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Do not use or deal with travis edwards. He stole $600 and ran away
Travis edwards too our deposit on a $1200 job of $600, stole our funds and never did the work. Travis edwards is a crook and scammer. Beware.
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All state I lived in I never had to put deposits down on contractors job (but, I never lived in NE or west?). Seems to be normal here in Florida. Guess why there so many crooks in this state? Or this state just magnet for them?
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I would never give a contractor a deposit for any work. This has been said many times on this website. I'm sorry you lost your money, but a contractor who asks for a deposit is often a scammer.
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Thanks for sharing and maybe saving another villager from also getting robbed.
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have often given deposits to contractors up here in New England. Never had a problem.
the issue is that FL operates like a third world country, especially with high labor, low material content jobs be thankful its only a small amount of money, and that you have learned through experience. . good luck |
Have you informed the police?
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I found 2 prior reviews on this forum for that contractor. One said he did a great job, the other said he took a deposit and still hadn't done the promised work after 2 months. No way of knowing from the review if he eventually did the job he was late on.
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Reviews can be made up or in this case a review. But with 50% it come off like good reviews on web. |
I have used Todds and A+Screens for repairs to our bird cage, and in both cases payment was due at the completion of work. Both companies did very good work.
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I am sorry that this has happened to you. EVERY time I have given money to a contractor up front I have regretted it.
They may end up doing the work, but the attitude changes because they have you over a barrel. I have a plan that helps me weed them out. When they ask for money up front, it is usually because they say they need money for materials. My answer: "I will give you a check for the full amount of materials they day they arrive when you show me the invoice." "When the job is completed and I am satisfied, I will pay in full for labor costs." When they say "I can't do that". I reply: "If you don't have enough money to buy materials for this job (and get a check the same day) then you are not really in business!" It sends the scammers packing every time! Good luck. |
The problem is , that’s probably not even his real name ……..
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