DEFINITELY DO NOT DO BUSINESS w/ this guy. That's right, he's one guy. Professional con man. I don't mind eating crow when I deserve it, and Sandy Sandy/Jim/James Galvin got me good. Was supposed to pay me $1293.75 for a Guesthouse Inns sign in Gainsville, GA when he arrived to pick it up at my shop. Like a dummy I let the sign go out the door on a handshake with the promise that Acctg. would cut me a check the next day. I live in S.C., so I am not used to people looking me in the eye,shaking my hand, telling me about their family etc..., etc..., and just flat-out lying.
There was no accounting dept., no CSC Sign Corp. There's just Sandy, a website, a cell phone, and that's it. He answers all the e-mails as the AP girl, owner, VP, etc. w/ fictitious names. To hear him tell it, CSC is a huge company that has 180 employees. (I have e-mail correspondence to back all this up.)
One of the Guesthouse Inn owners told me he took another GH Inn franchisee for an $8 grand deposit on a LED sign that was never delivered. GH owner told me he was pursuing litigation against Galvin back in Sept. (2011), but he never followed up with me on the results. THe GH Inn franchisee that got my FREE sign paid Galvin over $ 5 grand for my sign. He didn't have much nice to say about Galvin either. As I said, this guy is a PRO! Steer Clear at all costs!! Comes around, goes around and he's definitely going to run out of luck sooner or later.
We honest guys left in the sign biz. have got to stick together. Post those dead-beats out there!!
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