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		<title>By: Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-11189</link>
		<dc:creator>Fraud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Scooter Store is a SALES organization.  They only make money on selling their powerchairs and upgrading them if you let them.  Service after the sale?  Forget it.  And don&#039;t expect any service during the last week of any month....that&#039;s when they stop service so they can concentrate on deliveries to make the bottom line bigger.   Need batteries replaced?  Be ready to argue why you don&#039;t want a loaner chair so they can thoroughly &quot;go over&quot; your chair.  Guess what?  They bill Medicare for this &quot;loaner&quot; to the tune of 800 dollars just so they can change your batteries......which can be done inside your home.  The general public doesn&#039;t know the half of what fraud this company commits.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Scooter Store is a SALES organization.  They only make money on selling their powerchairs and upgrading them if you let them.  Service after the sale?  Forget it.  And don&#8217;t expect any service during the last week of any month&#8230;.that&#8217;s when they stop service so they can concentrate on deliveries to make the bottom line bigger.   Need batteries replaced?  Be ready to argue why you don&#8217;t want a loaner chair so they can thoroughly &quot;go over&quot; your chair.  Guess what?  They bill Medicare for this &quot;loaner&quot; to the tune of 800 dollars just so they can change your batteries&#8230;&#8230;which can be done inside your home.  The general public doesn&#8217;t know the half of what fraud this company commits.</p>
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		<title>By: reality</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-11188</link>
		<dc:creator>reality</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@CSmith

Unfortunately, due to your wife&#039;s size, the smallest chair she can fit in is 32&quot; (with the armrests removed.) The travel trailer&#039;s door, when open and on hinges, opens to 30&quot;. It is simple physics on why your wife could not procure the chair. This was explained to you, in detail, by many different people that worked hard to get your wife a chair. The &quot;nitwit&quot; that measured your domicile was only acting in compliance with Medicare and in the safety of your wife. Additionally, you were given explicit warnings from your first interaction with The Scooter Store, that due to you wife&#039;s size and the type of domicile you reside in, that it would be quite difficult to get the chair approved. It is well known that your wife is in need of a power wheel chair and great lengths were taken to put her in one to make her life, and yours, much better. As repeated multiple times, by multiple people, your domicile was not in compliance with Medicare and because of your wife&#039;s size, the chair needed was not able to maneuver safely in the trailer.</description>
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<p>Unfortunately, due to your wife&#8217;s size, the smallest chair she can fit in is 32&quot; (with the armrests removed.) The travel trailer&#8217;s door, when open and on hinges, opens to 30&quot;. It is simple physics on why your wife could not procure the chair. This was explained to you, in detail, by many different people that worked hard to get your wife a chair. The &quot;nitwit&quot; that measured your domicile was only acting in compliance with Medicare and in the safety of your wife. Additionally, you were given explicit warnings from your first interaction with The Scooter Store, that due to you wife&#8217;s size and the type of domicile you reside in, that it would be quite difficult to get the chair approved. It is well known that your wife is in need of a power wheel chair and great lengths were taken to put her in one to make her life, and yours, much better. As repeated multiple times, by multiple people, your domicile was not in compliance with Medicare and because of your wife&#8217;s size, the chair needed was not able to maneuver safely in the trailer.</p>
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		<title>By: CSmith</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-11167</link>
		<dc:creator>CSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The scooter store is a joke. My wife &amp; myself are disable. My wife has tried to get a power chair. Her doctor referred them. They have a local office in east Tn. we went and talked with them. All very nice. They started the paperwork. Some nitwit came out and measured our &quot;house&quot; . Due to the nitwit they have started giving us the runaround from saying its to small to the unit will not fit through the door...etc.etc. Oh the best one its against fire codes if the person can not ride it out in an emergency!
Now a little history.
We travel. Our house is a 30ft travel trailer w/super slide. Basically bedroom on one end the bathroom on the other. the whole side between the two ends slides out 4ft.  The outside door is 30in wide. Its enough room for a couple models base with of 28in. They say there not enough room inside for the chair to work. My wifes manual chair goes in and out and enough room to use it. For where we live we have a deck and ramp access. When we travel, other than overnight stops I carry a portable folding ramp. Similar to putting atv or riding mower in the truck. 
Due to an infection  several years ago she is diabetic, stage 3/4renal, neuropathy in both leg and surgery cut nerves in one leg from the infection that has caused Charcot foot. Because of all of this injury cane &amp; walker works a little. Her chair has gotten to where she can not use it by herself. I&#039;m not able to push her for my disability.

Back to the scooter store issue. They were to bring a chair out to &quot;try it out&quot; this has been over three months as of 8/2011. The local office says talk to corp. &quot;they&quot; the girl that was working with us was bump and we wound up with a supervisor. He told us it would take 10 days for a particular model be shipped in and for them to come out. After a proper amount of time and no show or call. Ive started calling I either get voice mail, on answer of if I do get someone its transferred to voice mail No one will return my calls. Local won&#039;t talk to us. No one will give us any reason other than codes, not enough room etc...
Because of some of my wifes falls emt has been out they can get there cot inside with enough people to 3-4 on either side to pick her up and put her on there cot and roll her out.
Oh there other reasons the chair can&#039;t get in the bed room. But it can pull up to the door she can stands up turn around and sit on the foot of the bed. Same thing about the bathroom. there again pull up to the door stand up take one step turn 90drgs sit on toilette. sink is across from toilette.  
The house we use to have was built in the late 40&#039;s the bathroom it had a door with of 24ins the bedrooms may have been 30ins. only the front door was stander 36ins. 

I believe the scooter store is unprofessional in there actions. They can not give any reasons that are valid. They can not quote any medicare rules other vague things like you need to do one thing in your home with the chair. We have given several. They say it wont fit Butt they wont bring one out to try. Not even a loaner they have in stock.
They even told us that the paperwork was in-order that it would not take long to get the chair. But that was before the nitwit came out to measure. 
Other than coming through the front door there about 3.5 ft between the counter and wall. Around the counter then through the center there 5-6ft from the counter to the couch and table.
Anyway It looks like Its going to take another script from the doctor and all the paperwork and time to go through another company.
The scooter store corp. customer service is the worst. The local rep is useless &quot;call corp. I don&#039;t know what going on.&quot;     
We bought this trailer because it fit our needs with the space inside.            

I would rather them say &quot;Were sorry your situation does not work due to our rules we have to follow.&quot; Than to be ignored, calls not returned, told they will send a unit out, or crazy answers. Yes I&#039;m aware of medicare&#039;s one or more home use rules. Than the B.S. THEY DISHED OUT. BEWARE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The scooter store is a joke. My wife &amp; myself are disable. My wife has tried to get a power chair. Her doctor referred them. They have a local office in east Tn. we went and talked with them. All very nice. They started the paperwork. Some nitwit came out and measured our &quot;house&quot; . Due to the nitwit they have started giving us the runaround from saying its to small to the unit will not fit through the door&#8230;etc.etc. Oh the best one its against fire codes if the person can not ride it out in an emergency!<br />
Now a little history.<br />
We travel. Our house is a 30ft travel trailer w/super slide. Basically bedroom on one end the bathroom on the other. the whole side between the two ends slides out 4ft.  The outside door is 30in wide. Its enough room for a couple models base with of 28in. They say there not enough room inside for the chair to work. My wifes manual chair goes in and out and enough room to use it. For where we live we have a deck and ramp access. When we travel, other than overnight stops I carry a portable folding ramp. Similar to putting atv or riding mower in the truck.<br />
Due to an infection  several years ago she is diabetic, stage 3/4renal, neuropathy in both leg and surgery cut nerves in one leg from the infection that has caused Charcot foot. Because of all of this injury cane &amp; walker works a little. Her chair has gotten to where she can not use it by herself. I&#8217;m not able to push her for my disability.</p>
<p>Back to the scooter store issue. They were to bring a chair out to &quot;try it out&quot; this has been over three months as of 8/2011. The local office says talk to corp. &quot;they&quot; the girl that was working with us was bump and we wound up with a supervisor. He told us it would take 10 days for a particular model be shipped in and for them to come out. After a proper amount of time and no show or call. Ive started calling I either get voice mail, on answer of if I do get someone its transferred to voice mail No one will return my calls. Local won&#8217;t talk to us. No one will give us any reason other than codes, not enough room etc&#8230;<br />
Because of some of my wifes falls emt has been out they can get there cot inside with enough people to 3-4 on either side to pick her up and put her on there cot and roll her out.<br />
Oh there other reasons the chair can&#8217;t get in the bed room. But it can pull up to the door she can stands up turn around and sit on the foot of the bed. Same thing about the bathroom. there again pull up to the door stand up take one step turn 90drgs sit on toilette. sink is across from toilette.<br />
The house we use to have was built in the late 40&#8242;s the bathroom it had a door with of 24ins the bedrooms may have been 30ins. only the front door was stander 36ins. </p>
<p>I believe the scooter store is unprofessional in there actions. They can not give any reasons that are valid. They can not quote any medicare rules other vague things like you need to do one thing in your home with the chair. We have given several. They say it wont fit Butt they wont bring one out to try. Not even a loaner they have in stock.<br />
They even told us that the paperwork was in-order that it would not take long to get the chair. But that was before the nitwit came out to measure.<br />
Other than coming through the front door there about 3.5 ft between the counter and wall. Around the counter then through the center there 5-6ft from the counter to the couch and table.<br />
Anyway It looks like Its going to take another script from the doctor and all the paperwork and time to go through another company.<br />
The scooter store corp. customer service is the worst. The local rep is useless &quot;call corp. I don&#8217;t know what going on.&quot;<br />
We bought this trailer because it fit our needs with the space inside.            </p>
<p>I would rather them say &quot;Were sorry your situation does not work due to our rules we have to follow.&quot; Than to be ignored, calls not returned, told they will send a unit out, or crazy answers. Yes I&#8217;m aware of medicare&#8217;s one or more home use rules. Than the B.S. THEY DISHED OUT. BEWARE.</p>
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		<title>By: JoeC</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-10962</link>
		<dc:creator>JoeC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am in the process of getting a wheelchair through these folks and am not happy at all with the high-pressure sales staff and others who have outright lied to me at times. I am finding it more and more difficult to move around without having to stop and rest a while because of diabetic neuropathy and PAD. The only decent person I&#039;ve met from these folks is the guy who came out to my house to measure for accessibility, etc. All the others can take a hike. I have my mind set on a particular chair yet the sales rep is pretty much demanding that, if approved, I take the chair he&#039;s pushing. If I don&#039;t get the chair I&#039;m comfortable with, I will refuse to buy from them and see if I can find a decent used chair. They show up on craigslist all the time and are  usually affordable, even without the insurance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am in the process of getting a wheelchair through these folks and am not happy at all with the high-pressure sales staff and others who have outright lied to me at times. I am finding it more and more difficult to move around without having to stop and rest a while because of diabetic neuropathy and PAD. The only decent person I&#8217;ve met from these folks is the guy who came out to my house to measure for accessibility, etc. All the others can take a hike. I have my mind set on a particular chair yet the sales rep is pretty much demanding that, if approved, I take the chair he&#8217;s pushing. If I don&#8217;t get the chair I&#8217;m comfortable with, I will refuse to buy from them and see if I can find a decent used chair. They show up on craigslist all the time and are  usually affordable, even without the insurance.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Lieber</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-10776</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave Lieber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dan, I saw the same commercial on tv a week ago!</description>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-10775</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I haven&#039;t seen many scooter store commercials since the first of the year. Has anyone else seen them? They used to be on constantly. I watch a lot of television and I can&#039;t remember seeing one for the past month. Maybe longer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t seen many scooter store commercials since the first of the year. Has anyone else seen them? They used to be on constantly. I watch a lot of television and I can&#8217;t remember seeing one for the past month. Maybe longer.</p>
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		<title>By: David Johnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you!  That was really helpful, I just saved your url.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you!  That was really helpful, I just saved your url.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Petersen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Petersen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I’m just sick and tired of the constant TV adverts by The Scooter Store, on seemingly all channels and at all times of the day, including Prime Time. I remember my dad once told me, “if you see someone advertising a lot on TV, it means they are really doing well and able to afford the cost, so it’s better to buy from the little guy and give them a chance”. To me, The Scooter Store is just another example of big business greed - no matter how well they do, it’s never enough, never.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m just sick and tired of the constant TV adverts by The Scooter Store, on seemingly all channels and at all times of the day, including Prime Time. I remember my dad once told me, “if you see someone advertising a lot on TV, it means they are really doing well and able to afford the cost, so it’s better to buy from the little guy and give them a chance”. To me, The Scooter Store is just another example of big business greed &#8211; no matter how well they do, it’s never enough, never.</p>
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		<title>By: scooters for sale</title>
		<link>http://www.watchdognation.com/blog/billy-mays-scooter-store/comment-page-1/#comment-884</link>
		<dc:creator>scooters for sale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think they both can do a ton in sales no matter what product you put in front of them. R.I.P. Billy!</description>
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		<title>By: Dave Lieber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave Lieber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you, Betty!</description>
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