Anyone going to the Big Tree Pro’s Inc course in Knoxville?

[deevo]

Hey guys I’ve been keeping this on the down low for a while now, but here’s what happened and wasn’t pretty. The course was cancelled 11 hours before I was to get on a plane to fly to Knoxville, pretty lame excuse to say the least, I asked for my $ back, said a cheque was in the mail, plus my airfare reimbursement, well after 3 weeks never showed up. 2 weeks before the course I was advised cranes101 and TCIA were not involved anymore ( pretty much never were) as well as some guest instructors @Mark Chisholm that were on their website and flyers they were handing out at the tree expo weren’t attending and never were. I called MasterCard this week, managed to get my refund for the course but not the airfare. Shady business to say the least! I came back early from a vacation to go to this course as well....... yeah not happy about that either ! Sorry @Tom Dunlap to air this out but others should be aware so they don’t get scammed out of their $.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Perfectly legit place to share info

As always, keeping the discussion as polite as possible

 

[squad143]

I wonder if anyone else that signed up has the same problems?

Is this the guy who was running the course?
http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/deputies-former-crane-operator-was-wanted-in-illinois

 

[craneguy1]

Holy crap yeah!

 

[Steve Connally]

Wow another get rich quick scheme gone awry! Tree guys

 

[craneguy1]

Looks like it was 2016 though?

 

[deevo]

Looks like it was 2016 though?

Recent enough in my books! Lol I’m done with them. Don’t know what he was trying to accomplish trying to defraud fellow hard working aborists, like really?

 

[Steve Connally]

He messaged me this morning. I directed him to this thread to address the issues. Crickets.

Thanks for putting me in the middle of this Deevo and Chuck. Lol. Damn Canadians always trying keep me down.

 

[deevo]

He messaged me this morning. I directed him to this thread to address the issues. Crickets.

Thanks for putting me in the middle of this Deevo and Chuck. Lol. Damn Canadians always trying keep me down.

Funny he never returned my texts after he said a cheque was mailed and never came !