Got the shaft from Cherry Creek Tree Farm

George Marshall  May 22 2008 12:32:57 PM

I went into Cherry Creek Tree Farms to redeem the balance of my landscaping gift card and I was told that they wouldn't honor it since they are in the process of going bankrupt.  Here is the letter that they gave me which provided the details(see image1.pdf).  They didn't even have the decency to let me know until after I spent over a half-hour shopping.  If you talk to the people at Cherry Creek they make it sound like DR Horton is not paying them.  However, when I spoke to Bellann Raile (the author of the attached letter) she stated that Cherry Creek got paid when we redeemed our certificate for a gift card (which doesn't expire).    

So, for those of us holding gift cards to Cherry Creek we are considered an unsecured creditor - bottom line, we got screwed.  Bellann Raile is suppose to send me the court docs  for this case.   When I get it I'll post it here.

I was able to get a very small fraction of the $1,300 they still owe us... and I am talking small.  Apparently they consider any returns you made and applied back to your gift card as money you can still get to - at least that was my case.

If anyone has any luck getting money out of Cherry Creek or DR Horton, please share.  Thank you.  You can call the number on the letter and talk to Bellann and she'll put your name on a "list" of other pissed off folks that Cherry Creek owes money to.

I have added the full court order for Cherry Creek Tree Farm (see the second attachment).  Thanks to Ryan Incorvaia!

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