The deceptions by this company continue.
There is no change to the status of Tropical American Tree Farms' lack of connection with its existing tree-owners. Its office appears to only be interested in prospective tree-buyers.
No one other than duped has reported receiving pictures and "assessments of their trees progress". And bear in mind that duped is a person who threatened legal action against TATF before receiving a refund and has since posted relentless promotions for the same company. Read his first posts on this forum from last spring, beginning 4/11/10 through July of last year.
The many messages I have been receiving from investors in TATF indicate that none of them are happy with this company, all are concerned about its status, and none are getting any "cashier's checks" nor even reports about the condition or maintenance of their trees. That post is fiction. It is a perfect mirror image of the actual dilemma faced by investors in TATF trees.
As has been true for several years now, investors are not receiving reports about their trees, and the company is not responding to their requests for specific information. The contents of duped's recent post do not apply to any other investor who is in touch with me.
This is what the TATF office tells a current tree-owner who demanded answers as to why the company website promotions are false:
This from Andres Fonseca of Tree Owner Relations, and, of course, signed "warmly", the same sign-off Steve Brunner used for years when giving his spiel in his lengthy emails: "The timing of when we begin the thinnings again will depend directly upon when either we have obtained the necessary capital to acquire, install and operate the value adding processing and production machinery and the volume value adding processing, production and sales are up and running, or when the lumber market improves, whichever occurs first. At this time it is not possible to know when either will occur."
In other words, we need more money from our promotions before we can carry out the implied promises made in our projections on our website. Sound like Ponzi?
This is a far cry from what duped is posting about his successes with TATF and it appears to be conditional upon this company "raising more capital", i.e. selling more trees to misguided customers..
Readers can see for themselves by perusing the posts in this forum - particularly prior to the involvement last spring of dupedbysteve which had the effect of spamming the contents as he posed as a happy investor following receiving a refund for his purchases.
Tree owners are in touch with me at jstanton5@gmail.com so that we may continue to gather accurate information about experiences with TATF. I will share information with all legitimate tree-owners who contact me.
Also, readers may post free on this premium forum on Fridays between 4 and 5PM Eastern.
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