It's sometimes worth sending some letters on such things. Local licensing groups and other similar vendor-associated groups will frequently send up smoke screens. Pursue. Paul On Nov 19, 2006, at 6:24 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
> We had a case of fraud perpetrated on us (money received, but no work > performed), but were precluded from receiving the return of a $700 > deposit due to the contractor's having declared bankruptcy. > We gave up pursuing the matter upon receipt of such written advice on > stationary from the State Contractor's Licensing Board. > Never got to the D.A.'s office. > > Jack > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But there's a difference between debt and fraud. I would report this >> >> to the California state's attorney. You don't take a bunch of >> deposits when you know you won't be in business in a matter of weeks. >> Paul >> On Nov 19, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> >>>> On Nov 19, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >>>> >>>>> I was about to ask the same question. Was this on a deal with >>>>> Reed's >>>>> camera? >>>> >>>> Anyone who takes a deposit and doesn't either refund it or deliver >>>> the merchandise is guilty of fraud. Contact the states attorney's >>>> office. This kind of situation should result in criminal charges. >>> >>> Trouble is, it sounds as if Reed's was going into bankruptcy, so >> I'll >>> just be a small fry in the long line of creditors. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > The all-new Yahoo! Mail beta > Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
