TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A scorching tub firm that scammed Floridians has been completely shut down by Lawyer Basic James Ethmeier.
Revive Spas and Extra, LLC, and its homeowners Dylan Placker and Chelsie Placker, of Port Orange, are accused of scamming and deceiving patrons, mispresenting particulars relating to the merchandise they offered.
“This firm and its homeowners scammed Floridians by promoting broken, faulty, harmful, and inoperative used scorching tubs—inflicting shoppers to lose hard-earned cash primarily based on the corporate’s lies,” mentioned Lawyer Basic James Uthmeier. “Because of our Shopper Safety Division, Revive Spas and Extra and its homeowners are completely banned from working in Florida.”
In keeping with the lawsuit, the Plackers ran Revive Spas and Extra from March 4, 2022, as much as Jan. 31, 2024. Since June 2022, the homeowners obtained roughly 33 client complaints, 10 of these being seniors, starting from defective merchandise, dishonored warranties, and refund refusals.
The State Lawyer’s Workplace (SAO) introduced that within the state of Florida, the Plackers can now not function any enterprise, obtain cost from shoppers, work for an individual or enterprise involving scorching tubs or associated merchandise, make any knowingly false or deceptive assertion, use or promote info acquired from promoting a scorching tub, or limit any buyer from sharing their opinions about their firm.
The Plackers have been ordered to pay $471,095.50 in courtroom. Nevertheless, because of their incapacity to pay this hefty quantity, the SAO ordered them to pay $10,849.50 in client reduction, distributed in professional rata funds.
As soon as the Plackers full their almost $11,000 cost, the remainder of the financial judgment will likely be suspended, in keeping with the SAO.
