What to do about deadbeat construction guys - GoFuckYourself.com

beemk · 08-02-2005, 12:13 PM

i got my air installed last year by a friend of a friend who worked for a heating and cooling place and did it on the side. he gave me a recipt stating a 5 year parts and labor warrenty and it broke down this year, ive called him several times and hes ignored me. i told my friend to get ahold of him and get him to fix it and they did and he said he would come fix it just call him but he keeps blowing me off.

whats the best way to handle this considering i have the warrenty written by him? should i have someone else come fix it and then whatever it costs take him to court for that or do i need to file a complaint somewhere?

Phoenix · 08-02-2005, 12:14 PM

i shut my air conditioner off for half a day..and it worked again after that

i guess ice forms inside them...have you tried that?

beemk · 08-02-2005, 12:21 PM

yeah checked it, nothing was frozen. i actually got ahold of the guy when it first broke down and he had me check some stuff, then he gave me the "call me on monday and ill come out and fix it" and i called a ton of times and no response.

grumpy · 08-02-2005, 12:22 PM

next time buy and get it installed the proper way.

Rinaldo · 08-02-2005, 12:23 PM

Ice does freeze up inside

sonofsam · 08-02-2005, 12:24 PM

get a friend who is interested in getting air conditioning.. get him to call the guy and order one.. when he comes and after is done installing it, walk out from one of the rooms and tell him hes not getting paid since he didn't fix yours.. then the cost of the repairs can be paid for by your friend so basically he gets an air conditioner for half price

that will probably cause a fight though, so make sure you have a katana or some sort of rocket launcher ready hehe

Pete-KT · 08-02-2005, 12:24 PM

BMK i have a few guys locally who work in heating and cooling if u need me to call one for u

sonofsam · 08-02-2005, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rinaldo

Ice does freeze up inside

speaking of ice

latinasojourn · 08-02-2005, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by beemk

i got my air installed last year by a friend of a friend who worked for a heating and cooling place and did it on the side. he gave me a recipt stating a 5 year parts and labor warrenty and it broke down this year, ive called him several times and hes ignored me. i told my friend to get ahold of him and get him to fix it and they did and he said he would come fix it just call him but he keeps blowing me off.

whats the best way to handle this considering i have the warrenty written by him? should i have someone else come fix it and then whatever it costs take him to court for that or do i need to file a complaint somewhere?

best leverage is (if he is a state licensed contractor or holds a county license) to file a complaint against his license. this will get his attention if he is licensed.

sandman! · 08-02-2005, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by beemk

i got my air installed last year by a friend of a friend who worked for a heating and cooling place and did it on the side. he gave me a recipt stating a 5 year parts and labor warrenty and it broke down this year, ive called him several times and hes ignored me. i told my friend to get ahold of him and get him to fix it and they did and he said he would come fix it just call him but he keeps blowing me off.

whats the best way to handle this considering i have the warrenty written by him? should i have someone else come fix it and then whatever it costs take him to court for that or do i need to file a complaint somewhere?

why would the contractor honor a warrenty when your buddy did the work on the side?

Or am i missing something ?

beemk · 08-02-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sandman!

why would the contractor honor a warrenty when your buddy did the work on the side?

Or am i missing something ?

the guy is a friend of a friend, he wrote me the warrenty. he works for some heating and cooling place but did it on the side.

Phoenix · 08-02-2005, 01:00 PM

leave him a message telling him you are calling the company he works for

time to get evil on him

P. Nash · 08-02-2005, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

leave him a message telling him you are calling the company he works for

time to get evil on him

Thats what I would do. Im sure that the side job deal is not approved of by his employer. Call him and threaten to call the company he works for. You are sure to get results.

Sosa · 08-02-2005, 01:27 PM

call up a real place to take care of it.

sandman! · 08-02-2005, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by beemk

the guy is a friend of a friend, he wrote me the warrenty. he works for some heating and cooling place but did it on the side.

so you have some warrenty from some guy you dont really know a friend of a friend good luck getting him to fix your shit.

WiredGuy · 08-02-2005, 01:31 PM

Call up his supervisor/boss and tell them their warranty is valid and they need to come out to fix it. If they're still strongarming you, Better Business Bureau. If that still doesn't work, small claims.
WG

sandman! · 08-02-2005, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Call up his supervisor/boss and tell them their warranty is valid and they need to come out to fix it. If they're still strongarming you, Better Business Bureau. If that still doesn't work, small claims.
WG

read the thread job was done on the side no company will fix anything done by an employee on the side.

CDSmith · 08-02-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by latinasojourn

best leverage is (if he is a state licensed contractor or holds a county license) to file a complaint against his license. this will get his attention if he is licensed.

I would tell him you're going to try this first. If that doesn't get his attention, do it.

And if that brings no results, it's either small claims if you feel that little personally-written warranty is actually enforceable, or you eat this one, suck it up, and take your A/C unit to a shop to get it fixed.

WiredGuy · 08-02-2005, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sandman!

read the thread job was done on the side no company will fix anything done by an employee on the side.

Funny, I read the thread and read this part:

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recipt stating a 5 year parts and labor warrenty

A receipt was issued, a warranty was issued. They should be held liable for the service.
WG

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sonofsam Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 18,638	get a friend who is interested in getting air conditioning.. get him to call the guy and order one.. when he comes and after is done installing it, walk out from one of the rooms and tell him hes not getting paid since he didn't fix yours.. then the cost of the repairs can be paid for by your friend so basically he gets an air conditioner for half price that will probably cause a fight though, so make sure you have a katana or some sort of rocket launcher ready hehe __________________ I like turtles.

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WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,482	Call up his supervisor/boss and tell them their warranty is valid and they need to come out to fix it. If they're still strongarming you, Better Business Bureau. If that still doesn't work, small claims. WG __________________ I play with Google.