Ripped Off

[BigTallGuy]

Here is also another area to investigate. If your Contractor was licensed, you can also file a complaint with the Registry of Contractors in your State or County. In my neck of the woods, Licensed Contrators have to post a Bond with the State (or agency), and I believe they must also be insured. You can file a complaint against their license and find out if there are other complaints. Too many complaints will result in a Review and possible disciplinary action by the State, including loss of their Bond Money. I am sure the laws and regulations vary from state to state and even County to County, but it is worth looking into. Find out if the Contractor was even licensed to do the work to start with. For example, did he do electrical work under a General (non-electrical) license etc.?

[PoolDoc]

Good point.

A lot of areas in Georgia have no enforced pool contractor licensing, but I should added that as a possible avenue.

[integrity]

I just got off the phone and found yes this business that ripped us off is licensed, BUT, upon hearing what they have done to us they forwarded my call immediately to Magistrate Court and said if they don't respond to BBB complaints I should sue them in Magistrate Court. So those are the steps I plan on taking at this point.

Sigh..............why can't people just do right?

[Phillbo]

When you took out the HELOC did they issue you a Visa card to use to access the funds? If they did and you used that card number to pay the crook, call the number on the card and dispute the transaction.


I ALWAYS pay for repair and service work with a credit card. It gives you recourse. Big ticket items, pay with the card and use the HELOC to pay off the card balance.

[PoolDoc]

Integrity, you need to be careful in what you post, going forward.

We understand that you've had a bad time with your contractor . . . but many, many people have here have had their own bad pool experiences.

However, PoolForum has ALWAYS been about helping people solve problems, rather than being somewhere to vent. As I said, if you want to vent, there are other places that allow that..

[integrity]

The HLOC already went through and we have been making payments before the job was even done. The reason is in the past we had done business with this company for years. Years and never had any problems but good service. This caught us totally by surprise! They have changed and NOT for the better. Somewhere the man in charge lost his ethics and morals along the way. So at this point if BBB does not get us satisfaction we go to Magistrate Court from here.

The lady I talked to at Magistrate Court stated I have a good solid case and they will probably settle outside of that. That is good news. She said I should get a total refund! So I finally have some peace about it. Now I just have to wait it all out.