No message. When I called this number, I got a "no such number" recording. The other numbers, which appear to originate from Norwalk CT, are:
203-298-4461
203-298-4487
203-298-4483
All get the same response: no such number.
On another site, 203-298-4517 is assigned to SZ Enterprises.
273 Indian River Road
Milford Or Orange Connecticut 06800
Phone: 203-203) 799-0555
The reports on ripoffreport.com indicate that this co. is running several suspicious "enterprises" such as employment service and carpet cleaning under various names. (Google SZ Enterprises). A rebuttal from someone familiar with the company states: "SZ Enterprises has been in business at the same location in Orange, CT for over 12 years. They demonstrate and distribute homecare products for the Scott Fetzer Company, a wholely owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway."
Apparently they sell vacuum cleaners and related products using an independent sales approach. Here's a report on that from Complaintsboard.com:
This company...runs ads every Sunday that they need help for assembly, but it's really to sell vacuum cleaners. They say they will pay you $500 per week if you have 15 appt. but they ...tell you to come in at 9 and then you can get three appt. a day; but they don't send you out till 1, send you to addresses where no one is home, won't let you call before you drive 30 miles to confirm. ...They don't want you to make the 15 appts. ...like pulling teeth to get paid... "
A report on WTNH.com reports that a woman who bought a vacuum cleaner was then robbed of her savings. The report also suggests the sales tactics are extremely aggressive and the people who come into customers' homes may not be checked out properly. The report:
Family's bank account cleaned out
A Count on 8 Investigation
Updated: Friday, 30 Oct 2009, 5:26 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 10:28 PM EDT
Story by: Jamie Muro
Shelton (WTNH) - A family said their bank account was drained after they allowed a local company to come into their home and sell a vacuum. Two of the salesman allegedly made off with blank checks along with the family's trust.
If nothing else, the salesmen who sold the Vidal family the $1,100 Kirby vacuum were persistent when they visited their Shelton home.
"They pretty much wouldn't leave, till she bought the vacuum," said Rosana Vidal of Shelton. "They were here [from] 11 a.m. to 4-5 p.m. -- it was pretty much all day."
But Rosana got a concerning message the next day from her bank. Money from an account she and her mother Ana rarely used had been taken out and deposited at a People's Bank ATM in Stamford for $2,500.
"She didn't write the check, and I didn't write the check," Rosana said. "I called the bank and said, 'I have this check that was deposited, nobody wrote this check.'"
The next day there was another check. This time $3,000 was deposited at a TD Bank in Norwalk.
"So then I called them and I'm like, 'How come this other $3,000 check got posted to my account?'" Rosana said.
The family did their own investigation and discovered that checks from a bedroom desk were gone. Rosana's father believes at least one of the salesmen, from a company called SZ Enterprises out of Orange, is responsible.
"One would show you the [vacuum], the other guy, she no see it; she was looking at the guy showing her the stuff," said Pedro Vidal of Shelton.
"I talked to my mom, and she said 'they were in your bedroom,'" said Rosana.
A manager for SZ Enterprises told News Channel 8 that one of the salesman quit shortly after the incident began and the other employee simply has disappeared.
Shelton Police are investigating and the family said investigators are actively trying to track down the two men. In the future, the family revealed instead of having a store come to them they'll shop the traditional way.
"Have a paper trail," Rosana said with a laugh.
An interesting sidenote: one of the banks has a surveillance picture of a man depositing one of the checks but this person isn't one of the two salesman. When the bank contacted him, he then put the money back into the Vidal account.
Meanwhile, the manager of SZ said when they found out about this incident in July it was certainly disappointing and troubling. But the company said this is not the way they do business.Caller: SZ Enterprises
Same thing. No such number. get a recording when you call it. This needs to be reported to the authority's so someone else does not fall pray to them as well.