I once worked for this company when it was called Holiday Magic/Rapaport Corporation that turned out to be a work-at-home scam involving assembling products. I processed their mail. I was hired via an employment agency so I had no idea this company was involved in scamming people. Because they purchased some of the products that were sent to them, they gave the impression that they were an honest company. After awhile it became clear that they were rejecting a lot more of the sample beaded jewelry and stuffed bears than they should have been. I noticed also that they never sold the few finished products that they did purchase. The owner's names were Larry Nelson and the manager was Helen Caswell. The woman was the charming front person that handled the client-victims on the phone. She even fooled me into believing that she was a decent person so I was really stunned to realize they were running a scam. I am now convinced that she was a covert narcissist. They received so many complaints that they were featured on Dateline NBC around 1997. The show exposed their scam and the big house they purchased in the Oakland Hills. These two lived well as a result of their crimes. They owned exotic birds and their house was very nice.
After that they just changed the name of their company to Busy Bee Crafters and kept the business going for years more. They had no remorse. When I told them I was quitting, I was screamed at and bum-rushed by both of them and Helen Caswell sent me a crazy letter writing things like "YOU LIAR!" "You RAGE QUEEN!" in big capital letters. It was the written equivalent of a massive temper tantrum. She seemed downright psychotic. They both became unraveled after the Dateline episode. When I went to court with them because they refused to pay me unemployment, they both lied like a cheap rug. Helen did most of the talking and she told vicious lies about me to the judge. It was amazing to hear how easily they lied to Dateline and now to the judge. This is a hallmark of pathological narcissism. Eventually Larry left the Bay Area and Helen moved to Oregon where no one knew her. It made me sick to see people write on her Facebook page what a kind and caring person she was because that was not the Helen I knew. You can find both of their profiles on Facebook. Nowhere did I see any indication of remorse for what they did to thousands of people over the years.
According to Helen's Facebook page they have both passed away (may God have mercy on their souls) but my advice is to avoid the names of the companies Holiday Magic, Rapaport Corporation, and Busy Bee or any work-at-home business associated with the names Helen Caswell and Larry Nelson in California in case they sold the businesses. By the way, they continued to perpetrate their scam for years more under the name Busy Bee Crafters after the Dateline show exposed them. Do your research and avoid these kinds of companies. According to the BBB, most of them are frauds. If you were friends with these people and you can't believe what you're reading about them, then I advise you to learn about covert narcissism. I saw their dark, arrogant, and greedy side. What kind of person could run a scam like this for many years and still consider themself a good person?
Rapaport Corporation Reviews
I once worked for this company when it was called Holiday Magic/Rapaport Corporation that turned out to be a work-at-home scam involving assembling products. I processed their mail. I was hired via an employment agency so I had no idea this company was involved in scamming people. Because they purchased some of the products that were sent to them, they gave the impression that they were an honest company. After awhile it became clear that they were rejecting a lot more of the sample beaded jewelry and stuffed bears than they should have been. I noticed also that they never sold the few finished products that they did purchase. The owner's names were Larry Nelson and the manager was Helen Caswell. The woman was the charming front person that handled the client-victims on the phone. She even fooled me into believing that she was a decent person so I was really stunned to realize they were running a scam. I am now convinced that she was a covert narcissist. They received so many complaints that they were featured on Dateline NBC around 1997. The show exposed their scam and the big house they purchased in the Oakland Hills. These two lived well as a result of their crimes. They owned exotic birds and their house was very nice.
After that they just changed the name of their company to Busy Bee Crafters and kept the business going for years more. They had no remorse. When I told them I was quitting, I was screamed at and bum-rushed by both of them and Helen Caswell sent me a crazy letter writing things like "YOU LIAR!" "You RAGE QUEEN!" in big capital letters. It was the written equivalent of a massive temper tantrum. She seemed downright psychotic. They both became unraveled after the Dateline episode. When I went to court with them because they refused to pay me unemployment, they both lied like a cheap rug. Helen did most of the talking and she told vicious lies about me to the judge. It was amazing to hear how easily they lied to Dateline and now to the judge. This is a hallmark of pathological narcissism. Eventually Larry left the Bay Area and Helen moved to Oregon where no one knew her. It made me sick to see people write on her Facebook page what a kind and caring person she was because that was not the Helen I knew. You can find both of their profiles on Facebook. Nowhere did I see any indication of remorse for what they did to thousands of people over the years.
According to Helen's Facebook page they have both passed away (may God have mercy on their souls) but my advice is to avoid the names of the companies Holiday Magic, Rapaport Corporation, and Busy Bee or any work-at-home business associated with the names Helen Caswell and Larry Nelson in California in case they sold the businesses. By the way, they continued to perpetrate their scam for years more under the name Busy Bee Crafters after the Dateline show exposed them. Do your research and avoid these kinds of companies. According to the BBB, most of them are frauds. If you were friends with these people and you can't believe what you're reading about them, then I advise you to learn about covert narcissism. I saw their dark, arrogant, and greedy side. What kind of person could run a scam like this for many years and still consider themself a good person?