Anonymous

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Goofy sold me and I loved it
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Kyel Zsk

Scam!

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We contracted with John (Louis and/or Robert) Malanka and Reliable Remodelers to perform a very large job. They started working on the exterior of the house and completely screwed up the job.

Not only did they work sporadically (frequently just not showing up), but they did the job incorrectly, told us they were using materials that they were not, and we now have to pay someone else to fix the work. Although we asked for a return of our 50% deposit, Malanka has refused. The office has now been closed down and his staff has been laid off. We have no choice but to file suit.

To those who have been scammed by this company, you can file claims with the Better Business Bureau, NYS Attorney General's Office, and NYS Department of Consumer Affairs.

In addition, we are contemplating filing a class action suit. If you are interested please respond to this post.

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Loss:
$65000
Cons:
  • Losing my money
Reason of review:
Damaged or defective

Preferred solution: Full refund

10 comments
Guest

How do I find out more information on this suit? This guy took a lot of people for a lot of money, myself included.

Guest

Hi,

We also have the same issue. He ran off with our money.

Can't contact them and no address whatsoever.

I'm not even sure where to file a lawsuit. This guy just scammed and ran.

Guest
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I would look up their names and addresses on the web and public records --- like they did to my family members. I would file a complaint with any and all governmental agencies (and get ready to call the cops when they send thugs that smell like garbage to lurks around your home as an intimidation tactic).

Scammers and idiots use intimidation tactics like this. Look for their facebook, social media, instagram, linkedin profiles. Look where they go to post their sad lives online.

Persist, persist, persist and do not give up on weirdos like this.

If enough people get on their cases about these scam artists, they will be arrested in no time.

Guest
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The sister lives in Richmond Hill, Woodhaven or Ozone Park. She came into my workplace with a pal, saw my license on the wall, turned ghost white and walked out immediately. Pay back the money or your kids will be dodging heroin addicts on their commute to school.

Guest

everyone should get together and call news 12 to cover this..

he has done this to hundreds of people.

he was arrested for embezzlement at a previous company

look him up online

he is a career criminal

and if he is not stopped he will just open up under another name and do this to more innocent people!! feel bad for his workers...

he speaks to customers like trash imagine how he spoke to his employees? poor people laid off now b/c of this LOSER!!!!!!!!!!

Guest
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News12, NY1, Help me Howard, Arnold Diaz PIX-11 News, 7 on your side/Consumer Reports. Call their hotline anonymously if you don't want TV exposure or have a public job and would rather stay anonymous.

Don't let scammers like this intimidate you into not complaining about them taking your money. Scammers aren't logical people, you need to report them to authorities. They deal with the nutcases, not us law-abiding folk. *If we weren't law-abiding, we wouldn't have gotten scammed in teh first place!*

The owner will probably cry like Casey Anthony, beg for forgiveness and get a (somewhat) reduced sentence.

That's if they catch this guy. However, it won't happen if you guys just keep ranting online instead of writing a formal complaint or filing a police report.

Guest

emily please post an email i can email you at.

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reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1255503

Report it to the state or local government. If enough people complain and state their grievances in a concise manner, the different jurisdictions will get together and make a federal case against these people.

Guest

Wow.. Was just going to sign a contract with John.

He wanted 50% up front check.. No credit card..

Thought strange . After reading your reviews, I feel lucky I didn't go for the good and possibly being scammed

Kyel Zsk
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You are very lucky! His office closed down and he hasn't even paid his staff.

I have learned to only go by recommendations from people you know only. If possible I'd like to speak/ email with you about your experience.

If you are willing you can private message me. Thanks and good luck!

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Anonymous

WARNING: This is SCAM

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This guy will act like your friend he will act as if your getting a great deal however he will take your money and disappear. Listen to the bad reviews the good reviews are fake. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM! they will steal your money you will not get it back and you will not get your jobs done. It sad that this guy is getting away with all these scams. He is a dirty dude and hopefully pay the price for it. what goes around comes back around. I hope you get caught for the thousands of dollars you have stollen from innocent people!
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Loss:
$6000
Reason of review:
Problems with payment

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

8 comments
Guest

This guy owes me money too, he acted like a great guy, talks a good game and then stopped he stopped paying, didn't return calls and. Ow they moved. It's really sad that he cheats everyone: customers and vendors.

Guest

If this was a real person why would you do it anonymous it's really sad that old employees that wanted more money for not doing their jobs talk bad about a person and try to give them bad reviews just because you no longer work for this company so sad and pathetic

Guest

We did call your office and we did visit your office

No one called us back and the office was vacant when we went there

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1258135

Hahah

Guest

Malanka can not be trusted

Ask him about the watch he never paid for and never returned

Ask him he stole it

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-1258131

Hey leslie it came back to your iP address so glad I have friends that work with computers for a living but trying to destroy someone because you were no longer needed is pathetic, it's okay now that we know you are a fake costumer and just want to try and destroy a family business you should really be ashamed of yourself you were over paid and all you did was sit on ur butt all day and eat we have the videos But you have been caught and really should be ashamed of yourself and we have you drinking on the job as well

Guest

So it's simple if you lost money with reliable call us tomm 516-599-**** we r at 1389 Hempstead tpke elmont ny 11003 we are there we r not running any where so if you are owed the money you said you are call n we can have this worked out so we will be waiting for your phone call please make sure you state we owe you 6k n if that's the case we will refund you 100% there is no scam here so I left office address and phone we will be waiting for your call

Guest

If you say job was not done contact office tomm 516-599-**** don't say it theu here if your a real review contact office tomm and u will be taken care of saybu were on this website because we have no idea who you are if your saying you were scammed we did not scam or scam anyone so again if your a rea customer contact office and we will take care of situation because any customer we did business with we did not steal any money so again contact office 516-599-**** and we will address this

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Anonymous

STAY AWAY, FAR AWAY

Do not use this company unless you want to have your money taken from you. I contracted for work to be done and it was never completed and my deposit was never returned. The owner is rude and threatens his clients and will mostly likely comment below this review as he did to the others saying to call the office so he could know who i am so he can return my deposit but he definitely will not return my deposit, he says that to everyone!!! STAY FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STAY FAR AWAY!!! STAY FAR AWAY!!! STAY FAR AWAY!!! STAY FAR AWAY STAY FAR AWAY
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Reason of review:
Poor customer service
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Guest

Has anyone else received surprised visits from thugs after they complained to local government about this company?

I put up two pictures of the persons who persistently tried to gain entry into my home after I complained about not receiving a refund. I spoke to one of them unassumingly and they showed that they were able to obtain my family members names and addresses from public record sources.

The owner of this company seems to have several arrest records and at least one that I know of is for violence. Had I known that I wouldn't have hired these people.

I complained, two thugs show up at my home with a list of my family's names/addresses??? They lurk around my home for hours, harass the doorperson and won't go away until they trick me into opening the door.

What is their connection with Maey Holding Corp.?

Who is this Eddie Hilel that visited me at my home? Why is Eddie Hilel also known as SADI (on his LinkedIn profile)?

Why do contractors have LinkedIN profiles? Is this an attempt to be professional??? Why does he spell his last name differently on different internet sources? Is he a violent criminal?

With a LinkedIn Profile to seem like a trustworthy and 'tame' person? Why does he think that it's appropriate to come to people's houses and harass them like this? Is my property safe from vandalism? Are these people who came to my house hinting to me that they'll destroy my property?

Are they going to hurt or kill my family members? Maey Holding Corp. Eddie Hilel Private Investor 561 Maple Street Brooklyn, NY 11203 Cell 917-678-**** Fax 347-405-**** ADI1818@***.com Is this even a real company?

Why do you do business in an intimidating manner like this? Don't come to my home!

Anonymous
map-marker Staten Island, New York

Reliable Remodelers - Customer Care Review from Staten Island, New York

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DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME UNLESS YOU WANT A HEAD ACHE. Hi. My name is alfredo. Let me begin by saying that you are better off by going to home depot and buying whatever it is you need and pay a few guys from home depot. I was searching for a good windows company and i heard about them on 570 am which is a christian radiostation. I assumed that they were a good trust worthy company but that was a big mistake. I even recomended them to a friend who now is going through *** just to get a refund, and as funny as it may sound now they are forcing me to take them to court. They were very fast and professional when they came to my house but after they left with a check for 50% of the total price i never heard from them for over 2 months. After calling them numerous times with only a "alex is not in the office but i can send him an email so he can contact you " response the owner called me trying to schedule a day to install my windows and i told them that my windos were already done, who then called me and insulted me and and told me he was going to put a lean on my property because we had a contract and that i had breached the contrac. I told them i needed my window to be done fast and they said two weeks. I called them trying to avoid this but that the only way to negotiate with them is by going to court. Now i have to waist my time in order not to loose my money. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THEM. If you want you can contac me and ill give you the full detais.
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Reason of review:
Poor customer service
14 comments
Guest

Alfredo we will never refund your money ever you can cry wolf all you want we refunded your friend a long time ago u on the other hand will never get a dollar you dont make the rules

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LOL what a great way to speak to people..

You and your company clearly have NO customer service skills.

Guest

I've had the same issues as Alfredo. I signed the contract in June and work is still not completed.

Guest
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Call the office and we can see who you are so you can get taken care of

Guest

Has anyone gone to court yet? I filed a consumer affairs report and I am now going to file it with the court. I am wondering what the court has determined.

Guest
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How about you contact the office and we can see who u r and we will take care of MATTER

Guest
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I did and you didn't do a *** thing for me! ALL OF THESE POSTS ARE MOST LIKELY ACCURATE.... STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Guest

THEY ARE NOT LICENSED IN STATEN ISLAND

TAKE THEM TO COURT!!

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We r licensed in NY do your fact checking properly

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YOU ARE NOT LICENSED IN STATEN ISLAND OR NASSAU COUNTY YOU FRAUD LOSER POS

HOW DO U SLEEP AT NIGHT STEALING FROM INNOCENT PEOPLE.

WATCH WHO YOU F WITH BECAUSE YOU BURNED A TON OF BRIDGES WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK!!!!

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Anonymous

Money out the window

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So I was assured my windows would be installed within 4 weeks. After the allotted time and several calls I finally was able to speak with a rep who explained about a slow down or problem at the manufacturer. I was then assured within 2 weeks they would be installed. Now it's been several months and after numerous calls going unanswered and the calls that were have been handled very rudely in an unprofessional threatening matter. Today I decided to go to the showroom which seems to be cleared out and empty with the doors locked. I guess they did a midnight move and now I'm extreamly fearful I will lose my deposit of thousands of dollars. Guess it's time to contact an attorney.
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Cons:
  • That my money was stolen
Reason of review:
Third party answering service
1 comment
Guest

call office and you will get a full refund 516-599-**** if you said you did not or do not want our services contact our office asap

Anonymous

Reliable Remodelers Review

To all.. Reliable Remodelers it's out of business on Elmont NY ...because maybe Mr Jhon Malanke still enough money ... now because he knows that even the sheriff is looking for he's *** ... he's move to Virginia and open another Reliable Remodelers that means that he's going to keep taking money from hard working people ... can someone do something to stop hem.. he get arrested on 2002 on Florida then moves to NY and now he's on Virginia... Come on.....
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Anonymous

Reliable Remodelers Bathroom Remodeling Review

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Bathroom was done to perfection took less then 2 weeks happy to have my job done thanks for all the help mike and his crew did a great job very proff
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Reason of review:
Good quality
Anonymous

Reliable Remodelers Windows And Doors Installation Review

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We had our patio doors done n Windows done. Well we had a great job done n very happy with work
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Reason of review:
Good quality
Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Short Review on November&nbs-04:00;03,&nbs-04:00;2016

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Yes Reliable Remodelers should change their name to UNRELIABLE because the are not reliable at all I wished I had done my research before signing a contract and paying for Windows 4 months ago and no response when you call. They are very disrespectful and don't care about their customers. PLEASE PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous

HUGE SCAM--WILL NOT PAY RADIO STATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY

Reliable Remodelers has a strong presence on New York City radio stations and has dodged payments with a number of big stations in the market. Not the type of people you want to be in business with. You think you're friends with the owner and then they string you along and stab you in the back. I know this because a friend of mine was screwed out of thousands of dollars from "Reliable" Remodelers. I find it very ironic that their slogan is "it's either reliable or it's not." CLEARLY IT'S NOT. I hear a number of companies are going after them because they refuse to pay for their advertising. STAY AWAY!
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Guest

Agreed. They're anything BUT Reliable.

John Malanka is a scam artist.

He not only owes radio stations for ad buys, he owes us money for doing his radio commercial production!! I hope he's out of business or in jail.

Creative Mills Productions

www.creativemills.com

Anonymous

Short Review on December&nbs-05:00;05,&nbs-05:00;2016

Please call office so you can get full refund you make claims about things but again don't contact our office or make claims without letting us know who you are call office ASAP n you will get full refund
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Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Short Review on September&nbs-04:00;16,&nbs-04:00;2016

John Malanka aka Robert is a disrespectful, dispicable "person ".He has a filthy mouth and tries to intimidate customers who ask for a legitimate refund. DO NOT DO BUSINESS with UNRELIABLE REMODELERS.
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Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Anonymous
map-marker Brooklyn, New York

Never had a problem with this company, great work and great staff

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Had my kitchen and bathroom done. Customer service was top notch and the work was done professionally and timely. Price was affordable for the amount of work I had done. Very pleased with the work and the company. John worked with us extensively to meet all our needs and fulfilled everything we asked for. My husband and I would recommend them to our family, friends and anyone looking for a great affordable contractor. These reviews on here are shocking me to because we had such a wonderful experience. Reliable Remodelers Inc. is the way to go if you're looking to do any work! Thanks for the great work guys!
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Reason of review:
Good customer service
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Guest

this was written by Reliable Remodelers!!!

Guest

This review was written by Reliable Remodelers.

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Anonymous
map-marker Brentwood, New York

Refuses refund of deposit, fraud

We signed a contract with Reliable Remodelers of Elmont, New York, for new siding on our home in Suffolk County, New York. They used hard sell tactics, stating the price was only good for that day. After considering further, we decided to cancel the contract. We were given a copy of the contract and Notice of Cancellation, and explained we had 3 days, 72 hours, to cancel. We cancelled the contract within 72 hours of signing. Certified mail, return receipt requested. We then found out their address on contract and notice of cancellation was wrong address. John Malanka, owner, refuses to return $2,000 deposit, claiming non-receipt of notice of cancellation. This is fraud as we were given wrong address. Mr. Malanka then threatened to put a lien on our home, and was abusive and threatening on the phone.
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Anonymous
map-marker Boston, Massachusetts

Reliable Remodelers Bathroom Remodeling Review from Boston, Massachusetts

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We just recently finished two bathrooms with this company the owner John is a very unreliable rude person who has no manners and has filthy mouth he even cursed many times The quality of service depends who they sent to do repairs they charge you for screws garbage bags and other tools the company only provides labor and if they could they will charge you for air to breathe terrible experience strongly not recommended
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Reason of review:
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Guest

Sorry to hear you had this experience with our company. If there is anyway you could call us and speak to us in regards to the situation please dont hesitate

Guest
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How can anyone speak with John Malanka? He is a abusive to his customers.

The best thing that can happen is for the Company to get a representative who can resolve issues without cursing and intimidation. This is America.

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