuff just to waste it, should have a lightbulb go off in their heads as to the REAL reasons.

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Colgate, US
Dec 15, 2009 5:10 pm EST

I paid the $695.00. I got a binder with designs and nothing else. I was bounced from one "coach" to another. They are definately a rip off company. I suggest if you have an idea to hire a LOCAL lawyer.

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jaynegirl23
Roxbury, US
Aug 05, 2011 7:26 pm EDT

I just talked to Davison about an idea and they are emailing the initial agreement to start the process for a fee- After reading this I am definitely nervous, unsure if I should trust them Sounded great on the phone- jaynegirl

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Jammer55
Hunlock Creek, US
Jul 02, 2011 1:50 pm EDT

I believe there was a class action suit against davison. I too was tricked out of 13k. I actually had a patent pend. on my product that I did not renew because davison told me that because it had changed the design that it would need to apply for a new patent.

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Davison Design & Development beware!

I have comments on paper telling me to hurry so davison can get my invention on the store shelves 12/18/09. I also found out the company davison was to present my idea to was nothing more then a wholesale dealer. Would that not be false representation of a manufacturer 10/25/10. I've been dealing with DAVISON idiots ever since 2003. It's not a good thing for davison since there was a ruling by judge Lancaster stating there would be no more of that in the April rulimg of 2006. Don't forget about the agreement stating your 1% chance of making it. I got this agreement handed to me in the 2009 after I made pretty much my last payment. That agrrment is to be handed to you at the same time you sign any contract with davison. I lost 8, 458.00 to Davison which I'm sure they used on brain washing the rest of there employees. So here it is quick, Agreement sent to me after my last payment, can't wait to get my idea on store shelves, found out the company is a wholesale dealer nothing to do with manufacturing products, So where does my money go, to a pieace of paper. Now does that not sound like one stupid company.

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Davison Design & Development Scam - rip off - don't be a victim

For anyone who has been taken by Davison since the 2008 lawsuit settlement, please join the davisonisgoingdown group and invite anybody you know who has been victimized by this company. We need to come together so we can start a new class action lawsuit. Please share your story here and stay tuned for more details as I figure out how to move forward.

Here is my story:

I hired Davison who is an inventor promotional firm to help me bring my idea from conception to market. I have paid excess of $9000 in July 2009 and was last contacted by my representative Michael Grando in March 2010. At that time, I was told my actual product sample had been manufactured and was in QA and I would have a provisional patent application within 2 weeks. I never heard back from Grando and began calling leaving voicemails and sending emails. Finally I spoke to the receptionist who advised Grando was on medical leave and Gary Humes was handling my design. I began leaving Humes numerous voicemails and have also left voicemails with the Vice President and still have not received a response regarding my inquiries on my product.

Since my concerns, I have learned Davison had been sued by the FTC for practices that are still being used today in which I am a victim of. For example, I was told they had great contacts with companies, more specifically, Cuisinart with which they would be presenting my design to. I am learning that they do not have solid standing here. When I told them I had another company in mind I was told that they were the experts in this area and had done all of the preliminary research to target this company. I even asked who their contact with Cuisinart was and was told that it was a confidentiality matter and could not be shared with me. I was also told that very few people's ideas were accepted by Davison as they were selective on the applicants received but mine was being accepted for further development.

DON'T TRUST DAVISON THEY WILL GET YOUR MONEY AND NEVER CALL BACK!

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Jul 22, 2010 3:22 pm EDT

Join this group if you have been scammed by Davison since the 2008 settlement.

http://www.complaintsboard.com/groups/davisonisgoingdown-g2287.html

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Camdenton, US
Nov 16, 2023 11:22 am EST

My name is Joe. I submitted my product idea to Davison Inventions in 2018. As a blind veteran I came up with this idea because it would be something I would use and I thought everybody would want to use. I wrote it up and submitted it to Davison. I paid $15,000 to start the process. After two years of cat drawings and slow process and hundreds of emails I got nothing but heartache and a serious trust issues. They told me they were going to submit my idea to a bunch of product companies and that none of them were interested. I went behind their back and was curious so, I found a company online and told him I had a product and was working with Davison, and if they would be interested in hearing about my product within six hours I got an email back from the products manager inquiring about my product in which I told him I would forward his email to Davison employee who was in charge of my project. I did so, and they never did anything with it. I even worked out 1000 bucks for my product commercial and could have done a better job as a blind person. So total, I’ve paid over $16,000. I got a commercial that sucks. And the sample of my product in a box an email that says we’re sorry we couldn’t help you . Nobody likes your piece of crap. Maybe that’s not correct. Maybe they just don’t like Davison Inventions because they are crap. Good news. I have found several companies interested in my product and I’m letting them pitch to me. But they would like to redesign it because there was too many errors in the design from Davison Inventions. I believe the word amateur was mentioned several times by the product companies interested in my invention. So if you’re interested in a product design of your own invention, don’t waste your time and money with this place of the lazy, incompetent, disrespectful amateurs.

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Apr 14, 2023 4:27 am EDT
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I been in service with Davison for 2 years now an I spoke to my researcher everyday an now I speak 3 times a week I received my invitation to visit my business has been Great so far thanks Mark

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Aug 30, 2022 1:04 pm EDT

Hey everyone. I'm working with a nonprofit organization. If you want help, you can contact Chris at www.inventorrescue.com. I'm working with them, it's free and they are actively seeking people to bring down Davison and others like it. If you want more info, hit me up.

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Thomas Ledesma
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Aug 18, 2022 7:15 pm EDT

Please every one listen, this company is a scam, they have the best sales team to promise you the world, and once you stop giving them money they totally kick you to the curb. I spent 13,000 on my idea and once I went threw all the phases, they asked for another 100,000 to manufacture it. But they waited to the last phn. Call with all the promises in the world, to ask for it. Then I wanted to complain about Frank Vescio and how much of a con man he is, I left messages for management to call me back and instead he actually calls me back call me a liar and every thing else being so unprofessional, I know they will contradict everything I say cause that's what they do to rip every one off they can, so please do take my word like everyone else who had to learn like me, please do not waist your money on this company.

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Lynda Douangsavanh
, US
Aug 30, 2022 5:59 pm EDT

I’m in the same boat. Please include me in the class action. Via email Lynda at Saolynda6280@yahoi.com.

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Daphne Mugica
, US
Aug 03, 2022 8:57 pm EDT

I just recently signed a contract thank God they only got $25 on the deposit with my cash app card because I was afraid it might be a scam I wasn't aware of everything until today when my daughter actually did the research when I sent her the information comes to find out that they are scams so does that mean that they stole my design and no longer need me for my invention how do I make sure that they can't use my invention and cancel me out I would love to be a part of the lawsuit and the $25 that I put down for deposit was actually today I have another phone interview meeting Friday at 6:30 p.m. I thought it might be legit because of the emails with Steve Harvey and the online shopping center shows that I watched in the news where they were on the news I guess they really fooled me I feel so stupid now

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1Justice2
Conroe, US
Jul 25, 2022 2:15 am EDT

It's not slander or defamation of character if it is in fact true. You should probably read up on your laws company D! This company thinks they are so cute because they know words like defamation and slander. Lol Absolutely outstanding. So you picked up some new words from your last lawsuit. It only works when you use those words correctly in a sentence. If a statement is true then it's not defamation of character or slander. You just want it to be because you don't want people to know the truth. Here's another amazing fun fact... the first amendment, I'm sure you've heard of it. This amendment protects freedom of expression. If that doesn't say enough here's another one. Try the consumer review fairness act. Plenty to go around. Have a fun time fighting around the 1st amendment and laws like the consumer reviews fairness act. Your company steals and it can be proven. Nobody is slandering you or hurting your name. You did that all by yourself! That too is proven!

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Kay Myles
, US
Jul 13, 2022 4:36 pm EDT

Where is your group located and how many people do you have that are willing to file a formal complaint.

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Ms. Donato
, US
Aug 05, 2022 9:42 pm EDT
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I have a case I would like to add to any class action lawsuit. I actually have them recorded telling me lies and misleading me. Now they want me to sign a contract that says all previous conversations are null and void. They've given me a deadline and telling me they're taking my idea if I dont pay $30,000. Any body out there please contact me at sophia7470@gmail.com for further information or case collaboration. Thank you.

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Isaac121
York, Nebraska, US
Aug 06, 2022 6:11 pm EDT
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My phone number is landline only [protected]! Davison design and development is illegal as there is for business, they can not cancel your contract and everything stays open, I have over 200+ inventions filed there and they play off demonic transgressions inflicting one customer to the next and pay internet data base people off to illegally trac cells and lines and pivot contracts on customers and more. If you want you can call me and take em down together eventually. I have much bigger inventions not filed with Davison design and development do not sign anything. To cancel contract unless they refund which they won't they are your [censored]es and checked they can never close your file unless they refund! And they won't they make up one lie after another! They canceled on me for saying I was talking to an IRS attorneys and agents, when they said I will soon have a check being issued sing I paid up for prog development. They are very dishonest and refuse anything with me. I'm inventor of bigger inventions then Davison design and development has on file. I invent space engine out does Elon musk and nasa I am filed with police and the USA Senate pentagon is even knowing I'm inventor of the space engine. It will be future space exploration! It never has to refuel runs off electricity and can hover in any ozone layer and travel faster then speed of light in outer space. Davison design and development belongs there employees behind bars. Do not sign call me [protected]!

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Raydon G
Compton, US
May 21, 2022 12:55 am EDT
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i would like to get part of the lawsuit

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N8 Huber
, US
Apr 28, 2022 9:29 pm EDT

why don't any of you post a video on YouTube about your experience and proof?

I believe that would help others alot.

I've saved all my messages and recordings and emails. I plan on doing a honest review of my experience with davison.

"Expectations vs reality of Davison inventions"

Will be the name of video on YouTube.

I've been waiting a year for prototype. I called today trying to get a new "project manager" and it was finished lol. no new "project manager "

I received email with pictures of an unfinished prototype. the prototype looks bootlegged.

pictures will be in the video when the time is right.

I'm a Army Veteran and Amazon employee trying to make something good happen.

the world will soon see the outcome with every bit of documentation I've collected over time. weather it's good or bad will be for the world to see and decide. my video will settle if they are legit or not.

hope to see others posting videos, especially of what you wanted and what you got lol.

You will see what $12,000 gets you.

remember (Expectations vs Reality of Davison inventions)

I hope everything works out for me. we'll see.

peace my ninjas!

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Adrian Price
, US
Apr 26, 2022 9:12 am EDT

Davison got me for over 22 or 23 thousand dollars. I was defrauded and I want my money back it’s been I think since 2015 or 2016 since I’ve ask them for help and they took my money. I have proof of my doc and the things they sent me which shows I’ve been scammed if there is a class action suit I would like to join. I don’t think people show be taking advantage of like this… please help

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Kay Myles
, US
Aug 30, 2022 12:48 pm EDT

I'm working with an attorney and need others to join in. Please let me know if you're interested.

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Alan Catherine
, US
Nov 30, 2022 5:49 pm EST
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I just got freaked by davison I have canceled my cards n am broke b4 Xmas now I have all calls recorded n everything my idea is a great one too now they have it ...

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Davison Design & Development refund

My complaint is to get my refund from an invention service company, i've paid them 695 to secure a licensing deal on my invention idea, I feel there was no service that was usable for me. They also stringed me along for few months by sending me useless information and spreading out phone appointment meetings every 2 or 3 weeks apart keeping me in the dark. I think they spreaded the appointments out over the span of 2 months so my bank couldnt be able to help get my money back because i gave them the money 2 months prior, Only after the 2 months passed then they asked for more money to create a prototype. During our first initial conversation I made it clear to them I couldnt pay alot of money for any other services. Darryl were my contact he assured me that I did'nt have to worry about the cost of any future payments. Being they had other payment plans, contingency for one. I honestly feel they kept me in the dark for over 2 months so they could keep the 695 dollars if I tried asking for a refund wich I did. My bank said it been over 2 months and they couldnt help, So this must of been their intention. My complaint is simple i've paid for something with nothing to show for.

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ChurchFansAndMore LLC
, US
May 02, 2020 6:08 pm EDT

I've literally seen my ideas at Shoe Dazzle! Go figure. I didnt pay $10, 000 but had began to do so.

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Jay Lee Munoz
, US
Nov 19, 2019 1:05 pm EST

I just lost $784 Davison I wish I would have read this be for paying now I feel like a fool for making this payment. I've ask for my money back and they told me NO. Just when I thought thing were looking up for me. Then shot down ..

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Gemnice
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Jan 28, 2018 9:19 am EST
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The total number of consumers who submitted new product ideas to Davison during the past five years is eight hundred fifty six thousand eight hundred ten (856, 810). Davison does not provide evaluation of commercial potential; thus, it has provided no positive or negative evaluation of this or any other product idea in the last five years. The total number of consumers who were offered a Pre-Development agreement (or similar contract for research services) is two hundred ninety two thousand sixty eight (292, 068). The total number of consumers who were offered a Contingency Agreement (or other contract for licensing representation) is two hundred ninety two thousand sixty eight (292, 068). The total number of consumers who purchased a Pre-Development Agreement or similar contract for research services is fifty seven thousand eight hundred twenty six (57, 826). The total number of consumers who signed a Contingency Agreement or other licensing representation agreement is fifty seven thousand eight hundred twenty six (57, 826). The total number of consumers who were offered a New Product Sample Agreement (or any other contract for design services for a virtual or a product sample) is thirty six thousand six hundred fourteen (36, 614). The number of consumers who signed a New Product Sample Agreement or similar agreement is seventeen thousand nine hundred fourty eight (17, 948). The number of consumers who obtained a written license with a company that is not affiliated with Davison is ninty eight (98). The total number of consumers in the last five years who made more money in royalties than they paid, in total, under any and all agreements with Davison, is four (4). The percentage of Davison’s income that came from royalties paid on licenses of consumers’ products is .001%.

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Ben J.
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Nov 26, 2017 7:18 pm EST
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My story is exactly like everyone of the others that I read. Up front fee then $10, 000 to develop my idea. They said that they would present my product to solo cup but then after paying I never heard from them again. They promised a tour and I would get to actually hold my invention. If anyone could help me please contact me. [protected]. Ben

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N8 Huber
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Sep 30, 2021 6:14 pm EDT
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Any results with your product?

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arnetrice hunter
, US
Sep 28, 2017 11:35 pm EDT

I really need my money back I live in proverty, and can use it real bad. They took over $5000 from me.

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N8 Huber
, US
Sep 30, 2021 6:04 pm EDT

Over $10, 000 from me.

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Brandon Lindquist
, US
Aug 20, 2017 4:02 pm EDT
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How do we get back at these guys? I want my money back as well. This is awful! We need our money back! How do we get a lawsuit going? I have kept all the emails with my associate and I and the receipts that I paid. I can't believe I felt for this as well. Get George Davison out of here and our money back we deserve

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N8 Huber
, US
Sep 30, 2021 6:03 pm EDT

Did you find out how to get back?

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JEmann
, US
Mar 22, 2016 9:44 am EDT
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I too would like to be a part of this class action lawsuit. George Davison, Jason Zerbach, Autumn Luniewski & Amy Capiross are all part of the scam. I'm embarrassed at the amount of money I invested due to their convincing lies.

Riverview, FL

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N8 Huber
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Sep 30, 2021 6:03 pm EDT
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5 months and no update on my project yet.

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Bill Howell
, US
Feb 28, 2016 6:41 am EST

I want to be part of the class-action suit. Please help me recoup my $9000.00. I am 69 years old and was forced to retire early at 55 due to a disability. I took what little money I had and invested it with Davison. I just paid another $500 to submit to two other companies with no results. Most of these supposed leads won't let Davison Inventionland in their door. I am so angry. Bill H.

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N8 Huber
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Sep 30, 2021 6:02 pm EDT

Any results yet?

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sunny75
, US
Jan 11, 2016 5:53 pm EST

Im would like to be part of the class actio suit. Davison took me for $715.00 they stopped talking to me when I cancelled my product idea. I cant get a hold of Hason Zerbach who helped me with my idea but as soon as I said I cant go further and would like to talk about a refund. I cant a call or an email. Im angry that I got scammed.

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hackr01
, US
Oct 21, 2015 12:31 pm EDT
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I have had a bad experience with Davison as well to a tune in excess of $10, 000.00 as well. I have written, phoned and gotten NO response from them regarding my invention.. I do not feel that they have made "presentation one" to any potential investor. I would like to be a part of a class action suit to recover my funds. I have spent a great deal of my retirement funds to Davison and received ZERO in tangible effort from them in presenting my invention to any valid investor.
If anyone cares to start a Class Action Suit, count me in. I don't know the procedure to do so and don't really have the knowledge to initiate the ssuit myself but would be willing to offer any assistance to begin this process. I understand that Marsha Holford was going to start one some time ago. Marsha, if you have done so or intend to do so, please let me know how I can reach you.
I am at my wits end as to what to do with this matter.
Fed up in Fort Wayne, IN.

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N8 Huber
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Sep 30, 2021 6:00 pm EDT
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You ever get your money back?

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Davison Design & Development stoled my invention

davison& company, had me believeing that i had a very great invention. called the pajama holder. did'nt ask for ant money. until a company wanted my ideal. then they ask me for $695.00.they stoled it. i had a guy call me last nite & he was fixing to send them $700.00. i begged him not to do it it was a scam.i want this company & mr.davison put out of business. and what they stoled from me. my#[protected]. sincerly, gracey hastings

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Jeffery M
Pierre, US
Jul 26, 2014 9:12 pm EDT
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Davison took me years ago. I was checking how things were going and found this blog. Let me say that EVERY person who says they got ripped off by these people is telling the TRUTH. They only got about $2600.00 out of me about 10 years ago but I'll never forget the slick talk and the lies they told me over the phone. Luckily I caught on fairly quickly but still I really felt stupid for being took by them for as much as they got before I figured them out.

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sullo
Mount Kisco, US
May 23, 2014 7:16 pm EDT
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How do we stop them, I had the same experience $9, 000 in the end the sales person was rude in her responses, they reel you in sweet and believable you got a great idea! Then door slam you're in debt and they luck out!

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