Emperor Electronics

In late 2013 I met Tony through a craigslist ad were he was selling «newt tv’s» many of which were samsung. I decided to check things out as his prices seemed reasonable. When I met Tony he seemed very nice and presented himself as an up and coming business man with high aspirations of growing his business and supporting his growing family. I took to him right away and thought he had a great entrepreneur spirit like myself and wanted to support him.
At the time Tony had no store front was just selling out of his garage. It was heaven for any guy as most of the tv’s were all big screen. Some out of the box others still in. Every Saturday and Sunday people flooded in and out searching to find a deal.
Tony explained that he didn’t have to pay tax on his items because he had a dealers license (although not having a shop) He would then pass those savings on to his clients and thats how he was able to drop the prices in comparison to established companies such as Best buy. After spending some time with Tony I decided to buy $ 7,400 worth of merchandise to be installed by his company including a large 4k Sony Tv (that had to ordered) along with a large samsung tv that he was able to install right away.
While at my house installing the first tv I thought I would approach him about buying some tv’s direct and starting a side business of my own by selling in my home area about two hours away. Tony said he could provide me with some. About a week later he came over the house and brought over a list of appliances not tv’s to buy. Apparently Samsung wanted Tony to buy not just tv’s from them but appliances… and then we could get better deals on future television purchases. The catch was he needed to make a big purchase with samsung so as to establish the appearance that he was a big buyer and therfore would be favored for larger better deals and discounts in the future. So his pitch was to pool our money together so that we had greater buying power. In order to do this he needed $ 7,000 from me. I was very hesitant but after a week or so after thinking about what our margins of profit would be and how we would have a quick and profitable return i decided to give him the money.
After a month of waiting for my 4k tv to come (which was suppose to be delivered in a weeks time) I realized something was wrong. Tony always had a story as to why it hadnt arrived. Feeling like somthing was really fishy I decided to ask for a refund so I could just buy one locally. Tony said he could only refund part of the money due to the large restocking and shipping fee they would charge him for returning (25%). He later said he had a deal with samsung were he was going to get some great tv’s at a very reasonable price and once he received them he would blow them out and refund me. I waited months with nothing but excuses and empty promises. The blow out never happened that im aware of and I was never notified of money to be returned. The appliances came to him and after looking over them noticed that they all had some kind of issues weather electrical disfunctions or damage to the exterior. None of these were acceptable
I spoke with Tony several times a week about returning them to Samsung for a full refund. Tony later revealed that this was a third party that sold samsung items that did not meet Quality control standards and were sold cheap. Rewind back to why he was able to sell these tv’s cheap. it wasnt just that he didnt have to pay taxes on them he was selling items that hadn’t met Samsungs Quality Control standards (Electrically not sound or visibly damaged) and were sold cheap to third parties. I asked Tony to return the items. He said they wont accept refunds. So I asked to speak with a representive of the company which he would not give to me. I told him that this was not acceptable and he would need to refund right away. His famous saying was give me a little time youll get your money back. The company is going to make it right there sending up new skins for the appliances so that everything matches and is ready to sell. Again i asked him to refund but his answer was I dont have it. Fast forward to 2 and half years later i have received a few paymets of a hundered dollars here and there but still empty handed and still owed over $ 7400. Now Tony is claiming that the all the appliances he had in storage were lost due to not paying rent on time so there is no way to pay me back and we have to accept it as a business loss. This has a put a huge hardship on my wife and I who have spent countless texts, hours, and discussion with Tony over the last 2.5 years all to no avail. This has been a very difficult lesson to learn but we no longer have a trusting spirit thanks to Tony and his company and feel like it’s our duty to share our story and protect others.

Came in to purchase a Apple laptop, no one was there to answer questions about the computers. No keys to see how computers worked, when they did get the window open they had to literally get a screw driver and work it to open. Once opened, 1^st computer was not working as in no charge second had broken pixels! Would not recommend this place.