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My chicken coop is still not here. It was suppose to arrive before the Michigan vacation three weeks ago. Excuses excuses excuses …that is what I have gotten. You have to give the guy credit for his creativity. He has “promised” it will be here tomorrow night or the coop is free and he will return my money. How would I collect?
His excuses in order of appearance: (I swear these are exactly as given to me.)
His excuses have been:
- had a tooth pulled and a piece of it caused an infection that turned into a blood infection
- had a minor heart attack
- bitten by a brown recluse spider and ended up in the hospital
- arms are paralyzed because of above
- truck blew a transmission
- truck blew a second transmission on the way to my house with the coop
- forgot I had to take my son’s girlfriend back to Atlanta
- had to baby sit for son’s girlfriend in Atlanta…..how old is this girl?
- cannot deliver the coop Wednesday because he has a dentist appointment in Charlotte (2 1/2 hours away.
I do not know what I will do if he does not deliver that coop tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Kathie,
The excuses were priceless. On the other hand, I have couch scheduled to be delivered today from JC Penny’s and hopefully I won’t get any of those excuses.
Again, thanks for the great time.
Sal
Next excuse: dog ate my homework, mother washed it in my pants, or got thrown out by accident. This is a grown man with the same excuses as kids in school. Bet he was a D student if he ever managed to graduate. Gets you in the mood to go back to school, doesn’t it?
Worst case you can make it yourself. I looked at the picture of it, and I think you can actually improve on his design pretty easily. You have the skills, and i have some design concepts…and aside from the waterseal you could fairly easily do it in a day. And since you probably shouldn’t waterseal the parts the chickens are actually able to peck at…you probably could do it all in a day.
Did you pay cash or with a credit/debit card?
If you paid with a credit/debit card you can call the bank and dispute the charge. Tell them what has happened and most likely they will either credit the money back into your account(if it’s already paid) or block his charge from coming through.
If you paid cash, I don’t think there is much you can do except see if you can have him charged with fraud…not real sure if you can or not. You would have to check with the DA in Buncombe County.
If, by some chance, you paid through PayPal….report it to them. They will get your money back for you.
Not sure if any of this will help…just ideas.
I paid via PayPal. I am hoping he comes through tomorrow. Otherwise I will be sending Pam a plane ticket to come and do some chicken coop building.
After all that, I think if he is a good business person, he should give you the coop free. Return your money and build the coop for you. And give you anything extra you may need for it. Even if he does deliver the coop as promised this time, I think I would still report him the PayPal people. I think they should know what type of business person he is. They maybe able to do more you think.
you don’t need me….you have the skills!
instead of that plane ticket you could get a great new power tool that would make it easier, though.
If he doesn’t deliver, contact PayPal. They have very strict rules against things like this. They will get the money back for you toot sweet!!! I have known people who paid for things through PayPal that were never delivered and PayPal took care of it very fast and got their money back. PayPal is hardcore!
I can’t believe the excuses your chicken coop guy has come up with…..Amazing. This is kind of funny but not really….I first read the list of excuses BEFORE I read the first paragraph and I thought you were telling us all the things that had happened to YOU. I thought MY GOD she had a mild heart attack and then I started reading and realized and laughed hysterically at my mistake.