Thread: Dont do business with SpookyPlanet

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Just adding my 2 cents. SpookyPlanet aka. Erik Carlson took $500.00 from me and never delivered and disappeared. I have met others who have lost thousands. He is an absolute criminal. He takes money with no intention of filling orders
He changes his cell phone number every few weeks. I have complained to the BBB, it does no good. I have reported him to the FBI and to officials in his home state. Apparently you can steal money from people over the internet and no one gives a crap. I have been in contact with at least 2 other people who have tried to get something done about this piece of dirt.

He pretends to be a huge company but is really a little loser running his business out of an apartment.

So Erik, please take legal action against me for tarnishing your name as well as spooky planet. I'll show up with a whole bunch of people who you have stolen from. This guy is the worst there is.
Jim H
Dark Raven Productions

OMG

Look what I just found on the New Hampshire Craigslist!!!!


Heres an add for a Spooky Planet franchise from Jan. 19th 2008

http://nh.craigslist.org/bfs/544614117.html


Can you believe this?"

This sucks!

It's bad business practices like this Spooky Planet that make people fearful of making online purchases ... period!

And there is a lot of decent, good halloween companies out there online that sell excellent, unique items and this kind of stuff makes me them bad as well.

I see that his web site is back up. I hope the Feds catch this guy soon.

It is amazing to me that he is not only walking around, but still in business. He manufactures nothing, he simply "sells" products from various companies. I am equally angry and perplexed that these companies continue to allow him to advertise their merchandise for sale. Every order he takes money for, and does not deliver, is money right out of these vendors pockets. That is a sale they would have made. He is stealing from them too. He profits from all their work and rips off their customers. Yet they allow it to continue.

As for these "franchises" for sale. He tried selling his website last year for huge money. Now it appears he is trying to make it look like he has brick and mortar stores. I would bet my haunt that picture is a Spirit or Halloween express. Or maybe just a total fake. How lame is it that the sign does not appear in the picture but he has a really lame graphic of a sign.

Jim H
Dark Raven Productions

FWIW, I reported this guy to Paypal and the transaction verification service that he uses. Paypal is doing their due diligence and investigating him. The verification service claims that they don't bother to check to see if a business is legit or not; as long as you pay the fees on time they don't care what you do with your website. Maybe Paypal will shut him down, or at least make it more difficult to do wire transfers. I hate jerks like this guy and hate is a word I don't use very often.

I have reported him to the BBB, the FBI internet fraud department and the NH state attourney General's office. I don't think I was the first to report him at any of those places.
It's very frustrating to me to see him still in business. Someone successfully sued him civil in court last year, but I am not aware how he has eluded prosecution.

Jim H

Yikes. I had a really bad experience a few years ago with another online vendor *coughHalloweenTrickerycough*so I can relate to just how frustrating a situation like this is.

I get regular emails from this Eric creep asking if I want to invest in a franchise or a haunted house for the bargain basement price of 35 grand. It gives his New Hampshire address so if you would like it let me know......

I'd post it but he might sue me.

3SpookyChicks...I had a similar experience with *coughhalloweentrickerycough*. They got me for several hundred bucks. Reported them to the BBB, internet fraud etc etc. I don't know how people live with themselves when they take hard earned $$ and never deliver or intend ot deliver a product. Disgusting.

Try a chargeback. If you paid with your cc and did not receive the product you purchased you should be protected by filing a dispute. You should call your cc company immediately i think you have 18 months to do this, but your cc company could tell you for certain.