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Originally Posted by Pairadocs
Totally agree with your suggestion of "softening" the title due to the vicious way "some" people will attack others over such things. Although they have no legal power, I hope the person who had this experience will take a few minutes to go to the Sheriff's annex and allow the Seniors vrs. Crime people take a full report of this. Also, when we had a similar incident with City furniture (taking money and never even ordering the furniture), Seniors vrs. Crime office also guided us in how to report to the Florida Attorney General's consumer crime department. It did take TWO YEARS, but.... we finally were made whole by City Furniture due to going through the state. It's worth it, but you have to have patience, that state office has a TON of attorneys working 24/7 due to all the this very type of thing that goes on in Florida. We also had the "idea" to never put down $$$ but...quickly found you can get very little done unless you do. In the case of city f. they will not order anything unless you pay for it "up front".
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I think if you order furniture from City Furniture, you can use a credit card. Then, you have 60 days from the credit card statement date to dispute the charge with your bank. That is Federal law. Paying a contractor for a special order works the same way, but some contractors will not accept a credit card. In that case, I would find another contractor. Legitimate businesses should accept credit card payments.