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Originally Posted by Bryan
SSmith is correct - once a job is done to your satisfaction (complete satisfaction, I might add) you should pay the vendor. That is the right and correct thing to do. As I read Chelsea24's post, Chelsea24 and company inspected the work while the vendor was on site, discovered a problem with the repairs which the vendor, on the spot, acknowledged. Ryan then stated he would return the next day to correct the unsatisfactory work. To me - JOB NOT COMPLETED YET SO DON'T PAY. Tomorrow, after he returns and makes it right, and they reinspect the repairs and are satisfied with the repairs, then pay the man! I'll bet a dollar to a donut hole that if they had worked it that way, Ryan would have returned the next day to complete the work and collect his money. Any takers on that bet?
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Bryan, with all due respect, my husband and I are not a couple of yokels. We paid the man when the job was "finished" or so we thought. But
the next day, it was clanking. We called. He answered and said he knew what that probably was and would be out with his tools, the next morning to fix it. HE NEVER SHOWED! Called again. "Sorry, I couldn't make it (lame excuse) will be there for sure tomorrow." NEVER SHOWED. Called again and again and again. NO RETURN PHONE CALLS! The poor people that referred us (not their fault!) tried to call him. NO RETURN PHONE CALLS!
In other words, he dragged it out long enough for it to be too late to stop payment on the check. He would NOT take credit cards and now we know why. My husband owned his own clinic for 35 years and believe me, he's not one to be fooled. So, just to be clear... Ryan was referred to us... we paid him when the job was completed. We have a receipt that says we have a one year warranty!!!! I don't know what else we could have done. Quite frankly, if YOU find a vendor or merchant that lets you use something for a week or so, and then pay them... let me know who they are!
They don't exist!
We've lived here almost 4 years and I know that some service people in the surrounding areas look at us "villagers" as doddering, wealthy targets. Example -- we were on a cruise once and I was talking to a very nice lady who proceeded to tell me that her husband is a plumber. They live outside the Villages. She then told me that if we ever call anywhere "outside" the Villages, say for something like a ballpark figure, NOT to say we're from the Villages because it's well known that many service people jack up their prices!!
Of course we know never to pay up front. But this was, supposedly, a finished job. Golf Cart dropped off. We drove it. It was fine. Until the next day. We now have a receipt with a one year warranty that I might as well use in the birdcage. Get it??? Oh, BTW, I'll take that bet. I just made a fresh batch of doughnuts. Get your buck out!
Thanks sincerely to JimT, Gracie and others that actually grasped the problem. Again, I was just trying to help.