I guess my post above has a tone of "your fault," but it isn't meant that way.

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Jun 13, 2022
12:01:52pm

SalmonOfCapistrano All-American

If the story is accurate and this isn't a reverse, the contractor is a scumbag.

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SalmonOfCapistrano

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Author

Time

Inflation sucks!!!

DiamondDog

6/13/22 11:15am

TNT CAN BARELY AFFORD TO EAT AND YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR POOL

TNT

6/13/22 11:15am

We may start boiling the water from the pool to cook with.

DiamondDog

6/13/22 11:17am

Quite so. This is what makes it hilarious when CBers making $200K+ complain

Nikomedes

6/13/22 11:18am

you likely signed a contract when you paid the first half. What did it say?

SalmonOfCapistrano

6/13/22 11:17am

And if not, then take it as a lesson to always get a price locked in writing/contract. If there is a contract, chances

RootieBoy

6/13/22 11:25am

I suspect there was no contract either way, but we'll see. Regardless, even if

garyfan

6/13/22 11:33am

I don't disagree with you.

RootieBoy

6/13/22 11:34am

I guess my post above has a tone of "your fault," but it isn't meant that way.

SalmonOfCapistrano

6/13/22 12:01pm

Sounds like the pool company many not have any recourse.

garyfan

6/13/22 11:24am

they could put a lien on the house. Not sure what's involved in that and how

SalmonOfCapistrano

6/13/22 12:03pm

Yeah, that’s the risk for the customer. The risk for the contractor is that the

garyfan

6/13/22 12:56pm

That seems suspect

MarylandFan

6/13/22 12:06pm

I'd send them a check for $2k. In the memo line I'd write. Payment in full. Then I'd see what happens.

HarlemCoug

6/13/22 12:17pm

Did you sign a contract? If not, you have little recourse.

TrueBlue67

6/13/22 12:43pm

Why would he have little recourse and the builder gets the benefit of the doubt?

Ozymandias

6/13/22 12:48pm

I mean, I was a bit bummed that chips are over $5 a bag. Dang.

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