by Dennis Beaver | consumer, fraud
March 4, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “I have read your column for years and need your help in righting a wrong, my wrong. “For the past six months I‘ve been one of those obnoxious, pushy creeps you meet when walking into almost any home improvement store — anywhere in the...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
October 23, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 “I recently lost my job as a claims adjuster with a large insurance company in Fresno and decided to go into business with my brother-in-law, Dan. We’re negotiating to buy an...
by Dennis Beaver | scam, timeshare
April 5, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Over the past several years this column has told you about the nightmares that timeshare owners lived through, both when first purchasing–often under physical and mental duress–and then when attempting to get themselves out...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, fraud
November 25, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver It isn’t often that I am a “witness” to a glaring example of consumer fraud, but thanks to “Frank” and his grandmother, “Thelma,” I was “virtually” standing next to her, listening to an optical salesperson violate several of their...
by Dennis Beaver | business, contracts, debt collection, lawyers
January 5, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “I am selling one of my three lube and tire stores to a large national chain that has similar shops all over my part of the country. Their attorney prepared the sales agreement. Our family’s lawyer pointed out two paragraphs he did...
by Dennis Beaver | investment, retirement, scam
June 14, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Want to know the easiest way of separating people from their money? Join a Church!” That was the way “Greg” began one of the more interesting discussions I have had in recent months with...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
April 17, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver In March of this year, many colleges and universities all across America began switching to distance teaching with Skype, Zoom or other web-based, video-conferencing technologies. For some classes — depending upon a student’s major —...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, medicine, timeshare
April 24, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Over the past several weeks I have heard from several readers who have discovered that their parents purchased a timeshare and are now ill with the coronavirus. Some have died. “What happens to their timeshare?” is the question. “As...
by Dennis Beaver | business, medicine
April 10, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “The coronavirus is reshaping our world, and much of what we see today is very, very bad — from major health concerns to millions of people suddenly finding themselves out of work. To some degree, we are all finding it necessary to...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, business, fraud, scam
August 12, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver If you have been thinking about getting into the food truck or trailer business, then today’s story will cause your blood to boil when you see what happened to our readers “Denzel” and “Leila,” who reside in Southern California. All...
