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Conover-based Everything Attachments faces scrutiny from customers
Everything Attachments General Manager Nate McAbee, seen here in January 2023, points to some of the new equipment the company acquired as part of its planned expansion. The company is facing criticism from customers who are complaining of delayed orders and a lack of response from the company.
What is going on at Everything Attachments?
The voicemail of the Conover-based company which manufactures blades, buckets and other heavy equipment attachments was full as of Monday afternoon. County tax records list the company as delinquent on its $52,152 tax bill. And customers are concerned over order delays and the lack of response from the company.
Mike Minarik, a corrections officer from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who is planning to retire in March, is one of those customers.
Minarik said in a phone interview Monday he spent $2,600 on a grapple from Everything Attachments to go with his new tractor. He made the payment on Nov. 6.
“There was a four-month waiting period,” he said. “I was OK with that. They have a good reputation. But now I am worried sick about this.”
Minarik said Monday that he has not been able to get a response from the company. He is not the only customer concerned about the state of the company.
In the recently created “What happened to Everything Attachments” Facebook page, several customers said they were seeking refunds for orders placed in September or August which they have not received. A few who had ordered items in September said they heard from the company in early January that their items would be ready in about a month.
Nate McAbee, the company’s general manager, did not respond to a voicemail and text asking about the company and status of outstanding orders as of 3 p.m. Monday.
In January 2023, McAbee acknowledged delays in orders, a situation he blamed on a lack of space. The company sued Hickory contractor Neill Grading in October 2022, saying the contractor’s poor workmanship left Everything Attachments with a new factory building they were unable to occupy.
Neill Grading denied the claims from Everything Attachments and filed a countersuit against the company. The contractor said that Everything Attachments denied them access to the property, failed to make payments and misused funds from a construction loan through Fidelity Bank.
Everything Attachments had also entered into incentive agreements with Catawba County and the city of Conover.
Under those deals, the company was required to create 150 jobs and invest $20 million as part of an expansion. In exchange, the local governments agreed to provide property tax incentives — $376,200 from the county and $228,000 from Conover — over a period of a few years.
The agreement requires Everything Attachments to meet those job and investment goals by the end of 2025. Incentives are only paid if the company satisfies those performance goals.
Kevin Griffin is the City of Hickory reporter at the Hickory Daily Record.
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