The Map Guys

Pay attention people, this guy has been screwing people left and right, it appears he started up some sort of Cereal Box thing and screwed over schools and children apparently. Just beware of anyone named «andy Friend» or «andrew friend» he is a con artist and fraud. The business was legit years ago, but it appears that he wanted to stop working for his money and start screwing people. The average is about $ 500 an ad they charged, times that by 100’s of victims and you have yourself a nice little enterprise…

**UPDATE 7/​9/​09** I FILED A SMALL CLAIMS AGAINST MAP GUYS/​ANDREW FRIEND AND WON DUE TO HIM NOT SHOWING UP. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE OUT THERE. IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE TIME THEN AT LEAST FILE WITH BBB. THE MORE COMPLAINTS THE BBB GETS AGAINST THEM THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
BUYER BEWARE! If you own a small business and The Map Guys call you to Advertise on their maps, be very very wary! They will accept your payment, cash your check then never print the maps! They did this in Franklin, MA and claimed the maps would be available in hotels and the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has never even heard of them ! The Chamber gets their tourist maps produced by a company in PA. And Maps of Franklin have yet to be produced over a year later! They scammed me due to my own naivety, and I will never get my money back but instead I will make it my mission that I save someone else from falling for it.
p. s. I personally use the word scam and not «falling on hard times» because they are STILL continuing to go town-​to-​town taking people’s money and not producing a product and that IS premeditated. It’s called Larceny under False pretenses.

So anyway, I’m out on one of my frequent excursions through the Witch City, needing a map. I stop by the ever so helpful and friendly Chamber of Commerce and pick through the many map options available. I found a Map Guys map, which included all the streets in Salem. Shwing! Most Salem maps concentrate on the tourist areas, but this one includes all of it, every square mile of our fair metropolis. The quality of the map is beyond compare, nice heavy paper, full color, gloss, clear print. The map is surrounded by helpful, professional, and attractive advertising. This should not turn you off; it’s why the map is free. This map is truly a great resource, and when I had occasion to call the Map Guys themselves, they were very courteous and extremely helpful. Contact the Map Guys or stop by the Chamber for your map. Hooray for the Map Guys.