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Companies to watch our for and that 
May Not Do Business
with Universal Tool Supply, Inc. any longer

Effective January 1, 1999:

Below are listed companies that no longer have the privilege of doing business with Universal Tool Supply, Inc. These companies either did not adhere to the payment  terms as specified by Universal Tool Supply, Inc. FAQ's or were fraudulent credit card purchases.  

It is strongly suggested that before you grant any credit terms whatsoever to any of the below mentioned companies or individuals that you take the necessary steps to receive full payment prior to granting of services or product sales.  Even though the sale is approved by the credit card company, always be sure to get the Security Number on the back of the credit card and that it matches the credit card number given.
As well, be sure that the Billing Address matches the credit card number and security code on the card.


Company Name:

Guthrie Machine, Inc.

Address:

P.O. Box 280

City, State, and Zip Code:

Plumsteadville, PA 18949

This Report was generated on April 12, 2004

History:

On January 21, 2004, invoice #1305 was sent to the above company for products and/or services.  As of April 12, 2004, no payment has been received.  Numerous phone calls have been placed to Guthrie Machine, Inc. without resolution to this matter or payment of this invoice and this matter has been turned over to the Dunn & Bradstreet Collection Department for Collection and Notification has been sent to the U.S. Better Business Bureau in Pennsylvania for their records.

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement  concerning Guthrie Machine, Inc.


Company Name:

Alpine Product Mfg. Co., Inc.

Address:

2030 Drill Avenue

City, State, and Zip Code:

Dayton, OH 45414

This Report was generated on May 24, 2004

History:

On April 24, 2004, invoice #1309 was sent to the above company for products and/or services.  As of May 24, 2004, no payment has been received.  Numerous phone calls have been placed to Alpine Product Mfg. Co., Inc. without resolution to this matter or payment of the invoice and this matter has been turned over to the Dunn & Bradstreet Collection Department for Collection.

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement  concerning Alpine Product Mfg. Co., Inc.


Company Name:

Trafalgar Trading Corporation

Address:

4900 N. Ocean Blvd. / P.O. Box 23429

City, State, and Zip Code:

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 / Oakland Park, FL 33307

This Report was generated on June 28, 2005

History:

On June 28, 2005, the above corporation attempted to place an order with Universal Tool Supply, Inc. using
a fraudulent Visa credit card.  It is advised that before you do any business with any firms from Miami, FL
that you always be sure that all credit card information is correct before shipping any orders.  If you are at
all concerned with respect to the card holder, it is strongly recommended that you get a "Certified Cashiers
Check" in advance for all purchases.

Fraud Advisory:  Credit Card Fraud is extremely heavy from the city of Miami, Florida and any credit card
transactions should be very carefully checked out prior to actually shipping any orders.

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement  concerning Trafalgar Trading Corporation.

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Company Name:

Blue Arrow Supply, Inc.

Address:

1861 N.W. 97th Street

City, State, and Zip Code:

Miami, FL 33172

This Report was generated on June 28, 2005

History:

On September 2, 2004, the above corporation did in fact purchased 50 Vise Grips for the amount of 
$549.00 A Purchase Order was issued in the name of the above company and faxed to us.  We shipped 
the order to the above address and the funds were deposited into our account.  Approximately four weeks 
later we received a notice from E-Merchant Solutions that the sale was in fact a fraudulent purchase using a stolen credit card.  E-Merchant solutions then proceeded to "Back Charge" Universal Tool Supply, Inc. for the full amount of the sale and we lost $549.00 as well and the tools shipped. 

Fraud Advisory:  Credit Card Fraud is extremely heavy from the state of Florida and any credit card
transactions should be very carefully checked out prior to actually shipping any orders.

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement  concerning Blue Arrow Supply, Inc..

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Company Name:

Yeagle & Sons Construction

Individuals Name:

Mr. William Welcher (Alias?)

Address:

2573 S. Ridgeland Drive

City, State, and Zip Code:

Salt Lake City, UT 84119

The Report was generated on December 22, 2005

History:

On December 14, 2005 the above named individual attempted to place an order on the Universal tool Supply  web site using a fraudulent credit card.  If you should ever get an order from a company or individual with the above name please be extremely careful as the purchase may be fraudulent.

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement  concerning Yeagle & Sons Construction.

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Company Web Site Name:

Start Up Nation

Individuals Name:

Mr. Welch - Executive and Ms. Heather Gollin, Producer

Address:

No Address shown on Web Site

City, State, and Zip Code:

No City, State or Zip Code shown on web site

Phone Number:

No Phone Number on web site

The Report was generated on July 18, 2006 by Universal Tool Supply, Inc. (a Michigan Corporation)

History:

On July 14, 2006 our firm was contacted by the producer of Start up Nation and told that we had been 
chosen to be on their radio show and would be allowed to give a one (1) minute talk about our firm.  The 
reason for the talk is to tell selected, in house, captive investors what type of financing a company is 
seeking to expand their company to the next level.  

Initially the offer sounded like an excellent opportunity to allow us the ability to expose our firm to venture
capitalist and possibly obtain funding to take our firm to the next level.  In order to get on the so called 
legitimate radio show, we were asked to prepare a one (1) minute written summary about our firm and 
what we are attempting to do.  Due to misleading and inadequate information from the shows producer, 
and after approximately seventy (70) sheets of paper and over six (6) hours of labor, we finally created a 
spot that would fulfill their requirements but not ours.  

On the evening of July 14, 2006, my partner came to the office to discussed what we were offered and we 
decided to review the Start Up Nation web site.  

Well, to our surprise, the web is nothing more than an advertisement that is sponsored and paid for by 
Southwest Airlines and other manufacturers of related products that offer to unsuspecting individuals 
products and methods to potentially obtain financing for their particular venture.  The program is nothing 
more than a sophisticated ploy to use individuals like us to further promote what the Start Up Nation does 
and offers, with no constructive value or opportunity, to the invitee, and only helps to promote the 
company in its semi-fraudulent guise to make money for themselves alone. 

After thoroughly reviewing the Start Up Nation web site, it was determined that we wanted no part of the 
exploitation of our good company and its name by a sham artists like Start Up Nation and declined to be 
on their other than useful radio show.  The show lasts for one hour and all but one minute is devoted to
the selling of products and services offered by the firm and offers virtually no help to or for the invitee.

NOTE:  Our strong recommendation is that if you are ever called and given the opportunity to participate 
on their radio show, that you just decline their invitation due to the fact that it will do you no good 
whatsoever and has the potential to damage your credibility to the general public at large by virtue of the 
radio show and the general public that may be listening and how it is now managed by its program 
director and its owners..

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement concerning the Start Up Nation venture or web site nor what it appears to promote.

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Company Web Site Name:

Kaplan Early Learning

Individuals Name:

Mr. David Bumgarner

Address:

Kaplan Early Learning Company
1310 Lewisville-Clemmons Road

City, State, and Zip Code:

Lewisville, North Carolina 27023

Phone Number:

No Phone Number on web site

The Report was generated on November 15, 2006 by Universal Tool Supply, Inc. (a Michigan Corporation)

History:

On 10.02.06 we shipped 4 Pneumatic tools to the above company.  Inadvertently, the supplier shipped a
second order on 10.03.06 to the above company.  Starting on 11.10.06 a voice mail message was left for
Mr. Bumgarner and he failed to return the call.  On 11.13.06 another voice mail message was left and 
once more he did not return the call or answer the message.  On 11.15.06, a third and finial voice mail 
message was left for Mr. Bumgarner and again he did not return the call.

It is our opinion that he did not return the messages because he felt that he may have gotten an extra set 
of four tools valued at $1,529,40 for free.  Well, he got caught.  We have produced the UPS receipts 
showing the delivery of both sets of tools to his address and signed for by an employee.

Mr. Bumgarner has been sent a finial notice indicating that if he does not either return or pay for the tools, 
we will start litigation against him and his company for our loss of the above mentioned funds.

We would strongly suggest that you be extremely careful if you in fact have any dealings with this 
individual or the Kaplan Early Learning company as you my not receive the compensation that is due you 
for the property sold to his company Kaplan Early Learning.

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive 
statement concerning Kaplan Early Learning.

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Company Web Site Name:

AVM Company, Inc.

Individuals Name:

Purchasing Agent "Malinda"

Address:

110 Crestwood Drive #8

City, State, and Zip Code:

Daly City, CA 94015

Company President:

Alex V. Malixi (Watch this Guy)

The Report was generated on January 9, 2007 by Universal Tool Supply, Inc. (a Michigan Corporation)

History:

On December 21, 2006, the above named company, AVM Company, Inc. placed an order for parts with us.
The order was due to be shipped on Friday afternoon, December 22, 2006.

The supplier for the parts ordered shut their plant down on December 22, 2006 at 12:00 PM for Christmas
and New Years and didn't re-open until January 2, 2007.  On January 2, 2007 the company employees 
came to work to began taking their Year End Inventory and ended same on January 5, 2007.  During the 
inventory period, the manufacturer did not fill nor ship any orders to any of their customers.  The order in 
question that was placed by Universal Tool Supply on behalf of AMV, Inc., Alex V. Malixi, and was in fact 
ready to ship on the 22nd of December and was scheduled to ship on January 9, 2007.  UPS had been 
contacted to pick-up the order on January 9, 2007.  

However, on January 8, 2007, at approximately 7:30 PM, the purchaser called and cancelled the order 
due to the time it took to have the order sent to them.  Upon receipt of the cancellation notice from the 
customer, Universal Tool Supply logged into VeriSign and issued a full credit to the customers credit card
for the order that was cancelled, and a copy of the credit was sent to the customer that evening.  We will
no longer do any business with any foreign companies that do not understand America and the freedoms
we have fought so hard for and won for real Americans.

These purchasers are Mexican and they do not seem to understand our American Christmas and New 
Years holidays and plant shut downs during the holiday season.  They also do not understand that all 
manufacturers in the United States must take a year end inventory for tax purposes at some point during
their physical year end.

As mentioned above, AVM company called at 7:30 P.M. on January 8, 2007, and asked us to cancel the 
order and then charge them again on January 9, 2007, one day later after the order had shipped.  As sales 
manager, I told the agent that was not a very bright idea and we would much rather give them a full credit 
for their purchase.  We also asked them to please do business in the future with one of our competitors, 
because Universal Tool Supply does not wish to have any further contact with the AVM company, pr Alex 
Malixi
or any of his associates.  

Upon receipt of the cancellation order, the manufacturer had to then unpack the shipment container and 
put all of the parts back into their inventory.  This cost the manufacturer a sum of money in the form of 
labor to re-stock the many parts ordered and Universal Tool Supply transaction fees from the credit card
company.

It is suggested that you be very careful when dealing with the above company as they are not professional
when they do business.  The president of AVM, Alex V. Malixi called the President of my supplier and
complained about Universal Tool Supply.  As stated above it should be quite obvious that we had nothing
to do with the late shipment and he should have understood our holidays and how business functions 
during holiday periods and year end inventories.  The president of our supplier and I had a pretty good laugh
about the whole thing and he agrees that we should not do business with firms like AVM and Alex V.
Malixi.
 

Disclaimer:  The above is only our opinion and should not be construed as a negative or positive statement
concerning AVM Company..

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