Comments for Hauling in an empire at http://pressbanner.com , comment 1 to 22 out of 20 comments http://pressbanner.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:19:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-775 Jerry Toste is not State Licensed. Tree service is very seldomly under $500/project. He is breaking the law. He must become a state licensed contractor to have the so called "enterprise" become legal. He will then have to pay payroll tax, workman's comp, and licensing fees. See how "cheap" he will be then. Every young biznessman has to break a few rules, but not this guy. If he is as established as he claims, then how come much of his fleet is broken down? Please contact the State License Board of CA at http://www.cslb.ca.gov to file complaints and get this guy. - Bill Hass Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:02:55 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-565 This guy just wans to get layed. Sorry about your p****s. - Emil Zoolander Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:41:36 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-559 Jerry Toste, You are a smug young man with greed as your creed. You have already failed as an asset to society by your greed and arrogance. You may amass great wealth, but you have no soul! - Richard D Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:30:29 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-551 I will be contacting all city and county in leaders in Santa Cruz to immediately inact bans on commercial vehicles being parked along our streets. If we all speak out, we can rid our county of this roving junk yard that causes hazards at every intersection they park. I would love to see proof that Cheap Hauling is also paying taxes, payroll taxes and workers compensation. Do all of the cities have business licenses from CH? Everyone I know in Santa Cruz is pissed about Cheap Hauling's blatant disregard for the community. I Jerry wants to do business, then fine, but do it responsibly. Rent a yard to store your broken down trucks and advertise like a normal business. Being 21 doesn't give you the right to be a jerk and snub your nose at the community. CH days are numbered! - Chuck Bruffey Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:40:07 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-542 Jerry only cares about Jerry. That is clear. He has no sense of community. He only sees dollar signs. He does not care that his trucks are a blight upon our neighborhood which we work so hard to keep clean and nice. He does not care that they are UGLY as sin. Jerry, YOU SUCK. - Nathan Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:34:44 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-541 I think what bothers me about the whole Cheap Hauling thing is Jerrys pushy attitude. Everything about him and his business is "IN YOUR FACE". Jerry seems to care about one thing and one thing only...JERRY. I don't see anything about his obnoxious way of doing business as being innovative or revolutionating the advertising industry. What I see is a lot of dilapated yellow junk parked across two counties and evertime I see one it only reinforces how people ," proud Americans", can so easily abuse our democracy in the name of freedom. As for being only 21 years old...he has alot to learn! - Penny Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:49:44 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-529 I have to say, it is amusing to read the hotly debated issue of using public space (Scotts Valley streets, rest of Santa Cruz and also Santa Clara county) to freely advertise. When the fleet of accumulating trucks from 3096 Glen Canyon Rd., Scotts Valley started acquiring a new parking location (ie everyone else's front street) it became a public curiosity. When the dilapidated trucks were seen pulling each other along, or leaving behind oil marks it became a public nuisance. After learning the since officially launching his company Mr. Jerry Toste has grossed $800K US dollars, I am surprised that some of that money is not going back into maintaining the brand - CHEAP (ie improving the look and functionality of its multi-truck fleet). Further negligence to respond promptly to potential customer's suggestions, complaints or police citations is a clear sign of how seriously Mr. Toste is taking his role as CEO ... especially after boisterously and snobbish appeal for business partners on his amateurish http://jerrytosteincorporated.com/ website. While some communities would turn a blind eye to the inconveniences and nuisances caused by the way Mr. Toste runs his business, I believe the Santa Cruz (and Scotts Valley) community cares about the environmental and social impact a business has. It is simply immaturish and foolish to run a business that simply and blatently disregards the environmental and social concerns of its potential customers. Because of the LACK of RESPONSIBILITY from the CEO and "board members" of the Jerry Toste Incorporated, I will be looking for other local companies to handle my orchard's folliage, even if it costs a little more. At least I will know that that little markup will benefit a Scott's Valley FRIENDLY company. Yours, Matt - addressed to Jerry Toste - President and CEO and rest of board members (http://jerrytosteincorporated.com/) Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:45:11 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-434 I like to see the small guy succeed. However, I am annoyed at this business because of lack of follow-through. We had some junk to be hauled and set an appointment. That time came and went with a no show. A phone call to the office and there was a management change-re schedule. Again the time came and went, no show. One last time and the same thing-no show. Hey, we called 1-800 Got Junk and they were there as promised. How can anyone run a successful business when they cannot take care of the customers? I am disgusted by the trucks parked around the city of Santa Cruz brimming full of trash/garbage, graffittied truck bodies and pollution of our streets and gutters from the leaky trucks. Jerry, get your business together and maybe follow the rules like other small businesses have to. Then you can call yourself sucessful. - annoyed Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:56:14 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-401 3096 Glen Canyon Scotts Valley, Ca 95076 - 3096 Glen Canyon Scotts Valley, Ca 95076 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:59:52 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-371 The address is easy to find. It just takes a few minutes of google on "voila". You are there !!! - Mike Duffy Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:04:57 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-370 Jerry's parents have offered their street to all dirty stinky nearly broken down vehicles in the county. Make sure you fill those vehicles to brim folks. Pig waste and dead animals earns extra points. Be legal though move those vehicles every 3 days. Mike - Mike Duffy Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:02:29 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-365 Point of view drives how you see the Cheap Hauling phenomenon: some feel it's innovative--moveable billboards are a small price to pay for perennial advertising (public transit buses have served this function for decades); neighborhood residents are annoyed because they feel the parked trucks are an eyesore and bio-hazard; still others wonder if Toste is breaking laws. The free market is one of the great things about America: If Toste really has solved a painful problem for customers, if he has innovated, and if what he's doing really does "catch on," then he'll have competition; a stiff competitor will likely force some of the issues that people have with Toste's operations. - John Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:51:30 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-360 Jerry- As a young person running my own biz as well: YOU GO! I am impressed. The trucks are everywhere, but I don't mind (sv resident). You're doing great. VERY impressed. - sal Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:21:24 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-353 Sorry about the mispelt words from the comment above... its coming from my mind and heart written by Jerry Toste - President and CEO, December 22, 2007 Sorry about the mispelt words from the comment above... its coming from my mind and heart. My brain was going to ast for my fingers. Enjoy what I do, embrace it! Jerry "JT" Toste - Jerry Toste - President and CEO Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:18:02 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-352 We are not breaking any laws, everything we do at our business is 100% legal! written by Jerry Toste - President and CEO, December 22, 2007 We are not breaking any laws! 1800 got junk has been running for 15 years! Why arnt they shut down? It is legal. It is innovative and we will conmtinue tro do it. I am an American and pround of it. I am born and raised in Scotts Valley California and I take pride in that and I wish that you would you. What you have seen from myslef is nothing yet. IM ONLY 21 YEARS OLD! Dont blink, you might miss my next move.... innovative, pushing the limits, go big or go home baby. Live life, don't stress on it. Make a name for yourself! Sincerely, Jerry "JT" Toste 21 yrs old and growing fast! - Jerry Toste - President and CEO Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:17:26 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-351 EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS! written by Jerry Toste - Owner of CHEAP HAULING, December 19, 2007 I am sorry if my "CHEAP" brand pisses some people off, but we do thousands of jobs a year for a variety of people at great prices and great services. What we did at cheap hauling was innovate. United States is a great country where you can push the limits and do what no one has done before. Without taking risk and trying new things the United States would not be the country it is. I think over at CHEAP HAULING we started something big, a fad that is catching on. It will revolutionize the advertising industry. Watch and See. Im sorry for all the people that are mad, but many people love the company at the same time. If you want to talk to me personally feel free to email me: Jerrytoste@yahoo.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Sincerely, Jerry Toste Founder, President, & CEO - Jerry Toste - President and CEO Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:16:12 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-306 The trucks do bug a lot of people, but what he has done is innovative. He is changing the world of business and adcertising. I heard he has plans of taking the company state-wide then nation-wide, I think its great. I think Jerry Toste is great for what he has done and will continue to do. An amazing businessmen and good young man. - Toni Samma Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:38:44 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-305 :) Jerry Toste is brilliant and very ambitious. Jerry Toste is only 21 years old and look what he has created, a multmillion dollar phenomenom! I think what he has done is amaazing and much credit should be given toward him! Go Jerry Toste! - Mike Thomps Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:23:39 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-288 So, his trucks are annoying. But are they illegal? It seems like the SV PD is pretty helpless when it comes to this guy. When I first started noticing the trucks, I was pissed. I don't really know why ... maybe because it seemed as though they were getting away with free advertising, whereas I have to pay to promote my business. But, if it's not illegal, why the heck not conduct his business that way? It's pure genius! And if the SV PD can't keep up with the parking tickets and fines, too bad. I bet all the parking tickets Toste gets are turning into big $$ bucks for the city. Maybe all the bitter people that hate his trucks can learn how to identify an illegally parked vehicle and call the cops when they see it. Toste will have a high pile of tickets, and all that bank goes to our town! I love it! - Willa Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:46:37 +0100 http://pressbanner.com/content/view/555/42/#comment-286 The Banner's stories on Toste and Cheap Hauling have been just shy of praise for his efforts and success. Perhaps you guys should talk to the police departments and cities in both Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. You might find that the condition of his vehicles, as well as their locations and lack of regular movement get called in and/or complained about on just about a daily basis. While this story reads as a success story for a young "businessman", his business sacrifices safety and public concern in the effort to make a buck. I have seen multiple trucks from this business leaking fluids, overflowing onto sidewalks and streets with garbage, parked on blind corners making visibility all but impossible, and even pulling other Cheap Hauling trucks down the road with chains. Your article advises his trucks are "on everyones lips". What it fails to mention is the reasons why... - Keith Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:39:40 +0100