Davison Design & Development
Reviews and Complaints

As someone who has explored working with Davison Design & Development, Inc., I must say my experience was a mix of positives and negatives. While the people I interacted with were friendly and accommodating, I found their sales strategy to be a bit pushy with numerous emails and calls. It left me feeling like I needed to do more research before fully committing. Despite this, I believe that with thorough research and understanding, Davison could potentially be a valuable partner for those looking to bring their ideas to life.

I got a loan to pay for my venture in full. Paid that to them and they still wanted more money. I've yet to benefit off my amazing product and I'm out about 30,000- 35,000 dollars and in the middle of a bankruptcy because of it. I'm pissed. Every thing they do has a hefty check that comes with it. The production cost, the video commercial cost, the licensing cost. But there has not been any communication the minute you stop paying. It's a ponzi scheme!

I want to start off by saying I'm sorry for anyone that has already lost money. This company is a complete scam. The only products actually released under their umbrella are junk products that you normally find in clearance sections. Their goal is to sell you and keep upselling you until you have nothing left. Think Wolf of Wall Street with another industry.

I personally did the patent search for around $695. The information they sent me was extremely basic and mostly filled with copy/pasted competitor descriptions. However, this amount is not outrageous for a patent search. After that is completely, they will email/call you constantly trying to sell you on pre-production. If you miss a call, you will get some dumb email from an inventor of a junk product nobody cares about. I only feel bad that I'm sure that inventor spent thousands and thousands more than he should have for the development work.

Now at this point, I pulled out. As you always should if you don't want consequences in the future (insert winking face emoji). If your instinct it that it doesn't feel right, congrats, you already have a skill most inventors lack. Also if you are new, look up sales funnels. They are using bottom barrel techniques to appeal to inventors desperate to launch their inventions.

Just in case they reply to this complaint saying that I'm not educated on business, I want to lay out my credentials. I have 3 degrees ranging from a bachelors to PhD. My bachelors is in business. I also have 2 businesses that have operated cashflow positive for the last 6 years. I only went with this company because I simply didn't have time to give it my complete focus during development. However, I will be pulling it back in house.

On august 5,2016 I submitted 2 invention ideas , I paid a total of $24,000. Davison is a Fraud A complete Fraud. The entire Company scammed me out of $24,000 based on nothing but Lies. Each one of the persons , that I could speak with about both my project /New Inventions would never answer my questions . I faxed , sent emails ,sent letters via us mail in which I asked for a signature upon receiving my letter. Just to get absolutely no response. Davison breached their own contracts and never produced either of my inventions that they promised. The one thing that they did do was send me a sample with warning stickers all over stating that the shampoo body wash set could result in Death! Unbelievable. Davison design and development is a Fraud Fraud Fraud do not give that scam company none of your money or you will be sorry . Davison is full of trained scammers that steal your money with all their Lies . Davison needs to be stopped and Shut down permanently! I have made so many complaints against them , The FTC is on board now along with States generals offices and. Consumer affairs for public safety. Yes oh yes I am in all the way to start class action suit against Davison design and Development , The home of fraudulent Scammers.!

Do not give these people a penny and definitely do not share your idea with them. Unfortunately I did not read the reviews prior to submitting my idea to them. Even from the start, I knew there were issues, when I did a patent search with them, they hounded me for $500 and then threatened to cut all ties with me if I did not pay it within an allotted amount of time which was less than a week. I foolishly paid the money and gave them my idea. Once I showed them the idea they sent me over a contract for thousands of dollars to get started. They claimed they would do engineering and get my patent going. When I questioned them as to why they wanted so much money to get started the individual assigned to me, got angry at me. He then told me i’m better off finding somebody else to work with. Unfortunately, this all came after I disclosed my idea to them. Any good business person asks questions prior to spending money, apparently they are not used to dealing with business people, they look for the easy marks like mom and pops type that know nothing about business. I was only asking for an explanation and a question as to why all of the sudden they’re telling me I could wait a several months while I waited for them to do their engineering. Once I saw their engineering department, I knew this whole thing was a scam. During one of my last conversations with the individual that was assigned to me from davidson, these people are out to steal from you. I have had to hire a top-notch beverly hills patent attorney just to protect myself from them moving forward. I have a feeling they are going to get my idea sold to someone outside of their company. I’ll be ready for them..

This article is about Davison Invention based in Pittsburgh 585 Alpha Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Davison has taken over $12, 000.00 from me falsely misled me and pressured me into signing an agreement with lies.

I submit a drawing to Davison they rearrange my idea and give me something different from what I submitted. I was very concerned that it did not reflect my original idea.

Davison said the final product may not look like what I originally thought it would. Which I understood. But the whole idea and concept were different. I expressed my concerns to the people who they assigned to me, Now looking at it, they manipulate me with lies. I was told that this is just to get us in the door with a major company. They even tried to get more money from me for (pressuring) me that they need more for the presentation. Which on their contract is (optional).

I did not feel comfortable with signing any paperwork, but I trusted them to do the right thing, I was assured that everything will be alright, that was just their process. It's Been over 2 years now, Only thing I have received is a brochure showing me something different, Every month they call me with a different story, I told them I want my money back after seeing all these complaints online. They told me there is no refund. Can anyone assist me?

since 2014 ive been hopeing davidson could market my invention they built a prototype and sent it to me because they said they having promblems summiting to manufactures and factory to led me into a horrible depression and i couldnt beleave how i just fell apart after year after year still no clue how i couldnt my invention going with out the rite help i loss so much money behind all this

Hello I was scammed by Davison inventions payed 600 and something pounds. Over 6 months then told me it would be a further 4000 pounds to continue with the invention next level phoned and emails wanting more money without any proof of anything being done I did look at reveiws about the company after the fact I’d payed this 600 and odd pounds. I told him I saw reveiws and that the company was scamming people out of thousands of pounds . The reply I got on a phone call was . No no that’s people lie.n about the company on line . I said they can’t print these lies on line if they were not try . Then proceeded to ask for 4000 pounds I refused carolhall. Ch [protected]@ gmail. Com

My mother and I submitted a invention idea. Davison's design and development sold it and now someone is making the money from our invention. We paid them $17,505.00 dollars. We filed with federal trade commission, states General office. We want to do a class action lawsuit against them, this company needs to be stopped immediately, so they can not continue to rip people off. And if other officials legal officials are not going to move forward for all of us who have been scammed, then we must assume they are being paid off by Davison... who agrees?

I have been in contract with Davison since 8/5/2016 and all The employees at Davison did nothing but steal my money. Davison lied about everything in contract promises. Davison had me so convinced I was going to be rich. So I did submit idea #2 in February of 2019, just to be scammed all over again. I paid Davis in a total of $24,000 and got nothing! Davison is a huge scam. I am a 61 year old disabled woman that has been taken and scammed out of $24,000. The bottom line is they keep getting away with it. My hopes are to be able to help in stopping Davisin design and development. They are a Fraud stealing millions of peoples life savings. I want to state one last truth. Davison sent me a product sample if my soap set, package containing a Warning sticker showing wealth can result. I called the person I had been in contact with at Davison"Morgan scoggins", she state that Davison could never sell my product idea. Now if this isn't fraud I surely do not know what is.! I have pictures to prove all that I have stared. Davison owes me $24,000 and then some, to me and millions of others I am sure if that.

Davison is a company full of fraudulent scam artists.

The company was paid from 2015 to 2021. I was never told of any problems with my invention, I was only told that they were working hard to get everything right. This turned out to be a lie. I also have reason to believe the company, affiliate, or someone has already created my idea and maybe selling it through another small company. When I presented my idea there was nothing on the market like it. Now I see knockoff attempts everywhere. Even if it’s a knock off someone is making money, and all I did was lose money. I was first in contact with a gentleman named Jermaine Hughley, and a lady named Laura Cranmer. After about 2 months I was told Jermaine is no longer with the company, and have been in contact with Brian Svantner the reminder of this ordeal.

In all I paid Davison $11,075 to bring my idea to fruition and that never happened or was ever attempted. Brian spent the entire time fast talking and repeating the same thing ever time we talked on the phone. He always said everything is going fine we’re doing good, just keep up the payments, and everything is all good on our end. I received some mediocre renderings and I explained my disappointment with Brian several times. I have multiple recordings of our conversations.

I also requested a refund several times and never received it. The 1st time I requested a refund Brian told me not to worry that whatever I was thinking was not the case. I backed off and said ok let’s see how it goes. They sent me another rendering worse than the 1st one. I asked for a refund again and never received anymore contact from them. I am a disabled veteran and am on a fixed income and this has truly damaged my ability to create anything ever again. This ordeal has given me more anxiety, depression, anger and resentment so bad that Ive contemplated taking my own life. I’ve sacrificed money and doing things for my family to pay for a dream that has been nothing but disappointment.

I don’t know how the state of Pennsylvania, all other states, and the government can live with the fact that this company continues to commit fraud on a daily basis. The company known as Davison is a threat to consumers everywhere on a national level. The company known as Davison is a threat to the American Dream that some americans have to become an inventor. They are taking peoples hard earned money without any intentions of bringing their ideas to life. This scam is just keeping money coming in to make a living off decent average americans. This company should be shutdown and barred from ever doing business again. They are hurting thousands of people and making millions in the process while we get nothing and have sacrificed all the money.

You know what’s really sad, is the fact that people are trusting you with their secret that no one else in the world knows. Also by the time a person finds out that Davison is a scam it’s pretty much too late to try again. Either someone could have come up with your idea, or you give up and what’s to keep Davison from taking peoples ideas further later own without that person even knowing. I’ve found several patents already in use regarding my invention. Davison said there weren’t any, and I searched also but couldn’t find anything in 2015. I’ve found several that have been in existence before I ever spoke with anyone from Davison. This just proves that they knew what they were doing, and knew there were inventions and patents already in place. So they continue to take advantage of the little guy every chance they get for financial gain. Contract should be null and void since there were already patents and inventions out prior to our contract. Davison claims to have done a patent and invention search but found nothing. This has turned out to be a lie.

Davison is using misleading business practices to entice people into a contract. Davison owes me and hasn’t done anything worth $11,0075. I want my money back, that’s the least they can do. I was told they would bring my idea to life, but they didn’t, therefore the contract is unfulfilled/void. Ignoring my request for a refund is a response, and Davison is in the wrong.

I suggest they resolve this matter by refunding my money. I never signed or approved any of there designs because clearly they were an attempt to simply say they attempted something. Furthermore they will say nothing is guaranteed, but consumers are paying you for financial gain in the future. I guess it doesn’t seem to matter because Davison is the only one benefiting. If it’s not for financial gain or potential of it, why lie to people to get them in a contract in the first place. They have no intentions of bringing ideas to life because they make more money off the scam. The company prays on people by getting people through persuasion and slick talk to make people believe they have something to look forward to when they never really do. Atleast nothing to look forward to from them. If this company is going to try and hide behind their vague one sided contracts, and fancy attorneys, good luck hiding from God.

I contacted the Davison company in the US for making a search and promoting my unique development on the subject of car engines and the answer was that nothing of the kind was found. They contacted the first company to try to interest them in my development with a confidentiality agreement as they said, but I still do not even have a provisional patent and this is important, but they told me it's something that I need to take care of myself. I have been in contact with them for about a year and I informed them of the importance of a temporary patent.

There are some things that are not clear, for example on the phone it was explained differently and that they would also do professional work and instead of a professional drawing they did a simple drawing. And it was promised that they would make a model to present to companies and they didn't.

Now they telling me to look In the agreement, there I can see "Create a full size product sample for demonstration purposes" BUT on to bottom it says, on small letters "Services limited to paragraph" Why is that?

Also They asked for more 300$ to contact new company which is not making car engine products.

I am sending an email numerous times but do not receive written answers. I paid a lot of money and I don't get real in return.

About a year passed and they didn't even inform me that it was important for me to submit a patent. I got the impression at first that they would take care of everything and I paid what they asked for.

Can you help me with this matter?

Thanks. Yauri

I started working with Jason Fluharty as far as my payments go, but then I got tossed around like a salad. One employee after another. They would call and leave very vague messages such as-"Mr. Herron this is (fill in the blank) please call me at ..." I would NEVER know why they were calling me. I've emailed them SEVERAL times asking for a breakdown of my $10,000 and all they could do was say-"you made payments of ... on this month... totaling $... It wasn't even the $10,000 that I paid them! I do have paper receipts for ALL my payments. What I was requesting was WHAT DID I PAY YOU FOR? When you take your vehicle in for servicing the mechanic hands you a bill at the time of payment that looks like this-

Hours for repairs- 10 cost per hour $...

Parts 5 total for parts $...

I don't think this is asking too much! $10,000 is a LOT of money for anyone and it took SEVERAL months to pay this off, so I think it's fair to ask for a summary of where that money went! They "seem" like a legit company, but then they do this! IF they ARE a legit company then why are soooooo many people suing them? Coincidence? I don't think so. I realize my game is NEVER going to be made and I honestly don't think they EVER intended to find a game company to make it. They have my money and I just want it back. They didn't provide ANY service for me, so I think it's only right for a FULL refund! I've contacted attorneys offices, BBB, the AG's office for MY state and PA and I've had NO resolve. Apparently these guys are untouchable! I'm sick and tired of companies taking advantage of good people and staying in business so they can KEEP doing this!

On february 9,2019 is the day the scam began. I have read all of the complaints on davison design and development. I could not agree more davison is a fraud. A complete internet scam. These scammers manipulated me out of my life's savings. $17,500.00 dollars. This so called company pushes and pushes for you to pay and promises / lies saying that your idea will make me and them rich in no time. Then once you pay the total amount they totally stop communicating and act as tho you do not exist and or never did. Please do not believe anyone you may speak to from there and definitely never ever give them a penny. Dàvison is a fraud. My situation holds something unique and totally unbelievable. The product sample that davison produced and sent me

Get this

A soap shampoo set with a dangerous hazardous sticker on it. Thru fedex. With note saying send it back to them. I did not even want to touch it with those kind of sticker warning stuck to it.

I kept calling and emailing them about this fraudulent sample they made. All I got was no one from davison sent it to me. Well it arrive from davison with all there information along with davison tape all over it. It came from these scammers I am wanting to do a class action law suit against davison. And I hope davison gets shut down immediately so they will never be able to scam anyone else ever! Stop the scam davison os nothing but a full fledged fraud that needs to be stopped. This the worst thing that has ever happened to me and I have suffered a lot of emotional mental anguish from this. I am telling everyone in the world davison design and development in pittsburgh, pa is a fraud scam, full of thieves. Dont let them do it to you! One last thing davison design and development scammed the uncle of invention home owner. This man seen my complaints and contacted me to give me that information. Davison had to settle up with them and I wont stop until I get my justice. Davison is a fraud!

Thank you for reading this for me. Davison is a lying, deceptive company. By FTC law, they have to contact 2 companies that will endorse your product and produce it. And help get them in store. They had my product since 2017. I told them if it didn’t sell, I wanted it back. I paid them $27000 for it and I still haven’t received the product back. I contacted one of the 2 companies they said that might produce my product and they never heard of Davison. And to this day never manufactured my product. And yet, you're supposed to report fraud. I tried to get on television news programs to tell my story and no one will take it. They have been sued in 2008 for misrepresentation of having listings with thousands of stores. I’m pretty its 2008, it is on the internet. Go under Davison lawsuits

Thanks, Darryl

I was told they would make my prototype once I've paid 50%of the cost I've already paid the full amount a year ago and have nothing to show for. The made a product that doesn't work and will not make it right. It's a fan with no air vents is what they made. It's supposed to have lights and speakers and the prototype they made doesn't have any. I've told Jason michalski the fan needs vents for air to come out and I haven't heard from him since. No emails or phone calls. I've made complaints to the company and heard from no one. At this time I want my money back. A year and still haven't received anything after I've paid over ten thousand dollars. $10,000.

I'm mad. I've paid ten thousand dollars and received nothing. It's been over a year since I've finished paying off the building cost. Jason won't fix the issues with the fan. Tells me the company they will be pitching the idea will fix it. I believe there will not be a company. Besides I paid for a working product and that's what I expected. Now I just want my money back.

The first photo is what I expected the second is what I got. Noticed no lights, speakers,air vents. It's hideous what they tried getting me to sign off on. The second photo is upside down.

My name is Sharon helton I would like to file a complaint about Davidson inventions I was told by Jeffrey Sawyer that I had to come up with $898 which I did I am on disability I only make $861 a month and I was very excited and very prosperous and knowing that my invention would work the problem with this is after I came up with all this money and it took me over a year and I even told my friends how I hadn't invention that it was exciting to know that one day that I would make money from this but they wanted 11,000 more $11,000 more and then he said oh we can work with you about that how can you work with me it will take me over 15 years to come up with $11,000 I have never been so humiliated knowing that I am disabled since I was 17 years old and someone will scam me and prove that they were all right even though I was so positive and uplifting but I will never ever be scam like this again I want the president of the company to call me George Davidson is his name Be manenough to call me I will give you my phone number and tell you where I live I will not you said you stood by your words but you lied you ain't ever called me you ain't never really called anybody if this is a true thing and how come you're taken 11 to 15,000 from people George Davidson and company? Answer that question

I gave over 600 to the company and got nothing but a book . I dont plan on continuing with them . They said it would take 10000 grand to continue , in which I don't have and do not know if I would see results I lost 600 with them and will complain till I receive anything in return . I started in 2021 and it took almost or over 6 months for them to do nothing kept asking and asking for business and I finally gave I'm hoping they would do something a book was my result .

On 8/5/2016. I signed into their bogus contracts, and paid them alot of money. No one at this company would ever answer my questions, and if they did it was all lies.

Davison never even showed me proof that they were even working on my products I paid for.

Bottom line is Davison design and development is a fraud and a big scam.

They are trained to manipulate people out of life savings. The FTC and other officials are investigating Davison. Also the stores and products they claim that they produced products and got marketed and are selling , That's pure [censored]! I hav3 never ever seen there logos or anything in target's and others with Davison name on it.

I even spoke to Invention home , and the owner of invention home Mike

Told me Davison did this same thing to his uncle. AND THATS GODS HONEST TRUTH

STAY AWAY FROM DAVISON THEY ARE FRAUD !

And all cards are in the hands of professionals and The investigation continues .. Since Davison is a scam , they won't even contact me . Fyi Davison all the gift cards I used in your scam are all inmate and still accounted for , gor a refund. You are a BAD BUISNESS