Just curious how long it would take to resolve... a contractor won't return my deposit.

I've heard the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is not that helpful. But there is another service called: www.badbusinessbureau.com or www.ripoffreport.com

I plan to consult with an attorney as well. It's for a small amount of money ($200), but it's the issue of integrity here and I feel violated with these bastards not returning our hard earned money.

Short of hunting these people down and doing unspeaking things... what can I do to get my money bacK?

Any advice/suggestions anyone?

 

What was the reason for you requesting the return of the deposit?

 

BBB will do nothing.
Take the contractor to small claims court.

 

yeah bbb is a joke.

 

$200? Let it go. Its not worth the effort to get it back. Just file a complaint with the BBB and forget it.

My parents had a contractor take roughly 7.5k (50% up front, the rest when he completed the job which was rebuidling 2 retaining wall and repaving our driveway) from us, started the to rip everything apart, then stopped showing up. They took him to court and won and I don't think they've seen a dime yet. You have to have a special person(which the court gives you a list to choose from) to collect the money.

Part of the problem for my parents may be that this idiot has nothing to his name, but even still, its a major hassle

 

those kind of people move to florida where you can't get em

 

not scammer per say. but someone in family was having something built and their contractor went bancrupt halfway thru the project. the project sat idle for 1.5 yrs. veryy veryyy bad

 

Well... to keep a long story short, we decided to hold off on the repair work. Also, I was foolish not to check into them in the first place. Apparently, they had a few unsatisfactory records with the BBB.

Here's the latest update, I finally got through to their "office".... which is only open mon.-thurs. from 5pm-8pm. The couple actually sounds decent and said they would follow up and send us a check for the deposit. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Maybe it's just this jackass guy trying to rip us off and not the actual company. The strange thing was, I left three messages, but the couple said they didn't receive any? WTF.

 

I told them to go fuck themselves and I put a stop on the check, they left me a bunch of threatening voicemails and I called the cops. They walked away with tail between legs.

Lucky, in my case, was delaying giving them the first check until after they got started (and I realized they sucked).

 

Latest update guys... the crooked chimney guys finally sent my refund back... but kept a "service fee" in the amount of $35. So we got back $165. What a bunch of thieves.

Oh well, at least we got most of it back. I don't want to waste anymore time on them. Bastards took a month to return our money. And they spell my last name in correctly on the check. WTF.

Live and learn. I really want to screw with them and make fake appointment calls and make a complaint with the BBB. But the better side of me says to let it go and forget about these bastards.

 

Just key their cars or something.

 

Well, although that's a cheap shot... it sounds tempting, if only they were located closer. They're based in Hicksville, NY (Long Island). It's not worth the drive out there.

But maybe if I get a bunch of people call them to set up fake appointments? Let's see how that jackass likes driving around to fake addresses.

(juvenile thoughts eh?)

 

report it to the bbb