Fraudulent Evanston Company? - Peel, Inc.

A local Evanston company - Peel, Inc - has garnered almost 2,200 complaints to the better business bureau - and is still operating.

Peel, Inc. is headed by Brian Dale and seems to be in the business of selling coffee, tea and poster subscriptions over the Internet using a variety of names and companies:

Danielle Janine Jewelry
publicationsmax.com
PosterPass.com
SeattleCoffeeDirect.com
EspeciallyPosters.com
Peel.com
Coffee Roasters Direct, Inc.
ShopDani.com
HollywoodJewelryStore.com
PerfectlyPendants.com
RelationshipSpot.com
RingingCell.com
Superduperfree.com
MagazineBurst.com
VermontRoastingCo.com
Homeartsdirect.com
Art Print World
Metro Coffee Roasters
Bellezza Coffee
MetroCoffeeDirect
Global Coffee Direct
Urban Tea Direct
WorldTeaDirect
World Tea Direct
Tea Francais
Worldbeancafe
Haute Jewelry Direct
Cafe Saporito
Shoppe Coffee Direct
ShopCoffeeDirect
SeattleCoffeeDirect
Java Delivery Direct
javadeliverydirect.com
Cafe Saporita
Danielle Janni Jewelry
Especially Posters
Global Tea Direct
Java Beanery Direct
Poster Pass
Publication Max
Shop Dani Jewelry
Rich Cafe Direct
(from Better Business Bureau)

It seems that the majority of complaints against the company (Companies?) are excessive and/or unauthorized charges to credit cards, dismal or non-existent customer service and a terrible refund history.

There are numerous web based complaints and even calls from irate customers to the police station and the Attorney General of Illinois.

If you have information, insight or knowledge of this company or its operators, please let us know.

Peel, Inc. is located at 990 Grove Street in Evanston.