Sept 24. 2018
I had to sit on this email from LawnScapes Virtual Designs for a while, to get myself past the anger, & also decide what to do about this. I have to decide what is best for me emotionally. We all have to pick our battles.
Below is an email I received from the owner of LawnScapes Virtual Designs. I am going to say that I am so disappointed in this person. I had so much faith in her, I told everyone that I believed she would do it when everyone else said she wouldn't. I had convinced myself that she really would do what she could, and she has proved me wrong.
I have no regrets about my actions, I believe I have been honest
I have not said anything degrading about her company, until my
start date of June 25, 2018, 1 1/2 years after the contest, came
& went, with about a 12 hr advance notice late at night
in the form of an FB message. I have said that as a business
owner she does not seem to be competent. I have said I
would be a terrible owner, which is why I do not have a
business.
I do know that as an RN you do have to have some compassion,
and Wendy may the best RN, but a RN is not the person I have
been in contact with, it is the owner of LVD. I admire anyone in
the medical field, it takes guts that I don't have.
But now, as the owner of LVD she is lying, falsifying information,
I had to sit on this email from LawnScapes Virtual Designs for a while, to get myself past the anger, & also decide what to do about this. I have to decide what is best for me emotionally. We all have to pick our battles.
Below is an email I received from the owner of LawnScapes Virtual Designs. I am going to say that I am so disappointed in this person. I had so much faith in her, I told everyone that I believed she would do it when everyone else said she wouldn't. I had convinced myself that she really would do what she could, and she has proved me wrong.
| Sep 6, 2018, 8:09 PM | |||
Dear Robin,
I am regret to inform that due to licensing requirements in your area I am unable
to install a landscape for you. If I had known in advance that you live outside of
my covered area you would not have qualified for the FREE giveaway. But I was
not aware of this until speaking with my attorney about your BBB complaint and
threats to go to the media and news, and constant harassment and demands. I
didn’t have a reason to know that my businesses license is not valid for chancellor
Al. With it being 40 miles away from my business base, I have never accepted a
job there or in Geneva county, nor would I, except to try and fulfill a commitment
to you. And Although I was trying to figure out how as a small company to pay a
team to travel an hour away with resources in tow to fill a commitment of a $1000
Landscape design that Infact, only had a budget of $600 of materials which in no
way could have built a walkway, planted sod, and built a cross walk over a pond,
planted plants and build something to keep your dog out of the pond, and a sign
to remind your family not to park on the new grass. And whatever other demands
you were placing on your winning, and not what the actual design had priced out.
I will be glad to attach pictures of your yard so that your audience can see my
dilemma. ( the fix my ugly yard contest you were the only one that applied for
and won) (notice in your multitude of message sent to me. )The other contest for
a landscape up to $2500 had one winner as well, giving two different contest
winners at the same time) As much as you would like to force me to GIVE You
this gift, I simply cannot, I do not have a business license in your area to do so.
Since I am no longer contracting installers due to a health condition that has
had me hospitalized on two occasions recently, and under Drs. orders to
decrease stress.
To address the other complaint of me not responding to a client, that you have
spent time digging up, they wanted me to do a project that was against HOA
rules, I DO have the choice of doing a project or not, especially if it breaks
rules or licensing requirements.
To address “you being taken advantage of” I have not collected any money
from you, used you, or profited off of you in any way, so I am puzzled by
that statement. As for “my other businesses” I don’t have any, I have another
page , that evidently you felt left out of, that is an open forum page for all
landscapers. It would be a good resource for you to find another landscaper
that IS licensed in your area. I have given you, FREE a landscape design,
with all the information with it to have it installed by a professional or family
DIY. As well as a two hour consultation FREE to go over details of the
design. And I would have been glad to help you seek out a new landscaper
and assist them after finding out that I could not plant in your area, But
due to the constant degrading of my company over a FREE GIFT to you,
our relationship at this point is not conduit to that.
As instructed, I am requesting that all harassment on this matter stop
immediately. I do not have the “free time” that you are privy to blog and
write post all day. Contrary to the image you are trying to portray of me
and my company, I do care about my clients, and although I have had a
medical condition that has made it difficult to continue to do much, I do
try my best. I think my reviews and years in business speak for that.
And as an RN I have always had a compassionate nature and dedicated
my life to caring for others.
Wendy Walker
Since I apparently have so much time, I could disprove every line
& lie LVS's owner has made herself believe. She had a person
& lie LVS's owner has made herself believe. She had a person
come & take pictures in June of 2017. How could she not
know where I lived? What business owner does not know
where they can & cannot work? And I also have proof where
she stated it was $2500, not me. And it is NOT my fault that
I was the only one that followed her FaceBook page & entered,
or that she had 2 contests at the same time. I have not
demanded anything- I entered my wishlist. If harassing
this company is sending FB messages, an occasional phone
call (2-3), a very rare text (I don't text), 1 email with current
pictures, all of this to try to get a reply as to what the status
of my makeover was over a 17 month ordeal... well she can
call it what she wants. That defiantly is not the definition of
harassment. Legal Definition of Harassment If you cannot
for any reason, do the job as scheduled, as a business
owner would you not contact the client to let them know you
would not be there ASAP? Did not happen in my case.
know where I lived? What business owner does not know
where they can & cannot work? And I also have proof where
she stated it was $2500, not me. And it is NOT my fault that
I was the only one that followed her FaceBook page & entered,
or that she had 2 contests at the same time. I have not
demanded anything- I entered my wishlist. If harassing
this company is sending FB messages, an occasional phone
call (2-3), a very rare text (I don't text), 1 email with current
pictures, all of this to try to get a reply as to what the status
of my makeover was over a 17 month ordeal... well she can
call it what she wants. That defiantly is not the definition of
harassment. Legal Definition of Harassment If you cannot
for any reason, do the job as scheduled, as a business
owner would you not contact the client to let them know you
would not be there ASAP? Did not happen in my case.
As for being taken advantage of? Look at the tactics in this
article People Will Take Advantage of You I personally feel
several apply to the way I have been treated. We did have
a meeting, not 2 hours, but we set up a start date & Mike
& I agreed to have a sprinkler system installed, pay for
the sod, & pay her company for the installation, & if
anything extra came up we would pay for it. No- we did not
pay a dime to LVD, but the sprinkler installer appreciated
article People Will Take Advantage of You I personally feel
several apply to the way I have been treated. We did have
a meeting, not 2 hours, but we set up a start date & Mike
& I agreed to have a sprinkler system installed, pay for
the sod, & pay her company for the installation, & if
anything extra came up we would pay for it. No- we did not
pay a dime to LVD, but the sprinkler installer appreciated
that we needed a system & ASAP and paid for it.
We now have a nice sprinkler system that has never been
used, because we don't really need to water sand.
I have never degraded Wendy Walker personally. I honestly
feel that some of what has happened may have not been
in her control. But I believe in the truth, and I asked her at
one point to please stay in contact with me, and just tell
me the truth. Why else would I have continued to defend
her to others & wait as long as I did before it became
feel that some of what has happened may have not been
in her control. But I believe in the truth, and I asked her at
one point to please stay in contact with me, and just tell
me the truth. Why else would I have continued to defend
her to others & wait as long as I did before it became
necesary for confrontation? It has been 17 months
since I won the LVD contest. She & her husband own
several businesses. This may be the only one she technically
owns, I don't care. This is the only one I am concerned with.
several businesses. This may be the only one she technically
owns, I don't care. This is the only one I am concerned with.
I have no regrets about my actions, I believe I have been honest
I have not said anything degrading about her company, until my
start date of June 25, 2018, 1 1/2 years after the contest, came
& went, with about a 12 hr advance notice late at night
in the form of an FB message. I have said that as a business
owner she does not seem to be competent. I have said I
would be a terrible owner, which is why I do not have a
business.
I do know that as an RN you do have to have some compassion,
and Wendy may the best RN, but a RN is not the person I have
been in contact with, it is the owner of LVD. I admire anyone in
the medical field, it takes guts that I don't have.
But now, as the owner of LVD she is lying, falsifying information,
making claims against me that are not true, and generally making
up excuses as to why she cannot honor her commitment.
Whatever- if she can live with herself, more power to her.
I have no regrets about my actions, I feel I have been honest, &
perhaps a bit too trusting. But I cannot let this get to me
anymore. I do not have an illness that I can claim that the
stress over this has contributed to, but it has been stressful,
actually more frustrating.
And since LVD can afford a lawyer (right), and I occasionally
write a post on my blog, and I did talk to our lawyer,
I have decided it just isn't worth the time, emotions or the
money to fight. I don't want to be around anyone that does
not want to be here. I don't want our property to be
landscaped by a company that does not feel they need
to honor there commitment and will resent being here.
With that kind of negativity everything would probably
die. :(
Wendy- I do hate that you have medical issues. After living
with a disabled person in 24/7 pain every day for the last
7 1/2 years, I would love it if people NEVER had to be sick
or in pain.
I am done with it- she has to live with the decisions she has
made. As I do, and I also have to live with the sand & now
weeds for a while longer.
Wendy- I hope you recuperate nicely at your new beach house,
with your puppies. I wish you the best personally.
up excuses as to why she cannot honor her commitment.
Whatever- if she can live with herself, more power to her.
I have no regrets about my actions, I feel I have been honest, &
perhaps a bit too trusting. But I cannot let this get to me
anymore. I do not have an illness that I can claim that the
stress over this has contributed to, but it has been stressful,
actually more frustrating.
And since LVD can afford a lawyer (right), and I occasionally
write a post on my blog, and I did talk to our lawyer,
I have decided it just isn't worth the time, emotions or the
money to fight. I don't want to be around anyone that does
not want to be here. I don't want our property to be
landscaped by a company that does not feel they need
to honor there commitment and will resent being here.
With that kind of negativity everything would probably
die. :(
Wendy- I do hate that you have medical issues. After living
with a disabled person in 24/7 pain every day for the last
7 1/2 years, I would love it if people NEVER had to be sick
or in pain.
I am done with it- she has to live with the decisions she has
made. As I do, and I also have to live with the sand & now
weeds for a while longer.
Wendy- I hope you recuperate nicely at your new beach house,
with your puppies. I wish you the best personally.
So- I did not win the battle, but morally I won the war.
Robin M Rakes
And I am sorry about the formatting in this post. I have no idea what I did.