Never had a problem with corporate office supplies. Always get what I order. Free postage, friendly staff. I read some of the complaints here and it’s obvious those keyboard warriors are just trying to get out of paying their bills.

Corporate office supplies owns an RTO company can anyone give me any information if this company National College of Business is actually up and running keen to make sure if it is up and running that they don't get any government money as I did with strantics

Thanks but I sent all the cartridges back to their postal address. Thanks anyway mate. I now have had many phone calls from who i recon is Cody. He tried to say his name was freddy. he was very rude and demanding and continued to call back many times yelling at me over the phone, he even threatened me and said let meet in a ring and fight. The only way I could stop him is unplug my phone. Which suits me as I am no longer in business or trading anymore now. Poor guy I really feel sorry for people like that, that have nothing better to do and have bought it all on them selves. I have had legal advise and I am with in my rights to sue him and put and order against him. friends have advised me that I should. I'm still wondering whether to.

lol

These guys are ruthless. I'm sick of my wages and super not getting paid. Report them to the ato evasion line, then they will get the message.

Job done ATO woohoo. Finally wound up!!!!! Now let the investigations begin

If you are the Michael with the Indian accent I hope you burn in hell. I am sick to death of your constant phone calls after being told never to contact me again. I get at least two to three calls a week and even though you have been told I will never purchase another toner from you even if you were the last person on earth you just do not get it. Find someone else to harasse and leave me alone.

Hi, I'm a newspaper reporter in Queensland and was hoping to make contact with you to obtain further details. Would it be possible to email me your phone number? My email is kelmeny.fraser @ news.com.au Thank you.

Cold callers sold farming couple enough printer ink to last 1700 years

Tom Cowie Liam Mannix
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Cold calling salespeople who bullied a farming couple with one home printer into buying enough ink to last them nearly 1700 years acted illegally, a tribunal has found.

The Melbourne-based office supplies company has been ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal this week to pay more than $90,000 to the Queensland cattle farmers after it sold them more than 2000 printer ink cartridges.

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James Murray, CEO of Corporate Office Supplies
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The company's jet-setting CEO and owner regularly posts on social media showing how the business has helped fund his glamorous lifestyle, which includes BMW cars and nights out in Las Vegas.

Salespeople from Corporate Office Supplies began making multiple cold calls to the home of husband and wife Rod and Charmaine Sharp in mid 2015.

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James Murray, CEO of Corporate Office Supplies (left) and company accountant Kodi Ashford.
James Murray, CEO of Corporate Office Supplies (left) and company accountant Kodi Ashford. Photo: Facebook
Mrs Sharp told the tribunal the company would not take no for an answer so she eventually bought 56 cartridges, far more than she would ever need. The couple went through one cartridge every 10 months.

But the company continued to call, going on to sell her vouchers for another 1984 cartridges.

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She did not tell her husband about the payments, which totalled nearly $80,000.

After the purchases were made, the company began making aggressive demands for debt collection. Some phone calls were taken by the couple's young son.

VCAT deputy president Ian Lulham ruled the company had acted unconscionably in selling the "frankly ridiculous quantity" of cartridges to a family that owned a single printer and that it should have known the Sharps didn't need that much ink.

"[They] may as well assert that Mrs Sharp agreed to buy the Sydney Harbour Bridge," Mr Lulham noted.

The company did not file a defence. Its accountant Kodi John Ashford told the hearing Mrs Sharp was never bullied or harassed and had the right to decline the purchase.

Mr Lulham called for the company to be investigated by Consumer Affairs Victoria.

"It is not overstating the position to say that any business which sold over 2000 cartridges to a business that owned one printer acted unlawfully," he said.

The CEO and owner of Corporate Office Supplies is 28-year-old James Murray, who claims on his social media profiles to be based between Los Angeles and Melbourne.

Corporate records show Mr Murray first registered the company in 2010, with its offices listed at various locations in Melbourne's eastern suburbs since then.

Mr Murray lists on his LinkedIn page that he is a believer in "direct marketing", which typically includes cold calling, because of the growth it has delivered his business.

He also boasted online about the performance of his business. In one post, Mr Murray congratulates his team on "hitting 250k in one morning". In another update, he praises an account manager for closing a sale of $US43,200.

In a recent news report, Mr Murray also flagged that Corporate Office Supplies was planning to set up a call centre in Townsville with the help of a Queensland state government grant.

A company spokesman declined to comment.

CEO - James MURRAY

http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/cold-callers-sell-farming-couple-with-one-printer-enough-ink-to-last-1700-years-20170309-guuhpl.html

Corporate Office Supplies - Here is the decision direct from VCAT from 2013 (Michael A's comments below)

http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/vic/VCAT/2013/1417.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=ITCI%20Pty%20Ltd

Who are these people?
A woman by the name of Sally called the office, and was so rude! we buy cartridges from another company. She completely lost it, I had to hang up on her, then she just kept calling for so many times.

We tried calling the following numbers without success.


Corporate Office Supplies can be contacted by phone, mail, fax or e-mail

Melbourne Office

Telephone: (03) 8566 8791
Mail: PO Box 846, Endeavour Hills, Vic, 3802
Fax: (03) 8566 8797
E-mail: sales @ corpofficesupplies.com

Auckland Office

Telephone: (09) 887 7200
E-mail: sales @ corpofficesupplies.com

This is a registered organization peanut, police cant do anything. Your the twit who ordered cartridges and changed your mind

Authorities know all about you and you will know all about it Michael, Peter or who ever you are today.
When you are in the gutter you will regret ripping people off and talking to them like trash, like ANT decent human being would. You will not be so smart when ASIC comes down or when the Police arrive with warrants and fraud charges. Every dog has its day and yours is well on its way. Enjoy HELL

Nice to see you went anonymous you coward ;)

Just wanted to add my experience here. These guys are complete scam artists - they also sent me toner cartridges I did not order and I have just had a conversation with 'Sales manager" and said they have 48 hours to pick them up or they will be going in the skip bin and they will never see a cent from me.

Do not order anything from them ever - I'm quite shocked that they are still operating as a business, surely it is just a matter of time before they are shut down.

We had our Printer damaged by the first purchase of ink cartridges back in 2013 for which we returned the cartridges and reported the problem for which we only received promises to resolve, but no follow through from them other then the weekly , monthly persistent phones calls with offer of free gifts or for payment of orders for which we never made still to this day.

I want to return the cartridges that I was sent because my printer no longer works and it because of these cartridges but I was told by your customer service that you don't have to accept returns. This is a joke and now I am up for buying a new printer. Will never deal with you guys again.

OMG!!! This company is charging $329 each (plus postage) for a non genuine Lexmark laser cartridge that can be purchased elsewhere for $76.16 or one genuine for $150.95.
This company is a rip-off!
Don't be scammed by this company.

totally rude arrogant people ....tried to get them to take me off their call list .....