From Richard C. Davis: Team Trademark No Longer On “Flip This House”
The following is a mass email Richard C. Davis sent on July 29, 2006 to those who have emailed him and Trademark Properties messages of support.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First of All, I want to personally thank you all for the overwhelming show of support you guys have shown us during season 1 of “Flip This House” and even more so since the introduction of season 2 without Team Trademark. TRULY HUMBLING and more appreciated than I can ever put in words.
Many of you have taken the time out of your busy lives to let the powers to be know how you feel, that means more to me personally than any victory we will have in court.
I can’t comment on the lawsuit but I will tell you it is the FIRST time in my life that I even contemplated suing anyone. I don’t believe in wasting good energy chasing bad energy and truly believe you reap what you sew but this time I wasn’t going to be bullied by a network and allow them to steal what is rightfully mine.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/tv_nm/house_dc_1
I want to clear up any question as to our association with season 2, it’s real simple….WE HAVE NONE! A&E did a casting call to replace myself, Ginger, Dawn, Lori, Vance, John and everyone else associated with Trademark Properties. I wrote the show, produced our pilot, shopped it to 3 networks, never sold it, still own it and somehow A&E “recast” a show that was never cast in the first place. We are real people, doing what we do every day, just with a camera capturing it for your amusement and hopefully you pick up some tips along the way, some how to and some how not to:)
We are filming as we speak for a new series on a new network. I want to assure you of one thing, we will not change for the sake of a network or production company or anyone for that matter. We are who we are, flaws and all and don’t care to show you anything but who we really are, what we really do and how we really do it, success or failure.
It has been great meeting many of you at the airports, at our office and for many of you at The Crab House:) you guys have shown us nothing but support and even if I get in trouble with the lawyers, I felt the need to respond to your gracious support.
Everyone has brought it to my attention that the network has removed the website and discussion boards for your comments. I would ask that you all please go to www.imdb.com and utilize the “flip this house” discussion boards there. This is a television database for the industry that cannot be removed by the network. It means so much to Team Trademark that you continue to have a place to voice your concerns. This is the place that will get the most attention from network executives, production companies, and sponsors, as well. Please remember when you rate the show, it is about season 1 with Team Trademark. So if you like season 1 - rate it high, but put your comments about season 2 in the comment section.
Thank you so much – we could not ask for a more supportive group of people!
We will keep you up to date as we are allowed (and sometimes when we’re not:) )
Richard
Ben Gilbertsen wrote:
Good luck Richard. My wife and I tivo your show and its our Monday routine to watch during dinner. It’s the only show we watch together. “At the end the day” A&E will get whats coming…keep us in the loop. Thanks.
Posted on 31-Jul-06 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
Stephanie wrote:
God bless, Richard. I cannot wait for the new series!
Very best,
Stephanie
Posted on 31-Jul-06 at 7:27 pm | Permalink
Steve Barnes wrote:
Let me know when the new show will be on. The Trademark team has integrity which the season 2 team does not.
Unfortunatly, I only discovered the show a few weeks ago and would like to see the first episodes. I went to A&E and found that you can buy them for $30 per DVD. I do not want to support them. Can I get them from you?
Anyway, good luck! How do I get on your email list?
Posted on 02-Aug-06 at 1:33 pm | Permalink
David Simin wrote:
Dear Richard and Crew,
I really enjoy “your” show and looked forward every week to what you would come up with next. I was very dissappointed when the new series came out. Let this be a lesson to executives don’t mess with the original (example:coke with new coke in the 80’s). What I liked was that you gave back to your community and that is something we Americans are lacking in the post “Reagan” era. Good luck in the future and if you need my help my e-mail is provided.
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 10:13 am | Permalink
Victoria wrote:
Dear Richard,
Good luck with everything. You have all our support and prayers. I’m glad you are fighting back. Loved ‘YOUR’ show and everyone on it. Excited about the new series! Hope to see y’all on TV soon.
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 1:50 pm | Permalink
Shannon wrote:
HUGE fan of “YOUR” show. As others have stated, cannot wait for the new series. I tried to watch the new season, but it was just not the same! Seems silly, but you and your company make the difference. Good luck…and we’ll see you on the new network!
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
kathy wrote:
WE are HUGE fans!!!! Please let us know what network you will be on!!! The new series holds nothing to you all. I have decided to change my career..ginger is my idol.
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 6:44 pm | Permalink
Mary wrote:
Love the show , really dislike the crew out of Texas.
My only comment, and I truly hope you read this
The eposide you did where you laid in wait for the thieves to make their appearance in the middle of the night
You and Kevin were both consuming alcholiin a vehicle while driving, you owe to your viewers to show responsibility and this was irresponsible. Would you want your kids on the road with those that are drinking and driving, I don’t. Please think before you act when drinking and driving, and remember the thousands that have lost their lives to drunk drivers, thank you for taking the time to read this
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 7:29 pm | Permalink
Veronica wrote:
I was so disappointed when I turned on Flip This House and you and the Trademark crew where not there. I had no idea what was going on until I researched it on the net. I will not watch the new show on A&E as its just not the same. I am not one to normally write emails or letters regarding TV shows but I loved your show and I looked forward to it every week. Good Luck and go get them!
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 8:03 pm | Permalink
afdengineer wrote:
I am a huge fan of the show. I am looking forward to seeing the new show on TLC. I do rehabbing myself and I use your show for some inspiration except on a much smaller scale. I am also a huge fan of ginger’s but I don’t like her dog.
Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
Dea wrote:
Big Fan of Season 1 with Richard and his crew. Season 2 is a wash with the “new group” as it totally loses pace and seems like an immitation.
Can’t wait for Trademark to reappear on another channel. Will be watching for it.
Posted on 07-Aug-06 at 8:33 am | Permalink
Debbie wrote:
I anxiously await any news of your new show.
Posted on 07-Aug-06 at 12:08 pm | Permalink
michael junk wrote:
Richard everyone in the sooner state loves your show. My roommates and I even tried to flip our own house…however it was unsuccessful. Concerning the episode where those scumbags were stealing from yall, I was excited to see you and Kevin waiting with guns and beer. Hell that’s exactly what we would do here in Oklahoma. Thanks for being so real while providing amazing entertainment.
Oh and PS….try to be nice to Ginger. She is awfully cute and I kinda like that dog of hers.
Posted on 07-Aug-06 at 9:39 pm | Permalink
Karen wrote:
Please let me know when and where I can find the new show. I tuned in the other day and couldn’t believe you all were not on the show. I didn’t know what was going on until I searched the web. I really don’t care to watch anything on A&E now, the new crew sucks. What they did to you was wrong. Good luck and best wishes to all. Can’t wait for your new show!!
Posted on 07-Aug-06 at 10:27 pm | Permalink
Darren Gauthier wrote:
What an inspiration!!! You have given me hope in making my property business work. Keep it up and F… A&E!
Posted on 08-Aug-06 at 12:14 am | Permalink
Steve Culp wrote:
Richard and the other team members. I wish you the best of luck and I am dismayed at the way A&E has treated you. I love the show and I am in serious Trademark withdrawl!!! Looking forward to seeing all of you on another network soon!
Keep up the good fight!!
Posted on 08-Aug-06 at 1:57 pm | Permalink
Douglas Brown wrote:
Hello, I will start with saying that the new shows are a joke/borderline stupid. If I want to see low budget ghetto pride crack houses I’d watch 48hrs.
I watched the show for its dynamic power and the high amount of energy that the team gave to every episode. Add to that the quality of work that just isn’t possible with the new group of BMW7xx driving hacks. Give me a break WHO DRIVES A $85,000. BMW 750 to a crack house job site. (1st episode 2nd season. )
Thank you for allowing me to vent I will now be removing Flip This House from TIVO.
Do you guys sell or plan on selling DVD’s?
Thank You
Douglas
706-681-9292
Posted on 09-Aug-06 at 3:39 pm | Permalink
chris wrote:
Let me first say we truely miss you all!
Me and my friends were avid watchers of Flip this House and now we can find better things to do than watch Flop this House. We very much enjoyed watching a winner winner chicken dinner and now we have loser loser san antonio boozers. Trust me in saying there is know comparision to the REAL Flip this House crew. We look forward to hearing more about the new show and when we can see it. Lets hope for the same time slot so they can see what a true gem they had with the Trademark team.
Posted on 10-Aug-06 at 1:35 am | Permalink
Martin Romero wrote:
Richard, Iam a building Inspector, and your crew kicks “ASS”
Posted on 10-Aug-06 at 4:28 pm | Permalink
TeryleS wrote:
I turned on A&E for season 2 to see Tradmark staff do it’s thing. Very disappointed to see no “Team Trademark” and turned the channel. Looking forward again to seeing the Tradmark team again on new network.
Posted on 10-Aug-06 at 5:25 pm | Permalink
Jerry Hall wrote:
I am Disabled have not a lot of years to live maybe two. I have never owned my own home couldn’t afford one would have loved to be able to flip a house just to live in. I loved your show. I am commited to my bed most of the time,so television is my past time. I love how you kept it real. Showed what your where doing and prices, Whatit took to do the flip. Not buying beer for the crew,or food to get them to work, as a joke, you may have for a reward, but not to take away from what a flip is. bringing in girls to get the crew.Yours was about the flip ,what people wanted to see. I sure hope you get a new show, and keep it real like you did. What a flip is about. Thank you for making a lady who has newver ownd a house, and having to stay in bed most of the time,very happy.Will look for your show on what ever channel it comes on.. Thanks again
Posted on 11-Aug-06 at 7:52 pm | Permalink
Jeff Freel wrote:
I really miss your show, hope to see your team again soon.
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 2:01 am | Permalink
Ed Roberts wrote:
Well I just loved the 1st season of flip this house. Imagine my surprise when I tuned in to the second season and saw no Richard and the crew. It was like drinking a soft drink that had been left open for several days. To say the second season has been flat and without fizz would be an understatement!I actually rode by the Clemson project and they looked brand new.Richard can’t wait to see you guys back on the air!
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 6:35 am | Permalink
Nathan wrote:
Richard I just wanted to say that I have great memories about watching you and your team fix up houses and sell them
I feel like the station that you were previously on dropped the ball. I not only dislike the new season of Flip This
House, I will never watch it until the show that you and Trademark Properties
have is back on the air on a new network, Good luck and thank you for
your dilligent efforts at making Flip This House such a great show to watch
And I can’t wait until your on a different network.
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 10:57 am | Permalink
Nathan wrote:
Good Luck In your future endeavours Richard
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 10:59 am | Permalink
Michael Hooks wrote:
We really miss you guys on Sunday evenings. We certainly let the folks at A&E know the first night they put that Texas show on the air they had lost us as viewers. We hope you guys will be back on tv somewhere soon and teach A&E a little something in court.
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 6:52 pm | Permalink
Maryann Malanaphy wrote:
Loved season 1 “Flip this House” with team Trademark. Despise season 2. Where did Lamont and the “ghetto fabulous” and Armando and the Cha’s Cha’s come from? I’ll never watch “Flip this House” again and this whole thing has really diminished my opinion of A&E network.
Can’t wait to see team Trademark back on a new network.
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 7:04 pm | Permalink
Liz Griffith wrote:
We miss you and your crew on Flip This House and no longer watch it. The new crews are horrible and the two shows we saw were a torture to watch! Let us know when you land on another channel.
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 9:20 pm | Permalink
Kim wrote:
We miss you, Trademark!! Can’t wait to see you again on TLC!
Posted on 12-Aug-06 at 10:12 pm | Permalink
Sue Jones wrote:
We moved from Florida to “Richard’s Country” :-) just recently. We have been a fan of your show since the getgo. How surprised or should I say shocked we were to find you gone from the show. The replacements are down right disgusting and we have stopped watching the show all together. I can’t believe A&E stole your show for all the world to see. Good luck with your law suit. We will follow your show wherever it goes.
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
Leigh Morris wrote:
My husband and I LOVE your show. We never watch TV, but we sort-of got addicted to your show by accident. It is no longer the same. We tried to watch, but it’s just awful. Good luck to you, and I hope your show is reproduced on a network that can appreciate it.
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 7:30 pm | Permalink
Andrea Fine wrote:
As a fellow South Carolinian, we stick together from Clemson to Greenville to Rock Hill to Myrtle Beach to Charleston, I followed you to all places. Cannot stand the new show, using very steroetypical and stale ghetto and espanol gags from the people who are now on it. Anyway my family is behind you and only watch A & E when you are on reruns. Best of luck to you on TLC and please keep us posted here as to when to look for you.
I am e-mailing all the sponsors of A & E to advise them I will inform them of what A & E has done to you and how unsatisfactory and chintzy the new format is. This does not bode well with a good sponsor.
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 7:43 pm | Permalink
Julia Barnett wrote:
My Family spent every weekend eagerly awaiting Richard and the crew to entertain us on Sunday nights. Imagine the shock tuning in to Season Two and watching these losers trying to immitate the Trademark team! I have blocked out A&E on my remote and will not watch that network again. We cannot wait to tune in to your new show!
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 7:55 pm | Permalink
Mike Mooring wrote:
The idea behind the show was simple and could easily grow stale - but you and your team always made each show entertaining and educational. Not just about the subject, but about the south and the people who live there. Fight the good fight and win, win, win!
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 8:29 pm | Permalink
Nikki Washington wrote:
I really enjoy your show. I just watched the new season and I was suprised that you guys were not on. The new show was not bad but it wasn’t the same. For the comment from Douglas Brown, Just because the new members are BLACK, doesn’t mean that the show is ghetto!!!! Many businessmen travel to less fortunate areas in their fancy cars. Just because it’s a BLACK neighborhood doesn’t mean that the houses are crack houses. As a matter of fact a WHITE couple bought the house.
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 8:54 pm | Permalink
Diane wrote:
Good luck with your new show Richard. You and the team all have our support and prayers. I am so glad you are fighting back. I don’t know where these exec’s get their info, but they sure don’t listen to those of us that keep them in business. Loved ‘YOUR’ show and everyone on it. Excited about the new series and hope it is soon on the air. Please keep us all posted as we miss you.
God Bless,
Diane
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 9:37 pm | Permalink
George wrote:
I stumbled onto this show last year. Needless to say I was hooked and watched and rewatched all of the series. Working in this industry its good to see a company formed from the ground up, become sucessful “and at the end of the day” the drive and energy to exceed expectations. I have my entire office watching your show. We even named a guy in the apprasial office “Richard C” for his witty one-liners and good sunvisors! We were all disappointed when season 2 hit. I have already sent a letter to AandE expressing this. Keep up the great work and looking forward to better things!
Ginger- we miss you as well..brains and beautiful!:) Wish you all well!
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 9:39 pm | Permalink
Brock wrote:
Hope you get around to having a look at these comments and see the overwhelming support you have. You and your team put on a fantastic show and were truly one of the brightspots in a otherwise wasteland of television. You guys were greats and miss seeing you guys. This new show stinks and was dropped from my TIVO. I hope A and E realizes what a mistake they made and hope you have the last laugh in the end. Best wishes and continued success.
Posted on 13-Aug-06 at 10:58 pm | Permalink
Mo wrote:
Richard, you and the Trademark team are the real deal. Season 1 was the best. Season 2 sucks. Good luck with the lawsuit. Can’t wait to see you all again on TLC. Hopefully soon!!!
Posted on 14-Aug-06 at 9:15 am | Permalink
joann shrader wrote:
Richard, please let us know when you will on again and what channel to find you on. Love you and the trademark crew. You better hang on to Ginger and Dawn. they’ll keep you straight! Good luck with the lawsuit and we are behind you all, and A & E will be sorry in the long run
Posted on 14-Aug-06 at 7:21 pm | Permalink
Sam wrote:
Richard & Team, we seriously miss you all. We will not watch the version of “YOUR” show currently on and await news that you and your crew have kicked em to the curb and won your fight! Please keep us posted on when “YOUR” show is back on the air.
Posted on 15-Aug-06 at 12:43 am | Permalink
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Posted on 15-Aug-06 at 11:39 am | Permalink
Nadia wrote:
Richard we miss you and all of team Trademark. I know I (and everyone I know) were surprised and extremely disappointed when we tuned in for season 2 and it wasn’t about Trademark anymore. Please keep all your fans informed as to when your new show begins.
Posted on 16-Aug-06 at 11:31 am | Permalink
Daniel & Derrick wrote:
Richard and your crew, I was very dissappointed to see that another team was doing the Flip This House Series. You are one of the few shows that I Tivo all of the time. I was unaware of the lawsuit against A&E. The new crew is nothing compared to your crew (humor, quality of work on houses) and we are looking forward to your return. From your shows, I know you are persistant and will fight for what you believe. Hope everything turns out well for each one of you all.
Posted on 17-Aug-06 at 1:28 pm | Permalink
Jen Ludwig wrote:
The new season of Flip this House is absolutely terrible! What they are lacking is southern charm and hospitality and a big dose of humor. The only reason we ever watched A&E was for your show, and now we don’t even go there. We miss you and your team. We even miss Ginger’s dog, and that is saying alot!! Please come back - to any network - as long as it’s not A&E.
Jen & Kris Columbus Ohio
Posted on 18-Aug-06 at 5:13 pm | Permalink
PAUL wrote:
sorry we miss you.\, look forward to your new show!!!!!!!!! thr show with out you is not the same!!!!!!!!!! keep us posted
Posted on 19-Aug-06 at 12:40 pm | Permalink
Danny wrote:
richard i really liked your show flip this house.I hate it went off the air on A&E,but i can tell you one thing the show they have on there now stinks.I was down in charleston on 8-4-06 and got to meet dawn i knew here husband also and i told her how i loved the show.i wish i could have met all of you but i know yall are busy i can relate to what yall do since im in the home improvement business back in Lexington NC. I cant wait till yall get back on TV again real soon
Posted on 19-Aug-06 at 2:19 pm | Permalink
carrie leach wrote:
Team Trademark- Missing you guys and cannot wait for YOUR show to start!!!!!Go Get Em- you had a great show!!! Tell Ginger thanks for the email. I will be sure to support you guys however necessary. After ssing the Crabhouse episdoe we are planning our next family vacatio from Florida :)
KICK ASS YALL!
CARRIE
Posted on 19-Aug-06 at 4:21 pm | Permalink
Mandy wrote:
Good luck with everything Richard and Team Trademark. It was always a great watching you guys and I can’t wait for your new show. Good luck with everything:)
Posted on 19-Aug-06 at 9:00 pm | Permalink
Dale Zelinsky wrote:
The Atlanta crew is doing a fine job. Not as good as Richard and Crew but how can you expect them to? The Texas crew is the ones that suck.
Good luck to Richard and people! :)
Posted on 19-Aug-06 at 9:15 pm | Permalink
CA DAVOS wrote:
How do we find out when and where Richard’s new show airs. I’ve searched a bit and can’t find anything other than it is being filmed now. Loved this show from the very first time I stumbled onto it and I HATE the “substitutes”.
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 6:04 am | Permalink
Karen wrote:
SOB!! WHAT THE!! Why I otta!! I loved that show and everyone on it! I can’t wait for your new show, because the old one now sucks! Seriously, your show was my favorite and there is nothing that I would have changed about it except make it longer! You are wonderful!!
I never have written for a TV show before, but yours was way to good to let slide! Don’t change anything!!
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 3:55 pm | Permalink
Karen wrote:
TO THE IDIOT PRODUCERS! JEEZE you had a gold mine! YOU ARE REALLY, REALLY STUPID!! This is the best show you ever had going!! Welcome to Loserville!!
Might as well shut the new one down, STINKS!! HOW could you miss this???
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 4:04 pm | Permalink
Larry Sutton wrote:
Richard and all your beautiful people. This Tarheel has nothing but cheers for my SC bros and siss. You guys rock, and please don’t let this setback stop your effort to give us fun intertainment. If I was a rich SOB, I’ed give you all I could to help you win the suit and to keep making good programs. We want to get up there for the Spoletto Festival next May and maybe get a chance to say hello. Be well and never give in and never give up. Larry
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 5:20 pm | Permalink
Coleen wrote:
Richard and All of Team Trademark: You can add us to the list of those who refuse to watch Flip This House without all of you on it. Our family used to really look forward to the show and enjoy it immensely, but no longer. Best of luck with all that’s going on now and we hope that we will be seeing you all again soon.
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
Mark Pickrn wrote:
Richard,
I was very disappointed not seeing all of the cast yourself,Ginger, Dawn, Lori, Vance, John and everyone else associated with Trademark Properties. When the new 2nd season came on it is not worth watching. A&E should be embarrassed with the 2nd season
Hope to see all you back.
Mark
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 6:50 pm | Permalink
Tiffany wrote:
Richard -
I was extremely disappointed to learn that your company and you were not part of season 2 of Flip This House. I really enjoyed watching you all flip houses, and even helping some people out along the way. I have only seen a couple of episode of season 2, and I honestly didn’t enjoy them. I believe A&E made a huge mistake by continuing with Trademark Properties. I ensure you that the only episodes I will be watching is the reruns of season 1. I can not wait til the new show you are filming comes out. Please let me know when and what channel.
Best of Luck and I can’t wait to see the new show.
Tiffany
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 7:19 pm | Permalink
Michele Jones wrote:
Hi Richard…I am estatic to hear that you will be joining TLC and creating your show there. I was EXTREMELY upset with the new season. A&E should be ashamed of theirselves. Good luck!
Michele :0)
Posted on 20-Aug-06 at 9:38 pm | Permalink
Robert wrote:
Season 2 suuuucks!!! Trademark is by far the best group and the show was so much more entertaining!!! I saw Richard in the Airport in Denver with all his Clemson garb on and was really excited to see him. Cant wait to watch TLC!!
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 12:00 am | Permalink
Susan wrote:
Another network bites the dust! Go Team Trademark!!
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 4:41 am | Permalink
SHELLEY wrote:
HI RICHARD,
I LOVE YOUR SHOW AND LOVE TRADEMARK PROPERTIES. PLEASE LET US ALL KNOW WHEN YOUR NEW SHOW WILL BE OUT. SUNDAY NIGHT WILL NOT BE THE SAME UNTIL YOUR BACK.
SHELLEY
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 10:40 am | Permalink
Bob wrote:
The genius who came up with season 2 — The Mexican Invasion or No Officer, I Didn’t Know The Truck Was Stolen…are idiots…bring back Ginger, Richard, and the crew…..they were the real deal…. This is my brother Juan and my other brother Juan…. They el sucko…
Bob
Columbia, MO
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 1:41 pm | Permalink
Michael wrote:
Keep up the good work in Charleston and cant wait till Team Trademark launches on TLC!
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 1:45 pm | Permalink
phillip barr wrote:
My Mother and I are big fans of the show. You guys are the real deal.
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 3:29 pm | Permalink
Sal & Lynda wrote:
Richard, We just want to let you know how much we enjoy watching “YOUR” show. We Tivo every rerun — the new Flip This House is terrible. If we wanted to watch people like the Texas or Atlanta crews, we would tune into Jerry Springer. They are so unprofessional. To succeed in business as in life you have to have character. Your character shines thru with each episode. You show real feeling for people, — your friends, your clients and your family. It doesn’t take much to make someone feel special but it can make a huge difference in someone’s life, case in point — Gus and his family — now there was a guy who was down and out and you gave him back his dignity and then some — the lady who was fighting with her sister over their parent’s home was so emotional when you showed her the finished product. You could feel how proud and happy she was, even though it cost you a bundle — you gave Kevin a chance, and look at what you did for the Crab House and John Keener, heck we even travelled to SC on our way to Florida just to eat there —- each episode shows a man with good business sense, and strength of character. No matter how much money these other guys make, they can’t buy that! We look forward to seeing your new show and we know it will be a success.
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 4:04 pm | Permalink
Dani wrote:
Richard, I just found out last night that there were new crews for 2nd season. And the episode was a true joke, not even a real flip. No one spends $20k on granite and travertine for a flip. And where was their Ginger to find a better price? I won’t watch the new season without you guys. Love your show and your company more. Write if you or ginger ever need another site manager or assistant, i’ll move to you!
good luck:)
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 5:47 pm | Permalink
David Roper 63 wrote:
I do not TIVO the new season of FTH anymore. It’s pale comparison of Richard Davis’s FTH series. The new season is so bad, I thought at first that it was a joke. Comon’ A&E get Davis’ show back before you lose all your viewers. I’m gone until I hear diff. So sad, sniff!!
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 7:53 pm | Permalink
Regina Holbert wrote:
Richard & Co. -
I am a huge fan of your show and waited anxiously all summer for new episodes. What a shock to find the arrogant, unprofessional and unentertaining crew they found to replace you instead. I couldn’t even watch the whole episode. I’m considering a call to A&E to tell them I want my 15 minutes back.
Good luck with your new show, please keep your many fans posted on where and when we can watch.
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 7:58 pm | Permalink
linda brown wrote:
HI RICHARD AND GANG,
MY BOYFRIEND AND I LIVE IN LAS VEGAS AND I HAVE BEEN IN REAL ESTATE FOR APPRX. 32 YEARS IN L.V. WE HAVE BEEN SO VERY ENTERTAINED BY YOUR SHOW AND I AS A PROFFESIONAL REALTOR HAVE LEARNED SO VERY MUCH FROM YOU. YOU ARE THE BONES BEHIND “FLIP THIS HOUSE”. WHEN THE NEW SEASON STARTED, WE WERE SO EXCITED AND COULDN’T WAIT UNTIL IT CAME ON AND WHEN IT DID YOU WERE NOT THERE, AND WE COULDN’T UNDERSTAND UNTIL NOW, WHEN WE WENT TO YOUR WEB SITE! WE DON’T EVEN WATCH THE NEW SHOW. YOU GUYS MADE THE SHOW, ITS YOUR PERSONALITIES “YOU ARE THE SHOW”. PLEASE FIGHT THIS!!! AND DON,T LET THESE IDIOTS GET BUY WITH STEELING SOMETHING THAT DOES’NT BELONG TO THEM, NOR DID THEY DO A GOOD JOB REPLACING YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN’T REPLACE PERSONALITIES. SO PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED.
GORDON AND LIDA JO
Posted on 21-Aug-06 at 9:22 pm | Permalink
Russell Wood wrote:
As an architect & specification writer I always looked forward to Sunday evenings & each new episode of your show. What a disappointment to find the show has been replaced by a new cast. At least we have the repeats until you surface on another network. Hope we see you soon!
Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 8:04 am | Permalink
Roberta Roe wrote:
Richard,
What a mistake it was for A&E to “recast” YOUR show. The new season of Flip This House is awful!! The new cast should focus on renovating and redecorating Taco Bells! Good luck with your lawsuit and please keep your fans posted on the status of your “new’ show.
Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 8:31 am | Permalink
Julia wrote:
I love YOUR show - never missed an episode. My husband and I could watch and laugh all day. We hope to move to SC in the future - we will certainly look you up. Best of luck with the lawsuit!
Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 12:10 pm | Permalink
Lori wrote:
Please find a new network!!!!! You guys are the best! I can’t believe A/E would go from “Flip This House” to “Rip Off That Customer”. The new teams are not showing anything except how to cover up potential problems and rip off potential buyers by using the cheapest materials and craftmanship.(Sorry, I watched 2 episodes before I knew about the new teams.) Thanks for not lowering your standards and always showing your viewers top-notch rentovations! Thanks for sharing your ideas and “lives” with me each week!
Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 1:57 pm | Permalink
Kim Goodman wrote:
Good luck with the law suit! You deserve to win. Without Team Trademark, there is no show!
Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 5:04 pm | Permalink
Scott Carr wrote:
The A&E Network has gone mad they have screwed themselves! Richard, your showed Rocked! I say Your show because I believe you have a case against them. The new show sucks! I wish you the best of luck in the lawsuit and with the new show on whatever network your on. That network is lucky to have you and your crew. Keep up the outstanding deals/entertainment. I loved your show and I wish you and your entire organization the best of luck. PS: A&E who? there gone from my tv !!!
Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
Wendy & James wrote:
We love YOUR show, it’s the only show that we watch together. We can’t wait until you are back on again. Your team is professional, halarious, and FUN! I HATE the new season, and was so disappointed to see that we don’t have Trademark to watch. We put the show on because we didn’t know they switched the cast, and watched for 3 minutes. Can’t wait for your team to be back. :) Best of Luck!
Posted on 23-Aug-06 at 3:41 pm | Permalink
Tucker wrote:
The new show sucks. We need Richard and Ginger back on the air NOW!!!!!
Posted on 24-Aug-06 at 1:58 am | Permalink
Mike wrote:
A&E is a chanel I no longer watch. Your show was great. It was entertaining, funny, and informative. I’m in the same business on a MUCH smaller scale but I learned a lot from the show. You’re a source of info and an inspiration for what I might can do. A&E can kiss my ass, the new show sucks. Nothing against the guys they have on now, they may be very nice guys, but the show sucks.
Posted on 24-Aug-06 at 2:04 am | Permalink
Shana wrote:
I kept watching “Flip This House” waiting to see you and the whole Trademark Crew..but now I can see there’s been a problem going on. It really breaks my heart because it was a show that my young daughter and I would sit down and watch over a bowl of popcorn! Fight the fight, because you guys are sooooooo worth it!
Posted on 24-Aug-06 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
Bob C wrote:
I’m looking forward to the new show. Flip this House was my favorite. But I guess all good things have to come to and end, or at least while we wait for the new show on TLC. I can’t wait for more of Team Trademark!
Posted on 26-Aug-06 at 1:42 pm | Permalink
Pat & Chuck wrote:
Richard, Ginger, John, Dawn, Vance & everyone envolved in getting the ‘original’ FLIP THIS HOUSE to us,
There is no comparison between the first series and the show on now…we miss you guys terribly. We were unaware of the problem until just now. I searched the A&E site for info and saw nothing about you so I finally found as place where I could tell them to bring you back now! Sorry - I didn’t know about the lawsuit! You have a lot of fans on your side. We hope you win and want to see you back on TV soon!! Let us know when & where. Thanks.
Posted on 26-Aug-06 at 2:46 pm | Permalink
Eleanor wrote:
Although I’m not impressed with the new texmexs I feel that maybe Richard and his crew did need a reality check. There’s no way you can find competent contractors overnight and complete a project in 2 weeks time. Also….what about permits and inspections?? I wasn’t impressed with the foul language and mis-communication. I also recently visited your Clemson project and was NOT impressed. You totally mis-represented yourselves. Out of 19 units only 4 are finished and they are vacant! The remaining are either in shambles or under construction. According to your show they were completed a year ago. I wonder how many other projects are fake. I’m not surprised that A&E has dropped you.
Posted on 26-Aug-06 at 4:44 pm | Permalink
Teresa Scudder wrote:
I look forward to the new show on TLC. I don’t really care for the new show at all. It doesn’t have the heart that your’s does. Let me suggest a title for the new show. “Trademark Flips” It is your show and your team and company, why not put the company name on it.
Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 11:59 am | Permalink
J S wrote:
Let me start by saying: the new FTH season (and the company doing the “flipping”) is a joke.
The primary reason I enjoyed FTH with Trademark is the fundamental “practical” business decisions of the Trademark team! Richard and his team consistently made the right call on how to spend money and manage the effort to successfully flip in order to run the business. And what made it even better: the Trademark team came across as genuine and caring (see the episode with the Crab house or episode where Trademark put the man + his family in a hotel while the house was renovated).
The new company (the Montelongo’s) is a bunch of all-talk, no substance blow-holes. They would rather try to look good and talk B.S. than to produce results.
Bring back Trademark!
Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 5:48 pm | Permalink
John and Beth wrote:
Richard and gang WE MISS YOU GUYS/GALS!! Couldn’t believe it when new season started and there was a new group(Montelongo’s) THEY ARE AWEFUL!!!!! We will follow trademark where ever you end up!!! hurry back!! good luck with the lawsuit!!!!
Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 10:14 pm | Permalink
Joe and Verna wrote:
We miss all of you. Will never watch the other show. Please let us know when and where you will be going. Make it soon
Good luck with the suit
Posted on 27-Aug-06 at 11:05 pm | Permalink
Dave wrote:
Richard and crew…..we love your show here in MA……and we look forward to seeing it again soon! Season 2 is truely pathetic! They look like a couple of used car salesmen doing a second rate job.
Good luck and see you soon!
Posted on 28-Aug-06 at 8:30 am | Permalink
Kara wrote:
My entire family loves Team Trademark! We support you and look forward to seeing you on TV real soon! Best of luck and god’s speed!
Posted on 28-Aug-06 at 2:37 pm | Permalink
Jack wrote:
I have tried and tried to give these idiots on this second season a chance and tonight was it.
Every week since this pitiful attempt of a season started I have watched the episodes with each one watching less and less.
Tonight I saw all of the first 5 minutes and have decided it is a lost cause.
My wife and loved watching Richard and his crew in season 1. We can’t wait to see the new show when it comes out. Dear God please let it be soon as I can’t believe that A&E had their heads that far up their a**es to think they could “flip the cast” and we would blindly accept these new bozos.
Posted on 28-Aug-06 at 10:19 pm | Permalink
mark wrote:
Richard,
Congratulations on finding a new home..If A&E was willing to bring on the sleezy, low class hosts in San Antonio that they have, the results will speak for themselves. Thanks for the hard work and integrity.
Mark
Posted on 28-Aug-06 at 11:03 pm | Permalink
Ruben wrote:
I’m from San Antonio, hispanic and very upset with A&E. I did not even realize that the show had been recast. If I did not see Richard and his crew I thought it was just a “special” about some wannabees trying their hand at “flipping” a house. When I saw the first San Antonio episode I wanted to kick myself because I thought Richard had come to town and I missed a chance to meet him and the crew. Boy was I shocked when I was told by a friend that it was not Trademark on the show anymore but this other group.
I only saw two of the SA episodes so I can’t comment on the shows aired earlier. By the way, calling them ghetto and crack houses seems a little rough for me. But the SA show was only about “me me me”. They treat their contractors like subserviant hired help that walk around on eggshells hoping that they will not be offed by these Montelongo hoods. The photo shoot infront of the Alamo was a total joke. That’s exactly what I am looking for when I want to hire a contractor. One of the wives still wears the clothes she had when she was twelve and landed her husband. Babe, your not in your teens. I’m sure you have “earned” your money to get to Macy’s.
The only thing that seems real is the kid and the pets. I did like the cat seen.
Anyway, I did want to hire Montelongo for a project. They are also home builders and remodelers here in town. I don’t think that will be the case.
Like a friend of mine wrote in an earlier email. “Flip This Channel”!
Richard, stick it to A&E and get back on the air soon.
Best of luck
Ruben
Posted on 29-Aug-06 at 12:05 am | Permalink
shannon wrote:
I also thought that Richard and his team were on haitus and were soom returning to A & E, and that explained why I was seeing these other people on tv. Now that i see what had happened, I am sad that it had to come to that. I hope that Richard and his team will soon be on tv and we can’t wait to watch. We love Ginger and Dawn and richard and everyone. Good luck to all of you and God Bless.
Posted on 30-Aug-06 at 1:11 pm | Permalink
Melissa wrote:
Hi Richard, My boyfriend and I were faithful viewers of your show. We absolutely loved it, it was one of the only shows we would actually look forward to watching reruns of. I for one was shocked and sad when we tuned in to watch one Sunday night and found out it was not you and your crew. The new shows are terrible to say the least. We have no interest in watching arrogant, money hunger, lying, disrespectful jerks. We’re looking forward to watching your new show….actually I can’t wait!!!! Keep us posted and good luck.
Posted on 30-Aug-06 at 6:22 pm | Permalink
Sue wrote:
Dear Richard and Crew:
My husband and I loved your show. We couldn’t wait each week to see the next one. I like the fact that you are based in South Carolina, as do we, and that you give back so much to the community where you and your brother grew up. The new series is about a group of money hungry aliens and that really upsets me. They are crude, rude and socially unacceptable on my tv. Can’t wait until you on back on the tube. By the way, I live right outside of Rock Hill where you did the flip at River Hills Country Club. You put it to the association there and I loved it. Keep up the good work and we will keep watching to see when you are back on the air. Thanks for letting me air my concerns.
Posted on 31-Aug-06 at 8:31 am | Permalink
EDNA wrote:
RICHARD, GINGER, DAWN, JOHN, AND VANCE.
SEASON 1 OF YOUR SHOW WAS GREAT.
THE WHOLE FAMILY WATCHED. THERE IS NOTHING TO WATCH ON SUNDAY NIGHTS ANYMORE.
SEASON 2 SINKS AFTER 5 MINS OF WATCHING I WENT INTO THE OTHER ROOM.
HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS WITH YOUR SEASON 2
TAKE CARE
EDNA
Posted on 31-Aug-06 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
Janie wrote:
To Team Trademark,
My husband and I miss you, too! I could not believe my eyes when I saw the first episode of Season 2. In fact, I didn’t even watch the entire show. What a mess! We just refuse to watch any further episodes! I tried to post comments at the A&E website, but I was too late. They had already shut it down. Like many others, I was ready to give them a piece of my mind. I think someone at A&E must have lost his/her mind to ruin such a great show. We’ll be anxiously waiting to see all of you when you make your triumphant return to TV!
Posted on 31-Aug-06 at 6:48 pm | Permalink
Dalhia wrote:
I was so looking forward to seeing you and your team on the second season. But as many others have commented, the “new” cast stinks. Who can flip a house with a budget of 12,000 and expect a 300% return.
We miss the Trademark Team and you guys will be in my prayers.
Posted on 01-Sep-06 at 12:25 pm | Permalink
Nancy wrote:
Richard and Crew:
Loved your show and like all your other fans, have not been that thrilled with the new crews that they have the 2nd season. I miss the humor and chewing butt that was ‘Normal People’ behavior from all of your crew. Actually, you had more down to earth ideas for people and I really miss you. What I don’t miss is all of the digs towards ‘Nebraska’. What is that all about. We really are good people and our state does have a lot to offer as well as yours.
Good Luck and I can’t wait to watch all of you on TLC.
Posted on 02-Sep-06 at 2:22 pm | Permalink
TJ wrote:
Still waiting to see the Trademark crew on TLC !! Hope it’s soon!
The new junk on A&E won’t fly- nobody wants to see it without Richard and Ginger and the crew! The new people are just posers.
Don’t let the A&E fools steal your creation Richard…you deserve better than this!
A Real Fan of the Real Show…TJ
Posted on 02-Sep-06 at 8:05 pm | Permalink
DAWN SHELBY wrote:
GOOD LUCK TRADEMARK. MY HUSBAND AND I LOVED THE SHOW! WE WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED AND WHERE YOU GUYS WENT. THE SHOW IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU ON A NEW NETWORK. BEST OF LUCK.
Posted on 03-Sep-06 at 2:27 am | Permalink
CA DAVOS wrote:
Does anyone have any information on where we can check to find out absolutely which network Richard’s new show will be on? Also, the title of the new show so that we know what we are looking for. And finally, does anyone have any idea how soon the show will begin airing. Any help on any of my questions will be much appreciated.
Posted on 03-Sep-06 at 6:18 am | Permalink
Chrissy Villasenor wrote:
Richard we miss you so much. I did not know until today (9/3/06). I decided to google where in the hell you’ve been. Shame on them! Good always wins at the end. I don’t watch “Flip This House” anymore, except for your re-runs. It’s so horrible. We’re planning to fly to South Carolina to eat at the Crab House sometime this fall. We love you Richard; God Bless!
Chrissy,
Mcallen, TX
Posted on 03-Sep-06 at 11:41 am | Permalink
Traci wrote:
I knew that something was wrong. I told my mom that the show was created by richard and how do they get away with using other people and not giving him any credit. However, I would really love to know what happened to kevin?
Posted on 03-Sep-06 at 7:03 pm | Permalink
Erik wrote:
Richard I just want to say that the show is definitely not the same without you all at Trademark. The thing I miss most is the southern hospitality side you showed everyone; you represented it pefect and still maintained a smooth easy work flow. It seemed as though everyone loved their jobs and that in itself says alot about the company. I know you said “you can’t forget were you come from” and that is so true. I wish the best to you with your career and please stay who you are, no matter what show you have.
Erik
Lake, MS
Posted on 03-Sep-06 at 9:36 pm | Permalink
janeese wrote:
I enjoyed your season I and the sincerity that you brought with it. I continue to ensure season II because I have a hunger to learn this industry. HOWEVER, justice is equally important to me and unless the network can furnish a legitimate reason they are using new people, you need to proceed with the lawsuit. Stay true to yourself, continue to treat others right and put God first and you will be successful whichever network you are on.
Posted on 03-Sep-06 at 11:19 pm | Permalink
james wrote:
Great cant wait to see new show. Your replacements are very unprofesional and lack the knowledge of what they are doing. Will be glad to see you guys again.
Posted on 04-Sep-06 at 4:11 am | Permalink
Joe and LeAnn wrote:
I am not one to e-mail television shows, networks or people’s websites, and believe me, I’m reality t.v.’d out. Having said that, your series was “MAC DADDY” and I had everyone I knew watching it. But my oh my…how disappointed were we all when we tuned into the first episode of season 2? I thought..okay, this is just a teaser, a “what not to do” kind of scenario. Seriously? Although I’m sure a lawsuit was your least favorite option, remember the words you spoke every week which became my family’s catch phrase…”the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward”. We are holding our breath till your new show airs so…..HURRY!!!!!
Posted on 04-Sep-06 at 8:47 am | Permalink
Donna wrote:
Richard and team Trademark….. I was so disappointed when I was out with my kids and told them we had to get home so I could watch “Flip this House” and when I turned it on, team Trademark was not the group doing the flipping!….the others do not compare..not even close! Can’t wait to watch your new show! Good luck to you!
Posted on 04-Sep-06 at 3:08 pm | Permalink
Lacey wrote:
I am so dissapointed. I didn’t realize until I came across this website that Team Trademark would not be returning. I can’t stand the people on Season 2 and I just kept waiting for Team Trademark to return. I will definitely be looking for your new show when you return. Best of luck.
Posted on 05-Sep-06 at 12:44 pm | Permalink
Terence wrote:
Richard: Good luck to you! Please post the new show info on the site so I can start watching when you come on. I really enjoy your show and it has inspired me to further pursue a career in real estate.
Posted on 05-Sep-06 at 1:21 pm | Permalink
MIKE PARKER wrote:
BEST OF LUCK IN ALL YOUR ENDEVORS.
PLEASE LET US FOLLOWERS WHERE THE NEW SHOW WILL BE ON
Posted on 05-Sep-06 at 4:36 pm | Permalink
Susan Wright wrote:
WHERE IS THE NEW SITE - CHANNEL - ECT?? We truely loved your show and won’t watch the other one out of protest. Is it good?? We do not know….we just know that it unfairly takes the name “Flip This House” and lead us to believe the new episode was going to be about TrademarK Enterprises. so AE basically lied to us
Posted on 05-Sep-06 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
Marty wrote:
Go for it Richard. I loved Flip This house and looked forward to watching the whole crew do what they do best -taking someone’s old house and making it into a beautiful new home. The show now is how to humiliate woman, rip off contractors, and, in general, be a total a-hole. The new show doesn’t get my time or energy, although I dostill watch the season 1 reruns. I love Trademark and all those who are a part of that special group of people. May you win in court and, I pray, may we see you on a competing network that cares.
Posted on 08-Sep-06 at 10:43 am | Permalink
Karen wrote:
Richard & Crew: I was shocked to not find you on Sunday\’s. Not a big fan of the new one.
I got my co-worker hooked on your show as well. I am a recreation therapist and work with persons with disabilities. My Young Adult Day Program generally attends the Fall Break/Spring Break Travel Club and our destination is Charleston, SC in October. When Monica and I discussed the trip preparations, I reminded the participants to have their budget include going to the Crab House you flipped. I told the participants about your show and we need to see and experience it. They agreed and we will be there October 13th!!
Good Luck with your lawsuit and look forward to seeing you, Ginger, Kevin, Dawn and the rest soon.
Sincerely,
Karen R. Noel, TRS/CTRS
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation Division
Charlotte, NC
Posted on 09-Sep-06 at 7:59 am | Permalink
Anne Bishop wrote:
We used to plan our Sunday evenings around your show………in fact, we couldn’t do anything else!! We loved “Flip This House”, even the reruns. We watched them again and again, never tiring of ALL of you. The new shows are terrible and can’t wait until your new shows are completed. Good luck with your lawsuit. We’re both sick of TV networks thinking they own the rights to everything!! Mike and Anne Bishop, Nashville, TN.
Posted on 09-Sep-06 at 11:12 am | Permalink
Sharon Reid wrote:
I’ve been wondering what happened to y’all and just found this on the web. I, too, do not like the new cast and will not watch it. Please keep us posted as to when and where the Trademark gang will be on TV again. Y’all are like family! Good luck with your lawsuit. S. Reid, AL
Posted on 10-Sep-06 at 7:32 pm | Permalink
Chris Paul wrote:
I don’t see how a network can go from a show based on professionals who did their job with class while actually giving insight into what to expect in the business to a bunch of san antonio bafoons who seem like they are more interested in “ACTING” for the camera than doing their job and a bunch of amateurs from Atlanta who only seem to care about getting by as “CHEAP” as possible and giving a lesson in their ethnical heritage with every house they flip. Good Luck Team Trademark. Look forward to bigger and better things on TLC
Posted on 10-Sep-06 at 11:32 pm | Permalink
Nichole wrote:
Like a few others on this post, I finally Googled to figure how what happened to Trademark. And like a lot of others, we tuned in to the first show, only to ask ourselves WTF? My fiance lasted 5 minutes into the show. After that, he got up off the couch and refused to watch another second more. I continued to tune in 3 more weeks to see if either Trademark would come back or if I could get to where I could stand watching either the Atlanta or San Antonio crews. No such luck. So here I am, posting along with the others, looking forward to January and getting our weekly Trademark Properties fix! Mark, thanks for creating and hosting this site.
Posted on 13-Sep-06 at 12:41 pm | Permalink
Kristi wrote:
Dear Richard, Ginger, Kevin, John, Vince, Dawn, and everyone at Team Trademark. I miss you all! You had the best show on television!!!!!
Take care and Goodluck!!!!
Posted on 14-Sep-06 at 12:29 pm | Permalink
Kas wrote:
Man, how I miss the entertainment and education I got from the Trademark crew!!!—These new people are just NOTHING………I’ll be looking for your show on another channel, hopefully soon!
Posted on 17-Sep-06 at 7:55 pm | Permalink
Tim wrote:
To the real “Flip This House” crew, I can’t believe that A&E would stoop so low to steal your idea, well I can I guess. Don’t let them and their NY lawyers bully you!! My family and I made this our Sunday night show, especially my 3 year old son. He never sits and watches a show for longer than 5 minutes, but he intensely watched the trademark properties crew the whole time and looked forward every week to the new episodes. Now he looks forward to the reruns. Anyway, nothing personal to the season 2 folks, but you guys at Trademark made the show what it is and what people like. It’s like trying to have too many sequels to a movie or replacing Jeff Daniels and Jim Carey in “Dumb and Dumber”… it just can’t be done!! Anyway, my family and I look forward to your show on a new network!! Best wishes. It would be neat to stop by sometime when we visit Charleston. It would make my son’s day!!
Posted on 17-Sep-06 at 9:11 pm | Permalink
Vicki wrote:
Bottom line, there will only “EVER” be one “Flip This House” with Richard C. Davis and “Team Trademark.” If A&E wants to keep this poorly acted attempt at FTH
then change the name and quit trying to deceive what viewers you have left. A better name for San Antonio would be Jerks gone wild, what a bunch of idiots.
A&E YOU BLEW IT!!!
Team Trademark, we can’t wait for you to be back on the air!!!! Love and Miss you all!!
Posted on 17-Sep-06 at 11:49 pm | Permalink
lynn k lynum wrote:
HUGE fan of “YOUR” show i start flip house’s from looking at the show thank you
Posted on 18-Sep-06 at 8:33 am | Permalink
Karl Marques wrote:
Corrections were made to this posting by KM and resubmitted.
1. Karl Marques wrote:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
Dear Mr. Richard C. Davis and Trademark Properties: To oversimplify your current legal situation with A & E: “ars gratia ars.” That is, ratings grow, while controversy breaches brims, so to speak.
Caveat Emptor
Some people admire you because you are a shrewd capitalist; others, dislike you because of it. Hopefully, the scales of popularity are in your favour because the scales of justice, it appears, are not. Remember: Money rules the American way of life and the winners of monetary disputations are almost ALWAYS those holding the most tangible form of power, MONEY. [In other words, who can hold out the longest in court?] Stay with me on this: Capitalists exploit workers, because they can. And that’s okay, because it’s the natural order of things in America (like hate crimes, it’s taught; it’s a way of life). In a free enterprise system, America’s capitalistic democracy, I believe, the “have mores” have the so-called God given right to rule the “haves,” and the “haves” have the right to rule the “less than the haves but more than the have nots,” who in turn rule or exploit the “have nots.” At least, that’s the way the status quo conducts its affairs. If it’s not a Darwinian thing, then it most certainly is a Marxist one. I do not need to refresh your studies in economics (re: “class structures”). Ergo, it appears, by the aforementioned rule-of-money example, Trademark Properties will have to wish for a cold day in hell to conquer its legal demons, so to speak. Will your legal expenses lead Trademark Properties to Chapter 11? For what it’s worth, Richard, you should have each citizen send you one Almighty buck. Perhaps, Trademark Properties could contact Jimmy Swaggart to cry before the nation on Trademark Properties’ behalf (on the A&E Network, of course) in the name of God and capitalism to muster popular support in this matter (oh, yes, have “we the people” send Jimmy a buck, too). Trademark Properties could hire pollsters to manipulate the opinion polls by “influence peddling” and controlling public opinion (that too costs money). As MIT’s linguistics guru, Noam Chomsky said, “Totalitarian states control their populations by violence; democratic nations control their people by the use of propaganda.”
Actually, Richard, I don’t want to rain on your parade, especially when my wife and I think your team and your show, “Flip this House,” comprises and presents a great group dynamic: “Flip this House” delivers brains, beauty and brawn all in one package. Richard, you are, without a doubt, a charismatic individual. You have created an entertaining show. My comments are not to be taken personally, it’s just about business – that is, one livelihood is pitted against another and brought to the fore in an adversarial legal system…it’s about poetic justice…it’s about what comes around goes around…it’s about living in glass houses…it’s about when in Rome do as the Romans do…it’s about the Emma Lazarus words: “…give me the wretched refuse of your teeming shore…” and so forth. America eats its own, when it comes to business (matters of money). Self preservation or preservation of the the great empire causes America to eat its own, especially its good ole Southern boys, like Lee Harvey Oswald or John Wilkes Booth (or Richard C Davis?) when it has to. In saying all that, I do believe the underdog does occasionally triumph. Good Luck with your case and win or lose, you should regurgitate the anti-secular saying “God bless America.” Win or lose, say it with pride. Kindest regards, Karl Marques…
Posted on 18-Sep-06 at 6:40 am |
Posted on 18-Sep-06 at 9:05 am | Permalink
Pauline Earls wrote:
We so enjoy your show and are disappointed the network dropped it. We look forward to Team Trademark returning. Your fans support you and the lawsuit you face. Good luck. ~
Posted on 21-Sep-06 at 9:51 pm | Permalink
mario wrote:
Richard what more can be said! Its only too obvious that this faux pas by a and e is gonna be talked about for years to come. Let’s pray we keep trademark on our sets for many more years albeit on a different network. God bless you tarheel boys….and. Gals!
Posted on 23-Sep-06 at 12:25 am | Permalink
Dennis wrote:
There certainly should never have to be any thought or explanation given when fighting for what is rightfully yours, so, you kick their asses and then get back to work.. All of your fans and supporters expect to see you and the crew on TV once again real soon..
Good Luck and Have at em..
Posted on 23-Sep-06 at 7:28 pm | Permalink
Mary Scott-Ditchen wrote:
Love Richard and Team Trademark, what a BIG BOOBOO ON A&E’S PART. those guys were soooooo fun to watch, very refreshing for television these days, there was just a chemistry there that you can try and try to recreate and will probably never find again. GOOD LUCK TO RICHARD, hope we see you on a network that “Gets it”!
Posted on 25-Sep-06 at 9:09 am | Permalink
julie wrote:
Love your show hate new one from Texas.
Posted on 25-Sep-06 at 2:34 pm | Permalink
Paul Rubin wrote:
Richard
Being a Clemson graduate and big time professional businessman I was caught off guard by your remarks concerning you reap what you sew???? That is something you won’t find in NEBRASKA, we know you reap what you sow….
Posted on 26-Sep-06 at 2:49 pm | Permalink
Brenda wrote:
Richard & Gang,
We miss your show dearly!!! The new cast is HORRIBLE. Not only are they unprofessional and sleazy, they are disrespectful to their workers. NO COMPARISON! COME BACK!!!
Posted on 26-Sep-06 at 3:50 pm | Permalink
Billy George wrote:
At the end of the day numbers and stats generaly add up to $’s at a place like A&E or any other business like them. For all the reasons we’re reading in other folk’s comments, please add 2 more to the positive roll-call. My wife & I were badly disapointed to see what A&E thinks is fair and good practice. Ultimately, your character and strong ethics will overcome the challanges you are faceing. Please keep us in the loop, we miss you guys. You’re always a welcome sight. GOOD LUCK & THANKS.
Posted on 28-Sep-06 at 10:07 pm | Permalink
cyndi wrote:
i too miss the show, however there is no need to disrespect the other crew members. richard and his crew will have their time on another station. if you don’t like the new crews simply don’t watch!! good luck richard, ginger, and the rest of the crew.
Posted on 30-Sep-06 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
Jan wrote:
Dear Trademark Team: My husband and I love your show! I thought I saw a Trademark vehicle in the Lowe’s parking lot, Morehead City, NC. It’s a great place to be near the beach. Plenty of places to “Flip”. Let us know. My husband is in the home improvement business. We’ll be there. My parents are at Minnesott Beach,NC. I will even chase rats out of potential “flips”. I want to be there instead of cold Massachusetts! Jan
Posted on 08-Oct-06 at 7:30 pm | Permalink
frankie wrote:
richard and gang,miss you all alot i live in greenville sc and i really can relate to you all….did not know what happend til i read the webb sight,all i can say is “lets roll” go AFTER THEM…THE GROUP OUT OF TX ARE TERRABLE AND THE GUYS OUT OF ATLANTA ARE EVEN WORSE…GOOD LUCK I WIL BE LOOKING FOR THE NEW SHOW…
Posted on 08-Oct-06 at 7:50 pm | Permalink
Mary B wrote:
Dear Richard and Trademark,
Love your show but I am late to the game and not sure what happened. Can’t wait for the new show. Please mass email when and where so we can be sure to watch.
Mary
Posted on 09-Oct-06 at 2:31 pm | Permalink
Mike Andrews wrote:
Really looking forward to your new show. Nothing against the Atlanat/San Antonio flippers but your show is miles ahead of what they have on now and way more entertaining. When will your new show be on and what channel will carry it?
Thanks … Mike
Posted on 11-Oct-06 at 3:28 pm | Permalink
Cecilia wrote:
Good luck with the lawsuit. Flip this house just isn’t the same without you. I’m not talking bad about the others however, there is just no comparison; can’t wait for your new show.
Posted on 12-Oct-06 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
Dixie Shreiner wrote:
Please come back somewhere. You guys are
GREAT as a team. Very personalble and REAL. You were my favorite show. I do not like the new show at all. Please let
us know what we can do to support you on
a new show. I will buy all your sponsers
stuff. Love Jamme Island! Don’t let us
down. Dixie from Douglasville, Ga.
Posted on 14-Oct-06 at 5:20 pm | Permalink
Paul Byrd wrote:
I wondered what happened, saw the Flip This House want-a-be teams and watched for you to return. They have lost my family as viewers without you and your people on the show. Can’t wait to see your team on a new show.
Thanks,
Paul
Posted on 14-Oct-06 at 11:33 pm | Permalink
Judy Davenport wrote:
To echo the words of many others, I too searched for the Trademark team and was very disappointed with both of the “new teams”. The show is just not the same without the originals. There are many copycat shows on now that are supposed to show how to do a flip. The main difference I think is you and your team. I will be waiting and watching for you new show.
Posted on 15-Oct-06 at 7:30 pm | Permalink
JKR wrote:
My sister and I used to love talking long distance about each of your episodes.
I once sold Real Estate in the 80s and I also own a dozen single-family rentals. So, watching your crew was a bit nostalgic, part informative and purely entertaining.
My sister and I grew up in Dallas - I still live here and she lives in CA, but lived in Atlanta for several years — we have roots going back to the 1600s in the Carolinas.
Glad to see that you have spread the “Southern ethic” across the nation. Be fair, be friendly, have a good time but don’t take no shit!
Posted on 17-Oct-06 at 6:32 pm | Permalink
Steve in Ky. wrote:
Hello.
I agree with the Trademark Team. I believe that you have a great following and are very well in control of doing what you set your mind to. All of you are an inspiration.
Do it your way, it’s got you this far.
Good luck and take care.
Steve
Posted on 22-Oct-06 at 6:15 pm | Permalink
bill shannon wrote:
Richard i finally decided to look into why you were not on anymore. Every monday night i would watch you at the Fire House it was the one of things that made my week and i know what your thinking get a life right but when your stuck in a building for a 72 hour shift,well it’s the little things. I have done alot of remodeling and enjoy watching it done with style. The way you treat people and your community with dignity is what i found to be the best part of the show. I miss the show and season 2 is a bust nothing but arrogance and spoiled wives. Television execs always think they know more than they do,ask the people. Hope to see you back on the air soon.
Posted on 22-Oct-06 at 6:17 pm | Permalink
James wrote:
I’ve actually just now watched “Flip My House” for the first time today on A&E. It was a daily marathon. I really liked you guys and your show, especially Ginger. (haha) I was very interested in looking into your website and have just now found out about this lawsuit issue. Let me say, when they showed commercials of the other crew I could tell they did not have even close to that talent you guys do. I’m very instersted in seeing a show from you again. Let us know when you’ll be on again.
Posted on 22-Oct-06 at 10:41 pm | Permalink
tom addis wrote:
hey guy’s good luck on law suit looking forward to new show email me when and where the new show airs
Posted on 23-Oct-06 at 1:42 am | Permalink
Les Stevens wrote:
Today I watched re-runs of the original and the best of the Flip shows:Flip That House. I must tell you that your visit to Clemson when you shared with us your feelings of gratitude for your time spent there and how your education enabled you to have a rewarding life inspired me to give my son the money to cover next semester at Cal State Fullerton. I want my son to be a success
like you.
I like it when you include family things on your show. Keep up the good work!
Les in Carson, CA
Posted on 23-Oct-06 at 3:08 am | Permalink
Angel wrote:
I love all of the decorating and how to shows, but yours was my favorite. My fiance even loved it…which is a lot for him. He loved that you guys were all good people running a business. I think that it was very humorous and entertaining..yet helpful. We can’t wait to see a new show with YOU guys in it. I can’t tell you how disappointed we were when Season 2 started. It’s just not the same.
Posted on 23-Oct-06 at 5:08 pm | Permalink
Joni wrote:
i am a television addict and my family thinks i need a life but when it came to watching Flip This House with you and your crew they were hooked, you guys had my whole family watching - now no one watches the show - sure do miss you guys
Posted on 24-Oct-06 at 11:20 pm | Permalink
Elliott Marks wrote:
yall’s show is great, news one from texas and atlanta suck. Happy to hear you are producing a new show.
Posted on 25-Oct-06 at 9:02 am | Permalink
jackie wrote:
Hi Richard and Trademark Team.
Greetings from Canada.
I watch your show on “that other channel” on Sunday nights and enjoy watching you and your team.
I hope to see your new show on the new channel soon and wish you the best of luck and “at the end of the day” the best team will win.
Jackie
Posted on 25-Oct-06 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
David Minto wrote:
Hi Richard,
I am sick that they took your show off, I am sure you will get them back, like you said what goes around comes around.
In the mean time I have older more historic homes that I buy and flip, and would love to make an episode\’s with you and your crew.
Regards,
David Minto
Posted on 28-Oct-06 at 5:57 pm | Permalink
Gary & Kathy wrote:
We just finished watching a rerun on the “Folly Beach” house. What a great episode. Trademarks version of “Flip This House” was the BEST!!! Please…Hurry back!!!
Posted on 29-Oct-06 at 8:27 pm | Permalink
Karen in KY wrote:
Hi Richard and Gang,
My friends and I were just talking about your show at lunch today. I didn’t realize all this was going on. I loved your show so much that I didn’t even turn on the others. Please let me know when and where your show will return. I hope its not long, I really enjoy watching each of you and how you work (good or bad) with each other.
Posted on 30-Oct-06 at 2:29 pm | Permalink
Sita Hanki wrote:
Hi Richard and Team I miss your show, infact the new shows just don’t compare or do you justice, Richard I loved your flare for the obvious,and you guys always pulled it together beautifully, I don’t think I have seen any other show flip a house like you Richard! You area true inspiration.
Posted on 31-Oct-06 at 3:41 pm | Permalink
Carrie wrote:
I didn’t know that A&E did you wrong until yesterday when I went to see why Trademark wasn’t on Flip This House. I cannot stand the new 2 teams, so I don’t watch them anymore. My family really enjoy watching ya’ll on the show. Hopefully you will have a new show and let us know when and where! You all have class and do great flips!
Posted on 31-Oct-06 at 9:16 pm | Permalink
Brendon wrote:
Looks like A&E finally “jumped the shark” by letting Trademark Properties go. Good luck, Richard.
Posted on 02-Nov-06 at 12:52 pm | Permalink
Brendon wrote:
I almost forgot, “winner winner, chichen dinner!!”
Posted on 02-Nov-06 at 12:53 pm | Permalink
Craig wrote:
Richard, I can’t wait till your show comes back on. I would love to learn from you and your Team. Please get your show back on the air soon!! I love your show! You should hold meetings in Ohio and teach us on how to do what you do.
Posted on 03-Nov-06 at 1:53 pm | Permalink
John Lessnr wrote:
Richard, very upset that AMC did you and all your viewers. Is there anyone that we can write to get you back on tv. Will be in Charleston in August, hope to see you at the crabhouse
Posted on 03-Nov-06 at 5:18 pm | Permalink
NANETTE SMITH wrote:
RICHARD AND FAMILY I`M A LITTLE LATE FINDING OUT WHY YOU ALL ARE NOT THE ON THE A&E.I REALLY MIS YOU GUYS, YOUR CO. TRADEMARK PROP. IS THE TRUE FLIP TJIS HOUSE. THE COPY KATS DON`T FILL YOUR SHOES.SOME ARE SO STUPID,IT`S HARD TO WATCH.PLEASE COME BACK, A&E LOST THE BEST.LOVE FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO ALL.
Posted on 05-Nov-06 at 8:14 pm | Permalink
G. Jay wrote:
Richard and the Trademark Team,
I guess A&E truly has no clue. The new season in ALT and SA are beyond good taste, they lack the integrity and professionalism you and your team always displayed. Beyond that you and your team brought a human touch to the show. Oh, yeah that’s called humility and respect. The other casts lack both!
Anyway, good luck to you all. I will be looking for you all in the very near future I hope.
BTW, is there somewhere online I can buy a Trademark Properties t-shirt?
Best of luck to you all,
G. Jay
Posted on 05-Nov-06 at 8:58 pm | Permalink
Jennifer wrote:
Dear Richard and Crew,
You are so very missed. Please, please, please come back soon! My husband and I love YOUR show and we want you back on any network!
Posted on 05-Nov-06 at 10:03 pm | Permalink
Robert wrote:
Hello Richard, Ginger etc.: Enjoyed your show;do not particularly like the “replacements”. Hope to see you people on a regular basis here in Canada.
Cheers
Robert
Posted on 05-Nov-06 at 10:29 pm | Permalink
Brendon wrote:
I just read the bio on Armand Montelongo on A&E. He claims to flip 200 homes a year. Just goes to prove you can’t believe everything you read.
Posted on 06-Nov-06 at 12:13 pm | Permalink
Trev Marklew wrote:
Hi Richard and Crew. I live in New Zealand.
Watch your season 1 show which is still showing here. Love it. Excellent tips on your show. Best of luck with your new series. I hope the Sky channel sticks with it too.
Cheers
Trev
Posted on 09-Nov-06 at 5:27 am | Permalink
Rebecca Mobley wrote:
I loved your show. It was so real. When you get on another network I will watch your show again. I WILL NOT WATCH the show they have changed it to. The people are not even interesting. I will be praying for a good ending to this situation. Sometimes you must fight WRONG.
Can’t wait to see you again and all the team.
Rebecca
Posted on 12-Nov-06 at 4:04 pm | Permalink
KATIE wrote:
I loved “Flip this House”, with Richard and his crew. Trademark Realty was the best. I was watching the crackhouse being flipped the other day and just changed channels. It isn’t the same. WE WANT YOU BACK !!!! I looked forward to your show. What the hell is A @ E thinking. It’s not the same without you guys. Will be waiting for you on another network.
Posted on 14-Nov-06 at 12:42 am | Permalink
Eldon Hill wrote:
sorry to here about the problems
you,and your staff had with a&e.
Its a shame as we here enjoyed your show
show.I dont like the way Flip this
house is now,and wont watch it till
you all are back on with your new
series. Good Luck To You All
E.hill
ps let me know when and what network you
you will be on Thhanks.
Posted on 14-Nov-06 at 2:19 am | Permalink
Anne McKenna wrote:
Dear Trademark Family-
It’s hard to put into words how much we miss your show. We do not enjoy the new cast and do not watch the program. We are so very glad to hear you will be on a new network!
We wish you the best.
From all of us in accounting at Doner Advertising.
Posted on 14-Nov-06 at 5:39 pm | Permalink
Vicki Stevens wrote:
We have truly missed your crew and your show . Showing your true Southern heritage and pride by standing up to the “big boys” We look forward to any new venture you come up with . Truly one of the most entertaining and real “reality ” shows. It’s like having you in for coffee. Good luck Mike & Vicki Stevens Asheville, NC
Posted on 20-Nov-06 at 1:32 pm | Permalink
J. Cody wrote:
Richard and crew,
I am glad to read that you will be back on television. I’m a James Islander and greatly enjoyed YOUR show. You are a true business man and leader and these other people are just stupid. I agree with you about wasting good energy to chase bad energy, but I think you are doing the right thing by fighting A&E. Good luck and I look forward to seeing you, John, Ginger, Vance, Dawn and everyone else in January.
Posted on 23-Nov-06 at 10:40 pm | Permalink
Leon Tellijohn wrote:
we really miss you guys the network will get what they deserve and so will you, i mean what goes around comes around your team and show were great the way you treated the people and neighborhoods. And if you are interested we have a house you might want to flip here in minnesota. good luck to all of you and your families hang strong. sincerely Leon tellijohn from LeSueur, MN. home of the Green Giant, thats a canning company.
Posted on 26-Nov-06 at 8:50 pm | Permalink
carol kier wrote:
Yikes! Just discovered what a rotten deal A&E did to you….loved your show….can’t stand the pushy rude guy who is on now….(who doesn’t know how to deal with people)
Get back on soon….all of you!
Posted on 26-Nov-06 at 9:13 pm | Permalink
Maurice Walker wrote:
Dear Richard: After conducting on-line research, you abd your crew ARE real people…not paid actors. Your show is entertaining and enlightning but most of all, I appreciate the human touch you exhibit. You’ve done some things that just about bought tears to my eyes. I will follow your show to what ever network picks it up!
Maurice
Posted on 26-Nov-06 at 10:33 pm | Permalink
Gerry wrote:
Dear Richard and Trademark Team:
As I just found out about your absence from A&E I can say I am p—– off.
Hold onto your integrity and great work ethic. You will beat all odds.
Gerry
Bellingham WA
PS: Best episode for me was the dumpster flying down the driveway and destroying your brother’s car. I laughed until I cried. Warped sense of humor and something that would happen to me. Funnier than hell.
Posted on 26-Nov-06 at 11:44 pm | Permalink
Dalhia wrote:
Flip This House!
Still seeing your old shows over and over never get tired of them! Ask me how many times I have seen the new ones. ONCE! Didn’t even get to the first commercial..i switched channel. They are completly FAKE! I will still keep on watching your old shows until you guys keep coming back. I know it seems like I am supporting A&E but in my heart I am support Richard Davis Mr. MAC DADDY! and his crew!
Best Wishes and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Dalhia
McAllen, TX
Posted on 28-Nov-06 at 12:15 pm | Permalink
Taylor wrote:
I saw two shows, and did not realize until now, that there w