{"id":119525,"date":"2021-09-23T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=119525"},"modified":"2021-09-23T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T16:10:00","slug":"attorney-general-urges-shrubbucket-customers-to-file-bankruptcy-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=119525","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General urges ShrubBucket customers to file bankruptcy claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Affected consumers should file priority claim by Monday, Sept. 27, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued an alert urging New York customers of ShrubBucket to immediately file a claim in the company\u2019s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings if they are owed money for undelivered services or products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ShrubBucket \u2014 an internet company based out of Ithaca that sells plants, shrubs and trees \u2014 filed for bankruptcy June 18, 2021, but continued to wrongfully accept deposits from consumers up to a week prior to its bankruptcy filing. Consumers who were affected are encouraged to file a priority claim by this coming Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, to secure a refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs New Yorkers continue to recover and rebuild from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential that companies meet their obligations to consumers and do not dig themselves out of a hole by preying on customers,\u201d said James<\/strong>. \u201cShrubBucket knew it could not deliver services to New Yorkers, but still thought it could hedge some of its losses by charging for products days before the company filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll ShrubBucket customers who made a purchase but were not provided what was being advertised are encouraged to file a priority claim immediately to secure their refunds. My office is committed to rooting out fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ShrubBucket \u2014 which operated out of facilities in New York, Ohio, New Jersey and Connecticut \u2014 personally delivered products to consumers\u2019 homes at a lower cost than retail stores. After receiving multiple complaints regarding the company\u2019s practices, the Office of the Attorney General began an investigation. Upon review of ShrubBucket\u2019s bankruptcy filing, the OAG found that more than 2,000 consumers paid deposits in May 2021, but the company never fulfilled its orders or provided refunds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ShrubBucket undergoes bankruptcy proceedings, the OAG encourages any affected consumers to file a 507(a)(7) priority claim to secure their refund<\/a>. The last date to file proofs of claim is Sept. 27, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If consumers previously filed proofs of claim for products that were paid for and never received, then they should file an unsecured priority claim. Consumers who have already filed unsecured claims but did not file a 507(a)(7) priority claim may amend their filing. To amend a claim, individuals will need to check the \u201cyes\u201d box in response to question number 4 and input their claim number (if known) to show that this is an amended claim. Additionally, they will also need to input the claim amount in response to question number 7 and check \u201cyes\u201d in the second box (labeled \u201cup to $3,025…\u201d) in response to question number 12 and input the amount on that line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All proofs of claim should be completed and mailed to: United States Bankruptcy Court, James M. Hanley Federal Building, 100 S. Clinton St., Room 315, P.O. Box 7008, Syracuse, N.Y. 13261-7008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Affected consumers should file priority claim by Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 New York Attorney General Letitia James issued an alert urging New York customers of ShrubBucket to immediately file a claim in the company\u2019s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings if they are owed money for undelivered services or products. ShrubBucket \u2014 an internet company based out of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-v5P","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Attorney-General-Letitia-James.jpg?fit=2832%2C4256&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}