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Abacus Leasing, Buffalo, NY
---Complaint Bulletin Board Notice “My name is Terry Miller and I am the GM for Pacific Toxicology
Laboratories in Woodland Hills, CA. I would like to give you a brief
history of what has occurred with Abacus Leasing, owned by Mathew Burke.
On June 30, 2002 I entered into discussions with his west coast representative
to set up leasing for a $200,000.00 Perkin Elmer analyzer for our lab.
I was told by William Finch (west coast representative) that we could
get the deal done. “In order to avoid
signatures of personal guarantees we sent Abacus leasing $50,000.00.
I also signed a lease proposal which expired July 25, 2002. Long story
short, he has failed to find us an appropriate lease and still has our
money. “I will fax you a copy of the cancelled check and the signed
lease proposal “Mathew Burke's address is 3380 Sheridan Drive, #186, Buffalo,
NY 14226. Phone number 716 332 0751. “Once again, I appreciate any help you can give me.” Regards, Terry Miller Leasing News spoke with Matt Burke, who requested we fax
to him copies of documents that we had.
He would then give us a response.
This was two weeks ago. Since there we have left three telephone messages
and sent two subsequent faxes. There appears nothing in the commitment letter that entitles
Abacus to a $50,000 fee; in fact, it states quite the contrary. The fact is the lease was never approved as per the commitment letter, as evidenced
by subsequent communication from Abacus. Leasing News could not confirm that the company belongs to
any leasing association. From our telephone conversations, it appears
the company is basically a small broker operation. It is our understanding that it is against the law in the State of New York to keep “advance
rentals” or “deposits.” In
this regard, we are seeking an opinion from the Attorney General’s office of the State of New York. Here are key copies of items faxed to Abacus Leasing: http://www.leasingnews.org/PDFFiles/Abacus_Leasing.pdf |
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