Davison Inventions (www.InventionConcept.com) is a company that claims to take people’s ideas of new inventions, and turn them into reality. Davison says that it will take your idea through all the steps necessary to get your invention onto the market, from research and development to licensing to getting it onto the shelves.
Davison’s website claims that you have the ability to submit your idea to them knowing that you have full confidentiality and protection. Once your idea is submitted, you will receive a one on one consultation about the viability of your idea, and whether or not you should begin the process to take your idea further.
Davison claims to have a variety of agreements available for potential clients. Some services they offer will require you to pay one time, up front fees, while others will require you to commit to an agreement where Davison receives a percentage of royalties from your invention.
From Dream to Reality
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” From the time that man created fire, there has been an innate desire to come up with better ways of doing things. If you take a minute to look around you, at the things we take for granted every day, you’ll see the evidence of people’s invention dreams that came to life.
But, unlike the picture painted in Hollywood films, most of these inventions weren’t created in someone’s basement and then magically appeared on the market. Inventions must go through an intense process of research and development – is it truly an original invention? Is there someone else out there with a comparable idea or existing product? Is this invention already in the works?
At times an idea must be patented, which can be an expensive and complicated process. After that, an invention must often be licensed to another company or corporation to produce and distribute, because individuals usually lack the money necessary to fund the actual supply of product needed for the market.
Davison Inventions claims to help you through this long, arduous process, and to get your invention on the shelves of major retailers like Target, WalMart, Home Depot, and others.
Davison Inventions Success Stories?
Well, the truth is that when you research Davison Inventions, you are going to hear much more about heartbreak and failure than you will about success stories. In fact, Davison was ordered to pay $26 million in restitution to former clients after they were sued by the Federal Trade Commission and lost.
The lawsuit determined that clients of Davison would often pay upwards of $10,000 toward costs and services, and that less than 1% of their clients ever saw a return higher than what they invested with Davison.
In addition, they were told to stop promoting themselves as being linked to major retailers. However, if you look at their current website it seems fairly obvious that they are walking a fine line in adhering to this court order.
Their landing page is covered in logos from major retailers, with information offering that inventions processed through Davison are sold at all of these stores. While there is no official statement saying they have a relationship with these companies, the implication is still there.
Finally, the lawsuit ordered that Davison refrain from acting as though their services are selective, since they were found to take anyone’s idea through the research and development process as long as they paid the fees. This is a bad sign for those looking to process an invention, because it means that you can’t trust Davison’s evaluation of your invention’s potential. If they are simply willing to take everyone’s money who comes to them, it’s easy to see how 99+% of their customers never saw a profit from their dealings with Davison.
"""""We understand that customer service is vital in all businesses and is imperative when operating a successful business. Customer concerns upset everyone and our staff works very hard to troubleshoot them so communication errors are kept to a minimum. From the time of an initial contact, through the research and development of a new product idea, to the presentation of a client?s product sample, we try to maintain an open channel of communication, disclosing our services and fees upfront and securing our clients? approval and authorization throughout the process. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, clients are occasionally dissatisfied, particularly when their product ideas are not licensed. Having reviewed your file, this appears to be the situation. You have chosen to ignore the signed approvals, authorizations and questionnaires indicating the services provided were professional and completed in accordance with the contract terms. Instead, you have chosen, in our opinion, to misuse the online complaint site as a means to vent your frustrations. We suggest that you read pissedconsumer.com?s legal disclaimer concerning personal liability for posts.""""
For over 24 years, Davison has helped everyday people prepare and present their ideas to corporations, manufacturers, and retailers to see if they would be willing to license the product ideas. Our exclusive idea to product method is responsible for more products on the store shelves than any other competitor in this industry.
Quick facts about Davison and our process
"""We are based in Pittsburgh, PA and works with clients from around the world.
We have been in business since 1989.
Our products have been sold by over 1,000 stores & online retailers.
We design, build and package products for both individuals and corporate clients.
Our staff of 250 plus are dedicated to helping bring new product ideas to life.
Our staff has won numerous design awards for innovative product designs.
We are a member of the Online Business Bureau and other affiliate groups.
We encourage any questions or concerns be brought to our attention at [email protected]. Maybe we can help. Thank you.""""
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With so many negative experiences...It would be refreshing to hear about someone who actually had (and is having) a positive one.
even though MOST of the people on here didn't even really do business with them - they just ALMOST did and got skeered.
I did get involved late in this process with my friend. The contract is very specific. Reading and understanding what it says is key, before signing. As far as letting him invest so much money, I would not have let him. Going from $795 to get started, to over $7,000 to show one company in a few months is ridiculous, then to ask for more money to make a presentation to show another company that has not been contacted by them yet is even more ridiculous. I see red flags every where with this company. Your ideas are great I bet, just not sure this company has your best interest at heart. I would not trust them with your ideas or your money. I wish you all the best of luck though. Good things do come to good people
I am in the initial contact stage
with davidsons- I am supposed to speak
with with DAN KARETSKI Monday next week.
I'll definitely be speaking to him and
also having quite a bit of fun with him
about their past track record with all of you and
Their BBB citations!
After reading these posts, I definitely plan
to not use their company. Thanks again for
posting this, all of you just saved me a bundle of money.
God bless
the man at the wheel built this juggernaught of finacial rape because like other industustries like the video game industry, there are an endless supply of niave dreamers to be fleeced. to finacial rape them and grind them into the ground as a revinue stream is easy money for them. they dont care about making a better place for any one but themselves. and even if you sue them out, they will get back together under a new name to reform into another slave ring.
only though education of potential victims, busness ethics laws, and lawsuits do you keep them in line. and even then its hard to keep con artists at bay.
we all got rammed on this I myself included 700 initial only to find out they were a scam show.
and after seeing the crushed trail of people that have been financially destroyed by this, well its bad and something needs to be done.