Same S#^% Different Year

Elavon is up to their own tricks again--or still would be more correct here.  They go ahead and pay whatever paltry settlement necessary to get rid of the biggest "troublemakers" and then carry on merrily with their old unethical business practices just because there are always new victims to be had who cave and pay whatever is necessary to get Elavon off their backs rather than fight the difficult and time-consuming fight necessary to beat these jerks. I'm beginning to notice a pattern, and that is that their unpleasant and unscrupulous collections and scare tactics seem to escalate toward the end of a calendar year. 'Tis the season....

There is ongoing discussion about Elavon's practices on various internet forums devoted to consumer complaints.  

For those merchants who are looking to set up merchant services accounts, you can find honest, non-biased reviews of many merchant services providers at CardPaymentOptions.com.  I stumbled across their site once upon a time during my  relentless search for info about Elavon as well as other merchant services providers. Here is their current review for Elavon. Personally, I find their "C" rating to be rather generous.
Elavon review 

UPDATE: https://www.cardpaymentoptions.com/credit-card-processing/worst-merchant-accounts/   and scroll down to Ladco Leasing.

YABBA-DABBA-DOOOOOOOOOOOO

I just received a Certified-Mail envelope from the District Attorney's Office in Ventura County, California. IT WAS MY LADCO RESTITUTION CHECK !!!!!! Hooray, the Little People won one for a change. Fight on, #ElizabethWarren !!

It's official...I've been RELEASED FROM LEASE

Hotdiggity-dawg....I got a letter today from LADCO Leasing stating the following:

Persuant to the terms and conditions of the Stipulated Final Judgment entered in the Superior Court for Ventura County, California....Elavon can advise you that: 1. Your outstanding lease obligation has been cancelled... 2. Any collection agency activity...has been terminated... 4. Any derogatory statement...to a credit reporting bureau...has been requested to be changed to satisfied status.

Here is the complete document: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7nVRu9gJJQMLVBjai1TOG9DVmM  (**Deb's note: link no longer valid. Will have to locate my copy and post at a later time. Sorry!)

The Ruling Against Ladco: Press Release

Here is a link to the press release issued by Ventura County (California) District Attorney's office:

http://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/12-030-Ladco-Settlement-Disney.pdf

A History Lesson

LADCO LEASING, St. Louis, Missouri Posted: 2012-03-03 by Lori Berra Scam Complaint Rating: 0 % with 0 votes Company information: LADCO Leasing/Evalon/USBancorp Serivces St. Louis, Missouri United States For any of you who could utilize this information, here you are: Erik Porter is the Director of Business Development at Ladco Leasing (corporate office in CA) from Jan. 2011 to present. Formerly he was in Sales & Marketing with U.S. Bank in the Business Equipment Finance Group for 7 years. LADCO's domain is LADCO.COM. The registrar is NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC (URL http://www.networksolutions.com). Updated Oct. 14, 2011, Expires Dec. 13, 2012. DNS servers are: DNS4.ELAVON.NET, DNS5.ELAVON.NET, DNS6.ELAVON.NET. The LADCO's "Lease Flow Funding" form agreement between LADCO and the Agent who signed you up has 4 in-depth Steps to "sealing the deal". LADCO utilizes the services of EPS (Electronic Payment Systems) to move funds accordingly. As most of you may know by now, the rep that snagged you gets a healthy "kick-back" from LADCO for doing so. This is what you're paying for. When I confronted the rep that attempted to "rape" my company using LADCO about how much he made off this deal, he could only look down at the floor and mumbled, "Not very much." My reply, "Well it's enough that you don't want to give it back though, isn't it?" All the Steps are enlightening but Step 3 and 4 are especially informative (this is all typed verbatim from the form): STEP THREE: Verfication a) Notify Ladco that the equipment has been installed or have your installer call LADCO Leasing when finished from the customer site (800-678-8666). b) You can call LADCO from the merchant's location, have the merchant contact us, or you can call us and let us know and we will contact the merchant. c) Please have the Equipment serial number and MID# ready at the time of confirmation. d) LADCO will walk the merchant through a verbal checklist to make sure they understand the terms and nature of the lease. e) LADCO MUST (underscored) verify with the person who signed the lease. f) LADCO is available 7am-4:00pm PST, Monday through Friday STEP FOUR: Funding of Lease To Fund, EPS must have: a) A PERFECTLY LEGIBLE faxed or the original equipment lease properly completed and signed. EPS can approve from fax copies but requires the signed document to be sent with the Merchant application and all associated paperwork. b) A confirmed verbal verification of delivery, installation, and functionality of ALL equipment that is the subject of the lease document. When we have a complete package and all items listed above EPS will issue a check and send it out within 24 hours of the verbal verification. Next day delivery is available. (Bolded and centered) Congratulations - Now let's do it all over again!

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Lee Ladd Chairman founded LADCO Financial Group in 1979 and after ventures in mortgage brokering and commercial equipment financing, entered the small-ticket leasing field in 1984. LADCO specialized in financing point-of-sale equipment and grew to service over 120, 000 lease and rental contracts. LADCO pioneered small ticket financing as one of the first to utilize ACH for billing and as one of the first to participate in the placement of over $193MM in lease-backed securitizations with rated bonds issued to investors. In 1997, LADCO Financial Group was acquired by PMT Services. In 1998, PMT Services merged with NOVA Corporation, the result was a new parent company, NOVA Information Systems. In 2001, NOVA Information Systems, Inc. was acquired by US Bancorp. LADCO operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of NOVA and US Bancorp. Lee Ladd departed the organization in 2006. In 2006, LEECO Financial Services was incorporated with the securing of a $120MM credit facility. LEECO provides a fully compliant and comprehensive servicing of portfolio. This includes all federal, state and local tax collections, remittance and audit responsibilities; property tax reporting, allocation, collection, remittance and audit responsibilities; and all monthly and ancillary costs associated with monthly billing, collections and portfolio management. www.leecofinancial.com Where is he now? Lee Ladd Owner, mile edge plus Greater Los Angeles Area | Automotive Current: Owner at mile edge plus Past: President and CEO at LADCO Leasing, regional v.p. at Fireside Thrift