Capital Meats
Reviews and Complaints

These folks keep stopping by and knocking on our door trying to sell us meat and seafood from their trucks.
This seems so SHADY and not at all sanitary.

My husband and I tried a meat package from capital meats a couple weeks ago. we like everything we tried so far.. I usually don't purchase from door to door salesman but after looking at all the food we were impressed with its appearance and decided to try it all out. we are very happy with almost everything. we didn't like their lime cilantro chicken flavor but since our salesman told us to call him if we didn't like anything we should call him, we did expecting nothing, but to our surprise and delight he came over the next day and replaced the box with our favorite teriaki which is amazing by the way. this food has changed the way we make dinner, it's way easier now and the meat is great! I know most of you are here to just complain, but we love it. capital meats your welcome anytime

Yeah real great. Check out their BBB page

http://www.bbb.org/washington-dc-eastern-pa/business-reviews/door-to-door-sales-meat/capital-meats-inc-in-stephens-city-va-4659/

SPAM is meat, of sorts.

Although a lot of salesmen and wemon in the meat industry are pushy, annoying, and disrespectful and carry below average quality meat. All meat distributors with Capitol Meats and other companies alike aren't the same. I work in the same area, carry an excellent product, stand behind my guarantee and try to leave my customers happy so they will continue to buy from me and get good reliable service. If someone tells me they aren't interested, I reply, god bless you and have a nice day and respectfully leave. Please don't judge all other companies by your bad experience with Capitol.

I had a great experience. Polite older gentleman. He answered all my questions (even the hard ones about what I read about them). Look, I got a great deal on a lot of meat. I started with a case of meat and chicken...paid $318.00. To me, that was less than $3.00 or so a piece (chicken was about the same I'd pay for in store and beef was MUCH less). The Pro...all individually wrapped so it is easier to prepare meals...and most chicken was already seasoned/marinated). You Cant judge everyone based on 1 person.

Everyone in the meat sales industry, Capital and other companies alike aren't the same, and all use different approaches. As for the price, you were offered a good deal for that amount of meat. People need to take in consideration that this is our job, how we pay our bills and feed our familys just like any other. Don't judge the company or other companies from the experience you had with one person.

I havehey bought twice from this company, I think this is very good meat, I only buy the beef in which the meet so far is very good, and very little fat.The saleman is very polite and not at all pushey, and does all he can to sell me what we eat, I will contoune to buy off of them

I just interacted with them for the first time. When I indicated I wasn't interested I was called a "fat ###" and told to get "my fat ### back in my raggedy ### house." That's some high quality sales people Capital Meat has got. This happened in Chapel Hill, NC.

I admit I was a fool to make the purchase, but this company is very dishonest and has failed to credit my account for product they took back.

After charging over $300 on my credit card for what I foolishly had been persuaded was a reasonable deal on meat, I figured out that I had spent nearly $10 per pound. I called the salesman the same day and told him I wanted him to come back and get the product and credit my account. He directed me to go through the red tape of sending a certified letter requesting the refund. I followed all the directions as indicated on the company's brochure that he left with me. It took a couple of weeks for him to return to pick up the meat. He claimed he submitted the paperwork the same day to the corporate office and reassured me that in his ten years of working for the company he never knew of them not to credit someone's account for returned product.

I have called numerous times to the number on the brochure since the meat was picked up, and I have left detailed messages requesting my account to be credited. Now, nearly two months later, I still have not been credited. Since I consider this to be theft of my money, I have reported it to the Maryland Attorney General and am hoping that office will get my account credited.

They got me too ! I feel so stupid...

I feel that I was scammed by Capital City Meats. I was getting gas when I was approached by a guy and ask me if I was interested in buying some meat. I asked what you got. He took me to a truck that looked pretty nice and had Capital City Meats all over it. he showed me some steaks, and they looked pretty good. He said that he would give me a case for $169.00. I did some quick math and figured it was a decent deal for 25 lbs of steak. So I took my case and went home proud of the deal I had just got. Well I couldn’t be more wrong! I thawed a couple of NY strips. When thawed and out of the package the steaks were about ½ inch thick about half of what they looked like in the package. I fired up the grill and tossed them on anyway. Me and my wife sat down to enjoy my recent purchase. To my dismay the best part of the steak was the fat. I would never eat another piece of the meat. They should change there name to Capital [censored] meats.

My husband and I had purchased meat from Omaha steaks, which is absolutely WONDERFUL meat! One afternoon, a Capital Meats van came by and they began to show me what they had available. I bought an entire "package" which included filets, T-bones, and three different types of marinated chicken breasts. This is the WORST MEAT WE HAVE EVER EATEN! It's so tough, one can barely chew the stuff! We've tried marinating it for long periods of time and that still didn't work! The chicken is ok, but you can get chicken at a great price most anywhere! I'm certain this meat is more than likely from really OLD cattle! I could chew the sole of a shoe better than their meat! DO NOT BUY anything from this company!

I got had by one of these "salesmen" also. I was putting together a fishing rod for my son and I to go fishing and someone knocked on the door so my son opened it up and he had time me he was selling me and had another guy that seemed like he was being trained being in a box of steak and chicken he showed me it and told me he would sell me the steak and the chicken was free. I taken aback by the fact this man was selling meat out of a truck and offering a free case so I was like no, I'm a single father and don't have that much money. He then told me he should sign me up for the military discount and it would be 300 for both cases instead of the. So then he was like instead of a free box of chicken I'll give you two of steak. I thought about it for alittle while he talked me into it so I gave in. He then told me he would load the freezer for me and needless to say, meats not all there and I feel like an idiot. I got 6 steak burgers when the website says you get 12 in each case. I'm not gonna even bother counting the rest. I sent an email to the company telling them about this so hopefully some good comes out of it. On a bright note though my son was excited to when I pulled all that steak out to count it

Charles Dodson also tried to rip us off by dumping 3/4 of the meat we said we'd buy into a large box saying they recycled the cardboard from the boxes. He claimed it was an "honest mistake" when I called him on it. From the reviews I've found online he makes this "honest mistake" with every customer he sells to just to see if it will stick.

The salesmen were extremely pushy and I would almost say they would't leave until you either slammed the door in their face or bought something. They were very smooth operators I warn you. They keep lowering the price "just for you" every time you said no until they make you feel like you are being given such a bargain you can't refuse. We decided to try the fish and pork along with the steaks this time. Incidentally, why we ever bought anything additional from them is beyond me because all we usually end up eating is the hamburger. The steaks are absolutely tasteless. No taste at all. This time we bought pork chops that were suppose to be thick and wrapped in bacon, You might call them thick; they were about the size of my pinky finger, however, and they weren't wrapped in bacon as far as I could tell they were wrapped in thick slabs of FAT. Just fat. We also got the flounder fillets and they were so small you had to pick out five for one person's dinner. The chicken honey dijon filets were very small and there weren't many in the box and they came with no directions as to how long to cook or at what temperature. They just instructed you to cook thoroughly to 160 degrees. When we opened all of the boxes they were packed with a very skimpy amount of the product.. We totally were ripped off and feel like complete idiots.

Everyone has an opinion. In my opinion I think they do a good job. I had a problem one time. I called and discussed it with a manager who even refunded my money. I have not had any issues since. I pick what I want in my packages, they deliver, stock my freezer, place the items in zip lock bags, sort the meat by category i.e. steak, chicken. The gentleman that puts my packages together is Jerome. He is professional in appearance and in the way his does business. My husband and I always commend him and the guys that he brings with him on a job well done. We have been buying from them for more than a year now and are completely satisfied. So if the company sucks than this one employee makes a helluva difference. I have dealt with other companies that are similar, but none with the customer services skills that this guy has. As for the quality of the meat and other products, I have no complaints ther either. If a buy a product that I am not satisfied with, just like any other decent retailer I call and either exchange or get a refund with no problem. So again I must say everyone has their opinion, I just gave you mines.

P.S. None of the people that I have referred them to have any complaints either.

i use to work for capital meats. one thing i have to say is that its not the salesman who are to blame were just doing are jobs. we don't force anyone to buy the food thats up to the home owners. i have heard both sides that the food is good and that it sucks. kind of like some people like walmart streak and others don't. its not us that are getting you guys its yourselfs. honestly though the company does suck i don't like there food i wont buy it either. the company is set up for there employees to take all the risk. if we get in trouble with the law for soliciting they dont help us. everything is on us. its 100 percent commission. we pay for the truck charge trucks are 28 dollars and vans are 42 a day to drive. some trucks dont have heat air conditioning. lights dont work and if we get pulled over half the time the registration isnt in the truck we get tickets because we pay to take these peice of [censor] trucks out and were stuck with the tickets. half the people that work for the company are drug addicts. its all under the table work also. we get the case of steaks for 110 dollars same with seafood and pork the chicken is 106. they front us the meat if we sell it we owe the company for the case. notice on the brosure the case of steaks go out for 438 dollars but we pay 110 for it so the difference is are money so if we give the customer two case one being steaks and another being chicken for the price of the steaks (438) we owe capital meats 216 dollars back we make the difference (218 dollars). thats how they make there living. the company doesnt give a [censor] about the employees why would they care about the customers and the guys saying he ate the food for 13 years is lying if he did he never had a good steak. 13 years ago they carried steaks that were glued together with edible glue. there is alot more to it than this also i could go on and on about this company. one thing its not is a scam becuase your getting what you want just not what you thought you wanted. its totally up to the customer to by the food.

The food is really good actually. I have been eating these products for at least 13 years now. My children eat it and so do my friends and family.
These complaints seem to be a little crazy and blown out of proportion. There is a customer service hotline you can call to reorder or to have a problem solved and there is no problem getting an answer. Their website is another good way to reach them. You should try it sometime. Research the company and you will see they do a lot in their communities to help raise money for different foundations. They Put together an event called the tunnel run in Baltimore Md. to raise money for the special olympics last year. It was a big event that closed down the balt inner harbor tunnel and cooked free food to get the people there. It was a huge event. We were invited but could not go. They also helped raise money for children with autism. They are on 98 rock once in a while on the morning show giving things away. The morning show DJ has been buying the food for years. They give food to homeless shelters. They give food to needy children. They give food to animal rescue centers all over the place. They give food and cook for homeless shelters every year.
The companies food is endorsed by the Redskins and several major athletes that have reputations to uphold. They sponsor Ryan Scooter Jones who won two national championships on his race bike last year and he list goes on and on. Thats just what I know of from last year. Check it out for yourself.
www.capitalmeats.com

LOL you guys sound like a bunch of cry babys! LMAO!

### company.

Eric Dyson of Capital Meats came to my street in Alexandria, VA in a truck with Maryland plates with a hard sell. He was accompanied by another guy. I bought some stuff, unwisely, to make them go away. I would not let them in my home. I have only tried the scallops - they are not good. I wrote a check, which I stopped payment on, and Eric Dyson came BACK TO MY HOUSE! I reported this to the police today. DO NOT BUY FROM CAPITAL MEATS! Alert your neighbors and call your local police if you ever see a Capital Meats truck anywhere in your town. Call your state attorney general as well. These guys likely operate without licenses and without food safety permits.

I totally agree about the misrepresentation of Capital Meats. We were outside enjoying a summer day for the Labor Day weekend, when a van pulled up in our driveway. Two men got out & asked my husband & son if they wanted to buy some meat. The driver was Charles Dodson & he went on & on even though we all said no. My husband called him the OxiClean guy & Sham Wow right to his face. They kept asking to come inside, told them it was just fine outside, since that was where we were when they pulled up. Our driveway is hard to notice with all of the fields & trees around us. Just to get them away from us, we ended up buying some meat, biggest mistake we could have made! When they left, we noticed they had not given us all of what was promised for our price. We called the State Police, they came, hunted them down. They brought the driver back to our house, told us to give the meats back to the driver & that our money would be refunded by that Tuesday since it was a holiday weekend. Well, we have no meats, no money back into our account either!
Please DO NOT buy from these people, they RIP YOU OFF!
After numerous times calling their offices around the country, we have gotten no response from them.
Their website is CapitalMeats.com & you can get all of their corporate & branch office addresses & phone numbers.
We live in rural Delaware by the beaches, but in the countryside.

We brought from them before, yes very pushy lucky my husband 6'3 chilled them out cause i wanted them to go, the meat and seafood that we did get was vacuum sealed and good. We live in a HOA community so it's very very quit on my street.

Weird part: 2 guys that came in stated yelling at each other after we closed and locked the door. Yelling about how lazy the 1st guy is, and it was the firest time he helped all day. After they left they went to a back parking lot and got out and started full on fighting. We can see everything from our back door. They seen us watching they yelled they watching yall pointed, waved at us like it was ok, and got in the truck, haven't seen them since.

Never seen anything like this before. Crazy situation

I bought eight sirloin steaks from Capital Meats this morning, and I paid $30. Later, when I looked at the box, I realized that I had paid $30 for 2.5 pounds of frozen meat. Giant Eagle and other supermarkets are selling sirloin for $8.99 a pound. So I paid $30 for a product I would have paid $22.50 for at Giant Eagle. I pretty much paid the money just to get the salesmen out of the entrance to my house. My advice: Just politely say you're not interested and shut the door.

My 92 year old Aunt with dementia has has been taken by these scam artists 3 times, for the total of $4500. My brother has filed fraud charges and is seeing a sheriff about them to file a restraining order to help get this stopped. These people are nothing short of thieves!

They are almost all drug addicts and convicted felons that cannot get a job anywhere else. They work on sort of a commission so they are super pushy. They want that next high. Which also explains the appearance because they don't care about anything else but getting thst sale to get their dope. They also trade meat for drugs and foodstamps. Do not let these people in your home. My uncle bought from one guy and when the guysoney didn't match sales he went to my uncle's home into the garage and took the meat to put back into inventory. The same guy stole out of my wallet when I was out of the room.

I live on a private road and soliciting of any kind is not allowed (there is a sign at the end of our road too). These guys have come on our property trying to sell us their garbage at least 4 times in the past year since we have lived here. Every time we explain to them we are not interested and they are not allowed to solicit as this is a private road. Yet they still keep coming. Next time I will answer the door with my husband's gun. Maybe then they'll get the message.

I have a no solicitor sign on my front door. The last three weeks a salesman from Capital meats comes up and knocks on my door and continues until someone comes to door and when I ask if they can read they start the same sales pitch that they have extra meat and can make me a good deal. I tell them again about the sign and that still doesn't work. Had to tell them to get off my property. Tried calling company and they were just as bad.

Company engages in dozens of illegal practices, from hiring known criminals to allowing sales force to use drugs, stalk, lie, steal, fraud, rob, breaking n entering, assaults, drive while I paired, no license, no permits and violating health codes.

Man and women come to door take no for an answer take $700. Off of me and I get 4 cases of terrible and I mean terrible steaks, chick and pork...no return phone calls nothing

These trucks always stop, I tell them I am not interested
Tonight I'm sitting in my home, its dark, no outside lights are on. Someone opens my screen door and is beating on my door screaming HELLO...
I live alone and I do not appreciate this crap. Next time I will call the police.

I have purchase your steaks and hamburger and they aren't even vacuumed sealed when thaw meat it leaks all over my frig and the steaks are very tuff and grizzly . I would never buy again and yes the sales men are very pushy and start out high priced and then come down really priced . DON'T THINK YOU ARE GETTING GOOD MEAT .. I won't ever give a good word on these meats for the price they want !

I suggest filing a complaint with the credit card company