Our neighbor, back up North, needed their home painted both interior and exterior. The job required a lot of paint. They did get bids but failed to get any references. They settled on a painting contractor. He told them that he would buy all the paint and deliver it to their home providing they pay him for the material before he gets started, leaving only the labor fees to be paid after the job is complete. Sounds reasonable, right?...wrong. After all if he doesn't come back they still have the paint. He did deliver all the paint needed for the job, several 5 gal. pails They paid him for the paint and set up a start date. The contractor never showed up. After several contact tries they decided to hire another contractor for labor only.
The new contractor came over and gave them a quote for labor. The home owners showed him the paint stored in their garage. He said the 5 gal. pails didn't look right. He asked permission to open the buckets and found they were all filled with Water.
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