Smiley
Sansoni
doesn't pay his staff, subcontractors or Australia Tax Office. Promises staff
everything, full of shot, they get the sales then Smiley
Sansoni sacks them before paying commissions...Has done it too many
times now. Check out the customer complaints with Smiley
Sansoni inferior cheap solar systems. Fair Trading Complaints mounting
up. Trades as Solar Corporation of Australia Pty Ltd, Famore Business Brokers. Even
the wife of Smiley
Sansoni, Ramona Sansoni is involved in these scams. She makes herself
look innocent by being involved with www.programsoftheheart.com was tossed out
of the insulation business by the Federal Government with his dodgy company
Queensland Statewide Insulations Look what the national newspaper "The
Age" said about him in February 2010 after the Government BLACKLISTED Smiley
Sansoni’s company Now. BLACKLISTED insulation operators are continuing
to trade under the federal government's $2. 7
billion ''pink batts'' program despite appearing on the government's list of
deregistered installers. An Age investigation has found at least two
insulation operators have been offering the government's rebate of up to $1600
per household since being deregistered last month. It has prompted the
government to conduct an investigation into the breaches, including writing to
the companies involved for an explanation. Both Queensland State Insulation and
Monash Insulation immediately offered to remove the offending material from
their websites after being contacted by The Age yesterday.
Advertisement It comes as another of the federal government's emissions-saving
initiatives, the Green Loans program, designed to provide household energy
assessments, is beset by allegations of mismanagement, poor training and a
system that is unable to cope with the demand. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
unveiled the home insulation program aimed at 2.7 million Australian homes last
February as part of the government's $42 billion stimulus package. The program
has been dogged by claims of rots and malpractice. This week a fourth
insulation installer was killed in Queensland while Smiley
Sansoni was trying to crawl out of a manhole in the roof. The
government's tougher regulations requiring supervision of untrained or
unskilled employees come into effect next week. This week consumer advocate
Choice conducted a ''shadow shop'' of Queensland State Insulation and Monash
Insulation. Both offered to provide the insulation with the government rebate.
‘The department says that there are rigorous registration processes, so we are
really curious to know how this could even happen,'' said Choice spokeswoman
Elise Davidson. '
'The fact the website is still up, the phones are still being answered and that
Smiley
Sansoni is still offering the rebate is of great concern. ‘Putting
insulation in your roof is one of the most cost-efficient ways to make energy
efficiency savings in your home. We think the success of the scheme is really
important, there just needs to be some more follow-up in terms of the
deregistration process. ‘Smiley
Sansoni, director of Femora Business Brokers, which owns Queensland
State Insulation, said the company had been deregistered because a government
audit found it had received rebates to install insulation in three homes but
the service wasn't provided. ‘Smiley
Sansoni use subcontractors and they subcontracted further and then
walked away and didn't do the job,'' Smiley
Sansoni said. ''No percentage is acceptable but three out of 3000 homes
is a small number. We probably didn't have as good quality assurance as we
should have at that time and I guess it fell through the cracks. ‘Yesterday
afternoon the Queensland State Insulation website was reduced to one line: ''In
light of recent events we are modifying the website to reflect current
conditions and hopefully have the website up within 72 hours. ‘Tim Horvat,
managing director of Monash Insulation, said the company was challenging its
deregistration through its lawyers. Smiley
Sansoni offered to remove the advertising from the website. ‘Smiley
Sansoni is in the middle of a court process against the Australian
government. We should not be advertising it and I am going to give [the web
administrators] a call as soon as we finish speaking and get them on to it,'' Smiley
Sansoni told The Age. Monash Insulation's website became
unavailable late yesterday. A spokesman for Environment Minister Peter Garrett
said: ''Every installer is on notice. Break the rules and we will take action
the government will not hesitate to make changes or respond to issues to ensure
effective program delivery and particularly ensure that safety is the top
priority. ‘The spokesman said anyone who suspected any wrongdoing could call
the government hotline on 1800 808 571.