We meet with PB today at 1pm, I will let everyone know how it turns out. Thanks so much for everyone's help, opinions and support!
Well...after taking off work, driving an hour away and preparing for this meeting we JUST got a call that they have to cancel, because the one person who can negotiate a contract had a family emergency. We are so over this PB. We told them we are done with them.
I know, right! We have decided to go Owner Build route. We will start a post once things are in motionWOW yeah run, just run............
Kim
I know, right! We have decided to go Owner Build route. We will start a post once things are in motion
I'm convinced you guys live in a different world than I do.
I dispute the charge, and get my money back. Non delivery of merchanise or services is not the same as a complaint over shody merchandise that's covered by the Fair Credit Billing Act, and not the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The fact that you got that wrong makes me wonder.
You're comparing a government regulated industry to a PB. I'll take my chances with an insurance company, but not a PB.
Seriously? I buy cheap consumables on vacation. I don't come home with TVs or refrigerators.
I'd be more worried that my kid would lose interest after springing for the equipment and quitting.
I worked construction projects on the client side with two large outfits. We NEVER paid up front. The only ones that get duped by this scam are home owners, and it's because they are just not sophisticated. I have had contractors ask for money up front "to buy materials," in my private dealings. Each time I sent them away, they always relented. There is no custom that this is just the way it's done. They do it because they get away it. Is it always going to be a problem to prepay, no, but when it is, it costs people thousands of dollars that they usually can't afford to lose. If a builder's cashflow is that tight, it's a warning to run.
Your examples aren't that great either. You're comparing stuff that maybe costs $500 tops with a $50,000 construction job.