lyonden Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 This was posted on another site and I have permission from the author to repost the info here on this site. You can look up Island Girl Quilting or Vera Means. This is now in the public records. We are not suggesting you boycott her but just beware: Here is the information on the "Really Bad Customer" problem discussed on this forum in January and February 2008. I attended the court hearing as a friend and support to my dear friend who was the longarmer in question. The plaintiff in this case has been involved in more than one case involving longarm quilting. She was both a defendant and a plaintiff. If you wish to find out more information on this client, search the Maryland court system for her name. You can see that a pattern is emerging. Below is the link to the case involving my friend, owner of Island Girl Quilting. Beware - don\'t let this happen to you. If this client did this to two or more LA\'s, she very likely did this to far more who were unwilling to see it through the court system. http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inqui...tailLoc=DSCIVIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Thanks for posting this information for all to read. Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Í Cant access the link.. says url is not found. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I also got an error message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellysuequilter Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I also received an error message. I think it may be the "........" in the middle of the link instead of the actual letters but this is just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverly Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I got this page cannot be found. If she is Maryland, lets hope she does not come to California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiltFaerie Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 If you back off the url to http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us, and enter the woman\'s name, click civil cases you will get the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelalan Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Good for IG, defendent appears to have overcome this...:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TishMarshall Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 WOW! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annettequilts Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I can\'t open it either.... can anyone give us the gist of the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Yep, me too...I\'ve tried several times...just tell us what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Drop the comma off the end of the link posted by QuiltFaerie. Acknowledge the warning and do a search on Vera Means. This lady is no stranger to the judicial system. I would almost say that this is a frivolous law suit but there is nothing frivolous about impugning somebody\'s reputation. I don\'t know the quilter but I think that it is great that she stood her ground. I want you in my corner, Carol. You stuck by your friend. And thank goodness that the legal system saw this for what it was. Carol, besides the hassle factor, I hope that this conflict did not shake the quilter\'s confidence or have a negative impact on her reputation as a quilter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyonden Posted February 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 For those of you who can\'t get into the site, the customers name is Vera Means. She previously was in a lawsuit brought on by another longarmer. She refused to pay for the quilting the first quilter did. When she was sued, she paid the fee and the suit was dropped. The bad mouthing she did on the first quilter sure cost the quilter a ton of business. But, when all the dust settled, the first quilter started a shop and is doing well now but her reputation took a beating. I was lucky in the fact she never stiffed me for the cost of the quilting and as far as I know, she didn\'t bad mouth me. She just wasn\'t someone I wanted to continue a relationship with. When the defendant of this last case called me because all the directions were on my work sheet, she wanted to know why I wasn\'t doing the quilt. As you know, everything turned into a mess. The last quilter, Island Girl Quilting was very shook up over all this. I talked to her several times and she seems OK now. Good for her, standing up for herself. We really wanted to warn others because she is going to run out of quilters in this area. She has also been banned from a few quilt shops for all her bad mouthing. We aren\'t telling you this so you boycott her, but, just beware and quilt at your own risk. I really can\'t complain because she hasn\'t done anything to me as I said. I\'m just not giving her another chance. So sad to see such an unhappy person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanri Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I guess she lives up to her name MEAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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