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Old 04-06-2016, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by kaydee View Post
Lesson learned!
Yup.

One of my neighbors had a great suggestion when faced with a request for a down payment. If you think the request is legitimate, tell the contractor you'd be happy to write the check -- and your spouse will take a picture of you handing it to him while you are both standing behind his vehicle with the license tag in clear view.

At least the cops will have something to use to track down the bum.