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My elderly father made an appt from a coupon he received in the mail for a duct cleaning service to come out and clean his air ducts in his condo. They quoted him 79.99 over the phone which was also what the coupon said. When the "technician" arrived, he was with his wife and he told my Dad that it was going to cost 7000.00 for his ducts. My father asked him to leave and he refused and insisted on a check. When my Dad asked him again to leave, he dropped the price to 2000.00. My Dad felt very threatened by these people in his house. I feel that he was being scammed by this company and don't want other elderly people to have this same experience. He was very shaken by this experience.

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This person takes on jobs and asked for deposits and does not complete the job. He intentionally leaves items that he needs to complete the work, and pretend that it causes him to have to come back. He never comes back to complete the job even though he advises that the job is complete. He installs cameras but does not install the lines to allow you to view them. He is a scammer and I now have information on other people that he has scammer. I also did not find that this business has a valid license to operate. I will be contacting the Secretary of State. Do not use this person for any service. He will run off with your money!!!

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I contacted him to pour a concrete slab for me. he emailed me an estimate of $3200 for the job and wanted a $1300 concrete deposit. he scheduled me for Jan 3. did not show up. said his father was in a car accident and died. he eventually rescheduled me for Jan 19 and again didn't show up. the excuse this time was his guy got in a wreck on the way to my home. then he said he would come the following day but never showed up. he then texted me to say he would refund me my deposit. it still hasn't come.

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WE HRIED THEM TO INSTALLED A NEW FURNACE AND AIR CONDITIONING...WHEN THEY FINISHED THE FURNACE I ASKED WHEN THEY CAN DO THE AIR CONDITIONG..THEY SAID THEY DONT DO AIR CONDITIONING.

THEY LIED..WHEN I CALLED TO HIRE THEM I SAID BOTH HEAT AND AIR TO BE INSTALLED. WE PAID $5600 JUST FOR THE FURNACE!

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Contractor started the remodel and never finished. He blocked our number and disappeared.

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I paid a down payment for fence installation and was promised the fence would be completed before winter. He kept telling me he was going to start but would never show up. He changed his phone number twice, never answered my emails or texts. He still hasn’t returned my down payment !!

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Work not finished at both of my properties

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I was contacted about a roof repair. We agreed to a price.

I was not completely satisfied- we agreed he would come back and clean up debris

and vegetation his crew left behind.

The first rain came and the gutters leaked, and a skylight

started dripping into the house. I called Mr. Earley, and he said he would take care of it.

He temporarily blocked off the skylight and claimed to have a new one on order.

Long story short- he is ignoring my calls and texts, the yard waste was never picked up, my old

skylight is leaking again, and the gutters are worse than when he started. He has said (and texted)

he will be by "tomorrow" many times but will not honor the contract with "10-year. workmanship

warranty".

The whole time I dealt with him; he was a poor listener with a very aggressive "salesman" pitch.

He wants to: be your friend, brag about previous work, give you the best price, uses the best products, etc.

This has been going on over 6 months. He no longer answers any attempts at communication,

and I cannot proceed until my roof stop leaking around the foundation.

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Scammer advertised on Craigslist under the name, “AIRE SOLUTIONS HVAC #1, INC”. Our home was destroyed in Hurricane Ian and we are rebuilding. A contractor friend found the scammer online. We contacted Kevin Timothy Cassidy, Jr for a quote. Kevin showed up and accessed the A/C job and provided a quote for a 3-unit A/c Splits system. We asked him to revise it to a 4-unit system and he provided another quote which had another company name on it called “High Efficiency HVAC Systems Inc” (an active Corp) with another address: 3236 Forum Blvd, Unit 1209, Fort Myers, FL 33905. He told me he would need a $1500 deposit for a $8,000 job. We were in a vulnerable position at the time, trying to move our stuff to another place and Kevin assured us he would be installing all the copper lines the next couple days. We paid Kevin $1500 ($600 cash and $900 by check). That’s the last we ever heard from Kevin. He does not answer his phone or respond to texts. We later found another company name associated with Kevin T Cassidy, Jr called “Affordable AC Solutions, Inc” at 3200 Hanson St, Ft Myers, FL 33905.Phone number given: (239) 440-3004

This man is a complete fraud and apparently does this on a routine basis under multiple business names

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Skylar McLeod stole $81,000 from me during a home build. He was arrested by Baldwin County Sheriff for the theft. He also stole $185,000 from ***** ******* of Mobile AL who is currently suing him. He has now changed his business name to Akribis Builders, Inc.

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Scammer called to offer a free roof inspection. At first said he said they were offering homeowners in the area free roof inspections and asked how old my roof was. Then when I questioned him about the name of his company he said he worked with my insurance company and when pressed said that he worked with the state and insurance companies regardless of who my policy is through. Wanted to know that my house was insured and asked if I was the homeowner and even read my address asking if this was my address. Pushed to make an appointment and I told him I would not be there because I worked and then pushed for another time outside of work hours. After I hung up I called the number back and received a message that the number was no longer in service or disconnected. I'm now concerned someone will show up at my house.

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He said he was going to do the roof a certain day and after I ask multiple time and even put the start date on the check he didn’t. He gave me excuses and kept saying he was coming in couple days and he will drop off materials which he didn’t. I ask to give me the materials and call it even ave he just stop communicating. I had to hire another company and even go to court where I found out he has multiple claims already.

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Offered “governing funding grants” for homeowners that need assistance improving their home. They stated they assist finding programs to help funding and repairs

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He came to my house and gave me a estimate and said he had to pull a permit to run the gas line $125 I paid him he emailed me a fake invoice stop answering the phone then blocked me

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James Smith contacted our residential Facebook group. A group that you have to be approved to get into. He posted about air duct cleaning and have very good reviews so everything seemed to check out. My wife and I requested a quote and they gave us a reasonable price of $200 to clean our ductwork. We scheduled service for 11/27/22. I was at work when they came and within 5 minutes of being there they told my wife that our ducts have mold and mildew and cleaning would be $1,200 but they could do it for $700. I immediately called her to say don't do that, just get the regular cleaning, but she said they showed her pictures of the mold and she said it looked very bad. So we went ahead and had them go through with it. My wife said they were in and out with "mold cleaning" in 30 minutes. Online it says cleaning can take up to 4 hours. We then started to hear from other neighbors who said they had done the same script with them. $200 dollar cleaning but then, "we found mold". I checked the ducts when I got home and I do believe they cleaned them, but I don't think they did a $700 job. Most the vents were still pretty dirty. We are very certain we were taken advantage of and do not want anyone else to fall prey to these people.

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They used cheap materials, didnt finish any of the jobs I paid for. The bathroom is completely not useable.,everything is half done. They were drunk on job alot. Only worked a couple hours a day. Took me for 8,000. I feel like a fool plus depressed. My house is a complete mess. I really dont know who to trust anymore. I'm by myself I'm 71 and feel broken and terribly depressed. What people will do without a conscious. Sloppy work

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This person, Robert Anderson Benson, asked for a check that was supposed to be for any extras for carpet installation,however, he deposited the check into his acct. dropped off the carpet and padding, and never did the work!! Would not answer text or phone calls left.. Promised he was going to start on a certain date but never showed!!

We also had him to install a commode that he said would be done quickly, but then asked for 125.00, and I purchased the item myself! I only paid that amt bcause we wanted other work done!

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MR LOUIS JAMES HEMMING AS EXCUTOR TO BETHEL BRUGGER ESTATE: TOOK A CHECK OF $13000 TO REPLACE A ROOF NO ROOF REPLACED HOWEVER CHECK WAS CASHED. MR HEMMINGS NOW TRAVEL TO AND LIVE IN NASSAU BAHAMS IN ADDITION TO MIAMI ADDRESS. SEEKING FULL COMPENSATION OF $13000 IMMEDIATELY

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The company "owner" Brendan Campbell was not able to provide proof of insurance or proper paperwork to verify his business. I was not able to locate this company upon any research I tried. The phone numbers not listed and there is no website or trail of reviews he claimed to have.

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Paid half of the total amount for work to start. Contractor showed up, started demo and left my house a mess. Now he is not responding to any of my messages. Haven’t heard from him in weeks. Also kept my money.

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