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On my very first
load for David, there appeared to me to be a slight miscommunication
or misunderstanding between David Derderian and Alex Alizajeh, the
owner of the 30ft Bayliner Classic that I delivered to the Sunset
Marina in Huntington Beach, CA. No real big deal, in my opinion. I
know how bad the traffic gets in the LA area. And I also know that
when someone says that they are "on the way", there is almost always
some last minute task that needs done first. I made a
couple unsuccessful attempts to contact Mr Alizajeh.
Talking to David, David told me that "Alex" had been at the
Marina, but didn't see me there, but was on his way back. (I got
there about midnight the night before). Anyway, the longer it took
for Mr Alizajeh to get there, the more angry and volatile David
Derderian became. Over the next couple hours, David must have called
me a 1/2 dozen times, each time more angry than before. At one
point, David told me he called "Alex" again and cussed him out for
not getting to the Marina when he said he
would.
While I was waiting, David instructed
me to go into the Marina Office and ask if they could unload the
boat before the customer got there. As I was standing in the office,
Mr. Alizajeh walked in and was very angry because David had swore at
him. I told him that I was just the driver, and the Marina Manager
told us (Alex and I) "I am trying to run a business here, you guys
take it outside".
Alex and I walked toward the
boat (which was still on the trailer at that point) and Alex
immediately noticed the damage to the boat (caused by 1. David's
negligent loading and 2. the tire blow-out in
Arizona).
What had particularly made Alex
angry was that David had NOT informed him of the damage and he had
instructed me to "clean it up" to hide the damage.
David also NEVER informed the owner of the other
boat that there was damage (due to David's negligence) and instructed me
to unload the boat before the customer got there if I could
and to leave as soon as possible, also instructing me NOT to point
out the damage to the boat (which was relatively
minor).
Tire
damage Negligent
loading
Click these pictures for
details
In addition to the comments on the
first page, another customer, Mr. Gelsomino had the following to say about DRD Motorsports:
"Delays, excuses, and broken
promises and then delays, excuses and broken promises. I would
recommend a contract that Only has a 10% deposit or none at
all!"
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For several
weeks, there was a big problem getting fuel or making any other
purchases due to a FRAUD ALERT being placed on the card that David
issued me. It was always a bug hassle getting fuel, with having to
call David before I purchased fuel to make sure there was money on
the "back-up" card David issued.
On one
particular day, I attempted to buy fuel at the TA on I-70 in Hebron,
OH. The "Back-up" card was refused and I called David. He said (he
thought) there was enough money to buy fuel, to try again. The card
was declined again. David asked me if the fuel desk would take a
credit card number over the phone, but the fuel desk said no,
explaining that it was against TA policy to do so.
Understandable.
David asked me to have
the fuel desk call him on his phone (1-586-855-9019), so I asked
them to do so. They told me they would call him but the answer was
still no. The employees at this TA were nothing but polite and
courteous to me, and when this particular lady called David, I could
HEAR him screaming and cussing at her when she tried to explain TA
Policy on credit cards.
She walked away
from the fuel counter sobbing and I really felt bad for her. The
manager came up to me and said that they (TA) were going to go ahead
and process the card information over the phone. I apologized to the
manager, and he understood that it wasn't me that caused the
problem.
I
bet BULLYING a woman (or anyone else) into submission makes David
Derderian feel like a WHOLE
man.
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