what is wrong with people these days....who bases business on scamming people??

[gobytron]

occupy this guy...

[BC564]

haha....pitch a tent out front of his house....on public land of course.......fire up the bbq...

[reefwars]

so heres the update hortly after i wrote this he sent me a e mail and said to come by and he will pay me so i thought great once i got there and waited for 3 hrs he finally showed up he was in a horrible mood and basically said his business is gone to **** and hes not paying anything for anything anymore....


sooooo.....


ive talked to employment standards after a lengthly conversation of what happened ive been advised to take him to court as they feel like i can easily proove my case.

today i went down to the colurt house and got the papers ill fill them out tonight i explained my case showed them what i have they also feel like its worth my time there will be some colurt fees but he will have to pay those ill have to cover my own fees for lost time and witnesses.


i have about 300 photos, e mail's ,witnesses from co workers and witness from his clients....and even text messages and video(not sure if i can use those or not lol) the emails,witnesses testimonies and pictures are all good documents that will help me.

once i file the papers he has 21 days to either pay me or prepare for his case....i have a friend who is a lawyer in calgary and he is going to help me once hes back in town next week.

the bill is for 3500 and around 3000 for the other worker.


ive done nothing wrong i simply accepted a by the hour job in which i showed up and did work everyday and did great work at that so he has no reason what so ever to not pay me his only excuse is hes re considering opening a business because of the finances it has.....which has nothing to do with me if his company isnt making money then he should pay his employees and lay them off as such not just keep their pay......still a crappy day as it will now be weeks before i even know whats happening.

[reefwars]

3500 for 3 weeks worth of hours where i work 10-16 hr days is a steal of a deal considering i usually make 1300-1600 a week so this is one of the reasons im so mad its not like i over priced or anything like that he knew what he was getting into when he hired employees....if you cant afford to pay your workers then some serious reconsideration on what your doing is in order....just plain bad business



the thing that bugs me the most is he left this poor guys house in a complete mess he tore out everything and then asked me to fix it for him, not 3 days into it he decides he would rather deal with the court and just pull out leaving this poor man and wife with five young children with a hose tore apart...



for those of you who sent pms regarding jobs or stuff needed done for the next couple of days ive donated my time to helping this guy get his place done because i cant have that on my consious even though im kinda protecting him in a way....im also trying to convince the home owner to take him to colurt but hes so stressed he just wants to get his house back together...


once done there ill see where im too this work thing has got me very stressed right now and i thought i was taking the less stressfull way out by accepting a job by the hour from a "legit company" geesh some people by thanks guys:0

[reefwars]

andddd haha sorry guys feel like venting today but ive been in calgary for about three months and this is the third company thats scredwed me over not as bad as this but the first paid my way up i did 15 condos for him in 2 weeks ranging about 300-400 sq ft each easily a 1000 worth of abour i charged out at 25 hr so he pretty much got each unit done for 250 and pocketed the rest when it came ime to pay me the bill was almost 4000 at 4 o clock i gave him my hours and at 6 he had a check for 2grand he said he would owe me the rest next month in an effort to not get scammed i had to quit or be owed twice as much


the second guy was very nice and were still friends we did some amazing houses on marda loop some of the most high end jobs ive done but unffortunately he has no clients so were off between jobs for a week or more


and the third is this guy and well we know how this turend out lol better screening preocess for employers is my new goal untill i decide to work on my own again