Advice on Recovering Your Money

Have you tried to recover the money you spent on food from French Street Farms?

Please use the comment link below to share your experience, and any advice that you may have for others who are in the same situation.

Location: Erie, PA, USA

Comments

Caron Drop said…
Just funding out that it will not be operating. Paid in full for a 2022 CSA. Would really like information about all efforts to recover money.
May 29, 2022 at 3:44 AM
Anonymous said…
Also paid in full for 2022...
June 11, 2022 at 7:15 AM
Anonymous said…
Also paid in full. I'm interested in joining the effort to recover the money.
June 11, 2022 at 9:47 PM
Jay said…
Because we used Venmo, I was able to file a claim with Venmo and it was refunded a month after we filed the claim.
June 21, 2022 at 8:47 AM
Anonymous said…
I’d made down payment but heard they folded so I tried sending messages and emails, but got no response. I paid via Venmo so I’ll try that route.
July 4, 2022 at 10:28 PM
Anonymous said…
I filed a claim with Venmo and they said there was nothing they could do
July 8, 2022 at 3:10 PM
Anonymous said…
I filed a claim with Venmo, but they declined to help obtain a refund. Venmo recommended filing a police report, but I’m not inclined to escalate it to that level, even for the ~$600 I lost.
July 15, 2022 at 7:07 PM
Anonymous said…
I understand the desire to not file reports against someone that had good intentions. But if we consider that even 50 people are out $600, that’s theft of $30,000. That isn’t a small amount. Plus all the grants that were accepted on behalf of her farm. It has been recommended to me that individuals file with the PA Bureau of Consumer Affairs, so that they can get an idea of the scope of this situation. This is really unfortunate, and it may be easy to write off the individual amount that we all lost, but the totality of this theft is likely rather large.
August 2, 2022 at 8:40 AM
Anonymous said…
I filed a claim with the BUREAU OF CONSUMER PROTECTION. French Street Farms was given 3 months to respond and they didn't. The next step would be to pursue a lawsuit privately. I'm not sure it's worth it for the ~$200 I lost.
August 2, 2022 at 8:57 AM
Anonymous said…
I also filed a claim with the Bureau of Consumer Protection. FSF did not respond, but at least it is on record now.
August 22, 2022 at 8:23 AM
Anonymous said…
I paid for full season plus deposit on the next then never heard from this person. Tried contacting her several times and then gave up.
May 20, 2023 at 11:15 AM

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