I phoned the # on their invoice 1-800-854-8952 & sent emails to icp.co@verizon.net with no response. They tried to say that I placed the order when I advised them no way did I say please send me light bulbs. What a complete scam. The # I did call, thanks to a previous post was 760-253-2901 and was able to get a representative.

This company is still around, still scamming people. DO NOT PAY ANYTHING. DO NOT CONTACT THEM. THEY HAVE NO LEG TO STAND ON AND CANNOT COLLECT MONEY FROM YOU. Enjoy your free light bulbs.

They called and spoke with my co-worker claiming to be the company that does advertising for us and wanted to confirm our mailing address and phone number. He thought it was weird because the company that we pay to advertise for us also offered us "A free $100 WalMart gift card to thank us for our business." 2 weeks later a box of florescent light bulbs arrives, 3 weeks after that an invoice from "COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY" for $360.70 arrives.

AGAIN: DO NOT PAY THIS, COMPLETE BS SCAM!

it is a scam, 2 seprate invoices come at seprate times $300.85 per invoice.

Here's a good resource from the FTC on these things. Pass this on to everybody you work with:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/fraud/bus24.pdf

Once you know who they are and what they're trying to do, it's fun to mess with them over the phone... "Oh really, what an AMAZING deal! Please tell me more!" :)

My name is Jessica Cejnar and I'm a reporter with the Desert Dispatch newspaper in Barstow. I'm working on a story about a company based here called Industrial & Commercial Products. As I understand it these people call businesses and say they're sending a gift card and a free case of lightbulbs. The light bulbs arrive and the bill is for hundreds of dollars. Sounds like the same thing, here. the address I've seen is the same as well.

I would really like to talk to someone who has been affected by this company. If they could please give me a call my number is 760-256-4123. Or you can call my cell phone at 760-403-7560. Thank you.

This is such a scam.  I did however receive the giftcard and the lamps.  Our old purchasing rep went ahead and approved one of the bills but I have denied the other.  I keep getting calls from one gal saying she works for Industrial & Commercial, she is the one who sent me the card but I told her I did not need any lamps, hopefully if I do get them, I will be keeping them and not paying the bill.  Now I am getting calls about the one invoice that we did not pay from a gal named Brandy who claims to be a collector for a company that went out of business, but it is the same number for both ladies.  They are very friendly and if someone does not know any better, they make a real pitch.  I figure if they are going to send me something without me saying yes then it is mine for the taking.  Good luck all.

The numbers I have are 800-854-8951 and 800-854-8952
icp.co@verizon.net
fax 760-253-4192

This is such a scam.  I did however receive the giftcard and the lamps.  Our old purchasing rep went ahead and approved one of the bills but I have denied the other.  I keep getting calls from one gal saying she works for Industrial & Commercial, she is the one who sent me the card but I told her I did not need any lamps, hopefully if I do get them, I will be keeping them and not paying the bill.  Now I am getting calls about the one invoice that we did not pay from a gal named Brandy who claims to be a collector for a company that went out of business, but it is the same number for both ladies.  They are very friendly and if someone does not know any better, they make a real pitch.  I figure if they are going to send me something without me saying yes then it is mine for the taking.  Good luck all.

Industrial & Commercial Products
24716 Main Street
Barstow, CA  92311
(760) 253-2901
Electric Equipment & Supplies





I hope this helps all of you, I called them today inregards to a position open with their company. Thank goodness i googled it before shipping my resume in since I now know it is all a scam. The number I called was 18008458353

The same happened us. We had a new hire in purchasing, They called saying that because our company had done so much business with them in the past, we'll recieve a walmart gift card and bulbs for free. The new hire figured our company must have, seeing as how he was new. The bulbs arrived, no gift card, then an invoice for $308.85 showed up a few weeks later. We tried to return the bulbs but we would have to pay shipping and re stocking to return them. We ended up dealing with a lady named Rebecca,at # 1-800-854-8952. Finally they sent a UPS truck to pick up the bulbs, we recieved the Bulb on 6/17/08 they gave in on 12/15/08 After our in house Lawyer said we were sueing them.

The phone number provided by Mark is the number you want to call.  1-800-854-8952.  Let them know your refusing shipment and call the carrier that delivered it to pick it up.

I don't know how those guys represented themselves, but we got a pack of these sent to us with the name of one of our employees badly misspelled, making me think that they called.

However that employee claims she didn't purchase any bulbs, which I believe, since she's the owners daughter and knows we do no maintenance whatsoever, the property owner does it all.

Anywhoo, I've tried calling these jokers a couple of times asking them WTF they are doing, with no response. Ended up sending them an email telling them that they're $620 bills(2x$308) would not get paid and they could figure out how to get those bulbs shipped back or come by and pick them up, I'd store them for them until then.

There's been no reply to my email so far.

Some body call my company and asked about the address.  2 days later, I received package from Lighting product co.
24716, West Main st, Barstow, CA 92311.

Try this phone number 1-800-854-8952
This is from the fax cover page they sent to our AP trying to get payment.
Talk to Rebekah!

I also have been having problems with this company. They shipped me 30 bulbs when I was gone from work and as I am the only one who orders lights for my building I new there was a problem  especially after a month of trying to contact them. NEVER!! accept anything from this company. they have another number also that begin with area code 765 but is the same message.

My company and myself have fallen victim to this scam also. I totally agree with all the reports you all have shared and thankful that I am not the only one. I have been calling 7602534252 and 7608270600 day in and day out. I keep calling and it goes to some CSR voicemail that says their hours are Mondays from 10AM-3PM EST and Tuesday -Friday from 8AM to 1PM EST. Funny that nobody NEVER picks up.  When I received the call I immediately knew that our company didn't order any bulbs nor had been in business with them before since we have our own building maintenance. I never gave word for them to go ahead and send the bulbs. They also promised the $100 gift card to Walmart which didn't come in the box. Has anyone successfully returned their bulbs to the company? Thankfully I work in a call center environment so phone calls are taped. Just as soon as I get through to a live being I will be playing the call back for them to hear.  If anybody has any related help or assistance feel free to email me at mysta_Sigma@hotmail.com.  You can't even find these jokers online. They don't have a website.

All of the above is true.  It happened to me to.  Someone called from Lighting Products Co. saying our bulbs are ready to be shipped and are on their way.  I ordered halogen bulbs from Overstock.com around that time and so I thought they were shipping the bulbs for Overstock.  Now I have a heavy box of florescent lights that I do not know what I am going to do with.  After reading about the $100 gift certificate, I remembered the call from them letting me know they were sending a $100 Walmart gift card with the shipment.  There was no gift card.  

How do these people stay in business.  I am definitely writing to the Better Business Bureau.

Our secretary was offered the same "gift certificate" deal and she refused.  Sure enough a box of lamps shows up.  Obviously she never orders this material and I WILL NOT be paying a dime for these.  I've tried to call 3 times since receiving them 10min ago and there is no answer.  How can they get away with this?

How do you deal with them when they send you the bulbs and you want to return them and not pay for them. Yes, they got me. Told them I wasn't ordering anything and a few weeks later there they were.

DO NOT PAY THESE PEOPLE - SCAM
We received a shipment of fluorescent light bulbs which we had not ordered and the company insisted that we had ordered them.  The company ("lighting products company") were billing us and trying to get us to pay 25% of the total invoice as a processing fee if we returned the bulbs.

Finally, only after I said we?d keep the bulbs if they did not want to have them picked up but we where NOT paying the invoice because we NEVER order bulbs (it?s handled by Building Management) and I was sure we had not ordered these so they agreed to pick them up.

same here.. they claimed to have done bus. with our company before and as a token of appreciation, sent us bulbs and charged us 600$ for 'em.  When i did get someone on the line they tried to say we agreed to pay for them.. told them i would report them to BBB and asked them to produce a copy of the taped phone conversation, they told me they would have to call back, and never did..Definately do NOT pay these folks..

Our company received a "1/2" case of light bulbs, receiving didn't check our P.O. orders and sent to our dept.  We are having the same problem as all of you.  I did find a general number for them (different than on the invoice) of 760-253-2901.  We will try tomorrow and refer them to our legal dept., along with a copy of this website.  Thanks for the confirmation that these trolls are scammers.

Sincerely,

A Manager

I received a call from them saying someone from our company ordered light bulbs and would like to send a free gift card.
Ask to used my name on the envelope.So I said yes.
A week later I recieved a 30lb Light bulb.I refused the box because I saw all these comments online.
Thank god for these comments!!
I hope this is over with.

DO NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY!! THEY DONT EVE ANSWER ANY QUESTONS ON THEIR PHONE/FAX/ OR EMAIL. THEY ARE A TOTAL MESS. THEY CANT CALL THEMSELVES A BUSINESS. EVERYTHING YOUR READINMG ABOUT THEM IS TRUE.I DONT KNOW WHO THEY TARGET, BUT I SURE SENT THOSE OVERPRICED BULBS BACK. AND IF THEY REFUSE IT, I WIL KEEP THEM. THEY NEED TO STOP DOING BUSINESS IF THEY CANT HANLE THE TRUTH.

Reporting the scam to the better business bureau 1 800 356 1007 they sent me
a case of free bulbs then sent a bill for 600.00 and never did see the 100.00 gift certificate.

THEY GOT ME ALSO BUT SAID THEY WERE FROM SLI LIGHTING WHICH IS A REAL COMPANY.TRYING TO INVOICE ME FOR $600.00 FOR A BOX OF 4' BULBS THAT COST $30.00. AND THEY ARE ALSO CHARGING FREIGHT.

Received a 30lb. box of bulbs from a "company" called Lighting Products Company in Barstow, CA.  I googled this phone # which on the box they say you have to call collect and found out this is a scam.  DO NOT accept free bulbs or a gift card if someone calls about reordering bulbs.  Refuse the shipment and send back. Also, if/when an invoice comes, shred it and do not pay.  This is how they make their money, which is illegal!

This boiler-room call center tries to sell 'special' lamps at extremely high prices. You can tell them you don't want them and they send them anyway. We get a few calls a year from these jokers.