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"Stevan Thomas' real name is Stevan Thomas RADAKOVICH. I don't know why he doesn't use his real name." 

• March/April 2018 Posting! -     
  "Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts" on a magnitude so large, Hollywood makes a movie about him!- Click for the "Trailer" below: (Please NOTE! This video may be inappropriate for some users. By clicking the below link I UNDERSTAND AND WISH TO PROCEED)

 "Salvation" The Movie Debuts! "Inspired by actual events!"

"Salvation, the movie was written by Bernie Van De Yacht and is loosely based on his experiences attempting to purchase a stove from Stevan Radakovich, owner of a Hutchinson-based vintage restoration business who allegedly conned nearly 50 customers out of tens of thousands of dollars." HUTCHNEWS.COM

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• January/Feruary 2018 Post! - "The extenuating circumstance here is a rather seeming intent to defraud, which is debatable, but what the courts are for. Also it is apparent from a variety of sources, including STR himself, that there were some personal issues that seemed to also play a part. I'll save the readers here a lengthy response citing every detail and milestone over the last 2 years, but if one is interested and takes the time to read the year-long blog linked above, I think it will become evident that at some point in Vintage Stove's demise, Stevan Thomas Radakovich(STR) moved from a simple case of mismanaged growing cottage business to something else entirely more nefarious."
  

"It's one thing when an honest hard-working business owner does all they can to serve their customers and nurse their business through hard times, even if it fails. But it is entirely a different story once the owner appears to deceive, mislead, and leaves a large portion of his customers without any satisfaction."

"Something else, and I daresay fraud(maybe not initially intended, but evidenced at the end), may be that extra ingredient that makes this case a bit more than a simply small business failure."

"This is simply absurd. Theft is theft." 

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Threatening Reply! 

•  December/November 2017 Post!  - "I have received several complaints about Stevan Thomas. I contacted him more than once on behalf of a woman who had him restore a CHAMBERS range, to no avail. He now doesn't answer my calls, either.After reading this, contacted him about what's going on.No reply.I have removed him from my list of recommended Parts & Service companies on my website.Todd W. White, Owner & Webmaster
  Chambers Stove Lovers Website
  http://www.chamberstoves.net/Posted by: Todd W. White at Aug 31, 2007 7:47:13 AMUpdate: Finally got a reply from him:"Who the (expletive deleted) do you think you are, you self-righteous (expletive deleted)? You send me this email and ten minutes late post your self-promoting (expletive deleted)? No reply within the 10 minutes it took you to post? Are you out of your (expletive deleted) mind? My customers may have legitimate complaints, but you have no contractual/personal/business relationship with me, whatsoever. Making it your business to (expletive deleted) with me and my business may prove to be bad for your health..."Oh well..."

• September/October! (Something so special, we combined both month's post together in one summary of a story! Click below to see a summary Slide-Show of the Stevan Thomas existing the Hutchinson brick building, and leaving behind broken antique stoves, or the lack there of! You be the judge!

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"Vintage Stoves vacated office -2-26-2008, looks like a planned exit to me"

Grow-A-Brain Blog

• August's Monthly post!  

"Stevan Thomas' real name is Stevan Thomas RADAKOVICH. I don't know why he doesn't use his real name." 

"Well, my husband and I feel quite "taken" after receiving our restored vintage stove by Stevan Thomas. Our stove arrived four months late (after I made quite a few calls, sent emails and even a demand letter to Mr. Thomas, which he claimed he never received).I wish I could say that it was worth the wait, but there are some problems:

(1) the inside of our stove is rusty;
(2) the second oven doesn't work;
(3) the oven that does work bakes very poorly and unevenly;
(4) one oven door doesn't close properly;
(5) the pilot keeps going out on the cooktop;
(6) the chrome top is pitted and yellowed.

Certainly not what I expected for my $9,000. Of course, Mr. Thomas has not returned any of my emails, nor do I expect he will answer my telephone calls. Perhaps he will respond to my lawyer?DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM STEVAN THOMAS AT VINTAGESTOVES.COM! We are now replacing Mr. Thomas's "restoration" with a Bluestar."

• July's Monthly Post! 

"Here are a few things we do know that Stevan did that were deceitful:

• We've heard that the reason he only takes cash or checks is because he has lost some disputes with Visa and has had to pay some pretty hefty refunds.Taking checks lets him keep the money without any customer recourse.

Good luck to those who have already sent deposit money.

He sent us a picture of "our stove" that he said was done several

months into the process.When we did receive the stove,

we compared the picture he sent to the actual stove and it is clear that

while it was a similar stove, the stove in the picture is NOT our stove!"