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Originally Posted by Pairadocs
many refuse if the customer won't pay up front. We've had that happen, and just said no, and they said, "ok, we pass, we don't work on that basis".
OK, so in that case you ask the contractor for his drivers license and phone #, make a copy of his D/L, look up his address on the internet, and tell him, in no uncertain terms, "NOW I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, JUST IN CASE OF A PROBLEM".
If he refuses to give that information, tell him not to let the door hit him in the a$$ on his way out. BECAUSE IN THAT CASE HE IS OUT TO RIP YOU OFF!!! nuff' said....
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Nope, if they say that, we're done. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on ME. Did that once with City furniture, "we need FULL payment only on special orders". Gave in as it was the only way to get two rooms of furniture to match previously purchased items from the display floor. NEVER did get all the furniture we paid for, 7 months after still a "fight". We refused to "sign off" when they only delivered part of the order after all that time, we were actually "cussed" by one delivery person who threatened us because he said if we did not sign he would loose his job. We refused. Learned a lesson, do NOT pay in advance, even on "special orders", they don't need to have 100% or you might end up empty handed. Thankfully a neighbor was in his yard, heard the driver cussing us loudly right out in the open, then threaten us, saying if we did not sign we received ALL of the order, he would loose his job ! The neighbor called the police. The driver took off like a race car driver when the neighbor came over on his cell phone. The police did take the report, the neighbor did GET picture of license plate on the delivery truck.. but none of that ever got us the rest of the pieces we paid for and were never delivered. Expensive lessons are good lessons...so if they want to "walk" if we refuse 100% payment upfront, that's fine.