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Suncoast School For Innovative Studies
13oo South Tuttle Avenue
Sarasota, Florida
United States

I am a former director of Suncoast School for Innovative Studies. The school leased a credit/debit card machine from this leasing company. As an agent acting on behalf of the school, I alledgedly signed a contract for lease of the machine. I left the employ of the school in February, 2008. The school continued to use the equipment for a period of time and it is my understanding that they contacted the leaing company to terminate the agreement ( I was not employed there at this time). The school closed their banking account with the bank that that the leasing company had used to draw down electonic funds transfers to pay for lease payments ( I was not employed there at this time). I talked with a Mr. Bear who represents the leasing company since he is employed there. Our telephone conversation (11/9/2009) took place because the leasing company sent me a very threatening and inappropriate letter. Since I "enacted" the lease as an agent of the school, the representative of the leasing company stated that I was responsible for the $1100.00+ bill covering unpaid lease payments. I explained that I acted as an agent of the school at the time of the lease enactment but would have no control over what happened after I left the school. The leasing agency representative told me that he "didn't care". He said "Don't pay me. I will turn this over to a lawyer and the credit bureau and I will ruin your credit. I just pulled a copy of your credit report 10 seconds ago and there are several lines of credit you can borrow from to pay me". I gave him no permission to pull my credit report. He said "I have your social security number. I can do anything I want." I consider this to be harrassment, unethical, and more than likely, illegal. I can not be held responsible for this matter. The leasing company representative's demeanor, tone of voice, threats...were highly unprofessional.