Monday, October 28, 2013

Bondi - The Fall Out

Now I already posted a warning about Bondi, but I wanted to let you know the way everything has played out since my blogpost. First off, we all knew Richard had a temper. Posts like this are the norm for this gentleman. 



So I knew he was going to be very unhappy when I posted the blogpost and I figured he would threaten me with legal action. So when he told me he was sending his lawyer after me I was not surprised. I WAS surprised (not so much actually) that the letter came from Richard himself, typos and all!



I am a smartass and while I did take down the picture of theirs, I otherwise was not worried and sent him a response. I thanked him (Richard by name) and told him I was not concerned. And would be leaving the post up.

He did not respond to ME again, but he was very unhappy and turned off commenting on his facebook page, deleted a whole lot of his posts, and started blaming me for EVERY cancelled susbcription.



The irony is, the girl who got this letter posted above was NOT cancelling because of me.


But really people, DONT WORRY! Hes 35 and ripped of people in ELEVEN other businesses! Doesn't that make you feel better?! I wont list all the companies and charges against them, google his name and you can find them yourselves.

He really does blame ME though. He hasnt sent boxes out in two months and has started charging for November boxes. And yet its MY FAULT? (and I did quote my sources thank you).



Now the biggest irony of this rant above (made in a private group) is that I was NOT a part of the Bondi Hate Group. I was actually added a few weeks ago, disgusted by a group that was essentially created just to bully someone and not ONLY did I leave straight away, I posted a long rant on my facebook page in protest and FOUGHT with the creator of the group about it! And the post is STILL on my wall! I wonder how Richard will explain THAT?

But. now comes the MOST concerning thing as far as I am concerned. I already noted the charity does not exist. But if he were to be lying about donating money to charity, there could be legal ramifications for HIM. I wanted to know where and since I was pretty sure he would not answer me, I had someone ask on my behalf. 


Doing some past research, another company of his, eazyrecruit has a press release where he even gives a date he is going to give them a 5,000 pounds sterling check. to a charity. And, besides not giving them money, he bounced a check for his gala dinner tickets. The girl who spoke to them got persmission to post the letter, and here it is:


So people started looking into OTHER charities he supposedly donates too. Afterall, the above letter is four years ago. Maybe this immature lying  32 year old grew up! 


Now, a response was received  from the Food Bank but they asked the original poster of the email to take it down. Their legal team is looking into things! The summary is that they have an agreement with Richard, that he will donate $25,000 and that to date they have received no money from him. So I guess he LIED at least about sending them $5000 already. 

How about the Red Cross?


And the email someone got back from the Red Cross?


Now, if you scam the red cross and disaster relief victims by claiming to raise money for them, and then you don't donate the proceeds to them, the Federal Department of Justice steps in. Anyone have a contact number for them? Wouldn't this be a good time to have them do some looking?

Got to love the girls on MakeupTalk - when they arent bashing me for hating on Bondi!


Well, I guess all this has been too much for Bondi to handle today, as they just sent subscribers a message. 


Now, someone asked me, do I feel responsible for this? Am I patting myself on the back? I really dont, and am not. Did my blogpost push or suggest to SOME subscribers to possibly be a little less trusting and maybe ask a few more questions? I hope so. Did my post maybe give a few people the push they needed to do some digging of their own? Maybe. But did I cause or start this? I merely gave people some more information. If I did ANYTHING, it was merely to speed up the process that Bondi was already in the midst of. 

51 comments:

  1. well written with evidence that's hard to dispute. Guess we wait to see how soon he starts company #13 as I doubt he'll ever get the subscription service running again. Hopefully he'll learn some business management skills first.

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  2. I'm so happy that you were the one to expose this douche for what he really is ... I don't think YOU had anything to do with his undoing because he is the one who lied and who took to calling his customers and potential customers names.i know you have taken a lot of heat for this but I have to say great job :)

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  3. About time he finally gave us our refund. We aint sure if its going to happen but still, thanks for sharing this info.

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  4. You did what a good blogger does. You researched things. Richard is the only one to blame for all of this. He had choices, and he made the wrong ones. And if he would've been straight forward and admitted his mistakes. I think a lot of people would have forgave him.

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    1. she's going to get sued and I am telling you bondi will win big over this one.. So don't applaud her just yet. She is way over her head on this one. He literally can prove damages because of lost customers from inaccurate information, this is a definite win for Bondi in this situation. Dumb Dumb blog posts.

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    2. ^^ Anonymous - Richard, is that you?

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  5. I personally feel you should look into using him for slandering your name ;)

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  6. WOW!!!! I haven't heard of this brand before but subscribers not getting a box for 2 months and being charged for a 3rd is disgraceful.

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  7. Great blog post. I was one of the people who got lured into the Bondi subscription because of the hype. Hopefully I receive my refund soon since I also received the above email this afternoon from Bondi.

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  8. I'm not surprised that Richard got angry and accusatory with you. One of the best known and frequently effective tactics for deflecting suspicion or criticism is to become enraged and make accusations against those who question you, because it makes them defensive. Why is he so upset if he's in the right? His legal team would resolve this easily if he were being legitimately maligned.

    Sorry you had to deal with his childish behavior, but thank you so much for watching out for consumers!

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  9. I just want to say thank you for calling this guy out. He's a lying, scheming, underhanded douche.

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  10. The simple fact that the LIES caught up with him .. is not YOUR fault , he was the one who lied to cover his butt in the first place ...and kept lieing and blaming and lieing and blaming.. instead of being honest ,telling the truth and simplely letting the subscribers know that ..The POLISH simplely wasnt ready and they had to push back the date of release.. HOW HARD IS THAT ......... as for the DEFRUADING charities.. why .... WHY would ANYONE think its OK to do such a thing.. these were charities to help people IN NEED ..and you used them as front to get money .... its WRONG.. and I do hope he gets prosecuted .. You didnt do anything.. although i would have YOUR LAWYER just maybe Shoot him off a letter that if he insisting on continued slandering of your name... he can add lawsuit to his ever growing mound of troubles

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  11. WOW! I for one am grateful for your research. Thank you for exposing this fraudster! Oh, when did you change your name to 'Shawna'? Richard should hire a better 'lawyer'!

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    1. She didn't change her name. I'm Shawna, and recieved that PM from that douchebag of a CEO after the way he was treating some of his customers.He, in fact, DID NOT call my employer. I checked.

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    2. Seriously... WHO DOES THAT?! Calls a person's employer?! He is running a business for crying out loud. Not a gossip column.

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  12. I am so glad he got called out! Anytime I would ask a question regard the shipping which I thought was bullshit the whole time I would get attacked by members of the swap group! Now there is a super secret page where theses ladies continue to act like they are blowing Richard! Can't help, but hope they all get burned for talking shit and being so far up this liars ass!

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  13. I am so glad I never got mixed up in this Bondi stuff. They sound like a disaster of a company.

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  14. I'd LOVE to know how much interest he made off of the subscription payments that he held on to, knowing that nothing was going to be shipped out.

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  15. I felt uneasy about this guy judging from some of his twitter posts that have now disappeared where he spoke horrible of other companies customer service. Did anyone not teach this guy you get more flies with honey? The last straw was the julep slam. Someone whose business is not even off the ground shouldn't be insulting a competitor whose business runs like a well oiled machine. Sure, sometimes Juleps formula is so so and sometimes the beauty products are a miss and the mystery boxes are disappointing, but a least they send the damn boxes and don't blame the big bad post office.

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  16. Thank you for always being honest and posting the truth on your blog, regardless of the hate that you may get for it. I'm so glad that I never wasted any money on Bondi, and I really hope that this catches up with Richard. I wouldn't be surprised if he went back to the UK to avoid the legal fallout from his actions.

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  17. I'm so sorry for the harassment you received from this man and his pseudo-business! So unfortunate and unprofessional. :( I hope that he backs off soon and that this does not cause too much stress or discouragement in your blogging choices. Do what you love and don't let bullies affect you!

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  18. This guy is a classic sociopath. I like how he sent you a cease and desist and said you couldn't slander his name or whatever, but a week ago he did the same thing to Julep (meanwhile Julep didn't actually do anything to him?) I never joined Bondi because I thought all the colors were ugly, but this is insane. This man shouldn't be allowed to do anything ever. Good for you for exposing him and trying to help others from falling into his trap.

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  19. I find it unfortunate that a person who prides themselves on professionalism has taken so much time and effort to bash a blogger on their Facebook page. I see many people do posts on Bondi, and some selling it on Pinterest pages. I've been curious about the brand in the past and considered getting some myself. I don't condone a company that takes this much time and effort to not truly explain what actually happened, or even admit that maybe they are a little over their heads. Consumers understand this! The worst would be refunds in the beginning and retention of customers. I applaud you in keeping your chin up, being one that posts things that are supported with factual evidence, and ENCOURAGES people to not just take your word for it.

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  20. Man...I'm starting to like Julep just that tiny bit much more...So glad I always thought Bondi was so cheap I never thought it was worth my $$ to spend on it.

    Glad this clusterfuck shows how inept the company is.

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  22. I love the fact that you post HONEST information. Something that Richard really needs to start doing. Thank you so much for posting this!

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  23. Wow, so ridiculous. Thanks for sharing all of these facts. All I have to say to Richard is: Karma's a bitch.

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  24. He is his own Undoing. It don't take much to see him for what he is.

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  25. PJ, this is awesome. Thank you for posting your original post that showed us all his true colors. I will never ever do business with this company again and will be removing the polishes I do own from this company from my household. If you come across this while googling Bondi, don't even bother with them. They will rip you off, lie to you, mistreat you, and berate you as a customer and then blame it on your actions. It's not worth the stress.

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  26. I can tell you, what you wrote even here is grounds for Bondi to get damages from you. You can't make accusations like you have without complete reputable information. As such a person who receives damages because of posts or actions on another part, the courts will rule in bondi's favor because they incurred big damages because of misinformation. My suggestion is to take down this post and the last one. You are treading on thin waters here and to me this does not seem worth losing a lot because of you being upset. Just my suggestion.

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    1. Bondi didn't incur big damages because of misinformation (I don't see you citing any reputable sources disputing the information that PolishJinx provided, btw). They incurred damages because they charged people for products that THEY NEVER SUPPLIED and then people demanded their money back. It's clear to me, IN MY OPINION, that Bondi's subscription program was nothing but a giant scam.

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    2. Seriously Richard give it up....I spoke with a lawyer friend and had him cross check Polish Jinx's blog entries and guess what there isn't anything in here that you could claim action against . You're the one who damaged your business by claiming you were "Transparent" when really you just lied

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    3. "Treading on thin waters"? What the hell is wrong with you? That doesn't even make sense, Richard.

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  27. I am honestly getting so sick of the amount of complaining that you do on your blog... and it seems like you complain for only to reasons to stir shit up to either: drive people under/get your own way, or to get free stuff. It's getting really irritating. I'm not condoning this Bondi situation in any way, the guy sounds like an asshole... but I'm just so sick of the constant complaining that goes on on your blog, by you. Maybe focus more on friggin' nail polish and product reviews, instead of trying to "uncover" giant scandals, and just breeding drama. It's really frustrating to have to wade through this crap over and over again.

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    1. Do you actually read this blog, "Anonymous"? Because I do, and I can tell you (and you can look at the post titles in the Blog Archive on the right side of this page to see) that 99% of PolishJinx's posts are "friggin' nail polish and product reviews."

      I, for one, appreciate the warning to stay away from Bondi NY. Richard sounds like a shady man with shady business practices and he deserved to be exposed for what he is.

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    2. and I am one of those who prosecutes blogs like theses and I am telling you she is in big trouble should Bondi decide to sue. I would stay out of it. Again my suggestion, take this post and the previous post down asap. The longer you have it up and cause damages the higher the damages, because I can tell you now there will be large damages already.

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    3. Seriously? If your job is to prosecute bloggers when they call out liars who have taken money without providing the product they promised, you might want to rethink your life goals.

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    4. I suspect that an actual lawyer who prosecutes anyone wouldn't be making idle threats on blogs, let alone ones filled with spelling and grammatical errors. For example, "and" to start a sentence, mildly incorrect, but starting a sentence without a capital letter? Big mistake. Also *these (not theses), as well as "and" instead of a period. Lots of mistakes for a simple 3.5 line post.

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    5. From one Anonymous to another....

      It's called the First Amendment. Polish Jinx provided screencaps that backs up what she has written. Information from all the charities Richard listed in his own posts on Facebook and in his newsletters can be VERIFIED by calling or emailing those companies.

      One of the charities wrote back to the girl who contacted them that Richard still OWES money to them from a Gala he attended. Another (the NY food bank one) said they may have to send him a C&D from using their name to promote his business! ALL verifiable by simply calling or emailing those companies.

      Lastly, prosecutors do not prosecute blogs. Prosecutors are too busy in criminal court plus you have to sue someone in that person's jurisdiction. THAT is the law in the United States. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prosecutor

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    6. libel and defamation of character is actually suable. You also can get damages for people making faults claims that cause businesses to lose clients. Go look it up. Lots and lot of causes out there which you can refer to. Just be smart.

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  28. my full support here.. for the people who know me. I stepped back from this situation when it first started since I was a subscriber and I INDEED GOT great CS THEN. But now, after putting out hope and only to receive a big stomp on my hope is disappointing to say the least. I held out because "Richard" or so I was led to believe replied in a prompt manner dealing with any issues I had. I had held out since it was a GIFT from my FRIEND. who I now have to go back to explaining the whole debacle to her and since she is holding the account MAKE HER do all the work for me to get back who knows how much money (honestly, it doesn't even matter since I don't think the amount is worth the headache).

    It is so disappointing to have a company with so much potential to trip over its own feet and fall to what it has become.

    THANK YOU for doing the research so that WE the consumers / past consumers / potential consumers get a peek at this shell of a company.

    1. LYING IS WRONG
    2. LYING ABOUT CHARITY IS EVEN WORSE.
    3. SHAME on everything.

    I despise companies or people who lie and use the good name of CHARITY to gain something.

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  29. If anyone is getting sued it will be Bondi. I think you are doing the right thing in keeping us informed unlike Richard who has been leading us all on and feeding us lie after lie and steeling our money. Now he is not refunding our money. So he is the thief and the lair and the manipulator. He should be sued and never be able to run or operate a business again. I am tired of his false advertising and candy coating everything. I am LIVID!

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  30. Bondi is now telling those with Paypal accounts they won't be getting refunds there because "they" closed their Paypal account. Now anyone who wants a refund must contact them and ask for a cheque! No thanks! I want my money back in my account NOT a cheque!

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    1. I suspect that Bondi wasn't the ones to shit down their Paypal account I have a feeling it was Paypal .

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  31. I so love reading the ANONYMOUS people on your blog who rant and rave at how bad a person you are, yet they don't have the BALLS to put their name on their opinion! I love your posts like these and what is he talking about the line about 'you don't drink the koolaid'? Is that a reference to that mass suicide in Jonestown??? Really not good. I'm glad he's stopped the subscription. There is no way he should be taking money for November when people havent gotten Sept yet. You can't honestly tell me the USPS lost ALL his packages! Keep it up please! Love this!

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  32. i'm glad now i never gave in to the hype of this brand. i have a hard time dropping that kind of money on a brand new brand. and things like this are why. seems like he likes to threaten legal action all over town without realizing how much of that legal karma he has coming his way. i wouldnt lose a wink of sleep over this guy and his sue-happy bs.

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  33. Wow! I just read all ur posts on this, and BIG kudos to you for exposing something that could've gotten even more out of hand!

    Also, I really hope Anonymous is Richard. Too funny! Lol

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  34. Wow! I just read all ur posts on this, and just wanna give KUDOS to u for exposing this... Disaster before it got even more out of hand!
    Brava!

    Also, I really hope Anonymous is Richard. Too funny :D

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  35. Wow! I just read all ur posts on this, and BIG kudos to you for exposing something that could've gotten even more out of hand!

    Also, I really hope Anonymous is Richard. Too funny! Lol

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